463. Anna Blanche Cutter (George William , Richard , Samuel , Ephraim , Richard , William , Richard , Samuel ) was born on 28 May 1874 in Halstead, Harvey, Ks. She died on 17 Dec 1954 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. She was buried on 20 Dec 1954 in Enid Cemetery, Garfield, OK.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:Genealogy Records from Joe LONG, Richardson, TX
!CHILDREN:Has daughters; Mrs. Chester HUNTER, Waukomis, OK, and Mrs. E. L.
Anna married Richard Grant Yeakey on 1 Jul 1893 in Watonga, Blaine, Ok.
MARRIAGE:Genealogy Records from Joe LONG, Richardson, TX
OBITUARY:Enid, Ok, "New and Eagle", March, 1944: FRIDAY SERVICE SCHEDULED FOR GRANT YEAKEY - Pioneer Resident Died From Burns Suffered Two Weeks Ago.
The body of Grant Yeakey, pioneer of Enid, will be buried in Enid cemetary with a Masonic Blue lodge service Friday afternoon following the funeral at 2
o'clock in the Henniger funeral home chapel. Rev. B. M. JACKSON, pastor of the First Baptist church, will be the officiating minister.Two weeks ago he received burns in an explosion at his home, 824 South Grand,
which proved fatal Wednesday afternoon at the hospital here where he received
treatment. His age was 79.Survivors include his wife of the home, a son, James G. YEAKEY of Enid; two
daughters, Mrs. Chester HUNTER, Waukomis, and Mrs. E. L. GRAHAM, Denver, Colo; two grandsons, one in the army and one in the navy; two grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Alma ROBERTSON, Mrs. Myrtle GREGORY and Miss Cora YEAKEY all of Washington, D.C.
Richard and Anna had the following children:
481 M i James G. Yeakey 482 F ii Laura Yeakey Laura married E. L. Graham. 483 F iii Yeakey Yeakey married Chester Hunter.
466. Thomas Richard Cutter (Henry Munson , Richard , Samuel , Ephraim , Richard , William , Richard , Samuel ) was born on 29 Apr 1866 in Bloomington, McLean, Il. He died on 7 Aug 1924 in Crescent, Logan, Ok. He was buried in Crescent Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH:CUTTER Family Bible and 1870 Census for DeKalb Co, Mo, Colfax Twp.
MARRIAGE:Handwritten copy of Family History made by Etta GREENWAY CUTTER
received from Reva CUTTER BEST.DEATH:CUTTER Family Bible and Genealogy Records prepared by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER.RESIDENCE-LAND:Resided in IL, MO, KS, and in OK homesteaded NW Sec 25-18-4-W
Logan County, about 4 miles north of Crescent. (above Family History)THOMAS RICHARD (DICK) AND MARY ETTA CUTTER
By Marlene Skouby Tappan, Granddaughter, 1995I never had the privilege of knowing my Grandpa Dick Cutter, since he had,
long before my arrival, gone home to be with Jesus when my Mom was only 12
years old. But I can tell you what I've heard and what I have put together in
my mind of my Granfather.
I won't try for dates, because I can't remember dates, it's as simple as
that.
I've heard about a mighty man who was conscientious to always do what is
right. He would raise his own father's family before he would have a family of
his own. That speaks volumes of his character.
I've heard of a terrible and violent flood in Guthrie, Oklahoma, that
would wipe out all his belongings and yet this man, who started from scratch,
came back to own a large farm of Crescent, Oklahoma, and more property in Enid,
Oklahoma. This farm still brings blessings to his children and their children
and their children's children. All this tells me of a hard working man,
determined and persistent.
I know that he found a lovely young wife who's name was Mary Etta but
everyone called her Etta. They had eight children. One little one, called Baby
Ellen, only lived a few months and it was a terrible blow to this family to
lose her. My Mom (Mae Cutter), Aunt Reva and Aunt Ruby, refer to my Grandpa as
Papa. I've heard them say that Papa sat up with them at night when they were
sick and that he could cook better than Mama. That he would do the awful duty of
emptying those "slop jars". I believe he had a great love for his wife and his
children and probably had to help with the ones old enough to not still be
nursing or yet in the womb.
There was a time that they lived in a dugout on that farm and that Papa
kept it cleaner and the dish towls whiter than anyones.(A pretty good trick
in that red dirt country).
The house in Enid, located at 1114 E. Broadway, was very nice and there
was a place for cows and they sold milk for a while. Streetcar tracks ran in the
street on Broadway and they could easily go to town and back. I was born in
that house and in fact I spent the night of my 16th birthday in the same bed
and same room that I was born in. That doesn't happen much any more.
My Mom says that Papa was a horse trader and he always had mighty fine
horses, even a crooked neck mule that loved to dunk her in the stock tank every
chance he got. They had cows, chickens, pigs and geese and lots of hard work.
Everybody had a job to do.
When my Mom was saved at a Revival, papa insisted that she be baptised in
a deep pool of water on Skeleton Creek. Mom says it was winter, the the water
was icy cold, but her Mama said it wouldn't hurt her and it didn't. But she does
remember it! It also tells me that my Grandparents had sound beliefs in
Christianity and that is important to know.
My Grandfather would die suddenly. A shock to all that this giant of a man
who seemed so healthy and so very loved was gone. My Mom has no memory of those
days following his death or his funeral. She remembers a man putting her on a
horse to go for help when Papa was stricken and then the man decided to go
himself because, after all, my Mom was only twelve. Aunt Ruby, Aunt Reva and
Aunt
Mary lived the house at Enid. Ruby already worked for SWBT and overheard a
telephone conversation that someone said to another "I heard Dick Cutter
dropped dead this morning" but she hoped she had misunderstood. When she went
home for lunch she asked Reva and Mary if they had any news from the farm and
they hadn't so she was relieved, but it was true. Richard Junior would faint
at the news and could hardly be brought back to consciousness.
My Grandmother Cutter must have so dearly loved this man, that she was
never the same again and withdrew within herself and stayed at the farm for
many years. When I came along as her 9th grandchild, well that wasn't too
exciting for her anymore. I believe her last days were spent struggling with
the disease we now call Alzheimers. She talked only of Ma or Pa and her
brothers and sisters, but she'd still sing grand old gospel songs in her sweet
clear voice.
I know I would have loved that man my Mom calls Papa and I know that the
things I have heard about him have all been good. A man can't leave a better
legacy than that, can he?
Thomas married Mary Etta Greenway daughter of George Washington Greenway and Sarah Griffen Smith on 30 Jun 1897 in Guthrie, Logan, Ok. Mary was born on 22 Dec 1876 in Albany, Gentry, Mo. She died on 23 Dec 1963. She was buried in Crescent Cem, Logan, Ok.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:Handwritten copy of Family History made by Etta GREENWAY CUTTER
received from Reva CUTTER BEST.DEATH:CUTTER Genealogy Records prepared by Nina CUTTER MESSENGER and Obituary.
(see below)RESIDENCE:In 1941 lived at 1114 E. Broadway, Enid, OK
CHILDREN:All eight of her children were born on the farm 4 mi n of Crescent.
Dr. W. S. KENDELL was the family physician for all the children.OBITUARY:From the Enid Morning News, Deember 25, 1963: RITES THURSDAY FOR MRS.
MARY CUTTER. Final rites will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, at the Methodist Church,
for Mrs. Mary E. CUTTER, Crescent, who died at her home Monday.
Rev. E.E. HOLMBERG will officiate and burial will be in the Crescent
Cemetery under the direction of Abernathy Funeral Home.
A native of Albany, MO, she moved to Guthrie with her parents. She married
her husband, Thomas Richard, and they moved to Crescent. Later the family moved
to Enid. She was a member of the Methodist Church in Crescent.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Harold STIGER, Mrs. A. L. OLIVER,
Mrs. Russell BEST, all of Enid; two sons, Thomas R. Jr. and Albert of Crescent;
one sister, Mrs. W. W. Willson, Guthrie.
Her husband, a daughter and son preceded her in death.
Thomas and Mary had the following children:
+ 484 F i Reva Hazel Cutter 485 F ii Ruby Edna Cutter was born on 10 Nov 1900 in Crescent, Logan, Ok. She died on 1 Jan 1993 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. She was buried on 5 Jan 1993 in Enid Cemetary, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:CUTTER Family Genealogy Records prepared by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER. Was born on a Saturday evening on the family homestead according to
a Record of her Family History prepared by Mary Etta GREENWAY.
CHILDREN:No issue
RUBY EDNA CUTTER OLIVER (1900-1993)
BY HER NIECE, MARLENE SKOUBY TAPPAN, 1995
My Aunt Ruby was born 34 years before me and I can not remember a time when she,
just like my Mom, wasn't looking after me. But not only me, but my sister all
19 of my cousins, because her 21 nieces and nephews were her family
Aunt Ruby worked 45 years for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company as a Service
Observer and never ever missed a day of work in all that time. She worked shift
work which means days, evenings and night work and even "double backs, yet she
was always dependable.
In 1945 she married A. L. (Jack) Oliver and they made their home in Enid. Jack
was a very fine automobile painter but the fumes from that job was to
eventually cause his death from emphysema and asthma in 1967. Before I move on,
I must relate to you their love story that really began when
they were but yet teenagers and very much in love. Jack would
give to his sweetheart a beautiful ruby engagement ring and they made plans to
marry. (Aunt Ruby would wear that ring the rest of her life.) A job seperation
and faulty mail delivery caused a communication problem that kept them apart
for the next 26 years but true love won out in the end.
Aunt Ruby loved her family unconditionally and her pets. She was a "woman's
libber" before it was ever a popular thing but she did it with class and
earned it. She had the only job in the whole family during those long, hard
depression days and she shared her wealth. I dare say that everyone who reads
this was helped financially by her and they never even had to ask. If she saw a
need, she supplied it. She was Christianity at its best because
being Christian is meeting other people's needs.
Aunt Ruby always saw the best in everyone, she always excused anyone's faults,
and was a fierce, independant business woman in the world. Many a business
person knew they had met their match in her. She knew and understood politics,
keeping herself informed and was a staunch Democrat, "just like Papa", she'd
say.
Aunt Ruby thought I could do anything and encouraged me to try, she'd let me
paint and wallpaper and patch holes in walls and lay carpeting and linoleums
and do woodworking. I used meter babes and fixed mop boards and even hung a
door, just she and I. No one else ever thought I could do those things, but she
did. We had such fun together and accomplished great things.
I remember sitting in her lap as a little girl, driving her car as we journeyed
to Crescent, Oklahoma, to see other Aunts and Uncles and Cousins. I
remember the gum she always had for us kids and words of encouragement.
She always knew a funny story or a joke and I can hear her laugh even
now.
I remember once when she showed up at our house when our children were little
with a package of pork chops saying, "I bought too many of these and I'm afraid
they will spoil", and we'd know full well she'd bought those just for us.
Many the times she'd do something special and salvage our pride at the
same time. It was a gift she had.
