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THOMAS GUFFEY-BORN AUGUST 22, 1838 in PENNSYLVANIA-DIED MARCH 16, 1896,
(MARRIED MARGRET E. FINDLEY) IN ABOUT 1863 IN KANSAS.  MARGRET WAS BORN
SEPTEMBER 16, 1843 IN ARKANSAS, AND DIED MARCH 10, 1896.  THEY BOTH
DIED AFTER EXPOSURE TO A PRAIRIE FIRE ON THEIR HOMESTEAD. THEY ARE BOTH
BURIED IN BEAR CREEK CEMETERY, CLEVELAND, PAWNEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.
THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN:

1. ELLA GUFFEY-BORN ABOUT 1864, MARRIED HENRY GREEN IN 1902
2. JAMES M. HENRY GUFFEY-BORN MARCH 25, 1866-MARRIED LEOTA HART.
3. BELLE GUFFEY-BORN JANUARY 30, 1868, MARRIED A MAN BY THE NAME OF BLUE.
4. DORA ANN GUFFEY-BORN APRIL 14, 1868-DIED MARCH 17, 1953.MARRIED
   JEROME OCTAVE POWELL
5. JOHN GUFFEY-BORN ABOUT 1872-HE NEVER MARRIED
6. ELMER THOMAS GUFFEY-BORN APRIL 27, 1873.  MARRIED BIRDIE R.THOMPSON.
7. ENOCH-(NICK?) MARRIED A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF ALICE.
8. GEORGE GUFFY-MARRIED A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF EVIE
   LINDSEY.

JEROME OCTAVE POWELL WAS BORN IN 1860, DIED AUGUST 13, 1894. JEROME O.
POWELL MARRIED DORA ANN GUFFY DECEMBER 4, 1885. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN:

1. MALE CHILD POWELL-STILL BORN IN 1886-BURIED AT COOTIES BLUFF
   OKLAHOMA.
2. STELLA MAY POWELL- BORN OCTOBER 10, 1889- (MARRIED JOSEPH BLY
   HENDERSON). HE HAD FOUR CHILDREN FROM HIS MARRIAGE TO MARY
   CLINKENBEARD. STELLA & BLY HAD SIX CHILDREN. LISTED FURTHER DOWN.
3. JEFFERSON J. POWELL- BORN SEPTEMBER 23, 1891 IN INDIAN TERRITORY,
   OKLAHOMA. (MARRIED DELLA GUFFEY), HIS COUSIN.  THEY HAD SEVEN
   CHILDREN:  ALENE, MAXINE, IMOGENE, MACY, MARY, DOROTHY, AND LAWRENCE.
4. ARTHUR ALBERT POWELL-BORN JULY 3, 1892
5. EDNA OCTAVE POWELL- BORN AUGUST 14, 1894-DIED IN 1937. She MARRIED
   EMMETT MINNERUP. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN: MINNIE, SOLON, ARTHUR, JOE,
   AND FERN.

JEROME OCTAVE POWELL WAS KILLED AUGUST 13, 1894. HE CLAIMED 160 ACRES
DURING THE OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH OF 1893. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT STORIES
CONCERNING HIS DEATH.
1.HE LAID CLAIM TO HIS LAND AND HIRED A YOUNG MAN TO RETURN AND BRING
  OUT HIS STOCK. APPARENTLY DURING THE DRIVE SOME STRAY CATTLE GOT IN
  WITH THE HERD. WHEN HE DELIVERED THEM, OCTAVE LET THE MAN GO AND A
  SHORT TIME LATER THE SHERIFF AND THE MAN THAT OWNED THE CATTLE CAME TO
  CONFRONT JEROME ABOUT THEM AND ACCUSED HIM OF RUSTLING THE CATTLE AND
  THE MAN SHOT OCTAVE IN THE BACK.
2.OCTAVE HAD DONE SOME WORK FOR A NEIGHBOR IN RETURN FOR A MILK COW.
  THE SHERIFF THOUGHT THAT HE HAD STOLEN THE COW AND SHOT HIM AS A
  CATTLE THEIF.  AS FAR AS ANYONE KNOWS, NO CHARGES WERE FILED.  DORA
  POWELL WAS PREGNANT WITH EDNA WHEN OCTAVE GOT KILLED, AND GAVE BIRTH
  TO HER THAT SAME NIGHT.

