Date of Birth 10-14-1876 (It is wrong on the card, 9-14-1876) Margaret Emeline was three years old when her mother died on the way back to Newton County, Arkansas from Idaho on the wagon train. Margaret Emeline was four years old and living in Newton County, Arkansas when she was bitten four times by a rattlesnake before her father could get to her. When Emeline was seven years old she would help her father break wild horses that he had rounded up. After they were broke, Charles would take them to town and sell them.

Notes for Jesse Morgan Greer/Grear: Jesse Morgan Greer was born July 13, 1861 in Mississippi, died December 7, 1905, in Oklahoma, Indian Territory. Jesse took a wagon load of blankets to a tribe of indians, who were ill, he became ill with whatever they had and took it home to his family. Jesse, his two small sons, and his mother all died.

Dates born and their death dates:

Charlie Huston Greer,(son)          B-December 9, 1901  D-October  4, 1905
Aramenta (Williams) Greer (Mother)  B-1840              D-December 4, 1905
Jesse Morgan Greer (Self)           B-July 13, 1861     D-December 7, 1905
Robert Lee Greer  (Son)             B-April 8, 1903     D-February  11, 1906

Aramenta was Jesse Morgan's Mother. They all died in Creek Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Melvira "Millie" Cagle lived there with them at this time, Margaret Emeline Cagle, had a child who they named Ola Mae Greer, who was born May 21, 1905. Ola never got to know her father. Her sister Nancy Jane Greer was eight years old and Sarah Margaret Greer was only six. We do not know where they are buried, possibly in Greenwood Cemetery because Jesse and Emeline's first child, Martha Jane, is buried there. There is a census of Jesse Morgan Greer and a Melvira Cagle living in the Creek Nation in 1900. The rest of the family is not listed. Melvira is listed as siter instead of sister-in-law.

Notes for Harvey Dustin Phillips: Harvey Dustin Phillips was the second husband of Marigaret Emeline Cagle, Greer. Lucille Marie Webb, said that Harvey Dustin Phillips was not liked very much buy those who new him, so he didn't have a very nice nick name, "they called him "Missouri Puke". It's hard for me to believe that my gr grandma would be married to some one who was not liked . There son Leonard was also a very nice man.

Harvey Phillips had another son, Aunt Ola said his name was Harvey born october 16, ? he died in Colardo. Maybe that is where Harvey died . I guess he used to beat up gr grandma and one day she ran him off. There is a photo of a small child a girl named Anna Phillips, do not know who she is. Harvey was 62 years old and Margaret Emeline Cagle Greer was 33 years old when Leonard Columbus Phillips was born.

Children of Margaret Cagle and Jesse Greer/Grear:

1. Martha Jane Greer, born February 23, 1895 in Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma; died October 01, 1896 in Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma.

Notes for Martha Jane Greer: Martha Jane Grear was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Sec. A. in Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. Martha was about a year old when she died.

2. Nancy Jane "Jane" Greer, born February 22, 1897 in Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma; died October 24, 1972 in Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, California. She married (1) Harvey Dewitt Curts, April 26, 1913 in Eufaula, Mcintosh County, Oklahoma; born 1890. She married (2) Ira Mathews March 27, 1917 in Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma; born October 15, 1877 in Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas; died July 15, 1951 in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California.

   Husband:  Ira Mathews 
        Born:     15 October 1877
        Wife:     Nancy Jane Greer 
        Born:     22 February 1897
        Married:  27 March 1917
        Place:    Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma 
        Children: Anna Marguerite Curts             
                  Jesse Ivan Mathews     
                  Dollie Bee Mathews   
                  Cathrine Mae "Katy" Mathews 
                  Robert "Sonny" Mathews 
                  Ira (Jr.) Mathews                                         
                  Lillian "Lilly" Mathews 
        Deaths:   Jesse Ivan Mathews,
                  20 August 1922 Age: 5 
                  Ira Mathews,
                  15 July 1951 Age: 75 
                  Anna Margurite Curts Allen, 
                  27 February 1972 Age: 57 
                  Nancy Jane Greer Curts Mathews,
                  24 October 1972 AGE: 75  
Family Register:   Nancy Jane Greer Mathews
                   Fort Smith Arkansas 
                   22, February 1897
                   This is to certify that:
                   Nancy Jane Greer and Ira Mathews
                   Were Joined together in the bonds of 
                   Holy Matrimony Waurika, Jefferson Co., OK 
                   27, March 1917
Name of Father:    William Oliver Mathews 
Date of Birth:     27 February 1852, Iowa
Date of Death:     15 May 1941, California
Name of Mother:    Annie White [Her real name was Indiana White, "Annie"]
Date of Birth:     8 August 1858, Iowa 
Date of Death:     29 January 1946

Aunt Ola was the only child of Emeline's that was deliveded by a doctor. Margaret Emeline Cagle Greer Phillips delivered all of her daughter, Nancy Jane's, children.

Notes for Harvey Dewitt Curts: World War 1 U.S. Army CO. 143 CA. C. H.T. Calvary, Fort Komchamcha, Oklahoma.

