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Fortune, Walter Douglas - Walter Douglas Fortune, son of Benjamin Franklin FORTUNE and Mary Jane CULP, was born January 05, 1883 in Georgia, and died September 25, 1976 in Howard County, Texas. He married Mary Ever IRVIN January 01, 1902 in Morris County, Texas. She was born March 25, 1884 in Georgia, and died February 22, 1970 in Howard County, Texas.

Notes for Walter Douglas FORTUNE
Walter lived in Big Springs, Texas in the 1950's.

More About Walter Douglas FORTUNE
Burial: September 26, 1976, Stanton Cemetery, Martin City, Texas

Notes for Mary Ever IRVIN:
Mary Ever was born 25 Mar. 1884, in Morris County. The family lived near County Line Church at the time. She was the daughter of Nicholas Miller IRVIN and Mary Elizabeth GARNER. The IRVINs and the GARNERs came to Texas after the Civil War, landed in Jefferson. Nicholas IRVIN owned a shingle / saw mill in Coffeeville, Upshur County and that's where Mary Ever and Walter married. By 1908, when Gorden was born, Nicholas and Mary E. IRVIN had moved to Harris Chapel, (about 6 miles toward Hughes Springs on 161) and started a new mill. They had two houses on the property, a large main house and a smaller one nearby. Mattie IRVIN TRUITT and Buddy TRUITT lived in the main house with Nick and Mary E. and Mary Ever and Walter lived in the other house. Gorden and Vera TRUITT WELCH, were born the same night.

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Marriage: January 01, 1902, Morris County, Texas

Children of Walter FORTUNE and Mary IRVIN:
Gordon Cleveland FORTUNE, born March 24, 1908; Deceased. Never married.
Osbon Kermit FORTUNE, born December 07, 1909; died March 08, 1968 in Martin County, Texas.
He married Vena Oleta EDWARDS; born July 03, 1912; died January 07, 1998 in Howard County, Texas.
Otelia FORTUNE, born October 11, 1911; died January 22, 1998. Never married.
Theodore Douglas FORTUNE, born November 08, 1916; died July 22, 1974.
He married (1) Mary Louise DAUGHTERY. He married (2) Ann NOLAN Abt. 1940.

Thanks to Dana Thomas for this information.


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