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Coalgate

tabouet — 2009-11-06 14:11:34Z

Hello,

I'm a french genealogist.
I'm lookinf for old pictures, old postcards and old maps for the city of Coalgate. That is to better how look the city like about 1910-1920.

Thanks for help you can give to me.
Alexis

Re: Some Items July 1905 Lehigh Leader

mjboyce — 2009-10-31 22:04:33Z

The John Harrison and Cora Harrison were great uncle and cousin of mine. John had been county judge of the Choctaw Nation. Jean B

Miss Pearl Jackson

CThiessen1946 — 2009-10-16 00:09:39Z

I have been given some old photos that belonged to my mother Bertha Jane Harper and her sister Gladys Harper. They were born and raised in the area of Vinita, Oklahoma. One of the photos has written on the back: Miss Pearl Jackson, Coalgate, Oklahoma.
Does anyone have any information about this lady or her descendants?

lithuanians in coalgate

johnxsteele — 2009-09-23 10:12:11Z

I'm looking for information on the following family who arrived in about 1870 or so and mostly left by 1930.

Siuksta, Suksta, Shukest, Korkok, Karsaka, Karsakas, Stasunas.

Anything will be helpful!

Re: Wolfe

bookcrazed — 2009-08-21 02:01:28Z

I have found a Blanco County, Texas record for Thomas Watson Wolfe and his wife. I am wondering if they are the parents of another Wolfe who is listed on the Blanco County Marriage Index. See my research at

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

Massey Holland

lisa_robert_v — 2009-07-21 22:12:21Z

I am looking for information about the Roy Massey- Willa Holland family (children Wanda, Marge, and Roy)in Tupelo, Coal County. Roy Massey, Sr, was my great grandfather. Roy Sr. and his daughters Wanda and Marge moved to the California Central Valley, where my father was born in the early 40s. I know so very little about the family's life and lineage in Tupelo and would be so happy to hear from anybody who might have known this part of the family.

Re: Massey's in Tueplo

lisa_robert_v — 2009-07-21 21:49:37Z

Roy Massey (children Wanda, Margie, Roy) was my great grandfather, please let me know what information you need

Re: ROBINSON or ELZY

H_Delsigne — 2009-05-30 19:06:14Z

I have pictures and info for you. My grandmother was Mamie Elzy Hickerson. Email me at hdelsigne@sbcglobal.net if you are still interested.

Re: Coal County History Book 2

boggycreekjake — 2009-05-26 05:37:20Z

it is all most done, just a few more months.

Re: Lottie Crane (Crain) Shann born in Coalgate IT

jackiebernasky — 2009-01-29 19:04:08Z

My greatgrandmother is lottie shann. she was married to seth shann but as far as our family knows her name was lottie cooper before she married seth.

Re: Wasson in Owl,Coal County,OK

wassonj137 — 2009-01-20 01:54:11Z

Thomas Eugene Wasson is my g-g-grandfather and Thomas Jr. is my g-grandfather. I have been searching for information on his family and your post was very helpful.

Would you happen to have any information on Thomas Sr.'s parents? I believe they are John C Wasson and Cynthia Ingram.

Re: Coal County History Book 2

txgirlmck — 2008-12-17 00:03:56Z

I was at the Coalgate Library (12-12-2008)last week doing research and ask about the book. I was told that it was in its final stages before being sent off to the publishers. So lets hope it will be here soon.

Coal County History Book 2

LisaHudgens74 — 2008-12-08 04:50:08Z

What ever happened to the Coal County History books that we pre ordered. I tried to email them and it came back. I put a deposit on it and have not heard when they are going to be done?? any one know????
Lisa Hudgens
lhudgens@bak.rr.com

Re: family history

GwendaKeel — 2008-11-30 06:15:53Z

I am very interested in your family. We might be related. Please email me at keelg@cox.net.
Gwenda

Re: Grant School

Ladyhawke65 — 2008-11-16 07:45:39Z

If you haven't found the information you need, email me at monshistory@aol.com. My father-in-law,. Milton Hurrelbrink was Eva Fairchild's son.

Re: oil drilling in Coal County

jenvalbrew — 2008-11-13 03:20:13Z

NEVER sell your rights to your minerals. If someone wants them, tell them you will LEASE them. That way, you and your heirs will get an income if they actually recover any usable minerals from your land. I doubt they are looking for coal, though. Where I live, just a few counties north in McIntosh, they are drilling for natural gas.

Re: McCurdy's Studio

txgirlmck — 2008-11-10 07:38:32Z

This is a quick cut & paste... from a 2004 post here in the Coal Co. board... and it does list the years of operation...

