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Descendants of Thomas Okey & Elizabeth Stockley

123. Ross B.⁵ Okey (Gordon Gardner⁴, Woodman³, Leven², Thomas¹)³⁹⁶ was born February 4, 1861 in Ohio, and died November 20, 1923 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He married Emma I. Pryor ³⁹⁷ December 25, 1895 in Monroe Co. Ohio ³⁹⁸, daughter of George Pryor. She was born July 1866 in Ohio, and died September 5, 1913 in Monroe County, Ohio.

Children of Ross Okey and Emma Pryor are:

	i.		JENNIE MAUDE⁶ OKEY³⁹⁹, b. 1897; m. JAMES A. MCVAY, May 9, 1917, Monroe Co. Ohio ⁴⁰⁰; b. 1893.
229.	ii.		FREEDA MELISSA OKEY, b. February 22, 1904, Stafford, OHio; d. April 24, 1985, Tuczon, Az.

124. Ellen⁵ Okey (Gordon Gardner⁴, Woodman³, Leven², Thomas¹)⁴⁰¹ was born 1866 in Ohio. She married John F. Clift January 1, 1885 in Monroe Co. Ohio ⁴⁰².

Child of Ellen Okey and John Clift is:

230.

ELIZABETH⁶ CLIFT.

125. John Woodman⁵ Carmichael (Nancy⁴ Okey, Woodman³, Leven², Thomas¹)⁴⁰³ was born January 10, 1859 in Monroe County, Ohio, and died January 27, 1934 in Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa ⁴⁰⁴. He married Emma Okey Hall ^405,⁴⁰⁶ September 9, 1888 in Wingett Run, Washington County, Ohio, daughter of Thomas Hall and Rebecca Campbell. She was born 1867 in Ludlow Twp, Washington County, Ohio, and died 1956 in Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Ia.

Notes for John Woodman Carmichael:
Obituary: The Guthrian January 25, 1934
John Woodman Carmichael was born near Stafford, Ohio, and passed away in Guthrie Center, Iowa at age of 73 years, 17 days. He was the second son of Joshua and Nancy Okey Carmichael.
On September 9, 1888 he was married with Emma Hall of Washington County, Ohio. To this happy union were born four sons and four daughters. The wife, two daughters and four sons survive, two daughters dying in infancy. Also one sister, Mrs. Martha Wilson, Alliance, Ohio survives. The sons and daughters who mourn the passing of their father are: Mrs. Guy Bosier, Mrs. Guy Beck, Thomas K., William F., and Harry all of Guthrie Center, Iowa, and George, Savannah, Missouri also ten grandchildren and one great grandson. When a young man Mr. Carmichael united with the M.E. church at Stafford, Ohio and was a firm believer to the end.
In 1919, the family moved to Guthrie Center where he has since made his home. (after the death of his mother)
For the past three years he has been an invalid, but was always patient, cheerful and enjoyed so much to visit with friends and neighbors who called to see him.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2:00 P.M. in the Christian Church, conducted by Rev. Clifford V. Pence, assisted by Rev. Winkleman pastor of the Baptist church. Interment was made in Union Cemetery.

More About John Woodman Carmichael:
Burial: Union Cemetery, Guthrie Center Iowa

Notes for Emma Okey Hall:
She was a small woman and we called her "Little Grandma".

More About Emma Okey Hall:
Cause of Death: Complications from a fall and a broken shoulder
Fact 1: Had 8 children, 6 lived

Children of John Carmichael and Emma Hall are:

231.	i.	FLOSSIE EDITH⁶ CARMICHAEL, b. July 31, 1889, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio; d. December 28, 1987, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado.
232.	ii.	THOMAS KIRK CARMICHAEL, b. November 30, 1891, Stafford, Monroe County, Franklin TWP., Ohio; d. April 11, 1945, Guthrie Center, Iowa.
233.	iii.	WILLIAM FROST CARMICHAEL, b. July 28, 1895, Stafford, Monroe County, Franklin TWP., Ohio; d. April 1978, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
	iv.	ADA FAY CARMICHAEL⁴⁰⁷, b. July 7, 1899, Ohio ⁴⁰⁸; d. 1899, Ohio.

More About ADA FAY CARMICHAEL:
Comment 1: Died in infancy

234.	v.		OPAL CARMICHAEL, b. January 4, 1902, Stafford, Monroe County, Franklin TWP., Ohio; d. 1948, Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa.
	vi.		GEORGE OKEY CARMICHAEL⁴⁰⁹, b. March 3, 1904, Stafford, Monroe County, Franklin TWP., Ohio ⁴¹⁰; d. March 1973, Safford, Arizona; m. MARY HUGHES.

