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Husband:
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HARRY HURRINDEN HALSELL
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Born:
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October 01, 1860
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in:
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TEXAS, CSA
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Died:
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February 04, 1957
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in:
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA
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Relationship with Father:
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JAMES THOMPSON HALSELL - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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MARIE TRIMBLE - Natural
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Reference number:
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379
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CLUBS:
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1888
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in:
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE TEXAS CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION
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Education:
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SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
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Friends:
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WILLIAM H. PORTWOOD, CHARLIE RIESSHARLT,WILL ROGERS,LITTLE DICK WEST
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HOBBIES:
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AVID READER
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IN MEMORIAM:
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NAMED FOR CONFEDERATE GENERAL HURRINDEN
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MILITARY SERV:
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ARMY SCOUT
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Occupation:
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WRITER OF WESTERN FICTION, SOMETIMES UNDER THE PEN NAME OF " HOT SPUR "
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PETS:
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SEVERAL DOGS, DEER, ANTELOPE, AND A RAVEN
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POLITICAL SER:
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ADVISOR TO HON.GEO.MAHON LONGTIME CHAIRMAN OF US HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
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SPORTS:
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RIDIN & SHOOT'N
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Medical
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Height:
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5 ft. 10 in.
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Weight:
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165 lb. 0 oz.
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Medical Information:
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HAD STEEL-BLUE EYES THAT FLASHED FIRE
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Notes
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"COURAGE CAN BE A SHIELD;
FORTITUDE BUILDS CHARACTER;
HARDSHIPS ARE BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE;
COUNT NO MAN HAPPY TIL HE DIES."
HARRY HALSELL WAS BORN THE SAME YEAR AS THE PONY EXPRESS AND HE SAW THE FIRST TRAIN ARRIVE IN TEXAS. HE LIVED TO SEE 16 DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS. HE READ SOCRATES AND ARISTOTLE, SHAKESPEARE, CERVANTES, GOETHE; HE QUOTED BY MEMORY LONG SECTIONS OF MILTON AND TALKED OF PERIOLES, PLATO AND HOMER AS IF THEY WERE NEXTDOOR NEIGHBORS. HE WROTE AS HE TALKED. HE WAS EXPANSIVE, ZESTFUL AND AT TIMES SPELL-BINDING. HARRY WROTE 9 POPULAR WESTERN DOCO- FICTION NOVELS, AMONG THEM; "THE RANGER," "COWBOYS AND CATTLEMEN", "PRAIREFLOWER"," THE OLD CIMARRON", AND "ROMANCE OF THE WEST". HARRY BEGAN RIDING DOWN WILD CATTLE WITH HIS FATHER WHEN HE WAS 8 YEARS OLD ON THE WEST FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVER. HE STARTED GOING ON TRAIL DRIVES IN 1871. AROUND 1881 HALSELL SETTLED AMONG THE CREEK AND CHEROKEE NATIONS OF OKLAHOMA STARTING A LIFELONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN. IN 1905 HARRY LIVED FOR AWHILE AMONG THE TUSCARORA INDIANS. IN 1907 HE LIVED WITH THE ILASCALA OF MEXICO. HARRY COULD SPEAK ALITTLE IN 57 DIFFERENT INDIAN LANGUAGES AS WELL AS SIGN LANGUAGE.
WHEN HE DIED THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARY HEADLINE READ:" HARRY H. HALSELL, 96, INDIAN FIGHTER, TEXAS RANCHER WHO ONCE OUTFOXED GERONIMO DIES." THE TIMES WENT ON TO STATE THAT HARRY GOT HIS 1ST SIX-SHOOTER AT THE AGE OF 7, STARTED BRANDING HIS OWN MAVERICKS AT 10, AND WAS DRIVING LONGHORNS NORTH THRU INDIAN TERRITORY TO THE RAIL-HEADS WHEN HE WAS ONLY 11. CATTLEMAN MAGAZINE SAID OF HIM," HALSELL WAS THE LAST OF THE 50,000 COWBOYS WHO WENT UP THE TRAIL BETWEEN 1865 AND 1885." POWERFUL US REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE MAHON SAID," HARRY WAS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MAN IN MY LIFE!" HARRY SAID," HARDSHIPS ARE BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE, THEY DEVELOP FIBER IN A MAN."
"ONE MAN RIDES EAST, ANOTHER WEST,
BY THE SUREST ROUTE HE KNOWS;
IT'S THE COURAGE IN HIS HEROIC BREAST,
THAT DETERMINES WHICH WAY HE GOES."
