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EDNA LEE DAHL -  Maud resident, Edna Lee Dahl, 78, died Saturday, Jan. 17, at her home.  Surviving relatives include her husband, L. J. Dahl of the home; a son, Richard Snyder and wife Norma of Midwest City; a daughter, Peggy Merriman and husband Carl Leon of Moore; five brothers, Jess Cordell of Oklahoma City, Earl Dean Cordell and wife Mary of Montgomery, AL;  Jerry Cordell and wife Sharon of Sulphur; Delbert Cordell and wife Geraldine of Oklahoma City; andJames Cordell and wife Billie of Oklahoma City; three grandchildren, Joe Merriman and wife Shelly of Oklahoma City; Marcus Welch and wife Patricia of Okemah; and Kevin Merriman of Moore; and one great-granddaughter, Madison Elizabeth Merriman of Oklahoma City.  Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cummings Cemetery in Maud with Karen Smith, hospice chaplain officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Knight-Swearingen Funeral Home in Maud. Jerry "Little Sam" CORDELL Jess CORDELL Jess Cecil CORDELL Amanda CRAIN L. J. DAHL 1875 Ada ANDERSON Adeline ANDERSON 1872 - 1957 Bettie ANDERSON 84 84 Bettie's tombstone is a double stone with her husband. Billy Joe ANDERSON 1883 Charles ANDERSON 1843 Charles M. ANDERSON 1909 Clarence ANDERSON 1915 Daisy ANDERSON 1892 Ellen J. ANDERSON Emma ANDERSON 1908 - 1987 Audie DUDLEY 79 79 1908 - 2000 Claudie DUDLEY 91 91 An obituary for Claudie appeared in "The Paris News", Monday, April 3, 2003.  It reads as follows:

"Claudie Dudley, 91, of Deport died at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 2, 2000, at his home.  Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with the Rev. Freddy Burden officiating.  Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 7-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Mr. Dudley was born Sept. 18, 1908, in Lamar County to Rufus and EllaTalley Dudley.  He married Lois Stansell Sept 23, 1929 in Hugo, Okla.  He worked for the W.P.A. in Lamar County and was a caterpillar operator for 30 years.  He was a deacon and member of First Baptist Church in Deport.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Jerry Dudley of Deport and Rodger Dudley and wife Linda of Duncanville; seven grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, three brothers; and a grandson." 1880 Doc DUDLEY 1865 - 1937 Flora N. DUDLEY 72 72 Flora, age 35, and R.C., age 47,  are listed on the 1900 Lamar Co. TX Census with six children:  William 17, Rufus 14, Walter11, Ellen J. 8 ,Wiley S. 4, and Sissie M. 7 months.  Also living with them was R.C.'s mother, Jane, age 73.  The census record also states that they have had one child who died. 1903 - 1994 Jeannie May DUDLEY 90 90 Obituary from "The Paris News", Thursday, Oct. 13, 1994:

Jenie M. Woodson, 90, formerly of Pattonville, a resident of Cherry Street Manor, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1994, at St. Joseph's Hospital & Health Center.  Bright-Holland Funeral Home will conduct graveside services at11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at Shady Grove Cemetery with Dr. Jimmye Newman officiating.  The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Woodson was born Dec. 5, 1903, in Lamar County, a daughter of Rufus and Ella Dudley.  She married William Otis Woodson March 28, 1919.  He died May 23, 1978.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Hollis (Edna) Towers; Mrs. Kenneth (Thelma) McDowra; and Velma Salter, all of Paris, and Mrs. E.R. (Shirley) Jaynes of Blossom; one sister, Virgie Hoover of Paris; one brother, Claudie Dudley of Deport, 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by one son, James E. Woodson, and three brothers, Robert Dudley, Jim Dudley, and Audie Dudley." 1835 - 1906 Jesse B. DUDLEY 70 70 Jesse was a veteran of the U.S. Civil War, serving in the ConfederateArmy.  He enlisted in Maxey's Lamar Rifles, CSA, serving as a private.

Lamar County Death Records, Bk # 1, p.133, #1380 listing the death ofJessee also lists the fact that he was of Irish nativity.

Jesse married Ellen Clement in 1864 in Lamar Co. TX.  They are listedon the 1870 Lamar County Census in household # 564 with childrenClaborn, Flora N., and William. 1911 - 1948 Joe Estell DUDLEY 37 37 1863 Mary Lee DUDLEY 1876 Mattie E. DUDLEY 1898 - 1980 Robert Lee DUDLEY 82 82 From the record journal of Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lamar Co. TX:  "Robert Lee Dudley, son of Rufus and Ella Talley Dudley, born in Lamar Co. TX, died in Paris, Lamar Co. TX.  Steele-Thomas Funeral Home had charge of the service.

From "The Lamar County ECHO, November 20, 1980:  "Robert Lee Dudley, 82, of 1818 Margaret, died Nov. 17 in the local hospital.  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in Steel and Thomas Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Glynn Vickers officiating.  Burial was in Meadowbrook Gardens.

Mr. Dudley was born in Lamar County on Oct. 12,1898, son of Rufus Dudley and Ella Talley Dudley.  He married Carmen Woodson in Pattonville on Aug. 21, 1920.  Mr.Dudley was a retired employee of the City Service Oil Co. in Ponca City, Okla.  He was a member of the Calvary MethodistChurch.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Mark Hackney of Durango; three brothers, Claudie Dudley of Deport, Audie Dudley of Clardy, and jim Dudley of Gainesville, two sisters, Mrs. Virgie Hoover and Mrs. Jennie Woodson, both of Pattonville; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren." 1871 - 1940 Rufus DUDLEY 69 69 1873 - 1874 Tommy DUDLEY 1 1 1901 - 1999 Virgie E. DUDLEY 97 97 Virgie's obituary was in "The Paris News", Monday, January 4,1999.   It reads as follows:

Mrs. Herman L. (Virgie E.) Hoover, 97, of Pattonville died Saturday, Jan. 2, 1999, at Paris Nursing Home.   Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Bright-Holland Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Sparks and the Rev. Ray Evers officiating.  Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetey.

The familywill receive friends from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home and will be at the home of Charles Dudley and Agnes Hoover, 3725 Leigh Drive, at other times.  The funeral services wil lconclude at the funeral home and the family will remain at the funeral home for those wishing to pay their respects.

Mrs. Hoover was born Jan. 29, 1901, in Lamar County.  She was the daughter of Rufus and Ella Talley Dudley.  She married Herman L.Hoover Dec. 30, 1918 in Lamar County.  He preceded her in death in1976.  She was a homemaker and lifelong member of the Shady Grove United Methodist Church and was a 50-year member of the Women's Home Demonstration Club.

Survivors include two sons, Raymond Hoover and wife Frances of Pattonville and Charles Dudley Hoover and wife Agnes of Paris; four daughters, Juanita Russell of Paris, Margaret Wadley of Paris, Glenna Harper of Powderly and Helen Hively and husband Thomas of Powderly; a brother Claudie Dudley of Deport; two sisters-in-law, Irene Maher of Dallas and Vada Mae Hoover of Tyler; 27 grandchildren, 61great-grandchildren, and 41 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Lawrence Hoover.

Pallbearers will be Doyle Hively, Eddie McLaughlin, Thomas Lee Russell, Chuck Hoover, John Paul Hoover, Larry Hoover, Ewell Byrd, Odis Fagan, Joe Edwards, Bob Newberry, Joe Vaughn, and Jack Snow.  Honary pallbearers will be Artie Ebbs, Robert Hood, Jimmy Wadley, Herman Wadley, Don Lozen, Mickey Rose, and NormanEmbrey. 1869 - 1870 William DUDLEY 1 1 1914 Gertrude ANDERSON Gladys ANDERSON 1870 Henry ANDERSON 1877 - 1959 Sarah E. DUNHAM 82 82 1919 - 1919 Infant Baby ANDERSON ? 2d 2d 1885 - 1962 Jake ANDERSON 77 77 Jerry ANDERSON 1902 - 1985 Jesse ANDERSON 82 82 An obituary for Jess was in the "Lamar County Echo" Thursday, Jan. 17,1985.  It reads as follows:

Funeral services for Jess "Skinner" Anderson, 1025 Connor, were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, at Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home.  Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.  Mr. Anderson died Thursday, Jan. 10, at St. Joseph's Hospital.

He was born May 12, 1902 in Clardy, a son of Robert Carl and Flora Dudley Anderson. He married Avis Butler on Mrch 23, 1923.  He was an orderly at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lamar Medical Center, and Pleasant Grove Hursing Home before retiring. Surviving are his wife, one son, Jerry Anderson of Paris; two daughters, Louise Dalby of Big Spring and Mrs. John (Emma)Pitts of Big Spring; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Lela ANDERSON 1891 - 1967 Leonard Rufus ANDERSON 76 76 1912 Lillie ANDERSON 1919 - 1984 Lillie E. ANDERSON 65 65 1888 Louis ANDERSON Louise ANDERSON Lucille ANDERSON 1891 Maggie D. ANDERSON 1911 - 1996 Ophelia Andrews ANDERSON 85 85 Ophelia's obituary was in "The Paris News", Wednesday, Dec. 4,1996.  It reads as follows:

Ophilia Anderson, 85, a retired nurse of Paris died Tuesday, Dec. 3 1996 at St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center.  Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5 at Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Sidney Young officiating.  Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Surviving are a daughter, Betty Ray of Paris; two sons, Revis and Steven O. Anderson of Paris; four sisters, Nona Diviscour of Houston, Lera Westmorland of Jackson, MS, Vera Simmons of Paris, and Betty Hall of Dallas; five grandchildren;and two gret-grandchildren. 1905 - 1981 Oscar ANDERSON 76 76 Oscar's obituary was in "The Lamar County Echo" March 5, 1981.  It reads as follows:

Oscar Anderson, 76, of 503 Graham St. died Feb. 25, 1981at his home.  Funeral services were held Monday morning, March 2, in the chapel of Gene Roden's Sons with the Rev. Hubert Redus and the Rev. Richard Mayberry officiating.  Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mr.Anderson was born in Clardy on Feb. 1, 1905, son of Robert Anderson and Flora Dudley Anderson.  He married Ophelia Andrews on May 31, 1934.  He was a retired farmer and a member of the Graham Street BaptistChurch.

Survivors are his wife; two sons, Revis Hunter Anderson and Steve Oscar Anderson, both of Paris; a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence (Betty) Ray of Reno; two brothers, Jess Anderson of Paris and Pick Anderson of Canton, and five grandchildren. 1853 - 1934 Robert Carl ANDERSON 81 81 Living ANDERSON 1910 Rosa ANDERSON Roy ANDERSON 1885 - 1981 Rufus T. ANDERSON 95 95 An obituary for Rufus was in "The Lamar County Echo" March 19,1981.  It reads as follows:

Rufus T. "Pick" Anderson, 95, of Cherry Street Annex Nursing Home, died March 15, 1981, in a local hospital.  Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, March 17, in Grant Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. L.C. Stout officiating.  Burial was in Highland Cemetery in Deport.

Mr. Anderson was born in Clardy on Nov. 21, 1885, son of R.C.Anderson and Flora Dudley Anderson.  He married Tina Mae Essary in Shady Grove on Aug. 14, 1906.  He was a member of the Clardy Baptist Church and a retired constable of Precinct 7 where he served for 40 years.

Surviving are three sons, Roy Anderson of Clardy, Euless Anderson of Paris, and Billy Joe Anderson of Dallas; three daughters, Mrs. Velma Floyd of Dallas, Mrs. Gladys Hadley of Canton, and Mrs. Virginia Ragsdill of Allen; one brother, Jess Anderson of Paris; 20 grandchildren; 29 greatgrandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. 1877 Sadie ANDERSON 1867 Sam ANDERSON 1899 Sissie M. ANDERSON 1878 Sophie ANDERSON 1907 - 1997 Ulyus A. ANDERSON 89 89 An obituary for Ulyus was in "The Paris News" Thursday, March 20, 1997.  It reads as follows:

Ulyus A. Anderson, 89, Paris, died Wednesday, March 19, 1997, at St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 21, in Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Gifford Long officiating.  Burial will be in Meadowbrook Cemetery.  The body will lie at the funeral home from 4-6p.m. Thursday.

He was born Sep. 4, 1908 in Lamar County to Rufus Thomas and Tina Mae Essary Anderson.  He married Rebecca Mae Lawler July 24,1937.  He was a Methodist.

Surviving are his wife, Rebecca; a son, Bill Anderson of Paris; a brother, Roy Anderson of Paris; three sisters, Virginia Ragsdill of Allen, Velma Floyd of Dallas, and Gladys Hadley of Canton; two grandchildren, Janesse and Holly Anderson of Dallas. Velma ANDERSON Virginia ANDERSON 1922 - 1994 W. V. ANDERSON 72 72 An obituary for W. V. was in "The Paris News" Wednesday, Sep. 14,1994  .It reads as follows:

W.V. Anderson, 72, Cherry Street Annex died Wednesday, Sep. 13, 1994 at St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center.  Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sep.15 at Gene Roden's Sons Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Buddy Barnett and the Rev. Kenneth Short officiating.  Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Anderson was born May13, 1922 in Lamar County, a son of Walter Vernon and Susie Reagan Anderson.  He was a Baptist and served in the Army during World War II.  He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion at Deport.

