Selected Families and Individuals


Mr Miller. married Oma G. Cobb.

Oma G. Cobb [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 1 Oct 1905. She died on 7 Dec 1994. She was buried in Mt. Olivet Cem., Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX. She married Mr Miller.

Living in Ft. Worth at time of her father's death


William Robert Cobb [Parents] [scrapbook] "Bill" was born in 1908 in OK. He died on 18 Dec 1987 in Tarrant Co., TX. He was buried in Mt. Olivet Cem., Ft. Worth, TX. He married Victoria Fay.

Residence: 3511 Baldwin, Ft. Worth at time of death
Survivors: wife Fay, son Robert Cobb of Ft. Worth, daughters: Lynn Brown, Nashville, TN; Ann Smith of Garland, TX; sister Oma Miller, Ft. Worth. Services by Shannon's North. Interment at Mt. Olivet.

Victoria Fay was born in 1909. She died in 1999. She was buried in Mt. Olivet Cem., Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX. She married William Robert Cobb.

They had the following children:

  M i Robert Cobb.

Living in Ft. Worth at time of father's death
  F ii Lynn Cobb.
  F iii Ann Cobb.

Richard Austin Middlebrooks [Parents] was born on 21 Feb 1892 in TX. He died in Apr 1972 in Monahans, Ward Co., TX. He married Ruth.

Social security death index gives death place as Ward Co.; Texas death records on-line gives Howard Co., TX

Ruth was born about 1900 in TX. She married Richard Austin Middlebrooks.


Marion Hezekiah Dodson [Parents] was born 1 on 13 Nov 1870 in Gatesville, Coryell Co., TX. He died on 22 Mar 1959 in Wichita Falls, TX. The cause of death was arteriosclerotic heart disease. He was buried on 24 Mar 1959 in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. He married Stella.

Other marriages:
Jester, Mary Gertrude

Appears on 1880 Coryell Co., TX census with his parents
Listed on 1900 Greer Co., OK census as widower - with 2 sons
Listed on 1910 Greer Co. OK census - married to 2nd wife

Death certificate #: 18133
Died at Rural 1, Wichita Falls, TX at the state hospital
Unemployed, divorced
Father: W. O. Dodson (this is incorrect)
Mother: unknown (information taken from hospital records)
Cause of death: arteriosclerotic heart disease: generalized arteriosclerosis
C.B.S. associated w ith cerebral arteriosclerosis

Stella was born on 27 Oct 1874. She died on 4 Mar 1899. She was buried in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. She married Marion Hezekiah Dodson.

They had the following children:

  M i Fairford Dorsey Dodson was born on 7 Apr 1896. He died on 4 Aug 1970.
  M ii Estell Eustace Dodson was born on 21 Dec 1898. He died on 10 Jan 1993.

Marion Hezekiah Dodson [Parents] was born 1 on 13 Nov 1870 in Gatesville, Coryell Co., TX. He died on 22 Mar 1959 in Wichita Falls, TX. The cause of death was arteriosclerotic heart disease. He was buried on 24 Mar 1959 in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. He married 2 Mary Gertrude Jester on 16 Jul 1902 in OK.

Other marriages:
, Stella

Appears on 1880 Coryell Co., TX census with his parents
Listed on 1900 Greer Co., OK census as widower - with 2 sons
Listed on 1910 Greer Co. OK census - married to 2nd wife

Death certificate #: 18133
Died at Rural 1, Wichita Falls, TX at the state hospital
Unemployed, divorced
Father: W. O. Dodson (this is incorrect)
Mother: unknown (information taken from hospital records)
Cause of death: arteriosclerotic heart disease: generalized arteriosclerosis
C.B.S. associated w ith cerebral arteriosclerosis

Mary Gertrude Jester was born in 1874 in IL. She died in 1939. She was buried in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. She married 1 Marion Hezekiah Dodson on 16 Jul 1902 in OK.

They had the following children:

  F i Marion L. Dodson was born on 11 Jul 1905 in OK.
  M ii Lyle Jester Dodson was born on 11 Jul 1905. He died on 9 Jun 1906. He was buried in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK.

Willliam Thomas Dodson [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 1 on 25 Oct 1839 in Hickman Co., KY. He died on 5 Nov 1931. He was buried in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. He married Sara E. Nichols on 23 Jan 1902 in Greer Co., OK. Willliam served in the military in 0006. He was employed as merchant - dry goods & groceries.

Other marriages:
Shelton, Leah J.

