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From: "Hettie & Archie" <>
Subject: RE: [OKLEFLORE] Bokoshe, Ok
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:52:19 -0500
In-Reply-To: <00d601c4ba8b$8223a0d0$d14ee204@zeke3v9vhlwtsn>


Donna,

Do you have a Joseph or Wheeler or J W Hamby in the Kennaday area around the
early 1900s. I believe is was called Sutter County before, around 1900.



Hettie



-----Original Message-----
From: Z. A. Webb [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 7:10 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [OKLEFLORE] Bokoshe, Ok



Donna do you have Todd's, prewitt's, Davis's, Wingo;s,Loves, in your Leflore

co, Book? Thanks Bill

----- Original Message -----

From: "Donna Walters" <>

To: <>

Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 1:27 AM

Subject: Re: [OKLEFLORE] Bokoshe, Ok





> Greetings Karen,

>

> I am glad that you found something on your MONKS family. This was a

really

> great, well informed article. Stigler Chamber of Commerce telephone number

> is 918-967-8969 and you can purchase the book for $75.00. I wouldn't trade

> my book for $500.00! It is full of very valuable information and as you

can

> tell, I like helping others so I do lookups for other folks and sometimes

> they get a "hit" on a family member as you did! Thank you for taking the

> time to say "thanks!" If you will send me your address in a private email

I

> will get a copy made on Monday and mail it to you.

>

>

> Donna Sue

> Moore, OK.

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "kscott429" <>

> To: <>

> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 7:39 AM

> Subject: Re: [OKLEFLORE] Bokoshe, Ok

>

>

> > THANKS! The last Monks is mine! ks

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: "Donna Walters" <>

> > To: <>

> > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:39 PM

> > Subject: Re: [OKLEFLORE] Bokoshe, Ok

> >

> >

> > Hello Karen,

> > There are about 80 articles mentioned regarding a Smith family. I am

sure

> > you would not want me to re-read that many articles to which took me

weeks

> > to read them the first time. I will however post the Smith information

> that

> > I have already posted to the Haskell County list. I keep a careful file

> > going. When I do a Surname I keep it in a file then I can highlight,

copy

> > and paste it here without having to re-read all those Smith names. I

hope

> > the Smith I have helps you.

> >

> > JOHNSON Part TWO of the last 19 names listed in the Haskell County Book.



> > F618 page 516, SMITH, Roland & Alberta (INGRUM), Lawanna married Foster

> > JOHNSON Jr. written by Lawanna Smith, JOHNSON

> >

> > F619 page 518, SMITH, Samuel Moore, mentions Revolutionary War patriots

in

> > their family history i.e. Collins JOHNSON. No other information on him.

> >

> > Article F615 page 515, SMITH, EUEL & LOLA RIDDLE, had 7 children, Wanda

> Jo,

> > Clarence Euel, Billy Gene, Janet, Marilyn and Kelly RIDDLE.

> >

> > Article F620 page, SMITH, SIDNEY & SALLIE, Mrs. Smith raised a nephew,

> J.D.

> > SNOW whose mother died at childbirth.

> >

> > SNOW listing post with a Smith in it.

> > Sandy, I found another SNOW listing except it was listed as SNOWS with

an

> > "s", and it was not in the Surname index at all. Everybody should bear

in

> > mind that I have found many names during research that is not listed in

> the

> > name index. I try to write them in pencil in the index when this happens

> but

> > I don't catch them all.

> > Article T191 KELLY Farm, page 160, When the Kelly's first moved to the

> Perry

> > community, there were only 9 houses on the Perry "loop"- the Sam

KENNONS,

> > Wampus LIVESAY, Raymond SNOWS, Kelly, George LIVESAY, Wesley SNOWS,

Sidney

> > SMITH, Grady BARNES, and the Omer MOORE'S. Written by Ralph Kelly. ( I

> think

> > that the person that wrote the story simply pluarlized these names but

> > forgot the apostrophes while writing their story).

> > As far as I can tell this is all of the SNOW listings now.

> >

> > MONKS LISTINGS

> > As far as Monks go, there were 3 of which I will be happy to post for

you.

> >

> > MONK AND MONKS

> >

> > Article F530 page 477 lists a MONK (singular) as follows.

> > PUGH, William "Will" and Mae QUALLS. Will and Mae had 10 children. Their

> > first child and son, John married Anna Lou Peevyhouse and had 3

children.

> > 3rd child, Shirley Pugh married a MONK and had two children.

> >

> >

> > Article F454, MONKS, Shirley Pugh. Married George MONKS son of Willard

and

> > Doris Elaine Monks on Jan. 19 1972. George was born Jan 30 1952. Their

> child

> > George Monks Jr. was born in Muskogee, OK on Aug. 13 1972 and Micheel

> Elaine

> > was born March 21 1975. Marriage ended in Divorce. Shirley is employed

at

> > Hammon's Caf in Stigler, OK. Photo of Shirley age 30, George 13, and

> > Micheel age 12 was with article written by Anna Lou Pugh.

> >

> > Article 477 page 451 & 452. OLLIE, George. George married Jessie Lee

> MONKS

> > in 1911. Huge article tells of his life in Lebanon, Syria, when he

> arrived

> > in Arkansas, his various occupations in OK., WA., CA., and Arkansas. In

> 1911

> > he opened a store in Calhoun, OK. While there their son Grady was born

in

> > 1912. After WWI he sold his business and took a job at McCurtain.

