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- from "The Houston Post", 2 Jul 1918 (newspapers.com)
THE COURT HOUSE THRONGED WITH WOMEN MONDAY
...There has been some rivalry among the young women over who should have the honor of issuing a certificate to the eldest one on the honor roll. While the young women were busy, the tax collector, A.R. Miller, who is also a busy man, show Mrs. Harriet M. Szabo, mother of the wife of Judge Charles E. Ashe, awaiting her turn. With the enthusiasm of youth the tax collector grasped the opportunity to do an act of courtesy and to get first honors for the honor roll. He called Mrs. Szabo into the main office and registered her himself. Mrs. Harriet M. Szabo is 84 years of age, lives at 1103 Dallas street, has lived in this one place for more than 64 years, and will on July 27 vote at Precinct 9.
- from "Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982", ancestry.com
Mrs. Harriet M Szabo, widowed, born Oct 25, 1833 in Baldwinsville, NY to Asa Baker b. NY and Hannah Robinson b. PA, died on 4 Feb 1928 in Houston TX of bronchial pnuemonia 2nd to senility. Burial on 5 Feb 1928 in Glenwood Cemetery. Informant Judge Charles E. Ashe.
- from "The Houston Chronicle", 5 Feb 1928 (Houston Library microfilm)
FUNERAL IS HELD FOR PIONEER HOUSTONIAN
Funeral services for Mrs. H.M. Szabo, pioneer Houstonian, who died Saturday afternoon after a brief illness at the home of Charles E. Ashe, 1116 Main, were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Glenwood Cemetery, where burial took place. Mrs. Szabo was a member of one of the first families to settle in Houston in 1830. Formerly a Miss Baker, she married Alexander A. Szabo shortly after the civil war. Her brother, the late W.R. Baker, was at one time mayor of Houston. Three of Mrs. Szabo's sisters married into prominent Houston families, one to W.A. Clark and the other to Col. T.M bagby and H.D. Taylor. Alexander Szabo built the first section of the Houton and Texas Central Railroad here. Both Mrs. Szabo and her husband were lifelong members of the Presbyterian Church, and had been constantly active in church work. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Charles E. Ashe, Mrs. Eloise E. Witte and Mrs. Ruth Lane; a number of nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews and great-grand nieces and nephews, all of Houston. Rev. James F. Hardie officiated at the services. Pallbearers, selected from the grand and great-grand nephews were Willys Taylor, Jack Ketterson, Francis Berleth, Dick Tankersley, Taylor Robertson, Arthur Vandervoort, Jr., Edward Taylor and Worden Wallace. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Settegast-Lopf Company.
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1833 - 1928 (94 years)
Asa Baker, b. 31 Dec 1786, New Ipswich, Hillsborough, NH 
