James Lafayette Sizemost Southward
--b. April 3, 1860 Neosho, Missouri
--d. January 11, 1911 Marlow, Grady Co., Oklahoma
----buried Bailey Cemetery, Grady Co., Oklahoma
--m. Alma Belle GORDON
--Decmeber 25, 1881 Montague Co., Texas
----b. July 21, 1864 French Camp, Mississippi
----d. June 15, 1957
------buried Moore Cemetery, Moore, Oklahoma
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Bailey Cemetery - Grady Co., Oklahoma
James Lafayette Southward Tombstone
Photo: Courtesy of Wayne Irwin
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Moore Cemetery - Cleveland Co., Oklahoma
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My Websites for James
- James Lafayette Sizemost Southward and Alma Belle Gordon Memorials
- Job(e) Legacy - Gedcom on Rootsweb World Connect
JOB(E) LEGACY
Descendants of Andrew Job Jr
L. C. SOUTHWORD Self M Male W 60 NC Farmer Nancy SOUTHWORD Wife M Female W 50 NC Keeping House NC NC James SOUTHWORD Son S Male W 20 TX Farming Mac TRICE Other S Male W 19 MS Farmhand MS MS
The State of Texas -Co., of MontagueBefore me W. R. Bellows J. P. and exofficio Notary Public in and for Montague Co., Texas on this day personally appeared D. F. Southward and wife Annie Southward, J. F. Box and wife M. F. S. Box, F. M. Walker and wife E. E. Walker, J. S. Southward and wife A. B. Southward, M. J. Howell wife of John Howell all well known to me with the exception of Annie Southward wife of D. H. Southward who was proven to me on the oath of F. M. Walker to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoinginstrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and the said Annie Southward wife of D. H. Southward, M. F. S. Box, wife of J. H. Box, E. E. Walker wife of F. M. Walker, A. B. Southward wife of J. S. Southward, M. J.Howell, wife of John Howell, having been examined by me privily and apart from their husbands and having the same by me fully explained to them the said Annie Southward, M. F. S. Box, E. E. Walker, A. B. Southward, M. J. Howelll acknowledged such instrument to be their acts and deeds and they declared that they had willingly signed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and that they did not wish to retract it. Given under my hand and seal of office this the 12th day of July A. D. 1884
W. R. Bellows, J. P. and exofficio
Seal ----- Notary Public
Montague Co.,, TexasFiled for record April 25th 1886 at 2 o’clock P.M. and recorded April 30th 1886 at 9 o’clock A.M.
W. A. Williams, Clerk
By S. S. Strong, Depty
"Francis Marvin Walker appeared before the judge to swear that Sarah Jane Leeper, Ellen E. Walker, D. Frank Southward, James L. S. Southward, M. Lousiana, F. Box, and William H. Southward (deceased) were all of the said heirs of Iradell's estate. "
Southward, James L. Head 50 Mo IA NC merchant, grocery Alma B. Wife 46 MS VA MS (10 children, 9 living) Hugh A. Son 27 TX MO MS Claude I. Son 22 OK MO MS J. V. Son 21 OK MO MS George F. Son 18 OK MO MS William Son 16 OK MO MS Anna B. Dau 15 OK MO MS Winnie M. Dau 10 OK MO MS Wayne D. Son 7 OK MO MS Francis Son 1 NM MO MSNote from Wayne:"Thot it interesting that Francis was born in New Mexico. Must have gone there to visit Thomas Jackson and Alice Caroline Southward Irwin, my grandparents who had a horse and hog ranch in New Mexico at the time."
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Ann (Jobe) Brown