Second

> > son, J.D. was born in McCurtain in 1914. Third son C.V bon in 1923, 4th

> son

> > George Jr. born in 1925. Only daughter, Berniece was born in Panama when

> > they moved there in 1930. Owned the Ollie Lumber Co. Photo of George and

> > Jessie Lee Monks, Ollie taken in about 1940's. Their daughter married

> Jack

> > Johnson and they took the store over naming it the Johnson Lumber Co.

They

> > had a son named Stephen. Written by Berniece Johnson.

> >

> > Hope this helps.

> >

> > Lookup person, Donna Sue

> > Moore, OK

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: "kscott429" <>

> > To: <>

> > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 9:57 PM

> > Subject: Re: [OKLEFLORE] Bokoshe, Ok

> >

> >

> > > Donna, Are there any SMITH OR MONKS listed in the book you are

talking

> > > about? Karen Scott

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > ----- Original Message -----

> > > From: "Donna Walters" <>

> > > To: <>

> > > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 9:47 PM

> > > Subject: Re: [OKLEFLORE] Bokoshe, Ok

> > >

> > >

> > > > Hello Mary,

> > > >

> > > > I have a copy of the Haskell County History, Indian Territory to

1988

> > book

> > > > that can be purchased at the Stigler, OK. Chamber of Commerce

Building

> > for

> > > > $75.00. It has a lot of history about Haskell County and it's early

> day

> > > > families. I found the following articles for "Tolbert's" listed

within

> > > > it's

> > > > pages.

> > > >

> > > > Article F445 page 434-435, McGuire, George Palestine and Pearl

Albeth

> > > > (CRUMP). It lists where they were born, how they made the Land Run

to

> > > > Indian

> > > > Territory, they lived in Blaine Bottom and were the parents of 9

> > children.

> > > > Their daughter Rella McGuire married a Tolbert but didn't say whom

he

> > was.

> > > > Photo was included. Article was written by Ruby (Cox) Durham

> > > >

> > > > Article 453 page 440 & 441, Minton, Josiah Henry Family. The article

> > > > mentions that their 9th and last child, a son, Josiah Henry Minton

> > > > married

> > > > "Nettie" Vinetta Catherine (Jarrad). They had 12 children of which

> their

> > > > 5th

> > > > child and daughter, Ollie Mae Minton born July 15 1881-1885 married

> > Edgar

> > > > William Tolbert. Photo was included. Article was written by Linda

Vee

> > > > Anderson.

> > > >

> > > > Article T37 page 32, Haskell County Rural Churches, McCurtain Bible

> > > > Church.

> > > > Very long article. IN paragraph seven it mentions a Clara Tolbert as

a

> > > > charter member in 1969.

> > > >

> > > > Article T210 page 180, Rural Communities #30, 31, 32. East Fair View

> > > > District #3 School was the extreme south east part of Haskell

County,

> > OK.

> > > > Teachers from 1923-to 1949 were listed of which W.E. Tolbert was

> listed.

> > > >

> > > > Article T221 page 196 listed Blaine District#40 as being first named

> > > > Panola.

> > > > It was on the Arkansas River in northeast part of Haskell County.

The

> > Post

> > > > Office was established as Blaine, Indian Territory in October 1884

> which

> > > > extended until 1914. The railroad came through business moved to

> Keota.

> > > > The

> > > > school was annexed to Keota in 1933. Teachers from 1913-1933 were

> listed

> > > > of

> > > > which W.E. Tolbert was listed as a teacher.

> > > >

> > > > Article T226, page 208, Rural Communities Dist. #52, 53, 54, 55, 56,

> 57,

> > > > and

> > > > 58. Dist . #54, Beller Mountain District #54 listed the school as

> > > > originally

> > > > called Beller's Chappell, northeast of Keota. It was annexed to

Keota

> in

> > > > 1958. Keota is in Haskell county, Ok., bordering on LeFlore County.

> > > > A person by the name of W.E. Tolbert was listed as a teacher

somewhere

> > > > between 193 to 1958.

> > > >

> > > > The only Ingram mentioned in the book referred to Sharon Kay

> Peevyhouse

> > > > marrying Terry Ingram May 19 1963 and they had one child born May 1

> 1964

> > > > in

> > > > Delano, Ca. Tammy was unmarried at the time of this writing. Article

> > > > written

> > > > by Pam McDaniel.

> > > >

> > > > This article may not have a lot of Bokoshe information but it may

lead

> > to

> > > > a

> > > > new family member being found just over the Bokoshe, LeFlore County

> line

> > > > into Haskell County.

> > > >

> > > > Lookup Person, Donna Sue,

> > > > Moore, OK.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > ----- Original Message -----

> > > > From: "Mary Reed" <>

> > > > To: <>

> > > > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 11:45 AM

> > > > Subject: [OKLEFLORE] Bokoshe, Ok

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >> I am searching for any old photos OR clippings from articles of the

> Old

> > > > Bokoshe Hotel.name of it was Le Flore Hotel and it sat right by the

> > > > railway

> > > > that came into town.it was owned and operated by Algie and Josephine

> > > > (Tolbert) Ingram in the era of 1917-1927 (approx time frame)...

> > > >> I understand that there were more than one hotel in Bokoshe.this

one

> > sat

> > > > on the corner of what is now Old Jailhouse Rd and also next to it

was

> a

> > > > grist mill and other places owned by my grandparents.

> > > >> Thanks in advance for any help I might get from anyone....

> > > >> Mary Reed

> > > >>

> > > >>

> > > >>

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