[NI0018] Burried in Mt. Hope Cemetary Afton, Oklahoma with Wife Sara Jane (Wood) Dawson
[NI0025]
Troop M, 8th Calvry: a picture was taken from Camp Stasenburg in the Phillipines
WW 1
[NI0041]
He wasn't born in South Carolina as previously thought. He was born in Ireland, and his parents moved to America in the same year.
He loved to fish and hunt.
Samuel enlisted for the war of 1812, at St. Louis, Missouri Territory, on April 1, 1813, as a private in Captain James Calloways Company, Col Nathan Boone's Missouri Mounted Volunteers. He was honorably discharged April 1, 1814, at Woods Fort. Samuel later recieved a land grant in Texas, near Granger, for his military service, which was have been the cause of the migration of some of the family to Texas. He also had a rance near San Saba Peak in Lampass County, Texas.
As shown in the census records in 1840 Samuel and his family moved to Carroll County, Arkansas. By 1850 they are shown living in Williamson County, Texas.
[NI0060] He was a large man with a kind face. He came to the Indian Territory at one time and rented a farm and had around 70 head of cattle. Two of his sons ere alloted Indian Land. Alex owned a wagon works business in Green Forrest, AR. He also planted 40 acres, that was to be called the Blasingame Addition in the town of Green Forrest.
[NI0281] This information is taken from the world family tree volume #1.
[NI0303] Claude served in the A. E. F. for two years in France as sniper.
[NI0304] Edgar served two years and six months on the battleship South Carolina in the Navy.
[NI0633] Stephen was admitted to practice law by the United States Interior Department in January 1902, admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Oklahoma June 10, 1910 and the United States Supreme Court March 20, 1916.
[NI0810] At the time of 1921, He was the owner and editor of the Adair Citizen.
[NI1294] Elbert and Nancy, with eight of their children, left Pope, Panola County, Mississippi, November 4, 1868, and came to Williamson County, Texas, and settled on a fram between Jonah and Georgetown, near Mankin's Crossing, on the San Gabriel River. Their old home place, which has been moderized, is still standing today. They sold the farm on October 19, 1885 and moved to Comanche County, Texas, to a farm they owned near Mercer's Gap. The closet twon was Zephyr. In 1886 they moved to Hardeman County, Texas and filed on a section of land where the Punkin Center Community Store is now located. This old home is on highway 29, about three miles east of the San Gabriel River Bridge.
[NF001] Raneta Terrell was a teacher in the school in Littlefield when they met. After they got married, they moved to Texas.