William Smith Urquhart
Male
Date of Birth
28 JUL 1850
Oldeer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date of Death
3 JUN 1938
Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States
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William Smith Urquhart was a tailor by trade. Birth year is uncertain. His naturalization record list it as 1853, his obituary lists it as 1850 and the letter to Laura True Dobbins indicates an 1850 birth year. Name: William Smith Urquhart Death Date: 3 Jun 1938 Death County: Ellis Certificate: 27361 Waxahachie Daily Light; Jun 4, 1938 Funeral services will be held this afternoon in Ennis for William Smith Urguhart, 88, who died at the I.O.O.F. Home in Ennis Friday. Interment will be made in the Myrtle Cemetery. Mr. Urquhart was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, July 29, 1850, and married there to Miss Jane Sangster. To this union were born 5 children who survive, a daughter, Mrs. J. G. Presley of Dallas, Richard and William Urquhart of Dallas, and John and Charles Urquhart of Dennison. Mr. and Mrs. Urquhart came to American and lived in St. Louis for a number of years, then moved to Bowling Green, MO, where Mrs. Urquhart died. He also resided in Chillicothe, MO, Denison and San Antonio for many years. He made his home in San Antonio for 25 years before entering the I.O.O.F. Home in Ennis August 18, 1930. Besides his children he is survived by his wife, the former Mrs. Emma Reynolds, whom he married since coming to the home.