"I am interested in buying old photographs taken by the
Macurdy Photo Studio of Lehigh/Coalgate. He had a studio
there circa 1888-1920, and the photographs have his logo
either on the front or back of his photographs. Anyone having photos that they are willing to sell, please contact me. Diane Macurdy deemac@velocity.net"

McCurdy's Studio

LaCreta66 — 2008-10-22 20:50:17Z

Does anyone have any information about the McCurdy's Studio in Coalgate? I have a picture of my gr-grandfather John Wesley McCaslin in one of their cardboard frames and am curious as to its years of operation.

Re: George W. Baker b10/8/1892 TX d1947 Parker, OK

sangy216 — 2007-06-05 14:18:50Z

New email address for Jenny Garner (Sangy216) is:

jennygarnertx@skynethouston.com

as of 6/5/07.

Isabelle Amelia Coley Wyatt

RogerBraddy — 2007-07-04 04:06:01Z

Seeking any and all information on Isabelle Amelia Coley Wyatt who died in Lehigh, Coal County, OK on June 12, 1926.
Isabelle was the widow of James Morgan Wyatt who died and was buried in St. Jo, Montague County, TX.

cleak family history

dcleak — 2008-10-08 18:26:43Z

I am seeking information on ancestors or descendants of JIM CLEAK.Shown as resident in a twonship of Coal County in the 1930 census having been born in tennessee in about 1858.Can anyone ehlp

Re: Patrick J. Hurley

mmahala965 — 2008-07-31 00:11:00Z

Patrick J. Hurley is buried in the federal cemetery in Santa Fe, NM.

John and Anna Gill 1850 to 1899

allsogreat — 2007-09-02 18:36:08Z

Please HELP - This is my brick wall - Looking for information on the PARENTS of Nancy Elnora (Gill) Morris b. 1873 in Texas...their names were John GILL and Anna (Annie) Kirby (her first name may have been Celia)...they had the following other children: William Alvis GILL b. 1883, Lucy Viola (Gill) Boyd b.1879, Lula May (Gill) Autry b. 1883, Mary Lola (Gill) Boyd...all the children were born in Texas around Grayson Co., or Cooke Co...all later moved to Hughes Co. Oklahoma....I have been pursuing these folks for 38 yrs with no luck - unable to locate John and Anna Gill in any census...any scrap of information could be helpful, and I do mean any scrap...it would be more than I have now.....thanks for looking....Harv

Re: Peter J. Hudson in Coal County about 1930

dochu — 2008-02-17 00:17:30Z

I do not know this person but would be interested in communicating with anyone researching Hudson families in or around the town of Tupelo in Coal Co., Ok. There was at least one Hudson family in Coalgate, Coal Co., Ok. They owned a furniture store.

Westfall/Harden/Driskill/Singleton and more of Coal Co.

westblues — 2007-05-15 20:15:26Z

Some time ago I sent a message to this list asking for help on a brick wall of mine. Meanwhile I have been able to collect more information, but unfortunately haven't been able to scale that wall. The mystery is as follows:

My father Charles Monroe WESTFALL was born in Centrahoma December 16th, 1936. His parents were Frank P WESTFALL and Edith DAVIS. Frank was born 1914 in Hugo in neighboring Choctaw Co. His parents were Monroe James WESTFALL and Pearlie HARDDEN. While I have the Westfall side worked out quite well, it is Pearlie who gives me a headache.

Family lore has it that Pearlie was raised by Frank and Lou TYLER. After Frank was born in 1914, he may have had a twin sister, Jewel, who is said to have died soon after birth. Pearlie is said to have either left the family or passed away soon after Frank's birth. Frank, as his mother, is said to have been raised by the Tylers.

Here are the facts:

According to census information Pearlie was born about 1893 in Indian Territory. In 1900 she was living with Frank and Lou Tyler in Ozark, Polk Co., AR. Her last name is given as GYDEN. The Tylers originally were from Missouri. In 1910 the Tylers had moved to Bryan, Coal Co., OK. Again, Pearlie was living with them. Her last name is given as HALDING or KALDING. In 1912 Pearlie married Monroe WESTFALL, the marriage record has a different anem again: HARDDEN.

Monroe's WWI Draft Registration Card states that he was living in Tupelo, Coal Co., OK and that he was married with one child. The 1920 census has him as a widower living in Bryan with the family of his brother-in-law Charlie DRISKILL (married to Lula WESTFALL) (more info). Soon after Monroe married Leoma LAFEVER. He died in Centrahoma in 1934. The Tylers were still living in Coal Co. in 1930, but neither the 1920 nor the 1930 census reports list my grandfather.

