Obit of Minor, Nancy Adeleine Green - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Apr 2006 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Oaklawn Cemetery--Wynnewood OK Surnames: Minor, Green, Donaldson, Popejoy, Hall, Cross Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6738 CORRECTED Nancy Adeleine Green was born February 7, 1877 in Christian County, Missouri to William and Elizabeth Green. Nancy and Charles O. Minor were married on January 25, 1895 in the Fordland area of Webstate County, Missouri. Three of their eight children were born in the area. They were: Nellie May, born November 19, 1896, Mary Elizabeth, born May 18, 1897 and George Lewey, born October 18, 1898. Their fourth child John Morris was born June 12, 1901 in McCune, Crawford County, Kansas. The family moved to Garvin County, Oklahoma in 1902. The four remaining children were born there. They were: Myrtle Maude, born November 17, 1906, Ivy Dora, born May 14, 1909, Lester Warren, born February 19, 1912 and Chester Chanley, born July 4, 1915. The 1910 Census lists the family with 6 children in the Brady Township of Garvin County, Oklahoma. Charles Orland Minor died on February 2, 1920 of influenza/pneumonia and is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery in Wynnewood, Garvin County, Oklahoma. The 1920 Oklahoma census lists Nancy and her five younger children still living in Brady twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma. The 1930 Oklaholma census lists Nancy and her two youngest sons living with the family of Robert and Myrtle Donaldson (her daughter) in the Duke Township of Jackson County. Later that year she and her two youngest sons moved to a farm two miles west of Strong City, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. In about 1941, her health began to fail and after that she lived with Bob and Myrtle Donaldcson who in the early 1940's moved to a farm near Rose Hill, seven miles south of Cheyenne. Because of her health problems, she spent much of her time in bed piecing quilts for her family. Her grandchildren knew her as Ma. Her husband, son John Morris, and daughter Nellie Mae Popejoy preceded her in death. Survivorsw are three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Donaldson, Cheyenne; Mrs. Mary Hall, Homa, Louisiana, Mrs. Iva Cross, Elmore City; three sons, George of Eureka, California, Lester of Cheyenne, Chester of Pampa, Texas, one brother, Noel Green, Springfield, Missouri. She is survived by 28 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren and 23 great great grandchildren. Committal was in the Strong City Cemetery, Strong City, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Scroggins Funeral Home of Cheyenne. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html