Source Citations Card number: 1000072301525 Singletary, Holland 25, Mississippi - (Hollan w/o the "d") Myrtle 18, Oklahoma - (Luetta Myrtle McDonald) <strong>Henson</strong>, May Orphan 3, Oklahoma - (Myrtle Mae <strong>Henson</strong>) McDonald, Mahaily (Mother-in-law) 53, Missouri - (Mahala Jane Chapman). .... The source recorded at the individual record for <strong>John</strong> A. and also shown on the file for my mother, Myrtle Mae <strong>Henson</strong> <strong>John</strong> <strong>Abraham</strong> <strong>Henson</strong> Birth: Mar 1863, IL Death: >>change to 1906, Re: relative information>changed to Mary Etta Burroughs, Re: relative information
Source Citations Oklahoma. His grandson, Connie <strong>Henson</strong>, said that he had tried locating the cemetery where buried, but could not find it. It is thought perhaps that <strong>John</strong> married or lived with the widow, Joscie (Hunt) Tate, near Colbert, OK, and that they may have had a child. It is believed that <strong>John</strong> died about 1906/7 and if there was a daughter, this child could be the child adopted by Hollan and Luetta Singletary who christened her Myrtle Mae, my mother, born 31 Oct 1906. How or why this situation occurred, if it did, is anybody's guess. However, Joscie did have five or more other children to raise as a single parent since her previous husband, Tom Tate, died about 1900 in Tyler, Smith, Texas. Old letters uncovered in my parent's estate reflect that Carl W. <strong>Henson</strong> corresponded with Mae (my mother) as early as 16 Oct 1972 and addresses her as "Aunt Mae". Discussing the lineage with Charlie <strong>Henson</strong>, grandson <strong>of</strong> <strong>John</strong>, he relates that he was also informed by Robert (RD) <strong>Henson</strong>, his father, that he should visit his half -sister in Arkansas, but said that he never did. Connie <strong>Henson</strong> relates that when he got out <strong>of</strong> the service in 1955 that his father, Robert, suggested he visit Aunt Mae in Arkansas but that he never did also. He did state that he had been shown early school pictures <strong>of</strong> me which my mother had sent him. He also states emphatically that his grand father, <strong>John</strong> <strong>Abraham</strong>, was 1/4 Cherokee Indian. School pictures, 1949-1950, <strong>of</strong> Wadel Coleman <strong>Henson</strong>, born in 1935 and grandson <strong>of</strong> <strong>John</strong>, were found in the family picture box, so it appears that correspondence with Mary <strong>Henson</strong>, his mother, occurred. Coleman indicated he had visited mother once and tried again in 1989 while traveling with his older daughter, Martha Sue, but that he could not find the address. There may be other pictures without names which I and other family members do not recognize. 24. James Monroe Gaston Birth: 9 Jul 1864, South Fork Twp., Montgomery, AR Died: 25 Feb 1915, Achille, Bryan, OK Buried: Achille, Bryan, OK Parents: James Bullock Gaston and Lucinda Ada McConnell Spouse: Luella V. Spriggs Birth: 28 Jul 1865, GA Died: 12 Dec 1939, Achille, Bryan, OK Burial: Lemon Hill Cemetery, Achille, Bryan, OK Marriage: 4 May 1884, South Fork Twp., Montgomery, AR (verified from AR Marriages) Gaston, James M. 46 M W AR OK Bryan 5-Twp Title: US Census <strong>of</strong> the United States, Oklahoma, Bryan, 5-Twp, 2nd day <strong>of</strong> May 1910, Series: T624 Roll: 1244 Page: 67 - Image/line #78 http://www.austinlibrary.com:2249/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?surname=gaston&series=13&state=31 &countyid=996&hitcount=2&p=1&urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B6075689%3B29545413%3B13%3B31 &searchtype=1&<strong>of</strong>fset=0 Card number: 1000072301525 James M. 46 AR, Luella S. Gaston 43 GA, and three children - first two born AR, last OK: Eva P, 15; Jarvis F, 8; and Charles Lester, 6/12. Included is a border: "Charlie Weger" Children: 1. James Alfred "Bud" - b. 22 Oct 1884, Gaston Twp., Montgomery, AR d. 15 Mar 1971, Bokchito, Bryan, OK and buried Bokchito Cemetery, Bokchito, Bryan, OK m. Nellie Greenwalt b: 27 Jun 1896, Blue Ridge, Collin, TX d: Mar 1987, Bokchito, Bryan, OK and buried Bokchito Cemetery, Bokchito, Bryan, OK: Had issues: TWO i James Juddy Gaston b: 1916 d: 1997 ii George Elzie Gaston b: 1922 2. Josephine "Etta" - b. 1886, Gaston Twp., Montgomery, AR Page 29 15 May 2010
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