Aunt Ruby spent a month with us in South Texas and it was our pleasure to show
her the sights of Texas. The ocean, ships, shrimp boats, shells, bridges, sea
birds and fishes. She was such a delght, always asking questions and learning,
telling jokes and remembering what she saw. In fact, on all the trips, Phil and
I ever took, we always took her along with us in spirit because we'd
leave her maps and an itinerary and she would faithfuly follow us day by day
with her love and prayers for us and when we'd call home to "check in"she
always knew our progress. Once, I remember, she even had a letter waiting on
us, to read when we arrived at our destination.
Aunt Ruby was fiercely independent to the end of her life, still driving her
car and determined to take care of herself. She was her own fine doctor and
never was hospitalized. She knew about home remedies and vitamins and it must
have worked fine because she lived 93 wonderful years until God called her home
to Glory and to her rewards.
This is such a short biograhy for such a grand lady who always was concerned
about fashion and makeup and being a proper lady in dress and language, who was
a perfect daughter, a loving wife and a devoted Auntie, buddy, friend, pal
and, sometimes, evan a 2nd mom.
Aunt Ruby knew about "agape", not the hugging and kissing, but the Love that
loves unconditionally. We all have been blessed by this Grand Matriarch! How we
thank our Lord for Aunt Ruby!!
OBITUARY!DEATH:Obituary from Enid News & Eagle 4 Jan 1993
Ruby E. Oliver, age 91, of Enid, died Friday at her home. She was born November
10, 1900, on a farm near Crescent, OK, to Thomas R. and Mary Etta Greenway
Cutter. She attended school in Crescent and moved with the family to Enid, OK,
in August of 1920.
On May 1, 1946 she married A. L. (Jack) OLIVER
and they made their home in Enid, He preceded her in death on November 28, 1967.
She was a 45 year employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and during
those years, she was never tardy or absent. She was a member of the Telephone
Pioneers in Enid and a member of the Church of Christ.
She is survived by two sisters, Reva H. BEST of Enid, and May C. SKOUBY of
Tulsa, OK, and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband , she was
preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers. Our Aunt Ruby will be
greatly missed.
Funeral services for Mrs. Oliver will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Ladusau-Evans
Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.'s Jack and Jerry CUTTER officiating. Burial
will follow in the Enid Cemetary under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral
Home. Memorials may be made to Gideon International with the Funeral Home
serving as custodian of the fund. The family will be at the home of Phil and
Marlene TAPPEN at 605 Applewood in North Enid.Ruby married Asa Leon "Jack" Oliver on 1 May 1946. Asa was born on 28 Feb 1901. He died on 30 Nov 1967.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:CUTTER Family Genealogy Records prepared by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER.+ 486 M iii Thomas Richard Cutter + 487 M iv Albert Henry Cutter + 488 F v Mary Etta Cutter 489 F vi Sarah Ellen Cutter was born on 20 Aug 1910 in Crescent, Logan, Ok. She died on 23 Oct 1910 in Crescent, Logan, Ok. She was buried in Crescent Cem, Logan, Ok.
BIRTH-DEATH:CUTTER Family Genealogy Records prepared by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER and handwritten record of the family by Mary Etta GREENWAY. Was born
on a Saturday PM, died on a Saturday AM on the family homestead 4 miles north
of Crescent, OK.+ 490 F vii May Caroline Cutter 491 M viii Merle Elwin Cutter was born on 24 Mar 1915 in Crescent, Logan, Ok. He died on 4 Oct 1950 in Los Angeles, Ca. He was buried in Crescent, Logan, Ok.
BIRTH-DEATH:CUTTER Family Genealogy Records prepared by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER. Was born on a Wednesday evening on the family homestead 4 miles
north of Crescent, OK. Also from records of Reva CUTTER BEST.
MILITARY:Was in WWII. On 23 Nov 1941 he was in the Phillipines.
STATE OF ILLINOIS SERVICE RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE was awarded to Merle E.
CUTTER "Having served patriotically and faithfully in the Armed Forces of the
United States during World War II, is hereby awarded this Citation for
meritorious service by the grateful citizens of the State of Illinois. Given at
Springfield, Illinois this year of our Lord, 1947, by the Service Recognition
Board." Signed by Les M. BOYLE, Adjutant General, Dwight H. GREEN, Governor,
and Richard Yates ROWE, Treasurer.
Merle's name is listed on the Memorial in Enid, OK. This memorial was
dedicated in 1953 and honors veterans from Garfield County. (photo in file)
NOTE:Never married - no issue.
From Newspaper 23 Nov 1941
MERLE CUTTER
"Now on his way to the Philpine Islands where he is assigned for duty is
Private Merle Cutter, son of Mrs. Mary E. Cutter, 1114 East Broadway. Recently
he spent a ten day furlough at home and upon his return to Camp Roberts,
Calif., where is was stationed, received orders for duty on the islands."
OBITUARY:Received from Reva Cutter Best, typewritten extraction:
Merle Elwin Cutter was born March 24, 1915, at Crescent, Oklahoma, to
Thomas Richard and Mary Ettie Cutter. He departed this life October 4, 1950, at
Los Angeles, near Englewood, CA, at the age of 25 years, 6 months, and 10 days.
He was preceded in death by his father, and one sister, Sarah Ellen.
He lived with his parents, on the farm near Crescent, until he was five
years old, when he moved with the family to Enid, Oklahoma. He attended school,
and finished his education in the Enid High School. As a child he attended the
Methodist church at Crescent; and various churches elsewhere.
For two years he was employed a grain sampler by the Rhodes Grain
Inspection Company of Enid. Merle was inducted into the U.S. Army of World War
Two from Chicago, Illinois, March 12, 1941. He took his Basic Training at Camp
Roberts, California, where he was assigned Administration N.C.O. In November of
1941, he was sent to the Pacific theater where he spent three years. During
that time he saw active service in Australia, the East Indies and New Guinea.
He received the American Defense Service Ribbon and one Bronze Star; the Good
Conduct Medal; the A.P. Service Ribbon; and two Bronze Service Stars. Sgt.
Cutter was returned to the U.S. November, 1944, and was stationed at Percy
Jones Hospital Center, Ft. Custer, Kalamazoo, Michigan. He received his
Honorable Discharge from the Separation Center, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, August
15, 1945.
After service with the armed forces, he took up his residence with his
mother in Enid until July, 1946 when he went to California where he was in the
real estate business for three years. At the time of his death he was employed
by the Research Aircraft Company of Los Angeles, California.
Merle had a wonderful personality and in his extensive travels, and at
home, he has made many friends who will mourn his passing.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his beloved mother, Mary Ettie Cutter of
Enid, Oklahoma; his brothers, Thomas R. Cutter and Albert Cutter, of Crescent,
OK; his sisters, Mrs. Russell Best, Mrs. Jack Oliver, Mrs. Harold Stiger, and
Mrs. Fred Skouby, all of Enid; and many relatives and friends.
467. Ellen Cutter 1 (Henry Munson , Richard , Samuel , Ephraim , Richard , William , Richard , Samuel ) was born on 17 Nov 1867 in , Mo. She died on 2 Jun 1943 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. She was buried in Enid Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH: Henry Munson Cutter and Carolyn Fry; "Family Bible"; 1835-1935; Birth,
Death and Marriage Pages; Original in possession of Nina Cutter Messenger,
copies in possession of Betty Jo Scott; Copies incorporated in Book THE CUTTER
FAMILY - FOUR HUNDRED YEARS by Betty Jo Scott.BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Nina Cutter Messenger; CUTTER FAMILY GENEALOGY RECORDS;
1835-1989; ; Copy in possession of Betty Jo Scott; Incorporated in Books One
and Two THE CUTTER FAMILY - FOUR HUNDRED YEARS by Betty Jo Scott.UPDATE: 1994-09-25
THE IREY FAMILY
By Ellen Roberts
Simon and Ellen (Cutter) Irey, with their two daughters, Mabel and Maude, cam
to Oklahoma to Orval Cutter's place that he had settled in 1889, south of
Marshall. The line was just north of Marshall for the opening of the cherokee
Outlet. They stayed with Orville, (Ellen's brother) until the opening of the
Cherokee Strip in 1893.The surveyors came in ahead of time and laid off sections and miles, placing
corner stones and a "dead man"or big rock buried in the middle of the road of
each mile for the surveyors to go by. While they were staying with Uncle
Orville, grandmother had a son born named Harry and a daughter, Lula. Mother
(Mabel Irey) was 4 or 5 years old. They came in a covered wagon with things to
start a new home in the new country. They had such things as cows, chickens,
grain, etc. There wasn't anything here, only Prairie grass, no roads.This line they were to be along for the race to claim land, was just on the
north edge of Marshall to the Kansas Line. People lined up on the North Line
and some came from the South Line. They ran the run with horses, or used
covered wagons, horse-drawn, to stake their claims. They carried stakes with
flags on them to put on the corner and center of the section they claimed
before someone else tried to claim it.At 12:00 Noon, September 16, 1893, when the guns sounded, off they went. An
Uncle of ours, Joe Gibson and family, had come to Uncle Orville Cutter's to
make the run also, so he and our grandfather staked claims eight miles straight
north of Marshall, Oklahoma in Garfield County. Grandfather rode a white texas
pony while Uncle Joe rode a sorrel mule. Grandmother Irey and children followed
in a covered wagon. Grandfather had told her he would keep going straight
north. There were no roads, fences, bridges, just buffalo wallows and cowboy
trails where cattle had been driven from Texas to Dodge City, Kansas, to
market. Grass was real tall. That year was so dry that there were a lot of
prairie fires and dust so bad they could hardly see where the markers, corners
and center of the sections were laid out.Grandfather put his stake at the corner and then at the center of Section
27-21-4, Garfield County. They had to sleep by the stake to keep others from
trying to steel their claim and some people were killed. Uncle Joe got the
section south of grandfather. They stayed with the claim until they could go
into Enid at the county seat to file their claim to homestead the next day.
