Can anyone tell me the township in which Rufe, OK is located? Thank you. Ruth Goodman Arlington, TX

Bette, I'm sorry, I'm unable to help you in your request for marriage record of Frank or F.M. Sears marrying Nora(h) Durant.. I noticed you've Sisk surname in your linage. I have a George Irons that married Lola Nellie Sisk about 1919 in either McCurtain County, Okla. or Red River or Lamar County, Texas. I have nothing regarding this marriage and nothing on Lola except some California Death records: IRONS LOLA NELLIE 07/11/1902 COLLINS SISK F TEXAS STANISLAUS 07/25/1982 548-14-0984 80 yrs If this lady is in your data base, I'd appreciate any records you care to share. Sincerely, Doris Irons Greer caldor@neto.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette Sears" <bezzsears@yahoo.com> To: <OKMCCURT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:51 PM Subject: [OKMCCURT] Marriage records (1910-1913) > I am looking for the marriage record of Frank or F.M. Sears marrying > Nora(h) Durant. I found Nora Cravens marrying Gibby Durant and Frank > (F.M.) marriying Lillian Young Guest, but I need the marriage of Nora to > Frank. Can anyone help me? > > Bette > > ===== > Bette Sears home page > http://www.geocities.com/bezzsears > I am Researching > > Beck, Hall, McPhail, Oiley, Oley and Vogel of IL area. > > Blair, Craven, Cravens, Cravin, Durant , Murrin, Pressley ,Sears, Sisk. Standford of AR. ,CA. and OK area. > > Bohn, Dreer, Hild, Hohl, Peoples or Peebles, Schwaegerle, Simon, of MO., KY., IN. Austria, Switzerland and Germany area. > > Layton, Ruth, AZ., CA., PA. and Germany > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > > > > ==== OKMCCURT Mailing List ==== > CONTACT the list admin. at tawshasroots@yahoo.com > Visit the McCurtain county page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmccurt/mccurt.htm > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

I am looking for the marriage record of Frank or F.M. Sears marrying Nora(h) Durant. I found Nora Cravens marrying Gibby Durant and Frank (F.M.) marriying Lillian Young Guest, but I need the marriage of Nora to Frank. Can anyone help me? Bette ===== Bette Sears home page http://www.geocities.com/bezzsears I am Researching Beck, Hall, McPhail, Oiley, Oley and Vogel of IL area. Blair, Craven, Cravens, Cravin, Durant , Murrin, Pressley ,Sears, Sisk. Standford of AR. ,CA. and OK area. Bohn, Dreer, Hild, Hohl, Peoples or Peebles, Schwaegerle, Simon, of MO., KY., IN. Austria, Switzerland and Germany area. Layton, Ruth, AZ., CA., PA. and Germany __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1617.1.2 Message Board Post: Hello, Sandy. I just looked at your Forest Hill page and just wanted to let you know, the 'Parrish' names listed are actually 'Parish', with just one 'r'. I have photos of some headstones I can send you, if you'd like. Now, I'm going back to look closer at your very lengthy list! Thanks for all your hard work. Jennifer Parish Moll

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meek Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1591.1 Message Board Post: Interested in speaking to any of his Meek relatives.. beleive he is one of my half-cousins (albeit distant)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meek Cumbie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1517.1 Message Board Post: I would check Polk or Johnson Co., AR. She was in Johnson in 1880 and by 1900 was in Polk If this is your people would love to chat. Her half-brother is my gg-grandpa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1645.1 Message Board Post: I have a map of the schools of 1917 and it has Midway as being between Redland and Redbranch. Most of the names you mentioned are common to that area. Would love a copy of the picture. My father-in-law lived in the Redbranch area as a child. Elaine

