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1.5.3.1.4.2.2. John Dickey Worsham. Confederate Research Sources Vol 3 W, p 1165; Worsham, J D, Pvt Sergt Co A, 4th La Inf Enlisted May 25, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on all Rolls to Oct, 1862. Roll Nov and Dec, 1862, Absent, detached service at Clinton, La. Rolls Jan 1863 to Aug 1864 Present. Roll to Feb 28, 1865, Absent, wounded Aug 31, 1864, in right hip. From Cottonwood Cem, Lottie, Pointe Coupee Pa, LA records: Sgt. J D Worsham, Co S 4 La Inf CSA, b 12-4-1836, d 7-12-1896. According to Pointe Coupee Parish History, Riffel, 1983, p352, John Dickey Worsham, b 1834 East Feliciana & d 1888 Fordoche. Children:

1.5.3.1.4.2.2.1  Miss Worsham b abt 1867 of East Feliciana, LA

1.5.3.1.4.2.2.2  Clarence Worsham b May 1876 of Pointe Coupee, LA. (43-1920)

1.5.3.1.4.2.2.3  Ganfer Worsham b Apr 1878 of Pointe Coupee, LA.

1.5.3.1.4.2.2.4  John Henry Worsham b Apr 1880 of Pointe Coupee, LA, m Mary L. abt 1906. Children: Williard H. Worsham, Percy O. Worsham, George E. Worsham, Olive A. Worsham, Mary H. Worsham. (30-1910; 39-1920)

1.5.3.1.4.2.2.5  Mary Worsham b 14 Oct 1884 of Pointe Coupee, LA, d 31 Aug 1949, bur Roark Stewart Fam Cem, Marion, Union Pa, LA. She m Mr Allen.

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1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1. William Henry Worsham b 27 Jan 1865 LA. He d 10 Aug 1924. William & his wife Fannie Christine are bur Alexander Methodist Church Cem, Brazos Co, TX.   Frances Blume, d/o Darling Pickney Blume & Delaney Evans Looney, m 1st) Sol Goodman.

William & Marandel children:

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.1. Mary Lear Worsham & Roger Mills Josey children: Henry Roger Josey; Robert Lee Josey; Clifford Josey.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.2. William Walter Worsham b 24 Oct 1887 Navasota, Grimes, TX & m Claudie E J Milson b 20 Apr 1893 & she d 10 May 1975 Borger, Hutchinson, TX. 

Children:

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.2.1.  James William Worsham b 4 Oct 1912 Brazos, TX & d 6 Jul 1977 in Tatum, Rusk, Texas.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.2.2.  Miranda Ellen Worsham b 5 Dec 1913 Brazos, TX & d 24 May 1996 Gainsville, Cooke, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.2.3.  Jimmie Boyd Worsham b 28 Sep 1915 Goree, Knox, TX & d 13 Jan 1999 in Smithville, Bastrop, TX. He m 1st) Anna Geneva Cooper 12 Nov 1939 and they had a child: Sharon Ann Worsham.  Geneva later m) James Elvin Griffin.

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:

Geneva Griffin, of Lubbock, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2009. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Monday, April 13, 2009, at Resthaven Memorial Park. A memorial service will be held at Westmont Christian Church at 2 p.m. with Rev. Clint Stephenson officiating. Visitation for family and friends will be from 4 - 6 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 2009, at Resthaven Funeral Home.

Geneva was born Aug. 2, 1918, in Matador, to Ivy Odella Hodges and James Juryens Cooper. Geneva's aunt, Nora C. Cooper, was memorialized by the State of Texas as the first child born to a Pioneer family in an all Native American area, Motley County. Graduating as Valedictorian of Matador High School in 1936, she continued her education at Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth and later attended Draughon's Business College in Lubbock. She engaged in a lifetime of ranching. She married Jimmie Boyd Worsham Nov. 11, 1939. On July 23, 1971, Geneva married James Elvin Griffin.

Geneva worked for the ASCS in Stinnett, Texas, as well as in Aspermont and Crosbyton, where she retired in 1979. Geneva was a member of Westmont Christian Church. She was also a member of the Or-der of the Eastern Star serving as Worthy Matron for the Stinnett chapter and later for the Floydada chapter. While in Stinnett, she served as Worthy Advisor to the Rainbow Girls chapter and as Sunday school superintendent for the First Christian Church for many years.

Survivors include her husband, James Griffin; her daughter, Sharon Cobb of Lubbock; her son, Leonard "Tex" Selvidge and wife Jo Ann of Clarendon; three step-children, Ronnie Griffin and wife Belynnda, Donna Irvin and husband Rick, and Tyana Griffin of Stinnett, Texas.

Jimmie m 2nd) Frances V. Parnell 19 Feb 1970 Decatur, Wise, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.3. Ruble Harrison Worsham b 13 Jan 1890, d 12 Oct 1969 Irving, Dallas, TX (TX Death Index-widowed) m Vera Mae Wetsel the d/o James Henry Wetsel & Clellan Mattie Skiles. Children: Henry Harrison Worsham, Louise Worsham, D. Worsham, Alma Clellen Worsham, Ella S. Worsham, Effie Mae Worsham, Mabel Lea Worsham & Hubert Dee Worsham.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.4. Henry Plummer Worsham m Esther Marie Miller 19 Oct 1918 who was b 17 Oct 1900 d Jul 1982 Houston, Harris, TX. He d 18 Apr 1982 Houston, Harris, TX & bur Forest Park Cem, Houston, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.5. Joseph Luster Worsham m Arella Gregg. Children: Katherine Elizabeth Worsham; Violet Dean Worsham & 5 others.

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1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6. Russell Pinkney Worsham b 16 May 1895 Belton, Bell, TX, d 21 Dec 1978 Houston, Harris, TX & m Marie Dorothy Stehlik who was b 12 Apr 1904 Schallersdorf, Austria. Marie left Mähren, Austria & immigrated to the US on 9 Dec 1910, at the age of 6.  She was Bohemian. She traveled from Bremen, Germany aboard the ship named Cassel arriving in Galveston, TX with a final destination of Houston, where her father lived.  On the ship, she was accompanied by her mother, Marie M. Stehlik age 28 & sister, Matilda Stehlik.  Marie M. Stehlik was b 2 Sep 1882 Vienna, Austria.  In 1917, Marie's father, Johann Stehlik "John" b 2 Aug 1878 Strelica?, Austria.  John immigrated to the US through Galveston 14 Oct 1909 from Bremen, Germany aboard the Breslau.  In 1917, John Stehlik was a ship carpenter at Midland Bridge Co. in  Houston, TX.  In 1930 John was a cabinet maker in Houston.  The passport photo is of Marie Dorothy Stehlik's mother, Mrs. Marie M. Stehlik, issued 18 Mar 1922 to visit her mother & sisters. Travel was to Germany, Czecho Slovakia, France & Holland.  She was 5 ft 8 in, with blue eyes, brown hair.
 

Russell had blue eyes & light hair and in 1917 was a farmer.   In 1930 he worked as a floor finisher & lived at  55 Payne, in Houston, TX.  Marie d 6 Nov 1976 Houston, Harris, TX.  Russell d 21 Dec 1978 Houston, Harris, TX.

Children:

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6.1.  Richard Russell Worsham b 19 Sep 1928 Houston, Harris, TX & m. Phyllis Adelle Hill.  Phyllis, dau of Andrew Joseph Hill & Ethel Lee Read, was b 28 Nov 1930 Harris Co, TX.

Children of Richard & Phyllis:

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6.1.1.  Jerry Janice Worsham.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6.1.2.  Jackie Lynn Worsham.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6.1.3.  Unknown Worsham.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6.2.  Floyd John Worsham b 17 Nov 1939 Houston, Harris, TX. Floyd m 1st) Mary Lucille Hawkins 18 Jan 1957 Harris Co, TX.  Mary m 2nd) Harold Eugene Draughon 29 Mar 1966 Waller Co, TX.  They had 2 children, Bryan Kevin Draughon & David Scott Draughon, and divorced 10 Feb 1975 Harris Co, TX.

Floyd m 2nd) Carolyn Jo Johnson.  Floyd died 5 Jan 1992 Harris Co., TX.

Children of Floyd & Mary:

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6.2A.1.  Felicia Dalayne Worsham m John Douglas Crowley.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6.2A.2.  Floyd John Worsham m Ann Julie Kirby.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6.2A.3.  Mary Elise Worsham m Larry Dwayne Gilchrist.

Children of Floyd & Carolyn:

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.6.2B.1.  Loretta Roushell Worsham m Gabriel Nolaw Mullane.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.7. Albert Christopher Worsham b 31 Oct 1896 m 1st) Lucille Galatin. Children: Estelle; Thomas Henry; Ila Daisy & 3 others. Albert m 2nd) Clara. He d 24 Apr 1993 Tomball, Harris, TX. There was a Clara M. Worsham b 31 Mar 1906 & d 5 Jun 2002 Cypress, Harris, TX in the SSDI.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.8. James Frank Worsham

Children:

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.8A.1.  Gladys Nell Worsham b 1 Aug 1920 Brazos, TX m 1st) Walter Raymond Allen & m 2nd) Fred Pershing Miller.