They would take the wagon and go back up to Kansas to get things along that
they needed, such as grain to plant after they got the sod broken. Some lived
in dugouts. My Uncle Joe had two dugouts. I don't know if Grandfather used the
one or not. He had one on each quarter. I don't know how long it was before
grandfather got lumber and built a small home and added to it later on. He also
addedlarger rooms, then added the upstairs. By this time, trains were hauling
in wood and supplies through Enid sough and over to Perry east. They would make
trips with a wagon back to Kansas. They would have to ford the river up by
Saltfork, Oklahoma or Tonkawa. Some times water would be high and hard to get
across. Aunt Aude said one time grandfather had the wagon box tied to the
running board or they would not have made it. The water was up. To keep from
turning over when the wagon would sway, they would lean to the opposite side to
help keep it straight and keep them afloat, till they could find a place where
the horses could climb the banks. These years were hard. They brought hedge
apples from Kansas, soaked them in milk, planted them around fields and
pastures to grow to make posts. They were so close they used as a fence. Later
they stretvched barb wire fastened to these trees making the second fence. Most
of the trees grew over the wire. Now I am second generation, we are cutting out
these trees between sections (1980) and making corner posts and fire wood. This
makes the third fence since the opening of the Strip. There were very few trees
when this land was opened for homes. So these trees had to be planted. Now our
state has all kinds of trees; cedar, elm, hackberry, oak, hickory, cottonwood,
etc. We cut the hedge for the corner post and buy steel posts and steel barb
wire to make the fence. Tese posts we are making, when set, they probably will
last the next generation, thay are so large. They hauled the sand rock that the
cellar was dug and walled up with from over by Perry, Oklahoma, that is about
18 miles to the east of the homestead.Just certain towns were set up in the counties for County Seats where supplies
could be bought, such as lumber, etc. and hauled by wagons. They started
building barns, graneries to store grain in. Each year they would tear out more
sod to farm and plant more ground. Some of the Cutter relatives of ous began to
buy land that some of the homesteaders had starved out and sold. There was
quite a few within a mile or so from grandfather's home. Cousins all grew up
together as neighbors going to the same schools. At first they had to go north
of Douglas which was the little town 2 1/4 miles west of frandfather. Later a
nice one room school was built on a corner of Uncle Joe's east quarter, so that
was only a mile east. They saw cousins almost every day at school or working
together. One day when grandfather was in the field, grandmother came out to
tell him the cows had gotten in the corn. She saw smoke coming out of the barn
and when she got there, Mabel, Maud and Harry were setting in the manger
watching straw burn that they had piled up to light. If it had been a little
longer they would have been burned up. So they got a good whipping. Their
brother, Harry, ran in the house and hid under the bed; ;he was 21/2 yearts
old. They were old enough to know better but it did happen. (Aunt Maude told us
of this.)One of the teachers that taught in this country school was Angie Debo and she
lived in the Irey home for two yearts. She taught at the little school they
called "Cracker Box"which later was Diamond District 94.Mother and Aunt Maude helped grandpa plow and do field work when they got old
enough to handle the horses. Grandfather bought mother and Aunt Maude a horse
and buggy so they could go places. Grandfather took good care of the horses. He
worked when it was time to do field work from 6 to 6 in the day time with an
hour rest at noon. He rested them all day on Sunday and stopped to let them
rest in the field so the didn't get tired out too much.The dyptheria was awful bad. Harry and Lula died three days apart when they
were about 11 and 12 years old. They are buried 5 miles soulth of Covington on
74 highway where there was a church named Bethel. The church is gone but the
cemetery remains. Two children were born to the family later. Iva Anna on
December 19, 1904 and Raymond A. on May 15, 1909.When one of the Uncles names Sam Cutter and Bessie moved down to Chattanoga,
Oklahoma (this town is close to Lawton, Oklahoma where Fort Sill was an Army
Base already then) mother went down by train. Trains were crossing the state
all directions by this time and when she went to visit the Sam Cutters she was
about 18 years old. While there she met out father Isaac (Ike) Roelse.He was young cowboy, I guess you could say (he broke horses to ride). He was a
plasterer by trade in those days. They lived in dugouts, which they plastered
the dirt walls, and built chimneys. The plastered wooden fram buildings inside
were later to be painted, till paper was made to be put on the walls. Mother
stayed awhile with this aunt and uncle. Daddy's parents didn't live too far
away. When they went to church Ike would come and go to church with them so
they got pretty well acquainted. His father was a veteranarian and Doctor of
people, too. In those days there weren't very many Doctors or Vets.Isaac came to the Irey home to get married on July 1, 1908, to Mabel Irey by
Rev. W. J. Forshee and witnessed by J. P. Gibson and Angie Debo. They went back
to Chattanoga, Oklahoma, to live. While there, a son was born who didn't live
and is buried in a cemetery west to the corner of town, north 3 miles, west 2
miles. While they lived there grandmother, Elizabeth Roelse, died and she is
buried in the same cemetery. In 1917, grandfather Peter Roelse, died in Enid,
Oklahoma, and father took his body to be buried with grandmother.Mother and daddy later had two sons, Irey Lewis and Arthur Alvin, and they
lived in Arkansas awhile before moving to a farm two miles east and 1/2 north
of Douglas, known as "Grandpa's Eighty". I was born Ellen Elizabeth. My folks
found it hard to try to farm at this time so they moved to Enid. daddy worked
for the Enid Water Works, night watched for Newmans, and later worked at
Champlin Refinery and helped to take care of lawns at the city park. We
children were getting prety good size. We had two more sisters born while in
Enid; Dorothy June and Maudie Esther. Daddy said town was no place to raise
children. Daddy got to rent a farm and bought the horses and cattle from Mr.
Scott Rather, two miles east and one mile south of covington.About the time we were getting ready to move a neighbor lady that we had all
become good friends with, died leaving a large family. He wasn't able to take
care of them, so he put some out in homes. One was about the age of Irey so the
folks felt sorry for him. They adopted Emory, 10 years old. Then we moved to
the farm. We all learned a lot. One time the boys saw a black and white kitty
on the train track which went beside the farm. They tried to get the kitty off
the track and it turned out to be a skunk. So mother had the boys bury their
clothes for awhile and clean up. We hard hard times with six children to make a
living for. We learned to milk cows and usually I got more milk on myself than
in the bucket. I can remember when the 64 highway was being built. They used
horses to make the shaping and grading of the sides so the cement could be run.
Men brought teams from all over the state to work on this highway. Even our
father worked, then on week-ends. They would leave our yeard full of wagons and
teams for father to water and feed until Monday morning and get back on the
job.I was always tagging daddy around and one day when he was going to work some
groundI stood in the gate to keep the mule colts from following their mothers
that daddy was driving, until daddy could get through the gate, to shut it. The
colts kicked me and knocked me down. I was knocked unconscience for awhile. So
I learned in farm life one had to be cautious. About two years later we moved
over on Grandpa Irey's farm as he and grandmother had moved to Enid, we Aunt
Iva and Uncle Raymond could go to high school. While here we still worked hard
and learned a lot.Daddy would put soles on our shoes, mother made all our clothes; boys shirts,
under clothes and all we girl's clothes but socks and shoes. Some relatives
would send us clothes they couldn't use any more and mother and Aunt Dora and
Aunt Bessie would make clothes over for us. The boys worked with horses,
helping daddy with field work, raising big gardens, milking a bunch of cows,
hogs, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks and guinnies. We raised most of our
living. All had to be done with horses. We would go to Douglas to church every
Sunday if the weather wasn't too bad. A lot of the time, Uncle Joe's would come
along with hay bales and quilts over the wagons. We children, mother and Aunt
Dora would set on bales and have lanterns in there to help keep us warm. Daddy
and Uncle Joe would ride in the seat to drive the horses. He had a blanket and
gloves made from a horse that had died that he had tanned. This was real warm
and broke the cold.I can't hardly remember when we were just family alone. There was always
someone staying with us; an Aunt Lib, Grandfather Irey's sister, stayed a long
time; Uncle Sam Eisen and Aunt Iva; Grandmother Irey and Uncle Raymone. One
time there were 13 of us.When Arthur was in the 7th or 8th grade, he had penumonia real bad. We used to
have lots of snow blocked roads. This was the way it was when Arthur was sick.
When he got over it the Dr. said he better not get it again. So mother,
grandmother, Arthur and Raymond went to Colorado and stayed all summer so he
could get over the penumonia better. They rented a restaurant and ran it to
help pay their rent and bills. While they were gone, we girls learned to cook,
wash and all of the things to keep up a home. We made bread, dressed chickens,
even if we had to carry it to the field for daddy or the boys to kill for us.
We learned to pick collon, chop cotton, hoe corn. We all had a busy life and a
lot of happy times.To make Christmas money I would go at night with brother Arthur to hunt skunks
and oppossoms. We had a good dog but the folks wouldn't let us use a gun so
Arthur had gotten a hedge limb that made a good club. We would take it, the
lantern and the dog, and when it got dark we would strike out. We were told to
go just 1 1/2 miles north or 1/2 mile south. When the dog would bark we would
start running in the direction we could hear the dog. When we got close I took
the lantern and Arthur the dog would kill the skunk with the stick. They had to
be careful not to ruin the hide for we didn't get much for skins if they were
torn. We got 50 cents for opposoms and 75 cents for skunks, if they had two
stipes it was $1.50, depending on the season. Most every time we went out we
came back with all we could carry. We didn't get stunk on except from carrying
them. I'll bet we smelled anyway! Our noses would run and our eyes sure
watered. The dog usually got the worst of the smell. I think daddy helped skin
and stretch hides on boards with salt to cure them.We picked cotton for Uncle Joe. In the fall, indians would come through from
out west going to Pawnee. We would be coming home from school when they would
be starting camp on Uncle Joe's east place in a low spot where a pond is now.
That was always quite a sight to see. They were always trying to trade horses.
Then we came into the days of cars and, later, tractors. That was when daddy
quit farming for he tried to drive the car and ran it up a bank west of the
home. Then he never could get the hang of tractors. Mother was getting tired of
the hard work on the farm.All of we children were getting married. Arthur had met a Covington girl, Ruth
Boepple. They went together until she finished school and they were married
first. I had met Lloyd Truman Roberts at a square dance party. We went together
three years and were married. Maudie had met and gone with Chester Paul Mercer
from Hayward and they got merried. Dorothy had met Ruth's brother, Edward
Boepple, and gone with him. When she graduated from high school, they were
married in Kansas. Irey met and married Anna Mae Murry in Kentucky. Later, Irey
was drafted in the Army (World War II). Irey died June 19, 1979. Emory had left
our family and went to Pampa, Texas, to his sister when he was a freshman or
sophmore in high school. So he didn't come back to be part of our family. I
lost Lloyd April 4, 1961. We all had children but Irey. They all were little at
the same time and all grown up at one time. I had married Lloyds brother, Ellis
Roberts, June 19, 1964, and he died February 3, 1979, with a massive heart
attack.
(Note: My mother wanted to write this story including the Cutters and Ireys
because if the family history isn't written up on these two families this
information will eventually be lost history for future generations. Aunt Mude
Daugherty is 92 years old and helped mother with a lot of the story. Esther
Roberts Roever, 1980)MY GRANDMOTHER, ELLEN (CUTTER) IREY
By Jane (Irey) RobertsI would like to mention my Grandmother Irey (my father, Raymond's mother). I
was a very young child, maybe four or five years old, and she was up in years.
Every day she took a set time to be alone and read her bible. She never missed
a day reading out of it. The reason I know this is because she lived with us
during the last years of her life. She was so kind and sweet and I remember
missing her so very much after she passed away.
Ellen married Simon Irey 1 son of William Lewis IREY and Lucetta HUGGINS in 1886. Simon was born on 1 Feb 1856 in , Oh. He died on 26 Jun 1930 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. He was buried on 29 Jun 1930 in Enid Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Nina Cutter Messenger; CUTTER FAMILY GENEALOGY RECORDS; 1835-1989; ; Copy in possession of Betty Jo Scott; Incorporated in Books One and Two THE CUTTER FAMILY - FOUR HUNDRED YEARS by Betty Jo Scott.
