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Joyce Ann Lewis , daughter of William Lewis, Jr.  and Mary Fish Lewis , was born in July 1854 in Harris County, Texas.  [The birth certificate of her son John Dodd McCall  shows her year of birth as 1844.]  She was described as "one of the most beautiful girls in Texas" by Martin Lord , brother to Le­roy Boyce Lord .  She was married July 10, 1873 to Robert Marshall McCall 2), according to Williamson County Marriage Book 4, Certificate No. 68.

 

Robert Marshall McCall , son of Matthew Morgan McCall  and Lucinda Rogers Bowlin Willis McCall , was born January 21, 1850 in Red River County, Texas.  His father died 10 months later.  His mother died about 1858, and he and his brother and sister went to live with an aunt [or perhaps an older step-sister]. Later he and his brother and sister lived in the home of William H. Bowlin , a step-brother.  He brought them in a covered wagon to Floresville, Texas.  When his sister was married in 1865 he and his brother went to live with her and were em­ployed as cow­boys on the ranch of her husband.

 

Robert Marshall McCall  went as a drover up the Chisholm Trail with the second herd of cattle driven to Abilene, Kansas, according to a granddaughter, Blanche Maurie Duncum Monroe .

 

Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan  wrote in 1970:

 

"When they were married he was working for David McFaden, her great-uncle.  Da­vid McFaden had a two-story brick house, land and cattle and a flour mill on the San Gabriel River in Williamson County.  I visited this place in April.  It is about one mile below Circleville, Texas.  The house is in good repair, having been re­modeled recently.  It has been occupied continually until recently.  It is now used on weekends by a granddaughter and her husband who lived in Taylor.  We also visited the old McFaden Cemetery.  It is a large cemetery completely surrounded by a cyclone fence.  Jerusha Dyches McFaden is buried here."

 

Joyce Ann Lewis McCall and Nancy Whitmire McCall were first cousins on one side of the family.  Their children were first cousins on one side and second cou­sins on the other side."

 

Robert Marshall McCall  appeared as the head of a household in the federal census of Williamson County, Enumeration District 5, page 5 taken June 4, 1880.  The family was reported as:

 

        "McCall, Robert         29, farmer, born in Texas, father born

                                                  Virginia, mother born in Virginia

                        Ann            25, keeping house, born in Texas, mother

                                                 born in Louisiana, wife

                        Mary            5, born in Texas, father born in Texas,

                                                 mother born in Texas, daughter

                        Dora            3, born in Texas, father born in Texas,

                                                 mother born in Texas, daughter

                       Joseph          2, born in Texas, father born in Texas,

                                                 mother, born in Texas, son

                       Julina       4/12, born in Texas, father born in Texas,

                                                 mother born in Texas, daughter"

 

In 1882 they were living in Lampasas County, four miles southwest of Cop­peras Cove, Texas.  They sold their farm and moved to Rockdale, Texas about 1885.  In 1890 they lived near Lexington, Texas in Lee County.

 

On October 3, 1898 "Robert M. McCall of Lee County" purchased 69 acres in Survey 414, five miles from Dripping Springs, Texas, from J. A. B. Middle­ton and his wife S. E. Middleton for $800, according to Hays County Deed Book 62, page 778.  It is possible that the family of his half-brother William H. Bowlin  may have provided some financial assistance for the purchase.  Once when Julia E. Bowlin was visiting in the home of Robert Marshall McCall  she remarked that "the farm belonged to the Bowlins."  He emphatically denied the statement, and the air was charged with tension, according to Annie Bell McCall .

 

On October 16, 1915 Dora Middleton Parsley, daughter of J. A. B. Middleton gave an af­fidavit to the public that Robert Marshall McCall  had "lived there continu­ously except one year when they rented it out and lived nearby," according to Hays County Deed Book 68, page 223.  They sold the property to A. F. Robisher of Travis County for $2,000 December 15, 1915, according to Hays County Deed Book 68, page 423.