Picture of Gladys is from Canon Funeral Home Chapel, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gladys d 25 Feb 2006:

Gladys Nell Miller, age 85 of Tomball, passed away on Feb 25, 2006. Mrs. Miller is preceded in death by her husband, Fred P. Miller; sons, Larry Miller, and Fred “PeeWee” Miller Jr.; and daughters, Charlotte James, and Joanna Sivley; and is survived by sons, Fred G. “Doodle” Miller and wife Freida, Jim D. “Herbie” Miller and wife Terri, and Jim T. Miller and wife Heather; daughters, Carol Edwards and husband George, Pam Cochrane and husband Billy, and Molly Russ and husband Steve; brother, Frank Worsham Jr. and wife Billie; sister, Elizabeth Leibrock. Visitation will be Tuesday, Feb 28, 2006 at Canon Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, Mar 1, 2006 at Canon Funeral Home with Pastor Jim Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Macedonia Cemetery.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.8A.2.  Frances Vivian Worsham b 11 Dec 1922 Brazos, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.8A.3.  James Frank Worsham b 12 Jun 1927 Brazos, TX. James m Edna Lou Jones & Billie Buster.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.8A.4.  Jewell Elizabeth Worsham b 22 Apr 1934 Brazos, TX. She m Mr. Leibrock & William Floyd Groce.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1A.8A.5.   Roy Moore Worsham b 3 Jun 1936 Brazos, TX & d 4 Oct 1971 Houston, Harris, TX.  Roy m Mary Maude Creed.  Abt 1973, Mary m 2nd) Charles Ray Horn b 29 Nov 1934 Coolidge, TX & d 14 Jan 2009.

Charles "Ray" Horn, 74, passed from this life on Wednesday Jan. 14, 2009 at his home in Wellborn. A graveside service is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, January 18, 2009, at Wellborn Cemetery.

He was born on November 29, 1934 in Coolidge, Texas. He grew up and attended school in Bryan. Ray served in the Airforce Reserves. He was a certified machinist and retired from Texas A&M. Ray also served for more than 25 years as a Reserve Officer of the Bryan Police Department and as a Deputy Constable of Brazos County. He also was a member of the Sons of Hermann, Elks Lodge and the Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department.

Ray was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Edwin Worsham.

Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Mary Creed Horn of Wellborn; sons, Jerold Ray Horn of Cleveland Tenn., Colton Ryan Horn of Wellborn and Randell Snodgrass Horn of Georgia; daughters, Carolyn Prater of Kentucky, Joyce Ann McKee of Weatherford, Regina Horn Tinney of Wellborn, Sharon Snodgrass Horn David of Arkansas, Dana Roy Mullin of Wellborn and Tammy Lynette Horn Seay of Bryan; brother, Billy Don Horn of Garland, Texas; sister, Joyce Ferguson of Dallas; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other relatives.

The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Texas Home Hospice.

William & Fannie children:

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1B.1. Tennie May Worsham m Harland S. Miller & d 27 Dec 1993 Houston, Harris, TX. They are in the 1930 Houston, Harris, TX census. She is age 28 m age 20. Harland is age 26 b IL with son Wallace H. age 4 years 4 months. Her brother, Allen Worsham, age 15 is living with them. Harland b 6 Jul 1903 & d Dec 1983 Houston, Harris, TX.and son, Wallace Harland Miller was b 25 Aug 1925 Houston, Harris, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1B.2. Delaney Worsham b 8 Jul 1903 & d 14 Sep 1997 Channelview, Harris, TX (SSDI) m Geeter Boyd Elmore who was b 5 Feb 1893 & d Feb 1974 Harris Co, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1B.3. Bessie M Worsham b 29 Aug 1908 d 21 Jan 1977 Houston, Harris, TX (SSDI) m Edwin Emory Bullock according to TX birth records of their children. Edwin b 27 Apr 1904 & d 12 Sep 1982 (SSDI) They are on the 1930 Brazos Co, TX census. She is Bessie Bullock age 21 m age 16. Edwin is age 26 b TX & son Edwin S. Bullock is age 5 months. Edwin Emory Bullock, Jr was b 24 Oct 1929. Bessie & Edwin had 6 other children.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1B.4 Sam Houston Worsham b 13 Jan 1911 Baylor Co, TX, d 30 Jul 1968 Harris Co, TX m Oletha Randolph. Her obituary is as follows:

Oletha Worsham, 87, passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2004 in Bellville. She was born on July 31, 1916 in Walker County, Texas to John Aaron and Jennie Texana Woods Randolph. She was a lifelong resident of the Heights. She retired from the Harris County Tax Office. Oletha is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Sam Houston Worsham; her brother, John Eugene Randolph; and her son-in-law, Ray Kahanek. She is survived by her daughter, Jennie Kahanek; and grandson, Mark Kahanek. The family will receive friends on Friday, June 4, 2004 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Heights Funeral Home, 1317 Heights Boulevard. The funeral service will be Saturday, June 5, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Heights Funeral Home with Rev. Ernest Izzard officiating. Interment will follow in McAdams Cemetery in Huntsville. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to Mr. K's Halfway House for Hounds and Kittys Too Pet Shelter, 9203 Jackrabbit Road, Houston, Texas; Houston Chronicle Newspaper Location: Houston, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1B.5. Woodrow Wilson Worsham m 1st Ada Morris & 2nd Beulah Norris. He d Nov 1986 Bismark, Hot Springs, Arkansas. (SSDI) There is a Beulah E. Worsham b 2 Oct 1922 d 5 Apr 2002 Bismark, Hot Springs, AR also in the SSDI

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1B.6 Allen Smith Worsham b 1 Mar 1915 m Galetha Ellen Cobb. (TX birth records) d 5 Feb 2003 Ingram, Kerr, TX (SSDI as Allen S Worsham) He is in the 1994 & 2000 Houston, TX Telephone Directory as Allen S. Worsham.

Children: Sue Ellen Worsham, Robert Allen Worsham. (TX birth and death record) & 3 other children

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.1B.7. Dorothy Ruth Worsham b 23 Mar 1921 (Eleanor Colson, 2003) m Clifton Clovis Putnam. (Billy R Wilson, 2002) Clifton C Putnam b 15 Jan 1919 & d 3 Jul 1995 Channelview, Harris, Texas. (SSDI)

The 17 Mar 2008 Houston Chronicle:

DOROTHY RUTH WORSHAM PUTNAM passed away March 14, 2008. Visitation will be held Monday, March 17, from 6pm to 9pm at Forest Park Lawndale. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, March 18, 2008 in the Main Chapel at Forest Park Lawndale. Interment will follow after service.

 

 

 

 

 

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.2. Harriet Josephine Worsham "Hallie" b 24 Sep 1867 LA, m 20 May 1886 Sunset Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Sunset, Montague, TX to Isham Tone Davis b 11 Dec 1859 Grimes Co, TX. Harriet d 4 May 1933 & Isham d 27 Oct 1934. They were in the 1900 Justice Precinct 2, Grimes, TX census: 1910 Keith, Grimes, TX census; 1920 Iola, Grimes, TX census; 1930 Precinct 2, Grimes, TX census. Both are bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes, TX.

Children:

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.2.1. Lock McDaniel Davis b 5 Mar 1887 Grimes Co, TX (World War I Draft Registration Card) m Mattie C Turner who was born Jul 1891 Grimes Co, TX and d 28 Jan 1829. Lock d 18 Jun 1956 Madison, TX (Texas Death Index) & bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes, TX. Children: William Elwood Davis; Earnest Davis; Fred Davis; Albert J. Davis; Lela Davis; Rhumodell Davis.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.2.2. William Oscar Davis b 10 Dec 1888 Grimes Co., TX m Mamie Dovie Rambie before 1930 who was born 1891. William d 23 Dec 1936 & bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.2.3. Tennie Davis b 17 May 1891 Grimes Co., TX d 16 Jan 1920

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.2.4. Samuel Erastus Davis b 6 Jun 1893 Grimes Co, TX (World War I Draft Registration) d 24 Mar 1949 Humboldt, CA (California Death Index)

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.2.5. Annie May Davis b 3 Sep 1895 Grimes, TX d 26 Dec 1895 Grimes, TX bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.2.6. Thomas D Davis b 11 Dec 1896 Grimes Co & d 2 Jul 1931 Grimes Co, TX bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.2.7. Ella Isabelle Davis b 24 Oct 1899 Grimes Co, TX

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.2.8. Ada "Addie" Davis b abt 1911 Grimes Co, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.3.  Rogilla Worsham d 1945 & John Franklin Yeager d 1929 and are both buried at Pankey Cem, near Iola, Grimes Co, TX.

1.5.5.1.4.2.3B.4.  James Malone Worsham was James M. Worsham.  He m Alice Virginia Hensley who was b 30 Dec 1878. Alice d 19 Jul 1971. Both are bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes Co, TX.  Melba Wells copied the information in the Bible that belonged to Virginia Alice Hensley Worsham on 2 Feb 1969 in Iola, TX. Virginia and Melba’s grandmother were first cousins:

BIBLE RECORDS OF VIRGINIA ALICE HENSLEY WORSHAM

Jim Worsham and Alice Hensley were married Oct. 6, 1896
Garrett Barefield and Edna Worsham were married July 1, 1914
Edna Worsham Barfield married Freeman Rice 1931

Jim Worsham was born Sept 16, 1874
Alice Worsham was born Dec. 30 1878
Edna Lee Worsham b Sept. 19, 1897 Grimes Co., TX
James Claude Worsham b July 22, 1899 Grimes Co., TX
John Elbert Worsham b Sept 22 1901 Grimes Co., TX
Anna Myrtle Worsham b Jan. 9, 1904 Brazos, Co., TX
William Felix Worsham b Apr. 23 1908 Grimes Co.,TX Bedias
Oscar Weldon Worsham b Sept. 11, 1911 Grimes Co., TX

Garrett Alton Barefield died Jan 5, 1922
J. M. Worsham died March 26, 1928
Junior Gorbet died March 19, 1933 (Myrtle's baby)
Willie Mae Worsham died July 18, 1938 (Elbert's 1^st wife)
Carroll Worsham died July 14, 1939 (Felix's son)
Sharon Worsham died Aug. 9, 1953 (Felix daughter)

James Claude Worsham married Oma McWilliams
Edna Lee Worsham m/1 Barefield m/2 Freeman Rice (no kids)
John Elbert Worsham m/1 Willie Mae Wells m/2 Nancy Nobles
Anna Myrtle Worsham married Joe Gorbet
William Felix Worsham married Opal Landers
Oscar Weldon Worsham married Lizzie Ora Edenburg

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1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.4.2. James Claude Worsham instead of Claud b 28 Jul 1899 Grimes Co., TX m Annie Naoma McWilliams "Oma" instead of Ona who was b 1 Oct 1900 TX instead of abt 1901. Texas death records have her name as Annie Naomi Worsham. Oma d 7 Jan 1986 & James d 9 Oct 1991. Both are bur Lake Grove Cem. 