Surviving are a son, Cecil Anderson of Paris; a daughter, Annette Newberry of McKinney; two sisters, Lillie Morgan of Glendale and Daisy White of Paris; seven grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Cecil Anderson Jr., Jason Anderson, Rodney Brisco, Jesse Gonzales, Paul Bridgers, and Tommy Graum. 1888 - 1969 Walter V. ANDERSON 80 80 1918 - 1980 Wesley D. ANDERSON 62 62 1895 - 1961 Wiley S. ANDERSON 65 65 1882 William ANDERSON Nancy Ann ANGELL 1894 - 1979 Tina Mae ESSARY 85 85 Ruth ESTEP EVANS 1901 Ethel [CLEMENT] ~1836 - >1880 Letha Ann FERGESON 44 44 1923 - 1989 Lora D. [CLEMENT] 66 66 1928 Leta Mae FLOWERS 1904 - 1976 Victor FLOWERS 72 72 1895 Tomie [CLEMENT] ~1842 Henry GALLOWAY Henry is mentioned in his grandfather's will.  His mother had preceded her father in death. Jesse GALLOWAY ~1845 Alfred GIESLER Alfred is listed onthe 1850 Osage Co. MO Census, and the 1860MariesCo. MO Census records living with his parents.  He diedin the CivilWar serving in the Confederate Army.  He nevermarried. ~1849 Asa Skaggs GIESLER Asa and Lizzie are listed on the 1880 Maries Co. MO Census living next to his parents. 1875 David M. GIESLER 1822 - 1896 Ely GIESLER 74 74 Tradition in the Eli Geisler family is that Eli moved to the area now known as Maries Co. MO when he was seventeen years old which would be about 1835.

In 1850 Eli and Charlotte bought the original Noblett place that had belonged to her mother's family, located a mile or two west of High Gate and made it their home until his death in 1896.  His heirs sold the property in the1940s.

Eli and Charlotte are listed on the following U.S.Census records: 1840 Gasconade Co. MO, 1850 Osage Co. MO , 1860 and 1870 Maries Co. MO. They never moved, it was just that the area where they lived kept being splint off into a new county.

Eli and his second wife, Nancy, are listed on  he 1880 MariesCo. KY Census. 1871 Etta GIESLER Florence GIESLER 1869 Ida M. GIESLER Ida and John lived in Texas. 1847 - 1888 John Henry GIESLER 41 41 John and Hannah are listed on the 1880 Maries Co. MO Census living next to his parents. ~1851 Letha Ellen GIESLER 1866 Madora "Dora" GIESLER Dora and John lived in Laclede Co. MO. 1853 Martha GIESLER ~1857 - >1880 Martin GIESLER 23 23 Martin is listed on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 Maries Co. MOCensus,living in his father's household.  He never married. 1878 T. Lula GIESLER 1886 - 1975 Lula HARGIS 88 88 Truman HART Unknown HATMAKER 1921 - 1994 Ray HICKS 72 72 Ray was a veteran of World War II.  serving as a Tec 5, U. S.Army. 1901 - 1976 Herman Lester HOOVER 74 74 Herman's obituary was in "The Paris News", Monday, April 19,1976. Itreads as follows: DEPORT- Herman L. Hoover, ofPattonville, diedSaturday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paris.Funeral services will beheld at 4 p.m. Monday at Shady GroveMethodist Church with the Rev.Francis Sales and Sister VirgieTemple officiating.  Burial will be inShady Grove Cemeteryunder the direction of Grant Funeral Home, Deport. Grandsonswill serve as pallbearers.  Mr. Hoover was born inPattonville,Dec. 30, 1901, a son of the late Thomas L. Hoover andEmma(Ballard) Hoover.  He married Virgie Dudley in Pattonville onDec.30, 1917.  She survives as does his step-mother, Mrs. EllaMaud Hooverof Paris; three sons, Raymond Hoover of Pattonville,Dudley Hoover ofEl Paso, and Larence Hoover of Pattonville;four daughters; Mrs. Robert(Juanita) Russell of Paris, Mrs.Margaret Wadley of Paris, Mrs. GlennaFay Harper of Paris, Mrs.Thomas (Helen) Hively of Powderly; a brother,the Rev. CurtisHoover of Pattonville; three sisters, Mrs. Irene MaherofDallas, Mrs. Jesse (Margie Helen) Durham of Paris, and Mrs.RuthMcHour of California; 27 grandchildren and 29great-grandchildren.Mr. Hoover was a retired employee ofBabcock and Wilcox and a lifetimemember of Shady Grove Chruch. Clure HOWARD Living HOWARD 1893 - 1982 Albert Melvin HUFF 89 89 Edgar HULL ~1873 Mollie Sharon JOHNSON Rachel JONES D. 1983 Lee KIMBRELL Lee was a farmer in the Garvin County area until the 1950s. Royce KIMBRELL Unknown KINCHLOE Arthur KING Andy LACKEY James LACKEY 1835 Aylette LARIMORE Aylette and Nancy are listed on the 1860 Green Co. KY Census.Livingwith them are Celia Skaggs, age 13, and Lewis Larimore,age 21. Rebecca Mae LAWLER F. M. LYNCH 1803 - 1889 Jency "Jane" MARTIN 86 86 1836 Francis MCCLURE 1835 - 1899 Mary MCCLURE 64 64 Mary survived her husband by 26 years.  When she died she was buried in the Shady Grove Cemetery beside her grandmother, Frances McClure, and near her step-mother-in-law, Lavinia Clement.  Engraved on her tombstone is Mary Clement, Wife of Andy, with dates of birth and death.  Below that is the following inscription,  "A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is still, A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled, God in his wisdom has recalled, The book his love has given, And though the body now lies here, The soul is safe in heaven." 1922 Alfred MOORE Bobby Gene MOORE 1882 - 1966 J. B. "Ben" MOORE 83 83 1937 - 1937 Janice Bell MOORE 3d 3d 1907 - 1975 Rosa Beatrice MOORE 68 68 1909 - 1909 Roy Vester MOORE 1913 William Carl MOORE 1846 Elizabeth "Lizzie" MORELAND 1788 - <1834 Elizabeth NOBLETT 46 46 I am still researching the Noblett Family trying to find the ancestral line of Elizabeth.  I am especially interested in trying to find the conncection between her family and that of her daughter-in-law, Adeline Noblett Skaggs, wife of Asa Skaggs.

For the time being, I have placed her as the daughter of Joseph Noblett and a sister of William Noblett who married Margaret Barr.There is definitely a close connection between the family of William Noblett and the family of Elizabeth Noblett and Henry Skaggs.

From my research it would appear that Henry Skaggs and Elizabeth moved to Missouri several years before William Noblett did, and from the records it would appear that Elizabeth (Noblett) Skaggs had already died when William Noblett and his family moved to MO.  Yet, when William Noblett moved to MO, he settled very near Henry Skaggs and his children, and Henry Skaggs became the guardian of two minor children of Thomas Noblett when he died.  LKCL 1820 - 1922 Elizabeth Adeline NOBLETT 101 101 Adeline is listed on the 1850 Osage Co. MO Census, age 18, born in TN, living in household #71 with John and Margaret (Noblett) Bowman. Living nearby in household #68 is Henry Skaggs and his second wife, Elizabeth Momom, and Henry's son, Asa, who later married Adeline. (Henry Skaggs first wife who had died in 1834 was Elizabeth Noblett, believed to be an aunt of Adeline's father, Thomas Noblett.)

Elizabeth was not named in her mother's will and this fact has caused much confusion among Noblett researchers as to whether she was actually a child of Thomas and Elizabeth.

Adeline is listed on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 Maries Co. MO Census records with her husband and children.

She is listed on the 1900 Maries Co. MO Census records as a widow. She is the head of the household living in Jefferson Township. Living with her is her daughter Margaret age 37, and sons Harvey age 48 and Ely T. age 34.  Also inculded is the information that she is the mother of 7 children, 5 of whom are living, that she was born in TN, and that both of her parents were born in TN.

She is listed on the 1910 Maries Co.MO Census records with the same three children, but Harvey is listed as the head of the household. She is listed on the 1920 Maries Co living in the household with her son-in-law Thomas H. Blackwell.  Living in a seperate household are the three children with whom she had previously lived.

Death Certificate #9418 shows Adaline Skaggs, birthdate not given; widowed at death. Resided at Lanes Prairie, Maries Co, MO about 92 years. Parents not listed on certificate. Died in South Jefferson Township, Lanes Prairie, Maries Co, MO on Mar. 17, 1922. Died from Bronchitis, with Chronic Nephritis. Nan Skaggs,[wife of John B. Skaggs] Lanes Prairie, MO informant on DC. Burial in Skaggs Cemetery on March 18, 1922.
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From History of Maries Co, MO by Everett M. King, page 643: "Angeline" [Adeline] Noblett married Asa Skaggs. They lived their entire married lives and died on a farm on the old Springfield Road just east of Lanes Prairie and not far from the old Noblett home place; no dates are available for any of the family. Of the six children born to them. Margaret, Harvey, and Eli, died at advanced ages, single, and one other son died in infancy. John, who was twice married (his first wife was Sallie Schram and his second Ann Engle) died childless. Bettie, the remaining child, married first William West, and was the mother of seven children, of whom Oliver and Jesse died single; the living are: Henry, John, Viola, and Mamie (the last now Mrs. Hatmaker) in St. Louis, and Mary, wife of Len Wilson, at Lanes Prairie. After the death of William West his widow married Thomas Blackwell, but no children were born of the marriage".
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Home in 1920: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri 157-164
Thomas H Blackwell 53 mar. MO
Elizebeth J Blackwell 63 wf mar. MO
*Adaline Skaggs 85 mil wd born TN

Home in 1910: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Harvey Skaggs 50 m/w sgl MO
Adeline Skaggs 72 mother wd 6/5 ch TN
Eli Skaggs 40 brother sgl MO
Marget Skaggs 37 sister sgl MO

Home in 1900: South Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Adeline Skaggs 70 f/w Sep 1829 wd 7/5 ch TN
Harvey Skaggs 48 son Aug 1851 sgl MO
Margaret Skaggs 37 dau Mar 1863 sgl MO
Ely F Skaggs 34 son Jan 1866 sgl MO

Home in 1880: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Asa Skaggs 52 m/w mar. farmer MO
Adeline Skaggs 47 wf mar. TN
Harvey Skaggs 27 son sgl MO
Elisabeth Skaggs 23 dau sgl MO
Margaret Skaggs 20 dau sgl MO
Eli Skaggs 16 son sgl Mo

Home in 1870: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Post Office: Lanes Prairie
Asa Scaggs 42 m/w Farmer MO
Adaline Scaggs 36 f/w TN
Harvey Scaggs 18 m/w MO
John Scaggs 15 m/w MO
Elisabeth Scaggs 12 f/w MO
Margaret Scaggs 10 f/w MO
Eli Scaggs 7 m/w MO

Home in 1860: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Post Office: Paydown
Asa Skaggs 32 male Farmer MO
Adaline Skaggs 21 female TN
Harvey Skaggs 8 male MO
John Skaggs 5 male MO
Elizabeth Skaggs 3 female MO
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Marriage, Osage Co, MO: Asa Skaggs and Adaline Noblet married 21 July 1850. Lola Lois PARKER A. R. BARBEE Unknown PERRY Myrtle B. PHILLIPS 1880 - 1960 Ellen BARNES 80 80 Clementine PREWETT Jeff PREWETT Martin PREWETT William Gilmore PREWETT William lived in East St. Louis, MO. 1889 - 1965 Sue E. REAGAN 75 75 Louellen RENOLDS Minnie RENOLDS William R. RENOLDS 1899 - 1975 Eddie General RICHARDSON 76 76 1809 - 1882 Cornelius Jefferson ROBERTS 72 72 1805 David ROBERTS ~1810 Hiram ROBERTS 1818 - 1903 James ROBERTS 84 84 1778 Jesse ROBERTS ~1807 Lucy ROBERTS 1825 Margaret ROBERTS Richard ROBERTS 1896 - 1984 Zelpha R. ROBERTS 88 88 Zelpha's obituary was in the "Lamar County Echo" Thursday, June 7,1984.  It reads as follows:

Zelpha R. Anderson of Deport Nursing Home died Monday at McCuistion Regional Medical Center.  Services were held Wednesday at Bright-Holland with Rev. Joe Blackshear officiating.  Born in Whonwall, TN, she was the daughter of J.H. Roberts and Vine Wafford.  She is survived by three sons; Elmer "Red" Anderson of Bedford, Ohio; Roger "Cotton" Anderson of Paris; and Jeff Anderson of Pattonville; seven daughters; Mrs. Raymond "Lela" Bullington, of Tyler; Mrs. Arron "Addlene" Pickle of Wichita Falls; Mrs. Charlie "Geneva" Phillips of Artesia, NM; Mrs. Billy "Glenna" Harrell of Huntsville' Mrs. Gus "Cora Jo" Tirado of Caracus, Veneazuela; Mrs. Luciille Nash of Paris; Mrs. Buddy "Helen" Northam of Paris; and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Rogers of Taft, CA.  She had 29 grandchildren, 39 great grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.  She was preceded in death by a son, Wesley "Pat" Anderson on Nov 11, 1980.  Mrs. Anderson was married to Wiley E. Anderson in Lamar County. He preceded her in death on June 17,1961. Foster ROSENBURG Rachel Josephine SANDERS 1928 Lance SCHNURRER Lance was only four years old when her mother died. Her father remarried and Lance and her siblings did not get along ver ywell with their stepmother. Sarah "Sallie" SCHRAM 1940 - 1993 Betty Lou SCOTT 52 52 1906 - 1999 Melford Columbus SCOTT 92 92 Mel survived his wife by eleven years.  After Arie's death, Mel and his grandson, Chance, moved to Tecumseh, Pottawatomie Co. OK to live near his daughter, Joyce.  He loved sports, especially watching his children and grandchildren play.  A favorite pasttime of his was to go to the Senior Citizens Center each day and play dominos. Beulah SHELTON 1805 - >1880 Lucinda SHOFNER 75 75 The date of Lucinda's birth is difficult to determine.  She waslistedas 45 years old on the 1850 Census, 50 years old on the1860 Census, 63years old on the 1870 Census, and 77 years oldon the 1880 Census;however, Jeremy Johnson has her birthdate as1805. George SIMS ~1875 Alfred T. SKAGGS ~1828 - <1900 Asa P. SKAGGS 72 72 Asa is listed on the 1850 Osage Co. MO Census records with his parents.  He married that same year and his marriage record is recorded in OsageCo. MO Marriage Book A, page 149.

