Maternal Monday - Pearl Teel Frazier

Pearl Teel 

was one of my

great-great-grandfather's (William

Perry Teel) sisters.

Pearl was born 30 Jan 1884-Dekalb, Bowie, TX

and died 17 Dec 1950-Hugo, Choctaw, OK. 

She married Julius Caesar Frazier (Native American

Indian [Choctaw]) in1903 

in Spencerville, Choctaw, OK.

In 1935, Pearl and Julius Frazier

lived in Antlers, Pushmataha, OK.

By the 1940 census, they

lived in Hugo, Choctaw, OK.

I am told this is one of Pearl 

and Julius' children.

Isn't this a sweet picture?

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Friday's Faces From the Past - Who Are These Guys?

My family has no idea as to the identity of

these young men.

The picture was in my

Grandmomie Eva Nell Stuart Dennis'

 stash of pictures we sorted after she died.

No markings on the picture at all.

Probably out of my Grandmomie's mother or

father's families:

Teel, Stuart, Ham, Perry, Petell, Petill, Cochran,

Parker, Wheeler, Cockrum, Stuart, 

Musgrove, Yates,Cooksey, Jones, Oliver, etc...

Anyone recognize them? 

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Wordless Wednesday - George Washington Dennis

George Washington Dennis 

b. 5 Jun 1881 - TX

m. 14 Jul 1912-Caldwell Co., TX to

Callie Bonner (daughter of Samuel Adlot Bonner)

d. 23 Mar 1925 - Alexandria, Rapides, LA

buried: body brought back by train

to Caldwell Co., TX to be buried

One son: Daniel Dennis (nothing known)

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Maternal Monday - Sophia Caroline Titsworth Teel Graffman

Sophia Caroline Titsworth, the 

daughter of Alvin Clark Titsworth

and Sarah Francis Smith Titsworth,

was the first wife of my gr-gr-grandfather, 

William Perry Teel. 

Sophia was born 1 Aug 1866 in Texas (probably 

Paris, Lamar, Texas).  She and William Perry 

Teel married on 7 Oct 1888 in Lamar County, Texas.

Researcher Hollis Stanford found this record

as we researched our TEEL families years ago.

My family assumed that she must have died

(with no child by W.P. Teel) and William

Perry Teel then married Jennie Ham

 on 22 Sept 1890 in Bowie, Texas. 

Sophia married James Henry Graffman on 24 May 1896

at Paris, Lamar County, Texas. 

While researching records last week in

Lamar County, Texas, I stumbled upon

census records which led me to

Sophia Graffman, wife of 

James Henry Graffman. 

And there she was!! Sophia!!

Yes, bigger than life, there was 

Sophia Caroline Titsworth Teel.

Not dead.

You know where this is going, right?

And yes, there's more to this story. 

Much more.

Stay tuned. 

And if you're a descendant of 

Sophia, please contact me.

I have questions. 

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Wordless Wednesday - Cottonwood School, Tishimingo, IT [Indian Territory]

Cottonwood School near Tishimingo, Indian Territory

[where my family went to school]

Naming and numbering of those in picture done by my cousin, Louise Merritt.

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Maternal Monday - update to Mamie Teel with schoolgirls Tishimingo, Indian Territory

 

 

On July 18, 2013, I posted a

picture of my great-grandmother Mamie Teel

(who married Jeff Stuart) with other

schoolgirls at Tishimingo, Indian Territory, OK.

 

The link to that post is below:

 

Mamie Teel with schoolgirls

 

I'm posting the picture again -

with the names of the girls!

 

 

Left to Right:

Lois Shamburger, Emma Stuart,

Mamie Teel (would later

marry Jeff Stuart), Mamie McWhirter,

Stella Cooper, Essie Chance, and Teacher (unknown).

 

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Wordless Wednesday: Patriot Day - 2013

 

 

 

Romans 8: 38-39

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Family Recipe Friday - Eva Nell's Cinnamon Rolls

We called her "Momie" and/or 

"Grandmomie" depending upon whether

you were one of her 7 children or

a grand-child.

I remember Eva Nell [Stuart] Dennis, my 

Mother's mother, being a wonderful cook.

Eva Nell was the great-grand-daughter of the

lady who set me on my quest of genealogy

many years ago - Catherine "Kate" Petell Teel.

Below is a picture of Grandmomie Eva Nell

with her boys - 6 of them!  My mother

was the oldest child and ONLY girl!!  

Eva Nell Stuart Dennis with her six boys at the home of her brother, 

George "Shorty" Stuart in Texas

I remember Grandmomie as a single mother with 

the younger boys left at home.  With little money, 

working two jobs at times to support them, 

she did what she could to make 

sure they had food on the table. 

I LOVED her Strawberry Cake and her Fried Pies!

And I do remember her Cinnamon Rolls.  Here is a

scan of that Cinnamon Roll Recipe: 

I think of her desserts and candy quite 

often (especially during holidays)! 

I am glad that our Dennis and Stuart families

have cookbooks with those old recipes in them.

Has your family done a cookbook?  If not, maybe

you should think about doing one!  

One day your younger family members

will appreciate it (I really believe that)!

Remember I mentioned Eva Nell's Fried Pies?

Well, it's Friday and I wish I wasn't at least a 4 1/2 hour

drive away from Texas Hill Country Furniture

and 

Natty Flats BBQ up near I-20 off of Hwy 281, south

of Mineral Wells, Texas (west of Fort Worth, Texas).

Because if I were closer, I'd be calling in to see if my

cousin was making Fried Pies today!  

One of Eva Nell's grand-daughter's makes

wonderful Fried Pies and Natty Flats BBQ sells them.

Texas Hill Country Furn and Natty Flats BBQ

But, hey, it's Friday...and I can dream, right?

Sweet Dreams of a Sweet Lady who was a

Sweet Cook!!  

Happy Hunting!

and oh - Happy Sweet Friday!

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