Add children: (Bessie D Mitchell, 2001)

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.4.2.1.  Naomi Estelle Worsham b 10 May 1919 Grimes Co, TX, d 7 Mar 1986, bur Panky Cem, Houston, TX.  She m Cecil Eugene Shiflet 6 Jul 1939, b 3 May 1914, d. 15 Nov 1963.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.4.2.2  Audrey Faye Worsham b 18 Sep 1921 Grimes Co, TX, d 26 Aug 1996 Madison Co., TX.  She m John Hiram Mc Knight 7 Dec 1939 Madison, TX who d. 22 Jul 1975.  Both bur Madison City Cem, Madison Co, TX

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.4.2.3  James Paul Worsham b 18 Feb 1924 Grimes Co, TX, d 10 Sep 1984 Harris Co, TX, bur Lake Grove Cem, Mesa, Grimes, TX.  He m 1st) Mary Breland 19 Dec 1945, b 1926.  He m 2nd) Lillie Mae Brackett 3 May 1968 Harris Co, TX, who d 28 May 1991.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.4.2.4  Bessie Dee Worsham b 5 Nov 1927 Grimes Co, TX & m 1st) Henry Warren Burkhardt 1 Sep 1943, b 25 Mar 1925.  She m 2nd) A B Billy Mitchell 3 Sep 1956, b 4 Mar 1926.

1.5.3.1.4.3B.4.3. John Elbert Worsham b 22 Sep 1901 Grimes Co, TX instead of 1902 TX. He d 15 Nov 1976 Grimes Co., TX & bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes Co, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.3B.4.4. Anna Myrtle Worsham b 9 Jan 1904 Grimes Co, TX & d 15 Apr 2008 College Station, TX. She m Joe Gorbet.  Her obit was published by Day Funeral Home in Madisonville, TX:

Myrtle Worsham Gorbet Born: January 9, 1904Place of Birth: Grimes County Resided in: Iola, TX. Died: April 15, 2008Visitation: Wednesday April 16, 2008, 4 - 6 PM, at Day Funeral Home Chapel Service: Apr 17, 2008 - 10:00am, at Iola Missionary Baptist Church Burial: Apr 17, 2008, at Zion Cemetery in Iola Myrtle Anna (Worsham) Gorbet, 104, of Iola died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 in College Station, Texas. Funeral services are set for 10:00 AM Thursday, April 17, 2008 at Iola Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Zion Cemetery in Iola. Bro. Doug Jones will officiate. Visitation will be held at Day Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 from 4-6 PM. Ms. Gorbet was born January 9, 1904 in Grimes County to James Worsham and Alice Hensley Worsham. Ms. Gorbet was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Joe Gorbet. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law Joyce and Roland Yeager of Iola along with her nieces and nephews.

 

 

1.5.3.1.4.3B.4.5. William Felix Worsham b 23 Apr 1907 Grimes Co, TX & d 15 Nov 1995 Grimes, TX. He m 1^st) Ola Opal Landers & 2^nd) Irene J Mayes. Children of Ola: Waymon Kenneth Worsham, Jerry Lynn Worsham, James Dennis Worsham, Virginia Ann Worsham, Ola Vivian Worsham, John Earl Worsham, Donna Jean Worsham.

1.5.3.1.4.3B.4.6. Oscar Weldon Worsham b 11 Sep 1911 Grimes Co., TX & d 12 May 1993 Houston, Harris, TX. He m Lizzie Ora Edinburg. Child: Jimmie Sue Worsham.

1.5.3.1.4.3B.5. Charles Bunyan "C B" Worsham born Dec 1874 m 1st) Maggie A. Hensley born May 1876. C B m 2nd) Teen Hayes. He was the son of William Thomas & Tennessee Rogillio Worsham. William was b 5  Jan 1839 East Feliciana Pa, LA. According to Becky Bass Bonner and Josephine Lindsay Bass, a family story claims William Thomas Worsham and Tennessee moved to Texas in 1875 because William T had killed his brother back in Louisiana.  William T served in the Civil War and applied for pension from Mesa, Grimes Co, TX on 15 Nov 1903 when he was 68 years old. In the application, he stated he had lived in TX 27 years. He enlisted at Camp Moore, LA on 29 Mar 1862 for two years in Co. A 27th Louisiana infantry. Family on page 323.  Picture of Charles and Maggie from "Yoakum County From Sod To 1996", p. 244

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.5.1. Mabel Elizabeth Worsham. She was b 28 Jul 1895 & m William Frank Upton 16 Nov 1913 in Arkansas. William b 11 May 1894 & d Oct 1972 Tokio, Yoakum, TX. Mabel d Dec 1972 Tokio, Yoakum, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.5.2. Fannie Ray Worsham "Annie" instead of Annie R Worsham. She was b 25 Sep 1897 instead of Sep 1897. She d 21 Sep 1900 Grimes Co, TX & bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes Co, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.5.3. Charles Dixon Worsham instead of D. He was b 19 Sep 1899 instead of Sep 1899. He d 13 Jun 1902 Grimes Co, TX & bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes Co, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.6.  Elizabeth L Worsham "Lizzie" b 12 Jan 1876 & m John Joseph Colson. (was 1.5.5.1.4.2.3.6.)

The photograph from the Colson Family Genealogy, http://members.aol.com/eleanorcol/colsonfam.html, 2003, is titled “John J. Colson family of Iola, Grimes Co, TX, Back Row, left to right - Jimmie, Johnnie, Edith, Amy; Front Row, left to right - Roy, John J Colson, Lizzie Worsham Colson, Ray; Missing from picture are Belle, Frank, John, and Gaines; Picture taken in 1924”

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1.5.3.1.4.2.4. James Henry Worsham b 1849 m 1st) Mary E Woodard 8 Nov 1869 across the border from East Feliciana Pa, LA in Amite Co, MS. He m 2nd) Mary L Gayle. Renumber children as children of second wife.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.8. Thomas Jefferson Worsham d 18 Feb 1962 & bur Lake Grove Cem, Grimes Co, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.2.3B.8.1.  Mason Arthur Worsham b 17 Feb 1909 & d 17 Apr 1979 Brazos Co, TX.

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1.5.3.1.4.3.  Bolin Greene Worsham sometimes appears also as "Green" or "Greenby" or "Greenberry."

1.5.3.1.4.3.1.  James H Worsham change to James Henry Worsham. (Jim Worsham, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.3.2.  Harriet G.Worsham change to Harriet Gay Worsham.

1.5.3.1.4.3.3.  P. G. Worsham change to Thomas Jefferson Worsham. (Jim Worsham, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.7. Samuel Jackson Worsham b 10 Sep 1819 probably in Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, LA. The following was written by Jim Worsham, 2005:

The Civil War came in 1861 (272 Worshams fought for the South, 10 of them from LA). Three of Samual and Levinia's sons (whose father d 1858 and whose mother had remarried), Gustavus Adolphus, Samual Jackson, and John Farley, aged 15, 12, and 10, left LA and struck out for Indian Territory (now OK). (Possibly the boys were accompanied by their Uncle John Farley Worsham and his son Albert Malone who are believed to have left LA in 1867 and settled in Waco, TX. Albert later returned, permanently, to LA, but Uncle John Farley stayed and may have married an Indian woman there.) En route to Indian Territory, while stealing a mule, Gustavus was shot by a Confederate soldier. (When Gustavus d in 1922, he still had that lead ball buried in his hip.) In Indian Territory, Gustavus, Samual and John Farley began raising cotton on separate farms. They did not 'own' the land as all land belonged to the Chickasaw Nation. Their land was located near the town of Joiner City, in Pickens County. This is near the current town of Wilson, Carter County. Joiner City was destroyed by a tornado in the 1930's. Only the foundation of the schoolhouse remains today.
John Farley m Lucrecia McGee in 1880, a full blood Chickasaw, born on Pennington Creek, which is today Tishomingo, OK, by Judge Anderson. Gustavus (m 1880) and Samual (m 1881) married half-sisters Julia Ann Palmer and Mary Ella Palmer Perry by Robert Harris who later became Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. All three sons were married 'according to the laws of the Chickasaw Nation.'
By 1885, it became apparent that the federal government, in preparation for OK statehood, intended to liquidate commonly held tribal land and institute 'personal' ownership of land. Individual Indians would be allotted individual parcels of land which they would 'own.' It become important that Indians be registered as Indian.
Sarah Palmer (mother of Julia Ann and Mary Ella) petitioned the Chickasaw Council for citizenship. She was rejected. Probable causes: Sarah spent her early years in FT. Smith, AR (which was not Indian Territory), married two white men in Ft. Smith, and her mother Mary Gamble Moseby (1/2 Chickasaw from Pigeon Roost, MI) had also settled in Ft. Smith. In late 1885, the Dawes Commission was created by the federal government to register all Chickasaws. John Farley and Lucrecia registered, with their children. Sarah hired a lawyer and filed, again, with the Dawes Commission for citizenship at Vinita, Indian Territory. The family members included in Sarah's application were:

    Emma Mosbey   May Thompson         Bessie Worsham        Julia Worsham

    Sarah Palmer    Nettie Thompson      Ella Worsham           Sam Worsham

    Sadie Palmer     Herbert Thompson   Ella Worsham           Sophia Worsham

    Earl Palmer       Bertha Thompson      Harry Worsham       Thomas Worsham

    Della Palmer      Rufus Thompson       Jeptha Worsham      Catherine Young

    Alice Palmer      Sophia Trentham      Jessie Worsham       Geo W. Young

    Charles Palmer  Joseph Trentham      John Worsham         Wellington Young

                                                                                                           Roy Young

 

Fourteen people testified on Sarah's behalf. Her application was denied 15 Nov 1896. Sarah Palmer appealed, in 15 Dec 1896, to The U.S. Court of The Southern District of Indian Territory at Ardmore, I.T. The appeal was upheld 8 Jan 1897 (reversing the Dawes Commission decision). Chickasaw citizenship was granted on 5 Feb 1898 to all applicants except Samual Worsham and Gustavus Adolphus Worsham. The Chickasaw Nation appealed this decision to The U.S. Supreme Court 11 Jul 1898. On 15 May 1899, The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the U.S. Court of the Southern District of Indian Territory favoring Sarah Palmer, et al, putting the applicants back onto the citizenship list. In 1902, Chickasaw and Choctaw officials convinced the U.S. Congress to create a new Choctaw-Chickasaw Citizenship Court to make all decisions on citizenship. The Citizenship Court immediately declared all prior citizenship decisions, by all commissions and courts, null and void…. In March 1903, Sarah, et al, once more, petitioned for citizenship, Case 39. Her case was made more difficult by the Citizenship Court's decision that all evidence from previous trials was disallowed. Sarah was able to gather 11 testimonies as some witnesses had moved away, or had died. The decision took one year and a half. On 28 Nov 1904, the Court denied her petition. Sarah's denial seems to have been part of an attitude of a Court utterly dedicated to the rejection of applications: of 3,679 applications, only 156 were added to the Chickasaw-Choctaw Rolls. Today, only an act of Congress can add a name to the Chickasaw Rolls. It has never been done.
As for Samual Jackson Worsham, the decision was a disaster. His farmland could be claimed by any Chickasaw or Choctaw who wished to claim it. He and his brother John Farley worked a deal. John Farley asked for Samual's land as a part of his (John's) Indian allotment. In 1906, the governments of the 'Five Civilized Tribes' were legally terminated. On that day, John Farley sold Samual's land back to Samual for one dollar.
The house currently on what was Samual's land in Carter Co, OK is not the original house. That house burned down in 1922, while everyone was at church. Daughters Audrey and Julianna had a house moved from Wilson, OK to the site of the original house.

"Julia was 1/8 Chickasaw. Her father was white, Thomas J. (James) Palmer, and her mother, Sarah Moseby Palmer was ¼ Chickasaw. This was Sarah’s 2nd marriage. Her 1st marriage was to Thomas’s brother, Frederick Palmer. Julia acquired U.S. citizenship in 1886 ‘by allotment’ (per 1900 Federal Census). Prior to 1886, Julia was Chickasaw citizen. Thomas d 1865, at Pine Bluffs, AR after being conscripted into the Arkansas Confederate Army." 

Worsham Family In The Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory:

"The demoralizing, brutalizing effects of contact between the white man and the savage...are now removed." The majority of the Chickasaws had been forced out of Mississippi by late 1837, when this question was printed in the 'Chickasaw Union', a white man's newspaper published in Pontotoc, Mississippi. The words seemed to summarize the prevailing thought of the Mississippi white men who were busily buying former Chickasaw properties at bargain prices.

MARY GAMBLE

Mary Gamble was a half-blood Chickasaw, born in 1800 on the original Chickasaw land (now Mississippi) at Pigeon Roost. While Mary's maiden name was "Gamble", some documents spell it "Gambrell". Mary was our great-great-great grandmother.

Mary married John Moseby, in Mississippi. John Moseby (again, there are various spellings: Mosbey, Moseby, Mosley, Mosely) was probably a white man, althought he was born in Pontotoc on the original Chickasaw land. Children of Mary and John were Emma, Martha 'Matt', Sarah, William, John 'Bub', and Elizabeth.

John Moseby died about 1836, in Pontotoc. Mary Gamble Moseby continued to live in Mississippi, with her children, until 1844. While most Chickasaws had been forced to leave Mississippi by 1837, emigration did continue into the 1850's. One reason for the delay was the statue of widows and orphans who had been assigned white guardians by the Mississippi courts These widows and orphans were not allowed to leave Mississippi. "It appears their object is to keep the Indians there until all of their property is destroyed" wrote Grant Foreman in "Indian Removal". As a widow, this may have been Mary's situation. In any event, in 1844, Mary Gamble Moseby left Mississippi and arrived at Fort Coffee, Indian Territory, where she "drew supplies1" (of food). With her were five of her children (her daughter Elizabeth died young in Mississippi).

Mary Gamble Mosby remained in Indian Territory for an unknown, probably brief, period of time, before she took her children with her to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Fort Smith was on the other side of the Arkansas River from the place where Mary lived in Indian Territory. Mary's daughter Sarah testified later that her mother kept a house in Indian Territory for ten years, even after getting work in Fort Smith. For many years, probably until her death, Mary ran a boarding house in Fort Smith. She was known to speak both English and Chickasaw. Mary died at Fort Smith in February of 1871 or 1872.

It was thought by some that Mary Gamble Moseby had remarried to a man named "Campbell", and that they had two children. John and (name not known, died young). However, this may be a confusion of sound and circumstance. The speaking of "Gamble" is easily heard "Campbell", and, Mary did have a son John, as well as a child who died young (Elizabeth) - but these were John Moseby's children.

NANCY GAMBLE

Mary Gamble had a sister, Nancy Gamble, born about 1803, also in Pigeon Roost. It is believed that there were other sisters as well, but they have not been identified. Nancy Gamble married Elie Locklier in Mississippi. They both went to Indian Territory in 1837, where they also "drew supplies" at Fort Coffee.

SARAH MOSEBY

Sarah Moseby was probably the third child of Mary Gamble and John Moseby. It appears that she was born on April 18, 1831 (some sources state 1832 and 1833). In 1848, or 1849, Sarah married Frederick Palmer at Fort Smith. Frederick was a white farmer. They had three children, Sophia A., Charles, and Mary Ella, all born at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Frederick went to California in 1855, "when the gold fever broke out," and never returned. Sarah receivfed word in 1856 that he had died.

About 1859, Sarah Moseby Palmer re-married, in Fort Smith, to Thomas James Palmer. It seems that Thomas referred to himself as James Palmer most of the time. Thomas was the brother of Sarah's deceased husband, Frederick Palmer. Thomas built houses. Sarah and Thomas had two children, Julia Ann and Thomas. Both were born at Fort Smith, Julia Ann first in June of 1860.

In 1861, following the outbreak of the Civil War, Thomas enlisted in the (Confederate) Chickasaw Battalion at Fort Arbuskle in the Chicksaw Nation, Indian Territory. He was trained as a mechanic. However, he became ill ("taken with white swelling"), and was discharged. He returned to his home state, Arkansas. Presumably he continued his occupation of house building. Before too long, it was said, he was conscripted into Arkansas (Confederate) service and he died in the army, of an illness, "around Pine Bluffs, Arkansas," in 1865.

The State of Arkansas today has a record of a "Thomas Palmer" who enlisted on Jan, 19, 1864, as a Private in Battery "A, 1st Arkansas Light Artillery Volunteers. This Thomas died eight days later, Jan. 27, 1864, of pneumonia at Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas. It appears that this Thomas was Sarah's husband. Sarah certainly had hard luck at selecting husbands. Perhaps she realized this: she never married again.

Sometime during the next 12 years, Sarah probably relocated herself and her five children (Sophia, Charles, Mary Ella, Julia Ann, Thomas) to the Chickasaw Nation, as four of the children later married in the Chickasaw Nation.

MARY ELLA PALMER

The birth date of Sarah's daughter Mary Ella (father Frederick Palmer) is imprecise. In her own court testimony, Mary Ella implied both 1854 and 1856. Her tombstone says 1855...Mary Ella Palmer married on Sept. 1, 1876, at Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation (now Johnston Co., Oklahoma). She married Guy T. Perry, whose nickname was "Rat". "Rat" was a salesman and traveled a lot. They had two cildren, Frederick Oscar and Ada, and were then divorced. "Rat" seems to have disappeared after the divorce, and it is thought that he died somewhere in Kansas before 1897.

A BRIEF HISTORY

In 1540, the first recorded Chickasaw contact with white men occurred Hernando de Soto encountered the Chickasaw at the Tombgigbee River. Within three months, the Chickasaws had had enough. They drove the Spanish out.

In 1642, George Worsham purchased land in the Royal Colony of Virginia. George had probably just emigrated to the Colony from England, together with (his assumed brother) William Worsham. Two of George's great-great-great-grandsons would marry Chickasaw women 240 years later.

In 1673, the Chickasaws witnessed the passing of the Joliet-Marquette party through the Chickasaw domain on a Mississippi River exploration. It would be another 25 years before the Chickasaws would be significantly impacted by white men. These would be English traders. But, for now, the Chickasaws utterly dominated a large domain within western Kentucky, western Tennesse, Mississippi, and northwest Alabama, and had established two small settlements in Georgia and South Carolina. The Chickasaws were still the proud and unconquered. They had no reason to know that it would ever change.

