Harold J. Abrams, 53, of 6310 Mercedes, native of Dallas, adviser to the trustee of the Texas & Pacific Land Trust and prominently identified with the Dallas Symphony Society and other civic movements, was found dead at 8 a.m. Sunday in his automobile in the garage at his home. There was a bullet wound in his head and his pistol lay beside him. Death resulted from a gunshot wound, self-inflicted, Justice of the Peace E. John Baldwin said, after conducting a Coroner's inquest.
Mr. Abrams had been seriously ill for some time.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. William Webb Browning; a brother, Lucien Abrams, an artist of Old Lyme, Conn., and two grandsons.
Private Funeral Services.
Private funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the home by Bishop Harry T. Moore. It was requested that no flowers be sent. The body will be sent at noon to San Antonio for cremation.
A member of a distinguished pioneer American family, Mr. Abrams was born here Feb. 4, 1885, the son of William Henry Abrams, native of Peru, Ill., and Mrs. Ella Murray Harris Abrams, native of Luray, Va.
He was educated in the Dallas public schools, St. Matthew's grammar school and the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Mr. Abrams was vice-president of the Dallas Symphony Society, sponsors of the symphony orchestra here. He was active in founding and maintaining the orchestra and formerly played with the group, being an accomplished violinist and viola player. Before reorganization of the society in 1925, Mr. Abrams served as president.
After being graduated from college in 1904, Mr. Abrams entered the service of the Texas & Pacific Railway and remained with the company until 1919, when he changed to the Texas Pacific Land Trust. In 1925, he succeeded his father as trustee and general agent of the latter company, and held the trusteeship until shortly before his death.
Member of Early Family.
Mr. Abrams' mother was the daughter of William Alexander Harris of Loudon County, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia Legislature, member of Congress, Minister to Argentina, editor of the Washington Union and printer for the United States Senate. Mr. Abrams maternal grandmother was Frances Carter Murray, of Loudon County, daughter of Samuel Murray and great-granddaughter of Col. John Carter, father of Robert Carter, Governor of Virginia, rector of William and Mary College, and ancestor of six Governors, two Presidents and of Gen. Robert E. Lee. An uncle of Mr. Abrams, on his mother's side, William Alexander Harris, settled in Kansas and represented that State in both houses of Congress.
Mr. Abrams has been identified with the Episcopal Church in the Dallas diocese for many years, having served as vestryman of St. Matthews's Cathedral and chairman of the board of directors of St. Mary's College here. He was a Mason, a member of the Dallas Athletic Club and the Brook Hollow Golf Club. Another business connection was a directorship of the Republic National Bank.
His wife, the former Blanche Louise Fallon, a native of Dallas, is a former president of the Dallas Women's Club, and in 1932, organized the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club, for which she was given the title of honorary president for life. She served also as precinct committeewoman.
- May 9, 1938, Dallas Morning News, Sec. II, pp. 1, 8.
Mr. Abrams had been seriously ill for some time.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. William Webb Browning; a brother, Lucien Abrams, an artist of Old Lyme, Conn., and two grandsons.
Private Funeral Services.
Private funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the home by Bishop Harry T. Moore. It was requested that no flowers be sent. The body will be sent at noon to San Antonio for cremation.
A member of a distinguished pioneer American family, Mr. Abrams was born here Feb. 4, 1885, the son of William Henry Abrams, native of Peru, Ill., and Mrs. Ella Murray Harris Abrams, native of Luray, Va.
He was educated in the Dallas public schools, St. Matthew's grammar school and the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Mr. Abrams was vice-president of the Dallas Symphony Society, sponsors of the symphony orchestra here. He was active in founding and maintaining the orchestra and formerly played with the group, being an accomplished violinist and viola player. Before reorganization of the society in 1925, Mr. Abrams served as president.
After being graduated from college in 1904, Mr. Abrams entered the service of the Texas & Pacific Railway and remained with the company until 1919, when he changed to the Texas Pacific Land Trust. In 1925, he succeeded his father as trustee and general agent of the latter company, and held the trusteeship until shortly before his death.
Member of Early Family.
Mr. Abrams' mother was the daughter of William Alexander Harris of Loudon County, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia Legislature, member of Congress, Minister to Argentina, editor of the Washington Union and printer for the United States Senate. Mr. Abrams maternal grandmother was Frances Carter Murray, of Loudon County, daughter of Samuel Murray and great-granddaughter of Col. John Carter, father of Robert Carter, Governor of Virginia, rector of William and Mary College, and ancestor of six Governors, two Presidents and of Gen. Robert E. Lee. An uncle of Mr. Abrams, on his mother's side, William Alexander Harris, settled in Kansas and represented that State in both houses of Congress.
Mr. Abrams has been identified with the Episcopal Church in the Dallas diocese for many years, having served as vestryman of St. Matthews's Cathedral and chairman of the board of directors of St. Mary's College here. He was a Mason, a member of the Dallas Athletic Club and the Brook Hollow Golf Club. Another business connection was a directorship of the Republic National Bank.
His wife, the former Blanche Louise Fallon, a native of Dallas, is a former president of the Dallas Women's Club, and in 1932, organized the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club, for which she was given the title of honorary president for life. She served also as precinct committeewoman.
- May 9, 1938, Dallas Morning News, Sec. II, pp. 1, 8.