 

Robert Marshall McCall  reappeared as the head of a household in the 1900 cen­sus of Hays County, Enumeration District 23, page 2 at Dripping Springs.  He reported that nine of his ten children were living at that time.  The family was recorded as:

 

        "McCall, Robt. M.       50, born in Texas, January 1850

                        Joice A.         45, born in Texas, July 1854, wife

                        Joseph M.      22, born in Texas, April 1878, son,

                        Julia A.          20, born in Texas, January 1880, daughter

                        John H.          17, born in Texas, August 1882, son

                        James E.        15, born in Texas, August 1884, son

                        Perry              11, born in Texas, September 1889, son

                        Annie B.        10, born in Texas, June 1890, daughter

                        Ellie E.            8, born in Texas, April 1892, daughter

                        Katie L.            3, born in Texas, October 1896, daughter"

 

Robert Marshall McCall  died January 1, 1936 of a stroke, and Joyce Ann Lewis McCall  died January 8, 1936 of kidney failure.

 

Children born to Robert Marshall McCall  and Joyce Ann Lewis Mc­Call  include:

 

        Mary "Mollie" McCall            born in 1874

        Dora Alice McCall                  born in 1876

        Joseph M. McCall                   born in April 1878

        Julia A. McCall                       born in January 1880

        John Dodd McCall                 born August 29, 1882

        James Edwin McCall              born August 21, 1884

        Oliver Perry McCall               born in September 1889

        Annie Bell McCall                 born in June 1890

        Ellie E. McCall                       born in April 1892

        Katie Eleanor McCall            born October 25, 1896

 

Mary "Mollie" McCall , daughter of Robert Marshall McCall  and Joyce Ann Lewis McCall , was born in 1874.  She died in 1893 "of congestion" and was buried at Lexington.

 

Dora Alice McCall , daughter of Robert Marshall McCall  and Joyce Ann Lewis McCall , was born in 1876.  She was married January 8, 1893 to Isaac Duncum .  In 1958 they lived at Cameron, Texas.  She died in 1973 at the age of 96.

 

Children born to Isaac Duncum  and Dora Alice McCall Duncum  include:

 

        Nora Elma Duncum                    born November 11, 1893

        Orba O. Duncum                         born June 28, 1899

        Blanche Maurie Duncum            born September 19, 1907

        Morris Coleman Duncum           born January 24, 1916

 

Nora Elma Duncum , daughter of Isaac Duncum  and Dora Al­ice McCall Duncum , was born November 11, 1893.  She did not marry.  She taught school for 47 years.

 

Orba O. Duncum , son of Isaac Duncum , and Dora Alice Mc­Call Duncum , was born June 28, 1899.  He died in 1979.  A daugh­ter was married to Reese Turner .

 

Blanche Maurie Duncum , daughter of Isaac Duncum  and Dora Alice Mc­Call Duncum , was born September 19, 1907.  She was mar­ried about 1927 to Her­shel B. Monroe .  They were schoolteachers.  In 1985 they lived in La Marque, Texas in retirement.

 

One daughter was adopted by them:

 

        Lela Faye Monroe                born February 9, 1944

 

Lela Faye Monroe , daughter of Hershel B. Monroe  and Blanche Maurie Duncum Monroe , was born February 9, 1944.  She was married in January 1964 to Luther Gwen Boyd .  He attended Lubbock Christian College in 1959-60, Harding College in 1961 and Abilene Chris­tian College in 1962.  He received a master's degree there in 1964.  She was graduated from Lubbock Christian College in 1977.  In 1985 they lived at Ralls, Texas.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Gregory Collins Boyd             born November 20, 1964

        Weldon Kregg Boyd               born November 9, 1967

        Stephen Monroe Boyd             born June 28, 1971

        Stephanie Lee Boyd                 born February 3, 1973

 

Morris Coleman Duncum , son of Isaac Duncum  and Dora Al­ice McCall Duncum , was born January 24, 1916.  He was married about 1937 to Bertha Bay­lor  who was born November 24, 1917.  In 1970 they lived in Cameron where he was an elder in the Church of Christ.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Mary Alice Duncum      

 

        born November 25, 1941

        John Morris Duncum             born about 1943

 

Mary Alice Duncum , daughter of Morris Coleman Duncum  and Bertha Bay­lor Duncum  was born November 25, 1941.  Following graduation from Abilene Christian University she was married to Gary Welch , a dentist, son of Louis Welch , mayor of Houston, Texas.  In 1983 they lived in Houston.

 

Children born to Gary Welch  and Mary Alice Duncum Welch  include:

 

        Merideth McCall Welch          born about 1969

        Gilford Nicholas Welch          born about 1971

 

John Morris Duncum , son of Morris Coleman Duncum  and Bertha Baylor Duncum , was born about 1943.  He was married about 1963 to Dianne Vannoy .  Initially he was an agricultural teacher in Huntsville and Duncanville, Texas.  Later he was employed by Prudential Insurance Company as a mortgage loan ap­praiser in Ft. Worth, Texas.

