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Left to Right is Martha Ellen [Cobb] McCaskey, Martha Elizabeth [Post] Bruner, and two friends. Following is 1 generation of descendants of Martha Ellen [Cobb] McCaskey. Following that is 1 generation of descendants of Martha Elizabeth [Post] Bruner. Martha E. Bruner was related to Wiley Post, who was killed with Will Rogers in 1935.

Descendants of Martha Ellen [Cobb] McCaskey

1. MARTHA ELLEN⁶ COBB (ELIAS⁵, AMBROSE PIKNEY⁴, AMBROS³, AMBROSE², AMBROSE¹) was born November 18, 1869 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri, and died October 29, 1957 in Claremore, Oklahoma (Rogers county). She married (1) JOHN CANTRELL. She married (2) CHARLES WILLIAM MCCASKEY May 02, 1889 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri, son of JEREMIAH MCCASKEY and CYNTHIA SCHNITGER. He was born December 27, 1857 in Ripley County, IN, and died July 17, 1933 in Verdigris Oklahoma Rogers Co..

Marriage Notes for MARTHA COBB and CHARLES MCCASKEY:

Martha was married, first to John Cantrell and then to Charles William McCaskey of Kentucky, May 2, 1889.

More About CHARLES MCCASKEY and MARTHA COBB:

Marriage Fact: Witnesses: Elias and Mary Jane Cobb

Child of MARTHA COBB and JOHN CANTRELL is:

i. VIOLET NANCY⁷ CANTRELL, b. November 04, 1887, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri; d. July 03, 1970, California; m. (1) JIM SMITH; m. (2) UNKNOWN LEHMAN.

Children of MARTHA COBB and CHARLES MCCASKEY are:

ii. ALVA LEE⁷ MCCASKEY, b. December 27, 1890, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri; d. March 09, 1975, Los Angeles CA. Burial, Forest Hills; m. (1) BESSIE CARTER; b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. (2) OPAL UNKNOWN; m. (3) EDNA CLAPP, Bef. 1943.

iii. ONA BELLE MCCASKEY, b. November 06, 1892, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri; d. October 27, 1982, Clarmore, OK. Rogers County Burial Woodlawn Cem.; m. WILLIAM HARRIS, January 24, 1914; b. April 07, 1890, Texas; d. December 15, 1976, Claremore, Oklahoma (Rogers county).

iv. DELLA EVELINE MCCASKEY, b. September 09, 1894, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri; d. January 06, 1940, Verdigris Oklahoma (Rogers County); m. (1) JOSEPH HARRIS; m. (2) WILLIAM SAMUEL BRUNER, June 16, 1916, Neosho Newton Mo.; b. July 28, 1883, Robinson, Benton County, Arkansas; d. September 08, 1938, OKlahoma, buried Rose Hill, Tulsa.

v. MAUDIE MAY MCCASKEY, b. April 06, 1896, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri; d. May 24, 1896, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri.

vi. HOBART ROOSEVELT MCCASKEY, b. April 18, 1897, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri; d. March 28, 1980, Claremore, Oklahoma (Rogers county); m. (1) MAE R. ANDERSON; b. 1901; d. November 1929, Dawson, OK.; m. (2) INA UNKNOWN.

vii. LOUELLA JEAN MCCASKEY, b. March 09, 1900, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri; d. June 11, 1985, Claremore, Oklahoma (Rogers county); m. CLAUDE PENDERGRAFT.

viii. CHARLES EDWARD MCCASKEY, b. August 10, 1903, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri; d. December 17, 1966, Verdigris Oklahoma (Rogers County); m. NANCY ELIZABETH PHILLIPS; b. December 17, 1906, Vian, OK; d. July 23, 1984, Claremore, Oklahoma (Rogers county).

ix. BOWDEN EVERTT MCCASKEY, b. October 01, 1906, Cleo, Brown County Texas; d. December 26, 1991, Yucaipa, CA; m. (1) RUBY STANDRIDGE, January 16, 1929, Verdigris Oklahoma (Rogers County); b. January 08, 1912; m. (2) MARY LOUISE SMITH, May 25, 1936; b. November 30, 1917, Oklahoma City, OK..

x. MAGGIE MAY MCCASKEY, b. May 23, 1910, Clio, Texas (Brown County); d. October 18, 1985, Claremore, Oklahoma; m. (1) DAVID ALGIE (DAVE) CARPENTER, SR., September 10, 1927, Claremore, Oklahoma (Rogers county); b. January 13, 1908, Four miles N. of Okmulgee, Oklahoma; d. April 02, 1962, Claremore, Oklahoma; m. (2) HERMAN DENNIS, June 20, 1969, Claremore, Rogers, OK; d. May 1983, Claremore, OKlahoma (Rogers county).

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Martha Elizabeth Post

1. MARTHA ELIZABETH1 POST was born October 31, 1854 in Elm Springs, Benton County, Arkansas, and died January 17, 1948. She married ELIAS BRUNER, JR. August 25, 1869 in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, son of ELIAS BRUNER and MATILDA BUTCHER. He was born April 20, 1848 in Monroe County, Indiana, and died August 07, 1907 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

Children of MARTHA POST and ELIAS BRUNER are:

i. JOSEPH JACKSON² BRUNER, b. November 04, 1873, Monroe Co., IN; d. May 27, 1963, Dawson, Tulsa Co., OK; m. ROSA AKINS.

ii. MARTIN RICHARD BRUNER, b. October 04, 1875, Robinson, Benton Co., Ark.; d. September 28, 1964; m. IHLER MATILDA MAJORS, November 18, 1896; b. December 1880.

iii. JAMES ELIAS BRUNER, b. October 15, 1879; d. July 24, 1954; m. JENNY MILES; b. Abt. 1880.

iv. CORA ADALINE BRUNER, b. January 10, 1881, Robinson, Benton Co., Ark.; d. October 19, 1960, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK; m. WILLIAM ORVILLE ADAMS, February 27, 1907, Dawson, Tulsa Co., OK; b. July 24, 1868, Butler, Bates County, Missouri; d. May 12, 1924, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

v. WILLIAM SAMUEL BRUNER, b. July 28, 1883, Robinson, Benton County, Arkansas; d. September 08, 1938, OKlahoma, buried Rose Hill, Tulsa; m. DELLA EVELINE MCCASKEY, June 16, 1916, Neosho Newton Mo.; b. September 09, 1894, Ava (Douglas County) Missouri; d. January 06, 1940, Verdigris Oklahoma (Rogers County).

vi. ESSIE MAE BRUNER, b. May 12, 1886, Benton Co., Ark; d. June 29, 1972, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK; m. (1) EDWARD BOAN; b. May 30, 1879; d. August 13, 1951; m. (2) HENRY KOEPKE.

vii. MINNIE ANTIS BRUNER, b. November 06, 1889, Robinson, Benton Co., Ark.; d. October 01, 1982, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK; m. CHARLES COMBS.

viii. ONA GRACE BRUNER, b. April 02, 1894, Daughtery; d. July 10, 1975, Pasadena, Harris Co., TX; m. ROSS ETLA LISTER, October 05, 1908, Vinita, Craig Co., OK; b. September 12, 1885, Clinton, Dewitt County, Illinois; d. April 05, 1953, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

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