HENRY WORSHAM

About 1808, George Worsham's great-great-grandson Henry left Virginia with his new wife, Martha Lee Farley of Nottoway Co., Virginia2. They went to Baldwin County Georgia where some Worsham cousins lived. However, between 1815 and 1820 Henry and Martha, with six children, left Georgia and settled in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, probably near the current town of Clinton in northeast Louisiana. The Louisiana Purchase was completed in 1803, and Henry may have been drawn by the lure of plentiful land in a new American territory.

In East Feliciana, 5 more children were born to Henry and Martha, totaling 12: Albert Malone, 1807, GA; Samuel Jackson, 1819, GA; James Henry, 1809, GA; Matthew Gaulden, 1822, LA; Bolin Greene, 1811, GA; Thomas Jefferson, 1824, LA, William Washington, 1812, GA; John Farley, 1826, LA; Robert Fitzgerald, 1814, GA; Eliza Marie, 1829, LA; Martha Frances, 1817, GA; Lucius Edgar, 1831, LA

SAMUEL JACKSON WORSHAM

Samuel Jackson Worsham married Levinia Jane Nesmith, of Mesissippi, in 1843, in Amite County, Mississippi. They had five children, M. L. (a daughter), 1844, Gustavus Adolphus, 1848, Samuel Jackson, 1851,m John Farley, 1853, and W. G. (a son), 1855.

THE BROTHERS' JOURNEY

The Civil War came in 1861. A total of 272 Worshams fought for the South, 10 of them from Louisiana3. It was probably their good fortune that Gustavus, Samuel Jackson, John Farley, and W. G. were too young to soldier. But they were not too young to suffer. Louisiana suffered mightily from the many battles fought there, and from the long occupation by Northern soldiers, who were enthusiastically resented.

Sometime before the end of the war in 1865, three of the boys, Gustavus, Samuel Jackson, and John Farley, aged 15, 12, and 10, left Louisiana and struck out for Indian Territory. What event, or circumstances, was bad enough to cause these young boys to attempt such a difficult and dangerous trek, is not known. Their father Samuel had died in 1858 and their mother Levinia remarried. But we don't know if these events precipitated the boys decision to go to Indian Territory. The sister and brother, M. L. and W. G., probably stayed with their mother.

En route to Indian Territory, Gustavus, while stealing a mule, was shot by a Confederate soldier. (When he died in 1922, Gustavus still had the lead ball buried in his hip.) It is quite remarkable to think that these boys, one of them wounded and unable to walk, traveled 600-800 miles (depending upon the route) to Indian Territory with a war going on all around them. But, they did make it. Somehow, they found work and housing in Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation.

It may be that the three boys did not travel alone, but accompanied their uncle John Farly Worsham and his son Albert Malone who are believed to have left Louisiana in 1867. John Farley and Albert settled in Waco, Texas. In 1869, dissatisfied with Waco, Alert returned to East Feliciana, Louisiana, and remained for the rest of his life. John Farley stayed in Waco, and may have married an Indian woman there.

Gustavus, Samuel Jackson, and John Farley each eventually began farming his own land, growing cotton (they did not own the land as all land belonged to the Chickasaw Nation). They farmed near the town of Joiner City, in the old Pickens County. This was near today's town of Wilson, in Carter Co. Joiner City was destroyed by a tornado in the 1930's. Only the foundation of the school house remains.

THE CHICKASAW BRIDES

John Farley Worsham married lucrecia Mc Gee in 1880 in Tishoming, Chickasaw Nation. Lucrecia was a full-blood Chickasaw born in 1860 on Pennington Creek, which is today Tishomingo. They had 6 living cildren, Tennie, Richard W., Samuel Jackson, Mattie W., Jewel, and Birdie Guy. The story is that Lucrecia got to name the girls and did so in her own Chickasaw way: Tennie, Mattie, Jewel, and Birdie. All the children were born in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Lucrecia died in 1905, John Farley in 1910, both in Carter Co., Oklahoma.

Gustavus also married in 1880, and his brother Samuel Jacson married in 1881. They married the half-sisters Julia Ann Palmer and Mary Ella Palmer Perry, the daughters of Sarah Mosbey Palmer. Gustavus and Julia Ann were married in Tishomingo by Judge Anderson according to the laws of the Chickasaw Nation. Their living children were: Jessie, 1882 (died young); Joseph, 1887; ohn Farly, 1891; Harry Otis, 1893; and, Raymer, 1897 (d9ied young). All the children were born in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.

Samuel Jackson and Mary Ella Palmer were married in 1881, in Tishomingo, "according to the laws of the Chickasaw Nation," by Robert Harris, who later became Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. Their children were: Bessie, 1882? (died young); Jeptha Fry, 1884; Sophia Adelia, 1885; Mary Ella, 1887; Julianna, 1889; Audrey, 1891; and, Thomas Jefferson, 1894. All the children were born in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.

A QUESTION OF CITIZENSHIP

By 1885 it was fairly well known that the federal government intended to liquidate tribal land holdings, held in common ownership, and institute fee-simple individual ownership of land in Indian Territory. With tribal ownership of land struck down, individual Indians would be alloted individual parcels of land which they would won. It became important for Indians to be registered as Indian.

Sarah Moseby Palmer and her son Charles (plus other applicants, probably those listed below) petitioned the Chickasaw Council, or Legislature, for ctizenship in the Chickasaw Nation. The application was rejected. It is surmised that the Council was prejudiced against Sarah because she had spent her early years in Fort Smith, Arkansas outside of Indian Territory. Indeed both of her marriages were to white men, at Fort Smith. Further, her mother Mary Gamble Moseby had settled in Fort Smith (not Indian Territory) after leaving Mississippi. The Council may have felt that Sarah, and her children, had no interest in declaring their Chickasaw origin until the time when citizenship would guarantee ownership of several hundred acres of land. The Council was probably right about Sarah's motives, but it was wrong in its decision.

In late 1885, the Dawes Commission was authorized to register all Chickasaws in preparatin for what would become Oklahoma statehood. John Farley Worsham and Lucrecia registered themselves and their children.

Sarah got a lawyer and tried again. In August, 1896, Sarah Palmer, et al., filed with the Commision For the Five Civilized Tribes (the Dawes Commission) for ctizenship in the Chickasaw Nation, at Vinita, I.T.

WORSHAM FAMILY IN THE CHICKASAW NATION, I. T.

The family members included in Sarah's application were:

Preston Lloyd, Charles Lloyd, Emma Moseby, ?Sarah Palmer, Sadie Palmer, Earl Palmer, Della Palmer, Alice Palmer, Charles Palmer, Frederick Perry, Alice Thompson, May Thompson, Nettie Thompson, Herbert Thompson, Bertha Thompson, Rufus Thompson, Sophia Trentham, Joseph Trentham, Adolphus Worsham, Audrey Worsham, Bessie Worsham, Ella Worsham, Ella Worsham, Harry Worsham, Jeptha Worsham, Jessie Worsham, John Worsham, Josie Worsham, Julia Worsham, Julia Worsham, Sam Worsham, Sophia Worsham, Thomas Worsham, Catherine Young, Geo W. Young, Wellington Young, Roy Young

Fourteen people testified on Sarah's behalf. The application was denied, Nov. 15, 1896.

Sarah was angry. She was entitled to citizenship. She had a good case. She appealed the judgment of the Dawes Commission on December 15, 1896. The appeal was heard on January 8, 1897 in the United States Court of The Southern District of Indian Territory at Ardmore, I.T. The appeal was upheld, and the decision of the Dawes Commission was overturned. The applicants were granted Chickasaw citizenship and were places on the Dawes List (except for Samuel Worsham and Gustavus Adolphus Worsham). The decision was rendered February 5, 1898.

The Chickasaws became more and more concerned that the Dawes Commission was too lenient and was adding thousands of non-entitled whites and "coloreds" to their list. The Chickasaws' concerns were probably justified. In 1897, the Chickasaws appointed their own four member commission to work with the Dawes commission staff. This Chickasaw Citizenship Commission independently reviewed thousands of applications and presented their opinions to the Dawes staff. The Dawes staff generally ignored them. Perhaps as a part of this great concern, the Chickasaws appealed the decision of the ?Southern District court (regarding Sarah Palmer) to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 11, 1898. However, on May 15, 1899, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Southern Court, favoring Sarah Palmer, et al. Sarah and her stipulated relatives continued to be registered on the Dawes list. Having the concurrence of the United States Supreme Court must have given Sarah and her relatives much comfort. Who would disobey the Supreme Court?

In 1902 still very dissatisfied with the allowances of the Dawes staff, Chickasaw and Choctaw officials convinced Congress to create the Choctaw-Chickasaw Citizenship Court to make decisions on enrollment claims, with authority over the Dawes staff. In December of 1902, the Citizenship Court declared that all enrollment decisions made by the U.S. Court of the Southern District of the Indian Territory were null and void. This meant that Sarah's favorable decisions from the Southern Court, and from the Supreme Court, were worthless. So, in March of 1903, Sarah, once more, petitioned for citizenship. She applied to the Choctaw-Chickasaw Citizenship Court and became Case 39. Her case was made more difficult by the court's declaration that all affidavits and depositions from any previous trials were disallowed. This meant that Sarah had to go out and get them all over again. It was not possible to get them all. Some people had died, while others had moved away. She was able to get testimony from 11 people, but it was not as convincing as prior testimonies had been. The decision took a year and a half. On November 28, 1904, the Court denied her petition. Sarah and her relatives were removed from the Dawes List. Sarah's denial seems to have been part of an attitude of a Court utterly dedicated to the rejection of applications: of 3,679 applications, only 156 were added to the Chickasaw and Choctaw rolls. It is perhaps relevant to note that the final Chickasaw rolls, completed on January 2, 1906, contained 6, 319 names, of which only 635 were intermarried whites. It was over. There could be no further appeals.