A CORNER OF THE HOMESTEAD WAS DONATED BY DORA ANN TO THE COMMUNITY FOR A
CEMETERY (KNOWN AS BEAR CREEK CEMETERY). IT WAS MOVED IN 1964  TO
APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE S. E. OF CLEVELAND ON HWY. 64 WHEN THE KEYSTONE DAM
WAS COMPLETED AND THE LAKE BEGAN TO FILL.

AFTER 0CTAVE'S DEATH, DORA (GUFFY) POWELL MARRIED DAVID ALBERT KINNEY IN
MARCH 1895.  DAVID WAS BORN DECEMBER 30, 1857.  HE HAD STAKED OUT HIS
LAND DURING THE OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH ALSO AND LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE CREEK
FROM JEROME AND DORA POWELL.  THEY HAD NINE CHILDREN:
1. D. KINNEY-MALE CHILD-STILL BORN TWIN-OCTOBER 17, 1900.
2. D.A. KINNEY-FEMALE CHILD-STILL BORN TWIN-OCTOBER 17, 1900.
3. LUCY ELLEN KINNEY- BORN AUGUST 22, 1902-MARRIED JEFFERSON WESLEY
   WADLEY. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN: CURTIS, OKIE BELL, MARY AND  J.W. JR.
4. ALBERT KINNEY-BORN FEBRUARY 7, 1905-DIED AUGUST 28, 1916. HE WAS A
   TWIN TO ALTHA MAE.  HE HAD MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND TOOK A FALL OUT OF A
   HAY LOFT, HAD A HEAD INJURY, WENT BLIND AND DIED AT 11 YEARS OLD.
5. ALTHA MAE KINNEY-TWIN TO ALBERT-BORN FEBRUARY 7, 1905- DIED SEPTEMBER
   26, 1989.  MARRIED LEE GARRISON IN 1925. LEE WAS BORN IN OKLAHOMA IN
   1908.  THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN: 2 STILL BORN (NOT TWINS),PERRY LEE,
   LEO, A SET OF TWINS (STILL BORN), AND SHIRLEY. LEE WAS THE SON OF EDD
   AND ALICE GARRISON.  EDD GARRISON WAS BORN
   IN IOWA AND ALICE WAS BORN IN MISSOURI, ACCORDING TO
   THE 1910 CENSUS.
6. CLEMANCE KINNEY-(POLLY)-BORN MARCH 7, 1907-DIED JULY 7, 1991. SHE
   MARRIED BENJAMIN OVERTON MOORE, AUGUST 22, 1927 IN CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA.
   HE WAS 1/32 CHOCTAW.  HE WAS BORN JUNE 7, 1896 & DIED APRIL 28, 1956
   IN LINN, OKLAHOMA.  THEY HAD ONE CHILD:
   1. NORMA JEAN MOORE-BORN JUNE 30, 1928 IN CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA. MARRIED
      RAYMOND LEE McDANIEL ON MAY 12,1945.  HE DIED IN 1946.  THEY HAD
      ONE DAUGHTER:
      1.SHARON MCDANIEL-BORN DECEMBER 18, 1946
   1. NORMA JEAN MOORE-MARRIED WILLARD DEAN SMITH SEPTEMBER 28, 1947.
      THEY DIVORCED IN 1970 AND HE DIED IN 1984.  THEY HAD TWO SONS:
      1. TERRY LESLIE SMITH-BORN DECEMBER 14, 1949
      2. KERRY DEAN SMITH-BORN APRIL 14, 1953-DIED MARCH 1, 1988
   1. NORMA JEAN MOORE-MARRIED EDMOND DALE CLARK JULY 16, 1971. THEY
      DIVORCED IN 1981.
7. DAVID ALBERT KINNEY JR.-BETTER KNOWN AS "DAVE", BORN MAY 7, 1910, DIED
   FEBRUARY 8, 1962. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE CREASON.  THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN:
   1. DAVID ALBERT KINNEY III-BORN JULY 12, 1929-KILLED IN AN AUTO
      ACCIDENT JUST OUTSIDE OF ANDREWS ON AUGUST 7, 1952.
   2. PATRICIA CREASON KINNEY (PAT).
8. UN-NAMED KINNEY-BORN DECEMBER 8, 1914-DIED DECEMBER 9, 1914
9. UN-NAMED KINNEY-BORN SEPTEMBER 13, 1917-STILL BORN

ALL OF DORA AND DAVES CHILDREN WERE BORN ON THE KINNEY HOMESTEAD FIVE
MILES SOUTH OF CLEVELAND, PAWNEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.  LUCY, ALTHA AND
CLEMENCE ALL THREE HAD DIABETES.

