Posted on: Carter County, Ok Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Carter/11578 Surname: Dallas, Cole ------------------------- Need someone to look up information as to whether there is still an Old Soldier and Sailors Rest Home in Ardmore, Carter Co., Okla.and if it is there & was there in 1921 and if it is still there if there would be old records as to whether my husband's great grandfather and wife were in the the last years of their lives. I have a picture of a building (I think is this home) with what I believe is him and a nurse on the front porch and another lady . I will be happy to share this and all information I have on the Dallas family. Ggrandfather was John B. Dallas and his wife was Rhoda Ellen Cole Dallas. Both died with in a month or so of each other and are buried there. Thanks to any who can and will help. John B. Dallas was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and did receive a pension of about $2.50 per month but only for a few months. Thank you. Florence M. Mallett please e-mail me at bossgma@cetnet.net

Hello: Perhaps you have already received a reply, but in the event that you have not ______ this is from "Indian Territory and Carter County Pioneers" 1840-1982" Copyright 1983 Taylor Publishing Co. Dallas, TX Newsfoto Publishing Co., San Angelo, TX. (There are two photos of the Confederate Home; taken in 1916 and in 1920. There was a balcony on the second floor over the main entrance) "On U.S. Highway 77 (South Commerce Street) in the southwestern section of Ardmore is located the Oklahoma Veterans Center, formerly the Oklahoma Confedrate Home. The facility was originally established in 1910 by the State of Oklahoma to care for Confederate veterans. The 23 acres first in use was donated by Mrs. Arthur Walcott, a prominent early-day citizen of Ardmore. Mrs. Walcott was one of the early members of the Chickasaw UDC Chapter in Ardmore. The Confederate Home allowd veterans and their wives to live in the facility. The last Confederate resident, a widow, to live in the home was Fannie Murphy, and died at age 88, in 1954, on Dec. 30. She had lived in the home 39 years, entering in 1915. She was eligible for residence through her second husband, L. J. Bailey, an officer in tghe Confederate Army. Fannie married twice after entering the home. Incidentally, Walter W. Williams was the last surviving Confederate veteran. He lived in Houston and died Dec 21, 1959, at age 117. Fortunately, the Center has preserved some of the early records of the Confederate Home. A Maintenance Fund Voucher Record for the year 1911 includes some ofs the following entries: (It goes on to list many expenditures----) As the Confederate veterans and their wives declined in numbers in the 1930s and 1940s, the facility deteriorated. On May 26, 1949, then Governor Roy J. Turner, signed a state bill converting the Confederate Home into the Oklahoma Veterans Home, now serving Oklahoma Veterans of World War I and II, the Korean War, and the Viet Nam War. The first admission into the refurbished domicillary was on Nov. 1, 1950. The Oklahoma Veterans Center in Ardmore is one of five statewide facilities. It has a capacity of 256 beds, including domicilliary and nursing care residents. There are no hospital beds, but access to the Veterans Hospital in Sulphur or Oklahoma City is readily available, and local medical care is frequently used. The Ardmore facility has modern dietary, pharmacy, nursing, physical therapy, social services, respitory, and recreational departments. The Center, now encompassing 50 acres, is in the process of expansion, with a new building that will house 100 nursing care beds and a new dietary section. It is ably operated under Joe Mathews as manager, and Lonnie Norton as assistant manager." "End of Quote----- I hesitate to pass on information that I can not personally verify, but I was told that the records of the residents of the Confederate Home were destroyed by accident. Can someone verify that this is true??? Supposedly the records were put on the front porch to put into storage, but were taken with the trash instead ????????? Regards, Anna Marie. ****************************** At 12:17 AM -0700 3/29/01, Florence M.Mallett wrote: >Posted on: Carter County, Ok Query Forum >Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Carter/11578 > >Surname: Dallas, Cole >------------------------- > >Need someone to look up information as to whether there is still an Old >Soldier and Sailors Rest Home in Ardmore, Carter Co., Okla.and if it is >there & was there in 1921 and if it is still there if there would be old >records as to whether my husband's great grandfather and wife were in the >the last years of their lives. I have a picture of a building (I think >is this home) with what I believe is him and a nurse on the front porch >and another lady . I will be happy to share this and all information I >have on the Dallas family. Ggrandfather was John B. Dallas and his wife >was Rhoda Ellen Cole Dallas. Both died with in a month or so of each other >and are buried there. Thanks to any who can and will help. John B. Dallas >was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and did receive a pension of >about $2.50 per month but only for a few months. Thank you. >Florence M. Mallett please e-mail me at bossgma@cetnet.net > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library