Craig County, Oklahoma

Posted Queries for October thru December 2005

Phelps-Inglis Family of Welch and Cardin Oklahoma   754

Query posted by Gabel, S on October 03, 2005 for , PHELPS, INGLIS, HOUSER, VAUGHN, RALSON

I am currently researching the family of William PHELPS and Mamie INGLIS.

Mamie INGLIS was born June 1877 in Missouri to William M. INGLIS and Missouri A. RALSON. She married William PHELPS (unknown date and place) and they had a son, William Washington PHELPS, born Dec 1897 in Indian Territory. A second son, Elmer, was born May 1998, also in Indian Territory. Children, Alta, John, Claude and Clara followed, all born in Oklahoma. I believe the family lived first in Welch, Craig County but moved to Narcissa Township in Ottawa County by 1910 (1910 Fed Census). They were in Cardin by 1930 (1930 Fed Census). Daughter Eula was born c 1912, with son Everett c 1914 and Paul c 1919.

Alta married a VAUGHN and Clara married a HOUSER.

Mamie died in February 1937 and is buried in the William's cemetery in Welch, Craig County, Oklahoma.

Hope someone can help with this family. I do have limited information about Mamie INGLIS' birth family and will share gladly.

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Re: White Oak Cemetery   741A

Query posted by Marilyn on October 04, 2005

Rhonda, what names are you looking for in the White Oak Cemetery?

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Phelps-Inglis Family of Welch and Cardin Oklahoma   740

Query posted by Gabel, Sharon Wells on October 05, 2005 for , PHELPS, INGLIS, HOUSER, VAUGHN, RALSON

I am currently researching the family of William PHELPS and Mamie INGLIS.

Mamie INGLIS was born June 1877 in Missouri to William M. INGLIS and Missouri A. RALSON. She married William PHELPS (unknown date and place) and they had a son, William Washington PHELPS, born Dec 1897 in Indian Territory. A second son, Elmer, was born May 1998, also in Indian Territory. Children, Alta, John, Claude and Clara followed, all born in Oklahoma. I believe the family lived first in Welch, Craig County but moved to Narcissa Township in Ottawa County by 1910 (1910 Fed Census). They were in Cardin by 1930 (1930 Fed Census). Daughter Eula was born c 1912, with son Everett c 1914 and Paul c 1919.

Alta married a VAUGHN and Clara married a HOUSER.

Mamie died in February 1937 and is buried in the William's cemetery in Welch, Craig County, Oklahoma.

Hope someone can help with this family. I do have limited information about Mamie INGLIS' birth family and will share gladly.

Hope to hear,
Sharon

Re: White Oak Cemetery   741B

Book"s Information posted by Society, Craig County Genealogy on October 12, 2005

White Oak Cemetery has been Published in book-form this year. Check the book sales list on the Craig County website.

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Re: GEORGE W. KARR   742

Query posted by Wilson, Thomas on October 20, 2005 for DANIEL

Karen,
What Daniel line are you researching? Ours comes from Marmaduke Daniel and Nannie Still.
Patty

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Re: Look up Please, White Oak Cem.   743A

Query posted by Tune, Delores on October 20, 2005 for DANIEL

Thomas, I checked and there are no Daniel's buried at White Oak except a few just in the last few years. I will do some checking for you and see if I can locate the grave at some area cemeteries. I will get back with you. If you can come up with anything else about this just email me at datune@aol.com.

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Re: Fairview Cemetery Lookup   760

Query posted by Katielyn on October 20, 2005 for , ROGERS, RIDDLE, O"GWIN

Hi Patty,
Here you go.....
Vinita City - Fairview Cemetery
822 North 2nd Street
Vinita, OK 74301
918-256-3474

Kathy

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Re: Fairview Cemetery Lookup   760A

Query posted by Wilson, Thomas on October 20, 2005 for , DANIEL, WILSON, HILDEBRAND

Kathy,
Could you tell me how to contact the Fairview Cemetary? We have Daniels buried there, and I need to get the lot numbers. Thank you,
Patty

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Pheasant Hill School   745

Query posted by Boland, Catherine on October 24, 2005 for , SCHWARTZ, CHAMBERLAIN

My father and his brothers and sisters attended Pheasant Hill School in the out-skirts of Vinita city limits approximately 1946-1950. I am looking for a picture of the building when it was still a school. It is currently standing as a residence, but I would be interested in finding a picture or a resource where I can find a picture of the old school building for him. I appreciate any help with this.