THE TWINS WERE JUST BABIES WHEN THEY STARTED TO BUILD WHAT IS NOW KNOWN
AS THE OLD KINNEY PLACE.  IN 1913 THEY MOVED INTO AN 8 ROOM, TWO STORY
HOUSE ON THE HOMESTEAD.  THE OLD HOUSE WAS STILL STANDING AS OF 1994.

DAVE KINNEY SR. DIED FEBRUARY 28, 1931 AND DORA (GUFFY-POWELL- KINNEY)
MARRIED HIRAM L. WALLACE IN 1932, WHICH MADE HER DORA (GUFFY-POWELL-
KINNEY-WALLACE). NO ISSUE FROM THIS MARRIAGE.

THE 1850 CENSUS RECORD FOR ARKANSAS SHOWS JOSEPH b.ABT 1787 AND NANCY
LEE,b. ABT 1789.  AGES 64 AND 62, RESIDING IN CAMBELL TOWNSHIP, PG. 176,
BOTH BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY HAD AT LEAST ONE CHILD THAT WE KNOW:
1. GASHAM LEE-BORN ABT 1813 IN TENNESSEE.  MARRIED DELILAH HODGES.  THEY
   HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN:
   1. JOHN LEE-BORN ABT 1837 IN MISSOURI?
   2. JOSEPH LEE-BORN ABT 1838 IN MISSOURI?
   3. PITEMAN LEE-BORN ABT 1840 IN MISSOURI?
   4. GASPER LEE-BORN ABT 1842 IN MISSOURI
   5. LUKE LEE-BORN ABT 1846 IN ARKANSAS
   6. NANCY LEE-BORN ABT 1851 IN ARKANSAS-MARRIED JOHN N. HENDERSON JULY
      11, 1878 IN STONE CO. ARKANSAS.
   7. LUCY ANN LEE-BORN ABT 1852 IN ARKANSAS
   8. GASHAM G. LEE-BORN ABT 1855 IN ARKANSAS. MARRIED SARAH E. AVEY
      SEPTEMBER 24, 1881 IN STONE CO., LOCUST GROVE TWP,. ARKANSAS
   9. VANDIVER J. LEE-BORN ABT 1857 IN ARKANSAS
  10.GUINN LEE-BORN ABT 1859
  11.TENNESSEE LEE-BORN ABT 1860  MARRIED WILLIAM H.WARD FEBRUARY 21,
     1878 IN STONE CO., LOCUST GROVE TWP., ARKANSAS

JOHN N. HENDERSON, BORN ABT 1853 MARRIED NANCY LEE IN STONE COUNTY,
ARKANSAS JULY 11, 1878.  NANCY WAS BORN ABT 1851.  THEY HAD THREE
CHILDREN THAT WE KNOW OF:
1. MARGARETT HENDERSON-BORN ABT 1879 IN ARKANSAS
2. LUCY D. HENDERSON-BORN IN 1880 IN ARKANSAS
3. JOSEPH BLY HENDERSON-BORN DECEMBER 25, 1888 IN BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS,
   INDEPENDENCE COUNTY AND DIED DECEMBER 20, 1959 IN ENOCHS, TEXAS

IT IS REPORTED THAT JOHN DIED A FEW MONTHS BEFORE JOSEPH WAS BORN AND
THEN
NANCY LEE MARRIED FRANK WADLEY APRIL 9, 1890 IN MARIAN CO. ARKANSAS. THEY
HAD ONE CHILD THAT IS PROVEN:
1. JEFFERSON WESLEY WADLEY, BORN AUGUST 10, 1898