 

 Children born to them include:

 

        John Mark Duncum                 born about 1965

        James Michael Duncum           born about 1967

        Jeffrey MacRea Duncum          born about 1969

 

Joseph M. McCall , son of Robert Marshall McCall  and Joyce Ann Lewis McCall , was born in 1878 in Williamson County.  He did not marry, and he was killed by lightning in 1900, at age 22, while returning from a visit with the family of his uncle Oliver Hazard Perry McCall .  He was buried at Lexington.

 

Julia A. McCall , daughter of Robert Marshall McCall  and Joyce Ann Lewis McCall , was born in 1880 in Williamson County.  She was married about 1898 to Napoleon Hendricks   She died in 1960.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        O. F. Hendricks                     born about 1900

        Delmer L. Hendricks             born about 1902

        Neva Hendricks                     born about 1905

 

O. F. Hendricks , son of Napoleon Hendricks  and Julia A. McCall Hen­dricks , was born about 1900.  In 1970 they lived near Houston.

 

Delmer L. Hendricks , son of Napoleon Hendricks  and Julia A. McCall Hendricks , was born about 1908.  In 1970 they lived near Houston.

 

Neva Hendricks , daughter of Napoleon Hendricks  and Julia A. McCall Hendricks , was born about 1905.  She was married about 1923 to R. B. Roddy .

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Wilbur Roddy                   born about 1925

 

John Dodd McCall , son of Robert Marshall McCall  and Joyce Ann Lewis McCall , was born August 29, 1882 in Lampasas County, four miles from Copperas Cove, according to Lampasas County Pro­bate Birth Book 9, page 140.  Dora Alice McCall Duncum  attested to the birth certificate.  He attended school at Dripping Springs and college at Southwest Texas Teachers Normal at San Marcos, Texas.  He re­ceived a teacher's certificate about 1900.

 

He related that once when he returned to his boyhood home in Lampasas County he found an "old man Van Winkle" living there.  His father sold this farm and moved to Rockdale in Milam County.  He appeared as "John H. McCall, age 17" in the 1900 census of his father's household in Hays County.

 

He taught school first at Karnes City, Texas and later at Sour Lake, Texas.  Later he enrolled in law school at the University of Texas.  John Dodd McCall , of Travis County, Texas gave a deed to W. N. Halley to 640 acres on Brushy Creek and 190 acres in the William Kincaid Survey March 19, 1903 for $4,150, according to Williamson County Deed Book 108, page 4.

 

He was married in San Antonio, Texas August 29, 1906 on his twenty-fourth birthday to Emma "Bammer" Boyls .  In 1941 he was an attorney in Beaumont, Texas.

 

In a letter written to John H. McCall June 1, 1958 he mentioned that he was now offic­ing in his home at 2545 Broadway and owned property in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

No children were born to them, but a niece of Emma "Bammer" Boyls McCall , Fanny Boyls  daughter of Jim Boyls , lived with them.  He sent her through law school at the University of Texas.  She practiced law in Washington, D. C. and continued to live there in 1984.  He died in 1947, according to Bradbury research.

 

James Edwin McCall , son of Robert Marshall McCall  and Joyce Ann Lew­is McCall , was born August 21, 1884 in Copperas Cove, according to Coryell County Delayed Birth Book 14, page 15.  In 1890 his parents removed to Lexington.  He ran away from home when he was 13 and worked as a waterboy for a railroad.  When his father learned his whereabouts he had the sheriff pick him up and send him home.

 

He was the subject of a magazine article written by Dick Glenn and pub­lished in the December 1966 edition of "Western Horseman:"

 

"Ed was a born-in-the-wool cowboy and was seldom seen without a rope in his hand, an instrument he learned to use with perfection by the time he was 12 years old.  At the age of 15 he was consid­ered a top hand, so he bade farewell to his family and announced, 'I think I can make it on my own the rest of the way.'  He hired out on the JJ Ranch south of Midland, Texas.  He worked there a few years and then moved to the Johnson Brothers cow ranch on the Pecos River near Pecos, Texas when he remained from 1904 to 1908."

 

His picture, taken near Odessa, Texas in 1905 with his horse 'Dirty Linen', appeared in the article.

