Eber Henry Lavender

Eber Henry Lavender

• Father: James Irwin Lavender
• Mother: Lucy Ann Rawlins

• Eber Henry Lavender was born on 14 March 1876 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas.
• He married Katie Lee Brawley on 19 October 1899 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas, with Rev. Charles L. Spraggins officiating.
• The following appeared on 23 October 1899 in The Dallas Morning News: (Lancaster, Tex., Oct. 21) Married on the 19th instant at 8:30 p. m. at the residence of J. A. Lavender, E. H. Lavender and Miss Katie Lee Brawley, Rev. Charles L. Spraggins officiating.
• Eber Henry Lavender and Katie Lee Brawley appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas, boarding in a hotel managed by widow Lou F. Head.. Other members of the household included Evelyn Lavender.
• He was employed as a traveling salesman in hats & gloves, according to the 1910 census.
• The following appeared on 22 May 1910 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: (San Angelo, May 21) Following a tour of 600 miles out of Dallas in an E-M-F "30," E. H. Lavender, the representative of the G. H. Davis Hat Company of Dallas, has formed an opionion that this sort of traveling is just about as cheap as railroad service. mr. Lavender arrived in San Angelo last week in company with mrs. Lavender and their baby girl. [:CR;]      Mr. Lavender left Dallas only a few days ago with the car, and he came direct to Avilene and Sweetwater, thence north to Knox City and other points, stopping at all the towns along the road. [:CR;]      "I find that in this way," he said, "I not only get more orders, but the layovers in small towns, so much hated by travelling men, are entirely done away with, for within five minutes after completing my rounds in a town I am on my way to the next station. I do not try to make record speed time on the road, but at the rate of 20 or 25 miles noinjury is worked to the car. [:CR;]      "During the entire journey I have had but two punctures, and not a single injury to any other part of the machinery. Not including the gasoline and oil, I am not out more than two or three dollars, and that was for only minor garage expenses." [:CR;]      Mr. Lavender from here proceeded to points in the Panhandle and thence to Dallas.
• Eber Henry Lavender registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 while living at 4929 Junius Street in Dallas, and employed there at 2114 Commerce Street by S. G. Davis Motor Car Company as manager of the service department. At the time he registered for the draft, his wife was a patient at H--man? Sanitarium in El Paso.
• Eber Henry Lavender appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Dallas, Texas, at 117 South Edgefield Avenue enumerated in the household of his brother Jim Lavender, while his wife and daughter are living in El Paso.
• He was employed as a salesman by an auto house, according to the 1920 census.
• He officially witnessed the death of Katie Lee Brawley on 15 February 1920 at Hampton Court in El Paso, Texas; of tuberculosis.
• Eber Henry Lavender became a widower at the 15 February 1920 death of his wife Katie Lee Brawley.
• At the time of his death, his usual residence was in Dallas, Texas, at 6252 Martel.
• Eber Henry Lavender died on 24 July 1963 at age 87 in Dallas, Texas, at 3599 Fairmount at a rest home . Informant was his wife Maude Lavender.
• He was interred at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas.

• Last Edited: 17 Jan 2016