Roger Mills County
Oklahoma
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This poem was written about the burial place of my grt - grt-
grandfather,
JESSE BROOKS DAY (His nickname was "Shamus O'Day."). He was born in 1833 &
died in 1915. He is buried at Sandstone Cemetery in Beckham Co., OK. It was
written by his daughter [my grt.-grt-aunt] CYNTHIA SUSAN (DAY) McELRATH.
In the county Roger Mills,
Mid'st the rugged rocks and rills,
Where the waters of the Sandstone play
A'top the highest hill
Where the cattle roam at will
And the coyote howls his mournful midnite lay--
There's a score of lonely graves
Where the windswept cactus waves,
And the fence has long since fallen to decay.
How silently they lie
Unseen by human eye
Waiting patiently the resurrection day.
But what does it matter
If God is near
And we know He is
He's everywhere.
The hills are His
As well as the deep
And He stands guard
Where His children sleep.
A typewritten note at the bottom: "Aunt Susie's poem in memory of the lonely
grave of Grandpa Day in County Roger Mills, Oklahoma." Sandstone Cemetery
is near Sandstone creek in Beckham County, Oklahoma. *Submitted by:
Victoria Day-Cook PieOhNear@aol.com (grt.-grt.-granddaughter of JESSE
BROOKS DAY)
James England, b:26 June 1834 in Scott Co., VA, d:5 Nov
1891 in Dade Co., MO, married:15 Oct 1856 Hancock Co., TN, to spouse:
Attalina/Athalina Forgey, b:1834 in Scott Co., Va. James is the son
of Andrew England and Catherine Fisher (who is supposed to be 1/2 to
full blooded Cherokee Indian). James served in Company E, 4th Tenn
Inf Vol, also the 1st Cav Vol (Army of the Cumberland, CSA)
Their Children:
William Jasper England, b:17 Sept 1857 in Scott Co., VA
Martha Anne England, b:29 Jan 1859 in Scott Co., VA
Mary Rebecca England, b:10 Oct 1861, Scott Co., VA
Hiram Monroe England, b:24 July 1863, Scott Co., VA
Ellen England, b:5 Apr 1866, Scott Co., VA
Amanda England, b:15 May 1868, Scott Co., VA
Rosa England, b:15 Jan 1870, TN
Ephraim England, b:23 July 1873
Rachel Ann England, b:12 March 1877
Worley England, b:12 Oct 1880
This is Madora Josephine Keller's birthday notice: prob.
July (6-10?), 1943. Paper ??
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GRANDMA MANGOLD OF DURHAM
OBSERVES HER 90TH BIRTHDAY
Open house was held Wednesday, July 5th from 2 to 5 honoring Grandma Mangold on her 90th birthday. During the afternoon and evening several friends called to wish her "many happy returns of the day." Among those calling were Mary Short, her eldest child, and C. O. Mangold of Clinton, her youngest. Refreshment of ice cream and cake were seved by the hostesses Mrs. A. F. Keller, Mrs. Ralph McKean, Mrs. Henry Porter to the calling guests. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Seier, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley and daughter, Faye White, Mr. and Mrs. Grady McReynolds, Mrs. George Gantz, Mrs. Leitner, Mrs. Flavius Anderson, Mrs. Pearl Mangold, Mrs. Glen Cecil Glendya Lou, and Robert Wylie. Mrs. Anna Hughes and Leota, Mrs. Johnnie Thomas and Children, Mrs. Frank Smith and daughter, Winnie Mae, Fred Churchill, and Fredda. Bob Chowning, Bob Christian, Bud Keller, Henry Porter, Jr., and Pauline Roy and Frankie McKean.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN CALIFORNIA
John Keller died October 3 at the home of his daughter, Mildred Calder, in Dixon, California. John Keller is a former resident of Durham and Cheyenne. He was a brother of A. F. Keller of Durham and of Mrs. C. O. Mangold of Clinton.
My great-great-grandfather is John Adam Mangold who married Madora Josephine Eller. They had Mary Ann, C. Otto, John Henry, Emma J, Jacob Edward, James Curtis, and Susan Louise. Many of their descendants are buried in the Fairview Cemetery, as i can see from the transcription on the genweb site.
My great grandmother is Susan "Louisa" Mangold (b. ca 1894, TX), who married John A. Keller (b. ca 1888, TX). Their daughter, Melba Keller, born in Durham, Roger Mills, OK on 24 Feb 1911 was my grandmother - raised in Cheyenne. She married Walter Hines.
