Robertson’s in Oklahoma

Robertson’s in Oklahoma

JAMES

About 1914, Uncle Yearl (Eli) and Uncle Georgie (George) along with their mom and dad (James and Mary Jane Robertson) moved to Oklahoma. They lived down below Asley Hollow. The place is now covered by Spavinaw Lake.

1 James Madison Robertson b: 22 Feb 1845 in Polk County, Missouri, d: 27 Jul 1915 in Mose Ridge, Mayes County, Oklahoma

… + Mary Jane Craig b: 29 Mar 1847 in Henry County, Indiana, m: Abt. 1864 in Harrison County, Missouri, d: 19 Sep 1944 in Mineral Springs, Barry County, Missouri

WILLIAM HENRY

William Henry, another son of James and Mary Jane, married Ona Haggard, daughter of James and Mille Powell Haggard. They were the next Robertsons to move into this area from Golden, Missouri.

Uncle Daise’s wife Cory, and William Henry’s wife, Ona, were sisters. Their brother Theodore Haggard had come down to Delaware County on horseback and had rented a place down here. He went back to Golden, Missouri, and told William Henry and Ona that they should move to Oklahoma. The decision to move was made overnight. The next day they sold their cattle and anything else that couldn’t be packed into wagons and came here in two covered wagons with their six children who ranged in age from fifteen years to ten months. They were Marvin (1897), Harlan (1899), Della (1903), Willie (1906), Eardie (1908), and Rozetta (1911).

The trip took them about a week. They came through Pea Ridge, Rocky Comfort, Southwest City, Jay, across the prairie from Jay to Round Springs Hollow, on down the hollow road to about where the Cot Robertson (note: Raymond Hansford Robertson – ld) place is today.

It was raining and had been for sometime. The lane was so muddy the horses and wagons couldn’t get through, so on March 12,1912, they pulled up at Henry Thompson’s place and spent a few days with them. Ona said that the turnips and hog back that Fanny Thompson had cooking in a big black kettle over her hearth were the best she believed she had ever tasted.

They settled on the Isaac Summerfield place on Spavinaw Creek the first year and put in their crops. Uncle Daise and Aunt Cory lived about one-half mile away.

William Henry was called by the nickname Large. The nieces and nephews called him Uncle Large because when he was a baby a neighbor lady had died during childbirth and her baby boy was reared along with William Henry. When they were nursing, one was called Little and the other called Large, and the name stuck in later years.  He and Ona had 14 children:

……2 William Henry Robertson b: 24 Jan 1872 in Golden, Barry County, Missouri, d: 27 Aug 1965 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
…… + Ona Mae Haggard b: 12 Dec 1878 in Golden, Barry County, Missouri, m: 10 Jul 1894 in Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, d: 05 May 1961 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
………3 Unnamed Robertson b: 1895, d: 1895
………3 Charles Marvin Robertson b: 22 May 1896 in Golden, Missouri, d: 26 Jun 1982 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
……… + Roxie Mae Haggard b: 24 Apr 1896 in Oklahoma, m: 1920, d: 21 Nov 1983 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
…………4 Charles W. Robertson
……………5 Jackie Robertson
……………5 Roger Charles Robertson
…………4 Mary Jane Robertson
……………5 Phil Penn
……………5 Neecie Penn
…………4 Velma Jean Robertson
……………5 Vicki Willhite
……………5 Bobbi Willhite
……………5 Terry Jo Willhite
………3 Unnamed Male Robertson b: 1897, d: 1897
………3 Unnamed Male Robertson b: Bet. 1899–1903, d: Bet. 1899–1903
………3 James Harland Robertson b: 16 May 1899 in Golden, Missouri, d: 02 Aug 1966 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
………3 Della Adeline Robertson b: 26 Aug 1903 in Golden, Barry County, Missouri, d: 16 Jun 1975 in Jay, Oklahoma
…………4 Vida Williams
…………4 Alice Williams
……………5 Russell Hicks
…………4 Bill Williams
…………4 Von Williams
……………5 Teresa Williams
……………5 Rhea Williams
…………4 Lonnie Williams
……………5 Tamara Williams
……………5 Marcia Williams
……………5 Johnny Williams
……………5 Tommy Williams
…………4 Ona Lea Williams
……………5 Kathy Rogers
………… + Merle Lawson d: 1976
……………5 Elizabeth Lawson
……………5 Anthony Lawson
…………4 Betty Williams
……………5 Jeri Ann Lawson
………………6 Mandy Williams
……………5 Marty Lawson
……………5 Mike Lawson
…………4 Robert Williams
………3 William Lawrence Robertson b: 17 Feb 1906 in Golden, Missouri, d: 28 Oct 1987 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
…………4 Billie Robertson
……………5 Robin Robertson
……………5 Wade Robertson
…………4 Kenneth Robertson
……………5 Gwendolyn Robertson
……………5 Amy Robertson
……………5 Bradley Robertson
…………4 Freda Sue Robertson
……………5 Sheila Kirby
……………5 Sherry Kirby
……………5 April Kirby
…………4 Nancy Lou Robertson
……………5 Tad Caudill
…………4 Loretta Robertson
………3 Eardie Robertson b: 12 Aug 1908 in Golden, Missouri, d: 02 Nov 1990 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
…………4 Marion Eardie Robertson
……………5 Kathy Robertson
……………5 Todd Robertson
…………4 Thomas Leon Robertson
……………5 Brett Robertson
……………5 Brandi Robertson
……………5 Christi Jo Robertson
…………4 Infant Robertson
………3 Rozzetta Mae Robertson b: 14 May 1911 in Golden, Barry County, Missouri, d: 18 Sep 2002 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
…………4 Velta Bea Sturges
……………5 Debbie Carr
………………6 Christie Cleveland
………………6 Misty Cleveland
……………5 Theresa Carr
………………6 Melissa Ann Tauuneacie
…………4 Lora Mae Sturges
……………5 Bruce Lee Morrow
………………6 Maddalee Morrow
……………5 Ricky Morrow
………………6 Jamie Morrow
………………6 Jody Morrow
……………5 Kim Morrow
……………5 Trenda Morrow
…………4 Charles Wayne Morrow
……………5 Russell Morrow
……………5 Brent Morrow
…………4 Sue Nell Sturges
……………5 Rodney Shock
……………5 Richie Shock
……………5 Ronnie Shock
…………4 Raymond Eugene Sturges
……………5 Kevin Sturges
……………5 Marsha Sturges
…………4 Violet LaRay Sturges
……………5 Tim Hall
……………5 Rory Hall
……………5 Mike Hall
………3 Ossie Cleburne Robertson b: 29 Dec 1913 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma, d: 12 Mar 1992 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
……… + Vera Pearl Duffield b: 19 Oct 1915, m: 1935, d: 20 Mar 1976
…………4 Patricia Pearl Robertson
……………5 Deborah Kelly Knipe
……………5 Richard Lee Knipe
……………5 Clifton Randall Knipe
…………4 Leila Jean Robertson
……………5 Jeffrey Allen Overstreet
……………5 Glen Dob Edward Overstreet
……………5 James Denton Overstreet
……………5 Robot Benjamin Grant Overstreet
…………4 Joy Ann Robertson
……………5 Stephanie Ann Kay
……………5 Darla Jean Kay
…………4 Barbara June Robertson
……………5 James Lanny Armstrong
……………5 Timothy Shohn Armstrong
…………4 Jerry Cleburne Robertson
……………5 Tammy Robertson
……………5 Jerri Lynn Robertson
……………5 Savannah Robertson
…………4 Cynthia Jo Robertson
……………5 Jamie Carol Hollenback
……………5 Leah Jo Hollenback
……………5 Jimmie Albert Hollenback
……………5 Jason Paul Hollenback
…………4 Vera Annette Robertson
………3 Neil Robertson b: 16 Apr 1919 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma, d: 1919 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
………3 Raymond Hansford Robertson
…………4 Mary Arlene Robertson
……………5 Kimberly Bingham
……………5 Leslie Bingham
……………5 Shounda Bingham
…………4 Carol Ray Robertson
……………5 Christy Raye Robertson
…………4 George Dale Robertson
…………4 Toni Lynn Robertson
…………4 Elesa Anne Robertson
………3 Georgia Pauline Robertson
……… + Charles Hartford Whisamore b: 1916, d: 1994
…………4 Paula Christene Whisamore
…………4 Janice Geneieve Robertson Whisamore b: 16 Mar 1940, d: 2000
……………5 Shannon Lee Walker
…………4 Charlotte Ann Whisamore
……………5 Tina Marie Farris
……………5 Carolyn Lucille Vail
………………6 Ryan James Allen Schoeffler
…………4 Peggy Lavern Whisamore
………3 Mattie Melvina Robertson
…………4 Christine Martin
……………5 Jody Kenney
……………5 Sandra Kenney
……………5 Stephanie Kenney
……………5 Pamela Kenney
…………4 Calvin Edward Martin
……………5 Joseph Condido Martin
……………5 Edward Martin
……………5 Patrick Martin
……………5 Stanislau Martin
…………4 Robert Marion Martin
…………4 Treva Jean Martin
…………4 Arnold Dean Martin
…………4 Gary Dewayne Martin
…… + Ella Powell b: 1878, m: 16 Jun 1892 in Golden, Missouri