FAMILY TRADITION SAYS THAT ONE DAY FRANK WADLEY CAME IN AND THREW A DRESS
DOWN AND SAID THAT IT WAS FOR JEFF AND LEFT AND WAS NEVER SEEN NOR HEARD
FROM AGAIN.  JOSEPH BLY AND JEFF'S MOTHER NANCY DIED WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.
THE BOYS, JEFF AND BLY WERE TAKEN IN AND RAISED BY A FAMILY NAMED LEE.
THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO BE AN AUNT AND UNCLE TO THE BOYS. THE GIRLS WERE
TAKEN BY ANOTHER AUNT AND UNCLE, BY THE NAME OF LEE AND RAISED.  JOSEPH
BLY AND JEFF WENT TO VISIT ONE OR BOTH OF HIS SISTERS IN 1930 OR 1931 IN
ARKANSAS.  ACCORDING TO JOE HENDERSON HE THINKS THE MAN'S NAME WAS HUDGE
LEE AND THE WIFE MAYBE ALTA LEE.  THIS LEE FAMILY MOVED TO TUCUMCARI, NEW
MEXICO FOR A YEAR OR TWO.  THEY THEN MOVED TO A PLACE JUST OUTSIDE OF
OILTON, OKLAHOMA. JOSEPH BLY WENT TO WORK AT K.D. RAIL ROAD COMPANY AND
EVENTUALLY WORKED HIS WAY UP TO ENGINEER.  THIS DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE IT
KEPT HIM AWAY FROM HOME MOST OF THE TIME.  HE QUIT AND WENT TO WORK AS A
FREIGHTER, HAULING RIG EQUIPMENT BY MULE AND WAGON WHEN THE RIGS MOVED.
AFTER THIS HE WENT TO FARMING.  JOE HENDERSON REMEMBERS BLY FREIGHTING FOR
THE OIL COMPANY WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT
1927.

JOSEPH BLY MARRIED MARY ANN CLINKENBEARD IN PAWNEE COUNTY,CLEVELAND,
OKLAHOMA AROUND 1908-1910. MARY WAS BORN FEBRUARY 8, 1890.  JOSEPH BLY
AND MARY CLINKENBEARD HAD SIX CHILDREN:
1. PEARL HENDERSON-BORN POSSIBLY FEBRUARY 8, 1910-SHE DIED APRIL 26,1910
2. JEFF HENDERSON-APPARENTLY BORN AND DIED ON SAME DAY, OR WAS STILL BORN
   ON JANUARY 7, 1915
3. OLLIE ELIZABETH HENDERSON-BORN FEBRUARY 20, 1911, DIED DECEMBER 21,
   1970.  SHE MARRIED HOMER THOMAS GRAY-BORN SEPTEMBER 9, 1905, DIED
   OCTOBER 16, 1977. THEY HAD 12 CHILDREN:  WILMA JEAN, MARY ANN, LENORA
   MAE, ABRAHAM JOSEPH, HOMER LEON, JAMES THOMAS, EARL RAY, ELMER LEE,
   BARBARA FAY, SHARON KAY, ANCIL GLEN, AND DAVID LYNN.
4. STELLA JANE HENDERSON=TWIN TO WESLEY-BORN MARCH 12, 1913 SHE MARRIED
   RAY KEYS. RAY WAS BORN NOVEMBER 1, 1911 IN CHECOTA, OKLAHOMA.  HE DIED
   JULY 10, 1981.  THEY HAD FOUR GIRLS:
   1. CHRISTINE KEYS-BORN JANUARY 11, 1934-MARRIED W C SANSOM.  HE WAS
      BORN FEBRUARY 16, 1927
   2. IRENE KEYS-BORN JULY 30, 1935- MARRIED CHARLES FULTON.  HE WAS BORN
      JANUARY 28, 1928.
   3. SHIRLEY KEYS-BORN OCTOBER 15, 1938-MARRIED RONNIE SANSOM.  HE WAS
      BORN MARCH 6, 1931.  THEY DIVORCED AND SHIRLEY MARRIED GLEN HOLLAND
      KENT.  GLEN WAS BORN JANUARY 21, 1926 IN  DARDANDELLE, ARKANSAS.
      HE DIED JANUARY 13, 1995 IN TUCSON, ARIZONA.
   4. EDITH KEYS-BORN MAY 12, 1942-MARRIED ARVIN SANSOM MAY 25, 1957 IN
      LOURDESBURG, NEW MEXICO.  HE WAS BORN APRIL, 25, 1929.
5. WESLEY LUKE HENDERSON=TWIN TO STELLA JANE-BORN MARCH 12, 1913 HE NEVER
   MARRIED.  HE DIED JANUARY 27, 1973 IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS AND BURIED IN
   MORTON CEMETERY.  A HORSE WAS BEING SADDLED AND WESLEY GOT IN THE WAY
   AND A STIRRUP HIT HIM IN THE HEAD AND AS A RESULT, AT A YOUNG AGE HE
   WOUND UP WITH EPILEPSY AND SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN A SANITORIUM.
   WHERE HE DIED IN 1973.
6. NELA ALENA HENDERSON- BORN DECEMBER 9, 1915-DIED JANUARY 3, 1995  SHE
   MARRIED HOMER HOUSTON CULPEPPER.  THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN:  SONNY, ANNIE
   LOU, LENA, LINDA, AND DONALD WAYNE.

