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Etta Brashears was elected County Treasurer for Castro County, Texas in 1916. Brashears was reelected twice more in 1918 and 1920. Widowed at the close of 1910 after the murder-suicide of her mother and husband respectively, running for office may have been motivated by a need for a source of financial income for herself and her children.
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Etta Brashears's Campaign for County Treasurer, 1918
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Etta Brashears's Campaign for County Treasurer, 1920
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