 

"Ed, like many other cowboys, had heard fabulous tales of the rich cattle country of Montana, and from the time he first left home, he had a keen desire to go there.

 

Along with learning to become an expert roper, Ed practiced cutting hair and shaving the cowboys with the roundup wagons and at cow camps.  His service was invaluable to the cowboys as they seldom got to a town more than one or twice during a year.  Once when he was laid-up in town for a spell after a steer had jerked his horse down, Ed obtained a license to practice that trade, thinking some day it might come in handy.

 

Early in 1906 Ed went with a large trail herd of 7HL cattle, driv­ing them to Bovina, Texas in the last trail herd owned by J. T. McElroy.  Ed was then 22 years old and ambitious with thoughts of a more enterprising life than that of an ordinary cowpoke.  One day he said to himself, "Shucks, I can make more mon­ey barbering and rodeoing."  He quit his job; set up a crude one-chair barber­shop in a small town, and combined that work with roping steers in area rodeos.

 

Eight years later Ed gave his two good roping horses to a friend, bought a railroad ticket and late in the year 1914 registered at the Hotel Milligan, Miles City, Montana.  Three days later a candy­stick pole was turning on Main Street with a sign above, "McCall's Shop."  It was a one-chair shop, and business was slow at the start, but soon people heard that Ed McCall was a cowboy s

  The business flourished, and he became one of the best-liked personalities in Miles City; however as the years rolled by, some doubt grew as to whether Ed McCall had ev­er been the professional steer roper and wild cowboy who served as basic mater­ial for his stories.

 

On a Saturday in June 1928 quite a number of cowboys and cattlemen were in Mc­Call's Shop.  The chairs were all full and the waiting line was long.  Ed Mc­Call was telling a story about how he won a big steer roping down Pecos way.  Suddenly someone said, 'Ed, have you ever thought about roping again?'  'It's been too long since Ed has roped to ever do it again; he's grown too soft work­ing all these years in a barbershop.'  At that remark Ed advised the entire au­dience, 'I'm leasing out the shop and going back to roping in about two weeks.'

 

Ed started going out to the big LO Ranch to train his roping horse "Big Buck."  They ran 10,000 cattle that included a large number of corriente Mexican steers.  When the Fourth of July Roundup took place in Miles City Ed finished second in the single steer roping and also placed in the calf roping.  From there he started follow­ing the circuit making all the big rodeos for the next six years and becoming a familiar figure at the pay windows.  In 1934 at the age of 50 he retired from rodeoing and hung up his spurs."

 

He returned to Pecos in the fall of 1963 for a visit with oldtime cowboy acquaint­ances.  The get-together, held in the Brandon Hotel, was written up in the November 12, 1963 edition of the "Pecos Independent."  Partici­pating were Young Bell, his host; Albert Cooksey, "born in Toyah over 80 years ago;" Curtis McElroy and Louis Roberson, former sheriff and deputy U. S. Marshall.

 

In 1965 he was recognized on his 81st birthday by a Miles City radio sta­tion who car­ried a tribute to him and his wife Martha McCall.  No children were born to them.

 

Oliver Perry McCall , son of Robert Marshall McCall  and Joyce Ann Lewis McCall , was born in 1888 at Rockdale.  His name was shown as "Perry C. McCall" in the birth certificate of his fifth child.  He was married about 1910 to Ruth McCormick .  In 1916 he was a farmer living at Henly, Texas in Hays County.  He died in 1959 in Grand Junction, Colorado.

 

Children born to Oliver Perry McCall  and Ruth McCormick McCall  in­clude:

 

        William Marshall McCall        born March 21, 1912

        Marvin Dale McCall                 born March 4, 1913

        Edna McCall                             born about 1915

        Louise McCall                          born December 16, 1916

 

William Marshall McCall , son of Oliver Perry McCall  and Ruth McCor­mick McCall  born March 21, 1912, according to Coryell County Birth Book 1, page 248.  In 1958 and in 1970 he lived at Kingman, Arizona.

 

Marvin Dale McCall , son of Oliver Perry McCall  and Ruth McCormick McCall 1913, according to Coryell County Birth Book 1, page 43.  In 1970 he lived in Kingman.

 

Edna McCall  of Oliver Perry McCall Ruth McCormick Mc­Call   In 1958 and in 1970 they lived in Grand Junction.

