Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 10:
Line 10: − +
→Merchant, father and son
===Merchant, father and son===
===Merchant, father and son===
After graduation from Texas Tech, Abraham worked in the dry goods business in Paducah in Cottle County south of Childress, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.library.unt.edu/tdnp/2014/05/20/15/|title=An Historical Preservation Effort That Will Live in Perpetuity|publisher=''The Paducah (Texas) Post''|date=May 20, 2014|author=Ana Krahmer|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref> On April 28, 1935, he married his neighbor, the former Helen Ferguson (August 7, 1915 – February 11, 2008). A native of Merkel near Abilene in Taylor County, Texas, Helen was the daughter of Frank Ferguson and the former Maude Hill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/021508/obi_247110470.shtml|title=Helen Abraham|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 15, 2008|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref> After their marriage, Tom and Helen moved to Canadian to work in his father's department store, "The Fair Store", a business which opened in 1913, only five years after Canadian was incorporated, and was once known throughout the Panhandle for its high-quality merchandise. After Nahim retired, Tom and Helen became the owners of the business in 1949.<ref name="digital.utsa.edu"><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48065904|title=Nahim Abraham (1885-1965)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 20, 2014}}</ref> Tom Abraham also held three [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] leases in adjoining Lipscomb County in the far northeastern corner of the Panhandle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texas-drilling.com/lipscomb-county/leases|title=Oil and Gas Leases in Lipscomb County|publisher=texas-drilling.com|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref> His brother, Malouf, Sr., held oil and gas leases in all the counties bordering [[Oklahoma]].
After graduation from Texas Tech, Abraham worked in the dry goods business in Paducah in Cottle County south of Childress, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.library.unt.edu/tdnp/2014/05/20/15/|title=An Historical Preservation Effort That Will Live in Perpetuity|publisher=''The Paducah (Texas) Post''|date=May 20, 2014|author=Ana Krahmer|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref> On April 28, 1935, he married his neighbor, the former Helen Ferguson (August 7, 1915 – February 11, 2008). A native of Merkel near Abilene in Taylor County, Texas, Helen was the daughter of Frank Ferguson and the former Maude Hill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/021508/obi_247110470.shtml|title=Helen Abraham|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 15, 2008|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref> After their marriage, Tom and Helen moved to Canadian to work in his father's department store, "The Fair Store", a business which opened in 1913, only five years after Canadian was incorporated, and was once known throughout the Panhandle for its high-quality merchandise. After Nahim retired, Tom and Helen became the owners of the business in 1949.<ref name="digital.utsa.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48065904|title=Nahim Abraham (1885-1965)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 20, 2014}}</ref> Tom Abraham also held three [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] leases in adjoining Lipscomb County in the far northeastern corner of the Panhandle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texas-drilling.com/lipscomb-county/leases|title=Oil and Gas Leases in Lipscomb County|publisher=texas-drilling.com|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref> His brother, Malouf, Sr., held oil and gas leases in all the Panhandle counties bordering [[Oklahoma]].
===Edward Abraham Memorial Home===
===Edward Abraham Memorial Home===