DEATH-BURIAL: Letter to Ethel Gibson Hubbard; 30 Jun 1930; handwritten from
Molly Cutter Johnson;; original in possession of Betty Jo Scott.All ancestor info for Simon d/l from Family Search GEDCOM submitted by Parna P. Hale, 78763 Rat Creek Rd, Cottage Grove, OR. 97424
FAMILY:Simon had a sister called "Aunt Lib". Lived in Tulsa for awhile. Had
brothers, Enos, Scott Lee and Chase, a nephew, Lee O. IREY, son of Scott Lee.
Also Harl was a relative. (see obits in file)RESIDENCE:Moved into Enid, OK, and lived for many years at 720 E. Broadway.
(PK of researcher)BIOGRAPHY:(From the Garfield History Books, written by C. T . SHADES)
"When the husband is gone, the cattle get out. And that's the way it was on the Simon Irey farm 4 miles north of Crescent, O.T., one hot July day in 1889 (this date should probably be 1893). Of course, the wife Ellen Cutter Irey went immediately to the field to try to drive the cattle back into the pasture. It was then that she saw smoke coming from the top of their straw-covered barn. Running to the barn she found her three children, Mabel, Maude, and Harry,sitting in the barn with a burning pile of grass in front of them. They were going to make some smoke signals. The two girls got a switching right then and there, but Harry was able to get away, run to the house and hide under the bed.
The Simon Irey family had come to this farm in Old Oklahoma to wait the
opening of the Cherokee Strip. While there, they farmed the land. But when the great day came, Sept. 16, 1893, Mrs. Irey, her children, and an uncle, Orville Cutter, drove to Marshall to watch the start of the big race. Simon rode a white Texas pony. A friend, Joe Gibson, rode a sorrel mule. After going 8 miles north they staked the claims about 2 1/2 miles east of Douglas. Simon build a two-room, story and half, house. Joe Gibson chose to live in a dugout.Somehow the Irey family survived drought, storms, and hunger. They were
more fortunate than some of their neighbors as they had a few chickens, some
pigs and a cow. They took wheat to a mill in Marshall and had it ground.One summer of childhood is especially vivid to Maude. It was the summer in which her grandmother died (Simon's mother) and Maude's father had to take her back to Marion, Ohio, for burial. All summer long Maude and her sister Mabel plowed the fields. What Maude remembers most was the terrible heat and the long, long days.
OBITUARY:From Enid Morning News, 26 Jun, 1930: IREY SERVICES MAY BE HELD ON
SUNDAY. The funeral of S. J. Irey, 72, Garfield County pioneer who died in his sleep sometime Thursday night, will probably be held Sunday. Exact time for the services will be set when word has been received from out-of-town relatives.Mr. Irey is survived by his widow, a daughter, Iva and a son Raymond, of
the home, 720 East Broadway, and two other daughters, Mrs. Mable Roelse of
Douglas and Mrs. Maude Daugherty of Waukomis.The body is being cared for at the Henniger-Allen Funeral Home.
UPDATE: 1994-09-25
They had the following children:
+ 492 F i Mable Irey 493 F ii Maude I. Irey was born on 30 Nov 1888 in Newton, Harvey, Ks. She died on 28 Feb 1988. She was buried on 2 Mar 1988 in Waukomis Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Nina Cutter Messenger; CUTTER FAMILY GENEALOGY RECORDS;
1835-1989; ; Copy in possession of Betty Jo Scott; Incorporated in Books One
and Two THE CUTTER FAMILY - FOUR HUNDRED YEARS by Betty Jo Scott.
BIOGRAPHY:(Taken from the Garfield County History Books, and various newspaper
clipings from the Enid Morning News.)
Maude Irey was born 30 Nov 1888, at Newton, Kansas. Her father, Simon Irey,
made the run into the Cherokee Strip and settled 2 1/2 miles east of Douglas,
OT. She has primarily lived in the Douglas and Waukomis communities.
She started working on the farm at a young age and attended the "Cracker
Box" school up to the 8th grade. One of her teachers was Angie Debo. Ms. Debo
is a nationally known historian, a member of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, and a
winner of two major national literary awards, the A.A. Knopf Fellowship prize
for her novel "Prairie City", and the Dunning Prize of the American Historical
Association. Her portrait, painted by Charles Banks Wilson, hangs in the state
capitol. She has written 13 books. Ms. Debo roomed with the Irey family. She
and Maude remained lifelong friends. As a young woman Maude studied drapery
making in Oklahoma City.
She had said she was a fast starter at some things and got a slow start at
others. She milked her first cow when she was 6 years old, but she was 86 when
she first tried her hand at painting.
She married Les Daugherty on Aug. 23, 1917, and they moved to Waukomis
where they rented a thirteen room hotel from Les's brother, but they were only
able to operate it eleven months when Les was called to war. Maude followed her
young husband to Texas so she could be near him during his training. She took a
position in the Officer's Mess Hall, but she had to walk two miles back and
forth to work. That fall Les got the flu. Thousands died throughout the United
States with the flu at that time. Maude had to walk three miles to visit him at
the camp site. There was no hospital, just cots lined up outside the barracks.
But on Nov. 11, 1918 the Armistice was signed and Maude came back to Waukomis.
Her husband arrived home in December.
They bought the brother's hotel and operated it three years before
building a new structure on the Waukomis main street called "Daugherty's
Luncheonette". Two years later they build a 40' x 100' addition which was a
skating rink and basketball court. The local school had no court, so they
played their games here on what was probably the finest court in Garfield
County at that time. People drove for miles to get to skate on this fine roller
rink. The community was very fortunate to have such a fine amusement place for
both young and old. Maude repaired roller skates and kept them running, kept
the rink clean, helped run the cafe and did some baking.
One time Maude and Les were special honored guests at the annual alumni
banquet when hundreds of former students tried to show their appreciation to
Maude and Les for the many years of happiness they had brought to the
community. The business was sold in 1957 and the couple entered other kinds of
business in the community.
Maude enjoyed quilting and made and gave away 30 quilts. She drove her car
until January of 1987 (she was nearly 99 years old). She was known for her
friendliness and spunk, for lending a helping hand to friends. She is a 75 year
member of Order of Eastern Star and belonged to the Waukomis Chapter. She first
joined OES at Marshall. She was was member of Highland Jolly Peppers Extension
Homemakers Group. She also enjoyed fishing.
She was a long time member of the United Methodist Church of Waukomis
where she taught Sunday School. After Les died in 1974 she continued to live in
her home in Waukomis until her death.
OBITUARY:The funeral for Maude Daugherty, 99, who died Sunday at an Enid
hospital, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Waukomis First United Methodist Church
with the Rev. Kent Wood officiating. Burial will be at Waukomis Cemetery,
directed by Brown Funeral Home.
The former Maude Irey was born Nov. 30, 1888, in Newton, Kan. At an
early age she moved with her family to a farm east of Douglas. She attended
Cracker Box School. On Aug. 23, 1917, she married John Les Daughterty, in Enid.
During World War I, they both worked as cooks at Fort Sill in Lawton. They then
operated a cafe and skating rink in Waukomis for 50 years, retiring in 1950. He
died in 1974.
Mrs. Daugherty was a member of Waukomis First United Methodist Church, The
Waukomis Study Club and The Sons and Daughters of the Cherokee Strip Pioneers.
She was honored as grand marshal in Enid's 1986 Cherokee Strip Celebration
parade.
A 75-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, she first joined at
Marshall and later at Waukomis. She also taught Sunday school and was a member
of Highland Jolly Peppers Extension Homemakers Group.
Survivors include a sister-in-law, Ester Irey of Waukomis, and a
brother-in-law, Harry Brown of Joplin, MO.; and several nieces and nephews.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by three sisters and two
brothers. Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Waukomis First
United Methodist Church.
UPDATE: 1994-09-25Maude married John Leslie "Les" Daugherty on 23 Aug 1917 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. John was born on 22 Nov 1892 in Baird, Ks. He died on 3 Jan 1974 in Waukomis, Garfield, Ok. He was buried in Waukomis Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: Nina Cutter Messenger; CUTTER FAMILY GENEALOGY
RECORDS; 1835-1989; ; Copy in possession of Betty Jo Scott; Incorporated in
Books One and Two THE CUTTER FAMILY - FOUR HUNDRED YEARS by Betty Jo Scott.
And obituary published in the Enid Morning News.
Obituary in Enid Morning News as follows:
John Leslie (Les) Daugherty, 81, Waukomis, died late Thursday in his home
in Waukomis. He was born at Baird, KS, and came to Oklahoma with his parents in
1912, settling at Ada. Two years later they moved to Douglas and the following
year to Waukomis.
He was in the US Army during World War I and returned to Waukomis after
his discharge. He and Maude I. IREY were married August 23, 1917, in Enid.
Daugherty owned and operated a restaurant and skating rink in Waukomis
from 1921 to 1957. He was a member of the American Legion Argonne Post No. Four.
In addition to Mrs. Daugherty, he is survived by a nephew, Ray Daugherty
of San Gabriel, CA, two nieces, Mrs. Idell Rogers of Enid and Mrs. Muriel
Beller of Anadarko, a sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank Daugherty of Enid.
Funeral rites will be at 1 pm Sunday in the Waukomis United Methodist
Church with Rev. Richard F. Mauldin and Dr. C. T. Shades officiating. Interment
will be in the Waukomis Cemetery under the direction of the Brown Funeral Home.
The body will lie in state in the funeral home until noon Sunday.
Those who wish may make memorials to the Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation Cancer Fund or to the Waukomis United Methodist Church Building
Fund. Brown's will serve as custodian of the funds.494 M iii Harry Irey was born on 19 Jan 1890 in Newton, Harvey, Ks. He died on 5 Jan 1901 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He was buried in Bethel Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH-DEATH: Nina Cutter Messenger; CUTTER FAMILY GENEALOGY RECORDS; 1835-1989;
; Copy in possession of Betty Jo Scott; Incorporated in Books One and Two THE
CUTTER FAMILY - FOUR HUNDRED YEARS by Betty Jo Scott.
BURIAL:Ethel Gibson Hubbard Personal Interview;;by Betty Jo Scott;;copy in
file.
BIOGRAPHY: Lula IREY was born 27 Oct 1893 in Oklahoma Territory. She died of
diptheria on 8 Jan 1901 and is buried in the Bethel Cemetery, SE of Douglas,
Garfield County, OK. She was 7 years old. Lula was born one month after her
father had staked a claim in the opening of the Cherokee Outlet, Indian
Territory.
BIOGRAPHY: Harry Irey was born 19 Jan 1890 in Newton, Kansas. He died of
diptheria on 5 Jan 1901, three days before his sister, Lula, died. He is buried
in the Bethel Cemetery, SE of Douglas, Garfield County, OK. He was 11 years old.
UPDATE: 1994-09-25495 F iv Lula Irey was born on 27 Oct 1893 in , Indian Terr, Ok Terr. She died on 8 Jan 1901 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She was buried in Bethel Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH-DEATH: Nina Cutter Messenger; CUTTER FAMILY GENEALOGY RECORDS; 1835-1989;
; Copy in possession of Betty Jo Scott; Incorporated in Books One and Two THE
CUTTER FAMILY - FOUR HUNDRED YEARS by Betty Jo Scott.