Harold J. Abrams, 53, of 6310 Mercedes, native of Dallas, adviser to the trustee of the Texas & Pacific Land Trust and prominently identified with the Dallas Symphony Society and other civic movements, was found dead at 8 a.m. Sunday in his automobile in the garage at his home. There was a bullet wound in his head and his pistol lay beside him. Death resulted from a gunshot wound, self-inflicted, Justice of the Peace E. John Baldwin said, after conducting a Coroner's inquest.
Mr. Abrams had been seriously ill for some time.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. William Webb Browning; a brother, Lucien Abrams, an artist of Old Lyme, Conn., and two grandsons.
Private Funeral Services.
Private funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the home by Bishop Harry T. Moore. It was requested that no flowers be sent. The body will be sent at noon to San Antonio for cremation.
A member of a distinguished pioneer American family, Mr. Abrams was born here Feb. 4, 1885, the son of William Henry Abrams, native of Peru, Ill., and Mrs. Ella Murray Harris Abrams, native of Luray, Va.
He was educated in the Dallas public schools, St. Matthew's grammar school and the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Mr. Abrams was vice-president of the Dallas Symphony Society, sponsors of the symphony orchestra here. He was active in founding and maintaining the orchestra and formerly played with the group, being an accomplished violinist and viola player. Before reorganization of the society in 1925, Mr. Abrams served as president.
After being graduated from college in 1904, Mr. Abrams entered the service of the Texas & Pacific Railway and remained with the company until 1919, when he changed to the Texas Pacific Land Trust. In 1925, he succeeded his father as trustee and general agent of the latter company, and held the trusteeship until shortly before his death.
Member of Early Family.
Mr. Abrams' mother was the daughter of William Alexander Harris of Loudon County, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia Legislature, member of Congress, Minister to Argentina, editor of the Washington Union and printer for the United States Senate. Mr. Abrams maternal grandmother was Frances Carter Murray, of Loudon County, daughter of Samuel Murray and great-granddaughter of Col. John Carter, father of Robert Carter, Governor of Virginia, rector of William and Mary College, and ancestor of six Governors, two Presidents and of Gen. Robert E. Lee. An uncle of Mr. Abrams, on his mother's side, William Alexander Harris, settled in Kansas and represented that State in both houses of Congress.
Mr. Abrams has been identified with the Episcopal Church in the Dallas diocese for many years, having served as vestryman of St. Matthews's Cathedral and chairman of the board of directors of St. Mary's College here. He was a Mason, a member of the Dallas Athletic Club and the Brook Hollow Golf Club. Another business connection was a directorship of the Republic National Bank.
His wife, the former Blanche Louise Fallon, a native of Dallas, is a former president of the Dallas Women's Club, and in 1932, organized the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club, for which she was given the title of honorary president for life. She served also as precinct committeewoman.
- May 9, 1938, Dallas Morning News, Sec. II, pp. 1, 8.
Mr. Abrams had been seriously ill for some time.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. William Webb Browning; a brother, Lucien Abrams, an artist of Old Lyme, Conn., and two grandsons.
Private Funeral Services.
Private funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the home by Bishop Harry T. Moore. It was requested that no flowers be sent. The body will be sent at noon to San Antonio for cremation.
A member of a distinguished pioneer American family, Mr. Abrams was born here Feb. 4, 1885, the son of William Henry Abrams, native of Peru, Ill., and Mrs. Ella Murray Harris Abrams, native of Luray, Va.
He was educated in the Dallas public schools, St. Matthew's grammar school and the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Mr. Abrams was vice-president of the Dallas Symphony Society, sponsors of the symphony orchestra here. He was active in founding and maintaining the orchestra and formerly played with the group, being an accomplished violinist and viola player. Before reorganization of the society in 1925, Mr. Abrams served as president.
After being graduated from college in 1904, Mr. Abrams entered the service of the Texas & Pacific Railway and remained with the company until 1919, when he changed to the Texas Pacific Land Trust. In 1925, he succeeded his father as trustee and general agent of the latter company, and held the trusteeship until shortly before his death.
Member of Early Family.
Mr. Abrams' mother was the daughter of William Alexander Harris of Loudon County, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia Legislature, member of Congress, Minister to Argentina, editor of the Washington Union and printer for the United States Senate. Mr. Abrams maternal grandmother was Frances Carter Murray, of Loudon County, daughter of Samuel Murray and great-granddaughter of Col. John Carter, father of Robert Carter, Governor of Virginia, rector of William and Mary College, and ancestor of six Governors, two Presidents and of Gen. Robert E. Lee. An uncle of Mr. Abrams, on his mother's side, William Alexander Harris, settled in Kansas and represented that State in both houses of Congress.
Mr. Abrams has been identified with the Episcopal Church in the Dallas diocese for many years, having served as vestryman of St. Matthews's Cathedral and chairman of the board of directors of St. Mary's College here. He was a Mason, a member of the Dallas Athletic Club and the Brook Hollow Golf Club. Another business connection was a directorship of the Republic National Bank.
His wife, the former Blanche Louise Fallon, a native of Dallas, is a former president of the Dallas Women's Club, and in 1932, organized the Democratic Women's Luncheon Club, for which she was given the title of honorary president for life. She served also as precinct committeewoman.
- May 9, 1938, Dallas Morning News, Sec. II, pp. 1, 8.
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