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- 1900 US Census OK Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, Twp. 5 S R 7
Roper Robert J head w m Dec 1871 28 married 16 yrs (this is wrong, married in 1899) GA GA AL Farmer can read & write rent farm
Vira wife w f Jan 1871 28 married 16 yrs ( also wrong) NC TN NC cannot read or write
Joseph (Ledford) son w m Feb 1885 15 s NC GA NC can read, cannot write
John R (McBride) son w m May 1889 11 s NC GA NC at school can read, cannot write
Clyde A (McBride} son w m July 1897 2 s IT GA NC
1910 Census OK Grayson Township City of Waurika Jefferson County enumerated April 16, 1910
Ledford Joe Head M age 25 W married 5yrs NC NC NC general farmer
Ettie Lee Wife F age 20 W married 5yrs TX TX TX homemaker
Bell Z [Belle Zora] Daughter F age 4 W S OK NC TX none
Irene Daughter F age 1 4/12 W S OK NC TX none
Famous Son M age 2/12 W S OK NC TX none
1920 Census OK Washington Township Marietta City Love County
Ledford Joe Head owned home mortgaged M W age 35 M can't read or write M NC NC NC laborer public road
Etta L [Ettie] Wife F W age 29 M can read and write TX GA TX none
Bell Z Daughter F W age 14 S can read and write OK NC TX none
Irene E Daughter F W age 11 S can read and write OK NC TX none
United States of America, Indian Territory, Southern District
Marriage License No. 1348 December 21, 1904
Groom: Joe Ledford
Bride: Ettie Fields
Marriage Date: December 22, 1904
Performed by: J W Brown
Filed January 9, 1905 and recorded in Book H of Marriage Record, Page 510. C. M. Campbell, Clerk and Exofficio Recorder, District 21, Indian Territory
In 1925 Joe and Ettie lived in Jumbo, TX which is now Dimmit, TX. That is where my mother Elnora Margaret and my aunt Eva Imogene are born. In 1930 Joseph and Ettie are in Portales, NM. They were living in a tent on the land they bought later. They had been moving to Arizona because Joe had sinus problems when their truck broke down in Portales. This is where they lived the rest of their lives. The house, built of Adobe, did not have indoor plumbing and well water had to be pumped from the well. Grandma used to boil water to wash clothes in a big black pot that always reminded me of a witches pot. Grandpa had built a bath/wash house across from the back door and a smoke house. This is where clothes were washed and also where they bathed. I don't remember what year they got city water. In 1962 they finally had an indoor bathroom built onto the house. We didn't have to go out to the outhouse anymore or use old catalogs for toilet paper. There was also another house, duplex style grandpa had built on his property. It had a kitchen, livingroom and bedroom for each side and was built in a long rectangular shape. I remember playing house there as no one lived in them then. All around grandma and grandpa's house were big trees for shade from the hot summer sun. They raised chickens and guinea hens. And they farmed their land. I remember the sunbonnets grandma made for me. She made things out of flour sacks which back then were cloth. In the back yard was a big huge tree where there was a bed under it. This is where my grandfather would lay and tell us kids stories of Geronimo, the Daltons and the James. Grandma made the best blackberry and peach cobblers. The tree was the place for all the family to be on those hot summer days. Grandma did a lot of canning and the jars were stored in the smoke house. Grandma rarely had store bought bread, she made biscuits and gravy at every meal. Our family moved to PA when I was 6 but we went back for visits at least every 2 years and stayed most of the summer. Grandma and Grandpa would go fishing and camping in his red Chevy truck. He had built a frame to enclose it in. The houses are now gone. The property was sold to a broom factory. They lived at 1120 N. Boston in Portales across the railroad tracks from town.
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1884 - 1967 (82 years)