BURIAL:Ethel Gibson Hubbard Personal Interview;;by Betty Jo Scott;;copy in
file.
BIOGRAPHY: Lula IREY was born 27 Oct 1893 in Oklahoma Territory. She died of
diptheria on 8 Jan 1901 and is buried in the Bethel Cemetery, SE of Douglas,
Garfield County, OK. She was 7 years old. Lula was born one month after her
father had staked a claim in the opening of the Cherokee Outlet, Indian
Territory.
UPDATE: 1994-09-25496 F v Iva Anna Irey was born on 19 Dec 1904 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She died on 11 Aug 1985 in Joplin, Mo. She was buried on 14 Aug 1985 in Mem Park Cem, Mo.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Nina Cutter Messenger; CUTTER FAMILY GENEALOGY RECORDS;
1835-1989; ; Copy in possession of Betty Jo Scott; Incorporated in Books One
and Two THE CUTTER FAMILY - FOUR HUNDRED YEARS by Betty Jo Scott.
OBITUARY:From an August, 1985, issue of the Enid Morning News. Dateline
Joplin, MO.
The funeral for Iva A Brown, 80, who died Sunday in a Joplin, Mo., hospital
after an illness of several weeks, will be at 10:30 am Wednesday in the Ozark
Memorial Park Cemetary at Joplin. Services will be by the Ruth Chapter No. 177
of the Order of the Eastern Star with arrangements by Parker Mortuary, Joplin.
Mrs. Brown was born Dec 19, 1904, in Douglas. She moved from Oklahoma
to the Joplin area where she lived most of her life. She and Harold Brown were
married March 25, 1962, in Miami, OK. They owned and operated the Missouri
Mercantile Company at Joplin.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Ruth Chapter No. 177 of the Order of the
Eastern Star; Ozotus Chapter No. 5 of the White Shrine of Jerusalem and the
Ladies Organization of the Elk Lodge No. 501.
Survivors include her husband, Harold; a sister, Maude Daugherty,
Waukomis, and several nieces and nephews.
UPDATE: 1994-09-25Iva married (1) Sam Eisen. Iva married (2) Harold Brown on 25 Mar 1962. + 497 M vi Raymond Irey
468. Sarah Elizabeth Cutter (Henry Munson , Richard , Samuel , Ephraim , Richard , William , Richard , Samuel ) was born on 7 Jan 1870 in , Mo. She died on 9 Feb 1905 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She was buried in Covington, Garfield, Ok.
SARAH CUTTER GIBSON
By Betty Jo Gibson Scott, 1996
Sarah was born in DeKalb County, Missouri and came to Harvey County, Kansas in the Halstead/Newton area with her parents when she was was about 12 years old. Census records show her father was a farmer. Shortly after they moved to Kansas her father, Henry Cutter, Sr., died suddenly. He was only 48 years old. This must have been a great loss to the large family of nine children ranging in age from one to nineteen. A great deal of responsibility was placed on the shoulders of the two oldest children, Orville & Richard, since they were 17 and 19. Sarah was 13 and her older sister, Ellen, was 15 and her younger sister, Molly, was 11. The four youngest children were Henry, 9; Sam, 6; Nate, 4 and John, 1. The three sisters were of help in the care of the four young boys.
When Sarah was 19 she had met a young cowboy, Joe Gibson, 27 years old, and they were married in Halstead, Kansas. He was a close friend of her brothers and may have ridden the cattle drives with the older ones. In 1993 they moved to the Cherokee Outlet in Garfield County, Indian Territory, where Joe had claimed land east of what was to become Douglas, Oklahoma. He built a one room dugout for them to live in until he could get a house built. He soon added another room and they had a two room dugout but they had to come up out of one to go into the other.
Sarah's sister, Ellen, had married Simon Irey, and Simon and Joe made the race for land together and settled on adjoining claims. Her younger sister, Molly, had married Dan Bierschbach in Halstead and they remained in Kansas and made their home there.
Sarah had two children born before1902 but they did not survive and were buried beneath the china berry trees on the family homestead. Finally in 1902, after she had been married 13 years, she gave birth to a little girl, Ethel. Then in 1905 she gave birth to another little girl, Blanche. However Sarah died due to complications from childbirth a week later. Joe was overwhelmed with the loss of his wife and the care of two motherless babies. Sarah's sister, Ellen, who lived nearby, was a great help to Joe with the care of the two little girls but he had them with him as much as possible. Aunt Emma Gibson Hodo also came and stayed awhile to help.
(Also see Cutter Genealogy)
Sarah married Joseph Philander "Joe" Gibson son of Williamson Osborn Gibson Rev. and Mary Frances Glore on 17 Oct 1889 in Halstead, Harvey, Ks. Joseph was born on 18 Mar 1862 in Old Mines, Washington, Mo. He died 1 on 8 Mar 1947 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He was buried 2 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok.
JOE & DORA (PIPER) GIBSON
By their daughter, Betty Jo Gibson Scott, 1996
Joe Gibson was born in Old Mines, Washington County, Missouri in 1862, just at the beginning of the Civil War. He was the son of Rev. Williamson Gibson and Mary Glore. He was one of 16 children, 13 lived to adulthood. Three of the children died due to typhus. According to Joe, his father was "a red-headed, Scot-Irish, hell-fire and brimstone, circuit riding Primitive Baptist preacher." They also lived in Crawford and Oregon Counties, Missouri, until they settled near Pine, Ripley County, Missouri (after Joe had left home).
Joe left home at a young age and worked as a cowboy on the cattle drives between Texas and Kansas. He had only had two years of schooling when he left home and was 21 years old when he got the equivalent of an eighth grade education. He was a self-taught man and had a very bright, active and inquiring mind and could read, write and express himself very well. He had auburn hair and blue-green eyes and was 6' tall until a fall from an apple tree broke both legs. His legs did not heal properly and after that he was bow-legged and it also affected his walk a bit. He had a beautiful tenor voice and sang a solo in church just a few weeks before his death at age 85. He learned to read music by the old shaped note method and had a song book with the shaped notes that he sang from every evening after his bible study.
While living in Kansas in early 1893 he heard of the opening of the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma where people wanting their own land could participate in the "great land run of 1893" and if they were lucky, they would be able to stake a claim on 160 acres. He came to Oklahoma, along with Simon and Ellen (Cutter) Irey and stayed with his brother-in-law, Orville Cutter, who had secured his land in Logan County around 1889. He was elated when he got his claim and immediately set about building a dugout where he and Sarah could live until he could get a proper frame house built.
He farmed, raising wheat and other grains and large plentiful gardens. For awhile he raised broom corn and made brooms to sell. With the advent of the automobile, he was also a car dealer, working from his farm home, for awhile. He donated the northeast corner of his land so a school house could be built there. It was named Diamond School but everyone called it "Crackerbox".
It was at church that he met his second wife, Dora May Piper. She said the first thing that impressed her was his devotion to his two little girls. He was struck by her dark brown sparkling eyes and dark hair, 21 inch wiast and shyness. He was 43 when he married Dora, age 21, and they were to have 9 children, Dora's parents were John Piper and Josephine "Josie" Wollam and both were of german descent (See Chapter 10) Her mother died in childbirth when Dora was 8 years old. John then married Alice Roberts, who raised the 6 children.
Dora was a soft spoken, gentle and compassionate lady, always ready to help a neighbor, and raised a large family. I never heard her complain or talk about other people. She worked long days just like Joe. She did a lot of canning and preserving; made most of the family clothes; did nice hand work and never sat in a chair without a piece of mending in her hands.
Joe and Dora were active in the Douglas Christian Union church and after they moved to Douglas they never missed Sunday morning sunday school, church service, Sunday evening service and prayer meeting on Wednesday nights. Joe had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to play practical jokes on his family and friends. He was an avid Democrat and loved to "discuss" politics with his father-in-law, John Piper, who was only one year older than Joe and a staunch Republican. He was a hard worker and worked long days to support his harge family.
In September, 1928, they moved to a dairy farm near Covington. After nine months they moved near Hayward and ran a dairy there for a year. Then they moved to Covington where he ran a small grocery store specializing in his home butchered meat. The depression was on by this time and times were very hard. He never refused credit to anyone in need of groceries to feed their families knowing it was unlikely they would ever be able to pay. After his mother-in-law, Alice Piper, died in December, 1932, they moved to Douglas to make their home with John Piper. He immediately set about buying all the vacant lots in Douglas for back taxes, then he proceeded to clear them and plant them all in fruit and vegetables. The cellar was always full for the winter with all kinds of home grown and home canned meat, vegetables and fruit and the smoke house was full of cured beef and pork. He raised cattle, pigs, chickens, planted an orchard, and sold milk to townspeople.
He used horses to work the ground and there was a large barn, granary, pig pen, coal shed, kindling shed, chicken house, garage, and of course the outhouse, behind their house on the large lot. He had a pasture at the edge of town for the cows and horses. The horses, Dan and Fanny, eventually died at a ripe old age, and Dora thought that now he wouldn't work so hard. Much to her dismay he bought a pair of mules and kept on working as hard as ever.
Sundays were always a big day in their home and at times all six leaves were used in the table and they still needed two sittings to handle all the children and grandchildren that had come to visit. All of their social activites had to do with the school, church, community and family.
Joe did not have a child until he was 40 and then raised 10 children. I was born when he was nearly 67 years old. Mother told me that one of his prayers was that he remain healthy and able to work until I became of age. He died at the home in Douglas at the age of 85, when I was 18. I never knew him to spend one day in bed but in 1947 the barn and all of the outbuildings burned and he seemed to lose the twinkle in his eye. Soon after that he became ill and lived for only 2 weeks.
With his family gathered around his bedside his last words were "I see the light" with a look of wonderment on his face. He was a devoted family man and was respected and loved by many people. After Joe's death Dora lived in the home, with the exception of a year in Oklahoma City with her daughter and a time spent in a nursing home after she broke a hip. Her daughter, Lula, moved to Douglas to live with Dora so she could be in her own home. She died there in 1970 after a lengthy illness with her daughters at her side. She welcomed death because, after many years, she was "going to be with Joe". Joe and Dora were god-fearing, loving people and it is with gratitude and pride that I call them Mom and Dad.(My memories of my parents do not include living on the family homestead since they moved from there when I was born, so I write mostly of their later years.)
They had the following children:
498 M i Infant-1 Gibson was born in 1893/1901 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He died in 1893/1901 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He was buried in 1893/1901 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. 499 M ii Infant-2 Gibson was born in 1893/1903 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He died in 1893/1903 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He was buried in 1893/1903 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. + 500 F iii Arva "Ethel" Gibson + 501 F iv Sarah "Blanche" Gibson
469. Mary Rebecca "Molly" Cutter (Henry Munson , Richard , Samuel , Ephraim , Richard , William , Richard , Samuel ) was born on 9 Nov 1871 in Dekalb, Dekalb, Mo. She died on 20 Nov 1965 in Colorado Springs, Co. She was buried on 24 Nov 1965 in Colorado Springs, Co.
