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Sabra Elizabeth AUSTIN

Female 1913 - 1997  (84 years)


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  • Name Sabra Elizabeth AUSTIN 
    Birth 26 Sep 1913  Eldorado, Jackson County, OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 5 Nov 1997  Lawton, Comanche County, OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 8 Nov 1997  City of Altus Cemetery, Altus, Jackson County, OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Source: Patricia Sikorovsky .

      (2) http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v025/v025p159.pdf:

      He [William Claude AUSTIN] was united in marriage on November 3, 1901 to Lillie Etta Austin, at Countyline Church, Howard County, Arkansas, and to this union came the following children:- . . .

      Sabra E. (Austin) Ware, wife of Henry A. Ware, Wytheville, Virginia, and who served approximately 2 years in Red Cross work in World War II, stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. . . .

      (3) The Seguin [TX] Gazette-Enterprise, June 26, 1985:

      Self-taught spinner develops ancient art

      By KIM McCONNELL

      The Lawton Constitution

      LAWTON, Okla. (AP) - Maryruth Prose has a goal in mind as she spins the thread on her spinning wheel. She will work her thread into the cloth she creates on a loom after she learns to weave, a craft which is a little more common than spinning.

      Prose learned the ancient art about seven years ago while she worked at the Museum of the Great Plains. She is a self-taught spinner, developing the skill to complement a pioneer program she gave.

      "I really enjoyed it, so when I left the museum I decided to get my own wheel," she said. "I've always loved textiles and natural fibers, such as linens, silks, cottons, and I also hoard fabrics. That's what attracted me to spinning"

      Weaving also caught Prose's attention. Her aunt, Sabra Ware of Altus, is a long-time weaver who plans to teach her niece the art, then give Prose a loom, which is used to weave or interlace threads into cloth.
      Spinning, Prose said, is a craft governed more by practice than magic.

      "Everyone has always seen a kind of mystique about spinning. People think it's some kind of magical thing and I think that comes from fairytales," she said.

      "It's extremely simple. You can spin thread with your fingers, or do it with an apple and pencil. It's probably one of the oldest craft skills, probably following soon after man domesticated sheep."

      She said there is no mystery. Fiber is fed into the spinning wheel, which merely twists it into thread. The difficult part is learning to spin thread of the same thickness. However, even awkward attempts at spinning interest her.

      The first attempts at making thread are not consistent in thickness, Prose said, but that inconsistency often produces an interesting texture in the fabric.

      Once Prose learns to weave, she will use hand-spun thread to produce yard goods for clothes and wall hangings where she can combine textures and fibers. Until then, she spends her time spinning and stockpiling thread for future projects. She is also experimenting with wools.

      "It's hard to find wool around here because the wool on most of the local sheep is not good for spinning, although you can use It. The breeds of sheep that produce the best wool for spinning need a colder and wetter climate," she said. "So, I order wools through craft shops."

      Flax is worked Into linen, and cotton and silk fibers also are popular spinning elements. Prose, always with an eye toward interesting textures, has found a home-grown ingredient to add to her spinning.
      While working at the wildlife refuge last summer, she managed to get some of the hair around the buffalo's neck.

      "I experimented with it and spun it into a very coarse thread. You couldn't make an entire work out of it, but it would add some nice texture," she said.

      "In essence, you can spin anything. A lot of people save their dog's hair to spin."

      Other textures may be obtained by mixing different fibers together.

      (4) Social Security Death Index:

      Name: Sabra A. Ware
      SSN: 447-22-6245
      Last Residence: 73507 Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States of America
      Born: 26 Sep 1913
      Died: 5 Nov 1997
      State (Year) SSN issued: Oklahoma (Before 1951)

      (5) City of Altus Cemetery Burial Database <http://www.cityofaltus.org/images/uploads/dept_0101/cemetery.asp>:

      Deceased: WARE, SABRA
      Buried: 11-08-1997
      Addition: 4TH
      Section: 2
      Space: A
      Birthdate: 09-26-1913
      Deathdate: 11-05-1997
    Person ID I16812  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father Judge William Claude AUSTIN,   b. 24 Jan 1880, Nashville, Howard County, AR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1946, Altus, Jackson County, OK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Lillie Etta DILDY,   b. 19 Jan 1881, Howard County, AR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1946, Altus, Jackson County, OK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 3 Nov 1901  Nashville, Howard County, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harry Alexander WARE,   b. 15 Feb 1906, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1957, Wytheville, Wythe County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 28 Oct 1945  Altus, Jackson County, OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024