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Ancestors of Lila Elsie 'Toni' Botts

Generation No. 3

      4. Charles Henry Botts, born 07 Jan 1873 in Sullivan County, Missouri; died 27 Feb 1944 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. He was the son of 8. James Hanna Botts, Civil War Vet and 9. Mary Ann Warren. He married 5. Harriet 'Hattie' Elizabeth Beasley 17 Jun 1895 in Milan, Polk Township, Sullivan Co, Missouri.

      5. Harriet 'Hattie' Elizabeth Beasley, born 1879 in Illinois; died 28 Apr 1949 in Pendleton,Oregon. She was the daughter of 10. Calvin Beasley and 11. Mary Jane Walker.

Notes for Charles Henry Botts:
During the period of 16-19 January of 1920, a census taker visited a Botts family farm in the Morgan Township of Ellis County, Oklahoma. Head of the family was Charles H. Botts, age 46. He had been born in Missouri. His father was shown as born in Indiana and his mother in Ohio. His wife was Hattie L. age 40 born in Illinois. Her father was shown as born in Maryland and her mother in Illinois. There were seven children living with them all born in Oklahoma. Alice M. was 14, John L. was 12, Bruce was 11, William was 9, Emmet was 6, Robert was 3 years and 11 months old, and the baby was Franklin 4 months old.

His name appears on the Civil War Pension papers of his father James Botts.
Wasco County Oregon Death Record #48.

The following story was told by Alice Botts Cooley
Charles Henry Botts
Fort Supply
      Charles lived at home with his parents untill he was 22 years old.
Then he married Harriet Elizabeth Beasley.She is known to the family as Hattie.
They made their home in Milan Missouri.His parents also lived in Milan at
that time.Their first child,Mary Ann,was born June 29,1896.She was named after her Grandmother.Their first son, James Calvin,was born September 17,1897.
Charles Delbert(Bert) arrived December 24,1900.
      By that time Charley decided he wanted to see more of the country.In
1901 he and his father, James,moved their families to a small town,Fort Supply,
Oklahoma Territory.They homesteaded adjoining quarter sections,about four miles northwest of Supply.James and Mary made a dug out of dirt with a shingled roof for their home.Charles and Hattie built a wood frame house with a
tin foof.Then tragedy hit the Botts family,James ,the father,died May 1,1903.
      The families put their land togeather and, Mary the Mother,moved to live with Charles and Hattie.On May 18,1902 Harriet Jane was born.Alice May was born on April 11,1905.John Louis arrived July 6,1907.
      Oklahoma had grown and became more settled.November 16,1907 it
was declared a state.The first govenor was Charles N. Haskell.
      Another brother,Bruce Brozilles was born on October,16,1908.I remember when Mother and Jane would tell about things that happened.One of the things was in 1908,when Dad, Jane and I helped move some of the patients across the river (Wolf Creek) to the new mental institution at Fort Supply.Jane and I could never understand why we had to help when we had so many brothers.
      December 4,1910 William Frederick was born.Then Arthur Emmett
arrived on March 18,1913.After the birth of Emmett Dad took us on a trip to
Rogersville,Missouri to see our grandparents, the Beasleys.We traveled in two
covered wagons.It took us three weeks to make the 300 mile trip.
      We lived one year in Missouri and in 1914 we moved back to the homestead near Supply Oklahoma.Mom didn't really want to move back to Oklahoma because Dad and my brothers,James and Bert were hauling wood for a contractor by the name of Jim Saint John.They were getting $1.25 a load and with two wagons they could haul four loads a day.She said she could buy bacon for six cents a pound,with other prices according.She thought she never had it so good.
      One thing I will always remember,on our way back home,we had to swim the Cimmeron River.To make it safe for the rest of us,Dad crossed the river first to see if there was any quicksand.When any of us kids got bored we would mount our stick horses and ride along beside the wagons.
      After we had settled again in the homestead house,Dad decided it was too small and getting shabby.In 1914 the old house was torn down and a new one built in it's place.It was another frame house but it had plastered walls and four bedrooms. On January 24,1916 Robert Chestly was born.Grandmother Mary Ann died January 3,1918.The grandparents had willed their land to my parents so now we owned 320 acres.Franklin Max was born September 14,1919 and Ida Leona was born October 18,1921.
      Dad and Mom lived with all twelve of us kids on the 320 acres untill Dad decided to move the family to the state of Washington.We needed something other than the covered wagons to travel in so he bought a 1922 Oldsmobile speed wagon.September 22,1924 we moved to Washington and settled on Puget Sound at Shelton.We lived there for nine months.The folks had not decided yet where they wanted to make their final home.In 1925 they moved to Ione Oregon where Dad had relatives by the name of Warren.The Warrens had a house all furnished for Mom and had horses for Dad to start his farming.
After a few years several of the brothers and sisters married and left home.There were three brothers that never married and were at home with Mom and Dad.Dad's health failed and he died in 1945.
      After Dad's death the three bachelor brothers took Mom and moved to Ordnance Oregon.She died April 27,1949.Both Mom and Dad ,with four of their sons and three of their daughters are buried in the Ione Oregon cemetary.One son is buried in Portland Oregon.The ones that are living are William of White Salmon Washington,Robert of Hermiston Oregon,Franklin of Tacoma Washington and myself Alice of Naches Washington.Dad was always worried about the name of Botts wearing away but I don't think he will have to worry about it now.He left many grandsons and great grandsons.
            The above story was written before 1982.
      Now,I,Toni Crowell,will tell a slight variation of the move from Oklahoma.This was told to me by other family members.
      Charles and Hattie Botts traded their land in Oklahoma for land in North Dakota.We have documents on the land trade.When they left Oklahoma they were going to North Dakota.While on the way there they met someone who told them it got to 40 degrees below zero in North Dakota during the winter.They talked it over and headed west instead.

