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Descendants of Martin William " Gobbler " Jones

187. CLISBY RIGGS SR.⁵ JONES (CLISBY RIGGS⁴, JASPER HAMILTON³, MARTIN WILLIAM " GOBBLER "², MR.¹) was born 03 Feb 1896 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and died 24 Sep 1955 in Ardmore, Carter Co., Oklahoma. He married GIRTIE IONE PARKER 04 Oct 1919 in Dixie, Stephens Co., Oklahoma, daughter of BEN PARKER and VIRGINIA STANLEY. She was born 1902 in Oklahoma, and died 1974 in Ardmore, Carter Co., Oklahoma.

Notes for CLISBY RIGGS SR. JONES:
Clisby played the fiddle and so did his son Paul. His son Clisby Jr. played the guitar.
Clisby died a tragic death. He burned to death trying to get the family out of the house when it was on fire. He went back into the house to get his brother Jasper who was bedridden at the time with cancer. After getting Jasper out of the house, Clisby returned to retrieve some of their items. Clisby was burned beyond recognition. On his death certificate, it lists him as a Farmer. The marriage license of Clisby and Gertie states as their witnesses as Diane Wisdom and Grey Folsom, both of Loco, Oklahoma. The certificate also states that the license was issued on 30 Sept. 1919. And that they were married on 4 Oct. 1919. The license was recorded on 6 Oct. 1919 on page 432 of the marriage record # 5. G.A. Witt being Court Clerk.

More About CLISBY RIGGS SR. JONES:
Burial: Unknown, Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Carter Co., Oklahoma
Cause of Death: Burned to death in house fire.

Notes for GIRTIE IONE PARKER:
Gertie was an Indian woman.

More About GIRTIE IONE PARKER:
Burial: Unknown, Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Carter Co., Oklahoma

More About CLISBY JONES and GIRTIE PARKER:
Marriage: 04 Oct 1919, Dixie, Stephens Co., Oklahoma

Children of CLISBY JONES and GIRTIE PARKER are:

452.	i.		LESTER LEO⁶ JONES, b. 15 Feb 1921, Oklahoma; d. Jun 1986, Clinton, Custer Co., Oklahoma.
	ii.		PAUL JONES, b. Aft. 1919, Oklahoma; d. Abt. 1953, California; m. PEGGY, Private; b. Private.

Notes for PAUL JONES:
Paul was living in California when he was killed in an Auto Accident near Los Angeles, Ca. He is buried in California.

More About PAUL JONES and PEGGY:
Private-Begin: Private

453.	iii.	CLARENCE JONES, b. Private.
454.	iv.	CLARA BELLE JONES, b. 01 Jun 1928, Oklahoma; d. 22 Dec 1987, Carter Co., Oklahoma.
455.	v.	CLISBY RIGGS JR. JONES, b. Private.

188. FLORENCE AGNES⁵ JONES (CLISBY RIGGS⁴, JASPER HAMILTON³, MARTIN WILLIAM " GOBBLER "², MR.¹) was born 17 Feb 1899 in Chickasaw Nation I.T., Healdton, Pickens-Carter Co., Oklahoma, and died 13 Feb 1956 in Ardmore, Carter Co., Oklahoma. She married BERTIS T. THATCHER 19 Nov 1916 in Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma, son of JOHN THATCHER and TYNA MENDENHALL. He was born 06 Jun 1886 in Atkins, Pope Co., Arkansas, and died 08 Jul 1963 in Ardmore, Carter Co., Oklahoma.

