Foard County Texas Archives Photo Group.....Abb Burks Blacksmith Shop ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debbie Zouras debzouras@yahoo.com October 23, 2012, 11:06 pm Source: Family Collection Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/foard/photos/abbburks10013nph.jpg Image file size: 218.4 Kb This photo was passed to me by my grandmother. Abb, as he was called by family, was my grandmothers uncle through her father. George Abra Burks was born 29 April 1876 in Clayton Co GA and died 10 Aug 1961 in Covina CA. He married Margaret McReynolds on 9 Mar 1905 in Foard Co TX and their 3 children were born there. He is found on the 1910 Foard Co TX census with occupation listed as blacksmith shop. The attached photo is of this shop. Sometime before 1920 he moved to Covina CA and is listed as an auto mechanic on the 1920 Los Angeles Co census. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/foard/photos/abbburks10013nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/txfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb