CHISUM, Claud

  Noted events in his life were:

• 10 Apr 1930 he appeared as Claud Chisum, age 20, living with parents Tom E. & Sallie H. Chisum on the census in , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. ¹ District 10 Sheet 4A Pct 3, Dwelling 74 and Family 77

• Military: PFC Med Del, , , Texas, USA.

• His obituary was published Claude Chisum of Rusk, Dies Rites Thursday [ Place]. Orbituary as published in Rusk, Texas newspaper as follows:
Claude Chisum of Rusk, Dies, Rites Thursday - Claude Chisum 60(could be 80, print is blured) of Rusk died at 5 a.m. Wednesday at Rusk Memorial Hospital. Funeral Services will be 3 p.m. Thursday in the Wallace Funeral Chapel with Rev. Howard K. Williams officiating. Burial is to be in Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Wallace Funeral Home .
Mr. Chisum was born November 21, 1909 in Nacogdoches and had lived in Rusk for the past 39 years. He was employed for 31 years at Rusk State Hospital as a therapist technician. A member of Rusk First Methodist Church, he had served as a member of the official board. He was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lillie Belle Chisum; one son, Olaf Beard of Rusk; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Ann Beard Wheeler of Dallas and Mrs. Thelma Faye Beard McHargue of Houston; one brother, Clyde Chisum of Sour Lake; a sister, Mrs. Mollie Shankles of Rusk; and seven grandchildren.
Paulbearers will be Lloyd Graham, Gordon Sword, John B. Maness, M.H. Norton, Carvin King, Allen Bresler, Haskel Dear and Bert Wall.

(These children that are listed were actually not his, but he and Lillie raised them. They were the children of Oleta's, Lillie's sister.)

• Jun 1970 Social Security Death Index: ² Name: Claude Chisum
Last Residence: 75785 Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, United States of America
Born: 21 Nov 1909
Died: Jun 1970
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 )

• 3 Jun 1970 Texas Death Index: ³ Name: Claude Chisum
Death Date: 3 Jun 1970
Death County: Cherokee
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single

• Death Certificate: ⁴ Name Claude Chisum
Death date 03 Jun 1970
Death place Rusk, Cherokee, Texas
Gender Male
Race or color (on document) w
Age at death 60 years
Birth date 21 Nov 1909
Birth place Texas, United States
Marital status
Married Father name T. E. Chisum
Mother name Sally King
Cemetery name Cedar Hill Cemetery
Burial place Rusk, Texas
Burial date 04 Jun 1970
Film number 2218824 Digital GS number 4168915
Image number 872 Reference number 39841

• Burial Records-findagrave: Claud Chisum, 1909-1970, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA. ⁵ Record and family link added by Syble Cline Glasscock on Aug 18, 2009

Claud married Lillie Belle CLINE, daughter of "Spake" George Washington CLINE and Fannie (Mary Anne Francis) BURTON. (Lillie Belle CLINE was born on 6 Feb 1901 in , , Texas, USA, died on 14 Aug 1977 in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas, USA and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA.)