Ruth Elizabeth Lincecum

1903 - 1982  (78 years)

• Name	Ruth Elizabeth Lincecum  [1]
  Born	28 Aug 1903	Morales, Jackson, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 May 1982	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA   [2]
  Buried	20 May 1982	Decatur, Wise, Texas, USA
  	Pleasant Grove Cemetery #1
  Person ID	I7860	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Addison Lysander Lincecum,   b. 8 Apr 1874, Long Point, Washington, Texas, USA ,   d. 6 Dec 1965, Lavaca, Texas, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Letha Elizabeth Gandy,   b. 25 Sep 1873, Gandy Bend, Lavaca, Texas, USA ,   d. 27 Dec 1959, El Campo, Wharton, Texas, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1897	Lavaca, Texas, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F2768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Albert Ray Hilton,   b. 18 Jul 1903, Dennison, Grayson, Texas, USA ,   d. 10 Aug 1950, Knox, Texas, USA  (Age 47 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1922	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
  Children	+ 1. Dorothy Ray Hilton,   b. 12 Aug 1923, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 2001, Pasadena, Harris, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years) + 2. Addison Hampton Hilton,   b. 4 Sep 1928, El Campo, Wharton, Texas, USA ,   d. 30 Apr 2004  (Age 75 years) + 3. Albert Ray Hilton, Jr.,   b. 3 Sep 1930, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA ,   d. 23 Nov 2018, Texas, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F2765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Travis Audley Crosby, Sr.,   b. 16 Mar 1901, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, USA ,   d. 6 Dec 1965, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Married	15 Jan 1954	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F2759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Archie Robert Trussell,   b. 25 Sep 1900, Texas, USA ,   d. 24 Apr 1979, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F2758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 23 Dec 1922 - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA Married - 15 Jan 1954 - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA Died - 16 May 1982 - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Ruth Lincecum Certificate of Birth

  
  

• Notes

  Per her certificate, the cause of Ruth's death was Respiratory Arrest, with a contributing factor of Cancer of the Cervix. El Campo Leader-News (Texas) Saturday, 22 May 1982 [via The Portal to Texas History -- https://texashistory.unt.edu/] Area Funeral Notices Ruth Trussell Ruth Lincecum Trussell died May 16. She was 78 years old. Mrs. Trussell was born in Morales, Jackson County to the late Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Lincecum. She was retired from The Houston Post, and was past president of A&M's University Mother's Club. She was also...a member of the Jefferson Davis Daughters of Confederacy. Survivors include: two sons, A. H. Hilton of Houston and A. R. Hilton of Richardson; one daughter, Dorothy Clemons of Pasadena; one brother, A. P. Lincecum of Freeport; and eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. ...Graveside services were held 10 a.m. Thursday at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Decatu[r]. See also Ruth Elizabeth Lincecum: Thrice Married, Thrice Widowed

  
  

• Sources

  [S677] Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935, Image of certificate of birth (1903) and ammendment (1966) for Ruth Lincecum / Ruth Elizabeth Lincecum, b. 28 August 1903; citing Texas State Registrar Office, Austin. [S713] The Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas (online archive), "Deaths and Funerals: Addison Lincecum," issued 25 November 1989, accessed 5 July 2016, name of interest: Addison T. "Bill" Lincecum. [S311] Texas Under Many Flags, By Clarence Wharton. Published 1930 by American Historical Society. Page 124. [S679] 1900 Census of United States, Texas, Jackson, Precint No. 4, population Schedule; Online Images, E. D. No. 60, Sheet No. 11B, Dwelling & Family 156, A. L. Lincecum household, Accessed June 2016. Includes wife Letha [S680] Texas County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, Image of entry for A. L. Lincecum & Letha E. Gandy, 24 Oct 1897.