Newton Dudley Caldwell s/o James Douglas Caldwell s/o Andrew Jackson Caldwell of Hempstead and later Howard Co., AR was born January 19, 1841 at Buck Range. Died December 30, 1918 at Goodwater, OK. He is buried at Philadelphia Cemetery at same place. His wife however was Lucy Ann D. Fontaine buried at Buck Range. My question is: How do I find out the names of the JP's in Hempstead and Howard Co.'s back in late 1800's and erly 1900's? I believe I saw an article before my great aunt died that said he was a JP. In order for someone to become a Justice of the Peace I would think they would have to read and write. However, some of his children, my great grandfather was one of them, that could not read or write. I don't understand that logic. Also, another mystery I would like to figure out is why he left Buck Range. It is true he had a child or two over in McCurtain Co., OK which is the Goodwater area. He also had a long pigtail which leads us to believe that there was indian in the family. It was cut off sometime before he was buried. One of my cousins has it in a trunk. Newton's son, Joseph William Caldwell, my great grandfather finally admitted before he died that there was indian in the Caldwell line. His brother Matthew Fontaine Caldwell was listed on the indian rolls. Matthew Fontaine Caldwell was the father to Benny "Blanch" Ivy Caldwell who married Buck Barrow of Bonnie and Clyde fame. Any help is appreciated. Jane Foley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bettis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1533.2.1.1 Message Board Post: First of all Thank You, for answering my ?'s. Nannie Burtan "Marine" Bettis and James Monroe Bettis is my Great Grandparents, from my Dad's side. They had six children together. The oldest child Perna L. bettis died a few weeks old, and is buried in Kentucky. Later on Mamie P. "Bettis" Mabry was born. Three years later Sarah Mavis "Bettis" Childress(my Grannie). Then Elbert Lynn Bettis was born. After that the Bettis families left Kentucky, some settled in Texas, Okla., etc. Jimmie R. Bettis was born after they left Kentucky and so was Richard Watt Bettis. I was told Richard was born at Rufe, Okla., and Jimmie Rufus Bettis was born Texas. Jimmie's birth, I am not for sure. I will have to look it up, to be exact. Elbert Lynn died around the age of 11 years old, and is buried beside his parents and a cousin from his Dad's side of the family, in the Valliant, Okla. cemetary. I would love to hear, from anyone who knows about my family history. I use to set and list! en to my Grannie talk about her people and how life was back then. Nannie Burtan "Marine" Bettis's mother Sarah Frances "Collie" Marine died at the age of 101 years old. Did you know that? Richard Jasper Marine was a school teacher.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bazzell, Marine, Killebrew, Wyatt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1533.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Mary, I'm a Bazzell researcher and Nancy Burton Marine's paternal grandmother was Sarah Burton Bazzell. Sarah Burton Bazzell was married to George Washington Marine. Their son, Richard Jasper Marine married Sarah Francis Collie, and Nancy was one of their children. Most of my research is centered on Calloway county, Kentucky where many of the Bazzell and Marine family settled. a kind researcher in McCurtain county sent me the obituaries for both Nancy Burton (Marine) Bettis and her husband, James Monroe Bettis. There is also a nice story about the courtship of Richard Jasper Marine and Sarah Frances Collie from another descendent if you are interested, I can send these to you. My ancestor, Grancer Kindal Bazzell was brother to Sarah Burton Bazzell. He was my gr gr gr gr grandfather, born in 1800 in Caswell county, NC. Sarah Burton Bazzell was born circa 1804 and died in 1843 in Calloway county, Kentucky. I Love history too. Thanks for writing.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bettis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1533.2 Message Board Post: I was looking at ancestry on my pc, and came accross your ? about Nannie Burton "Marine" Bettis. She was the wife of James Monroe Bettis. They are my Great Grandparents, who are you? I would like to know also, why are you interested in her? Are you a distant relative of hers? I, myself love History. Please write back?

