Volume 5 , Issue 11

Good Soddy Deserves Another

"This is a photo of the Cottonwood school, in pre-statehood (coined word) Woods County, Oklahoma Territory.

In the center of the rear row, is J.W. Spilman, the teacher. Mr. Spilman was the teacher of several of the siblings of my great-grandmother Ida Bell Barnett Martin, wife of Hugh Martin Jr., Woods County's first sheriff. The next photo is of the 'certificates of approbation' garnered by Daisy and Carl Barnett, Ida's siblings. Evidently they 'did good.

My thanks to Sandy Olsen, president of the Waynoka Historical Society for the school photo." -- Charles M. Cook in Louisiana Bayou Country   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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