Walter Pitzer Chisum

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Walter Pitzer Chisum

Birth
Bolivar, Denton County, Texas, USA
Death
3 Oct 1919 (aged 58)
Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.3580012, Longitude: -104.5141923
Plot
SMC-45
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Suggested Edit

Find A Grave contributor, S G Michael has made the following suggested edits.



Walter Chisum (24183460)

Suggested edit: Walter P. Chisum, the elder son, was born in Denton County, Texas, September 25, 1861, and throughout his entire life has been engaged in ranching and farming, which pursuit has proved to be a profitable one. He came with his parents to Texas and for a number of years resided upon the ranch owned by his uncle, John Chisum, but now makes his home in Roswell.

On the 15th of November 1887, Walter P. Chisum was married at Dodge City, Kansas, to Miss Inez V. Simpson, and their children are: Jamie W., born February 28, 1889: and Ara B. and Oscar W., twins, born June 9, 1802. Walter Chisum is a stalwart Democrat, active and influential in the councils of his party, and has served as county commissioner of Chaves County. He is a prominent Mason, belonging to the Blue lodge, chapter and commandery at Roswell, to the Mystic Shrine at Albuquerque and to the Consistory of Wichita, Kansas, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree. His wife is prominent in the Eastern Star and for two years was matron of Roswell chapter, while from October, 1904, until October, 1905, she was grand matron of the grand chapter of New Mexico and was also a delegate to the general grand chapter at St. Louis, Missouri.
Suggested Edit

Find A Grave contributor, S G Michael has made the following suggested edits.



Walter Chisum (24183460)

Suggested edit: Walter P. Chisum, the elder son, was born in Denton County, Texas, September 25, 1861, and throughout his entire life has been engaged in ranching and farming, which pursuit has proved to be a profitable one. He came with his parents to Texas and for a number of years resided upon the ranch owned by his uncle, John Chisum, but now makes his home in Roswell.

On the 15th of November 1887, Walter P. Chisum was married at Dodge City, Kansas, to Miss Inez V. Simpson, and their children are: Jamie W., born February 28, 1889: and Ara B. and Oscar W., twins, born June 9, 1802. Walter Chisum is a stalwart Democrat, active and influential in the councils of his party, and has served as county commissioner of Chaves County. He is a prominent Mason, belonging to the Blue lodge, chapter and commandery at Roswell, to the Mystic Shrine at Albuquerque and to the Consistory of Wichita, Kansas, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree. His wife is prominent in the Eastern Star and for two years was matron of Roswell chapter, while from October, 1904, until October, 1905, she was grand matron of the grand chapter of New Mexico and was also a delegate to the general grand chapter at St. Louis, Missouri.

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