BIRTH:CUTTER Family Bible Record (copy in file)
MARRIAGE:From CUTTER Family Genealogy prepared by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER.OBITUARY from the Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, CO, Tuesday,
November 23, 1965: "Mrs. Mary Rebecca Johnson, widow of William P. Johnson, and
long a resident of Colorado Springs, died Saturday at a local nursing home
following a long illness. She made her home for many years with a daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Cox, of 200 Cherokee St.
Mrs. Johnson was born Nov. 9, 1871, in DeCalb County, MO. She came to
Colorado Springs in June, 1921, and had resided here since that time. She was a
life member of the North End WCTU, a member of the Women's Bible Class of the
First Methodist Church, a charter member of American War Mothers, a member of
the Women's Relief Corps, the University Park Methodist Church in Denver and
was active in Red Cross work in Newton, Kan., during World War I.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Hilda E. Cox, 200 Cherokee St.;
Elsie Mae Henderson, Parsons, Kan.; Alta Hunter, Ridgewood, NJ., and Sylvia
Christian, Denver; two sons, Howard Bierschbach, Limon, Co, and Clarence
Bierschbach, Oxnard, CA. A son, Clifford, died March 28 1961. Mrs. Johnson was
the last member of nine children. Many nephews and nieces survive her.
Funeral services will be held at 1 pm Wednesday at the Swan Drawing Room.
Dr. LeRoy AREND will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetary.NOTE:Letter dated 23 Oct 1896, from Molly Cutter Bierschbach, in Halstead, KS,
to her sister and brother-in-law, Joe and Sarah (Cutter) Gibson, at Douglas, OK
"Dear Sister and Brother:
I thought I would answer your kind and welcome letter that we received
some time ago.
We are all well at present but the baby he is not very well. The folks up
home are all well as far as I know I was up there last week. The boys have
there corn all shucked but some in the shock they said they had about 1200
bushels. Sam is working for Sam Shafer. Henry is hauling milk and Nathan is
going to shool. Well Sarah, Elsie and Howard cried several times to go to see
Aunt Sarah, evertime they see a coverd wagon they say there comes Aunt Sarah and
I wish you folks was close enough so we could to to see you I have been so
lonesome ever since you went back. I had peaches to use till the 7th of this
month we had lots of late peaches I made 8 1/2 for the boys. Well I have lots
to do now. We went to Wichita and got a lot of winter clothing and I have
sewing enough to keep me busy two months. Mrs. Steele kept the baby while we
was gone to Wichita. Well Sarah I am going to close for this time for Dan is
nearly ready to go to town. So good by. Hope this will find you all well, send
my love to all of Ellens folks tell Ellen I will write some of these days.
P.S, Susie Bousman and Adam Teaster was married last Thursday.
Yours Truly Molly Bierschbach." (Original in possession of Betty Jo Scott)NOTE:Letter dated 22 Oct 1896 from Dan Bierschbach to Joe and Sarah Gibson.
"Friends Well as it is raining to day i thought i would write you afew
lines to let you know that we are not dead yet. wheat looks pretty well
considering the dry weather corn is not as good as last year I have just began
gathering i expect you are through how is the corn down with you this year well
Joe i have sowed more wheat this year than ever wheat on early plowing looks
good but late plowing dont look so well i guell it will come allright now since
the rain Joe how is the broom corn business did you raise lots of broomcorn and
how did your wheat turn out. i only got 13 bu. to the acre but that was a good
quality tested 61-62 to the bushel. Wheat is worth 66 to 64 cts per bushel now
well Joe I have 60 head of hogs this year guess i wont have much corn to sell
till i fatten off my hogs I guess my corn will make about 30 bushel to the acre
Albert is still working in the Newton creamry he gets $35 per month he is
engineer at the cremery. Guess i will come to a close for this time excuse poor
writing and mistakes as molly is going to write some more I will quit for this
time write soon Yours Truly D. Bierschbach"NOTE:Letter dated 30 Mar 1898, Halstead, Ks, from Molly Cutter Bierschbach to
her mother, Caroline Fry Cutter, and brothers, who were living in Oklahoma
Territory: "Dear Mother and Brothers, I thought I would answer your kind and
welcome letter that we received last Saturday was glad to here from you and to
hear that you were all well. We are all well at present and I hope this will
find you all the same.
Well we have been having some pretty bad weather up here on the 22 it
snowed and blowed all day. You can go to bed in the summer up here and wake up
in the winter and not sleep very long either last Saturday it was real warm and
Sunday morning it was awful cold and blowing and snowing - it has been colder
this month than last. I think that fruit wont amount to very much up here I
believe it is all froze. I guess the most of the oats is froze to. Well tell
the boys that Joe Fendrick has left home he is working for Mike DRUSE and
Frederick hired a tramp that came along. O yes before I forget it Mrs. ADDY
lives 19 miles west and 11 miles north of Enid I dont just know her post
office. you can find her any way. I think her post office is Hellena. Dan ask
R. BROWN a monday and he forgot what he said her post office was but if you go
where I have told you you can find her. did you know that Will HOLDER's wife
was dead she used so much morphine that it killed her she died the 15th she was
staying with Sam and his wife. They was doctoring her to cure her of the
morphine habbit I guess you knew Sam N. was married again he went back to
Indiana and married a lady Doctor back there close where his other wife lives.
John N. and Joe HAY have fell out Joe fired John. he is staying at HILLARDS the
folks where he goes to see the girl Susie and Adam Feaster live on the
Vetter(sp) place.
Carrie Thomas is running a coal office in Halstead where Marcey ust to be.
wouldent that cork you. Jerry Dunkelberger has a girl. Gozie(sp) Danner is here
on a visit. Zean Spors had a sale Monday I guess they are going to move to
Newton.
There hasent been no one married up here that you know since you left. Old
man Chappel's folks have left the Evanjelical Church I expect they will join
the Christian Church. Mr. Chappel said that Bill Spore said something about him
that offended him and he was just going to take his name off of the church book
and he did to. Sam got your letter for you but I havent seen it I am going up
there - the boys - tomorrow if it isent to cold to help them pick the geese and
Ducks. Sam is still hauling milk I guess he does better than ever he told Dan
over to town one day last week that he had 3 cans more than he could get in his
wagon. Helvie has moved to town and Sam got most of his customers. Sam has been
gathering up eggs for Art Lewellen he get 1 cent a doz and gets about 60
to 75 doz at a time makes nearly as much as he does hauling milk he gets his
dinner at the resturant he gets his meals for 10 cents and he said when he
could get 60 or 70 cents worth of eggs he wouldent do with out his dinner till
2 or 3 oclock and have the headache all the time. they fired their hired man he
and Henry went out to cut Hedge and Henry said he would show him how he wanted
it done and then he would go back to the house and Henry said the boy cut a
little bit and knocked a hedge in his face and scratched his face and then he
got mad and began to swear and said he wouldent cut Hedge he ask Henry if he
dident have something else for him to do and Henry said yes for him to just go
to the house and gather up his close and he would be up there pretty soon and
pay him off. Henry has lots to do since Sam hauls milk ever day and since he
has got more it takes him all day. they put out 50 apple trees and they fenced
in all east of the house there for to keep the geese and Ducks in so they could
get all the eggs. they can go to the creek it is real nice and they made nests
all around in there for them to lay in. Well I was up to Newton again yesterday
me and Elsie and the baby Howard and Clifford stayed with Dan. I told the
children what you wrote about us coming down this fall that you was going to
raise some peanuts and Clifford wanted to go rite a way I guess I have wrote
all I know so write soon Good By From Mollie
That Dutch girl that came home with Martha D. went out to Colorado with
Lena Smith. She was here on a visit from Colorado.
Mary married (1) Daniel Bierschbach in 1891. Daniel was born about 1866. He died in Newton, Harvey, Ks. He was buried in Newton, Harvey, Ks.
BIRTH:1895 Decennial Census of KS, Vol 154, Film 0570285
MARRIAGE-DEATH:From CUTTER Family Genealogy prepared by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER.
Daniel and Mary had the following children:
+ 502 F i Elsie May Bierschbach + 503 M ii Howard Bierschbach + 504 M iii Marion Clifford Bierschbach + 505 F iv Sylvia Bierschbach 506 M v Clarence Bierschbach was born on 1 Jan 1899. He died in Jun 1980 in Oxnard, Ca.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:From CUTTER Family Genealogy prepared by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER.
RESIDENCE:According to his mother's (RIN 1134) obituary, was living in
OXNARD, CA, in 1965.Clarence married Berniece. 507 F vi Mary Alta Bierschbach was born on 29 Jun 1903. She died in Nov 1975 in Ridgewood, Nj.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:From CUTTER Family Genealogy prepared by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER.
RESIDENCE:According to her mother's (RIN 1134) obituary, was living in
Ridgewood, NJ, in 1965Mary married Frederick Hunter on 18 Sep 1926. + 508 F vii Hilda Bierschbach
Mary married (2) Julian Brown. Julian died in Newton, Harvey, Ks.
Mary married (3) William Johnson. William died before 1965 in Colorado Springs, Co.
470. Henry Munson Jr. Cutter (Henry Munson , Richard , Samuel , Ephraim , Richard , William , Richard , Samuel ) was born on 22 Jun 1874 in , Mo. He died on 22 Oct 1927 in Covington, Garfield, Ok. He was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:CUTTER Family Genealogy Records by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER. CUTTER Family Bible (copy in file). Obitituary (see below)OBITUARY:Extracted verbatim from the Enid Daily Eagle dated 14 Oct 1927:
"FUNERAL SERVICES FOR HENRY CUTTER. The funeral of Henry CUTTER, 53, of
Cypress, Cal., who died in a local hospital last Saturday morning, was held
from the Christian church in Covington this morning, at 10 o'clock with Rev.
Carl COVEY in charge of the service. Burial was made in the Covington cemetary.
Mr. CUTTER was a residnet of near Covington in the early days but had
resided in California many years. A daughter and son whose homes are in Cypress
were unable to come for the service. Mr. CUTTER had come here to visit his
sister, Mrs. Simon IREY at 720 East Braodway, and his brothers near Covington.
Soon after his arrival he became ill and was in the hospital five weeks.
The body was cared for by the Henniger-Royer Funeral home.
Henry married Ella Glenn on 24 Feb 1900 in Halstead, Harvey, Ks. Ella was born on 28 Feb 1880 in Knoxville, Tn. She died on 17 Jan 1959 in Long Beach, Ca. She was buried on 20 Jan 1959 in Westminster Cem., Ca.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:CUTTER Family Genealogy Records by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER: CUTTER Family Bible (copy in file). Funeral memorial (see file)
!BURIAL:Buried in Westminster Cemetery, Westminster, CA (info from Reva Cutter
Best, 17 Feb 1994.