Notes for GEORGE OKEY CARMICHAEL:
Living in Savannah, Missouri in 1934.
In 1940 he was living at 442 W 15th Ave., Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming. Worked for Holly Feed Yards.
He was a wandering man most of his life. Now and then he would visit members of the family but he never settled in one place. He was known to "ride the rails".
He was a tall thin man with a pleasant personality.

More About GEORGE OKEY CARMICHAEL:
Social Security #: 1940, 520-16-9128 issued in Wyoming

235.

vii.

HARRY A. CARMICHAEL, b. October 7, 1906, Stafford, Monroe County, Franklin TWP., Ohio; d. April 22, 1955, Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa.

126. Mary⁵ Carmichael (Nancy⁴ Okey, Woodman³, Leven², Thomas¹)⁴¹¹ was born 1861 in Monroe County, Ohio. She married George W. Wells ⁴¹² November 2, 1882 in Monroe County, Ohio ⁴¹³. He was born 1857, and died 1920 in Noble County, Ohio.

Notes for Mary Carmichael:
In the Miles Okey family Tree she is called "Nancy"

Children of Mary Carmichael and George Wells are:

	i.	ERNEST⁶ WELLS⁴¹⁴.
	ii.	MATTIE WELLS⁴¹⁴, m. W. A. SMITH⁴¹⁴.
	iii.	OKEY WELLS⁴¹⁵, b. November 11, 1885, Noble County, Ohio; d. October 22, 1893, Noble County, Ohio.
236.	iv.	BESSIE EDITH WELLS, b. November 2, 1892, Fulton County, Ohio; d. January 2, 1916, Stafford, Monroe County, Ohio.

127. Jessie⁵ Carmichael (Nancy⁴ Okey, Woodman³, Leven², Thomas¹)⁴¹⁶ was born 1870 in Ohio, and died Abt. 1894 in Ohio. She married Charles S. McVey September 12, 1893 in Monroe County, Ohio ⁴¹⁷, son of Jacob Hughes and Lucinda Hogue. He was born 1872 in Ohio.

Child of Jessie Carmichael and Charles McVey is:

INFANT SON⁶ MCVAY⁴¹⁸, b. October 1894, Stafford, Monroe County, Ohio; d. October 1894, Stafford, Monroe County, Ohio.

128. Samuel Wesley⁵ Okey (Lewis Morgan⁴, Henry L.³, Leven², Thomas¹) was born July 10, 1843 in Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, and died February 18, 1926 in Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin. He married (1) Francesca R. Joyner Bef. 1869. She was born April 23, 1847 in New York, and died January 28, 1870 in Wisconsin. He married (2) Ellen A. Rice January 1, 1872 in Burlington, Iowa. She was born 1849 in New York, and died January 1915 in Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin.

Notes for Samuel Wesley Okey:
Samuel Wesley Okey had been a resident of Grant county for more than three-quarters of a century when he passed away at his home near Cassville on the 18th of February, 1926, in his eighty-third year. He was born near Carrollton, Missouri, July 10, 1843, his parents being Lewis Morgan and Eunice Caroline (Titus) Okey, the former a native of Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio, and the latter of Providence, Rhode Island. It was in 1849 that the family settled in Grant county, Wisconsin, where Lewis M. Okey followed farming pursuits. Eventually he moved into the village of Cassville and established the Cassville Bank, of which he served as president until his death in 1900. He was a worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes of the Masonic fraternity, to which he belonged, and long enjoyed high standing among the leading citizens of the community which was his home for fifty years. His wife passed away in 1904.

The following is an excerpt from an interesting review of the career of Samuel W. Okey which appeared in the Cassville Index in its issue of February 24, 1926, about a week following his death: "Owing to the prevalence of malaria in that newly settled country (northern Missouri), the family moved back to Woodsfield, Ohio, L. M. Okey's former home. There the keen observation of the little boy Samuel furnished him a fund of rich memories which he always retained. Opportunity to own land being better in the new state of Wisconsin, the family came down the Ohio and up the Mississippi to Cassville, and settled on a farm near Burton, close neighbors to the Perrins, Hortons, Elwells, Chapmans, Ashleys, Reeds and many others, most of whom he cherished to his life's end. The six-year-old pioneer then began a life of interesting experiences. He saw deer
drink in the river, watched the last panther of the region sharpen his claws, saw wild turkeys fly across the valley, caught fish among the myriads that then swam in Grant, and lived a boy's paradise of hunting. Hardships were plentifully sprinkled among these delightful adventures, which gave him a ready understanding of other people's troubles. He went to school in Burton to Jesse Brooks of Bloomington and Reuben Morse of Beetown. When Samuel was nearly fourteen, in the spring of 1857, his father bought the farm which has been in the family ever since. Busy years followed, helping to open the farm, going to district school winters, and to Tafton (now Bloomington) Seminary for several terms. When he was twenty-one he volunteered for Civil war service, remaining till its close. He was a member of Company E, First Wisconsin Volunteers. With thousands of other soldiers, he saw Lincoln's second inauguration and heard much of the inaugural address. One of his keenest impressions was the memory of his own grief and that of the troops at news of the assassination . . . The deceased had a deep interest in all phases of active life, politics, economics and all problems that touch American life. He had a great love of reading, and a sympathetic understanding which gave him a genius for friendship. He knew and loved a wide circle of people to whose needs he responded with aid and comfort. His many acts of kindness are graven deep in the hearts of his lifetime friends. He had an abiding faith in religion and a firm belief in the hereafter."