He is listed with his wife and children on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 Maries Co. MO Census Records, living in Jefferson Township.

According to the Osage County Missouri History Book, page 893, Asa and Adeline lived their entire married life in Maries Co.MO on a farm located on Old Springfield Road, just east of Lanes Prairie, not far from the old Noblett homeplace. 1833 - 1914 Benjamin Owen SKAGGS 80 80 Benjamin's name is recorded in Taylor Co. KY Order Book, Page327,dated Oct. 1854.  It reads as follows:  "It appearing tothesatisfaction of the court that Benjamin Skaggs is a minorand that hisfather has listed his property for the presentyear, said BenjaminSkaggs is therefore released from payingrevenue tax and county levyfor the present year, he having beenimproperly listed.  It is orderedthat the sheriff have creditby the amount of tax upon said Skaggs listof property in hissettlement withthe auditor and also by the tax uponand thesettling with this court." 1834 Caroline SKAGGS 1833 - 1879 Caroline SKAGGS 45 45 1895 Catherine H. SKAGGS 1847 Celia SKAGGS ~1825 - 1879 Charlotte SKAGGS 54 54 1780 David SKAGGS 1866 - 1930 Francis Eli SKAGGS 64 64 Francis Eli never married.

Death Certificate #16722 shows Eli Skaggs, age 67, white male, single, born Maries Co, MO. Son of Asa Skaggs and Adeline Noblet, both born MO. Died May 3, 1930 in Lanes Prairie, Maries, Jefferson Township, MO. Found dead - death determined to be from natural causes, unknown. Harvey Skaggs, Lanes Prairie, Maries Co, MO informant on DC. Burial in Skaggs Cemetery on May 5, 1930.
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Home in 1910: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Harvey Skaggs 50 m/w sgl MO
Adeline Skaggs 72 mother wd 6/5 ch TN
*Eli Skaggs 40 brother sgl MO
Marget Skaggs 37 sister sgl MO

Home in 1900: South Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Adeline Skaggs 70 f/w Sep 1829 wd 7/5 ch TN
Harvey Skaggs 48 son Aug 1851 sgl MO
Margaret Skaggs 37 dau Mar 1863 sgl MO
*Ely F Skaggs 34 son Jan 1866 sgl MO

Home in 1880: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Asa Skaggs 52 m/w mar. farmer MO
Adeline Skaggs 47 wf mar. TN
Harvey Skaggs 27 son sgl MO
Elisabeth Skaggs 23 dau sgl MO
Margaret Skaggs 20 dau sgl MO
*Eli Skaggs 16 son sgl Mo D. 1858 Elias Barbee SKAGGS 1814 - 1850 Elizabeth SKAGGS 36 36 Elizabeth died of Consumptiion after an illness of 120 days at the age of 36. She left her husband with 8 children ranging in age from an infant child, aged 4 months, to a daughter age 19.

Elizabeth's great-grandfather was the famed Kentucky Longhunter, Henry Skaggs, about whom much has been written in Kentucky History. He was also a brother of Richard Skaggs, grandfather of William Wesley Clement, making William Wesley and Elizabeth 4th cousins.

Of the five Skaggs brothers who were all Kentucky Longhunters, Elizabeth's great-grandfather, Henry, is perhaps the most famous.  He kept extensive notes of his hunting trips into Kentucky, and it was his notes that helped inspire the interest of Daniel Boone to explore the Kentucky frontier.

Henry Skaggs  served as a guide for Daniel Boone on one of Boone's early trips into Kentucky.    When Elizabeth's father, also named Henry Skaggs, and William Wesley's father, Andrew Clement, moved from Kentucky in the early 1800s, they joined a wagon train of settlers going to Missouri to settle on land granted to Daniel Boone by the government of Spain.  This is the land that would later become the "Louisiana Territory".  By the time the Skaggs and the Clements reached Missouri, Spain had sold the land to France and France had, in turn, sold it to the United States.

Elizabeth is mentioned in her father's will, which is recorded in Osage Co. MO court records, dated 31 Mar 1855 in which he states, "Personal property has already been given to my daughter, Elizabeth Clements, now deceased." 1857 - 1938 Elizabeth "Bettie" J. SKAGGS 81 81 Bettie and William had seven children. 1845 - 1931 Elizabeth A. SKAGGS 86 86 1894 Flora M. SKAGGS 1848 - 1875 Greenberry SKAGGS 26 26 1851 - 1936 Harvey H. SKAGGS 84 84 Death Certificate #11551-3 shows Harvey H. Skaggs, age 84 yrs, single, born in Lanes Prairie, MO; son of Asa Skaggs and Adaline Noblet. Died March 5, 1936 in Lanes Prairie, Maries Co, MO from Lobar Pneumonia. Henry West, Lanes Prairie, MO informant on DC. Burial in Skaggs Cemetery on March 6, 1936.
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Home in 1910: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Harvey Skaggs 50 m/w sgl MO
Adeline Skaggs 72 mother wd 6/5 ch TN
Eli Skaggs 40 brother sgl MO
Marget Skaggs 37 sister sgl MO

Home in 1900: South Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Adeline Skaggs 70 f/w Sep 1829 wd 7/5 ch TN
Harvey Skaggs 48 son Aug 1851 sgl MO
Margaret Skaggs 37 dau Mar 1863 sgl MO
Ely F Skaggs 34 son Jan 1866 sgl MO

Home in 1880: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Asa Skaggs 52 m/w mar. farmer MO
Adeline Skaggs 47 wf mar. TN
Harvey Skaggs 27 son sgl MO
Elisabeth Skaggs 23 dau sgl MO
Margaret Skaggs 20 dau sgl MO
Eli Skaggs 16 son sgl Mo 1785 - 1855 Henry SKAGGS 70 70 Henry bears the name of his grandfather, the famed Kentucky Longhunter.

Henry moved from Green County Kentucky to Missouri around 1816 or 1817. He is listed on the 1817 Franklin Co. MO, Gasconade Township Tax List. This area became part of Gasconade County MO in 1820, part of Crawford Co. MO in 1829, part of Osage Co. MO in 1841, and finally, part of Maries Co. in 1855 which was the year that Henry also died.

He is listed in the Green County, Kentucky Deed Book, page 480, dated July 5, 1822 with the following information: "Henry (Little) Skaggs of Gasconade Co. MO makes Isaac Roberts the power-of-attorney to convey tract sold to Drury Thompson and Jesse Roberts in Green Co. KY on Pitman Creek.  Also, papers and Bill of Sale from David Skaggs to me for a Negro man named Bob."

He is listed on the 1830 Crawford Co. MO Census records, where he is living 7 housholds down from Andrew Clement.  Andrew's wife Sarah "Sally" Skaggs, daughter of Richard Skaggs, was a first cousin of Henry's father, David.  Henry's daughter, Elizabeth married Andrew Clement's son, William Wesley Clement, in Crawford Co. MO in 1829, justa few months before the 1830 Census.

Henry is living in Gasconade Co. MO in 1840 even though he is not listed in on the 1840  Gasconade Co. MO Census Records.

He is listed on the 1850 Osage Co. MO Census records.

Henry received Land Patents in MO from three different Presidents - Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, and James Buchanan - the last of which was not completed until after his death and the land was then assigned to his heirs because the Certificate of the Register of the Land had been deposited at the Land Office and full payment for the land had been made.

The first patent, Certificate No. 7055, was for 40 acres and was dated October 1, 1840; the second patent, Certificate No.11068, was also for 40 acres and was dated April 10, 1843.  At the time that both of these parcels of land were granted to Henry, he was a resident of Gasconade Co. MO and the new land was located in Osage Co. MO (this part of Osage Co. later became part of Maries Co. MO.  The third patent, Certificate No. 26911. was for 160 acres of land in Maries Co. MO and was dated May 2, 1859.  It reads in part, "Whereas Henry Skaggs of Maries Co. MO had deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at St. Louis, whereby it appears that full payment had been made by the said Henry Skaggs...do give and grant unto the said Henry Skaggs and to his heirs the said tracts of land...".   Since this date is after his death, we can only assume that the government patent was included in the estate of Henry Skaggs.

Henry's name appears in the Osage Co. Probate Court Records, dated December, 1852, where the court had appointed guardians for minor children of deceased persons.  The record reads as follows: Henry Scaggs, guardian of Benjamin F. and Henry C. Noblett, minor heirs of Thomas Noblett, deceased.  Thomas Noblett was the nephew of Henry's first wife, Elizabeth Noblett.

"Henry's will is recorded in the Maries Co. MO Court Records, Will Book, p. 12, dated 31 Mar 1855.  It reads as follows:

"In the name of God I Henry Skaggs of the County of Osage and State of Missouri being of sound mind and in my usual health desirous of disposing of the estate with which God has blessed me according to my last will I do hereby declaim and publish this my last will and testament.

In the first place I resign my body to dust and my soul to God and my wish is that after my death that my body be buried in a decent Christian like manner.

I dispose of my worldly goods as such.  My just debts are to be paid out of my personal property.

Next I give and bequeath Elizabeth to have all my real and personal estate for and during her natural life and widowhood for the purpose of securing a comfortable maintenance for herself and those committed to her care except as herein after provided at and after her death or second marriage.

It is my will that my son Hiram Skaggs shall have after the decease of myself and wife Elizabeth the E. 1/2 of S.E. Qr. of S. 21 T. 40, R. 7W. and that my son Asa P. Skaggs shall have and hold seventy six acres it being the land bought of Thomas Noblett and known as the North part of the West 1/2 of S.E. Ar. of S. 21 T. 40, and I also will to the heirs of my daughter Elisabeth Clemens five dollars to be given when called for.

I also will to my grandson Henry Galloway five dollars. I also will that Linda Findly shall have of my estate a horse worth fifty dollars and a good saddle and bridle and one good bed and stead and choice of bed cloths and plenty of them provided she stays with us during our natural lives and the remainder of my personal property to be equally divided between my three  children that are now living, towit:  my son Hiram H. Skaggs, Asa P. Skaggs, and Charlotte Giesler.

In case that I enter any more land joining that I will to Asa P.Skaggs, I wish him to have it also.

I wish our graves to be walled in with stone in good and decent order three feet high.

Made and given under my hand this 31st day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five in the presents of the undersigned witness.  (Signed) Henry (X) Skaggs.  Wit: John C. Wallace and Andrew Isball.  Recorded Feb 1857" 1821 - 1894 Henry C. SKAGGS 73 73 1896 Henry T. SKAGGS ~1825 Hiram Harvey SKAGGS ~1839 - 1861 Jackson SKAGGS 22 22 1786 Jacob SKAGGS 1889 James B. SKAGGS 1832 Jane SKAGGS ~1874 Jefferson SKAGGS 1835 - 1879 Jeremiah SKAGGS 43 43 1855 - 1930 John SKAGGS 75 75 Death Certificate #9478 shows John Skaggs, age 75 yrs 1 mo 4 ds, Born in Maries Co, MO to Asa Skaggs, born Maries Co, MO and Adeline Noblet, born TN. Died March 9, 1930 in Jefferson Township, Maries Co, MO from Croupous Pneumonia and Influenza. Dow Woodruff, Lanes Prairie, Maries Co, MO informant on DC. Burial in Skaggs Cemetery on March 11,
1930.
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Home in 1930: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
H W Angell 58 m/w sgl MO
Margrett A Angell 79 mother wd TN
*Nancy J Skaggs 40 sister wd MO

Home in 1920: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
John B Skaggs 60 mar. MO
Nancy J Skaggs 38 wf mar. MO

Home in 1910: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
John B Skaggs 50 mar2 0y MO
Nannie J Skaggs 27 wf mar2 0y 1/0 ch MO
Margret A Angell 62 mother wd 5/4 ch TN
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Marriage, Maries Co, MO: John B Skaggs from Lanes Prairie & Nancy Angell from High Gate, Maries Co, MO married 23 Feb 1910.
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Home in 1900: South Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
John Skaggs 45 Feb 1855 mar 20y MO
Sarah Skaggs 42 wf Mar 1858 mar 20y 1/0 ch MO
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Marriage, Warren Co, MO: John Berry Skaggs and Miss Sarah Ann Shrum, both of Warren Co, MO married Aug 6, 1881.
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Home in 1880: Elkhorn, Warren, Missouri
Henry Hutchison 53 mar. Farmer MO
Francis A. Hutchison 52 wf mar. VA
James H. Hutchison 19 son sgl MO
*John Skegs farm laborer sgl MO