MARY CLINKENBEARD DIED JANUARY 4 1916. SHE DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF
CHILDBIRTH NOT LONG AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO NELA.  JOSEPH BLY MARRIED
STELLA
MAY POWELL-BORN OCTOBER 10, 1889. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1917 IN DIXIE
OKLAHOMA.   JOSEPH BLY AND STELLA MAY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN:
1. ELVIN OCTAVE (TED) HENDERSON-BORN APRIL 8, 1918-DIED JULY 23, 1998.  HE
   MARRIED BESSIE FAYE WALLACE. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN:
   1. VIRGINIA ELVIN HENDERSON-BORN APRIL 5, 1943 IN MORTON, TEXAS.  SHE
      MARRIED MONTE MORAN CASTLEBERRY APRIL 17, 1963, IN LEVELLAND, TEXAS.
      THEY WERE DIVORCED IN 1965. THERE WERE NO CHILDREN FROM THIS
      MARRIAGE.  VIRGINIA (GINGER) THEN MARRIED GEORGE WASHINGTON YOUNG
      JR. ON OCTOBER 25, 1965 IN ENOCHS, TEXAS. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN:
      1. SHERRY KAY YOUNG-BORN JULY 1, 1966.  SHE MARRIED KARL DWAYNE
         DUSHANE(BORN MAY 15, 1964) ON OCTOBER 16, 1982 IN ANDREWS, TEXAS.
         THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN:
         1. LINDSEY KAY DUSHANE-BORN NOVEMBER 13, 1984
         2. AUDREY PAIGE DUSHANE-BORN DECEMBER 27, 1985
         3. ASHLIE JANETTE DUSHANE-BORN JUNE 2, 1988.
         ALL WERE BORN IN ANDREWS, TEXAS.
      2. SHEILA FAY YOUNG MARRIED JEFF PERRY AUGUST 6, 1983. THEY DIVORCED
         NOVEMBER 1, 1984.  NO CHILDREN FROM THIS MARRIAGE. SHEILA MARRIED
         PAUL CHRISTOPHER PINO (BORN AUGUST 22, 1964) APRIL 24, 1985 IN
         ANDREWS, TEXAS. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN:
         1. BRITTANY CORA PINO-BORN SEPTEMBER 14, 1987 IN PORTALES, NEW
            MEXICO
         2. COURTNEY BROOKE PINO-BORN AUGUST 23, 1990 IN SAN ANTONIO,
            TEXAS
       3. CYNTHIA LINNETTE YOUNG-BORN NOVEMBER 1, 1969.  SHE MARRIED
          MARVIN LEWIS JONES,(BORN FEBRUARY 8, 1953) FEBRUARY 14, 1989 IN
          LOVINGTON, NEW MEXICO.  THEY HAD TWO SONS:
          1. CASEY LYNN JONES-BORN OCTOBER 1, 1989 IN MIDLAND, TEXAS.
          2. TAYLOR GEORMAN JONES-BORN DECEMBER 28, 1992 IN SAN ANTONIO,
             TEXAS.  CYNTHIA AND MARVIN DIVORCED FEBRUARY 24, 1994.