Henry and Ella had the following children:
509 M i Arthur Cutter was born on 27 Jan 1901. He died on 10 Feb 1969 in Westminster, Ca. He was buried in Westminster Cem, Ca.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:From Genealogy of the CUTTER Family by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER and personal interview and notes from Marjorie CUTTER SMITH and
Dorene WALLACE OLMSTEAD.No children.Arthur married Lucille. Lucille died in 1963.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:From Genealogy of the CUTTER Family by Nina CUTTER
MESSENGER and personal interview and notes from Marjorie CUTTER SMITH and
Dorene WALLACE OLMSTEAD.In notes given to me by Reva Cutter Best has her name
as Louise.+ 510 F ii Marjorie F. Cutter
471. Samuel Cutter (Henry Munson , Richard , Samuel , Ephraim , Richard , William , Richard , Samuel ) was born on 17 Oct 1876 in , Mo. He died on 15 Jun 1924 in Covington, Garfield, Ok. He was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH:Genealogy CUTTER Family Records by Nina CUTTER MESSENGER and the CUTTER
Family Bible. (copy in file)DEATH:Covington Cemetary Records from The Garfield County Cemetary Books, pub
by the Garfield County Genealogical Society. Note from Ellen Cutter Irey's
papers said: "Uncle Sam sick in Nove. 1 but had Thanksgiving dinner took bad
after died June 15. Dick, Aug 7 sudently. Orvil, June 20, 1918."
Samuel married Clara E. Bessie Dubbs daughter of John Alleman "Jack" Dubbs and Medora Suran. Clara was born on 22 Nov 1885 in , Ks. She died on 9 May 1961 in Covington, Garfield, Ok. She was buried in Covington, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH:Genealogy CUTTER Family Records by Nina CUTTER MESSENGER.
DEATH:Covington Cemetary Records from The Garfield County Cemetary Books, pub
by the Garfield County Genealogical Society. See Funeral Memorial in file.RELATIONSHIPS:Bessie DUBBS was the sister of Ethel DUBS, married to Samuel's
brother, John CUTTER.
Samuel and Clara had the following children:
+ 511 F i Gladys M. Cutter + 512 F ii Irene Dora Cutter + 513 F iii Naomi Cutter
472. Nathan Evans Cutter (Henry Munson , Richard , Samuel , Ephraim , Richard , William , Richard , Samuel ) was born on 21 Dec 1878 in , Mo. He died on 30 Dec 1935 in Covington, Garfield, Ok. He was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.
NATHAN CUTTER
By his daughter, Nina Cutter Messenger
Nathan Evans Cutter was born Dec. 21, 1878, to Henry and Caroline
Cutter, next to the yougest of their children: Orville, Dick, Ellen, Sarah,
Molly, Henry, Sam and John. He was born in DeKalb County, Missouri, and the
family lived there a few more years before moving to Kansas. They lived in the
Newton/Halstead area in Harvey County.
Nathan was only five years when his father died. His mother later bought
160 acres s.w. of Covington, OK. Before John and Nathan married their mother
divided the farm into 80 acres each and she moved into Covington and married
John Hohlman.
Nathan and Lettie Lorene Lunger were married May 5, 1903, and lived in a
very small 3-room house on their 80 acres. Two more rooms were added as their
family increased. They had 10 children: Eugene, Edith, Ellis, Ethel, Pauline,
Nina, Alice Belle and Derald Dean. They lost two infant daughters.
When our mother told us to do something, we didn't move very fast. When
our father told us to do something, we didn't lose any time, because he would
use a razor strap if we didn't follow orders.
My father provided the needs of his family from the 80 acres grandmother
gave him, he also bought another 80 acres nearby and rented another quarter
section. He made a living by farming, milking cows, and doing odd jobs like
unloading coal from a box car for a local elevator. You might say say he was an
all around handyman.
The land we lived on wasn't very suitable for a garden. Father was
determined to put fresh vegetables on the table, so he planted his garden in
the pasture, close to a pond. He then raised a good garden, and also provided
his own meat. One year he thought he had planted cucumbers. It turned out that
he had a wagon load of pumpkins.
My father was a quiet man. He had a way of reading and did not pay
attention to the noise we children were making. He was a hard worked.
My father and mother spent all of their married life on this one
farm. Father died suddenly in 1935 and is buried in the Covington Cemetary.
Nathan married Lettie Lorene Lunger daughter of Ferman Wesley Lunger and Mary on 10 May 1903. Lettie was born on 31 Aug 1886 in , Marshall, Ks. She died on 12 Nov 1956 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. She was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.
LETTIE CUTTER
By her daughter, Nina Cutter Messenger"Lettie Lorene Lunger was born August 31, 1886, in Marshall Co., Kans.,
daughter of Mary and Ferman Lunger, who came to Covington soon after the Strip
was opened, bringing their 3 children: Lettie, Wesley and Earl. Lettie Lunger's
mother had first married a brother of Ferman Lunger and they had 5 children:
Alice, Anna, Phillip, Allen and Willie. He died and Mary then married his
brother Ferman. Their daughter, Lettie, was my mother.
Grandmother, for some good reason, allowed Phillip to be adopted and he
took the family name of Billing. He went to college and became a lawyer. It was
several years before I met him, as his law practice was in the east. I never
did see Aunt Anna and Uncle Willie. Aunt Alice lived at Pryor and we saw her
occasionally. Uncle Allen was divorced and came to Covington to live the rest
of his years, a friend to everyone.
My Grandfather Lunger provided for his family by farming and doing odd jobs
wherever he could find them. Mother didn't finish high school, as she has to
help at home, which helped in later years, too, because she was a good cook and
seamstress.
My mother was a favorite cook of the community. One preacher would tell
her that her food was "musty"; "I must have some more." She was noted for her
angel good cakes. For a community affair, she sometimes baked as many as three
in one day. Having only one pan, she would bake them one at a time in the wood
stove. She knew exactly what size of wood to put in the stove to bake the cake.
The way I learned to make an angel food cake was a case of emergency. My
mother had promised to bake three cakes for someone. She got sick with a gall
bladder attack after she had baked two of them. It was up to me to bake the
last one. She directed me from her bed and when I was finished, mine was as
hight as hers. That boosted my morale, from then on I wasn't afraid to make an
angel food cake. Pauline was afraid to make an angel food cake and didn't try
until she had a cake mix to use.
Generally on Sunday morning, my mother would bake pies before she went to
church because very often we brought the preacher home for dinner. We thought
we had the preachers too often because when they appeared we had to put on the
Sunday manners. My mother cooked a lot during the week so therefore it was a
standing rule that everybody fix what he wanted for Sunday supper from the
dinner leftovers.
My mother always baked her own bread twice a week. We thought it was a
treat to eat bakery bread. The night before she baked bread we would have to
bring the everlasting yeast up from the cellar. Then we would mix water and
flour to it and let it sit overnight. We were never sure which one of us girls
she would call on to do that job. Anyway, we were rewarded when we came home
from school and could break off a piece of hot bread. We would then put good
homemade butter on it and have an after-school snack.
Mother had to go to the surgery for gall bladder surgery and it was a happy
day when she came home. The ambulance was just ahead of the school bus. One boy
made a smart remark about our mother riding in an ambulance. Pauline got so mad
she started crying but I didn't care, I was glad to see my mother come home.
We were a large family and everyone had to do his share of the work which
consisted maily of milking cows and churning butter. We kept several cows and
it was a job to bring them home at night and take them back in the morning.
My mother decided that she could make more money by churning the cream and
selling the butter by the pound. Money from the eggs and butter was then used
for groceries. That was one job that every one helped with. I remember a big
barrel shaped churn that was almost too large for a small child, but we all had
to help do this twice a week. We still have the trays mother put the moded
butter on to take to the grocery store.
Monday was wash day that was another job. Our first washing machine had to
be operated by hand. The day we got a washing machine with a gasoline motor was
a very important day in our lives. In our farm house we didn't have
electricity. Our wood-burning stove had a reservoir and no warming oven. Later,
we probably had a kerosene stove.
My mother believed in dreams. After Edith left home she would say, "I had
a dream about Edith last night, we should hear from her today". The majority of
the time we would get a letter.
The children all attended the little country school named "Cracker Box,"
(later named Diamond). It was the center of that community's social life. After
I completed my third year in school my father had our farm transferred to the
Covington school district. From that time on we were a part of the Covington
activities.
My older brother and sisters all attended Sunday School in Douglas. On
special days (if I promised to ge good) they would take me along. When the
local Christian Church was started in 1925, my folks were charter members and
were active in the church until their deaths.
My folks worked hard to provide for their family. Monday was always wash
day. The first washing machine was operated by hand. It was a happy day when
father bought a washing machine with a gasoline motor.
Another job that had to be done was ironing. Mother ironed many a shirt
with the old fashioned flat iron heated on a wood stove.
Mother was a good seamstress, she used one basic pattern but could make a
dress by looking at a picture of one in the store window or the catalog.
"store bought" dress to my 8th grade graduation.
The community always looked forward to mother bringing angel food cakes to
the social affairs. She baked these in a wood cook stove that didn't have a
temperature guage.
We were one big happy family. We didn't have to go away from home to have
plenty of excitement. If we couldn't stir up enough just in our family we had
plenty of relatives close by always willing to join in with us.
After father died in 1935 my mother stayed on the farm for a few more
years, then sold it to Uncle John's son, (Charlie Cutter), and that put our 80
acres back into the original 160 acre farm. Mother then bought a house in
Covington and lived there until her death in 1956.
My younger brother, Derald Dean, lived with mother until he went into the
service for his country and was killed in the European Theater."
Nathan and Lettie had the following children:
514 F i Infant Cutter was born on 2 Mar 1904 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She died on 2 Mar 1904 in Covington, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH-DEATH:CUTTER Family Records prepared by Nina CUTTER MESSENGER. Tombstone
says 1905 and since this stone was put up many years after death it is believed
by living family members that the date should have been 1904.+ 515 M ii Eugene Raymond Cutter + 516 F iii Edith Evelyn Cutter + 517 M iv Ellis Earl Cutter + 518 F v Ethel Ellen Cutter 519 F vi Alva May Cutter was born on 15 Jul 1911. She died in 1912 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH-DEATH:CUTTER Family Records prepared by Nina CUTTER MESSENGER.+ 520 F vii Eva Pauline Cutter + 521 F viii Nina Carolyn Cutter + 522 F ix Alice Belle Cutter 523 M x Derald Dean Cutter was born on 10 Jan 1924 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. He died on 23 Oct 1944 in , Italy. He was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.
BIRTH:CUTTER Family Records prepared by Nina CUTTER MESSENGER.
INFANTRYMAN
Newspaper Unknown
Pvt. Derald Dean Cutter, entered the Armed Forces on Jun 21, 1943, at Ft.
Sill, Oklahoma. He received his basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas, and was
sent overseas June 15, 1944, to be stationed in the African theater of
operations.
Pvt. Cutter is the son of Mrs. Lettie Cutter, Covington, and attended
Covington High School.
Before entering the service he was employed by the Imperial Core Drilling
Co., Coldwater, Kansas.