 

Louise McCall  Perry McCall Call s

 Book 7, page 246.  She was shown as "fifth child, four living."  She did not marry and in 1970 lived in Portland, Oregon.

 

Annie Bell McCall  of Robert Marshall McCall  was born in 1891 in Williamson County, according to Hazel Inez Nelson Bradbury ied about 1918 to Neil Mills  they lived in Austin, Texas.  She continued there in 1983, living in a nursing home.

 

Children born to them include:

       

        Neil Mills, Jr.                 born about 1920

        Edward Mills                 born about 1922

        Dale Mills                      born about 1925

 

Neil Mills, Jr, son of Neil Mills and Annie Bell McCall Mills  about 1920.  He had two sons and in 1968 lived in Austin.

 

Edward Mills, son of Neil Mills Call Mills 2.  He had two sons and in 1968 lived in Austin.

 

Dale Mills, son of Neil Mills  Belle McCall Mills 25.  He had two daughters and a son and in 1968 lived in Austin.

 

Ellie E. McCall  and Joyce Ann Lewis McCall ried about 1910 to E. M. Fields .  In 1958 and 1968 they lived in Austin.  She died there in 1979.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Ray Fields       about 1912

        Joyce Fields             

       Dorothy Fields         

        Fields  and Ellie E. McCall Fields  born about 1912.

       In 1968 he lived in Austin.

 

Joyce Fields , daughter of E. M. Fields  and Ellie E. Mc­Call Fields , was born about 1914.  She was married about 1934 to Clifton Fort of Austin.  In 1968 she lived in Austin.

 

Dorothy Fields  daughter of E. M. Fields  and Ellie E. McCall Fields , was born about 1917.  In 1968 she lived in Austin.

 

Katie Eleanor McCall , daughter of Robert Marshall McCall  and Joyce Ann Lewis McCall , was born October 25, 1896 at Lexington.  She was married January 4, 1919 to Ellis Marvin Powell  who was born August 31, 1898 at Buda, Texas to Eugene Columbus Powell  and Nellie McGruder Ferguson Powell .  He died July 11, 1959 in Austin.  In 1984 she continued there, living in a nursing home.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Marvin Dean Powell               born August 14, 1923

        Vincent Charby Powell           born August 13, 1932

        Gloria Mae Powell                 born September 11, 1934

 

Marvin Dean Powell , son of Ellis Marvin Powell  and Katie Eleanor Mc­Call Powell , was born August 14, 1923 in Houston.  He was married January 4, 1947 to Verda Mae Dungan  in Austin.  She was born November 12, 1925 in Lul­ing, Texas to Plenie Preston Dungan  and Artie Mae Atkins Dungan . In 1986 he, a retired fire­man and a family history researcher, lived in Austin.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Randy Dell Powell        20, 1947

        Gerald Dean Powell      born January 5, 1950

 

Randy Dell Powell , son of Marvin Dean Powell  and Verda Mae Dungan Powell , was born September 20, 1947 in Austin.  He was married September 27, 1975 to Marcia Eileen Baugh  who was born November 13, 1953 in Burnet, Texas. She was a daughter of Herbert Cowan Baugh and Marjorie Virginia Allen Baugh .  In 1977 they lived in Austin.

  

Children born to them include:

 

        Cody Dell Powell               born April 15, 1976

        Alison Leah Powell            born December 8, 1977

 

Gerald Dean Powell , son of Marvin Dean Powell  and Verda Mae Dungan Powell , was born January 5, 1950 in Austin.  He was married May 8, 1981 to Bettina Mae LeDoux  who was born March 19, 1953 in Lakes Charles, Louisiana to Philip LeDoux  and Betty Jane Pousson LeDoux `s

 In 1985 they lived in Austin.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Brian David Powell             born November 17, 1981

        Sarah Elizabeth Powell        born June 12, 1983

 

Vincent Charby Powell , son of Ellis Marvin Powell  and Katie Eleanor McCall Powell , was born August 13, 1932 in Los An­geles, California.  He was married March 16, 1952 to Georgia Lou Ridgeway .  In 1970 they lived in Austin where he was a building contrac­tor.

 

Gloria Mae Powell , daughter of Ellis Marvin Powell  and Katie Eleanor McCall Powell , was born September 11, 1934 in Los Angeles.  She was married December 26, 1952 to Douglas B. Phillips  In 1968 they lived in Austin.