Home in 1870: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Post Office: Lanes Prairie
Asa Scaggs 42 m/w Farmer MO
Adaline Scaggs 36 f/w TN
Harvey Scaggs 18 m/w MO
John Scaggs 15 m/w MO
Elisabeth Scaggs 12 f/w MO
Margaret Scaggs 10 f/w MO
Eli Scaggs 7 m/w MO

Home in 1860: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Post Office: Paydown
Asa Skaggs 32 male Farmer MO
Adaline Skaggs 21 female TN
Harvey Skaggs 8 male MO
John Skaggs 5 male MO
Elizabeth Skaggs 3 female MO ~1865 John B. SKAGGS 1805 - 1856 John C. SKAGGS 51 51 John is listed on the 1850 Taylor Co. KY Census living inhousehold #244, District #2.  He is listed as 45 years old, afarmer, born in KY;his wife, Lucinda, age 45, also born in KY;two children:  Jane R., age18, born in KY, and Benjamin O., age15, born in KY;  and DanielBlevins, age 22, born in KY.  Livingalone in the next household, #245,is his widowed mother,Margaret Cannon, age 90, born in VA. John'sname appears in theGreen Co. KY Order Book, page 474, dated August 24,1841, "JohnC. Skaggs vs. Patrick O. Hunley for an assault & battery"andagain on  page 75, dated June 1845, "John C. Skaggs vs.JamesChildres.  On Motion of the defendant a subpoena is awardedhimagainst William Skaggs to appeal here and bring with him atitlebond from R.R. Buckner to John Davis which is now in saidSkaggspossession."  The area of Green Co. KY where John livedbecamepart of the newly created Taylor Co. KY in 1847. Hisnameappears in the book "Early History of Taylor Coounty, Kentucky"byClyde W. Hayes.  On page 45, John C. Skaggs was appointed asa judgefor the election of county officers to be held the firstMonday inAugust 1854.  On page 113, "John C. Skaggs wasindicted for "failing tokeep a road in repair".  The case wasdismissed.  Also on page 113,"John Hash and John Skaggs,indicted jointly for an assault were triedand the jury gave averdict fining Hash $4.58 and let Mr. Skaggs offwith a fine ofone cent and the costs of the case."  John's nameappears innumerous court records in Taylor Co.:  (1) May 1850, OrderBook, p. 103, John C. Skaggs was appointed overseer of theBardstonroad leading from James Cashe's old place to the GreenCo.line...for him to keep in good order according to the law. (2)Oct10, 1850, Circuit Cort Record Books, p. 149, Nancy Readasadministrator of Phillip Read deceased against Henry Martin andJohnC. Skaggs.  The case was dismissed against John for wantofjustification and the court ordered that John should recoverfrom theplaintiff "expended costs." (3) Feb. 1852, Order Bookpage 184, On amotion of Elias Skaggs, a tavern licence ishereby granted unto him tokeeep a tavern at the house nowoccupied by him...for one year fromthis date...he took the oathrequired by law and together with John C.Skaggs, his security,entered into and acknowledged bond to thecommonweath ofKentucky...(4) Aug. 4, 1854, Circuit Court Records, p.619, JohnC. Skaggs against Jesse Purvis, judgment was awardedtheplaintiff (John) against the defendant the sum of fiftysevendollars with interest at the rate of six percent annum fromthe28th day of March 1854 until paid..." (5) March 3, 1853, JohnC.Skaggs failed to appear in court in a case filed by hismother,Margaret Cannon, against him and was ordered to pay to hertheamount of one hundred and ten dollars at the rate of sixpercentannum from the 29th day of Jan 1840 until paid, less fiftyfivedollars that had been paid on the 20th day of August 1841.(6)Oct. 13, 1854, an instrument of writing supposing to be thelastwill and testament of John C. Skaggs, deceased was thisdayproduced into court and proven as required by law by the oathsofEli O. Fowler and J.H. McGlasson the subscribing witnessesthereto andthe same is confirmed and established as the truelast will andtestament of the said John C. Skaggs deceased andorder to berecorded...Lucinda Skaggs was named as executrix ofthe estate and anorder was given for Jopn H. McGlasson, WilliamLe, and George Hazelwoodto conduct an appraisal of the estateand report the same to somefuture term of the court. 1898 Lewis R. SKAGGS 1873 Mac Elisha "McLin" SKAGGS 1899 Mamie E. SKAGGS 1860 - 1929 Margaret Louise SKAGGS 69 69 Margaret died at an advanced age.  She never married.

Birth:     1860
Death:     Feb. 8, 1929

Death Certificate #7222 shows Margret Louise Skaggs, age 69, born 1860 in Lanes Prairie, MO;  died single. Daughter of Asa Skaggs, born KY and "Caroline" Noblet, born TN. Died Feb 8, 1929 in Lanes Prairie, Jefferson Township, Maries Co, MO from Influenza. Lee Bilbrey, Lanes Prairie, MO informant on DC. Burial in Skaggs Cemetery on Feb 9, 1929.
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Home in 1910: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Harvey Skaggs 50 m/w sgl MO
Adeline Skaggs 72 mother wd 6/5 ch TN
Eli Skaggs 40 brother sgl MO
*Marget Skaggs 37 sister sgl MO

Home in 1900: South Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Adeline Skaggs 70 f/w Sep 1829 wd 7/5 ch TN
Harvey Skaggs 48 son Aug 1851 sgl MO
*Margaret Skaggs 37 dau Mar 1863 sgl MO
Ely F Skaggs 34 son Jan 1866 sgl MO

Home in 1880: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri
Asa Skaggs 52 m/w mar. farmer MO
Adeline Skaggs 47 wf mar. TN
Harvey Skaggs 27 son sgl MO
Elisabeth Skaggs 23 dau sgl MO
*Margaret Skaggs 20 dau sgl MO
Eli Skaggs 16 son sgl Mo ~1847 Mary SKAGGS ~1780 Mary SKAGGS 1841 - 1913 Mary Jane SKAGGS 72 72 1876 - 1881 Mary Lou SKAGGS 5 5 1892 Masorine A. SKAGGS 1891 Mesora B. SKAGGS 1841 Nancy SKAGGS ~1824 - >1900 Nancy SKAGGS 76 76 1886 Pleasant C. SKAGGS 1829 Polly A. SKAGGS 1801 - 1891 Richard SKAGGS 90 90 1888 Richard C. SKAGGS 1843 - 1919 Richard C. SKAGGS 75 75 ~1870 Robert SKAGGS 1889 Robert W. SKAGGS ~1867 Ruth SKAGGS ~1818 - <1855 Sally SKAGGS 37 37 1893 Samuel SKAGGS 1828 Sarah Ann SKAGGS ~1872 Sarah Ann SKAGGS 1831 - 1912 William David SKAGGS 81 81 ~1869 William Franklin SKAGGS 1857 - 1892 Martha Ann SKIDMORE 34 34 ~1826 Margaret SMITH 1886 Margaret Tennessee SMITH 1911 - 2001 Lois G. STANSELL 89 89 An obituary for Lois was in "The Paris News" Thursday, February 1, 2001.   It reads as follows:

Mrs. Claudie (Lois G.) Dudley, 89, of Deport died Wednesday, Jan 31, 2001, at McCuistion Regional Medical Center.  Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at Gright-Holland Funeral Home with the Rev. Freddy Burden officiating. Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Dudley was born Aug. 13, 1911 in Clardy to Albert and Sattie Stone Stansell.  She married Claudie Dudley Sept. 23, 1929 in Hugo, Okla.  He preceded her in death April 2, 2000.  She was an L.V.N. and had worked at the Deport hospital and Deport Nursing Home.  She was a member of First Baptist Church of Deport.

Surviving are two sons, Jerry Dudley of Deport and Rodger Dudley and wife Linda of Star Habor; two sisters, Wilma Stansell of Paris and Robbie Nell Slaton of Halesboro; seven grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by two brothers; one sister, and one grandson. 1915 - 1969 Callie Mae STEWART 54 54 Luke W. BILLS 1852 Lucinda BIRD 1822 - 1902 Macklin C. BIRD 80 80 1866 - 1943 George H. SWETNAM 76 76 George remarried about 5 years after the death of Mary Ellen.

George and Ronda are listed on the 1900 IndianTerritory Census with sons Jesse, age 6 and Floyd, age 4 months.

George 43, is listed on the 1910 Hughes Co. OK Census living at Calvin with wife May 31 (this is the same person as "Rhoda" who was listed as George's wife on the 1900 census because this record shows that George and May have been married 12 years and have had 2 children), Jesse 17, Floyd 10, Florence 4 months, his mother Susan 67, and Eldie Mays 16 who is listed as a hired hand.

He is listed on the 1920 Hughes Co. OK Census living at Calvin with a new wife, Susan 31, daughter Vera 3 years and 5 months.  His mother,Susan 77, is still living with him.  Also living with him is his step-son, Robert L. Cross 6.  Living next to him is his son Floyd with his wife, Beulah, and an unnamed infant listed as 0/12, meaning the baby was just born (the census was dated Jan. 3, 1920).

George and Sarah are listed on the 1930 Hughes Co. OK Census living at Stuart with their daughter Vera 13, Sarah's son, Robert Cross, 16 from a previous marriage, and George's mother Susan 87.  George's son, Floyd, is living nearby with his wife Beulah, and children:  Ruby 10 and Kenneth 6. 1893 - 1986 Jesse SWETNAM 93 93 Jesse Swetnam was the only child of George Swetnam and Mary Ellen Clement.   Mary Ellen died from complications of childbirth when Jesse was three weeks old.

George Swetnam remarried about 1898.  Jesse, age 6, is listed on the 1900 Indian Territory Census with his father, George and step-mother Ronda, and his half-brother Floyd, age 5 months.

When he was 13 Jesse ran away from home briefly. The following notice was published in the local paper:  $10 Reward.  I will pay the above reward for the return,  or any information that will enable me to secure the return of my son, Jessey Swetnam, who left home October 24,1 906.  He is 13 years old, has large gray eyes and light hair.  When he left he was riding a black mare pony 14 hands high, pacer and fox-trotter, branded 101 on left shoulder and 101 on left thigh.   Any information will be appreciated.  Please notify his father.  GEORGE SWETNAM, Non, I. T.

Jesse is listed on the1910 Hughes Co. OK Census with his father and step-mother.

He is listed on the 1920 Hughes Co. OK Census with his wife, Ida, and three children:  Carl 8, Lorene 7, and Ina E. 4 & 3 months.

The following article was written about Jesse in the "Vernal Express" Vernal, Utah, Dec. 22, 1977.    " Jake Swetnam raises mini-horses":

Jesse W. Swetnam, better known as "Jake" in the Vernal-Lapoint area left Oklahoma in May of 1920 with his wife and three children travelling in a covered wagon.

He worked in the wheat harvest at Wilmore, Kansas that summer, then went onto Laramie, Wyoming and worked in the hay that fall.  Winter found him in Pierce, Colorado, where he was a member of the section gang for the Mo. Pacific Railroad.
The next spring he left there and worked in the hay at North Park near Colmont, Colorado.  The family lived next at Milner, Colorado and he worked on the section again that winter, 1921, for Moffat Railroad.

He returned to North Park for the haying season the next summer and the Swetnam's fourth child, Billie, was born at Colemont.

In 1922 he moved his family to Maeser in Utah, and spent the winter there, where he fed a horse drawn baler from a stack for Warren Slaugh for 35 cents a ton.

Early the next spring he rented the Alf Johnson place and moved his family to Deep Creek, filing on a homestead in the spring of 1923.

That fall the three older children cut, piled, and burned sagebrush, while Jake plowed with three horses on a walking plow.  Come the next spring, he planted a good sized truck patch which yielded well, so he cleared and plowed more land and the next summer planted a good-sized "spud" patch and some early corn.

In later years he hired spuds hauled to Roosevelt, and sold enough to pay up grocery bills, etc.  Later he dug a pit 5' wide by 45' long and stored rutabagoes to feed cows.  All this was raised by dry land-farming, without irrigation.  He also herded sheep and went to North Park and worked in the hay for 10 summers, leaving his family to care for things at home.

The last child, Gale, was born in a log cabin on the Hayden Foster farm between Lapoint and Tridell in 1828.

Jake kept cows for a few years and raised corn, but due to unfavorable conditions got rid of them and went into the sheep and goat business.  He ordered seed rye from Grand Junction, Colorado and began to plant it, utilizing every dip and valley that would catch extra rainfall, using it for spring pasture and latter cutting a hay crop.  At one time Jake sold over a thousand dollars worth of goats to an Italian from Salt LakeCity to milk and make goat cheese.   About two years later he sold another thousand dollars worth.

About this time, Mrs. Swetnam, who had a bad heart, was told she must make a change in climate.  So Jake sold the homestead to Clive Sprouse who turned it to N. J. Meagher for sheep range.  Before making the big move, the family spent another winter on the homestead and waited until the fall of 1945 for cooler weather to make the trip to Arkansas.

Mrs.Swetnam made the trip in good shape and lived until July 4, 1961.  After her death, Jake sold the cattle, and having always liked horses, he bought some jennies and started raising minature mules, using a Welsh stallion.

He is also cross-breeding Shetland ponies and a Hackney mare with a Jack.  His big aim is to get a colt at 30", but the closest he has come to this is 32".

He owns bigger stock, including an Appaloosa stallion, because he still likes to ride but, says he "doesn't find too much time."

At 84, he continues to plow his garden with Jennies and raises a fine garden. He says staying busy is what keeps him going.   He enjoys showing his animals to the many people that come along, some just to visit and others to buy or trade.