Living at home with his parents on the 1860 Coryell Co., TX census
Living in Coryell Co.,TX on 1870 census with wife and children Nancy & Mary; he was born in KY, age 30
Living in Coryell Co., TX on 1880 census with wife & children. States he was born in AL, father born in AL, mother born in AL
Living in Greer Co., OK on 1900 with 1st wife, son Obediah, and 3 of his grandchildren (mother was daughter Nancy Alice)
Living in Greer Co., OK on 1910 census in Greer Co., OK - age 70 living with wife Sara. States his father was born in TN, mother born in TN
Living in Chickasaw, Grady Co., OK in 1920 - age 80- states father born in TN and mother in MS
Living in Chickasaw, Grady Co., OK in 1930 - age 90 -states father born in TN and mother in MS

Birth place of Ballard Co., KY given on his funeral record but Ballard Co. but must have been Hickman Co., as Ballard Co. was formed out of Hickman in 1842.

Sara E. Nichols was born about 1861. She married Willliam Thomas Dodson on 23 Jan 1902 in Greer Co., OK.


Fairford Dorsey Dodson [Parents] was born on 7 Apr 1896 in OK. He died on 4 Aug 1970. He was buried in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. He married 1 Cressie Lee Nelson on 4 Jun 1919 in Greer Co., OK. Fairford served in the military World War I - Army.

Cressie Lee Nelson was born on 30 Mar 1897. She died on 1 Oct 1955. She was buried in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. She married 1 Fairford Dorsey Dodson on 4 Jun 1919 in Greer Co., OK.

They had the following children:

  F i Patti J. Dodson was born about 1926.

Estell Eustace Dodson [Parents] was born on 21 Dec 1898 in Mangum, OK. He died on 10 Jan 1993. He was buried on 14 Jan 1993 in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. He married Anna Hannah on 15 Feb 1920 in Greer Co., OK.

Anna Hannah [Parents] was born on 13 Nov 1897. She died on 10 Feb 1971. She was buried in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. She married Estell Eustace Dodson on 15 Feb 1920 in Greer Co., OK.

They had the following children:

  M i Melvin H. Dodson was born about 1923 in OK.
  F ii Frances Dodson was born about 1929.
  M iii Richard Dodson.

Dr. William Obediah Dodson [Parents] "Obie" was born on 5 Sep 1881 in Coryell Co., TX. He died on 5 Aug 1936. He was buried in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. He married Flossie B. Skidmore on 3 Nov 1910 in Mangum, Greer Co., OK. William was employed as MD - general practitioner.

Listed on 1900 census of Mangum, Greer Co., OK living with his father and step-mother; is listed as "Obediah", age 18, single, at school
Listed on 1910 census of Willow, Greer Co., OK ; age 28, boarder in home of Fredrick Mayer.

Flossie B. Skidmore was born on 23 Aug 1884. She died in Jul 1972 in Willow, Greer Co., OK. She was buried in Riverside Cem., Mangum, Greer Co., OK. She married Dr. William Obediah Dodson on 3 Nov 1910 in Mangum, Greer Co., OK.

They had the following children:

  F i Alice June Dodson was born about 1917 in OK.
  F ii Ruth Dodson was born about 1920 in OK.

John Ira Young Sr. was born about 1878 in MS. He married Vina Vivia Northcutt on 23 Apr 1907 in Greer Co., OK.

Vina Vivia Northcutt [Parents] was born in Jan 1886 in TX. She married John Ira Young Sr. on 23 Apr 1907 in Greer Co., OK.

Living with grandparents William T. Dodson on the 1900 census of Greer Co., OK
Married - living with husband/children on 1920 census of Mangum, Greer Co., OK
Listed as head of household, married, but no husband listed - on 1930 census of Emporia, Lyon Co., KS - she is employed as a fraternity housemother.
Living in Pittsburgh, Kansas per her brother's obit in 1936

They had the following children:

  M i John Ira Young Jr. was born about 1909 in OK.

Found entry in Social security index for a Ira Young born 1 Aug 1909 - died Sep 1982 - in Ontario, San Bernadino, CA
Living at home with mother - age 21 - employed as a Presbyterian minister - on the 1930 census of Emporia, KS
  M ii Harold Young was born about 1912 in Ok. He died on 17 Jul 1971 in Tulsa, OK. He was buried in Rose Hill Cem., Tulsa, OK.
  F iii Elaine Young was born about 1919 in OK.

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