JOSEPH

According to the Census Joseph (was know as Daise or Daize), married Ollie Faulkner and had five children.

Uncle Doc was married to Ollie Fortner. They had five children: Cosby (known as Tom), Versia, Elmer, Gladys, and Lois. When Lois was born Ollie contracted childbed fever and died. Uncle Doc then raised the children by himself until about 1924 or 1925 when, while he was working in the mines at Pitcher, he ate some goose-liver cheese, came down with ptomaine poisoning and died. Tom kept the family together until Lois was grown. Tom and his wife, Babe, lived in the Mose Ridge community all their lives. They had no children but helped raise nieces and nephews.

Gladys married a Philips and they had two children, Dee and R. L. Later Gladys married Ernest McLain and they had several children. Dee Philips married John Scott and they live in Mose Ridge Their daughter, Sherry, married William Johnson. They have three children: William, Darren, and Cheryl. Another daughter, Linda. married Randy Henson and they have one son, Johnny. Johnny bought the Willar and Irene Burrow farm in Mose Ridge this year.

……2 Joseph Robertson b: 06 Mar 1876 in Missouri, d: 1925 in Mose Ridge Cemetery, Jay or Topsy, Oklahoma

…… + Ollie Faulkner b: 13 Jul 1883 in Missouri, m: 1901, d: 14 Feb 1919 in Barry County, Missouri
………3 Cosby Robertson
………3 Versia Robertson
………3 Elmer Robertson
………3 Gladys Robertson
…………4 Dee Philips
……………5 Sherry Scott
………………6 William Johnson
………………6 Darren Johnson
………………6 Cheryl Johnson
……………5 Linda Scott
………………6 Johnny Henson
…………4 R. L. Philips
………3 Lois Robertson

JAMES 

James Thomas (was known as Dock), married Cora Haggard, and had eight children. – ld) They were Cressie, Ethel, Trudy, Luther, Irene, Elsie, Cleo, and Theodore. Some of their children still live in this area. Ethel married Walter Scroggins and now lives in Jay. Luther married May Newkirk. Luther is deceased. They had Dorothy, Melba, Lloyd, Cletus, and Wanda. Melba married Harold Cleveland and their son Dean lives in the area. Luther and May’s son Lloyd married Rhonda Hutchinson of Jay.

Cleo married Willar Burrow. They had two daughters – Janice married Eugene Vanover. They have Terry, Toni, and Rusty. Gene and Janice are farmer-ranchers by the county line. Elsie married Woody Goins. They have twin sons, Woody and Ronnie. Woody and Elsie live in Cleora where he is principal of the school. Cleo died several years ago.