He lives alone, with his three dogs for company and maintains he "plans to live to be 100."  His two boys live in the community.  Carl lives about 3 miles west of his Dad on 160 acres.  Gail built near his Dad and works out.  Ina teaches nursing at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.  Lorene is in Lakewood, California.  Billie is living at Lakeshore, Mississippi. All except Ina have married and raised families.

Jesse's granddaughter, Julie Graves, daughter of his son Carl, shared the following :  "Grandpa had a great sense of humor.  I have a letter that he wrote to a Singles Club at the age of 84 advertising for a wife, but didn't find one.  He lived alone til he was past 85.  He broke his hip at some time and was not able to live alone after that. I can't remember when it was exactly because I was just a little kid.  He lived with my sister, Carolyn, for a while before moving to Gulfport, Mississippi to live with another granddaughter where he died.  Gramp's favorite pasttime was talking. I wish I could remember more of his stories about his past."

Both Jesse and his wife, Ida are buried at Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery in the Monkey Run community in Baxter Co. Arkansas. 1879 - 1956 Ella TALLEY 76 76 1850 - 1932 Etheldra THOMPSON 81 81 Etheldra is listed on the 1860 Lamar Co. TX Census with her parents and siblings.

She is listed with her husband, William Clement on the 1870 Washington Co. AR Census.  Living nearby are her parents, Edward and RhodaThompson, with their children, Mary, John, Kitten, Alfred, and Thomas.

Etheldra and her husband moved to Texas  within a few years after their marriage.  Their first child, Robert was born in Arkansas, but the rest of their children were born in Texas.

They lived in Wise and Jack Counties in Texas before moving to OklahomaTerritory about 1894.  Etheldra and William had nine children. One son, William Marian, lived less than a month.   The place of his burial is unknown.  One daughter, Mary Ellen married George Swetnam and died giving birth to her only child. She was 18 years old.  Twins (names of the infants are unknown) died at birth while the family was living in Jack Co. TX.  They are buried beside their sister, Mary Ellen Clement Swetnam in the Wizard Wells Cemetery in Jack Co. TX.

After the death of her husband in 1917, Etheldra made her home with her son, Charlie, and his family.  She had her own room which was attached to the family house, but was accessable only through an outside door. Etheldra's granddaughter, Bessie, recalls that her grandmother was an excellent cook, and that she would bake special cookies to put in her son Charlie's lunch box to take to work.

When Etheldra died in 1932, Charlie went to Macomb, OK and bought a casket for his mother, and his wife, Stella, washed and dressed Etheldra for her burial.  The funeral was held in the front yard of Charlie and Stella Clement the day after her death, then she was taken to Lone Star Cemetery for burial next to her husband.

In Etheldra's family Bible, she carefully recorded the births, marriages, and deaths of her family until the death of her husband. No other entries were ever made in her Bible after his death, except for the death of Etheldra, recorded in the handwriting of her daughter-in-law, Stella. 1812 - 1899 Lucinda THOMPSON 86 86 Thomas J. BLACKWELL Living TUCK Jane UNDERWOOD John VANCE John VAUGHT Daniel BLEVINS 1911 - 1984 Earl BLYTHE 73 73 1885 - 1941 Henry M. WEST 55 55 Jesse WEST John WEST Mamie WEST 1889 Mary E. WEST D. 1929 Oliver C. WEST Viola WEST 1856 - 1910 William W. WEST 53 53 Mike WHITE R. L. WHITLOCK D. 1969 Leonard P. WILSON Carmen WOODSON Edna WOODSON James E. WOODSON Shirley WOODSON Thelma WOODSON Velma WOODSON 1902 - 1978 William Otis WOODSON 76 76 Irene WRIGHT ~1841 Hannah Rachel BOWMAN 1871 - 1933 Elizabeth Clementine Lida DICKEY 61 61 1880 Comanche Co. TX:  Wm. Dickey 46, Jinnie Dickey 35, Eliza 9, Mary 6, Wm. 4, Maggie 3.

She is listed on the 1910 and 1920 Census records with her second husband, Andrew Gage, and her children.

She is listed on the 1930 Garvin Co. OK Census with her son, Warren Gage. 1895 - 1984 William Harvey CLEMONS 89 89 After the death of his father, Harvey William's mother, Eliza, married Andrew J. Gage January 24, 1906, in Elmore City, Garvin Go., OK.

1910 Garvin Co. Census, living in Elmore City:   Andrew Gage 42, Lida Gage 38, Harvey Gage (should be Clement) 15, Jep Gage (should be Clement) 13, Warner (should be Warren) Gage 2, May Gage 1 month.

1920 Garvin Co. OK Census, living at Pauls Valley:   Andrew J. Gage 51, Lida Gage 48, Harvey W. Clemiceus (should be Clement) 25, Jep T. Clemeiceus (should be Clement) 23, Warner (should be Warren) Gage 12, May Gage 9, John Gage 6. , Jennie Cargile 69 (listed as Andrew Gage's mother-in-law).

The spelling of the family surname of Harvey William Clement,  was changed to Clemons sometime after his mother married Andrew Gage.  The probable reason for this is that John and William Clement, the two sons of Lucinda Gage Clement who had gone to Garvin Co. OK before statehood and became U. S. Marshals, changed the spelling of their surname from Clement to Clemons.  When Lucinda's nephew, Andrew Gage married the widowed mother of Harvey William Clement, he was very young and probably thought that Clemons was the correct spelling for his name, and thus, Clement became Clemons.

I found a website on Ancestry.com that was tracing the Dickey family and found information about the family of Elizabeth Catherine Lida Dickey and thus information about her five children - her two sons by her first husband, Frank Clement, and her three children by her second husband, Andrew Gage.

According to that information, Harvey William Clemons died in Pauls Valley in February 25,1933, which is also the same date listed as the date of death for his mother.  I don't know if this is a mistake, or if they actually died the same day.  It is an interesting fact that needs to be explored.

I did not find a census record for Harvey William Clemons for 1930.  I did find a marriage record for him in the Garvin Co. OK marriage records.  He married Cleo Harvell April 19, 1920.
 1897 - 1985 Jeptambling CLEMONS 88 88 After the death of his father, Jep Tampling's mother, Eliza, married Andrew J. Gage January 24, 1906, in Elmore City, Garvin Go., OK.

1910 Garvin Co. Census, living in Elmore City:   Andrew Gage 42, Lida Gage 38, Harvey Gage (should be Clement) 15, Jep Gage (should be Clement) 13, Warner (should be Warren) Gage 2, May Gage 1 month.

1920 Garvin Co. OK Census, living at Pauls Valley:  Andrew J. Gage 51, Lida Gage 48, Harvey W. Clemiceus (should be Clement) 25, Jep T. Clemeiceus (should be Clement) 23, Warner (should be Warren) Gage 12, May Gage 9, John Gage 6. , Jennie Cargile 69 (listed as Andrew Gage's mother-in-law).

The spelling of the family surname of Jep Tampling Clement,  was changed to Clemons sometime after his mother married Andrew Gage.  The probable reason for this is that John and William Clement, the two sons of Lucinda Gage Clement who had gone to Garvin Co. OK before statehood and became U. S. Marshals, changed the spelling of their surname from Clement to Clemons.  When Lucinda's nephew, Andrew Gage married the widowed mother of Jep Tampling Clement, he was very young and probably thought that Clemons was the correct spelling for his name, and thus, Clement became Clemons.

Jep Tambling Clemons moved to Texas between 1920 and 1925.  He married Zelma Smith in 1925.  This date is estimated from the 1930 Taylor Co. TX Census record.

1930 Taylor Co. TX Census, living at Lawn:  Jep T. Clemons 33, born in OK; Zelma Clemons 26, born in TX; Jep T. Jr. 4 months old, born in TX.  According to that census record, Jep was 25 years old when he married and Zelma was 18 years old.  It doesn't say where they were married.  That census record lists Jep's occupation as a foreman on the railroad.  It also shows that he was a veteran of World War I.
 1929 - 1990 Jep Tambling CLEMONS 60 60 1901 Cleo HARVELL 1904 - 1986 Zelma SMITH 82 82 Sam BRANSON 1888 - 1976 Stella Blackburn BURDEN 87 87 Stella was the third born child of Lee and Arie Burden.  She often talked about Clifty, Arkansas, her birthplace, even though she was only four years old, when her parents left Arkansas to move to IndianTerritory.

In Indian Territory, Lee and Arie Burden settled first in the community of Mt. Zion, five miles northwest of Macomb in Pottawatomie County. Stella's father, Lee, was a farmer, but on weekends he played music for community dances on his fiddle and banjo.  Stella would second for him on the piano.  It was at these dances that Stella was courted by the handsome Charlie Clement.

Lee Burden helped build a  schoolhouse near their home and named it Mt. Zion.  Stella and her older sister, Lizzie, attended school there.  Stella graduated from the 8th grade at Tecumseh School about 1901. This qualified her for a teaching certificate.  She had a brief teaching career.

When she married Charlie, she became a homemaker and mother of nine children.  Stella had weak lungs, damaged perhaps by TB at one time, the doctor thought.  She was in ill health for a good many years, "as thin as a rail", but still managed to out live her husband by eleven years.

After Charlie's death, Stella contintued to live at the home place as much as she could.  Her son Bill lived with her part of the time, and sometimes her son Churchill would live with her for a while. Sometimes she would go to Chickasha to stay a few weeks with her daughter Arie, and to Lawton to spend a few weeks with her son Chief.   If she was sick she would usually stay with her daughter Bessie or her daughter Annamae, both of whom lived close by.

In 1973, Stella was extremely ill and she spent the entire winter with Bessie and her family.    In 1976, Stella's condition became such that she had to be placed in the Shawnee Sunset Estates Nursing Home. She died June 18, 1976.  The funeral was held at Romulus Baptist Church and she was laid to rest in Prarie View Cemetery beside her husband.

There are many things about Stella that are memorable.  Perhaps most memorable was her "trademark" apron.  She always wore one and it had to have a pocket where she could keep her little container of snuff.  She even had "Sunday Aprons".  She had a love for "breast pins" and she often wore them pinned at the center front of her dress.  She had long black hair that slowly turned gray, which she kept in tight braids that were wound into a coronet and pinned to the back of her head with long plastic hair pins and combs.

She had a fabulous memory and could tell you the birthday of almost every person she knew, neighbors as well as family.  One of her granddaughters-in-law was so impressed with Stella's memory of birthdays that she sent her a little red "birthday book" to write all of the birthdays down, because she said, "One of these days you will be gone and we need to preserve those dates." Avis BUTLER 1872 - >1920 Nora CASEY 48 48 ~1871 Eliza J. [SKAGGS] 1873 Lou E. [SKAGGS] A. Lewis CLEMENT 1835 Abraham CLEMENT Abraham was not listed on the 1860 Lamar County Census, even though it is known that he and his family were living in Texas at that time. He may have been living in the nearby county of Red River.

1870 Lamar Co. TX Census:  Abram Clement 34, AR; Francis Clement 32, TN; James R. 11, TX; Riley 8, TX; Salley 6, TX; William 5, TX; Elizabeth 3, TX; Mary 1, TX.

1880 Lamar Co TX Census:  Arche (Abram) 40, AR; Frances Clement 40 TN; Riley C. 20; Elisabeth 12; Lee Ann 10; Allie (Ollie) 8; Delbert (Della) 6; John R. 4; Honey (Julia A.) 2.

1900 Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Enumeration Dist. #169: Abraham Clement, May 1835, AR; Frances Clement, Nov 1836, TN, mother of 11 children, 8 of whom are living; James Tapp, 9, listed as a grandson; Zachariah Fox, Apr  1896, TX, listed as a son-in-law; Julia A. Fox, July 1897, TX. James Tapp  is the son of Della Clement and her first husband, Zachariah Tapp.  Della married her second husband, Thomas Levi Clement, (her 1st cousin) in 1900 in Indian Territory and they are living nearby.

What happened to Abraham after 1900 is not known for sure; however itis known that his daughter, Della, who had married his nephew, Thomas Levi Clement, had moved to Tishomingo, Indian Territory, as a couple of there children were born in Tishomingo before 1910.  A record was found in "TheTishomingo News" dated Wednesday, May 24, 1906, relating the story of the stabbing death of Abe Clement "last night".  A search was made of the Tishomingo newspaper and other county records, but no other mention of this incident could be found anywhere, except for a small article the following week saying that Albert Johnson appeared at a preliminary hearing of the charge of the murder of Abe Clement and that Johnson was committed to jail without bail.   If this "Abe Clement" is our Abraham Clement is not known for sure.

NOTE:  A recent discovery by this writer that Abraham's eldest son, William, had a son named Abe who was killed at age 19 (some say in Red River Co. TX) may indicate that this "Abe Clement" may, in fact, be William's son, as a story recorded in the Johnston County OK history book states that William Clement moved to Tishomingo, Indian Territory, and that he served as an early day Territorial Sheriff of Tishomingo. 1884 - 1905 Abraham "Abe" CLEMENT 20 20 1833 - 1873 Andrew CLEMENT 40 40 Andrew served in the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War.  He was mustered in 5 Aug 1861 and served as a Pvt in the 9th Brigade, Lamar Co. TX, Beat No. 2.   This information is recorded on a Muster Roll and Election Return from the Texas State Archives for the Texas Militia, Company for Lamar County, Texas, Beat No. 2, 9th Brigade of the State of Texas; officer selected on 5 Aug, 1861, in Lamar County; company enrolled by T.L. Click; J. J. Martin elected Captain commanding.

