Volume 6 , Issue 24

Lippincott Birthday Message...

"Thank you again so much.  I thought you'd enjoy the e-mail below that I received today! Here is the e-mail..." -- Terry Kent
      "Dear Mrs. Kent... It was with great pleasure that I read about Thelma Lippencott.  I am a distant relative of hers and know a great deal fo history about Freedom and Farry.   Josie James (Aunt Josie) was my grandmother's sister.  Thelma will remember her as Aunt Stella (and Uncle Howard) Walker. The picture you referred to is at Uncle Ren's farm on Anderson Creek.  The picture was taken by my great grandfather, John Oliver Walker.   I have the camera and the original picture in my possession. As for the Farry postoffice, it was founded by Nancy Rebecca James who was Josie's mother. She applied for the name Fairy but that name was mistakenly changed to Farry.  The James family had moved to the area in 1898 where for of the adult children filed homestead claim (they being adults).   They moved there from Jewell county, Kansas from a small town called Iona.  They farmed, had the post office, and also a small store on the original James place.  I was there 3 weeks ago and the foundation partially remains. I am retired and have been doing considerable researching on the James and Walker familys. Tell your grandmother that her cousin Verden Walker is alive and lives by himself in Longbeach.  Also Bernice, Sybil, and Eldon are all alive back here.   These were all Stella's children.   My father's name was Harold. He was the oldest born in 1910. I knew Roy DeGeer and was supposed to pick up some of Uncle Ren's diarys but didn't get up there before he passed on.  Everytime I called him he was getting ready to go dancing. Ha.  We just never did connect. Have done a lot studying on Willis James, her Grandpa.  He was a civil war vet from Illinois' which is where all our ancestor came from.  Bethant, Illinois is all of us home base. My name is Gilvin L.Walker and I live in Harper, Kansas which is about an hour from Freedom and Farry. Incidently, Farry no longer exists. Just the cemetery.
      Grandma made the front page of the Vallejo Times Herald today. I thought you'd enjoy reading the article. Centenarian's tip: Lighten up a little NAPA - Who knew the secret to living for 100 years was so simple? "The only thing I know is, I don't take things too seriously," said Thelma Lippincott, the matriarch of Vallejo's Lippincott Supply Co. "Getting old is not such a tragic affair..... MORE.
      What is the Odessa American?  Is this a newspaper in Oklahoma? I think it's www.OAonline.com . Everyone at the party enjoyed reading the cards and letters sent by people from Oklahoma as well as one clipping from the Alva Courier. Thanks again for helping me get the word out." -- Your "e-friend" - Terry Kent   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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