DERALD DEAN CUTTER
By his sister Nina Cutter Messenger, 1995
My brother, Derald Dean, was born January 10, 1924, at our farm home
southwest of Covington. This was the same place his other brothers & sisters
were born. He was much younger than the rest of us, he was five years younger
than Alice Belle.
Derald Dean went by the name of Billy. He was born a year before Edith
graduated from high school. Our mother had a one year old child to take care of
besides making three nice dresses that Edith used for her graduation dresses
and one was used for a wedding dress.
Maybe I didn't pay much attention to my little brother because I can't
think of many things about him. He was twelve years old when I entered Nurse's
Training. Most of what I remember was told by my cousin, Duane Lunger, who was
close to Billy's age.
Some understood that Billy didn't finish school because he had to take
care of our mother, but there is some dispute about that. I do know that our
mother went most of the places where he worked. He was 19 years old when he
started working in the oil field, details of his work is in his obituary so I
won't repeat it.
He was killed in action in Italy, October 23, 1944. That is one of the
difficult situations a family has to go through, just getting the message,
"Missing In Action". We received no details. In a short time we had Memorial
Services and then later a body was brought with a military guard in attendance.
This was a big comfort to mother when she thought his body had returned. I
don't know about the rest of the family but I wasn't too sure it was his body.
It was a very difficult thing to go through and my mother never did get over
the shock of losing a son in service. It was twelve years before her death. In
all problems our mother had Faith to go on with life but we could tell she was
never quite the same.
OBITUARY
From the Covington Record Newspaper
Derald Dean CUTTER, son of Mrs. Lettie CUTTER and the late Nathan CUTTER,
was born January 10, 1942, at the farm home southeast of Covington.
He attended Covington schools until December 30, 1935, when the death of
his father forced him to assist his mother in the work on the farm.
He joined the Christian Church, Covington, at the age of nine years.
In 1941 he and his mother moved into town where he worked at odd jobs
until May, 1941, when he was employed by the Imperial Core Drilling Co.,
Burnett, Texas. He was transfered to Port Saint Jo, Florida, and in January,
1943, to Texas, then to Coldwater, Kansas, where he was working at the time of
his induction into the Armed Forces on June 24, 1943, at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
He received his basic training at Camp Walters, Texas, but due to an
injury received, he was sent to Brooks Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, for three
months, after which he returned to Camp Walters completing his training there
on April 22.
Pfc. Cutter, after a short furlough spent with relatives and friends in
Covington, was stationed at Ft. Meade, Maryland, 30 days, then sent overseas to
the North African theatre of war. He was later transferred to Italy where he
474. John Ezra Cutter (Henry Munson , Richard , Samuel , Ephraim , Richard , William , Richard , Samuel ) was born on 11 Jun 1882 in , Dekalb, Mo. He died on 9 Dec 1937 in Covington, Garfield, Ok. He was buried in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.
SOURCE:Newspaper clippings, photographs, personal interviews and other
memoriabilia in the possession of Betty Jo Scott.Garfield Co. OK Marriage Records. Certificate #2014, John E. Cutter, age 20, born MO residence Shaner, O. T. and Ethel Dubbs, age 19, born MO, residence Shaner, O.T.
OBITUARY:(as written for the funeral service)
Mr. John Ezra Cutter was born in DeKalb county, Missouri, June 11, 1882. In
1883, with his parents, he moved to Halstead, Kansas, where he lived until he
was 16. The family then moved to Oklahoma, locating near Douglas, where has
been his home since.On Feb. 25, 1903, he was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Dubbs and to this
union was born six children, five daughters and one son.In the spring of 1916, he was converted in the Diamond school house, later
placing his membership in the Christian Union Church of Douglas where it
remained the rest of his life.Quite suddenly on Dec. 6, 1937, he departed this life, the last of six
brothers, at the age of 55 years, six months and 25 days. He is survived by his
wife and six children; Mrs. Florence Scott of Douglas; Mrs. Opal Weller of
Hutchinson, Kansas; Charley, Dora, Eula Fern, and Donna Marie, all of the home;
two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Irey of Enid and Mrs. Mollie Johnson of Denver, Colo.,
and give grandchildren and an unnumerable host of relatives and friends.Although Mr. Cutter was a very quiet man, never saying very much in public, he
was always ready to do what he thought was his duty. He was a loving and
confiding husband, a tender and affectionate father, and a good neighbor in the
sense that Christ spoke of neighborliness, always ready to help a friend who
was in need of assistance. The many friends and the respect in which he was
held in the community, testify that a good man has gone.
John married Ethel Dubbs daughter of John Alleman "Jack" Dubbs and Medora Suran on 25 Feb 1903 in Garfield Co, I. T.. Ethel was born on 7 Jun 1883 in Topeka, Ks. She died on 2 Jul 1954 in Covington, Garfield, Ok. She was buried on 4 Jul 1954 in Covington Cem, Garfield, Ok.
Family Records of Nina Cutter Messenger and Betty Jo Scott
Garfield Co. OK Marriage Records. Certificate #2014, John E. Cutter, age 20, born MO residence Shaner, O. T. and Ethel Dubbs, age 19, born MO, residence Shaner, O.T.
OBITUARY
Ethel Dubb Cutter died early Friday in an Enid hospital after an illness of one month. Funeral services were conducted by Rev.H.I.Jones at the Christian Union church at Douglas, Oklahoma, at 2:30 pm on July 4, 1954, under the direction of Henniger-Allen Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Covington Cemetery beside her husband.MEMORIAL FOR MRS. ETHEL CUTTER
Ethel Dubb Cutter was born June 7th, 1883, at Topeka, Kansas and passed away
July 2nd, 1954 at Enid, Oklahoma, age 71 years, 25 days.She came with her parents to Oklahoma in 1899 and lived in the Covington-Douglas ever since.
On Feb. 25, 1903, she was united in marriage to John Cutter, to this union five daughters and one son was born.
Mrs. Cutter was a member of the Christian Church of Douglas for many years but recently placed her membership in the Christian Church at Covington. She was interested in community life and had been a member of the Eastside Farm Womens Club and also "The Friendly Few". One of the beautiful attributes of her Christian character was "her desire to serve when and wherever she felt she was needed, this she unselfishly did at all times. Her home has been with her son, Charlie Cutter and grandson, Everett Ray, since the passing of her husband.
She is survived by her five daughters, Mrs. D. E. Scott, of Douglas, Mrs. Hugh Best of Hoisington, Kansas, Mrs. H. C. Weller, Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Chas. Gage, Englewood, Colorado, Mrs. Harold Gibbs, Indianopolis, Indiana, and her son Charlie of the home. Six sisters survive; Mrs. Bessie Cutter, Covington, Mrs. G. A. Jones, Texhoma, Oklahoma, Mrs. Glenn Heath of Texhoma, Okla., Mrs. Grace Boles, Durham, Calif., Mrs. W. E. Hobgood, Amarillo, Texas, Mrs. Bill Lasely, Stratford, Texas, one brother John Dubb, Texhoma, Okla., 13 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren, other more distant relaives. Her husband Mr. John Cutter proceeded her in death Dec. 6th, 1937, also her parents and one sister.
It is hard to realize today
That one so dear could go away and leave within the hearts an ache
And a silence love itself cannot break;
Yet greater than your grief
Must be the thought and precious memory of one whose life was such a part of all that was dearest to your heart,
And may the days in passing by - bless your heart with peace.
And thoughtfulness for each glad year - the one you loved spent with you here.
They are not dead -- who live in lives they leave behind;
In those whom they have blest -- they live a life again.
John and Ethel had the following children:
+ 524 F i Florence Cutter 525 F ii Dora Evelyn Cutter was born on 8 Oct 1906 in Douglas, Garfield, Ok. She died on 17 Sep 1994 in Sullivan, Ks. She was buried on 21 Sep 1994 in McPherson Cem, Ks.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:CUTTER Family Records prepared by Nina Cutter Messenger and
Betty Jo Scott
OBITUARY
Dora E. Best, 87, Sullivan, formerly of Russell, Kan., died at 1 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 17, 1994, at Sullivan Convalescent Center, Sullivan.
She was born Oct. 8, 1906, in Covington, Okla., to John and ethel Dubb Cutter.
She was a member of the Sullivan First Christian Church. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Hugh J. Best, who died in 1980; one brother Charley
Cutter; and one sister, Eula Fern Gage.
Survivors include three sister, Florence Scott, Enid, Okla., Dona Gibbs,
Sullivan, and Opal Weller, Denver, Colo; and other relatives.
Graveside services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at the McPherson City Cemetery at
McPherson, Kansas. There is no visitation. Family request that donations may be
made to the Sullivan First Christian Church Building Fund. Alexander Funeral
Home is assisting with arrangements.Dora married Hugh James Best son of William Breckenridge Best and Nancy Emily Williams on 16 May 1939 in Enid, Garfield, Ok. Hugh was born on 28 Mar 1896 in Eureka Springs, Ar. He died on 14 May 1980 in Russell City, Ks. He was buried on 16 May 1980 in McPherson Cem, Ks.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:CUTTER Family Records prepared by Nina Cutter Messenger and
Betty Jo Scott
OBITUARY
Hugh James Best, son of William B. and Nancy E. (Williams) Best, was born March
28, 1896, at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. His death occurred on May 14, 1980, at
the Russell City Hospital after a lengthy illness. His age was 84 years, 1
month and 16 days.
Hugh lived his early life in Missouri, received his basic education in the
rural school near the family home, and began his working years in the oild
fields at Guthrie, Oklahoma, later moving to Lyons, Kansas, and then to
Hoisington, Kansas. On May 16, 1939, he was united in marriage to Dora E.
Cutter at Enid, Oklahoma.
He made his home at Hoisington most of his working life, where he was employed
by Shell Oil Company in the Production Department as a Lease Operator. He
retired from Shell Oil in 1961 after 41 years of service with the company. In
the mid-1970's he came to Russell to reside at the AlaFern Nursing Home because
of his failing health. He could also be closer to family as Mrs. Gage was a
sister to his wife, Dora.
During his life he would spend much of his leisure time fishing and visiting
with his friends. He enjoyed people, loved music and was an avid reader. In his
later years his reading and listening to the radio filled many hours of the
day.
He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church, the Masonic Lodge of
Hoisington, and the Consistory and Shrine of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Those who preceded him in death were his parents; four brothers, Humphrey,
Howard, Russell and Louis, as well as two sisters, Clevie Robertson and Ethelyn
Rictor. He is survived by his, Dora, of AlaFern Nursing Home, and a sister,
Mrs. Callie Clark of Brush, Colorado, several other relatives and friends.
Services were Friday, May 16, 1980 at 10 am, at the Pohlman's Memorial Chapel.
Service was concluded by Masonic Rites conducted by Russell Masonic Lodge No.
177, AF & AM.
Interment is in the Mcpherson City Cemetery, Mcpherson, Kansas with Pohlman's
Mortuary in charge of the arrangements.+ 526 F iii Opal Ellen Cutter + 527 M iv Charlie Everett Cutter + 528 F v Eula Fern Cutter + 529 F vi Dona Marie Cutter