Today, only an act of Congress can get a name added to the Chickasaw rolls. It has never been done.

For Samuel Jackson Worsham, the loss of his wife's citizenship in the Chickasaw Nation was a sudden disaster. His farm was Indian land. It was good land. He could lose it to any Chickasaw or Choctaw who wished to claim it. John Farley Worsham, Samuel's brother, had remained on the Chickasaw rolls, probably because his wife was unquestionably a full blood Chickasaw. So John and Samuel worked a deal. John asked for Samuel's land as part of his (John's) Indian allotment. This prevented Samuel's land from being allotted to anyone else.

In 1906, the governments of the Five Civilized Tribes were terminated. On that day, John sold Samuel's land back to Samuel for one dollar. These two brothers were ,probably not the only ones to use this device.

Mary Ella Palmer Worsham died in 1914, and Samuel Jackson died in 1920. Both are buried at Bomar Point Cemetery, Wilson, Carter County, Oklahoma.

The house currently on what was Samuel's property in Carter County is not the original one. The original house burned in 1922, while everyone was at church. Audrey and Julianna were responsible for having a house moved from nearby Wilson to the site of the original house

THE CHILDREN OF SAMUEL JACKSON WORSHAM AND MARY ELLA PALMER

All of the children married except Audrey and Thomas.

Thomas Jefferson Worsham was killed in the last month of World War I, Oct 23, 1918, in Meuse, France. Tom was very tall - about six foot seven inches. When the troops got up to charge forward, Tom was shot in the head. No other members of his machine gun group were injured as the bullets passed over their heads.

Sophia married William McNutt, Mary Ella "Lil" married Mr. Burkeo, and Julianna married Pet H. Moore.

Jeptha Fry Worsham married Georgia Elizabeth McPherson on April 14, 1914 in Ardmore Oklahoma. Georgia, the daughter of Henry McPherson, was originally from Texas, but was living with her aunt Lily "Mae" McPherson Tennyson in Ardmore. Jeptha Fry (his middle name was the same as Samuel Jackson's neighbor) and Georgia had a son Charles Noel, who was known as "Buster". Jep and Georgia moved to Tulsa about 1917. There, Jep received a head injury in about 1927 in an oil field and was somewhat of an invalid afterwards. Georgia supported the family taking in laundry. She died on Christmas Eve in 1934. Jeptha died in March of 1944. Both are buried in Clinton Cemetery in Tulsa, but the grave is not marked.

Buster was born in August, 1915, in Lone Grove, Carter County, Oklahoma. In 1938, Buster married Henrietta Louise Erdmane, of Tulsa, and had two sons James Noel (1938) and Jerry "Jay Richard (1940). In 1942, Buster enlisted in the U.S. Army. In 1944 he was divorced. He died in the war of an illness in December of 1944 in the South Pacific, a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Force.

Louise Erdmans Worsham and James Noel now reside in Connecticut. James' children James Todd and Kelly Elizabeth, live there as well.

"Jay" lives in Florida with his second wife Lou-Ann Fazzina. His three sons Charles Alan, Scott Mitchell, and Brett Travis live in Connecticut. (James Noel Worsham and Jerry "Jay" Richard Worsham

NOTES

1. Unless stated otherwise, all text in quote marks is from recorded testimony in Sarah Palmer's August 15, 1896 Application to the Commission For The Five Civilized Trives (Dawes Commission) in Indian Territory; or, from the December 15, 1896 appeal of this application to the US Court of the Southern District, Ardmore, Indian Territory; or, from the October 28, 1898 appeal to the United States Supreme Court, File No. 17103; or, from the March 9, 1903 petition to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizenship Court, Case 39. These records are on file at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office, Muskogee, Oklahoma, as Case No. 75

2. By coincidence, another "Henry Worsham" moved from Virginia to Louisiana one or two years later. This Henry was the great-great-great grandson of emigrant William Worsham, brother of emigrant George Worsham,. This Henry is listed as "Henry Wisham" on the 1830 Louisiana Census. In Louisiana, he married Hyacinthe Armide De Villier at Plaquemine on April 2, 1821. No evidence has been found that either Henry were ever aware of the other in Louisiana.

3. Source "Consolidated Index To Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, "National Archives Microfilm <Publication M253, Roll 529

Gustavus d 1929 (date from funeral home), Julia d abt 1936 & they bur at Bomar Point Cemetery, Wilson, Carter Co, OK with a ‘marker’ – no headstone. (Jim Worsham, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.1. Jessie Worsham b Joiner City, Pickens Co, Indian Territory, 1/16 Chickasaw Indian.  Today, Joiner City and Pickens County are gone. Wilson and Carter County are current names. (Jim Worsham, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.2. Joseph O. Worsham. Correct paragraph number.  He was 1/16 Chickasaw Indian & b 14 Dec 1888 Tishomingo, Johnston, Indian Territory. In 1918 Joseph, single, with brown eyes & light hair, farmed near Joiner, OK in Carter Co, OK. (WWI draft registration)  He died abt 1942. (Jim Worsham, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.3. John Farley Worsham "Johnny" b 15 Jul 1891 was 1/16 Chickasaw Indian. Jim Worsham, 2005, has his birth as Joiner City, Pickens County, Indian Territory. According to World War I Draft Registration Cards, he was born in Heldton, Chickasaw Co, Indian Territory & had dark blue eyes & light hair.  He m Letha I. Tipps abt 1909 of Carter Co, OK. The record at funeral home in Wilson, OK has his death as 18 Jul 1962. (Jim Worsham, 2005) Both bur Bomar Point Cem, Wilson, Carter Co, OK.

Children:

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.3.1.  Thomas Adolphus Worsham "Dolph" "Dolphus" b 13 Aug 1910 in Zaneis, OK & d 10 Mar 1996 Ardmore, Carter, OK.  Dolph m Betty Mildred Gauntt b 24 Sep 1916 Wilson, Atoka, OK & d 11 Jul 2009 Healdton, Carter, OK.

Obit is courtesy Denise Worsham, wife of Thomas Worsham, 2009.

Thomas A. "Dolph" Worsham Services for Thomas Adolphus "Dolph" Worsham , 85, will be at 2p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Russell Cheatham officiating. Interment will be at Bomar Point Cemetery.

Worsham died March 10, 1996 in the Ardmore hospital after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 13, 1910 at Zaneis, to John F. and Letha Tipps Worsham.

He attended school at Zanies and served with the Army during World War II in the Aleutian Islands and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. He married Mildred Gauntt Baxter Sept. 27, 1945, and retired from Jones Oil Co. in 1971.

He was a member of First United Methoist Church, VFW and DAV.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; three sons, Danny J., Wilson, Stephen M., Healdton, and Thomas S., Yukon; a daughter, Kay N. Chaney, Ardmore; a sister, Patricia Wysong, Garden Grove, Ore.; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Bearers will be Mike Emberling, Dr. Ed Armstong, Jason Chaney, Rodney, Darrly and Casey Worsham.

Reser Funeral Home will direct services.

Betty's obit:

Wilson, OK —

Graveside services for Betty Mildred (Gauntt) Worsham, 92, will be held Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at Hewitt Cemetery in Wilson under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home in Healdton, with grandson Rev. Rodney Worsham officiating.
Mildred was born in Wilson on Sept. 24, 1916, to the late Daniel Dow and Ada Lou (Ellis) Gauntt. She departed this life July 11, 2009, at her home in Healdton, Okla.
Mildred was raised in Wilson, graduating from high school there in 1935, with a perfect attendance. She met Thomas Adolphus Worsham and they were married Sept. 27, 1945. From this union there were four children born.
Mildred owned and operated Gauntt and Worsham Grocery in Healdton, worked at Marietta Sporting Factory, was a lifelong member of the Healdton First United Methodist Church, a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, member of the Ladies Business and Professional and a member of many lady card clubs. She loved playing dominoes and lived a strong Christian life. Granny will be remembered for her strong and loving sound advise, her awesome pies and her homemade food.
Preceding her in death was her husband, Thomas A. Worsham; parents; a daughter, Joyce Lynn (Baxter) Griffith; a son, Billie Jean Baxter; four brothers, two sisters, a granddaughter, Barbara Kay Veneigh; grandson, David Michael Griffith; and a great-granddaughter, Lily Grace Chaney.
Survivors include one daughter, Kay Nell Chaney & husband Alan, Ardmore; three sons, Danny Joe Worsham & wife Fran, Ringling, Stephen Mark Worsham, Healdton and Thomas Scott Worsham & wife Denise, Yukon; 19 grandchildren, Julie Dolan & husband Rick, Asher, Darryl Worsham & wife Rhonda, Austin, Texas, Rhodney Woesham & wife Candice, Windfield, Kan., Tonya Worsham, Ardmore, Jason Chaney & wife Jill, Ardmore, Marissa Chaney, Edmond, Mitchel Chaney, Ardmore, Casey Worsham & wife Natalie, Durant, Nicole Duck & husband Curt, Davis, Twyla, Tyler, Trevor, Tia, Tyra & Trey Worsham, Yukon, Casey Dawn Miller & husband Greg, Ringling, Erin Edwards & husband Stephen, Ringling, Alan Patrick, Ringling and Corey Bernel & husband Bruce, Lone Grove; 24 great-grandchildren, Amy Veneigh, Oklahoma City, Emily Veneigh, Las Crus, Mexico, Aaron Veneigh, Portland, Ore., Erica Nesmith, Ardmore, Cody & Clay Paul, Plainview, Bailey, Hannah & Isabella Worsham, Austin, Texas, Olivia & Caleb Worsham, Winfield, Kan., Maci & Madden Duck, Davis, Peton Worsham, Durant, Haleigh Kyle & Abigail Chaney, Ardmore, Katy & Colton Edwards, Ringling, Stephanna Edwards, Ringling, Jace, Jacobe, Jaydon & Jenna Miller, Ringling and Morgan Bernel, Lone Grove; four great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Darryl Worsham, Rodney Worsham, Jason Chaney, Mitchel Chaney, Casey Worsham, Curt Duck, Tyler Worsham and Trevor Worsham.
Family visitation will be held tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home in Healdton. Online condolences may be sent to www.robertsfuneralhomes.us.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4. Harry Otis Worsham was 1/16 Chickasaw Indian.  He m Addie Ruth Kimbrell.  Both are bur in Bomar Point Cemetery, Wilson, Carter Co, OK.