I have two undated photos of Aunt Lou TYLER as an old woman (1940s/early 50s?). One has "Aunt Lue, Mother Jean and Billie" written on the back. The other is Lou with my grandmother Edith and an unidentified woman. I'll gladly share the photos with anyone interested.

Just yesterday I worked on a distantly related line, the SINGLETONS. Walter SINGLETON was married to Fannie SIZEMORE a cousin of grandfather's (more info).I found out that there were Singleton's living Montgomery Co., AR, neighbor county of Polk Co. There were several Singleton children living in the household of a John B HARDIN. I don't know what to make of it yet, but perhaps there may be some connection?

Another cousin of Frank's, Maud SIZEMORE, was married to Earl NORTHCUTT of Coalgate. Although my grandmother hardly remembered meeting any of her husband's family, she remembered both the SINGLETON and NORTHCUTT cousins very well.

Frank WESTFALL and family eventually moved to Lawton. He passed away in 1984, long before I got interested in my family's history. Neither my grandmother nor my father were able to shed any light on the mystery.

Please contact me if any of the names above ring a bell or if you have suggestions as to how to continue. Do you know of any relatives living in Coal Co.? I live in Germany and it's really difficult to find out from here. Does anyone know if death records were kept 1917-1920 and if, where I can obtain them?

Thanks for sticking with me. Of course, I'll gladly share anything I have with those interested.

Thanks so much.

Stephen Westfall
Marburg, Germany

Re: Grant School

meghanrowan — 2008-07-12 03:21:13Z

I do not know if you ever found anything about Eva Fairchild. Her parents were Aaron Fairchild (1837 Ohio - ) and Sarah Cowgill (1852 Indiana - 1898). She had 8 siblings. This is all contained in the Cowgill Family History.

Nannie Eleanor Reagan

CAYERANDOLPH1 — 2008-03-21 18:26:27Z

Looking for decendants of Nannie Eleanor Reagan. No definite dates available. She painted a picture in Paris and the date on the painting is 1907.

Getso family of Lehigh

oldretcop — 2008-10-06 01:30:24Z

Is there someone who could look up a couple of deaths for me? 1st is Joseph Getso who died in 1921 in Lehigh and 2nd his wife Bertha Getso who died in 1922 in Lehigh. We know they are buried at the Lehigh Cem.

Re: Isaiah Gibson & Ruble

bozo4 — 2007-08-22 22:06:07Z

No None that I know of, most are from Illinois. Then to Oklahoma. Thanks

Richard Edgar Cox and Family of Coalgate

mmarme — 2008-03-06 19:14:54Z

Hi, I am looking for information on this family, specifically a date of death or obit for my gg-grandmother Mary (Koonce) Cox who was living with Richard as listed in the 1930 census. At the time she was 77 and a widow.

Thanks,
Marilyn

Re: Byrds Prairie Cemetery Coal Co., Oklahoma

FancyThat2 — 2007-07-15 14:30:27Z

ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/coal/cemeteries/byrds...
I used "copy & paste" to get the above URL. If that doesn't get you there, Google for USGENWEB and follow the links for state, county, etc. to get to the Byrds Prairie listing. There are some Weavers but no Pansy. I'm not sure if this is a complete listing, but hopefully this will give you leads to follow.

Re: Byrds Prairie Cemetery Coal Co., Oklahoma

FancyThat2 — 2007-07-15 14:14:36Z

Coal County Genealogy Society, PO Box 436, Coalgate, OK 74538. They are in the Coalgate library. The last time I was there they didn't have a direct phone line. The library phone is 580-927-3209.
The CCGS has listings for several cemeteries, so I'm sure they'll have Byrds Prairie. The volunteers there go the extra mile to help find your information.

Re: Ethridge Family

jazraye — 2008-04-22 13:40:01Z

I do have information on Eldon Miller.He is my great-grandfather. You can contact me j_wolusky@hotmail.com.
Look forward to Speaking with you.
Jasmine

Re: Cordy Purdy

kathys8 — 2007-11-02 02:26:28Z

Hello, Saw your post from Oct 2000, looking for relatives of John F Purdy, Cordy Purdy- Coal County, Coalgate, OK.
Please contact me, John F Purdy is my Great Grandfather, Cordy would be an Uncle.

Thank you
Kathy

Re: Byrds Prairie Cemetery Coal Co., Oklahoma

cactuskid47 — 2007-10-19 14:18:53Z

One of the best Coal County cemetery listings is below. It is good for the entire county and has some names not listed on the other sites.

http://www.coalcounty.org/CemeteryDatabase/index.htm

I have family buried in Byrd's Prairie and this is where I found them.

