Samuel Enid Drosihn
b. 1 January 1900, d. 12 January 1998
- Father: Joseph Frank Drosihn b. 16 November 1870, d. 29 January 1949
- Mother: Dorinda Isabell Jones b. 22 August 1876, d. 6 October 1956
- Samuel Enid Drosihn was born on 1 January 1900 in Texas.
- Joseph Frank Drosihn and Dorinda Isabell Jones appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Denton County, Texas, living next door to Dorinda's sister Penelope Sullivan, and only a few households away from their parents.. Other members of the household included Samuel Enid Drosihn.
- Joseph Frank Drosihn and Dorinda Isabell Jones appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Denton County, Texas. Other members of the household included Samuel Enid Drosihn, Rudolph Purley Drosihn, Frank Drosihn, Cecil Drosihn and Gertrude Dorinda Drosihn.
- Samuel Enid Drosihn registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Denton County, Texas, while living in Argyle, and employed in Fort Worth by Swift Company.
- Joseph Frank Drosihn and Dorinda Isabell Jones appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Denton County, Texas. Other members of the household included Samuel Enid Drosihn, Rudolph Purley Drosihn, Frank Drosihn, Cecil Drosihn and Gertrude Dorinda Drosihn.
- He married Hazel Huddleston circa 1936.
- Samuel Enid Drosihn died on 12 January 1998 at age 98 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, at Tyler Nursing Home.
- His wife Hazel Huddleston became a widow at his death.
- He was interred on 14 January 1998 at Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas.
- The following appeared on 13 January 1998 in the [Memphis Tennessee] Commercial Appeal: Samuel E. Drosihn, 98, of Flint, Texas, formerly of Memphis, retired merchandise manager for Sears, Roebuck and Co., died of heart failure Monday at Tyler (Texas) Nursing Home. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler, with burial in Memorial Park there. He was a member of Marvin United Methodist Church in Tyler and was an active member in the Character Builders Bible Class at Madison Heights Methodist Church in Memphis. He was also an administrative board member at Hernando (Miss.) United Methodist Church. Mr. Drosihn was the husband of Hazel Huddleston Drosihn. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Marvin United Methodist Church.
- Last Edited: 4 May 2007