Children:

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.1.  Allene Worsham b 12 Oct 1917 (1/32 Chickasaw) Wilson, Carter Co, OK & d 20 Jul 1986 in Abilene, Taylor, TX. (Allene was born “Ellyne,” but had her name changed.) (Jim Worsham, 2005)  She m Lowell Sanders b 18 Jan 1913 of Carter, OK & d May 1977 in of Frederick, Tillman, OK.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.  Kelly Cariol Worsham was b 17 Feb 1915 Western Carter Co., OK & d. 10 Oct 1998 Healdton, Carter Co, OK.  (1/32 Chickasaw)  He m 1^st) Treva Leotha Callaham who d 4 Jul 1964. He m 2^nd) Wanda N. Dunigan 22 Sep 1975 Cooke, TX.  Wanda b abt 1932. His obituary is in the 12 Oct 1998, The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, OK:

Wilson-Services for Kelly C. Worsham, 83, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Ash Street Church of Christ with his son, Ronnie Worsham, officiating. Interment will be at Bomar Point Cemetery. Worsham died Oct. 10, 1998, in Healdton. He was born Feb. 17, 1915, in Western Carter County, to Harry O. and Addie Ruth Kimbrell Worsham. Mr. Worsham was a lifelong resident of western Carter County where he was employed by Cox and Hammons Oil Co. From 1949 until his retirement in 1980. He grew up in the Wilson area where he attended school at Zaneis, graduating in 1936. He married the former Treva Leotha Callahan. She preceded him in death July 4, 1964. He later married Wanda Dunigan. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Worsham was preceded in death by infant twin daughters in 1938; three sisters, Allene Saunders, Faye Morrison and Rita Lawrence; and a brother, Haskell Worsham. He is survived by his wife, Wanda, of the home in Healdton; three daughters and their husbands, July and Jim Enos of Winterhaven, Fla., Jane and Bill Strickland of Velma, and Joy and Bob Doyle of Plano, Texas; five sons and their wives, Dean and Shirley Worsham of Elmore City, Don and Karen Worsham of Tom Bean, Texas, Tom and Jackie Worsham of Healdton, Jackie and Pam Worsham, and Ronnie and Tana Worsham, of Plano; a brother and his wife, Grady and Myrtle Worsham of Wilson; 20 grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren. Bearers are grandsons, Larry, Mike, Wade, Brandon, Kale, Casey and James Worsham, Lance and Justin Strickland and Weston Doyle. The family will receive friends this evening from 7 to 8 p.m. at Alexanderson Funeral Home, Wilson.

Children of Kelley and Treva: (Jim Worsham, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.1. Cariol Dean Worsham b 27 May 1937 Ringling, Jefferson Co, OK. (1/64 Chickasaw). He m Shirley Lee. They live in Elmore City, Garvin Co, OK.  Shirley father's obit appeared in The Grove Sun Newspaper,10 Jul 2004:

GROVE - Carl Wesley Lee was born Nov 23, 1915 in Wynnewood, OK and passed away Feb 5, 2004, at his home in Grove. He was the son of John Arnold and Johnnie Lou Lee. He was a long time resident of Garvin Co, and had moved to Grove approximately 6 years ago. Carl was a charter member of Midway Baptist Church, Pernell, OK. for fifty years before moving his membership to First Baptist Church, Wynnewood, OK. Carol retired from the Sun Oil Company after 43 years of service. He enjoyed quail hunting, training and working with bird dogs. Carl also enjoyed playing dominoes with his friends at the Honey Creek Retirement Village in Grove. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a military police during his time spent in the military. Carl married Fern Louise Mann on Dec 24, 1934. She preceded him in death Nov 20, 1997. He is survived by 4 children: Pat Morris and her husband, James, of Tulsa; Shirley Worsham and her husband, Dean, of Elmore City, OK; Lawanda Bass and her husband, Lendell of Grove; Larry Lee and his wife Bunny, of Hennepin, OK and a daughter-in-law, Golinda Lee of Mexia, TX. Carl is also preceded in death by a son, Arnold Keith Lee of Mexia, TX. Carl and Fern have 9 living grandchildren: Carla Coffman, Kent Bass, Sonya Crowder, Teri Allison, Larry Worsham, Angie Hisaw, J. Wes Lee, John W. Lee, and Tanya Swinburn. they also have 3 deceased grandchildren: Sherri Worsham, Jacqualine Lee, and Andrew Lee. They have sixteen great-grandchildren.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.2. & .3. Unnamed twin daughters, b & d 1938 at birth Ringling, Jefferson Co, OK. (1/64 Chickasaw)

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.4. Donald Gene Worsham "Don" b 12 Feb 1940 Ringling, Jefferson Co, OK. (1/64 Chickasaw). He m Karen Sue Fry & they live in Tom Bean, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.5. Julia  Ann Worsham "Judy" b 12 Sep 1942 Ringling, Jefferson Co, OK. (1/64 Chickasaw) & m James Ray Enos "Jim" born 7 Nov 1941 in Seminole, OK. They lived in Winterhaven, FL.

Children: (Julia Ann Worsham Enos, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.5.1. Treva Diane Enos m Miles Hampton Plowden. Children: Treva Ann Plowden, Taylor James Plowden, and Tucker Miles Plowden. They live in Winter Haven, FL.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.5.2. Melissa Kay Enos m Scott Hunter Smith. Children: Amy Marie Smith and Maya Hunter Smith. They live in Orlando, FL.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.6. Thomas Haskell Worsham b 9 Feb 1944 Ringling, Jefferson Co, OK. (1/64 Chickasaw). He m Jacklyn Lou Herndon & lived in Healdton, OK.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.7. Barbara Jane Worsham b 27 June 1947 Ringling, Jefferson Co, OK. (1/64 Chickasaw). She m Bill Strickland & lived in Velma, Stephens Co, OK.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.8. Karen Joy Worsham b 11 Jan 1949 Ringling, Jefferson Co, OK. (1/64 Chickasaw). Joy m Robert John Doyle "Bob" 14 Feb 1984 in Plano, Collin, TX. Bob b 13 Oct 1950 KS.

Karen had a son before she married Bob:

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.8A.1. Robert Wade Worsham b 30 Jan 1970. Wade married Angela Lea Adams. Wade obit appeared in Collin Co, TX Obits:

On Sat, Jan. 29, 2000, our dear and loving son, brother, dad, companion, nephew, cousin and friend, Wade Worsham, lost his five-year battle with cancer, one day before his 30th birthday. However, he won the war as he went on to be with God and other loved ones that have gone before him. Wade is survived by his parents, Joy and Robert Doyle; his daughter and her mother, Ashtyn Worsham and Angela Adams; and his brother, Weston Doyle. He also leaves a large, close-knit family of uncles, aunts and cousins, the families of Dean and Shirley Worsham, Don and Karen Worsham, Judy and Jim Enos, Tom and Jackie Worsham, Jane and Bill Strickland, Jack and Pam Worsham and Ronnie and Tana Worsham. He is also survived by his step-grandparents, Clarence and Mary Ellen Doyle. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Kelley and Treva Worsham. Wade graduated from Plano East Senior High in 1988 and from East Texas State University in Commerce in 1994 where he completed a bachelor of science degree in radio and television. Wade was a gifted songwriter and musician and loved most kinds of sports. He was a member of the Northeast Church in Garland. A special fund has been established at Wade's church for his two-year old daughter, Ashtyn.

Child:

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.8A.1. 1. Ashtyn Melody Worsham b 16 Apr 1997 Dallas Co, TX.

Child of Bob & Joy:

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.8B.1. Weston Hughes Doyle b 14 Mar 1985 Collin Co, TX.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.9. Jackie Charles Worsham "Jack" b 17 Jan 1951, Ringling, Jefferson Co, OK. (1/64 Chickasaw) Jack m  Pamela Gaylene Briscoe "Pam".  Children: Leslie Anne Worsham & James Randal Worsham.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.2.10. Ronnie Lee Worsham b 9 Jul 1952 Wynnewood, Garvin Co, OK. (1/64 Chickasaw). He m Tana Kim Poteet & lived in Plano, TX. Children: Brandon Lee Worsham (b 6 May 1979 Grayson Co., TX), Kale William Worsham (b 9 Sep 1983), Casey Michael Worsham (b 11 Jul 1985), and Brianna Kim Worsham (b 8 Sep 1988)  (Ronnie Lee Worsham, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.3. Granville Worsham b abt 1917 Wilson, Carter Co, OK & d 5 Jan 1920. Granville was 1/32 Chickasaw & was bur Bomar Point Cem, Wilson, Carter Co, OK. (Jim Worsham, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.4. Grady Isaac Worsham b 28 Jul 1918 Wilson, Carter Co, OK. (1/32 Chickasaw Indian).  He married Myrtle Gwendolyn Bolles.  Grady d 3 Sep 2009 in Wilson, Carter, OK.  The 1 Sep 2009 Daily Ardmoreite:

Grady Issac Worsham, Wilson, OK

Funeral services for longtime Wilson resident, Mr. Grady I. Worsham, 91, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 at the Ash Street Church of Christ in Wilson with Ronnie Worsham and Larry Jackson officiating. Interment will follow at Bomar Point Cemetery in Wilson. Services are under the direction of Alexander Funeral Home of Wilson.