Notes for Ira * Mathews: Information from Pacific Crest Cemetery.

No.  11138  Lot 152 Sec.  7
Int. Date 7-18-1961  Undertaker Dunaway
Death Date   7-15-1951  Age  75 Years
Cause of death  Cardiovascular Failure
Informant  Mrs  Jane Mathews (W)
Address   4021 West 162nd Street,  Lawndale, Los Angeles Co., CA.
Died      Harbor General Hospital.

Ira and Nancy Jane Mathews came to California in 1922, they resided in Redondo Beach, Californai in 1922. They resided in Redondo in 1922, their address was 703 Hermosea Ave., Redondo Beach , CA. They then moved to Lawndale.

Before they came to California they lived in Texas. Ira worked for the Boyd Kease Co. Box 1148 was given as Stephen County.

Ira & Nancy Mathews, & family were members of the Christian Church in Lawndale, CA.

Ira Mathews was a Mason

A.F.A.M. #336,  Dustin, Hughes County, Oklahoma 
September 26, 1907  Inintated 
December  24, 1907   Passed
Ocrober 21, 1907      Raised
Ira Mathews was a Mason from 1907 to 1923.

E. A. August  29-1907

F.C. October  24, 1907
M.M. November 21, 1907,  Mason Lodge  # 336

SNPD Reinstated  
March 7, 1912 To March 3, 1913  Dropped after this date,  Could have 
dimitted.

More About Ira Mathews:

Cause of Death: Cardiouvascular failure
Medical Information: Sugar Diabetes   

3. Sarah Margaret "Marge" Greer, born November 18, 1899 in Eufaula, Mcintosh County, Oklahoma (Indian Territory); died September 13, 1982 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. She married (1) Walter August Rottman; born August 28, 1897 in Nebraska; died August 31, 1970 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. She married (2) Jesse Dot Smith March 3, 1917 in Healdton, Carter County, Oklahoma; born November 17, 1897 in Blanco County, Texas; died April 4, 1937 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.

Notes for Sarah Margaret "Marge" Greer: Sarah Margaret was named after her great grandmother, Sarah Margaret "Peggy" Blair/Blevins Standridge. Sarah and Jesse had six children.

More About Sarah Margaret  "Marge" Greer:
Burial:               New Bethel Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, 
Oklahoma.
Cause of Death:       Coronary Artery Disease

Notes for Walter August Rottman:
In Possessen of copy of death certificate. 

Notes for Jesse Dot Smith: Jesse Dot Smith was a Mason and a rig builder. One day at work he fell 28' from an oil derrick at Fittstown, near Ada, Oklahoma; he was 39 years old. Jesse died on April 04, 1937.

While working on an Oil Derick in Harden City, Sunday, Jesse Smith was killed when the scaffold he was walking across broke and he fell 28 feet to the floor of the Oil Rig. He lived about 15 minutes but died before the ambulance could get to the hospital. Workers said that upon arriving for work they found they did not have enough scaffolding and some workers were sent to Ardmore, Ok. to get some more. When the scaffolling was put in place and Smith walked across it it broke where there was a knot in the board. Mr. Smith had worked for Oklahoma Rig Company for about 3 years and is survived by a wife and five children and they live here in Ada, Okla.

Jesse Dot Smith was known for his fiddle playing from Oklahoma to California. My father, Robert Mathews, said he can remember Uncle Jesse's fiddle playing and said he was the best fiddle player he had ever heard.

4. Charles Huston Greer, born December 9, 1901 in Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma Indian Territory; died October 4, 1905 in Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma Indian Territory. He is buried Greenwood Cemetey, Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma.

5. Robert Lee Greer, born April 8, 1903 in Eufaula, McIntosh County Oklahoma Indian Territory; died February 11, 1906 in Eufaula. He is buried Greenwood Cemetey, Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma

6. Ola Mae "Olie" Greer, born May 21, 1905 in Duston, Hughes County, Oklahoma Creek Indian Territory; died October 1, 1994 in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California. She married (1) William Roy Frye in Oklahoma. She married (2) Carlos Brody Proctor; born 1902 in New Mexico. Notes for Ola Mae "Olie" Greer:

Have a copy of her Birth Certificate: ( Doctor Counterman M.D.) Mother: Margaret Emeline Cagle, age 27, years old living in Dustin, Hughes County, Oklahoma, 6th Child, birth place, Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation).

Father: Jesse Morgan Greer, age 47 years old, birth place was Mississippi and occupation was a framer.

My grandma Ola, at her request, was crematted and her ashes were sprinkled out at sea. All of the children of Nancy Jane Greer Curts Mathews called her Aunt Olie.

Child of Margaret Cagle and Harvey Phillips is:

1. Leonard Cloumbus Phillips, born September 24, 1911 in Fitzhugh, Pototoc County, Oklahoma; died July 08, 1980 in Perris, California. He married Mary Mudge September 22, 1961 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Neveda; born 1916. Notes for Leonard Cloumbus Phillips: Leonard Phillips father was 62 years old when he was born, Margaret Emeline Cagle Greer Phillips was 33 years old. Leonard is buried Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, California.

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