"THE HIGH SOUL CLIMBS THE HIGHWAY,
THE LOW SOUL TRAVELS THE LOW;
IN BETWEEN ON THE MISTY FLATS,
THE HERD DRIFTS TO AND FRO."
HARRY H. HALSELL
SEPTEMBER, 1943
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Marriage Information
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Name:
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RUTH SHANKS
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Married:
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1908
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Beginning status:
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Married
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DECATER, TEXAS, USA
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Marriage Notes
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Wife:
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RUTH SHANKS
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Born:
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May 1892
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in:
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AMARILLO, TEXAS, USA
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Died:
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August 19, 1992
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in:
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA
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Relationship with Father:
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FRED SHANKS - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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Reference number:
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3396
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Medical
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Notes
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Child:
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NAOMI HALSELL
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Born:
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DECATER, TEXAS, USA
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Relationship with Father:
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HARRY HURRINDEN HALSELL - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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RUTH SHANKS - Natural
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Reference number:
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3394
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Medical
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Notes
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Marriage Information
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Name:
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WILLIAM WARREN PARKER II
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Beginning status:
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Married
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Marriage Notes
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Child:
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HORTENSE HALSELL
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Born:
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DECATER, TEXAS, USA
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Relationship with Father:
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HARRY HURRINDEN HALSELL - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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RUTH SHANKS - Natural
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Reference number:
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5156
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Medical
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Notes
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Marriage Information
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Name:
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ROBERT CONRAD
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Beginning status:
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Married
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Marriage Notes
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Child:
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MARGARET HALSELL
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Born:
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1911
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in:
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DECATER, TEXAS, USA
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Died:
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA
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Relationship with Father:
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HARRY HURRINDEN HALSELL - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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RUTH SHANKS - Natural
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Reference number:
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1204
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Medical
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Notes
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Marriage Information
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Name:
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G. W. PARKER II
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Beginning status:
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Married
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Marriage Notes
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Child:
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HARRY HALSELL
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Born:
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1919
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in:
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DECATER, TEXAS, USA
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Relationship with Father:
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HARRY HURRINDEN HALSELL - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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RUTH SHANKS - Natural
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Reference number:
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5157
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Medical
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Notes
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Marriage Information
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Name:
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NELLE BROOKS PITTLE
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Beginning status:
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Married
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Marriage Notes
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Child:
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OSCAR ED HALSELL
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Born:
