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Descendants of Martin William " Gobbler " Jones

184. PORTER HAMILTON⁵ JONES (CLISBY RIGGS⁴, JASPER HAMILTON³, MARTIN WILLIAM " GOBBLER "², MR.¹) was born 03 Jul 1888 in Hamilton, Hamilton Co., Texas, and died 04 Feb 1944 in Waurika, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma. He married (1) JOSEPHINE MORGAN Bef. 1914 in Possibly Trinity or Walker Co., Texas or Waurika, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma, daughter of JOHN MORGAN and FRANCES BAKER. She was born 24 Jan 1898 in Texas, and died Jul 1984 in Dimmitt, Castro Co., Texas. He married (2) LEONA STELLA LEAF 11 May 1918 in Jefferson Co., Oklahoma, daughter of HIRAM LEAF and NEOMA STROUD. She was born Jan 1884 in Oklahoma, and died Aft. Jan 1920 in Waurika, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma.

Notes for PORTER HAMILTON JONES:
1920 Jefferson Co., Oklahoma shows Porter as Oral Jones with spouse Leona Stela. Residing in the home is his son listed as Earnest Cleveland Jones. Porter is listed as a day laborer.
Name: Leona Stela Jones
Age: 33 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1887
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Race: White
Home in 1920: Ringling, Jefferson, Oklahoma
Sex: Female
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Mother's Birth Place: Arkansas
Father's Birth Place: Georgia
Image: 213

Porter placed his son Ernest in a home for Juvenile Delinquents which I believe my kin Betty may have said it was after the death of Ernests' mother.
Porter was 42 yrs. old and residing with his brother-in-law Birt Thatcher, Florence and their children on the 1930 Jefferson Co., Oklahoma Census. Ernest is not with his father in the home which Ernest would have been sixteen years old.

More About PORTER HAMILTON JONES:
Burial: Unknown, Cornish Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma
Cause of Death: Ruptured Appendix

Notes for JOSEPHINE MORGAN:
Josephine left her son Ernest and husband Porter for Charlie when Ernest was only six month's old. She spent the rest of her life with Charlie. She and Charlie lived in Plainview, Texas.

Name: Josephine Finck
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1898
Relation to head-of-house: Wife
Spouse's Name: Charles F Finck
Home in 1930: Tulia, Swisher, Texas

Name: Charles F Finck
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1888
Birthplace: Iowa
Relation to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's Name: Josephine Finck
Race: White
Home in 1930: Tulia, Swisher, Texas
Josephine's father was from Georgia and mother from Alabama. Their daughter Olive is in the home. Charles' father & mother were from Germany. Charles is listed as a laborer of odd jobs.

SS Death Index;
Josephine FINCK
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1898
Death Date: Jul 1984
Social Security Number: 454-17-7412
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Texas
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 79027
Localities: Dimmitt, Castro, Texas

More About PORTER JONES and JOSEPHINE MORGAN:
Marriage: Bef. 1914, Possibly Trinity or Walker Co., Texas or Waurika, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma

Notes for LEONA STELLA LEAF:
Stella grieved over the death of their infant daughter. Some believe this may have caused her to loose her mental capacities. When Earnest was only a child of five, Porter came home one afternoon and found that Stella had melted hot lead and was about to place it in the sleeping child's ears! Stella was removed from the home and placed in an institution where she remained until her death just a few years later.

Name: Stella Cohorn
Age in 1910: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Home in 1910: Hickory Twp, Love, Oklahoma
Neighbors: View Results
Race: White
Gender: Female
Occupation: View Image
This Census shows Stella residing back home in her mothers house. Her son Samuel R. Cohorn is in the home too. She is listed as married and not widowed.

1920 Jefferson Co., Oklahom Census;
Name: Leona Stela Jones
Age: 33 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1887
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Race: White
Home in 1920: Ringling, Jefferson, Oklahoma
Sex: Female
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Mother's Birth Place: Arkansas
Father's Birth Place: Georgia
Image: 213

More About LEONA STELLA LEAF:
Burial: Unknown, Cornish Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma

More About PORTER JONES and LEONA LEAF:
Marriage: 11 May 1918, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma

Child of PORTER JONES and JOSEPHINE MORGAN is:

ERNEST CLEVE⁶ JONES, b. 01 Apr 1914, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma; d. Oct 1974, Sulphur, Murray Co., Oklahoma; m. CLEO MOORE, Possibly Oklahoma; b. 17 May 1909, Possibly Oklahoma; d. 03 Jan 1972, San Francisco, California.

Notes for ERNEST CLEVE JONES:
Through my kin, I have learned that Ernest was a safecracker!
In the fall of 1948 Ernest C. Jones as an inmate in Huntsville Prison, killed a bully that intended on killing him. Ernest killed him by decapitation in self defense.
He was also a veteran WW2.
Ernest's S.S. # was 444-18-5677. It was issued in Oklahoma.
Ernest had a very sad childhood and things never got better for the poor soul.
Before Ernest died, he had a small cigar box with his memento's in it. I understand through kinfolk, that Ernest was an emotional person and cared dearly for family. In his small cigar box he had also carried my Uncle Jerry Burleson's phone number with him. When the two were younger they were not only first cousins once removed, but supposed friends. Before Ernest had died, he wanted our kin Betty Benton Lyle to have his cigar box because he knew she would take care of it, Betty still has that cigar box today with all his memento's enclosed...

More About ERNEST CLEVE JONES:
Burial: Unknown, Cornish Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma

Notes for CLEO MOORE:
Cleo donated her body to the University of California for Scientific Research. Cleo had been previously married and had a daughter. She and Earnest had no children of their union.
Note; In 1920 I find a 13 yr. old Cleo Moore as an orphan in the Oklahoma Odd Fellows Home in Eagle Chief, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma. She was born in Ok. and parents born in US.

More About ERNEST JONES and CLEO MOORE:
Marriage: Possibly Oklahoma

Child of PORTER JONES and LEONA LEAF is:

ii.

INFANT⁶ JONES, b. Abt. 1919, Oklahoma; d. Abt. 1919, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma.

Notes for INFANT JONES:
Died as an infant.

More About INFANT JONES:
Burial: Unknown, Cornish Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma

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