More About Charles Henry Botts:
Burial: High View Cemetery, Ione, Morrow Co, Oregon

Notes for Harriet 'Hattie' Elizabeth Beasley:
Her marriage record is found on the homepage of Sullivan County, Missouri on USGenWeb. The listing is: Botts, Charles H. & Beasley, Hattie E. on Jun 17, 1895.

A death notice was published in the Hermiston Herald, Umitilla County, Oregon newspaper (vol 41, no 38). It gave her age as 77, said she lived in Ordnance, Oregon (near Hermiston).

More About Harriet 'Hattie' Elizabeth Beasley:
Burial: High View Cemetery, Ione, Morrow Co, Oregon

Children of Charles Botts and Harriet Beasley are:

Mary Ann Botts, born 29 Jun 1896 in Sullivan City, Tennessee; died 04 Nov 1951 in McNary, Umatilla Co, Oregon; married Jack W. Griffin 31 Jul 1914 in Buffalo, Harper Co, Oklahoma; born 1895; died 30 Jan 1958 in Hermiston,Oregon.

Notes for Mary Ann Botts:
Her burial is listed on the Ellis County homepage on USGenWeb on the internet.

More About Mary Ann Botts:
Burial: High View Cemetery, Ione, Morrow Co, Oregon

ii.

James Calvin Botts, born 17 Sep 1897 in Sullivan Co, Missouri; died 26 Mar 1967 in Reno,Nevada; married Ella May Daniels 14 Aug 1924 in Oklahoma; born 17 Jan 1909; died 1964 in Ione, Morrow Co, Oregon.

Notes for James Calvin Botts:
Ginger Daniels posted the following query on the internet:

Looking for the descendents of James and Ella Mae Daniels Botts who where married 14 Aug 1924 in OK. I am trying to bring Daniels family tree up-to-date. Ella Mae and James Botts had the following children: Doris Pearl b 4 May 1925; Charles Ernest b 31 Jul 1927; Delbert Botts b 17 Jan 1929; James Robert b 17 Jun 1930; Kenneth Oscar Botts b 21 Mar 1931; Edwin Botts b 31 Oct 1933; Robert Botts b 15 Nov 1934; Betty Lois Botts b 23 Mar 1936; Edward Everett Botts b 2 Dec 1937;Peggy June Botts b 1 Jan 1939. James and Ella Mae moved to Oregon, where Ella Mae Daniels Botts died in 1964 (Ione, OR).

More About James Calvin Botts:
Burial: High View Cemetery, Ione, Morrow Co, Oregon

iii.

Charles Delbert Botts, WWII Vet, born 24 Dec 1899 in Milan, Sullivan Co, Missouri; died 05 Oct 1958 in Pendleton, Umatilla Co, Oregon; married Griffin Girl.

Notes for Charles Delbert Botts, WWII Vet:
Hermiston Newspaper item::
Botts, Charles D. vol 52 no 45 - 9 Oct 1958 Born 24 Dec 1899 in Milan, MO. WWII vet. Died 5 Oct 1958 at Pendleton. Survived by six brothers; James, John, Bill, Emmett, Frank and Robert and one sister: Alice.

In 1920, Charles was living in Garfield County, Oklahoma, with the family of his brother-in-law.

More About Charles Delbert Botts, WWII Vet:
Burial: IOOF Cemetery, Ione, Oregon (now High View)

iv.

Harriet 'Hattie' Jane Botts, born 18 May 1902 in Woodward County, Oklahoma; died 03 Jul 1947 in Pendleton, Umatilla Co, Oregon; married (1) Charles Collins; married (2) Tom Brown; married (3) Ed Stanley.