Like his father before him, Samuel W. Okey joined the Masonic fraternity. He gave his political support to the republican party and was a warm admirer of Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. In community affairs he established a record of public service seldom equaled, acting as chairman of the town board of Cassville over an extended period and as treasurer of the school board for forty-nine years. His was indeed a long, useful and honorable career and his memory will ever be enshrined in the hearts of those who knew him.

Mr. Okey was twice married, his first wife being in her maidenhood Francesca Joyner. Their daughter, May, is now Mrs. U. L. Holford and has three children, namely: Frances, an instructor at the University of Wisconsin; Eunice, who is Mrs. Wendell L. Phelps, of Milwaukee; and Forrest, who lives with his mother on a farm near Cassville. On the 1st of January, 1872, Mr. Okey was again married, his second union being with Ellen Rice, a half-sister of his first wife. For a number of years she taught school near Cassville, and the same district has numbered among its teachers her stepdaughter, Mrs. May Holford, her own two daughters and her granddaughter, Dorothy Klindt, who was an instructor there in 1930-31. Mrs. Ellen (Rice) Okey departed this life in January 1915, leaving a family of five children. Nellie, the eldest, is the wife of Henry Mink, mentioned at length in another part of this work. Lee W. Okey, who married Mae Birch, passed away in 1919, leaving four children: Verne, Carol, Samuel and Clyde. Blanche is Mrs. G. A. Klindt and the mother of three children, namely: Lillian, the wife of H. E. Carey, of Chicago; Dorothy, who is Mrs. Maurice Buchanan, of Cassville, Wisconsin; and Norman, at home. Ray Okey died in March 1926. Rusk Okey married Miss Martha DiVall and is the father of two children, Mary Ellen and Kathleen Ruth Okey.
Southwestern Wisconsin: A History of Old Crawford County, Biographical, Volume III, 1932, Chicago IL, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. Page 380-2.

1880 census records

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Samuel OKEY Self M Male W 36 MO Farmer OH MA
Ellen OKEY Wife M Female W 31 NY Keeping House NY NY
May OKEY Dau S Female W 11 WI At Home MO NY
Nellie OKEY Dau S Female W 7 WI At Home MO NY
Lee OKEY Son S Male W 5 WI At Home MO NY
Blanche OKEY Dau S Female W 3 WI At Home MO NY
Ray OKEY Son S Male W 1M WI At Home MO NY
Wm. MAYER Other S Male W 27 IA Laborer GER GER
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Source Information:
Census Place Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin
Family History Library Film 1255426
NA Film Number T9-1426
Page Number 58D

More About Samuel Wesley Okey:
Fact 1: Served in Civil War
Fact 2: Chariman of Cassville Town Board ⁴¹⁹
Fact 3: School board member& treasurer

Notes for Francesca R. Joyner:
"Frankie" was a half sister to Samuel's second wife, Ellen Rice.

Notes for Ellen A. Rice:
Half-sister of Francesca R. Joyner

Child of Samuel Okey and Francesca Joyner is:

237.

MAE MARY FRANCESCA⁶ OKEY, b. May 7, 1869, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin; d. September 26, 1958, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin.

Children of Samuel Okey and Ellen Rice are:

	ii.	MAY⁶ OKEY⁴²⁰, b. 1869, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin; d. 1958.
238.	iii.	LEE WESLEY OKEY, b. November 24, 1874, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin; d. March 29, 1919, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin.
239.	iv.	BLANCHE OKEY, b. April 1878, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin; d. 1945.
240.	v.	NELLIE OKEY, b. 1880, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin; d. 1948, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin.
	vi.	RAY OKEY, b. 1880, Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin; d. March 1926.