Thank you,
Cathy Schwartz-Boland

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Looking for Information   744

Query posted by Besson, Merl on October 26, 2005 for BESSON

Looking for information on my Aunt & Uncle Any information would be very helpful
MINNIE Besson.
1930 census Okla. State Hospital, Vinita, Okla.
Minnie is still listed as a patient
I suspect Minnie died here is there a cemetery at the hospital and where would one go to look for information on patients and former employees?

lewis Besson
Home in 1930: Township 5, Craig, Oklahoma
Hired Man for a D E Leforce:
Story has it he was a Bronc Buster and was in White Oak, Ok at a rodeo when he was killed in a Gunfight over a woman.
It would have been after 1930.
is he buried in White Oak?
Are there any local newspapers that would have published an article about this?
MerlBesson@iserv.net

Re: Pheasant Hill School   745A

Query posted by Gentry, Paul on October 26, 2005

Picture from "History of Craig Co." VOL 1 ..So there must be a better copy around..It was listed as Pheasant Hill Church.

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Re: Pheasant Hill School   745B

Query posted by Gentry, Paul on October 26, 2005

I see by the names several "DuPree" listed.. you might contact Emma Rose (DuPree)Moore c/o Vinita Daily Journal. She may have writtten the article for the history book. or has the picture.

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Re: Pheasant Hill School   745C

Query posted by Boland, Catherine on October 29, 2005

Paul G.
Thank you so much for the great info. My father is here now and there are a lot of relatives and (his grandparents) in the picture. I appreciate the info very much.

Cathy

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Looking for relatives of Eliza Jane Jenkins Bell   746

Query posted by Cjlaird on October 31, 2005 for , JENKINS, BELL, FRY, SULLIVAN, KING, EDWARDS, NORTHCUT, THOMPSON, LOPER, HARMON, ALLEY, SIPPI, CAUTHER, YACKLEY, RHYAN

I am researching my husband's grandfather's family. It has been a challenge. Facts that have turned up:

1. Eliza Jane Jenkins Bell was the mother of one of my husband's grandfather, William Jonah Robertson.

2. On 17 January 1873, Elizabeth Jane Jenkins, age 14, married John O. Bell at Carroll County Arkansas.

3. In 1875, Eliza's mother died in or shortly after childbirth.

4. On 4 February 1876, Eliza's daughter Ida Bell was born.

5. Eliza's father remarried in September 1876 to Tennessee Alabama Dunlap and a daughter was born (Lenetta A. Jenkins).

6. On 18 September 1878, John O. Bell filed for divorce, kicked Eliza out of the home, and kept the child.

7. On the 1880 census, John O. Bell was living at Osage Arkansas with his widowed mother, 2 unmarried sisters (Laura and Margret Frances), and his 4-year-old daughter, Ida Bell.

8. On the 1880 census, Eliza J. Jenkins is living with her father, stepmother, 3 siblings, and a half-sister in Carrollton township, Arkansas, right across the section from my husband's great-grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Robertson.

9. Some time during the 1880's, Eliza Jenkins has 2 sons named William Jonah Robertson and Charlie Robertson.

The information that came down through Jonah's descendants indicated that Jonah and Charlie may have been twins. Jonah never discussed his parents - neither one - and talked of being an orphan, Charlie put up for adoption, and Jonah going to live in a foster home and being raised by a minister. Charlie reportedly lived in Oklahoma, and Jonah claimed to have lived around McKinney Texas - but we can't seem to find their names on the 1900 census anywhere.

Jonah died in 1941 - age unknown, as he is known to have lied about his age and place of birth. None of his eleven children knew the identity of his parents - that information came from his social security application that was obtained two years ago. During their lives, none of Jonah's eleven children knew that he had 9 half siblings through his father's three other marriages, or 10 half-siblings through his mother's other marriage.

At the time of the death of Ida Bell Fry in Durant Oklahoma in June 1968, the children were listed for the funeral -
Dorothy Sullivan, Millie King, Effie Edwards, Iola Belle Northcut, Flora Cox Thompson, Gladys Loper, Bessie Harmon, Ruth Alley, Gene Fry, Vic Fry. Five lived at Durant OK, and the others were living in other areas.
and her four sisters were listed as Eula Sippi, Minnie Cauther or Cauthen, Bessie Yackley, and Willie Rhyan. Two of these ladies lived at Vinita (Sippi & Cauther), and one lived at Ft. Gibson (Rhyan).

We hope to find descendants of these people, who are all descendants of John O Bell, to find out who (if anyone) knows what happened to Ida's mother, Eliza Jane Jenkins Bell.

If anyone can offer any help - please contact James or Claudia Glass at Hutchinson KS by e-mail or a reply post
glasss2001@hotmail.com
cjlairdglass@sbcglobal.net

Scovel at K.O.H.I., Vinita   749

Query posted by Tilson, Carol on November 02, 2005 for , SCOVEL, MORRISON

I'm trying to locate a fellow named Noel Scovel whose WWI Draft Registration Card identifies him as a "Patient, K.O.H.I., Vinita, Okla."

