ARTERBERRY, James Franklin "Frank"
Born: 9 Oct 1854 (Jackson Co.) TN
Died: 2 Apr 1935 near Olney, Coal Co., OK
Buried: Moore Cemetery, Clarita, Coal Co., OK
Occupation: coal miner in IL, farmer and Church of Christ minister
Married first on 11 Feb 1873 in Perry Co., IL to
PEAK, Mary E.
Born: circa 1856 IL
Died: [between Oct 1883 and 1890 (Cooke Co., TX or Chickasaw Nation, IT)?]
Buried:
Daughter of
[They had no children on the 1880 census and probably had no children when Frank married again.]
Married second circa 1889-90 in Chickasaw Nation, IT (OK) to
WHITE, Amanda Ella "Mandy" - widow of Alfred Taylor BROWN
Born: 2 Jun 1857 KY
Died: 16 Feb 1930 Childress Co., TX
Buried: Fairview Cemetery in Memphis, Hall Co., TX
Daughter of
[Amanda's children from A. T. BROWN were Mary E. (wife of Melvern JETER), Andrew J., Estella G. "Stella" (wife of William Robert OZMENT), and John Alfred.]
Children:
1. Lila Jane
b: 24 Dec 1890 near Lebanon, Chickasaw Nation, IT (Marshall Co., OK)
d: c1943 TX
bu: Fairview Cemetery in Memphis, Hall Co., TX
m: James Harvey WIDENER
[ch: Lonnie James Franklin, Opal Inez (wife of Alvin YARBROUGH), James Charley and Loyd Lee]
2. Jerome
b: Aug 1893 near Lebanon, Chickasaw Nation, IT (Marshall Co., OK)
d: c1900-06 after falling on a pitchfork while playing in the haystack
bu: near Lebanon, Marshall Co., OK
3. William T.
b: Feb 1896 near Lebanon, Chickasaw Nation, IT (Marshall Co., OK)
d:
bu:
m: Sadie FARMER [per Bill Bates]
[NOTE: There is a marriage record for William T. ARTERBERRY, age 23, to Bertha LAWSON, 18, on
23 Dec 1917 in Carter Co., OK (both residents of West, Logan Co., OK). The witnesses to this marriagewere Walter Nicholson and John Burk, both of Dundee.]4. Henry
b:
d: [died young]
bu: near Lebanon, Marshall Co., OK
NOTE:
The 1860 census listed Frank's year of birth as 1855 and the 1880 census listed it as 1851. Then the 1900 census has it as October 1851. His grave marker has 1854.
Frank's family left OK circa 1906 and moved to Montgomery Co., AR and filed or homesteaded on 160 acres of land southeast of Mount Ida in the Owley community. They moved to Childress Co., TX circa 1929 and lived in the area near the border of Hall Co. After Mandy's death, Frank lived with the family of his daughter Lila then moved to OK in 1931 to stay with his step-son Andy Brown where he died.
Information also from:
William D. "Bill" Bates of Antioch, CA [grandson of Estella (Brown) Ozment]
Opal (Widener) Yarbrough [information sent by her to Bill Bates in 1993]