I felt like I had to share this article with some of the other lists in case they had some relatives in this cemetery. I certainly hope they find the culprits. Jane Foley Hi folks...... > I was sent this article, and it broke my heart.....I wanted to share with you all in case you have family there....it is in NC, but our lines usually reach there somehow...... > I for one, will be having a serious conversation with my children on the sanctity of a cemetery....... > Paulette. > > Wilmington Star-News > Wilmington North Carolina > October 11, 2004 > > By Cheryl Welch > Staff Writer > cheryl.welch@starnewsonline.com > > Stark white, jagged pieces of granite and marble littered the tree- lined lanes. > Decapitated angel statues rested in azalea bushes. Two dozen Ice House beer cans > lay crumpled on the grass. > > It was this scene that met Oakdale Cemetery Superintendent Eric Kozen as he > arrived Sunday morning at the cemetery's ornate iron gates. > > "It was very, very, very heartbreaking for me today," Mr. Kozen said later in > the afternoon. "This is just devastating ...." > > Described as the worst vandalism in Wilmington's Oakdale Cemetery history, he > estimated 75 to 100 headstones were toppled or smashed sometime in the wee hours > of Sunday morning. The gates were closed and locked at 5 p.m. Saturday, he said, > but the vandals must have scaled the fence. > > The damage was scattered throughout the cemetery, with the heaviest > toll in the oldest section. > > "It's like leaving bread crumbs," Mr. Kozen said, describing the path taken by > the vandals - a group he estimated was five to 10 people strong. "They leave a > trail of damage going through the cemetery." > > The majority of the desecrated graves were those who were buried in the mid- to > late-1800s and are among the earliest residents of the peaceful city of the dead > called Oakdale Cemetery. > > Garden-like lanes lace through the cemetery's 165 acres, home to more than > 26,000 people since its first burial in 1855. Considered a historic landmark by > locals, Oakdale Cemetery has been the final resting place for many of > Wilmington's distinguished citizens including Edward B. Dudley, the first > elected governor of North Carolina, and Henry Bacon Jr., architect of the > Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. > > The graves desecrated include those of: Civil War Col. Champ T.N. Davis who > fought and died in the Battle of Seven Pines, Va. in 1862; MaryAnne Murphy who > lived through epidemics and the turmoil of Civil War occupation to die at the > age of 77 in 1889; and little > > Henrietta "Etta" Murphy who died in 1858 at the age of one year and two months. > > Names, dates and scripture etched on the front of graves tell the story of those > who reside in the cool soil beneath dozens of toppled monuments. Some of the > gravestones hit in the rash of overnight vandalism can't be read due to more > than a century of braving the elements. > > "Oakdale Cemetery is truly an outdoor living museum of Wilmington history," Mr. > Kozen said. "They destroyed a good part of history." Wilmington police are > investigating the incident and ask anyone with information to come forward. > > "It looks like a bunch of kids or somebody went out there and had a party and > got carried away tearing up tombstones," Lt. B.L. Maultsby said. "It seems to > get a little worse this time of year." > > He said the culprits face felony charges. > > Mr. Kozen said security at the cemetery will be increased significantly to > prevent this from happening again. > > Margaret McCall, 89, said she believes whoever is responsible for the damage > should be horsewhipped. > > "I'm horrified," she said while visiting the unharmed graves of family members > dating back four generations. "Lord have mercy. This is a sacred place." > > Her daughter, Marion Danforth, said it was family tradition to spend days at the > cemetery, picnicking beneath the towering oaks and tending the graves of friends > and family. > > "It's painful," she said, her gaze sweeping across the toppled monuments. "It's > such a disrespectful act. It's not something you can quite restore." > > Due to the age of most of the stones affected, Mr. Kozen doubts he'll be able to > locate family members to repair their elders' monuments. > > In May, 18 gravesites in the older section of the cemetery were vandalized in a > similar fashion and he could locate only two of the families. > > "It really falls upon the family," he said. "The stones are not part of our > responsibility but we do take it upon ourselves to do what we need to do." > > Police estimate the damage at $50,000 but Mr. Kozen said it's hard to put a > price on irreplaceable statues and monuments purchased in memory of loved ones. > > He is asking the community to pull together and give the non-profit cemetery a > helping hand to repair what has been destroyed. > > Cheryl Welch: (910) 343-2315 > cheryl.welch@starnewsonline.com > Contributions may be mailed to the Oakdale Cemetery Company at 520 North 15th > Street, Wilmington NC 28401. For further details, please contact cemetery > superintendent Eric Kozen at (910) 762-5682. >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stacks, Rainwater, Lunsfords Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/21.827.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am writing for my good friend who is sitting here besides me her maiden name is Christiane Rainwater. Her father's mother was Lucy Faye Stacks b 1904 in Blansett, Scott Co, Arkansas, she married Noah Earl Rainwater and they lived in Talahina, Le Flore Co., OK. Lucy's had two sisters, one is Pebble Stacks and Tina knows that her grandmother Lucy said Pebble had gone to CA. Apparantly, your aunt Pebble Stacks Lunsford and Tina's grandmother Lucy Stacks Rainwater are sisters. She has been trying to research the ancestors of Lucy Stacks for quite some time. So far, she beleives Lucy's parents to be James J. Stacks and Mattie L. Holiday. It is oral history in her family that Lucy had two sisters, the girls father James died when they were young, and they may have spent several years in an orphanage, place unknown. Their mother Mattie L. Holiday Stacks, later married a man named Hampton. Please reply to Tina Rainwater at her own e.mail address which is trainstacks@netscape.net or you could leave a message in my mailbox Wandle@exis.net or Wandle2@aol.com Thanks for your time, Karol Rouhier and Tina Rainwater Good luck in your genealogy research, and hoping to hear from you very soon.

Can someone look through the McCurtain Co., Gazette In Idabel, or the Valliant Tribune for an obituary for Annia Marie Sims, b. October 26, 1931 and died in November 18, 1973. I believe she was buried in the Valliant Cemetery. I will appreciate any help in locating info about this lady. I know nothing about any of her people. She may or may not belong to my Sims line of Fratis and Nancy 'Nana' Sims. Sincerely, Doris Irons Greer caldor@neto.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/954.2.1 Message Board Post: Micki I would be very interested in copies of the Shockley graves, either via e-mail or snail mail. Thank you so very much!! You can contact me at: viuhkola@clatskanie.com Carylon Osborn Viuhkola