More About Harriet 'Hattie' Jane Botts:
Burial: High View Cemetery, Ione, Morrow Co, Oregon

Alice May Botts, born 11 May 1905 in Woodward County, Oklahoma; died 12 Sep 1986 in Naches, Yakima Co, Washington; married Lemuel R. Cooley 14 May 1926 in Arnett, Ellis County, Oklahoma; born 23 Jun 1904 in Ellis,Co.Oklahoma; died 13 May 1966 in Yakima Co.Washington.

More About Alice May Botts:
Burial: Naches Cemetery, Naches, WA

	2	vi.		John Louis Botts, born 06 Jul 1907 in Woodward Ellis Co, Oklahoma; died 18 Jan 1968 in Pendleton,Umatilla Co, Oregon; married Cecile Belle Obert 09 Sep 1936 in Yakima County, Washington.
		vii.		Bruce Brazilles Botts, born 16 Oct 1908 in Woodward Co, Oklahoma; died 30 Aug 1953 in Heppner, Morrow Co., Oregon.

More About Bruce Brazilles Botts:
Burial: High View Cemetery, Ione, Morrow Co, Oregon

		viii.		William Fredrick Botts, born 04 Dec 1910 in Oklahoma; died 05 Nov 1996 in Klickitat Co.Washington; married (1) Frances Hazel Frank; married (2) Viola Helm 02 Nov 1937 in Morrow Co.Oregon.
		ix.		Arthur Emmett Botts, born 18 Mar 1913 in Woodward County, Oklahoma; died 09 Mar 1970 in Portland, Oregon; married Frances Hazel Frank 18 Apr 1935 in Morrow County, Oregon.
		x.		Robert Chestle Botts, born 24 Jan 1916 in Woodward County, Oklahoma; died 30 Nov 1991 in Hermiston, Umatilla Co, Oregon; married Helen Pearl Obert 10 May 1937 in Prosser, Benton County, Washington; born 1920; died 28 Jan 2002 in Hermiston,Umatilla Co,Oregon.

More About Robert Chestle Botts:
Burial: Hermiston Cemetery, Hermiston, OR

More About Helen Pearl Obert:
Burial: Hermiston cemetary,Hermiston,Or

xi.

Franklin Max Botts, born 14 Sep 1919 in Woodward County, Oklahoma; died 14 Apr 1982 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, Washington.

More About Franklin Max Botts:
Burial: Spanaway, Washington

xii.

Ida Leona Botts, born 18 Oct 1921 in Woodward County, Oklahoma; died 16 Feb 1946 in Vanport, Multnomah Co, Oregon; married Elroy C. Ellis.

Notes for Ida Leona Botts:
Multnomah County Oregon Death Record # 1272.

More About Ida Leona Botts:
Burial: High View Cemetery, Ione, Morrow Co, Oregon

      6. Clarence Orin Obert, born 10 Jun 1880. He was the son of 12. Francis Lewis Obert and 13. Eliza Ann Green. He married 7. Emma Annette Brown.

      7. Emma Annette Brown, born 26 Oct 1889; died 1962 in Oregon. She was the daughter of 14. Daniel Frank Brown and 15. Emma Louise Sample.

More About Emma Annette Brown:
Burial: IOOF Cemetery, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, Plot F-4

Children of Clarence Obert and Emma Brown are:

	i.	Lewis F. Obert, born 1910 in Oregon; married Blanch.
	ii.	Bessie A. Obert, born 1912 in Oregon; married Bud Freeman.
3	iii.	Cecile Belle Obert, born 19 Jan 1914 in Milton, Umatilla Co, Oregon; died 30 Oct 1963 in Pendleton, Umatilla Co, Oregon; married John Louis Botts 09 Sep 1936 in Yakima County, Washington.
	iv.	Elsie Louise Obert, born 1916 in Oregon; married Ivan Churchill.
	v.	Stanley C. Obert, born Apr 1918 in Oregon; married Jaunita.
	vi.	Helen Pearl Obert, born 1920; died 28 Jan 2002 in Hermiston,Umatilla Co,Oregon; married Robert Chestle Botts 10 May 1937 in Prosser, Benton County, Washington; born 24 Jan 1916 in Woodward County, Oklahoma; died 30 Nov 1991 in Hermiston, Umatilla Co, Oregon.

More About Helen Pearl Obert:
Burial: Hermiston cemetary,Hermiston,Or

More About Robert Chestle Botts:
Burial: Hermiston Cemetery, Hermiston, OR

		vii.		Roy Owen Obert, born 02 Jul 1922.
		viii.		Harold Ralph "Dude" Obert, born 20 Jun 1925; married Beverly.

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