[Photo
of Julia's husband, William Harding Patrick. Note the U.S. Marshall's
badge he has, apparently on his knee.] Julia Clementine Evans was
the oldest of Dave and Rosa Evans' children, and she is the one we know
the least about as well. She was born in the second year of the Civil
War, on November 11, 1862, in Itawamba County, Mississippi (I also think
it is possible her parents were living in Marion County, Alabama when she
was born). She had five younger brothers and sisters, and grew up
in the community known variously as Union and City Point in Lee County,
Mississippi between the small towns of Plantersville and Nettleton.
We do not know where her family is located in the 1870 census, but it is
my opinion that they were present in Union, and that the Lee County census
takers just missed them or that they didn't record large groups of families
in the southeast part of the county.
Julia must have met William Harding Patrick in or around Marion County (modern Lamar County). He was born there in 1849 and in 1876, the couple married in Lee County, Mississippi. He was 25 and she was just about to turn 14. In February of 1878, they had their first child, Zackie Tutin Patrick. He was obviously named for his great-grandfather, Zach Tooten, who had died ten months earlier. In 1884, Dave Evans Patrick was born, named after his grandfather, who was still alive and kicking at that time! But for unknown reasons, Julia passed away within a decade. She died on June 24, 1886 and was buried at the Union Methodist Cemetery, where the other Evans were buried. William Harding Patrick, then remarried another local girl, Mary Jayne Morgan, whose parents did not approve of the match. They moved to Oklahoma, and had a son named John. The two boys, Zack and Dave, stayed with their grandparents for a time, and they are seen on a photo of the Dave Evans household taken in 1898 as well as on the census of 1900, but they eventually moved out to Oklahoma where their father was.
In
Oklahoma, William Harding Patrick had a sawmill along the Canadian River.
Black walnut seemed to be the main source of timber. Elloise Patrick
related that W.H. selectively cut the timber but after his death in 1921,
his son John, by his second wife, cut everything. It is also said,
in the family, that Hardy and one or two of his brothers served as U.S.
Marshalls in Oklahoma. This has not been confirmed yet though, but
in the photo of William above, it is clear that he has a U.S. Marshall
badge on his knee. The story goes that William's son, John Patrick
donated five acres and the bricks for the schoolhouse (pictured here),
in Blocker, Oklahoma. When it was first built it was a two story
building with a bell tower. A very modern and nice school for 100
years ago! William Harding Patrick taught here and a number of Patrick
grandkids attended school here. In 1936, the WPA, a government work
program, removed the top floor and bell tower. A picture of the original
building is seen in McAlister, Oklahoma today. The building is being
used in 2000/2001 as a HeadStart Center.
William died in 1921 and was buried in Blocker, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
Zackie
"Zack" Tutin Patrick (md. Sally Copeland)
Zack was born in 1877 in Lee County, Mississippi. He
was said to have Polio as a child which was not that common in the area in
the late 1800's. He married Sally in 1899 in Lee County and they started
their household there. But they moved to Oklahoma and then to California.
He died out there in 1952 at the age of 74. He and Sally had
nine children together.
David
Evans Patrick (md. Mattie Hulsey)
Dave was born in 1884 in Plantersville. He
married Mattie in 1901 in Lee County. They moved to Oklahoma also and
then later to California. They had ten children together. He
passed away at age 81 in Loma Linda, California in 1966.
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All photos on this page have been contributed by Mr. William A. Patrick, of Grant's Pass, Oregon.
Photo of grave by Dave Webb.
