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- ↑ Davis, Charles G. Fasken, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, University of Texas at Austin.
- "Fasken, Texas". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016. (David Fasken)
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