Person:Read Dargan (1)

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Read Henry Dargan
b.25 Oct 1894 Paris, Lamar County, Texas
d.Aft 1942
Parents and Siblings
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m. 3 Aug 1882
  1. Kemp Strother Dargan1883 - 1954
  2. Corinne Dargan1886 - 1934
  3. Margaret C. Dargan1889 - 1979
  4. Read Henry Dargan1894 - Aft 1942
  5. Edith Clara Dargan1895 - 1979
  6. Clara Victoria Dargan1898 - 1942
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Read Henry Dargan
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 25 Oct 1894 Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Census[4] 1930 Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
Census[5] 1940 Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California
Death? Aft 1942 No death record or obituary found anywhere, not in Find-a-Grave. Apparently died unmarried, however.

Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, 1930 census:[4]

Salesbee, George W. Head 46 yrs (marr. at 21 yrs) b. Texas (parents, b. Georgia/Texas) Credit Manager (Dept. Store)
      Allie B. Wife 52 yrs (marr. at 26 yrs) b. Missouri (parents, b. Kentucky/Ohio) Manager (Apt. House)
[+ 27 tenants, including]
Dargan, Reed H. Boarder 35 yrs (single) b. Texas (parents, b. South Carolina/Kentucky) Manager (Insurance Co.)

Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California, 1940 census:[5]

Dargan, Reed ----- 45 yrs (single) (Coll-2) b. Texas 1935: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas [no occupation listed] Military service: World War
[Note: Long list of men with no families. No indication whether this was a penal camp or a WPA project.]
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lamar, Texas, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 67, p. 13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States. World War II Draft Registration Cards
    27 Apr 1942.

    Name: Dargan, Read Henry
    Residence: c/o YMCA, Denver, Colo.
    Born: 25 Oct 1894 (48 yrs) Paris, Texas
    Person Who Will Always Know Where You Are: Mrs. R. S. Dargan (3212 St. Johns Dr, Dallas, Texas)
    Employer: Navajo Indian Agents Co. (Las Vegas, N.M.) ("Travel all over U.S.A.")
    Description: 6', 160 lbs, gray eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion, no disabilities.

  3.   United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
    5 Jun 1917.

    Name: Dargan, Read Henry
    Address: 417 YMCA Bldg, Houston, Texas
    Born: 5 Oct 1894 (23 yrs) Paris, Texas
    Occupation: Clerk (Craven & Gage Ins. Co., Houston, Texas)
    Dependents: None (unmarried)
    Military Service: None
    Exemptions Claimed: Sanitary Detachment, Red Cross
    Description: Tall, slender, dark brown eyes & hair, no disabilities.

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wichita, Texas, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 10, p. 10A, dwelling/family 73/100 (1009 - 8th St).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Los Angeles, California, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T627)
    ED 19-69A, p. 7A, #157 (County Road Camp #8).
  6.   Paris (Texas) City Directory
    p. 129, 1919.

    Dargan, H Read bkpr K S Dargan h 705 W Kaufman

  7.   Omaha City Directory
    p. 267, 1923.

    Dargan, Read H fire ins (360 Brandeis Theatre bldg) r Hotel Sanford

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