His marriage is recorded in the "Lamar County Texas Marriage Records, Book One and Two, 1841-1858."

He is listed on the 1860 Lamar County Federal Census with his wife, Mary, and three sons, J.H., W.A., and T.J. in Precinct 1, Family 200-200, $500/725.   Living in Princinct 1, Family 198-198 is his father William with his 2nd wife, Lavina, and four youngest children, H. H. (Hiram Harvey), E. (Ellen), Lydia, and William.

When Andrew died the family must have been living in the Sylvan community as he is buried in the Sylvan Cemetery.  Andrew and Mary's son, John, died three years later and is buried beside his father. Sylvan Cemetery is located east of Paris, Texas near the town of Blossom.

1880 Lamar Co. TX Census:  Mary Clement 39, TN; Lee Clement 15; Robert 13; Richard 9.

Mary survived her husband by more than twenty years.  The family evidently moved from Sylvan communuity to the Shady Grove community located SE of Paris, Texas, about half way between Paris and Deport. When Mary died, she was buried beside her grandmother, Frances McClure, and near her step-mother-in-law, Lavinia Clement, in the Shady Grove Cemetery. ~1760 - >1860 Margaret "Peggy" 100 100 Margaret is listed on the 1850 Taylor Co. KY Census as "Margaret Cannon, age 90, born in VA."  She is living in household # 245 in District #2.  Living next to her on one side is her son John C. Skaggs and his family in household #244 and on the other side is Rebecca Blevins and her family in household #246.

Her name is also listed on the 1860 Taylor Co. KY Census where she is again listed as Margaret Cannon, age 102. She is living in the household with Rebecca Blevins and family.

Margaret's name appears in many Green Co. KY documents along with her first husband, David Skaggs.  After his death she married John Cannon. The part of Green Co. KY where Margaret and her family lived becameTaylor Co. KY in 1848.  Less than six years after her second marriage she filed a lawsuit in Taylor Co KY Circuit Court against her son,John C. Skaggs, and her son-in-law, Jesse Roberts, for a financial judgment. Court records show that on March 3, 1853, "the plaintiff, Margaret Cannon, alias Margaret Skaggs, appeared in court along with the defendant, Jesse Roberts, with their attorneys and submitted the law and facts in this cause to the judgement of the court without the interventions of a jury so far as said Roberts is concerned and the evidence heard.  It is adjudged by the court that the defendant Roberts go hence hereof without delay and recover of the plaintiff his cousts herein expended."  From this record it appears that Margaret lost her case against Jesse Roberts.  However, it appears that she won the case against her son as the Court records also show the following:  "The defendant John C. Skaggs, having been duly summoned and failing to answer, it is adjudged by the court that the plaintiff recover of the defendant John C. Skaggs one hundred and ten dollars therein at the rate of six percent per annum from the 29th day of January1840 until paid, also her costs herein expended. This payment is to have credit by fifty five dollars paid the 20th day of August 1841." Living CLEMENT 1914 - 1988 Arie Etheldra CLEMENT 73 73 Arie and Mel lived at Romulus, Pottawatomie Co. OK the first years of their marriage.  They moved to eastern Oklahoma near Checotah where Mel farmed, raising cotton, peanuts, and broomcorn.  The children all graduated from Checotah HighSchool.

Sometime around 1970 they moved to Cement, Grady Co. OK to a farm owned by their son, Melford. They farmed and raised hogs.  Their last years together were spent on a farm at Bradley, Grady Co. OK.

Arie was diagnosed with diabetes, just as he rfather was many years before.  She died on Easter Sunday. 1901 - 1966 Arville Rosco CLEMENT 64 64 Arvil is listed on the 1930 McClain Co. OK Census, page 10B, living in the Colbert Township.  He is listed as a boarder in the household of Lemuel Grisham, his wife Maudie, and son James R.  Also living in the household is Arvil's grandmother, Nauvice Dunham, listed as the mother-in-law of Lemuel Grisham. 1925 - 1981 Billy Cordell CLEMENT 56 56 Bill was a WWII Veteran, serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations.  He entered the U.S. Army in 1943.  He left for the army along with his best friend, Douglas McGehee, and they served along side each other throughout the war.  They were side by side the day Douglas stepped on a land mine and his legs were blown off.  Bill was unharmed in that incident physically, but mentally, he was haunted by the horror of what happened to his best friend.

Bill worked many years for Southwestern BellTelephone in Shawnee. 1908 - 1981 Bob Dugan CLEMENT 72 72 Bob's obituary was in "The Lamar County Echo" April 9, 1981. It reads as follows:

Bob. D. Clement, 72, of 611 6th SE died April 4, 1981 in a local hospital.  Funeral services wee held Tuesday morning, April 7th in Steele and Thomas Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Eddy Johnson officiating.  Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mr. Clement was born in Clardy on Sep. 6, 1908, son of Robert W. Clement and Betty Anderson Clement.  He married Lola Lois Parker in Cooper in 1928; she preceded him in death in 1979.  He married Mable Moore in Paris in 1980.

He was a member of Ramseur Baptist Church.  He was a shipping clerk for the Falcon Manufacturing Co. in Carrolton for a number of years.

Surviving are his wife, Mable; three sons, Silas Clement of Blossom, Ray Clement of Farmers Branch, and Bobby Clement of Lewisville; one step son, daughter, Ann Miller of Richardson; one brother, Lewis Clement of Clardy; one sister, Peggy Evans of Paris; seven grandchildren, four step grandchildren, two great-grandchildren,and three step great-grandchildren. 1908 Burlie CLEMENT 1900 - 1985 Carrie CLEMENT 85 85 1917 - 1979 Cecil CLEMENT 61 61 1880 - 1910 Charles F. CLEMENT 29 29 The record of Charles's funeral is recorded in the Rogers and Wade Furniture Co. and Funeral Home books in possession of Fr yand Gibbs Funeral Home.  The cause of death was a gun shot wound.  The funeral was charged to "Cash" and the order was given by phone for the body to be shipped to Paris.   His tombstone is inscribed, " Son of W. A. and Martha Ann Clement." 1890 - 1965 Charlie Monroe CLEMENT 74 74 Charlie was born in Vinyard, Jack Co. TX, the youngest child of William and Etheldra Clement.

The  family moved to IndianTerritory, now Oklahoma, when he was a small boy.

He is listed on the 1900 Indian Territory Census in Burnett Township, Pottawatomie Co. with his parents, Wiliam and Etheldra Clement, brother Riley, and sister Lillie.

He is also listed on the 1910 Pottawatomie Co. OK Census with his wife Stella and and 6 month old infant, William L., called "Little Lee".

Charlie and Stella are also listed on the 1920 Pottawatomie Co. OK Census with four children, Church (Churchill) age 7, Arie age 5, Ellenage 2, and Bessie age 4 months.

William Clement was a farmer and the children helped with the farm work.  As a result they attended school infrequently. Charlie only had a fourth grade education, but he was much wiser than many men who had much more education.  His humor and overall good nature endeared him to everyone who knew him.

In the Lone Star and Mount Zion communities located near present day Macomb, OK, Saturday night would find most everyone around attending a community dance.  Music for the dances was usually provided by Lee Burden playing his fiddle or banjo, seconded on the piano by his daughter Stella.

It was at these dances that Charlie courted Stella Burden, and it was also at one of these dances that seventeen year old Charlie Clement proposed to nineteen year old Stella Burden.  Stella, who had been teaching school for two years,  loved Charlie but she wanted to wait a year or two because she thought he was too young.  But Charlie insisted that he was old enough to know what he wanted and it was marriage now, or he was going to leave and find work somewhere else.  That convinced Stella, so she accepted his proposal of marriage.

Charlie and Stella were married December18, 1907, just one month after Oklahoma had become a state.  Their marriage is recorded in Pottawatomie County, OK records in Marriage Book 11, page 7.   Recorded on the application for the marriage license is the infomation that written consent for the marriage was given by the groom's parents, because he was only 17 years old.  Other information recorded on the marriage license states that the marriage was performed at the residence of R. H. L. Burden by T. B. Albert, a Justice of the Peace, from McLoud, OK.  Witnesses whose names appear on the license are J.B. Moore, husband of the groom's sister, Lillie, and M.E. Ferree (Mary Ellen Ferree, also known as Aunt Sissie), sister of the bride'smother.

Charlie and Stella lived in the Macomb area for about three years before moving to the area of Lexington in McClain Co. OK, where they would live for the next ten years.

Tragedy struck the young family in 1913 when Charlie and Stella's firstborn child, William Lowell Lee Clement, became ill and died. They brought his body back to Pottawatomie County for burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery.  He was laid to rest near the graves of his great-grandparents, Richard and Prudence Burden.

A double tragedy was suffered by Charlie and Stella in 1917 when both of their fathers died just three months apart.  William Clement died January 13, 1917 and Lee Burden died March 8, 1917.

After William Clement's death, Charlie and Stella bought his father's farm and moved back to Pottawatomie County.  Charlie's mother, Etheldra, lived with Charlie and Stella until her death fifteen years later.

Charlie farmed the land, raising peanuts, sweet potatoes, and feed for the livestock.  But he also worked for the railroad, working on the lines, replacing the ties and rails and such.  It was very difficul twork and took it toll on Charlie's health. The first railroad he worked for was the Rock Island called "Old Beck".  The main office was at Romulus.  The second line he worked on was the Santa Fe that ran just north of the town of Macomb.

In 1927, Charlie and Stella bought a farm four miles east of Macomb, near the Eagle School community.  The house at the new home place consisted of a living room, one bedroom, and a kitchen.  Charlie and Stella slept in the living room and the children all slept in the one bedroom.  Charlie added one room onto the west side of the house that was Etheldra's room.

After Etheldra died in 1932, Charlie moved her room to the north side of the house and it became the bedroom for the girls.  Sometime in the later years, Charlie bought a small house and moved it to the home site, setting it to the south of the existing house, then building a small connecting room to attach it to the living room.  The new addition became the living room with a bedroom on the east.  The living room in the original house then became the kitchen.  Those of us who were fortunate enough to remember the times spent with Charlie and Stella in their home can well remember the living room with its "one step down" from the living room to the small connecting room, then "one step down" into the kitchen.

The Clement children attended school through the eighth grade at Eagle, then went to high school at Macomb.  Eagle School was one mile east of the Clement home and the children had to walk to school. Macomb was four miles west of their home, and the two oldest children, Churchill and Arie, had to walk to school there too, but by 1931, when Ellen started to high school, Macomb had a school bus to pick them up each day.

Growing up in the Clement household was lots of fun but also lots of work.  Stella's health was bad, so a lot of the household chores were done by the three older girls.  When Ellen and Bessie were in high school they did the laundry for the entire family; and if the weather on Saturday did not permit them to get the laundry out, they had to stay out of school one day during the week and get it done.  Bessie said she always made good grades in school, but never got exempt from tests because she had too many absences.

Wash day became a much easier chore when Charlie and Lelan made the girls a washing machine out of a barrel.  He had seen one that another man had made on one of the family trips to McClain County to pick cotton.  Lelan cut the top third off of a barrel and welded it to the bottom of the barrel, cut a hole in the newly welded section to stick wood into, and this bacame a firebox.  At the top of the barrel he bolted a rod across the barrel.  He took a 1x12 board, drilled holes in it, and bolted it onto the rod.  He then attached a handle. The girls would swing the board back and forth to agitate the clothes.  Bessie said it sure did get the clothes clean and was much easier than scrubbing them on a rub board. They still had to wring the clothes out by hand.

The boys and Charlie would feed the livestock, milk the cows, and separate the milk.   In the evenings, after supper, the family would settle in for an evening of fun.  They would play dominos, fourty-two, or listen to Stella read "Shootum Ups" as Charlie called the western stories in "Wild West Weekly" that he loved so much.  The neighbors often came by to join in the fun.  In the summertime, the children worked in the field, hoeing peanuts, gathering fruit for canning, or helping in the garden.  In the evening they often played ball in the road beside the house.

We always hear stories about the difficulty of living through the depression of the 1930s.  However, life for the Clements was pretty much the same as before the depression.  They raised most of their own food, so they never went hungry, as many did.

World War II brought much anxiety to the family, when three of the four boys were called to duty.  Lelan went first in 1941, followed by Bill in 1943. Chief was called to report fo rservice the day Japan surrendered.

In 1947 Charlie and Stella went to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where Charlie found work for a brief time, but they soon returned to the home place at Macomb.

In 1951 they moved to Phoenix, Arizona for a year to try to improve Stella's health.  They returned home in 1952.

In 1955, Charlie was diagnosed with diabetes.  His condition was pretty severe, requiring daily injections of insulin.  The disease took its toll on Charlie.  Poor circulation in his leg led to the amputation of his toe, then eventually his leg.  His eyesight slowly failed, leaving him virtually blind by the time of his death.