Their other kids were Mabel, Mildred, Mala Ada, Madeline, Jessie, and John Jr. They mostly moved to California.
In the 1920 census, as well as in the fairview cemetery transcription, I found Alfred "Bud" Keller's family, who lived and is buried in Durham. I am certain that this family is related to mine, but I do not know how.
As for me, I grew up here in Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, CA. I am only 24, young for a genealogist, but unfortunately all of my grandparents were gone before I developed an interest in genealogy. My dad remembers visiting "Grandma Mangold's" farm in Oklahoma when he was a child, but i have never been there.
My whole database can be viewed on my web page at the below URL.
Thanks!
-Ben; Surnames: MEYER, GILBERT, GAYLORD, RANSBURG, HINES, KELLER, MANGOLD
You are blessed because someone has written a lot about your family in our county cemetery book - the text follows: Madora Josephine Eller Mangold, Durham-Fairview Cemetery
Madora Josephine Eller Mangold was born 5JUL1854 in Clinton County, MO, the daughter of James Eller, died 27DEC1945 at Durham, OK. She moved from Missouri to Georgetown, TXwith her parents at the age of ten. In 1869 she was married to John Adam Mangold in Japonica (Now Hunt) County, TX. John Adam died in 1884 in Mexico and his body was taken to Eagle Pass, TX for burial. As a widow, Madora traveled from Hunt County, TX to Ellers Flat, Rogers Mills County, OK in a covered wagon with her seven children. They were: Mary Ann, married Miller Short; John Henry; Emma Josephine Mangold Hale; James Curtis; Jacob Edward; Susan Louise Mangold Keller; and Charles Otto. In the early days, she served Dr. Newman as a mid-wife {Let me add in 1999 that the Drs. Newman began the Newman Clinic of Shattuck, OK and it is widely known and respected in the medical field even today.}
Jacob Edward Mangold was born 1881 in TX to John Adam and Madora Josephine Eller Mangold, he died in 1922 near Durham, OK. He was married to Pearl Alice Kimbell in 1907. Pearl Alice Kimbell Mangold was the daughter of John Felix and Margaret Elizabeth Turner Kimbell, born December 1881 in Johnson County, TX, died 11 NOV 1951, at Durham, OK. Pearl was left an orphan and she lived with her Uncle, Joe Turner, who moved to western Oklahoma, settling on the Washita River in an area known as "The Gagedy". Joe Turner was an early day preacher and cattleman. At age fifteen Pearl went to live with the George Little family.As soon as Jacob Edward was old enough, he filed on 160 acres of land, which is still in the Mangold family. They were parents of five children: Temple E., born 1908 died 1934; Bonnie Laura Mangold McKean, born 10Dec1912 died 3NOV1992; Johnnie H Mangold Thomas Estes; Jacob Earl, born 14JUN1922; and Alice Madora Mangold Williams, born 14JUNE1922. Pearl was a homemaker and teacher. Temple E. Mangold, son of Jacob Edward and Pearl Kimbell Mangold was born near Durham in 1908, was murdered in New Mexico in 1934.
Charles Otto "Ott" Mangold , son of John Adam and Madora Josephine Eller Mangold, was born 21JUL1884, died 13APR1961. Otto came to Oklahoma Territory with his wodowed mother at a young age, homesteading near Durham. Otto married Florence "Flossie" Keller, 7NOV1912 at Higgins, TX. Flossie Keller was born 1APR1893 at Davis, Indian Territory, died 3AUG1961 near Durham, OK. Otto and Flossie had four children: Mary Jo Mangold Marshall; Charles Otto, Jr.; George Walton, born 31JAN1923 died 11FEB1923; and Floy Gene Mangold Christopher, born 1AUG1925. Charles "Otto" Mangold Jr., was born 16JUN1917 in Durham, OK died 12JAN1996 in Pampa, TX. Otto was the son of Charles Otto"Ott" and Flossie Keller Mangold. Otto married Willie Mae Wilson in 1942 at Amarillo, TX. They were the parents of one daughter: Cassandra Mangold Weyandt. Otto received his B.S. degree from West Texas State University. He was employed as instructor and coach at the Canadian Boys Ranch in Texas. He did much volunteer work, such as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and served on the Top O'Texas Rodeo Association.