Can anyone translate K.O.H.I.? Or perhaps run across Noel in a local cemetery? It's quite possible he never left Craig County. I've never found him on a later census and, by 1920, his wife, Stella, was married to an Arthur Morrison and living in Kay Co., OK, with her and Noel's two sons: Adrian and Floy [sic]?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Ritchie family in Craig County, OK   748

Query posted by Ritchie on November 25, 2005 for RITCHIE

Trying to find more on the descendents of James Henry Ritchie and Margaret A Tewell. They moved to Craig County, OK between 1898 and 1900. They had five children when the reached OK:

- Mary A b 1887
- Joseph H b 1888
- Francis b 1893
- Martin A b 1895
- Frank E b 1898

A sixth child, Thomas, was b 1903 in OK.

James d 9 Oct 1908 in Vinita, OK.

I have found Margaret and the children in the 1910 census. By 1920, I can only find Joseph, who is a boarder in a home in Vinita.

If anyone has anything on the descendents of James and Margaret, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

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Andrew J., Barney M., Virginia Catharine Johnson   747

Query posted by Schwegler, William on December 24, 2005 for , SCHWEGLER, POE, CLARK, BACKUES, RIDENHOUR, SHANKS, RAND

Seeking Obit, children for Andrew (Audeen) J. Johnson; died August 20, 1897; Big Cabin, Craig County, Oklahoma probably buried in the Jennings/Johnson plot. Second wife was Susan Keeney.

Marriage, spouse, children, burial for Barney M. (probably Madison) Johnson who died March 7, 1942, Big Cabin, Craig County, Oklahoma - son of Andrew J. Johnson above and Catharine Sara Poe born January 8, 1864; Osage County, Missouri

Marriage, spouse, etc. for Virginia Catharine Johnson, born July 28, 1865, Osage County, Missouri daugher of Andrew J. Johnson above and Catharine Sara Poe.

William L. (Bill) Schwegler
schwegwl@yahoo.com
http://www.schwegler.us
http://www.schwegler.us/gvcousins.html
Gasconade Valley Cousins: Osage and Maries County, Missouri History, Schwegler, Clark, Poe, Shanks, Ridenhour, Backues, Rand

Re: Ritchie family in Craig County, OK   748A

Query posted by Schwegler, William L. (Bill) on December 24, 2005 for , SCHWEGLER, POE, CLARK, BACKUES, RIDENHOUR, SHANKS, RAND

Was this Ritchie family from Gasconade, Osage or Maries County, Missouri? G-Grandmother Mary Adeline Richie Poe. wife of William Pike Poe was from Gasconade County, Missouri, near Bland or Cleavesville, Missouri.

William L. (Bill) Schwegler
schwegwl@yahoo.com
http://www.schwegler.us
http://www.schwegler.us/gvcousins.html
Gasconade Valley Cousins: Osage and Maries County, Missouri History, Schwegler, Clark, Poe, Shanks, Ridenhour, Backues, Rand

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Re: Ritchie family in Craig County, OK   748B

Query posted by Ritchie on December 24, 2005

Actually, my Ritchies are from KY. Sorry!

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Re: Scovel at K.O.H.I., Vinita   749A

Query posted by Wettengel, Maggie on December 25, 2005

It should have read OK HII. Which is Okahoma Hospital for the Insane. It is now called Eastern State Hospital. They do have a cemetery there. I will see if I can find the listing for that area.

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Re: Scovel at K.O.H.I., Vinita   749B

Query posted by Tilson, Carol on December 25, 2005 for SCOVEL

Thanks so much for your response, Maggie. That's kinda what I suspected the initials HII. meant. If you have a chance to check for a cemetery listing for Noel Scovel, it would be greatly appreciated. I'd sure like to run him to ground for once and for all.

Carol

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Re: Mary Catherine Martin 1930's Vinita Okla   758

Query posted by Donnaokla on December 30, 2005

Mary Catherine Martin is my aunt. I didn't see the picture, but she was the youngest child in that family. She had a brother named George he was about 2 years older than her. They are my grandmothers half siblings.

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Researching Davis, Livingston   750

Query posted by Davis, James (Jack) on December 31, 2005 for , DAVIS, LIVINGSTON

Hi. My father leased a coal mine from a J.A. Livingston in Pope county Arkansas. I'm trying to find out if there was any other connection, other than the lease. Dad had a coal mine west of Vinita, when he was killed in an auto accident in 1929. The Arkansas lease was signed on January 17, 1925.
Thank You.
Jack Davis
jldavis@southshore.com