Jacob Rufus "Rufe" McCurdy 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 15 Feb 1869 - Washington Co., Ar
    Christening: 
          Death: 19 Mar 1946 - Amarillo, Texas 2
         Burial: in Llano Cem., Amarillo, Randall Co., Texas
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: James Donnel McCurdy (1831-1875) 3
         Mother: Judah Ann Kifer (1834-1927) 4
Spouses and Children 
1. *Willa Estella McCurdy (15 Jan 1876 - 31 Jul 1942) 1 
       Marriage: 14 Mar 1893 - Denton Co., Texas 1
       Children:
                1. Clarence Earl McCurdy (1894-1957)
                2. Louella May McCurdy (1896-1920)
                3. Essie Ann McCurdy (1899-1963)
                4. William Lawrence McCurdy (1900-1961)
                5. James Lee McCurdy (1903-1959)
                6. Grace McCurdy (1905-1906)
                7. Alta Laraine McCurdy (1907-1981)
                8. Gladys Irple McCurdy (1909-1999)
                9. Verlon L. McCurdy (Abt 1913-      )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1910 Polk Co., Iowa, Des Moines, ED 152; sheet 11A
909 East Court Avenue
J. R. McCurdy 40 M1/16 Ar US Ger Foreman/R.R. Section
Stella " wife 34 M1/16/8/7 Ar Ar Eng none
Earl " son 15 S Tx Ar Ar Laborer/Rail Road
May " dau 14 S Ok Ar Ar none
Essie " dau 11 S Tx Ar Ar none
Laurence " son 9 S Tx Ar Ar none
Jim " son 7 S Tx Ar Ar none
Alta " dau 3 S Ok Ar Ar none
Irple " dau 7/12 S Ok Ar Ar none </pre>

He rents a house.

<pre>1920 Carson Co., Texas, Justice Precinct No. 1, ED 13; Mar 17; sheet 9B
44/44
Jacob R. McCurdy 51 M Ar Tn Ok Foreman of Section RR
Stella " wife 44 M Ar Ar Ar none
Jim L. " son 17 S Ok Ar Ar Laborer/Cotton seed Oil mill
Atla R. " dau 13 S Ok Ar Ar none
Gladys I. " dau 10 S Ok Ar Ar none
Verlon L. " son 7 S Tx Ar Ar none </pre>

<pre>1930 Potter Co., Texas, Justice Precinct # 2, ED 188-21; Apr 2; sheet 2A
--/37
Jacob McCurdy 61 M 25 Ar Tn Tn Section Foreman/Railroad
Stella " wife 54 M 18 Ar Ar Eng None </pre>

WIFE:

Jacob Rufus McCurdy and Willa Estella McCurdy were second cousins.
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Sources

1 Mac McCurdy, "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: mactex."

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 18837134. FATHER
J. R. McCURDY
FEB. 15, 1869 -- MAR. 19, 1946.

3 Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society, "Cemeteries of Washington County, Arkansas," 1980, vol 3.

4 State of New Mexico Bureau of Public Health, "Certificate of Death."

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