       GEORGE HAD ONE CHILD WHEN HE MARRIED VIRGINIA.
       1. GEORGE DOUGLAS YOUNG-BORN SEPTEMBER 15, 1958  HE MARRIED BRENDA
          KAY COOK IN VERNON, ALABAMA ON MAY 5, 1979. THEY HAD THREE
          CHILDREN:
          1. APRIL LA'SHAY YOUNG-BORN AUGUST 15, 1979.  IN AMORY, MS.
	     SHE MARRIED ANTHONY SCOTT WEBB OCTOBER 10, 1996 IN WINFIELD
	     AL.  THEY HAD ONE CHILD:
             1. SKYLA PAIGE WEBB-BORN MARCH 23, 1998 IN AL.
          2. JOHNATHAN DOUGLAS YOUNG-BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1982 IN AMORY,
             MS.
          3. SUSAN NICOLE YOUNG-BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1986, IN ANDREWS,
	     TEXAS.  SUSAN DIED FEBRUARY 16, 1986 AFTER OPEN HEART
	     SURGERY IN LUBBOCK METHODIST HOSPITAL.
          GEORGE DOUGLAS (DOUG) AND BRENDA DIVORCED LATE IN 1986 OR EARLY
          1987.  DOUG THEN MARRIED SUSAN ANNETTE SPRINKLE NOVEMBER
	  16,1990 IN BELVIEW, KENTUCKY.  SUSAN HAD TWO SONS FROM HER
	  FIRST MARRIAGE.
          1. SHANE SPRINKLE, BORN NOVEMBER 21, 1978
          2. JEREMY SPRINKLE, BORN JANUARY 5, 1980.
   2. KENNETH WAYNE HENDERSON-BORN AUGUST 25, 1946  HE MARRIED MARY ANN
      HOBBS MARCH 22, 1965 IN HARTLY TEXAS.  MARY WAS BORN JUNE 1, 1948.
      THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN:
      1. STEVEN WAYNE HENDERSON-BORN APRIL 27, 1966. HE MARRIED SANDRA
         SUE STALLINGS, APRIL 22, 1985.  SANDRA WAS BORN AUGUST 15, 1965.
         THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN:
         1. CASANDRA SUE HENDERSON-BORN SEPTEMBER 6, 1985.
         2. STEPHANIE ANN HENDERSON-BORN SEPTEMBER 13, 1986, DIED
	    DECEMBER 25, 1986.
	 3. KENDRA ANNETTE HENDERSON-BORN JANUARY 16, 1988.
         4. JORDAN ANN HENDERSON-BORN JUNE 1, 1995
	 5. DEVEN WAYNE HENDERSON-BORN DECEMBER 3, 1997
	ALL OF THESE CHILDREN WERE BORN IN ANDREWS, TEXAS
      2. CRYSTAL ANNETTE HENDERSON-BORN AUGUST 4, 1969. SHE MARRIED CHAD
         DWAYNE SMITH (BORN AUGUST 25, 1972) ON JULY 21, 1990.  THEY HAD
         TWO CHILDREN:
         1. CRYSTEN ANN SMITH-BORN SEPTEMBER 2, 1994 IN ANDREWS, TEXAS
	 2. CHANCE DWAYNE SMITH-BORN JULY 28, 1998 IN MIDLAND, TEXAS
   3. CARLA ELAINE HENDERSON-STILL BORN AUGUST 14, 1957
2. ALBERT LEON (JAKE) HENDERSON-BORN MAY 8, 1920 - DIED MARCH 17, 1978
   HE MARRIED ESTELLE ROWELL MAY 5, 1942.  THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN:
   1. STELLA LEE HENDERSON-BORN FEBRUARY 19,1943-DIED JUNE 27, 1993. SHE
      MARRIED ALAN MOTES.  THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN.
      1. ALLENE MOTES
      2. CHARLES LEE MOTES
      3. SUE ELLEN MOTES
      4. TOMMY MOTES
   2. ELVIN JOE HENDERSON-BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1944 IN MORTON, TEXAS. HE
      MARRIED JUANITA FRANCIS ORMAN (NITA) AUGUST 7, 1965 IN JUAREZ,
      MEXICO.  NITA WAS BORN JANUARY 25, 1949.  THEY HAD TWO BOYS:
      1. MARVIN JOSEPH HENDERSON-BORN JULY 4, 1967 IN LEVELLAND, TEXAS
      2. DANNY LEON HENDERSON-BORN OCTOBER 21, 1971 IN ODESSA, TEXAS
   3. HOMER EUGENE HENDERSON-BORN AUGUST 27, 1946
   4. CARL LEON HENDERSON-BORN JULY 11, 1948-MARRIED VIRGINIA DEE AILES.
      SHE WAS BORN MARCH 5, 1950.  THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS.
      1. SHERRY LYNN HENDERSON-BORN OCTOBER 25, 1970
      2. SHARRON MARIE HENDERSON-BORN DECEMBER 13, 1973
   5. LOLA GRACE HENDERSON-STILLBORN 1950
   6. ELIZABETH HENDERSON-BORN DECEMBER 3, 1952, MARRIED UTAH BURGER-NO
      ISSUE FROM THIS MARRIAGE.  SHE MARRIED WAYNE SHARPE AND THEY HAD TWO
      SONS:
      1. LEROY WAYNE SHARPE-BORN JUNE 28, 1974
      2. CHRISTOPHER LYNN SHARPE-BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1980
3. MARIE HENDERSON-BORN OCTOBER 3, 1921.  SHE MARRIED RIMMER GILLMER.
   THIS MARRIAGE LASTED ONLY A SHORT TIME AND THEN SHE MARRIED VERNON
   CHRIS STEWART. HE WAS BORN JANUARY 30, 1916 DIED SEPTEMBER 15, 1985.
   THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN:
   1. NEVA JUNE STEWART-BORN JANUARY 12, 1950.  SHE MARRIED BILL MATHIS.
      THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN:
      1. APRIL ANNETTE MATHIS-BORN NOVEMBER 2, 1968 IN STOCKTON, CA
      2. KEVEN WAYNE MATHIS-BORN JUNE 21, 1970 IN STOCKTON, CA
      NEVA AND BILL DIVORCED AND SHE MARRIED JERRY ALLEY.  NO ISSUE.
   2. VERNEL STEWART-BORN JUNE 3, 1955  SHE MARRIED ROBERT JONES AND THEY
      HAD TWO CHILDREN & ADOPTED ONE:
      1. TRACY LEEROY JONES-BORN JULY 6, 1973 IN STOCKTON, CA
      2. ROBIN CARRIE JONES-BORN FEBRUARY 17, 1975 IN LA MIRADA, CA
      3. CASEY RYAN JONES-BORN OCTOBER 12, 1984 IN FRENCH CAMP, CA
4. JOSEPH JEFFERSON (JOE) HENDERSON-BORN MARCH 19, 1923 HE MARRIED THELMA