Blessings, Judy near Cheyenne
Frank H. and Sarah E. (ALLEN) PENROD arrived in RMC (IT) c.
1903 and homesteaded west of Cheyenne, near Red Moon/Rankin. They had
the following children:
1) Oseola PENROD (1890-1974) m. Otto SPAKE
2) William Vernal PENROD (1892-1952) m. Lula Rae LOFTEN
3) Deva PENROD (1893-1899)
4) Dorothy Irene PENROD (1895-1978) m. Charles Manford JONES
5) Faunta PENROD (1899-1978) m. Grover Cleveland HOWARD
6) Norman Wayne PENROD (1901-1960) m. Ann WHITE, m. Virginia DAVIS ( no children)
7) Bernice Blanche PENROD (1903-1974) m. Douglas Darrell SMITH
8) Arley Robert PENROD (1905-1917) died in hunting accident age 12 buried at Cheyenne Cemetery
9) Dale Willard PENROD (1908-1982) m. Bessie Allene MITCHELL.
James Lon and Ethel Maude (MOYE) MITCHELL settled in RMC c. 1925. They had the following children:
1) James Darling MITCHELL (1905-1975) m.Coye NICHOLSON
2) Marjorie Brown MITCHELL (1906-1993) m. James M. KING
3) William Jennings Bryan MITCHELL (1908-1985) m. Irene BALLARD
4) Bessie Allene MITCHELL (1911 living) m. Dale Willard PENROD
5) John Clark MITCHELL (1913-1981) m. Lodema BARHAM (living)
6) Marilena MITCHELL (1915-1977) m. Vincel Gideon FRITCH
7) Kathryn Moye MITCHELL (1918-living) m. Robert Joseph TALLEY (living)
8) George Clay MITCHELL (1921-1985) m. 1) Colleen KELLY(living) , 2) Florence GASSMAN (living)
9) Betty Jo MITCHELL (1925-1956) m. Guy Pride BAKER
Have Mitchell/Moye ancestry to share. Searching for Penrod/Allen ancestry. Any cousins out there?
This is what the county cemetery book says - Leila Evett helped with
it: The Sandstone Cemetery lies north and east of the village
of Berlin which is in our county. The cemetery is just over the line
and lies in Beckham County. The cemetery lies in a vast pasture and
at one time the cemetery was fenced but the fence is down and cattle
and horses have access to the plot. Grass and weeds about knee deep,
cover all of the ground. Some of the old timers think there are 40 or
50 unmarked graves. No one knows the original name of the cemetery
was but as it is near Sandstone Creek they call it Sandstone. The
first people buried there were two children, Paul and William
Linville. Perhaps their parents owned the land and allowed others to
be buried there. It may have been called the Linville Cemetery. Many
thanks to Joe Andris for his help in supplying the following
information. People buried: Jesse Day, Charley Edens, Helen Farmer,
Delbert Hisel, Eliza Hisel, Jackson Hisel, Annie Joyce, Paul and
William Linville, Virgie McAdams, Freeman Purdy, Reger, Clement
Cottom......and 30 unmarked graves. I hope this info will help you -
Oh yess the land description is NW1/431-12-22
Blessings, Judy near Cheyenne
Mrs. Klina Casady's book "Once Every Five years" and this is her
record from the Cheyenne Star. "On the night of April 4, 1934, a rain
fell in this county that measured 13.79 inches by the government
gauge. Hundreds of head of hogs, cows, horses and other livestock
were strewn along the course of the Washita River. Later
carcasses of these were burned by the State Health Department. Miles
of railroad track were washed away. Telephone telegraph, and high
line poles for conveying electricity were swept down stream with the
flood waters. The estimate of damage in this county was more than one
and one-half million dollars. But the greatest loss was that of human
life. 17 persons in the vicinity of Hammon awakened from sleep by a
25foot wall of water sweeping down the Washita lost their lives in
the deluge. Many others barely escaped death by clinging to
housetops, trees or other debris carried by the flood waters. The
rain started about 6 p.m. and continued more than 5 hours. Cheyenne
was without electric or telephone service for 40 hours. During the
downpour water poured through buildings on Broadway causing great
loss to buildings and merchandise. The soil, left with practically no
vegetation, left Roger Mills County a barren wasteland -- a real
dust bowl."
Blessings, Judy near Cheyenne
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