Charlie died January 30, 1965.  It was a bitter cold day, the day of his funeral, which was held at Romulus Baptist Church. He was laid to rest in Prairie View Cemetery. His obituary which appeared in the Shawnee News Star reads as follows:

CLEMENT --  Charlie Monroe Clement, 74, Rt. 2, Macomb, retired farmer, died at 1 a.m. Saturday in a Shawnee hospital following a two-year illness.  He was born Aug. 23, 1890 in Vinyard, Texas.  He moved to the Macomb area Jan. 1, 1894 from Vinyard. TX.  He was a member of the Church of Christ.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Romulus Baptist Church. Harold Popejoy, Jehovah Witness minister, will officiate.  Burial will be in Prairie View Cemetery.  Cooper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Survivers are his wife, Mrs. Stella Clement of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Melford Scott, Cement, OK; Mrs. Earl Cope, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Elwood Cope and Mrs. Ray Hicks, both of Rt. 2, Macomb; four sons, Churchill Clement, Rt. 2, Macomb; Lelan Clement, Muskogee, OK; Billy Clement, Rt. 5, Shawnee, OK; and Lester Clement, Lawton, OK; a sister, Mrs.Lillie Moore, Shaster, California; a brother, Riley Clement, Wynnewood, OK; 30 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Bearers, all grandsons, will be Harold Dean Clement, Don Clement, Bobby Clement, Lester Lee Clement, Jerry Cope, and Melford Scott. 1912 - 1972 Churchill CLEMENT 59 59 Churchill's sister, Bessie, recalls the day that Churchill and Irene were married.  She said that several people accompanied Churchill and Irene to the preacher's house where they were married.  They included his sisters, Ellen, Bessie, Arie, Arie's husband Mel, and Earl Blythe.  They were all loaded into Mel's car and heading for the preacher'shouse when they stopped along the side of the road to help a stranded family whose car had stopped on them.  Mel got out and began helping get the car started.   Churchill was pacing up and down, telling Mel to hurry up.   After getting the stranded family back on the road, the wedding party loaded up and proceeded on their way.  Mel toldChurchill, "See there, we helped that family and we still have time to get you married." Churchill replied, "I ain't kicking, I ain't kicking."  Then Mel told Churchill, "  Just wait a year or two and you will be."

Churchill's obituary appeared in the Shawnee News Star. It reads as follows:

Churchill M.Clement, 59, Route 2, died Thursday in Shawnee. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Gaskill Funeral Chapel with Rev. R. L. Fritch officiating.

Mr. Clemant was born April 26, 1912 in Purcell and moved to Macomb in 1917.  He lived there until two years ago when he moved to Shawnee.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Carol Carsten, Route 2; a son, Harold Dean Clement,Tulsa; his mother, Mrs. Stella Clement, Macomb; four sisters, Mrs.Bessie Cope, Macomb, Mrs Annamae Hicks, Macomb; Mrs. Arie Scott,Tecumseh; and Mrs. Ellen Cope, Oklahoma City; three brothers, Lelan Clement, Muskogee; Billy C. Clement, Macomb; and Lester (Chief)Clement, Lawton; and seven grandchildren. 1863 Mary E. [SKAGGS] 1885 - 1897 Coley CLEMENT 11 11 Coley's tombstone is inscribed, "Son of W.A. and Martha Ann Skidmore." 1874 - 1958 Della CLEMENT 84 84 1888 - 1889 Drew CLEMENT 1 1 Drew's tombstone is inscribed, "Son of W.A. and M.A. Clement." 1920 - 1995 Eather "Johnny" CLEMENT 75 75 1911 - 1977 Edith M. CLEMENT 65 65 1844 - 1881 Missouri Ann [SKAGGS] 37 37 1868 Eliza J. CLEMENT 1867 Elizabeth CLEMENT 1840 - 1902 Ellen CLEMENT 61 61 Ellen is listed on the 1850 Madison County, Arkansas Census with herfather and her siblings.

She is also listed on the 1860 Lamar County, Texas Census with herfather, step-mother, and her siblings, Lydia, Hiram Harvey, andWilliam.

She is also listed on the 1870 and 1880 Lamar Co. TX Census recordswith her husband and three children. 1929 Elmer CLEMENT 1926 - 2000 Francis CLEMENT 74 74 1866 - 1902 Frank CLEMENT 36 36 Frank, who was 14 years old on the 1880 census, married Eliza Clementine Lida Dickey 29 Jun 1893 in Indian Territory.

They are listed on the 1900 Census in Healdton, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.  The census reads:  Frank Clemmens 34, Eliza Clemmons (transcribed incorrectly by the index committee as Lester) 27, Harvey (transcribed incorrectly by the index committee as Harley) 5, Jep, L. (should be Jep T.)  3.

Also living in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Township 3 is John Clement, the same John Clement  (son of Andrew Clement and Lucinda Gage) who was living near Frank Clement's parents on the 1880 census and also living in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Township 5, is Andrew J. Gage, nephew of Lucinda Gage, son of her brother, Amos Warren Gage.

Unfortunately, the pattern of an early death in the men in the family line of Hiram Harvey Clement, replays itself again.  Frank Clement died at the age of 34 in 1900, leaving his widowed wife with their two small sons, ages 5 and 3.
 George CLEMENT Georgia CLEMENT 1912 Gladys CLEMENT 1906 Grady CLEMENT 1914 Hazel CLEMENT ~1856 Henry CLEMENT Henry is probably a child of Harvey's wife, Letha, since he wasbornsix years before Harvey and Letha's marriage.  Also, Henrywas born inTennessee, the same state where Letha was born.Since he was going bythe name of Clement on the 1870 Census, itis presumed that Harveyadopted him. 1901 Henry C. CLEMENT Henry and Ethel are listed on the 1930 Atoka Co. OK Census. p.6A,living in Caney Township. 1925 Henry CLEMENT 1837 - >1880 Hiram Harvey CLEMENT 43 43 Hiram Harvey was not married yet in 1860 according to Lamar Co TX Census.  He was 23 years old and living in the household with his father at that time.  His occupation was listed as a teamster.

He is listed in the Texas Civil War records as having served in the Texas Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War, having enlisted in Lamar Co. TX.

His marriage record was found in Lamar County Marriages, Book 3, page 175.

He is listed on the 1870 Greenwood Co. KS Census records with his wife and two children, living in Fall River, just a few houses from that of his aunt, John and Lydia (Clement) Gage, and their children.   Also living in the household of Hiram Harvey was a Henry Clement, age 14. It is believed that Henry is probably a child of Letha and was adopted by Harvey after their marriage.

Harvey and Letha are also listed in the 1880 Wise Co. TX Census records living near his brother William Clement and Etheldra. 1910 Ina CLEMENT 1861 - 1930 James Riley CLEMENT 68 68 James and Ellen are listed on the 1930 Atoka Co. OK Censusliving atCaney.  It reads:  James R. Clement 69, born in TX;Ellen 49, wife;G.R. 19, son. 1909 - 1987 James Riley "Monk" CLEMENT 78 78 1883 John CLEMENT 1855 - 1876 John H. CLEMENT 21 21 Inscription on tomestone reads, "Budded on earth to bloom in heaven." 1876 John R. CLEMENT 1878 Julia A. CLEMENT 1945 - 1962 Julia Ellen CLEMENT 17 17 1865 Lee CLEMENT 1907 - 1983 Lee Andrew CLEMENT 76 76 1902 - 1970 Lee Roy CLEMENT 68 68 1922 - 2006 Lelan Forrest CLEMENT 84 84 Lelan was a veteran of World War II.  He entered the U.S. Army in 1941.  He remained stateside, serving most of his time at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.

After the war, he married Evaline McKinney. Lelan and Evaline lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas in the early years of their marriage.  They later moved to Muskogee,Oklahoma. They were divorced.

Many years after his divorce, Lelan married Bernice(Smith) Montgomery.  Lelan was a Mason and a Shriner. 1917 - 1996 Lena Ellen CLEMENT 79 79 Ellen and Earl lived on a farm northwest of Macomb after their marriage. They later moved into the town of Macomb where they lived until about 1956 when they moved to Oklahoma City.  In the later years they moved to Yukon, Canadian Co. OK. 1927 - 1995 Lester Charlie "Chief" CLEMENT 68 68 Chief was a career Army man.  He retired after 30 years of Military Service.    He received his draft notice the day Japan surrendered in WWII, just a few months after his graduation from high school.  His first assignment was in the American occupied sector of Germany. It was there that he met and married Lance Schnurrer.   Chief and Lance lived on many different military bases, but it was when he was assigned to Fort Sill Army Base, Lawton, Oklahoma, that he felt he had finally come home. 1913 - 1929 Lewis CLEMENT 16 16 1919 Liddie CLEMENT 1897 Liddie CLEMENT 1887 - 1966 Lillie Virena CLEMENT 78 78 Lillie was the sixth child of William and Etheldra.  She is listed on the 1900 Indian Territory Census with her parents and her brothers, Riley and Charlie. 1908 - 2001 Lilly CLEMENT 92 92 Lily helped her husband Lee on their family farm until the1950s. She then worked in the Wynnewood school cafeteria.  She retired from the Pauls Valley State School in 1971. 1905 - 1924 Lois CLEMENT 19 19 1921 Lottie CLEMENT 1844 Lydia CLEMENT Lydia is listed on the 1850 Madison County, Arkansas Census with her father and siblings.

She is also listed on the 1860 Lamar County, Texas Census with her father, step-mother, and siblings, Ellen, Hiram Harvey, and William.

Lydia is listed on the 1880 Lamar Co. TX Census with her husband and children.

She is listed as a widow on the 1900 Lamar Co. TX Census.   She has three children living with her:  Sadie, Louis, and Maggie.

She is listed on the 1910 Lamar Co. TX Census as 66 years old. Living with her are three children:  Charles 27, Louis 21, and Maggie D. 19.The census record also shows that she is the mother of 10 children, all of them living. ~1904 - <1981 Maggie E. CLEMENT 77 77 Marie CLEMENT 1903 - 1963 Marion Ernest CLEMENT 60 60 Marion's death is listed in the California Death Index. His mother's maiden name was listed as "Dunham" and his Social Security No. was given as 444-03-7317. 1915 - 1917 Marvin CLEMENT 2 2 1869 Mary CLEMENT 1875 - 1893 Mary Ellen CLEMENT 18 18 Mary Ellen was the third born child of William and Etheldra Clement.

She is listed on the 1880 Wise Co. TX Census with her parents and two brothers, R.E. (Robert) age 9, and T. L. (Levi) age 7, both born inAR.  Mary Ellen is listed as M.E. , age 4, daughter, born in TX.

Sometime before 1887  the family moved to Vinyard, Jack Co. TX. While living there, Mary Ellen married George Swetnam 8 Dec 1892.

The following year on September 1,1893, she gave birth to her only child, Jesse William Swetnam. She died 3 weeks later from complications of the birth.

She is buried in Wizard Wells Cemetery beside her two siblings, infant twins of her parents who died at birth when Mary Ellen was about10 years old.

In Etheldra's Bible, she spelled her daughter's name "Merrie Elen". 1939 - 1940 Mary Lea CLEMENT 1m 1m 1905 Max CLEMENT <1909 Minnie CLEMENT 1901 Myrtle CLEMENT 1902 - 1987 Ollie Marie CLEMENT 85 85 Oneal CLEMENT 1906 Pearl CLEMENT 1905 - 1992 Peggy CLEMENT 86 86 Living CLEMENT 1871 Richard CLEMENT Richard Lee CLEMENT 1882 - 1974 Richard Riley CLEMENT 92 92 Riley was the 5th child of William and Etheldra Clement.

He is listed on the 1900 Indian Territory Census with his parents and sister Lillie and brother Charlie.

Riley and Lou are listed on the 1930 Garvin Co. OK Census living in Walker Township.  It reads:  Riley R. 48, born in TX; Lue I. Clement44, wife; Lee A. 22, son; Cecil 12, son; Ether 10, son; and Francies 4, daughter.

He is listed in the Pottawatomie Co. Marriage Book 6, page 76 where he applied for a license to marry Lula Hargis.  The marriage on 29 Jan1903 was performed by Judge W. L. McFall and witnessed by J. E. Simpson and M. F. Norris.

Riley registered for the draft for WWI on September 12, 1918 at PaulsValley, Garvin Co. OK.  He address was given as R. R., Wynnewood, Garvin Co. OK.

Riley and Lou lived most of their life in Wynnewood, Garvin Co. OK.  In later years they lived together in the Morgan Nursing Home, Wynnewood.

Riley and Lou shared the same birthday and they were also married on their birthdays.  Their children and grandchildren often had a party on their birthdays/wedding anniversary and three of their neices, Edith Clement Blythe, daughter of Robert Clement; Bessie Clement Cope, daughter of Charlie Clement; and Beatrice Moore Flowers, daughter of Lillie Clement;  would go to Wynnewood to help them celebrate.  Even after Edith and Beatrice died, Bessie continuedt he visits.

Riley was the last of William and Etheldra's children to die. 1905 - 1964 Riley Edward CLEMENT 58 58 Riley's death is recorded in the California Death Index.  His place of residence was listed as Turlock, CA and his Social Security No. was given as 443-10-7586. 1871 - 1941 Robert Ernest CLEMENT 70 70 Robert was the first born child of William and Etheldra Clement.

He is listed on the 1880 Wise Co. TX Census with his parents and brother Levi and sister Ellen.

He is listed in the Pottawatomie Co. OK Marriage Book 2A on his application for a marriage license to Sarah E. Dunham as a resident of Shawnee.  He listed his color as Indian.

Witnesses to the marriage performed by Elder, W. D. Ward, were William Clement and J. R. Dunham.

Robert and Sarah are listed on the 1900 Indian Territory Census.

They are listed on the 1910 McClain Co. OK Census:  Robert E. Clement 36, Sarah E. 33, Arville R. 9, Marion E. 7, Riley E. 5.

They are listed on the 1920 McClain Co. OK Census:  Robert E. 48, Sarah E. 42, Arville 18, Marion 16, Riley 14, Edith 8.

They are listed on the 1930 McClain Co. OK Census:  Robert E. 58, Sarah 52, Marion 27, Riley 24, Edith 18, Hurby Dunham (a nephew) 16.

For many years, Robert and Sarah and their family lived in McClain Co. OK, but moved back to Pottawatomie Co. in the 1930s. They are listed on the 1930 McClain Co. OK Census, p. 9B, living in the ColbertTownship. Living nearby is Sarah's mother, Nauvice Dunham, age 68, living in the household of Lemuel Grisham and his wife Maudie.  Maudie is Sarah's sister.  Robert and Sarah's eldest child, Arville Clement is also listed in the household of Lemuel Grisham.

Robert and Sarah are both buried in Prairie View Cemetery, Macomb, PottawatomieCo. OK. 1866 - 1937 Robert Wesley CLEMENT 71 71 Robert's tombstone is a double stone with his wife, Bettie. 1901 - 1973 Roy W. CLEMENT 71 71 Roy's obituary appeared in "The Paris News" on January 8, 1973.  It reads as follows:   Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in Leverett and Steel Funeral Home Chapel for Roy W. Clement, a lifetime resident of Lamar County, who died at 7:05 a.m. Monday in L. P. McQuistion Hosptial.  Interment will be in Shady Grove Cemetery for the former Pattonville resident.

Mr.Clement was born 20 Jan 1901 in Clardy, a  son of the late R.W. and Betty (Anderson) Clement.  A resident of the Gibraltar Hotel at the time of his death, he was a member of the Shady Grove Methodist Church.  He had been employed as a nurse at McCuistion Hospital for 10 years before his retirement.

Mr. Clement is survived by two brothers, Dugan Clement of Coppell and A. L.Clement of Pattonville; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur King of Pattonville and Mrs. Harry Evans of Paris.

Another article appeared in "The Paris News" on January 11, 1973.  It reads as follows:  Funeral services for Roy W. Clement, a resident of the Gibraltar Hotel, were conducted Wednesday afternoon in Leverett and Steele Funeral Home Chapel.  The Rev. J. L. Wideman and Vernon Daniels officiated and burial was made in the Shady Grove Cemetery.  Bearers were Roy Clement, Silas Clement, Bobby Clement, Andy Ray Clement, Gary Abbott, Junior Crafton, and Mike Clement.  Mr. Clement died Monday morning in L. P. McCuistion Hospital. 1929 Ruby Annamae CLEMENT Annamae was the baby of the family of Charlie and Stella Clement.  After graduation from high school in 1947, Annamae went to Fort Smith, Arkansas to work.  It was there that she met and married Ray Hicks.They lived many years in Phoenix, Arizona, and finally moved back to Macomb, Oklahoma. 1907 - 1976 Sadie CLEMENT 69 69 1864 Salley CLEMENT 1888 Samuel CLEMENT Sam and Tennie are listed on the 1910 Atoka Co. OK Census, living at Caney in household #181 with their two children Pearl and Burlie.  Living next to them in household #180 are his parents, Bill and Mary Clement with their children John, Liddie, and Carrie. 1830 - >1850 Sarah CLEMENT 20 20 Sarah was 19 years old when her mother died.  She was the oldest ofeight children that ranged in age from 4 months to her nineteen years.She undoubtly had a great responsibilty helping her father care forthe smaller children.

Between 1850 and 1853 the family moved from Madison Co. AR to LamarCo. TX and all of the children can be found in Lamar Co. TX on the1860 Census except for Sarah and her youngest sister, Serena.  It isbelieved that Serena, who was a newborn when her mother died in1850,also died soon after her mother.  As for Sarah, it is a mystery.  Shedoes not show up in Texas with the rest of her family at any time overthe next 20 years.  She either married and stayed in Arkansas, or diedbefore 1860. 1850 - <1860 Serena CLEMENT 10 10 Severno (or Serena) was listed as four months old on the 1850MadisonCo. AR Census with her father and her siblings.  Hermother had diedshortly after her birth.  She was not listed onthe 1860 Lamar Co TXCensus with the rest of the family, so itis assumed that she diedsometime between 1850 and 1860. Silas CLEMENT 1919 Stella Bessie CLEMENT Bessie spent most of her life working for and serving others in he rcommunity.  She served as secretery of the Macomb Alumni Association for over 40 years.   She was Church Clerk for Romulus Baptist Church for many years.

She is an actuve member of Tecumseh Chapter #30, Order of the EasternStar.  She is a Past Matron of that Chapter, having served three times in that office.   She  also served as Grand Representative to Saskatchewan, Canada in 1985-86 and as a Grand Representative to Utah in 2007-2009.

Her talents as a cook are appreciated by many.  She has volunteered her time to cook for church camp for Romulus Baptist Church for over 30 years.  She is often called up to bake a batch of cinnamon rolls or pies for fund raisers for school, clubs, and Eastern Star.  For many years she cooked banquet meals for the FFA and for the Macomb Alumni Association.

Bessie was honored in 2003 when she was chosen by the Macomb Centenniel Committee to be Co-Grand Marshall of the Macomb Centenniel Parade held on May 10, 2003.  The Committee cited the fact that Bessie, at age 83, had lived her entire life in the Macomb area and had contributed so much of her life to the growth and betterment of the community, she was a natural choice for one of the Grand Marshals. Also, both sets of her grandparents, Richard and Arie Burden and William and Etheldra Clement, were among the earliest settlers in the Macomb area in the 1890s.

Bessie researched the history of Macomb and wrote a history of the community to be published in a book containing histories of all of the towns in Oklahoma.  She also wrote articles for publication in the Shawnee News Star, the Pottawatomie County News, and the Oklahoma Sands newspapers prior to the Centenniel about her memories of early life in the Macomb Community. 1881 - 1887 Sudie CLEMENT 6 6 Sudie's tombstone is inscribed, "Daughter of W. A. and M. A.Clement." 1859 T. J. CLEMENT 1890 - 1968 Thomas Edward CLEMENT 78 78 The death certificate for Thomas says he died of heart disease at the age of 76.  He was living in the Deport Nursing Home, Deport, Lamar Co. TX at the time of his death, having been living there for the past 4 months.  It lists his parents as W. A. Clement and Martha Skidmore.The record shows that he was married, but there is no record of the name of his wife on the death certificate.  The "informant" who gave the family information to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas State Dept. of Health was Mrs. Joe Smith. 1873 - 1942 Thomas Levi CLEMENT 69 69 Thomas "Levi" married his cousin, Della Clement.

They are listed on the 1900 Indian Territory Census in the Ardmore/LoneGrove area of the Chickasaw Nation.  They later moved toTishomingo in the Chickasaw Nation and lived for several years before settling finally near Caney, Atoka Co. OK.

They are listed on the 1920 and 1930 Atoka Census records, living in Caney Township. ~1885 - ~1885 Unnamed Infant CLEMENT ? ~1885 - ~1885 Unnamed Infant CLEMENT ? 1942 - 1996 Vera CLEMENT 53 53 1943 - 1943 Virginia P. CLEMENT 3d 3d 1857 - >1920 W. A. CLEMENT 63 63 W.A. and Martha are listed on the 1880 Lamar Co. Census. 1847 - 1917 William CLEMENT 69 69 William was listed as four years old on the 1850 Madison Co. AR Census with his father and his siblings.  His mother had died earlier in the year.

He was also listed on the 1860 Lamar Co.TX Census with his father and stepmother, along with his brother Hiram Harvey and his sisters, Ellen and Lydia.

William is listed on the 1870 Washington Co. AR  Census with his wife Etheldra.  They were married in April of that year in Washington Co. AR.   After their marriage, William and Etheldra moved to Texas where both had lived previously (in Lamar Co.), but this time they moved to Wise Co. TX.

They are listed on the 1880 Wise Co. Census with three children, Robert, Levi, and Ellen.  Living in the next household was John Clement with his wife, daughter, mother-in-law, and his brother William.  John and William Clement were the sons of his cousin, Andrew Clement who was killed in the Civil War.

William and Etheldra moved to Jack Co. TX before 1887.  Their last two children, Lillie and Charlie, were born in Jack Co. and their eldest daughter, Ellen, died there in 1893.

Found in the Public Library in Jacksboro, Jack Co. TX, was a softbound book entitled " Drouth Sufferers in Jack County -1887". Listed is the following information:  "Clements, W., No. in family 6, Commissioner's Precinct 1, No. lbs. flour recd 150, No. lbs. meal recd. 228, date recd. 16 May 1887.  This confirms that William and Etheldra were living in Jack Co. in 1887 and probably had been living there for perhaps a year at least to qualifiy for "drouth relief".

Another important piece of family history was found in the Jack Co. Library in a softbound book of listings of persons buried in the Wizard Wells Cemetery located at "Old Vineyard" in Jack County. Listed as buried in this cemetery are the following:  (1) Clements, Infants of Etheldra and W. Clements - no birth or death dates  (2) M.E. Swetnam, wife of G.H. Swetnam, d. 24 Sep 1893  Mary Ellen is buried beside the twins of Etheldra and William who are buried in one grave. These graves are very distinctly marked.  They are raised above the ground with granite blocks, stacked two blocks high, and the length of the graves, with the tombstone on each grave embedded in the front of the granite that is at the head of the graves. The tombstones are still readable.   On the twins tombstone, engraved in letters about 5 inches tall at the top of the stone is "INFANTS".  Below that is "of Etheldra and W. Clements".

About 1894 the family  moved to Oklahoma Territory.  They are listed on the 1900 Oklahoma Territory Census in Burnett Township with their children Riley, Lillie, and Charlie.  Living nearby are the families of Richard Burden, William Burden and Richard Henry Burden.

In 1910, the first Census for the State of Oklahoma lists William and Etheldra in the Burnet Township of Pottawatomie Co.  Neighbors were the family of Richard Henry Lee Burden and the Charlie Clement family. 1903 William CLEMENT 1909 - 1913 William Lowell Lee CLEMENT 3 3 1863 William M. "Bill" CLEMENT William  "Bill" and Mary moved to the Tishomingo area in Indian Territory before Oklahoma statehood.  "Bill" served as a DeputyTerritorial Sheriff in the Tishomingo Territory.

They are listed on the 1900 Indian Territory Census living in the Chickasaw Nation. Both William and Mary are listed as 37 years old, have been married 18 years, and are the parents of 8 children, 5 of whom are living.  They are listed as John 17, Abraham 15, Samuel L. 10, Lydia E. 3, and Carrie 2/12.

They are listed on the 1910 Atoka County OK Census, living at Caney in household #180 with their children John, Liddie, and Carrie.  On the census record his name is listed as "Bill".  Living next to them in household #181 is their son Sam and his wife,Tennie, with their children Pearl and Burlie.

1920 McCurtain Co. OK Census:  William M. Clement 58, Mary T. Clement 58, Liddie Ellen 22, Ollie Clement 8 months old.  Liddie is listed as a daughter and Ollie is listed as a granddaughter. 1878 - 1878 William Marian CLEMENT 21d 21d William Marian Clement lived only a few weeks.  His birth and deathare recorded in his mother, Etheldra's family bible.  It is not knownexactly where he was born and died, but is was most probably in Texas. 1802 - 1868 William Wesley CLEMENT 66 66 William Wesley Clement's name is found on the 1828 and 1830 Gasconade Co. MO Tax Lists.,

He married Elizabeth Skaggs in Crawford County, Mo in 1829. William Wesley's grandfather, Richard Skaggs, and Elizabeth's great-grandfather, Henry Skaggs, were brothers.  (Richard and Henry Skaggs were famous "LongHunters" in Kentucky who were among the first white settlers in Kentucky and much has been written about them in Kentucky History books.)

William Wesley and Elizabeth Clement are listed on the 1830 Crawford Co. MO Census living with his brother Abraham Clement and family.

By 1840, he had moved to Arkansas.  He is listed on the 1840 Carroll Co. AR Census living in Osage township.

He is listed on the 1850 Madison Co. AR Census living in War Eagle Township. The census was taken after August, since his wife is not listed, and she had died in August, 1850. Living with William Wesley in his household in 1850 were his eight children, ranging in age from 4 months to 19 years old.

Between 1850 and 1853 William Wesley and his family moved to Lamar Co.TX.  He married a second time in that county on 14 Jun 1853.

His sons, Andrew and Abraham, married in Lamar Co.TX in the two succeeding years.

William Wesley is listed on the1860 Lamar Co. TX Census with his new wife and four of his children, Hiram Harvey, Ellen, Lydia, and William. The youngest child, Severno ( Serena) is not listed, so it is assumed that she had died.

During the next decade, two of William Wesley's sons, Andrew and Hiram Harvey, served in the Confederate Army in Texas.

Hiram Harvey married in 1862, Ellen married in 1864, and Lydia married in 1865.

In 1867, his second wife, Lavinia died.  It is not known for sure what happened to William Wesley after that.  It is believed by this writer that he died in Lamar Co. TX sometime after the death of his second wife in 1867 and even though there is no marked grave for him next to Lavinia in Shady Grove Cemetery, Lamar Co. TX, there is a space that could be his grave between Lavinia and his daughter-in-law, Mary Clement and I believe he is buried there. (lkcl) 1903 - 1998 Zelmer CLEMENT 94 94 Joe ADAMS William COMBS 1866 - 1937 Robert Wesley CLEMENT 71 71 Robert's tombstone is a double stone with his wife, Bettie. 1874 - 1958 Della CLEMENT 84 84 Generated by GenoPro®. Click here for details.