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Volume 9, Issue 9 - Feature #2480

Farry, OK History

Hi again, Another good source of information is Gilvin Walker of Harper Kansas. Gilvins grandmother was Stella James. Stella was Josie James sister. 2 years ago Gilvin introduced us to Sybil Walker, Hazel Herren and Norma Jean Jacobs all of Kansas. Apparently, there is some family information in the Roney Family History of Geneology in Decatur, IL. Also..we actually met Patty James in Freedom, OK. She was married to the late Edwin James. Her son-in-law showed us all over the area and pointed out everything. So...I think my husband is somewhat related to you. - distant cousins. Have fun with all the research. Terry Kent

Terry L. Kent - 2007-03-03 23:15:42

Farry, OK History - I just love getting my weekly OK Legacy. So glad to hear that someone is keeping up on history related to my husbands family (Thelma DeGeer Lippincott). I found information that Audrey DeGeer Smith and Ivy DeGeer Dunning wrote in the 1893-1976 Pioneer Footprints Across Woods County book that Thelma DeGeer Lippincott gave me. The information might be helpful in your search. Apparently in 1898 Ren DeGeer filed on a claim near Old Freedom on Anderson Creek. In 1900 Ren married Josie James. Her parents operated a small store in conjunction with a post office at Farry. In 1902 Ren & Josie got the firest mail contract from Freedom to Whitehorse. In 1906 they bought the newspaper business from Caleb Bales of Avard. The first issue was April 19, 1906 (Thelma was about 2 yrs. old). A platform was built under a huge elm tree shortly after the first issue until a room could be built on to thier home to house it. Soon after statehood they sold the paper and it was moved to Old Freedom. Nowhere does it mention the exact location of the elm tree. There is however, mention of "the road to Old Freedom that crossed 2 creeks some 3 quarters of a mile north of the DeGeer home. Bull Creek always a running stream was directly in front of the house. This creek was bridged on the road north while Anderson Creek, a wide and usually dry bed creek, was not." The Ren & Josie DeGeer Family moved to Alve to educate the children and Ren worked in the old Tea Store and later puchased and operated different groceries from 1921 - 1931. Ren died in 1957 in Alva. Josie died in Alva in 1965. Keep in touch. Your CA friends, John & Terry Kent (John's maternal grandmother was Thelma Evelyn DeGeer Lippincott. Thelma married Roger Lippincott and had one daughter, Linda Lippincott Kent. Linda married Lonnie Jackson Kent of Sherman, Texas and had 2 sons, Johnny and Daniel Kent.)

Terry L. Kent - 2007-03-03 22:32:40

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