   KATHERINE CHAIN.  THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN:
   1. JO ELLEN HENDERSON-BORN AUGUST 12, 1942 IN MORTON TEXAS.  SHE HAD
      THREE CHILDREN:
      1. JESSIE DARRYL HENDERSON
      2. WAYNE LYNN HENDERSON-BORN SEPTEMBER 3, 1964
      3. SUE ELLEN HENDERSON-BORN OCTOBER 10. 1967
      ELLEN MARRIED LARRY YOCOM.  LARRY WAS BORN IN 1948 IN INDIANA.  THEY
      HAD ONE CHILD:
      1. JANMIE DAWN YOCOM-STILL BORN DECEMBER 13, 1975
   2. TERRY WAYNE HENDERSON-BORN JULY 8, 1949  HE HAD ONE CHILD, MOTHER
      UNKNOWN:
      1. TERESA LYNN HENDERSON-BORN JULY 17, 1984
   3. ROBERT LINN HENDERSON-BORN OCTOBER 4, 1952  HE MARRIED LAWANDA GRAY
      AND THEY HAD ONE CHILD:
      1. BOBBY HENDERSON
   JOE AND THELMA DIVORCED AND JOE MARRIED MATTIE EVELYN HAWK) SANSOM.
   EVELYN WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 3, 1924.  NO ISSUE FROM THIS MARRIAGE.
5. JUANITA HENDERSON-BORN MARCH 25, 1926.  SHE MARRIED GEORGE YORK AND
   THEY HAD ONE SON:
   1. GEORGE CLIFFORD YORK-STILL BORN
   THEY GOT A DIVORCE AND SHE MARRIED ERNEST YORK, GEORGE'S BROTHER WHEN
   HE RETURNED FROM THE SERVICE. ERNEST WAS BORN FEBRUARY 15, 1917 AND
   DIED DECEMBER 5, 1969.  NO ISSUE FROM THIS MARRIAGE.
6. GEORGE CLIFFORD HENDERSON-BORN ABOUT APRIL 1927-DIED JULY 19, 1927 AT
   ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD.
7. DIXIE MAY HENDERSON-BORN JANUARY 19, 1932.  DIXIE HAD TWO CHILDREN:
   1. BOBBY LEON HENDERSON-BORN DECEMBER 12, 1953 IN MORTON, TEXAS
   2. LYCRECIA MARSHEENE HORNSBY-BORN AUGUST 26, 1956 IN MULESHOE, TEXAS
      SHE MARRIED MARVIN EDWORD PHIPPS.  HE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 27, 1953 IN
      FRENCH CAMP, CA  THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN:
      1. TAMMY MARCHEENE PHIPPS-BORN NOVEMBER 1, 1975
      2. AMANDA LYNN PHIPPS-BORN CECEMBER 27, 1977
   DIXIE THEN MARRIED A MAN NAMED CHAMBERS.