 

Georgian Lewis , daughter of William Lewis, Jr.  and Mary Fish Lewis , was born in 1856.  She appeared as a 14-year-old in her mother's household in the 1870 census.

 

Mary Rmintha "Mint" Lewis , daughter of William Lewis, Jr.  and Mary Fish Lewis , was born February 16, 1858 in Williamson County.  She appeared as a 12-year-old in the 1870 census of her mother's household.  She was married about 1875 to John Henry Moore .  He died in October 1881 in Milam County after being thrown from a horse.  He was buried at Cameron.

 

On December 18, 1882 she was remarried to George Washington Hanks  as his sec­ond wife.  He had been married first to Keziah Yoakum, and four children were born to them before her death.  He, a Confederate veteran, was born September 25, 1831 in Princeton, Indiana.  He was a resident of Ozark, Missouri when the war began and en­listed in the First Missouri Infantry Regiment, Company B.  His regiment operated with the Twentieth Arkansas Infantry Regiment in which James Christopher Cox  en­listed March 1, 1862.  Both regiments participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, the Battle of Corinth and the Battle of Vicksburg and were surren­dered at Vicksburg July 4, 1863.

 

They sold their farm and moved to Indian Territory, driving their cattle as they went.  She drove the wagon containing her furniture and the two children.  Later in Oklahoma they participated in the Cherokee Strip land rush.

 

Mary Rmintha "Mint" Lewis Moore Hanks  died August 1, 1895 at age 37 at Ard­more, Indian Territory of a ruptured gall bladder and was buried at Keller, Texas. George Washington Hanks  "an old man with a long white beard," died September 23, 1922 near Oil City, Oklahoma and was buried beside his wife.

 

Children born to John Henry Moore  and Mary Rmintha "Mint" Lewis Moore  include:

 

        Jeptha Cornelius Moore          born August 6, 1876

        Alice Cynthia Moore               born July 9, 1881

       

Children born to George Washington Hanks  and Mary Rmintha "Mint" Lewis Moore Hanks  include:

 

        Oliver Hanks                     born September 22, 1883

        Frankie Hanks                   born about 1884

        Virgil Hanks                     born about 1886

        Oma Hanks                       born about 1889

        Meeker Hanks                   born January 25, 1893

        Will Hanks                        born about 1894

 

Jeptha Cornelius Moore , son of John Henry Moore  and Mary Rmintha "Mint" Lewis Moore , was born August 6, 1876 in Milam County.  He was married November 7, 1897 to Jenney Elsie Beavers  at Keller.

 

He wrote a letter July 27, 1935 which gave much information about his branch of the family:

                                                           "Kim, Colorado

                                                           July 27, 1935

Dear Cousins,

 

I was sure glad to hear from you all.  Many thanks to your girl Maurie for the family tree, and I will add quite a bit to that tree.

 

Aunt Lottie [Louisa Fish Barker  and Uncle Jess Barker moved to the Indian Territory about the same time we did.  They had a large family, nearly all boys.  They had one girl.  The last I heard from her she lived in Milam County.  You probably known that Steve Barker, one of Aunt Lottie's boys mar­ried Frankie Hanks, one of my step-sisters.  They have a large family.  The last I heard of them they lived in East Oklahoma.  Frankie passed on several years ago.  I will give you the Barker boys' names the best I know, Joe, Cal, Steve, Ira, Emzie, Wiley and Lee.  Uncle Jess and Aunt Lottie passed away in the Indian Territory several years ago.  Most of the boys lived in East Okla­homa the last I knew.

 

Our Aunt Nancy Short [Nancy Anne Lewis Short  had two children, Annie and Eugene.  Annie married John Parker, Uncle George Parker's brother.  He passed on, and she married Wade Parker, another of Uncle George's brothers.  They had a large family.  The last I knew of Annie she lived at Healdton, Okla­homa.

 

In making out my mother's list you left out Meeker my baby brother.  Him and Oliver have both passed on.  Virgil is a railroad man liv­ing back East some­where.  He is married and has several children.  Haven't heard from him in a good while.

 

Oma married a man by the name of Fred Garner.  She has two boys that live in Wilson, Oklahoma.

 

Alice and John [Harris] have a large family.  Their names were Eula, Flora, Gaylord and Gladys.  They're all married and have fam­ilies except Gladys.  She is working in Denver, Colorado.  John and Alice live in California.

