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Subject: Milton, Oklahoma and Lovell / Dailey Family
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:35:54 EST



In a message dated 1/2/2005 11:36:22 PM Central Standard Time,
writes:

my family is from around the mccurtain and milton area. which was
near Bokoshe. would you happen to be related to any Carvers or Myers
around that area? My grandparents and other family members are buried in
Milton cemetery. I live ` in oklahoma city, but was born in Poteau. I
have known the Lovell family for years


Not to waste a wish here, but I would be interested to know where the name
Milton came from. I have a book that lists its' first Postoffice as being
formed on 20 June 1890, Mr. Smith as Postmaster... I know a little of Milton's
history, a little of Bokoshe's history, my family has tied to this area many
years... I don't know any Carver family. I do know there are some Myers, but
don't know them myself...

My Lovell connection is this:
My grandfather was James Dailey, Sr. He was born 1903 in McCurtain, Indian
Territory, to Milton Dailey and Moddie Lovell. Milton Dailey was born in
Minnesota, in 1866 and emigrated to the Cache Creek area (near Bokoshe) by 1889.
Moddie Lovell was born at Bokoshe in 1879.

Moddie Lovell's parents were John Lovell and Sarah Brown. I don't have much
info on either one of their backgrounds. What I do know is they were born
about 1845, TN and 1850, AR respectively... They were said to have married in
Texas in 1864 or so... When they came to Bokoshe, it was between 1875 and 1879,
as their first 4 children were born in Texas and Moddie was the only one
born in Bokoshe.

The children of John and Sarah Lovell were: 1. Martha, married x2, a Denney
and Fountain Price. Martha died young and left 6 children. The first 4
belonged to DG Denney and I have yet to track any of that bunch down. Martha's other
2 children were Mack and Rosie Price. I have managed to find some of that
family... I have a neighbor here in Pocola, OK, that is the above mentioned
Fountain Price's granddaughter, we didn't put that connection together until
this last year 2. Barney, died in a mining accident, no heirs. 3. John T.
married Laura Crow, one son Marcus Lovell. John died young and Marcus was raised
by the McElheny family 4. Jasper Bell Lovell married twice, to Mollie Bean and
Luna Nixon. My understanding is Mollie and Luna were first cousins. I would
venture to say that Jasper "Jess" Lovell was the patriarch of the still living
Lovell families of McCurtain and Bokoshe... Jasper and Luna are buried
under a double headstone at Milton Cemetery. Mollie Bean Lovell is buried at
Milton also, although she has a small marker and is not buried by Jasper 5.
Moddie married Milton Dailey, they had 12 children, with 10 surviving infancy.
Moddie died, in childbirth, in 1920. Milton died in 1926, both are buried in
marked graves at Tamaha Cemetery...

Here in Pocola is another group of Lovell. There is one in the Hackett area
and one in Lavaca, both of these towns are in Sebastian Co., Ark... I suspect,
but have yet to prove, they are all the same Lovell family. If anyone has
any input on that, I would love to hear it!

Back to my question on Milton... I have always wondered if that name could
have possibly come from my great grandpa Milton Bryant Dailey... Does anyone
have any knowledge of where the name did come from?? My thoughts come from the
fact that my Milton was living in that area, which is basically a "Suburb" of
Bokoshe, by 1889. Milton was a brother in law of Jess Lovell and a well
known moonshiner. Lots of whiskey came from that area... The federal archives
hold records of Milton Dailey being arrested for "introducing spirituous liquors
in to the Indian Country", this in 1889. He was arrested and stood trial
before the famous "Hanging Judge Parker". He was acquitted and returned back to
the Milton area. In 1893, Milton married Moddie Lovell, in Bokoshe at the
home of John and Sarah Lovell. That same year he shows up in the archives again,
this time for "defending his wife's honor", which I interpreted as somebody
got their tail kicked:) Those records show he was again acquitted. The trial
records show Jasper "Jess" Lovell as testifying on behalf of Milton Dailey.
Milton returned to the Milton area by April of 1894.

By the early 1900s, John and Sarah Brown Lovell were dead. I believe they
are buried, in unmarked graves, at the Old Panther Cemetery. Martha, Barney and
John were dead also...

Jasper "Jess" Lovell stayed in Milton/ Bokoshe and Milton and Moddie Lovell
Dailey moved to Tamaha. By 1926, Milton and Moddie were both dead, leaving 10
children...

Out of these 10 children, only one stayed in eastern Oklahoma... When Milton
died he had children ranging from ages 8 to 32. The older children took in
the younger ones and this family scattered... The only child that stayed in
eastern Oklahoma was my grandfather James Markes Dailey.

James Dailey, born 1903, married Miss Maggie Lawson in 1922... Maggie Lawson
had been born in 1906 at McCurtain. She was the daughter of George
Washington Lawson and Lillie Mae Lovett, both emigrants from Crawford County,
Arkansas, by 1903... George and Mae Lawson had 5 children, 3 survived infancy... Of
these 3, my grandma Maggie Lawson Dailey was the only one that stayed in
eastern Oklahoma when her parents and siblings emigrated to California in 1940.

James and Maggie Lawson Dailey married in Tamaha then moved to Quinton where
my father Milton Dailey was born in 1925. The Daileys lived in Quinton until
1937. This was the year The Quinton Spelter Company went out of business.
James Dailey was a miner and followed the work. This led the family to the
Maness Community, part of the Fort Chaffee area. From there they moved to what
was known as Southtown, which was a part of Fort Smith, Arkansas. In about 1943
my grandpa went to work for Raymond Orr in his smelter business which was
located in south Fort Smith. Grandpa worked there until the business closed in
1963. In 1957 he and Granny had bought a farmhouse with 14 acres on a ridge on
the north side of Backbone Mountain, in Pocola... They lived in Pocola until
their deaths. James Dailey died in 1980 and Maggie Lawson Dailey in 1991...




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