Indian Pioner Papers - Janie Gibbs


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                    Garvin County Indian Pioneer Papers
                                      
                                Janie Gibbs



Interview #

Field Worker: Maurice R. Anderson

Date: February 25, 1937

Name: Mrs. Janie Gibbs

Residence: Paoli, Oklahoma

Date of Birth: November 15, 1864

Place of Birth: Texas

Father:

Mother:





I was born among the Indians.  I do not know what tribe of 

Indians they were.  We lived there until I was eleven years 

old.  Then we moved to Sunset, Texas. 



I came to Oklahoma Territory in 1895 with my husband and two 

small children.  We settled near Paoli.  There wasn't very many 

houses then.  We raised cotton and corn and ricked corn like we 

rick wood.   There were no improvements of any kind.  We traveled 

in wagons and buggies.

 

We had a hard time as we didn't have much money.  Men worked 

for fifty cents a day, but groceries were cheap.  We raised 

everything we could. 



I was left a widow with my two small children, made a living 

for myself and two children, until they were grown.  No I 

live alone at Paoli, Oklahoma where I have lived since 1895.  

I now draw the old age pension which helps me greatly.