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Thomas David Frisby memorial (with transcribed 1952 obituary and death-certificate transcription)

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The source

Citation ID
cite:findagrave-thomas-david-frisby
Evidence tier
3 · compiled genealogy
Proves?
No: a lead, not proof
Record type
cemetery index
Repository
Find a Grave
Public URL
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15514646/thomas_david-frisby
Accessed
2026-10-08
Access
public source
Claims citing it
10

Excerpt

Thomas D. Frisby, 65, … died at his residence at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. … Survivors: his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Ralph (Adele) Sorrells of Waco; two sons, A. J. Frisby of Baton Rouge, La. and Thomas Frisby of Tyler

Verbatim excerpt from the source, as recorded in the citation.

What this record proves

Accepted claims citing this source at confirmed or supported: a source of this tier is a lead, so a claim here is supported only because tier 1–2 evidence it cites alongside this source states it.

10 claims this source proves or supports
ClaimPersonStatesStatusTierReview
claim:thomas-david-frisby:name:1Thomas David FrisbyThomas David Frisbysupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:living-status:1Thomas David Frisbydeceasedsupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:birth:1Thomas David Frisbybirth · August 12, 1886supported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:death:1Thomas David Frisbydeath · May 17, 1952 · Waco, Texassupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:marriage:1Thomas David Frisbymarriage · October 22, 1907supported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:faye-frisby:marriage:1Easter Fay Frisbymarriage · October 22, 1907supported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:burial:1Thomas David Frisbyburial · after May 17, 1952 · Sweetwater, Texassupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:faye-frisby:parent-of:1Easter Fay Frisbyparent-of A.J. Frisbysupported3 · compiled genealogyaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:spouse-of:1Thomas David Frisbyspouse-of Easter Fay Frisbysupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:thomas-david-frisby:parent-of:1Thomas David Frisbyparent-of A.J. Frisbysupported3 · compiled genealogyaccepted

What it does not prove

Claims citing this source at reconstructed, conditional or needs-verification, or demoted on review (downgraded): the source is a lead or partial corroboration for these, not proof.

Every claim citing this source is accepted as confirmed, supported or family-confirmed.

Open questions touching these claims

Conflicts touching these claims

  • The joint Frisby marker at Sweetwater reads “MARRIED OCT. 22, 1907”, and the inscription fields of both Find a Grave memorials agree; the 1982 obituary transcription on Easter Fay's memorial says she married Thomas David Frisby on October 17, 1907 at Sherman. The accepted claims carry the marker's October 22 at `supported`; the October 17 reading is held unaccepted and is not refuted. The Grayson County marriage record of October 1907 decides it. Nothing is asserted about the place.

    Resolution
    open

    Claims in conflict

    • claim:thomas-david-frisby:marriage:1 — Thomas David Frisby: marriage · October 22, 1907 supported
    • claim:faye-frisby:marriage:1 — Easter Fay Frisby: marriage · October 22, 1907 supported

  • Thomas David Frisby's burial is placed at Sweetwater Cemetery, Nolan County by the cemetery index row and the joint marker photographed there, and at “Rosemound Cemetery, Waco” by the death-certificate transcription on his Find a Grave memorial. The accepted claim carries Sweetwater at `supported`; the Waco reading is held unaccepted. The certificate image and the Sweetwater Cemetery sexton's record decide it.

    Resolution
    open
    Alternate readings
    deferred — the competing reading is a claim whose review is deferred, so it is not published until it is reviewed; the published side keeps its own status.

    Claims in conflict

    • claim:thomas-david-frisby:burial:1 — Thomas David Frisby: burial · after May 17, 1952 · Sweetwater, Texas supported

Evidence tier and review status

This source is tier 3 · compiled genealogy — proves? No: a lead, not proof. A claim’s tier is the best tier among all its sources, so a claim listed here may sit at a stronger tier than this source when it also cites a stronger record.

Citing claims by tier, status and review state
Claim tierStatusReviewClaims
2 · official transcriptsupportedaccepted8
3 · compiled genealogysupportedaccepted2

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