Re: McCarty

Parsley1949 — 2008-06-01 03:29:08Z

Kathy, I visited MaCarty Cemetery several years ago while visiting family in Oklahoma. I am pleased to learn that your family owns the property on which the cemetery is located. I have a situation you may be able to help me resolve. Please contact me directly at kingsway49@yahoo.com. Thank you.

Re: Searching

lyndaschear — 2008-02-29 19:02:35Z

My husbands great grandfathr was William Brice Reese born 2 aug 1858 in Missouri. Died 10 Mar 1933 Binger City, Caddo, Ok. We have his death cert. His parents were Elijah Reese and Cahterine Hegrity. any help? He had a sibling named James P born 1853 Mo, from a census.

Re: MCCURDY, CRADDUCK, STINNETT, CHAMBERS

scmccurdy — 2008-08-15 13:16:10Z

My husband,s, Ernest Blann McCurdy, grandfather was Ernest Shannon McCurdy son of Harvey Lee & Minnie Pope McCurdy.

Would please contact me at: scmccurdy@yahoo.com

Re: McCarty

kathysprague1 — 2008-02-08 02:00:38Z

My Name is Kathy Sprague and my dad owns the property where the McCarty Cemetery is located. I doubt that he owns the actual cemetery but there might be some info in the deeds.

Re: Newton and Nancy MCCOLLUM

dragonriders118 — 2007-05-19 16:49:55Z

Sorry, but I can't help you with Newton Franklin McCollum"s death date; however I have a lot of info on Newton and his family prior to Newton's emigration from Tennessee to Texas via Arkansas some time after 1868. My collection includes two letters written by Newton to his father Curtis and family.

Reply to dragonriders@mchsi.com

John McCollum Green

Mary Ann Harrigan

grobkec — 2007-10-17 07:52:41Z

Looking for Mary Ann Moore marrried to J.H. Harrigan. Living in Colgate, Oklahoma in 1915. Mary Ann was born in Huron County, Ontario, Canada in 1858. Parents were Patrick Charles Moore and Mary Lynam.

Re: DENSON FAMILY

pdgrocery — 2008-05-05 03:21:53Z

I am from the Tishie Lampkin family and have a little info for you about Isaac Denson, and some pictures. Would love to share with you. Just let me know.

Re: Isaiah Gibson & Ruble

lookupmom57 — 2007-08-22 20:27:41Z

do any of your ruble's come from west virginia?

Arlon Edward Thornton

Thornton_Family — 2008-02-10 20:19:41Z

I am looking for any info on Arlon Edward Thornton
b. May 1910
d. Oct 1991, Coalgate, Oklahoma?

He married Lois L. Linton on April 19,
1935, at Stuart.
I would appreciate any help-thanks!

thornton_family@yahoo.com

Lamoni

Deborahs556068 — 2008-10-21 02:12:27Z

Did anyone know my family from Coalgate Oklahoma? Pietro. Pia, Johny, Etc. Lamoni

Re: Byrds Prairie Cemetery Coal Co., Oklahoma

KRobertsInCA — 2007-07-15 15:08:43Z

Thanks again. I appreciate your help.

Re: Byrds Prairie Cemetery Coal Co., Oklahoma

KRobertsInCA — 2007-07-15 15:07:11Z

Thanks a million. I will give them a try. I appreciate your time, consideration and response.

Byrds Prairie Cemetery Coal Co., Oklahoma

KRobertsInCA — 2007-07-14 21:00:24Z

Does anyone have access to burial listings or an index of burials for Byrds Prairie cemetery? I am seeking death date and burial information on Cassie C. Ralston Gates. Cassie married John Gates and lore indicates that she died in Tupelo, Coal Co., OK and is buried in Byrds Prairie Cemetery. In addition, I seek information on Pansy V. Clubb (possible married name of Weaver) who supposedly died in Coal Co. also. Lore states that she died during or shortly after childbirth but no conclusive information has been found. Any information or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

marriage lookup and birth

CherylRexroad27 — 2007-09-04 20:55:48Z

Looking for a Ruth Everwine married William foust in coal co also looking for birth of two children of ruth before this marriage Geneva Everwine or lane born july or sept 1921 or 22 also freddy everwine or lane born abt 1928 any help please

Peter J. Hudson in Coal County about 1930

GwendaKeel — 2007-11-15 20:33:35Z

Does anyone know of a Peter J. Hudson that lived in Coal County, Ok in about 1930? He might have lived near Coalgate or Olney. Any information will be appreciated. Thank you.

Gwenda