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Note: John Mabin, along with his sister Ellen Tennessee (Aunt Tenny as she was called), were raised by his uncle Nathan Hall and his wife. Margret was not included because Nathan said he could only take two of the three children. John Mabingfrew up on the ranch and became the foreman for his uncle. John Mabin used to relate much later in life how he would bootleg whiskey from the railhead at San Saba, Texas to the ranchers near Richland Springs. He hid it under loads of hay in the wagons they drove from Richland Springs to San Saba. When he was married and left the ranch to move into Richland Springs, he worked in a store there and joined the Baptist Church. He eventually surrendered to preach. He used to say that his experiences hauling whiskey for those ranchers came in handy when he was preaching. He knew just who to preach to. John Mabin pastored in Happy, Texas, and several places in the Panhandle of Texas. When he retired from the ministry, he managed stores for Jess Phipps in Southern Oklahoma, and eventually moved to Wichita Falls where he had two different stores. He retired from working and lived on Social Security in Petrolia, Texas until his death. His wife, Eva Mae (Davenport) Hall survived him several years. They are both buried in the Petrolia Cemetery.
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