Volume 6 , Issue 39

Talley Family & IOOF Carmen Orphanage

I am so glad to locate this. I am going to send the information to a 3rd-cousin, Fern, who's Uncle, Roberton Talley had died leaving a widow and many children. Fern's Father, William Talley married the widow so he could move in and help with supporting the children but the Mother died too.

Fern's Father sent the smaller children to the Odd Fellows Orphanage in Carmen, OK. Fern's Father then met Fern's Mother and married her. For a while Fern's Mother cared for her husband's nephews and nieces, losing a baby and then having Fern. Then Fern's Mother also caught T.B. and died. Fern's Grandma (and my Gr-Gr-Aunt) took care of the 2 grandchildren belonging to her deceased daughter, Fern and one by a former marriage.

The father had died. Fern's father had a falling out with the Grandma and took Fern and moved away. Then he fell on hard times and put Fern in a newly built Masonic Orphanage for awhile when she was about 12-years-old and took her out when she was about 13.

I located the information about the Masonic Orphanage and sent it to Fern who is now in her 90s. Now I can send her this information about the place her cousins had lived for more years than Fern had lived in an orphanage.

I think possible Fern's Uncle & Aunt may have died from T.B. because it appears that some of their children had T.B. and one died in the Orphanage (I hope it did not spread to other children). This is a wonderful site for those of us interested in genealogy. Thank you for sharing with us." -- Charlene - Email: ccs1101@aol.com   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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