Irene married Johnnie Newkirk. They had one son, Vaden, Irene and Johnnie lived on a farm at Mose Ridge until he died. Then Irene married Willar Burrow and they lived on the farm until recently. They are now building a home in Jay. Vaden married Gerine Hutchison and they had a daughter and two sons. Their daughter Sheila, is married to Wesley Goins of Jay. Their son, John Lanny, and his wife, Michelle live in California, and they have a baby daughter Janae Angel. Their son, Leslie, is married to Debbie Hughes of Jay.

Vaden and Gerine made their home in California for twenty years before they moved back to Jay. They now own and operate Newkirk’s Furniture in Jay.

Theodore and his wife Vera own and operate the American Café. For years the café was in downtown Jay but now they operate it from their home. It is a favorite eating spot for the Jay school kids and business people.

……2 James Thomas Robertson b: 14 Oct 1880 in Missouri, d: 17 Apr 1960 in Wagoner, Delaware County, Oklahoma
…… + Cora Haggard b: 14 Oct 1882 in Golden, Barry County, Missouri, m: Abt. 1902 in Golden, Barry County, Missouri, d: 08 Feb 1934 in Delaware County, Oklahoma
………3 Cleah Maebelle Robertson d: Bef. 1990
…………4 Janice Burrow
……………5 Terry Vanover
……………5 Toni Vanover
……………5 Rusty Vanover
…………4 Elsie LaVelle Burrow
……………5 Woody Goins
……………5 Ronnie Goins
………3 Crystal Irene Robertson
……… + Johnnie Newkirk d: Bef. 1990
…………4 Vaden Newkirk
……………5 Sheila Newkirk
………………6 John Lanny Goins
…………………7 Janae Angel Goins
………………6 Leslie Goins
………3 Elsie Lena Robertson
………3 William Theodore Robertson
………3 Cressie Cardeylia Robertson
………3 Ethel Laveda Robertson
………3 Truda Lucile Robertson
………3 Luther Lloyd Robertson b: 25 Jun 1909, d: 29 Jul 1966
……… + Mae Newkirk b: 01 May 1901, d: 11 Oct 1988
…………4 Dorothy Robertson
…………4 Melba Robertson
……………5 Dean Cleveland
…………4 Lloyd Robertson
…………4 Cletus Robertson
…………4 Wanda Robertson

ELI

About 1914, Uncle Yearl (Eli) and Uncle Georgie (George) along with their mom and dad (James and Mary Jane Robertson) moved to Oklahoma. They lived down below Asley Hollow. The place is now covered by Spavinaw Lake.

Uncle Yearl married Aunt Jennie Walker. Uncle Yearl had two boys back in Missouri, Delbert and Dallas. Aunt Jennie had a daughter, Eleanor. Then together, they had three children: Leone, Ivy, and Zealous.

……2 Eli Robertson b: 13 Feb 1883 in Golden, Barry County Missouri, d: 11 May 1975 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma

…… + Jeannie Mae Walker b: 29 Sep 1889 in Oklahoma, d: 30 Oct 1974 in Jay or Topsy, Delaware County, Oklahoma
………3 Leone Robertson
………3 Ina Lee Robertson b: 09 Jun 1919 in Oklahoma, d: 11 Jan 1937
………3 Zelia Robertson
…… + Unknown m: 1909
………3 Delbert Robertson
………3 Dallas Robertson

GEORGE

Uncle Georgie married Effie Vanover, who was a sister of Floyd Vanover. They had no children and she later died. Sometime later Uncle Georgie and his mother moved back to Missouri.

……2 George Washington Robertson b: 19 Jun 1890 in Golden, Barry County, Missouri, d: 09 Dec 1979 in Jenkins, Missouri
…… + Grace Velta Wheeler b: 17 Sep 1904 in Jenkins, Missouri, m: Mar 1936, d: 26 Mar 1999 in Stone County, Missouri
………3 Robert M. Robertson b: 1935, d: 1978
…… + Effie J. Vanover b: 1898 in Missouri, m: Abt. 1914, d: Abt. 1915

CARRIE

In 1913, Carrie Robertson Burks, sister to James (Uncle Daise), and William Henry (Pap), moved to Round Spring Hollow with her husband, Marion. They eventually moved to Ada, Oklahoma, where Carrie, who is 91, is living in a rest home.