ALL THIS TOOK PLACE APPARENTLY IN DIXIE OKLAHOMA.  THE FAMILY THEN MOVED
TO LEVELAND, TEXAS IN 1932 AND BOUGHT A MATTRESS FACTORY.  SOME OF THE
KIDS HAD TO GO PULL BOLLS AT LAMESA (WHICH WAS CALLED SHACKTOWN AT THE
TIME).  IN THE WINTER OF 1933 THEY MOVED TO MORTON AND TRADED THE
MATTRESS FACTORY AND A MODEL A FORD FOR FOUR MULES, TWO HORSES AND 7 COWS
AND RENTED THE VASSER PLACE AND FARMED THE SAME.

THEY CONTINUED TO MAKE MATTRESSES FOR THE FAMILY, BUT WERE NOT IN THE
BUSINESS ANY LONGER.THEY BUILT MATTRESSES AND GAVE TO EACH CHILD AS THEY
MARRIED AS A WEDDING GIFT.  THEN THEY BOUGHT 10 ACRES ON THE EDGE OF
MORTON.  THEY CONTINUED LIVING THERE FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS.  THEY TRADED
THE 10 ACRES IN MORTON FOR THE PLACE IN ENOCHS, WHICH INCLUDED 5 LOTS,
THE LAUNDRY AND TWO HOUSES.  THE PLACE FURNISHED WATER FOR THE BUSINESSES
IN THE TOWN OF ENOCHS,TEXAS.

JOSEPH BLY HENDERSON DIED DECEMBER 20. 1959 IN MORTON, TEXAS AS THE
RESULT OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN ENOCHS, TEXAS.  JOSEPH BLY ALWAYS
SAID HE WAS HALF BLACK DUTCH AND HALF IRISH.

STELLA MAY, DIXIE, AND HER TWO CHILDREN: BOBBY AND LYCRECIA WERE MOVED
OUT TO STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA BY ELVIN (TED) AND BESSIE AND VERNON STEWART
IN 1960.  DIXIE AND HER CHILDREN ALWAYS LIVED WITH STELLA MAY.

STELLA MAY (POWELL) HENDERSON DIED JANUARY 11, 1972 IN STOCKTON,
CALIFORNIA.  SHE HAD BEEN LIVING IN A NURSING HOME THERE WHEN SHE PASSED
AWAY.  STELLA CAME TO THE OKLAHOMA STRIP WHEN SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
SHE WAS REPORTED TO BE 1/4 CHEROKEE.

ELVIN OCTAVE HENDERSON (TED)....BORN APRIL 8, 1918 IN DIXIE, OKLAHOMA.
THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE HAS CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA ON IT.  HE MARRIED BESSIE
FAYE WALLACE, FEBRUARY 27, 1940 IN PORTALES, NEW MEXICO.  TED AND BESSIE
WERE MARRIED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS WHEN HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY.
WHILE TED WAS IN THE ARMY IN WORLD WAR II, THEIR FIRST CHILD WAS BORN.
VIRGINIA ELVIN HENDERSON WAS BORN APRIL 5, 1943.  KENNETH WAYNE HENDERSON
WAS BORN AUGUST 25, 1946. THEN AUGUST 14, 1952 CARLA ELAINE HENDERSON WAS
STILLBORN.

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