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==Biography==
==Biography==
Abraham was born to [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] [[business]]man [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971, and the former Iris Lewis (1918–2001), a descendant of a pioneer Hemphill County family,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151:malouf-abraham-oil-a-gas&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=261|title=Malouf Abraham, Oil & Gas|publisher=''Amarillo Globe Times,'' reproduced on River Valley Pioneer Museum website|date=May 19, 2000|accessdate=September 21, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref> which included his grandfather, Nahim Abraham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fab10|title=Abraham, Nahim|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|author=H. Allen Anderson|accessdate=September 20, 2014}}</ref> and his uncle, [[Tom Abraham]], the ownes of a former regionally known department store called "The Fair Store".<ref>{{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 to [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] [[business]]man [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971, and the former Iris Lewis (1918–2001), a descendant of a pioneer Hemphill County family,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151:malouf-abraham-oil-a-gas&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=261|title=Malouf Abraham, Oil & Gas|publisher=''Amarillo Globe Times,'' reproduced on River Valley Pioneer Museum website|date=May 19, 2000|accessdate=September 21, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref> which included his grandfather, Nahim Abraham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fab10|title=Abraham, Nahim|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|author=H. Allen Anderson|accessdate=November 4, 2019}}</ref> and his uncle, [[Tom Abraham]], the owner of a former regionally known department store called "The Fair Store".<ref>{{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>
In 1961, Abraham obtained his undergraduate degree from Trinity University in [[San Antonio]],
In 1961, Abraham obtained his undergraduate degree from Trinity University in [[San Antonio]],
Abraham is married to the former Therese Browne (born 1936), a native of Mount Airy in eastern [[North Carolina]]. The couple married c. 1964 in the Mount Air Catholic Church, which the Browne family helped to build with [[granite]] from their own quarry. Like her father-in-law, Therese Abraham is a former mayor of Canadian, having served from 1981 to 1991.<ref name=heraldtribune/><ref>"City elects first woman mayor" ''Canadian Record,'' April 9, 1981, p. 6.</ref> The Abrahams have three sons, all residing in Hemphill County, Eddie Christopher Abraham, a cattle rancher; Salem Abraham, a futures trader with offices in the Moody Building in Canadian, and Jason Abraham, a horse rancher.
Abraham is married to the former Therese Browne (born 1936), a native of Mount Airy in eastern [[North Carolina]]. The couple married c. 1964 in the Mount Air Catholic Church, which the Browne family helped to build with [[granite]] from their own quarry. Like her father-in-law, Therese Abraham is a former mayor of Canadian, having served from 1981 to 1991.<ref name=heraldtribune/><ref>"City elects first woman mayor" ''Canadian Record,'' April 9, 1981, p. 6.</ref> The Abrahams have three sons, all residing in Hemphill County, Eddie Christopher Abraham, a cattle rancher; Salem Abraham, a futures trader with offices in the Moody Building in Canadian, and Jason Abraham, a horse rancher.
==Patron of the arts==
==Patron of the arts==
===The Citadelle===
===The Citadelle===