Grady was born July 28, 1918 in Zaneis, Okla. to the late Mr. Harry O. and Mrs. Addie Ruth (Kimbrell) Worsham. He departed this life Monday, Aug. 31, 2009 at Healdton, Okla.

Grady was raised in the Ringling area attending school at Zaneis. He graduated from Zaneis High School in 1937. He was All State in football playing quarterback for the Wildcats, and received a full scholarship to play football for Oklahoma Christian University. He married the former Myrtle Gwendolyn Bolles Dec. 16, 1941 at Ardmore. Grady farmed and ranched for a living at Dillard and later worked for Skelly and Getty Oil Company retiring after 37 years.

Grady enjoyed his retirement by being an avid hunter and fisherman. He always enjoyed watching rodeos and attended most Wilson Eagles home football games. He always loved sporting events whether just observing, running the chains on the sideline or coaching. He also loved his grandchildren very much and had been a longtime member of the Ash Street Church of Christ in Wilson.

Preceding him in death were his parents; infant brother, Grant Worsham; sisters, Allene Sanders, Faye Morris and Rita Lawrence; brothers, Kelly Worsham, and Haskell Worsham.

Survivors include his beloved wife, Myrtle of the home; daughter, Janice Worsham Aycox and husband Dale of Hennessey; son, Harry Gene Worsham and wife Page of Lone Grove; grandchildren, Deborah Van Meter and husband Rex, Alan Aycox and wife Stephanie, Lacey Vertrees and husband Richard, Brandon Grady Worsham and Daniel Vernon; great-grandchildren, Aubree Van Meter, Ashlee Van Meter and Ava Vertrees; numerous other nieces and nephews and other family.

Pallbearers will be Alan Aycox, Brandon Worsham, Daniel Vernon, Rex Van Meter, Richard Vertrees and Tom Worsham. Honorary bearers will be Tom Tipps, Bill Fincher, Hershel Baker, Ralph Mullins, Roy Hunziker, Landon Lowrence, David Hull, Dennis Tolbert, Boyd Salsbury, Dennis Horn, Don Bolles, Mike Shores, Dickie Welch, Roy McQuater and Jerry Sosebee. Memorials may be sent to the Ash Street Church of Christ, Box 416, Wilson OK 73463 or Good Samaritan Hospice, Box 297, Wilson OK 73463.

Family visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. tonight at the funeral home in Wilson. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.alexanderfuneralhome.org.

 

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.5. Haskel Worsham b 11 Mar 1922 Wilson, Carter Co, OK & d Nov 1984 Ringling, Jefferson, OK. (Social Security Death Index) He was 1/32 Chickasaw Indian. He m Beatrice V. Webb.

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.6. Mary Faye Worsham "Fay" b 24 Apr 1924 Carter Co, OK. (6-1930; Rayleen Smith, 2010; Social Security Death Index) She was 1/32 Chickasaw Indian.  Faye m Cecil Morrison 1 Aug 1947 Muskogee, OK. (Muskogee Co, OK mrg license Case: MLI-57-00489; Tom Worsham, 2002)  Cecil b 23 Sep 1923 Boynton, Muskogee, OK, the son of Bluford Mills & Cora E Morrison. (Obit, b 22 Sep 1925 SSDI)  Bluford was 1/16 Indian & member of the Creek Tribe.  Bluford was born 9 May 1891 Creek Nation, Indian Territory & d 11 Mar 1966 San Diego, CA. Photo of Mary Faye Worsham Morrison with husband Cecil Morrison and their son, Cecil Ray Morrison, about 1968.  Photo courtesy Rayleen Smith, 2010.

Cecil's military headstone states he was a medic in World War II, he was a Corporal. (Rayleen Smith, 2010) Cecil d of a heart attack 6 Jan 1969 Ardmore, Carter, OK & Faye d of cancer Feb 1985 in Mercy Memorial, Ardmore, OK. (Rayleen Smith, 2010; Social Security Death Index) 

Child:

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.6.1.  Cecil Ray Morrison b 14 Mar 1963 Ringling, Oklahoma. (Rayleen Smith, 2010)  Cecil and has 2 daughters Alicia Faye Morrison and Cecelia Ray Morrison. Alicia m Walter Lada and they have 2 children Emily and Anthony. Cecilia m Rick and they have 2 children Rayna and Ricky. (Rayleen Smith, 2010) Photo of Cecil Ray Morrison courtesy Rayleen Smith, 2010.
 

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.4.7. Rita Joy Worsham b 28 Jul 1931 Wilson, Carter, OK & d 6 Apr 1991 in Denton, Denton, TX.  She m Robert Junior Lawrence. She was 1/32 Chickasaw Indian.  She d 6 Apr 1991 Denton, Denton, TX & bur Fairview Cem, Gainesville, Cooke, TX.  Her death was reported in the The Ft Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr 1991, p3:

GAINESVILLE- Rita Lawrence of Gainesville, a homemaker, died Saturday at a Denton hospital. She was 59. Funeral will be today at Commerce Street Church of Christ in Gainesville, where she was a member. Burial will be in Fairview Cem in Gainesville. Mrs. Lawrence was born in Wilson, OK. Survivors: Husband, Robert Lawrence of Gainesville; 2 dau, Sharon Voyles of Whitesboro & Lisa Krebs of Garland; 2 brothers, Kelly Worsham & Grady Worsham, both of Wilson, OK; sis, Allene Sanders of Wilson, OK

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.5.  Ramer Worsham "Raymon" His name is spelled Raymer on his headstone. He was b Joiner City, Healdton Township, Indian Territory, 1/16 Chickasaw Indian, & bur Bomar Point Cemetery, Wilson, Carter Co, OK. (Jim Worsham, 2005)

1.5.3.1.4.7.2.6. Patricia Aurelia Worsham. Her obit says she was born to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Worsham 10 Oct 1917 in Carter Co, OK. She is in the 1930 Hewitt, Carter Co, OK census living with the son of Gustavus and Julia Worsham named Joe Worsham. She is listed as his niece named Aurelia age 12 b OK and both her parents b in OK. Joe's mother, a widow, Julie Worsham age 69 b AR is also in the home.
The Cottage Grove Sentinel, 19 Jan 2005, included her photo:

"Patricia Aurelia Wysong, a 46-year resident of Cottage Grove, died Jan 14 at the age of 87 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was born to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Worsham in Carter County, Okla., on Oct 10, 1917. She graduated from high school and lived in Silver City, N.M., Texas and Oklahoma. She married Autrey Wysong in Reno, Nev., on Jan 14, 1959. He died on Dec 9, 1988. She was a homemaker. Her hobbies included attending church and church functions, gardening, plants and playing cards. She was a member of the Church of Christ on Pennoyer Avenue. She is survived by her stepson and his wife: JP and Sharon Wysong of Dallas, Texas; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild and one great-great-grandchild. A service was held Tue. Interment will be at the Private Lane Memorial Gardens.Memorial contributions can be made to Operation Independence, PeaceHealth of Cottage Grove or the Church of Christ."

Mary Ella Palmer was dau of Sarah Moseby (1/4 Chickasaw) and Frederick Palmer, Sarah’s 1st husband. Mary Ella was the ½ sister of Julia Ann Palmer who m Gustavus Adolphus Worsham.  Mary Ella Palmer, herself, was previously m to Guy T Perry, nicknamed “Rat,” who was a traveling salesman. Guy was b abt 1853, m Mary Ella 1 Sep 1876 in Tishomingo, Tishomingo Co, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Guy was divorced abt 1880 and d before 1897, probably in Kansas. Their children were raised by Mary Ella and Samual.

Children of Mary Ella and Guy Perry:

1.  Frederick Oscar Perry b 11 Oct 1877, d 6 Jan 1969, m Mary Ella Putman.  Children: Paul Raymond Perry b 17 Mar 1923 at Cornish, Jefferson Co, OK. m Wanda Jean Chin, b abt 1925, dau of Buford Chin.  Paul and Wanda had a son Dana Paul Perry b abt 1949 in Pico Rivera, CA, who m Deborah Alaniz 12 Oct 1974. Dana and Deborah have a son.

2.  Ada Perry b abt 1878, d before 17 Aug 1896, unmarried.

Top row, from left son Jeptha Fry Worsham, son Frederick Oscar Perry holding his dau Lillian Irene Perry, dau Audry Worsham, dau Julianna Worsham Moore, son Thomas Jefferson Worsham.  Middle row: father Samuel Jackson Worsham, son Richard Lester Perry, mother Mary Ella Palmer Perry Worsham (her first husband was Guy T. "Rat" Perry), son William Frederick Perry, dau Sophia Adelia Worsham McNutt holding her dau Cleta Juanita McNutt Wood, Oleda Burkleo Jones, dau Mary Ella Worsham Burkleo holding her dau Mary Irene Burkleo Bailey, Vernon Burkleo.  Bottom row: Mary Edith Perry (White, Sanford), Norma McNutt Stansbury, Aurora Marie McNutt McNees, Rossie Estelle McNutt Barnes, Veda Burkleo Bridwell.  Picture from James Noel Worsham, 2000

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