 

I married a girl by the name of Jennie Beavers.  There's a large family of them.  She has five sisters and four brothers.  Her fa­ther passed on three years ago.  He had 114 grandchildren and great-grandchildren when he died.  My wife's parents were German and Irish.  We have nine children, all living, five boys and four girls.

 

Our oldest, Seldon, is in Oklahoma--single.  Second is Clyde, sin­gle, age 33.  He lives in Colorado.  Third is Earl, single, age 31, still at home.  He has traveled all over the United States.  He handles polo ponies and has played some polo.  He goes to Califor­nia most every winter.  He made several trips back east to Long Is­land and New York City.  Fourth is Claude, age 28, married a girl by the name of Grace Like.  They lived in Canon City, Colorado.  Fifth is Aileen, age 26, married a boy by the name of Ernest Lance.  They live in Wellington, Texas.  He runs a service station in Wellington.  Would be glad if your daughter could stop and visit her on her way to Denver.  Sixth is Gladys, 24, single and still at home.  Seventh is Hazel, age 22, married a boy by the name of Paul Clark.  They have a baby girl, Minna Lee, two years old.  They live at Sweetwater, Texas.  If your daughter went the western route it would be handy to visit her.  Eighth is Zack, age 18, single and at home.  Ninth is Alta, age 15, at home and still going to school.  She rides four miles horse­back to school.

 

We live on a ranch.  We have horses and cattle.  We live in Smith Canyon.  You would call it mountains, but we call it canyons here.  The hills around the house are so high we can't see the sun til it gets up quite a ways.  Our house is in the shade of a big hill from 4:30 on.  We sure hope your daughter will visit us when she comes to Colorado.  If she comes in a car it won't be out of her way to come by going to Denver.  She would want to come to Boyse City, Ok­lahoma and from there to Kim.  We live 14 miles northwest of Kim.  Most any one in Kim could tell you how to get to our place.

 

I would sure be proud if you all could come with her.  You would enjoy a trip to this country in the summertime.  It is so nice and cool.  I was sure proud to know that Uncle Bob [McCall] and Aunt Joyce are still living.  If times were not so hard I would go to visit them now.  It would be so much like visiting my father and mother.  They were always so good to me when I was around them.  I know they like me.  Uncle Bob said to me one time, 'Jep, I think more of you that I do my own sister's children.'  He said this at a time when one of his nephews was visiting him from Sanantone, Texas.  Seems like I can remember being to your place with his boy one time.  If I remember right one of his horses died while we were there, and Ike hooked up to the wagon and drug his dead horse away.

 

I guess you were right about Uncle Jim's boy.  I guess his name is Harmon.  I wrote to Aunt Galley a couple of years ago, but never did hear from her.  I was visiting Harmon, and he gave me her ad­dress.  I sure thank you for the Parker childrens' addresses.  They seem so dear to me.  I thought so much of Uncle George Parker.  When I would be down there and be leaving he would buy my tick­et and go up to Milan's Junction with me to be sure I would get started off right.

 

My step-brother, Will Hanks, that you well know lives at Wilson, Oklahoma.  He is a Baptist preacher.  He preached my wife's fa­ther's funeral when we were down there two years ago.  He said in his sermon that him and Mr. Beavers were baptized at the same time 30 years ago.  Will visited Pete just a while before I was down there two years ago.  If he had known where you lived he would sure have come to see you.  He said he was up to our old home place.  Uncle George Parker was living there at that time.  What do you know about Harve Thompson?  You know Harve came home with me when I was down there and stayed a good while.  Him and I went and visited Uncle Jim and Aunt Galley while we were up there.  Harve and them were good friends.  They seemed to enjoy Harve's visit as well as mine.

 

Excuse this letter, this is my baby girl writing it just like I tell her.  The older girl usually does my writing, but she is away just now.  Excuse us this time as we are in a hurry.  Next time we will write more.

 

                                        As ever, your cousins,

                                        J. C. Moore"

 

Jeptha Cornelius Moore died at Keller April 25, 1945.

 

Children born to them include:

 

        Seldon Henry Moore              born about 1899

        Clyde Roy Moore                   born about 1901

        Earl Charlie Moore                born about 1903

        Claude Eli Moore                  born about 1905

        Aileen Mollie Moore             born about 1907

        Gladys Lorene Moore            born about 1909

        Hazel Tillie Moore                 born about 1911