Claude Herman Hamlin
1891 - 1948 (57 years)-
Name Claude Herman Hamlin Born 26 Jan 1891 Parker County, Texas, USA 
Gender Male Died 17 Feb 1948 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA Buried 18 Feb 1948 Jayton Cemetery - Jayton, Texas, USA Person ID I14104 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 27 Oct 2025
Father Horace Lark Hamlin, b. 1 Jan 1862, Mound City, Linn County, Kansas, USA , d. 21 Jul 1925, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA (Age 63 years) Mother Eveline L. Harper, b. 26 Jul 1869, Kentucky Town, Grayson County, Texas, USA , d. 17 Jun 1949, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA (Age 79 years) Married 22 Mar 1888 Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, USA Family ID F6263 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Dixie Carolyn Howerton, b. Mar 1896, Comanche County, Texas, USA , d. 1927, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA (Age ~ 30 years) Married 1913 Children + 1. Mamie Jewel Hamlin, b. 12 Dec 1914, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA , d. 4 Sep 1994, Splendora, Montgomery County, Texas, USA (Age 79 years)+ 2. Joe Reed Hamlin, b. 15 May 1916, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA , d. 28 Jan 1995, Collinsville, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 78 years)3. Lela Mae Hamlin, b. 31 Aug 1920, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA , d. 31 Mar 1921, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA (Age 0 years)4. Eva Ioma Hamlin, b. 3 Feb 1922, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA , d. 18 Jul 2000, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA (Age 78 years)+ 5. Eddie Arvin Hamlin, b. 11 Oct 1923, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA , d. 21 Apr 1996, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA (Age 72 years)+ 6. Ora Eloise Hamlin, b. 28 Feb 1926, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA , d. 12 Sep 1978, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA (Age 52 years)Last Modified 26 Oct 2025 Family ID F6956 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Hattie Elizabeth Bell, b. 17 Dec 1880, Cooke County, Texas, USA , d. 22 Nov 1975, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA (Age 94 years) Married 15 Sep 1929 Rotan, Fisher County, Texas, USA Last Modified 26 Oct 2025 Family ID F6957 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Winnie Ethel Helms, b. 1 Jul 1897, Celina, Collin County, Texas, USA , d. 4 Jan 2000, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, USA (Age 102 years) Married Oct 1945 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA Last Modified 27 Oct 2025 Family ID F6959 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 26 Jan 1891 - Parker County, Texas, USA 
Married - 15 Sep 1929 - Rotan, Fisher County, Texas, USA 
Married - Oct 1945 - Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA Died - 17 Feb 1948 - Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA 
Buried - 18 Feb 1948 - Jayton Cemetery - Jayton, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Claude Herman Hamlin
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U.S. World War I Draft Card - Claude Herman Hamlin
Name: Claud Hamlin
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1891
Birth Place: Texas, USA
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Jayton, Kent, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Short
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
U.S. World War II Draft Card - Claude Herman Hamlin
Name: Claud Hamlin
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1889 [1891]
Residence Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Death Certificate for Claude Herman Hamlin
Name: Claude Herman Hamlin
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 57
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1891
Birth Place: Texas
Residence Date: 1948
Residence Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA
Death Date: 17 Feb 1948
Death Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA
Father: Horace Hamlin
Mother: Eva Hopper [Harper]
Obituary of Claude Herman Hamlin
Published in The Big Spring Herald on February 20, 1948
Headstones 
Headstone of Claude Herman Hamlin and Dixie Carolyn Howerton Hamlin
Jayton Cemetery - Jayton, Texas, USA
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Notes - Obituary:
Heart Attacks Claim Lives Of Two Here
Heart attacks claimed the lives of two Big Spring men suddenly Tuesday.
Claude H. Hamlin, 57, died at 2 p.m. before he could reach a hospital, and Robert V. Cobb, 46, died at 10 p.m. a few minutes after he was rushed to a hospital.
Rites were to be said today at 3 p.m. in Jayton for Hamlin, who resided at 1800 N. 10th Street. He was stricken while at work north of town. A resident of Big Spring for 11 years, he had been engaged in farming most of the time.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Joe Hamlin and Eddie Hamlin, Big Spring; three daughters Mrs. P. G. Kelley, Mrs. Lloyd Arnold and Mrs. Charles Huitt, Big Spring; five brothers and two sisters. The body was taken overland to Jayton in an Eberley coach Tuesday evening for services and interment.
Cobb was stricken late Tuesday evening a this home at 1902 Scurry and was rushed immediately to a hospital.
For the past 23 years he had resided in Big Spring, following his trade as a carpenter. Arrangements are incomplete and the body was at Eberley Funeral home.
Survivors include his wife; three sons Leo Cobb, Vernal, Utah, R. V. Cobb, Jr., Big Spring, Sid Cobb, Phoenix, Ariz.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cobb, Pickton, Texas; two brothers and a sister, Vernice Cobb, Wiley Cobb and Anna Mae McYea, all of Pickton.
(Published in The Big Spring Herald on February 20, 1948)
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