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1921
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in:
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DECATER, TEXAS, USA
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Relationship with Father:
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HARRY HURRINDEN HALSELL - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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RUTH SHANKS - Natural
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Reference number:
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5158
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Medical
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Notes
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Marriage Information
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Name:
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BETTY HALSELL
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Beginning status:
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Married
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Marriage Notes
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Child:
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GRACE HALSELL
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Born:
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1923
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in:
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LUBBOCK, TEXAS, USA
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Died:
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WASHINGTON D. C., USA
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Relationship with Father:
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HARRY HURRINDEN HALSELL - Natural
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Relationship with Mother:
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RUTH SHANKS - Natural
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Reference number:
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5159
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COMPANIES:
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WASHINGTON POST, N.Y. HERALD TRIBUNE, NEW YORK POST, HOUSTON POST, FT.WORTH TELE
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Education:
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SORBONNE, PARIS, FRANCE
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HOBBIES:
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ADVENTURE
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MILITARY SERV:
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WAR CORRESPONDENT KOREA,EAST BERLIN,VIETNAM,MID.EAST,AFGANISTAN,MACEDONIA,BOSNIA
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Occupation:
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REPORTER-WRITER
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PETS:
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TONY WAS HER 1ST HORSE
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POLITICAL SER:
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SPEECH WRITER FOR PRES. JOHNSON FOR 3 YEARS
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Medical
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Notes
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ON MARCH 4, 1997 I MET THE MOST EXCITING WOMAN, OR MAN FOR THAT MATTER, THAT I HAVE EVER RUN ACROSS IN MY 52 YEARS. GRACE HALSELL GREW UP ON THE STAKED PLAINS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS. AT 15 SHE WENT TO WORK FOR THE LUBBOCK NEWSPAPER AS A REPORTER. BY 17 SHE WAS WORKING AS A REPORTER FOR THE FORT WORTH TELEGRAPH FOR 5 DOLLARS A DAY. SHE WORKED HER WAY WEST AND ENDED UP WORKING FOR 1 YEAR ON THE JAPAN TIMES IN TOKYO WERE SHE SLEPT ON TATAMI MATS AND ATE RAW FISH 3 TIMES A DAY. SHE CAUGHT A FREIGHTER FOR HONG KONG AND LANDED A JOB ON THE TIGER STANDARD WRITING A DAILY COLUMN. SHE LIVED WITH A FAMILY OF 19 ON BOARD A RIVER JUNK FOR 2 YEARS. SHE HOPPED ANOTHER TRAMP STEAMER AND LANDED ON THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA. FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS SHE HAD A DAILY BI-LINE IN THE LA PRENSA LIMA, PERU'S NEWSPAPER. THEN SHE TOOK OFF TO CROSS THE ANDES BY JEEP. THE GOING WAS SO ROUGH IT TOOK 18 DAYS TO GO ONLY 189 MILES TO A HIGH AMAZON VALLEY WERE OIL HAD JUST BEEN DISCOVERED. ONE PROBLEM, WHAT TO DO WITH THE OIL? THERE WAS NO RAILHEAD EAST OF THE ANDES, NO AIR FIELDS AND NO PAVED ROADS IN AN AREA THE SIZE OF FRANCE. THE OIL HAD TO BE PUSHED BY BARGE DOWN THE AMAZON. GRACE SIGNED ON WITH A CREW OF 28 YOUNG INDIAN MEN. IT WAS 1000 MILES TIL THEY CAME TO THE 1ST VILLAGE. THE MEN LOVED HER, SHE WOULD EAT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING OFFERED TO HER. WORLD WAR II HAD STARTED AND SHE WENT TO WORK AS THE CRIME REPORTER FOR THE WASHINGTON POST, ONE OF THE 1ST NEWSPAPERWOMEN TO NOT BE LOCKED INTO SOCIETY COLUMNS. SHE COVERED THE KOREAN WAR FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE. SHE REPORTED FROM VIETNAM'S WAR ZONES FOR THE NEW YORK POST. SOMEHOW SHE FOUND TIME TO WRITE SPEECHES FOR LBJ FOR 3 YEARS. " THE WORST BOSS I'VE EVER HAD." THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR HAS PUBLISHED HER FRONTLINE WAR COLUMNS FROM CHINA, RUSSIA, AFGANISTAN, MACEDONIA, ALBANIA AND BOSNIA. ALL OF THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR GRACE THOUGH. SHE HAS AUTHORED 12 BOOKS. IN THE MID 1960'S SHE WROTE SOUL SISTER POSING AS A BLACK MAID IN MISSISSIPPI AND HARLEM. SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR SITTING ON THE 1ST ROW IN A CRACKER CHURCH, FOR TRYING TO EAT IN AN ALL WHITE CAFE, AND FOR GETTING ON THE WRONG BUS. IN THE 1970'S SHE WROTE BESSIE YELLOWHAIR POSING AS A NAVAJO NURSEMAID IN ARIZONA AND LOS ANGELES. IN THE REAGAN YEARS SHE WROTE THE ILLEGALS POSING AS A WETBACK. SHE SWAM THE RIO GRANDE TO THE TEXAS VALLEY WERE SHE WORKED AS A MIGRANT FARM WORKER. SHE CUT HER WAY THROUGH THE BORDER FENCE AND SPRINTED ACROSS BUSY I-10 TO LAND A $2 PER HOUR JOB IN AN EL PASO SWEAT SHOP. SHE HIRED A CYOTE TO GUIDE HER AND OTHERS THROUGH THE CANYON OF THE THEIVES TO THE SEWER TUNNELS THAT LED THEM TO SAN DIEGO AND ANOTHER MAID JOB. IN THE LATE 1980'S SHE WROTE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM POSING SOMETIMES AS A CHRISTIAN,SOMETIMES AS A JEW, AND SOMETIMES AS A MUSLIM IN THE STRIFE-TORN HOLY LAND. SHE ALSO FOUND TIME TO WRITE LOS VIEJOS ABOUT AGED MEXICAN-AMERICANS AND A MEDICAL SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE. HER CURRENT BOOK, IN THEIR SHOES, HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY HOLLYWOOD AS A POSSIBLE SUSAN SARANDON FILM. IT IS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ADVENTUROUS LIFE. GRACE'S DAD SAID, " FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, ANY OLD LOG CAN FLOAT DOWN STREAM." I THINK THE OLD INDIAN FIGHTER WOULD BE PROUD.
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Marriage Information
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Marriage Notes
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