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Individual Record for: Ella Bernice Martin (female)

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!NAME: Ella Bernice "Bernice" Martin

!CENSUS: 1920 McIntosh County, Oklahoma. E.D., Number, 59. Sheet Number, 8-B. Burton Township . January 23, 1920.
Martin Orlando Head. Owned. Mortage. (m)(w) Age, 45. married-1. Can read, yes. Can write, ye s. Born Arkansas. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Illinois. English. Farmer. General Farm.
[Martin] Nora Wife. (f)(w) Age, 30. married-1. Can read, yes. Can write, yes. Born Indiana. F ather born Kentucky. Mother born Indiana. English. None.
[Martin] Helen Daughter. (f)(w) Age, 6. Single. Attended School, yes. Born Oklahoma. Father b orn Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Elston Son. (m)(w) Age, 5. Single. Attended School, yes. Born Oklahoma. Father bor n Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Ella Bernice Daughter. (f)(w) Age, 2 11/12 Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Moth er born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Mary T. Daughter. (f)(w) Age, 1 1/12 Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother bor n Indiana. None.

!CENSUS: 1930 McIntosh County, Oklahoma census. E.D., Number, 46-2. Sheet Number, 2-A. Burto n Township. 1930.
Martin O. L. Head. Owned. (m)(w) Age, 55. married. 38 at time of first marriage. Attended S chool, no. Can read & write, yes. Born Arkansas. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Illinois . Farmer. Farm.
[Martin] Nora Wife. (f)(w) Age, 40. married. 22 at time of frist marriage. Attended School, n o. Can read & write, yes. Born Indiana. Father born Indiana. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Helen Daughter. (f)(w) Age, 16. Single. Attended School, yes. Can read & write, yes . Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Elston Son. (m)(w) Age, 15. Single. Attended School, yes. Can read & write, yes. Bor n Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
Martin Bernice Relative. (f)(w) Age, 13. Single. Attended School, yes. Born Oklahoma. Fathe r born Arkansas. Mother born Inidiana. None.
[Martin] Mary Relative. (f)(w) Age, 11. Single. Attended School, yes. Can read & write, yes . Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.
[Martin] Nadeen Relative. (f)(w) Age, 5. Single. Attended School, yes. Can read & write, yes . Born Oklahoma. Father born Arkansas. Mother born Indiana. None.

!OTHER: Mary Thelma (Martin) Moore Thomas stated that while "Bill" Wells, William Terry Wells , was in the Army, that her sister Ella Burnice (Martin) Wells went back home to the farm i n MaIntosh County, Oklahoma to live with her parents, Orlands Martin and Julia Nora (Russell ) Martin while she was pregnant with Shelia and Burna Wells. Mary Thelma (Martin) Moore Thom as stated that her sister, Ella Burnice (Martin) Wells stayed with Uncle Rice's daughter, Mar tha Lee (Russell) Lewis in Henrietta, Oklahoma while she gave birth to Shiela and Burna. Mar y Thelma (Martin) Moore Thomas stated that later in life she was at the home of Martha's daug hter, Natella, when Hellen Clay (Martin) Duncan said, "Mary tell them how many children you h ave." Mother stated six children, and they all laughed. Mother thought that this was a refe rence to her being Mormon since they did not laugh at how may children Mable Nadine (Maritn ) Johnson Wilson or Ella Bernice (Martin) Wells had.

!OBITUARY: Elston C. Martin was born Sep. 13, 1914 in Hanna to Orlando and Nora (Russell) Mar tin, married Maurine Porak on June 29, 1946 in Muskogee, OK and died Monday, Nov. 27, 2000 i n the Muskogee VA Hospital. Services were Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Hanna foll owed by burial in the Dustin Cemetery under the direction of Black's Funeral Home, Eufaula . Survivors include his wife; a daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Larry Leichtman of Virgin ia Beach, VA; three sisters, Nadine Martin of Eufaula, Mary Thomas of Salt Lake City, UT an d Bernice Wells of Tucson, AZ; three grandchildren, David Leichtman of Norman and Laura and L ogan Leichtman of Virginia Beach, VA. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister , Helen Duncan. - THE INDIAN JOURNAL, Thursday, December 7, 2000.