……2 Carrie Caldonia Robertson b: 17 Jun 1887 in Missouri, d: 20 Mar 1979 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
…… + Marion Curtis Burk b: 24 Jul 1887 in Missouri, m: 1906, d: 14 Jul 1956 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
………3 Nancy Levon Burk
……… + Burl Perry Smith b: 06 Feb 1907 in Ashland, Atoka County, Oklahoma, d: 10 Oct 1990 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
…………4 Burl Dale Smith b: Harden City, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, d: 14 Sep 1935 in Harden City, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
…………4 Marion Cordell Smith
………… + Edna Lee Binion b: 30 Jul 1935 in Haskell, Texas, d: 12 Feb 1996 in Stratford, Gavn County, Oklahoma
……………5 Karen Eyvon Smith
………………6 Fernando Almanza
………………6 Christopher Lee Almanza
……………5 Michael Scott Smith
……………5 William Jackson Smith
………………6 Kristine Levon Smith
………………6 Justina Walton Smith
…………4 Ema Lea Smith
…………4 Retha Lou Smith
………… + Robert Gene Stapleton b: 06 Jul 1937 in Ohio, d: 25 Apr 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky
……………5 David Burl Stapleton
……………5 Ric Stapleton
………………6 Mark Stapleton
………………6 Robert Stapleton
……………5 Sheila Levon Stapleton
………………6 Joshua Keith
………………6 Terah Keith
……………5 Bobby Stapleton
……………5 Rhonda Stapleton
……………5 Krystal Stapleton
………… + Harry Leroy Berry b: Abt. 1920, d: Abt. 1973 in Atlanta, Georgia
…………4 Eva Lea Smith b: 21 Jun 1932 in Tuttle, Hughes County, Oklahoma, d: 19 Aug 1975 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
……………5 Sandra Gail Johnson
………………6 Karl Eugene Linsott
………………6 Melissa Ann Linsott
………………6 Michelle Marie Linsott
……………5 Debrah Johnson
………………6 Sherril Stewart
………………6 Shawna Hillman
………………6 Amber Hillman
………………6 Bryan Hillman
……………5 Billy Glen Johnson
………3 Ruby D. Burk b: 1909 in Missouri
………3 Dallas Ruby Burk b: 13 Oct 1908 in Golden, Barry County, Missouri, d: 30 Jan 1975 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
………3 Ira Marion Burk b: 12 Feb 1910 in Oklahoma, d: 01 Nov 1957 in Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona
………3 Johnny Joseph Burk b: 13 Sep 1912 in Oklahoma, d: 22 Feb 1988 in Stratford, Gavn County, Oklahoma
……… + Reba Page b: Abt. 1908, m: Abt. 1929, d: Abt. 1933
…………4 Barbara Sue Burk
………3 Daisy Mae Burk b: 18 Mar 1916 in Oklahoma, d: 01 Aug 1996 in Stratford, Gavn County, Oklahoma
……… + Carlton Ray Cantrell b: Abt. 1899, d: Abt. 1934 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
…………4 C.R. Cantrell
………3 Cleta Norene Burk b: 11 Dec 1921 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, d: 04 Feb 1991 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
……… + Buel Haorace Bowerman b: 21 Jun 1921 in Oklahoma, m: Abt. 1937, d: 15 Mar 1991 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
…………4 Phyllis Bowerman
…………4 Dewey Wayne Bowerman
………3 Willie Marie Burk b: 10 Sep 1926 in Bebee, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, d: 16 Dec 1986 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
……… + Herman William Whittemore b: Abt. 1896 in Oklahoma, d: Abt. 1947 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
…………4 Billy Burl Whittemore
…………4 Herman Gale Whittemore b: 06 Nov 1944 in Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, d: 20 Apr 1997 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma