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From: Tammy Wood <>
Subject: [OKCADDO ] Re: Prince
Date: 31 Mar 2000 06:57:30 -0800


Hi,
I also have the Prince family in my Family tree.
They lived in Bedford co.& Marshall co. Tenn. at one
time I think around 1840 then Conway co. Ark.
Hosea Prince b.ca.1795
Miles Prince b.ca. 1815 m.Charity Ellen Halbrook
Martha Ellen Prince b. 1851 m. John Roland Polk
My family wasn't from Caddo that I Know of but here
are my surnames.
Polk, Wood, Gregory, Prince, Halbrook, Joyner,
McClintock, Henson, Adams, Vanetten, Farrington,
Reynolds, Card, DuBois, Hinchee, Huie

Tammy

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On Thu, 30 March 2000, "Ray and Rita Tanner" wrote:

>
> Here is my Caddo County history, starting with my grandparent's arrival
> in Cleveland County.................
>
> My grandfather, James Wiley KING b1854 NC and his mother, Mary M. PRINCE
> KING HUFF b1830 TN arrived in Cleveland County sometime in 1888 for the
> Land Run. My ggrandmother Huff received a homestead in her name in
> Little River and the family lived there for 10 years. It appears that
> during the year of 1888 James Wiley King married my grandmother, Mollie
> Louisa Ella WILLIAMS, b1876 TN. She had probably traveled to Oklahoma
> for the Land Run also. I have not been able to find any information
> about her family and as she had a Cherokee mother who was not married to
> her father, she may have been living with someone else. The first child
> of this union was a daughter named Zeff who was born in Indian
> Territory.
>
> Neighbors of the Kings on the 1890 and 1900 census while in Cleveland
> Co. were:
> William Harvey
> William Barker
> James Cain
> Ambrose Klinglesmith
> William H. Burgess
> William C. Moore
> Peter Sivenaler?
> Joseph Ginther
> H. Arnzen?
> August Beachle
> Philip Cardram?
> (and others)
>
> Several more children were born while the family lived on the first
> homestead in Cleveland Co. and then it appears the land was sold. The
> family homesteaded again under my grandfather, James W. King's name in
> Caddo County in the town of Bridgeport. More children were born while
> the family lived in Caddo county. Mollie King died in 1910 after
> childbirth, Mary M. Huff died in the same year and James Wiley King died
> in 1919 from dropsy.
>
> My mother was very young when her parents died, but among the few things
> she remembered was that they had a wonderful peach orchard in Bridgeport
> and a pump organ in their home. She also remembered they had a fine rug
> on the floor and often invited the minister to their home for dinner
> after Sunday services. On those occasions they would have the rare
> treat of a bowl of ice cream! One of the children my mother remembered
> playing with in Bridgeport was Hazel Alcorn. Mother told of having seen
> an old trunk in the attic of their home with pictures and family
> treasures in it. All of this was taken from their home by the
> towns-people when their parents died. The remaining children went to
> live with others and nothing that had been taken from their home was
> ever recovered. the children grew up knowing very little about their
> family as a result.
>
> Neighbors of the Kings on the 1910 census while living in Caddo Co.
> were:
> Jonathan Cleveland
> Henry Finley
> Lester Otto
> James Phipps
> Thomas W. Cooley
> William Chandler
> Thomas Haley
> Thomas Alcorn
> George Alexander
> (and others)
>
> Children of James and Mollie King:
> Zeff A. King
> James R. King
> Julia F. King
> Hattie King
> Mattie King
> (The children below were born in Caddo Co.)
> Venetta King
> Ethel M. King
> Edna L. King
> Viola B. King (my mother)
> Joseph W. King


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