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Edith Estelle Finney Huffman
29 Mar 1901 – 18 Jul 1968
| Birth | 29 Mar 1901 |
| Death | 18 Jul 1968 |
| Cemetery | Lanham Mill Cemetery Glen Rose , Somervell County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Rob Walker on 17 Jul 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35922611 |
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29 April 1910 - US Census - Justice Precinct 1, Kimble, Texas Household ...........Role .......Sex .....Age Birthplace Edward P Finney Head .......Male ....30 ..Texas Carrie Finney ......Wife .........Female 30 ..Texas Edith E Finney ....Daughter Female 9 ....Texas Edner C Finney ...Daughter Female 6 ....Texas Edgar P Finney ...Son ..........Male ....4 ....Texas When Edith was 17 years old she entered nurses training at St. John's Hospital, San Angelo, Texas. She was under the usual required age of 18, but she had made outstanding grades in Latin in high school, so she was accepted. When nurses were needed so much during the "flu" epidemic in 1918, she started private duty nursing at $10.00 a day, in order to help pay her expenses for further training and to help in this time of emergency. 7 January 1920 - US Census - Justice Precinct 1, Sterling, Texas Household ........Role ........Sex .....Age Birthplace Carrie Finney ....Head ......Female 39 ..Texas (widowed)* Edith Finney .....Daughter Female 18 ..Texas Edna Finney .....Daughter Female 16 ..Texas Porter Finney ...Son ..........Male ....14 ..Texas Sheldon Finney Son ..........Male ....7 ....Texas *Note: Carrie was not really widowed at the time of the census. Then She re-entered training at Fort Worth, Texas. Here she became acquainted with her future husband, Clay Huffman. Edith again changed nurses training to Dallas, Texas. 3 April 1930 - US Census - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas Household ................Role .......Sex .....Age Birthplace Clay Huffman ...........Head ......Male ....39 ..Missouri Edith Huffman .........Wife ........Female 29 ..Texas Dangeline Huffman .Daughter Female 6 ....Texas Erma Jane Huffman Daughter Female 3 ....Texas 16 April 1940 - US Census - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas Household ................Role .......Sex .....Age Birthplace Clay Huffman ...........Head ......Male ....49 ..Missouri Edith E Huffman ......Wife ........Female 39 ..Texas Dangeline Huffman .Daughter Female 16 ..Texas Emma J Huffman ....Daughter Female 13 ..Texas Betty C Huffman ......Daughter Female 9 ....Texas 17 May 1950 - US Census - Somervell, Texas Household ................Role ..........Sex .....Age Birthplace Clay Huffman ...........Head .........Male ....60 ..Missouri Edith E Huffman ......Wife ...........Female 49 ..Texas Betty Matheng .........Daughter ...Female 19 ..Texas George Matheng ......Son-in-law Male ....30 ..Missouri After the death of her husband Edith and her daughter, Dangelene Garland resided at their ranch west of Glen Rose, Texas, until 1965 when she sold the ranch and bought homes at San Marcos, Texas. ***Info provided by Rob Walker*** The Austin American, Friday, July 19, 1968 pg 18 DEATHS and FUNERALS MRS. EDITH E. HUFFMAN SAN MARCOS - Funeral for Mrs. Edith Estelle Huffman will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Reynolds Funeral Home in Glen Rose. Burial will be in Lanham Mill Cemetery in Glen Rose. Mrs. Huffman, 67, died Thursday in San Marcos. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Dangelene Garland, Mrs. Emma Jane Grace, and Mrs. Betty Clay Payne all of San Marcos; two brothers, Edgar Porter Finney, California, and Martin Sheldon Finney, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Edna C. Allison, San Angelo; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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- Dangelene Huffman Garland 1923–1982 FaG
- Emma Jane Huffman Grace 1927–2019 FaG
- Betty Clay Huffman Payne 1930–1993 FaG
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