Richard Espejo Tankersley

1853 - 1897  (44 years)

• Name	Richard Espejo Tankersley
  Birth	1853	Alabama
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Feb 1897	Houston, Harris, TX
  Burial	Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I1681	Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Frederick Augustine Tankersley
  Mother	Agnes Webster Dade
  Family ID	F499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Bagby,   b. 9 Dec 1856, Houston, Harris, TX d. 30 Apr 1914, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1881	First Presbyterian Church, Houston, Harris, Texas
  Children	1. Will Bagby Tankersley,   b. 1884, Houston, Harris, TX d. 22 Jul 1885, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 1 year)   2. Thomas Bagby Tankersley,   b. 1886, Houston, Harris, TX d. 22 Jun 1889, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 3 years) + 3. Richard Espejo Tankersley,   b. 17 Jul 1887, Houston, Harris, TX d. 9 Oct 1954, Richmond, Fort Bend, Texas (Age 67 years)   4. Raymond Hancock Tankersley,   b. 23 Jan 1891, Houston, Harris, TX d. 12 Oct 1964, Richmond, Fort Bend, TX (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2014

  
  

• Headstones

  Richard Espejo Tankersley Gravestone Site

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Houston Daily Post", 17 Feb 1897 (The Portal to Texas History) Yesterday afternoon, after a lingering illness, Mr. Richard E. Tankersley died at his home in the Fourth ward. Mr. Tankersley has been a resident of Houston for twenty years, and at the time of his death was a trusted employee in the land department of the Southern Pacific company. He leaves a wife and two children, with a large number of relatives and friends to mourn his death. The funeral will take place this afternoon from the residence of Mrs. M. Bagby, No. 1010 Smith street.