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1643.2 Message Board Post: The cemetery record merely records them as: WALLACE, mother - Marie 1894-1942 and father - Ed 1869-1954. So not much information there. I checked the website proposed by Elaine for some potential background material, which did help in finding him and his wife Marie in the 1920 census. They are shown to be in Bismark (former name for Wright City) in the Sulphur District of McCurtain County, but the name is spelled incorrectly. What is shown on the census record is as follows: Wallas, Edd 48 TN TN/TN Blacksmith Marie (wife) 26 TN TN/TN R.L. (son) 6 AL TN/TN Aside from the different spelling, Ed's age seems off a few years (but that happens a lot in various census records). However, Marie's age is correct, as is the age for Robert Lee (R.L.) ... since he wouldn't be 7 until Nov of that year. Also, the Alabama birth state for Robert is consistant with what is shown on the anscestor file. The anscestor file states that Marie was born in KY, while they census for 1920 says TN ... but that too happens from census report to census report. I back tracked Marie to 1910 and found her family living in Trigg County, KY. Again, much of the information shown in the anscestor record (mother, brothers and sisters, and ages) seems dead on, except for one thing. The family is shown with the mother as head of the house and she is listed as a widow. The anscestor file states that the father didn't die until 1918 and that there were 2 sisters and a brother born after 1910. I'll let you deal with that issue, but here is what is shown for 1910: Trigg County, KY ED 154, page 10A Cayce, Edna Head 38 KY KY/KY Widow Mattie M. (dau) 14 KY KY/KY Roy H. (son) 12 KY KY/KY Annie (dau) 9 KY KY/KY Fannie (dau) 6 KY KY/KY James (son) 4 KY KY/KY Laura (dau) 2 KY KY/KY Note: The anscestor file shows a Mildred (dau) born 3 Mar 1911; Lillian (dau) a twin to Mildred; and William (son) born 1 Apr 1917. I tried to follow some of the children, but don't have enough information to do so. Robert Lee Wallace was found in the SSDI with the following information: 27 Nov 1913 to 8 Jan 1993, SSN: 444-03-1720, last residence also in Wright City, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. There is a J.E. Wallace with the same birth date as shown in the anscestor file who died 22 Mar 2002 in Tyrone, Grant County, New Mexico (SSN: 569-36-9769) but I'm not sure if it is in fact Rovert's brother. At the McCurtain County Library there are micro-fiche files for local newspapers, but the workers for that section of the library haven't been there the same time I have been able to visit ... the files are locked up. They do have some printed (newspaper clippings) obit's on the shelves but I didn't find either Marie or Ed in any of that collection. Hopefully ... until I can get a chance to look into the micro-fiche records ... this information can offer a jump point from which to operate.

Laura Annie Lee Farley Harkey, Oak Hill community, passed away Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004 at Idabel, McCurtain, OK. Annie Lee was born October 12, 1920 at Union Grove, OK. She married John Cyle Harkey on September 16, 1939 at Holly Creek Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member for 52 years. Annie Lee was preceded in death by her husband, Cyle; three brothers, LaFayette Farley, Ruel Farley and Finis Farley; a daughter-in-law, Glenda Harkey; and one son Wendell Harkey. Annie Lee is survived by her children, Lee Ancel Harkey, Broken Bow, Norris and wife Glenda Harkey, Broken Bow and daughter Ivadell and her husband Lyndon Plemmons, Battiest; a daughter-in-law Ellen Harkey, Broken Bow; two sisters-in-law, Nancy Irons of California and Nellie Joe Farley, Hooks, TX; two special friends, Lois Rhoden and Shirley Ward; 12 grandchildren, Dayna & Michael Westbrook, Randell & Lisa Harkey, DeAnn & Brett Jones, Jason Harkey, Lesley Harkey, Kendal and Christel Harkey, Gray & Becky Harkey, Misty & Jerry Stafford, Brandy & Sherman Hickerson, Ryan and Cindy Plemmons, Kelly Plemmons, and Chet and Brittany Plemmons; 19 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews, and a host of friends. Services were at 10:00 a.m., October 12, 2004 at Holly Creek Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Hughes officiating. Burial followed in Watson Cemetery, Oak Hill community.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1643.1 Message Board Post: in Ancestery.com there is a family tree with some of this family, just go to the main page and put his wife's name in the search and it should bring it up for you. Elaine

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wallace Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1643 Message Board Post: I am looking for my ggrandfathers (Ed Wallace) parents names and family before them. I don't know anything about his history. I have been looking for his obituary online and haven't had any luck. His name is Ed Wallace, he was married to Mattie Marie Cayce and both of them were buried in the Old Wright City Cemetery in McCurtain Co. OK. Ed was born July 8 1869 or 1870 and died Dec 13 1954. He supposedly had a family before he married Mattie but it was kept quiet and not talked about. I am a beginner at searching family history and really need some help. If anyone knows of Ed Wallace and his family, or know where I can get his obituary I would really appriciate it.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DeLaughter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/274.700.3 Message Board Post: I'd like to have information regarding DeLaughter Ancestry. My husband is Julius 'Doc' N. DeLaughter, Jr and I'm trying to put his family tree together for him. Sincerely. Peggie