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'''Thomas H. Abraham,''' known as '''Tom Abraham''' (December 8, 1910 – February 8, 2007),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17867348|title=Thomas H. "Tom" Abraham|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref> was a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]]-born [[American]] businessman and philanthropist in the city of Canadian in Hemphill County, [[Texas]]. Canadian has been called "an [[oasis]] on the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle.
'''Thomas H. Abraham,''' known as '''Tom Abraham''' (December 8, 1910 – February 8, 2007),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17867348|title=Thomas H. "Tom" Abraham|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref> was a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]]-born [[American]] businessman and philanthropist in the city of Canadian in Hemphill County, [[Texas]]. Canadian has been called "an [[oasis]] on the High Plains" of the Texas Panhandle.
Abraham was born in Kafarakab, Lebanon, to Nahim Malouf Abraham (1885-1965) and Alia Abdullah Bulos Malouf Abraham (1883-1969). He was reared in Canadian, at which he arrived with his parents and older brother in 1913, five years after Canadian was incorporated.<ref name=hcbook/> Nahim and Alia Abraham insisted that their children remember the family roots in Lebanon, which they continued to visit when possible. The couple sent money to help poor relatives in Lebanon or to build a community church or school there.<ref name=textechbus/> In 1928, Tom Abraham graduated from Canadian High School.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/020907/obi_020907080.shtml|title=Tom Abraham|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 9, 2007|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name=rvmuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152:tom-abraham-merchant&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=262|title=Tom Abraham, Merchant|publisher=River Valley Pioneer Museum|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>
Abraham was born in Kafarakab, Lebanon, to Nahim Malouf Abraham (1885-1965) and Alia Abdullah Bulos Malouf Abraham (1883-1969). He was reared in Canadian, at which he arrived with his parents and older brother in 1913, five years after Canadian was incorporated.<ref name=hcbook/> Nahim and Alia Abraham insisted that their children remember the family roots in Lebanon, which they continued to visit when possible. The couple sent money to help poor relatives in Lebanon or to build a community church or school there.<ref name=textechbus/> In 1928, Tom Abraham graduated from Canadian High School.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/020907/obi_020907080.shtml|title=Tom Abraham|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 9, 2007|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name=rvmuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152:tom-abraham-merchant&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=262|title=Tom Abraham, Merchant|publisher=River Valley Pioneer Museum|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>