!LETTER: Hanna, Okla. 9/18/17 - Mr. Loyd Martin, Salt Creek Wyo. Dear brother, Yours of the 5 th, inst. received the 17, was glad to hear from you. It seemes that you have been somewha t disconnected from this part of the country for some time Replying to your request as to whe re the folks are will say that I am very sorry to inform you that father died the 4th day o f last Nov. Mother and Zola lives at the old home place. I guess you knew that Zolla marrye d bout 3 years ago, last spring while she was visiting home her husband disappeared and has n ot been heard of since they lived at Miami Mo. [Oklahoma] Auvella married a fellow by the na me of Balentine and I think they are at Haskel Okla. Carl is a rig builder in the oil field h e gets bout $7.00 per day Arris joined the army last sping and is in training camp at Clarksv ille Ark. I dident think he was dam fool enought to do that Ed bought him a farm near Litt le Rock and moved there last winter. Gus is hear in this neighborhood. Mother says they hav e a fine crop on the old place, we have good corn and feed crop here but the worms have eat u p the cotton, but I don't have much of it only 8 acres. I have 12 head mares and colts als o 30 head of cattle am just finishing me a new house. What for a country is that out there ? You farming? or what are you doing and are you making any thing? Nora wants to know i f you can sing Casy Jones like you used to. Well the second one is named Elston the 3 one i s Ella Bernice baby girl and that is the crop I broke the machine. Well if you wish to kno w any thing more I can tell you. Very Truly O.L. Martin.

!OBITUARY: The Indian Journal, Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma Newpaper, Volume Ninety - F ive, Thursday, April 15, 1971. No., 34. O.L. (LANNY) MARTIN BURIED AT DUSTIN APRIL 8. O.L. (L anny) Martin was born in Clarksville, Arkansas, October 17, 1874 and died April 3, 1971 in Tu cson, Arizona. He was 96 years 5 months and 16 days old. He was visiting with his daughter , Bernice in Tucson enroute to El Paso to visit with his son, and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Elston M artin, then planned on returning to Lakewood, California where he had made his home the las t 2 years. Martin was married to Nora Julia Russell [Julia Nora Russell] on June 23, 1912 . They have five children, which survive. They are: Helen Martin Duncan of Lakewood, Califo rnia, Elston C. Martin, El Paso, Texas, Bernice Martin Wells of Tucson, Arizona, Mary Marti n Thomas of Salt Lake City, Utah and Nadine Martin Wilson of Del City, Oklahoma. He had on e brother, Arris Martin of Sacramento, California, one sister Zola Carter of Bartlesville, Ok lahoma, 23 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He came to Hanna, Okla., in 1908 and pu rchased the farm where he lived the rest of his life with the exception of the last few year s when he moved to Dustin. Some things worth recalling, spoken by a very old and very dear f ather were recalled by his son: "He took the scripture literally." The 23rd Psalm being hi s favorite, he said, "I never let the sun catch me still in the house when I was farming, ear ly to bed and early to rise." When asked by his daughters why he wanted to leave his farm ho me and move to Dustin, he said, "Here on the farm I have the best neighbors in the world, the y will do anything for me, but they are all young people and young people are busy. Dustin h as many retired men, I will have someone to visit with and play dominoes." His grandson aske d him why he never started to drink and smoke like many other men. His answer was "Becaus e I had better sence and I knew it wasn't good for me." He told of working with a crew of me n while building the telephone lines from Vinita, Okla., to Ashland, Wisconsin. He said "Mos t of the other men would collect their pay checks each weekend and head for the nearest tow n to drink and gamble and by Monday morning they were broke, but I felt that my money was har d to earn so I mailed it to the bank instead." One of his grandsons inquired as to why he wa ited so long to get married. He answered "When I was a young man a couple would get marrie d and live with one set of parents for awhile and then go to live with the other set of paren ts. I made up my mind that I would not get married until I had a place to take my wife." Ma rtin helped to organize the Shell Creek School District in which he lived and helped to dra w up plans for the first school house and supervised its construction. He served on the scho ol board of trustees much of the time. For a short while when he was a young man he worked a t the first cement plant in Missouri. It was near Kansas City, Missouri and he saw the firs t paved street in Kansas City. He attended college in Clarksville, Arkansas at what is now T he College of the Ozarks in the late 1800's. He earned a teaching certificate and taught sch ool for 2 years in a rual district for $30.00 per month. After this he changed his employmen t to the Telephone Company. Mr. Martin was buried in Dustin Thursday, April 8. His funera l was at Dustin Baptist Church and Rev. D.C. Jackson officiated.

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