Notes for FLORENCE AGNES JONES:
MaMa Thatcher as her grandchildren called her, is buried next to her husband Bertis in the I.O.O.F. Ringling Cemetery in Jefferson Co. Ringling, OK. I was told that she was very sweet. When Bertis and Florence had the twins, Loyd and Lois they had no money so Bertis gave the doctor Florences brand new sewing machine that she was so proud of, for payment of the delivery of her two new babies. The Thatchers' and Jones' families were next door neighbors and that's how Bertis and Florence met.
Florence belonged to the Gospel Church.
I have a vague memory of walking along a chain-linked fence and trying to walk as slow as I could because what was ahead frightened me as a child. This was really my first introduction to any church. It was a Pentecostal Church, and for a young child, it was frightening to see the adults hollering to the ceiling, holding hands, dancing and the likes. Being so young I did not understand the concept. Now I look back and have to laugh at myself.
There is a Florence Jones # 1025, on the Guion Miller Roll. Is this person the same as my g.grandmother??
Florence was short in statue, she was only 5' 2". On Florence and Bertis' marriage license for the witnesses it states them to be her mother Mrs. Lizzie Priest and Addie Harris. The marriage is recorded on page 377 of the Marriage Book of 1910-1920. The last name of Lizzie being Priest may have been a typo for the family believes the surname to have been Price for Lizzie's second spouse.
1910 CENSUS: EARL TOWNSHIP, ENUMERATION DISTRICT 152, JEFFERSON CO., OKLAHOMA
JONES Mary head W 45 WD TX

Jus?? son W 29 S TX

Jessey son W 27 W TX

Parter son W 21 S TX

Clis?ey son W 14 S TX

Florence dau W 11 S OK

Rufus gr.son W 05 S OK

Name: Florence Thatcher
Age: 20 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1900
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Race: White
Home in 1920: Earl, 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: United States of America
Father's Birth Place: United States of America
Image: 92

In 1930 Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma, Florence's brother Porter H. Jones age 42, was residing with Birt, Florence and the children. He did not have Ernest with him.

More About FLORENCE AGNES JONES:
Burial: 1956, Ringling Cemetery, Ringling, Carter Co., Oklahoma
Cause of Death: Lymphatic Leukemia.

Notes for BERTIS T. THATCHER:
Bertis was called PaPa Thatcher by his grandchildren. He was a wonderful Carpenter. I have been told that he had a gift for not having to measure off anything that he had built, he could tell just by looking, the exact measurements of a building. Birt had black hair and the brightest blue eyes. He is buried with his wife Florence in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Jefferson Co., Ringling, OK. Bertis built his home himself on his homestead and years later he had built a house next to it for his son Ray Delmon and his new bride Esther. Dollie is buried next to Birt's father John in the Cornish Cemetery. Bertis also had a brother named Dolan who lived in Ringling, OK. The Thatcher family came across the country in a covered wagon. Birt died in the rock house that he had built. I was told that he was Dutch, Irish, and 1/2 Cherokee indian. Bertis had met Florence when the Thatcher family and Jones family were neighbors at Cornish.
On one of the Census', it said that Birt was born in Kansas.

1910 EARL TOWNSHIP OF JEFFERSON CO., OKLAHOMA:
THATCHER
John R. head W 64 WIDOW AR
Burtie son W 23 S KS (Birtis Thatcher) (believe it should be AR, not KS)
Frank son W 21 S AR
Doland son W 15 S AR
Residing next door:
JONES
Mary head W 45 WIDOW TX (note it shows her age being 45, born in 1865?)
Jasper son W 29 S TX
Jessey son W 27 W TX
Porter son W 21 S TX
Clisby son W 14 S TX
Florence dau W 11 S OK (Florence would later marry Birtis Thatcher)
Rufus gr.son W 05 S OK

Birt and Florence are listed on the 1920 Earl Township, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma Census with their daughter Florance Agnes at the age of 2. Residing on one side is Wallace M. Rogers age 26 Ky. US. US. and his spouse Virginia M. age 21 Ok. US. US. The other side is Tom Beffle age 43 Tx. Tn. Tn. and his spouse Lizzie age 41 Tx. Tn. Tn. On the other side of Wallace at one time,,, could have been Martin Rogers who was in his forties from Kentucky.

1930 Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma the children are all residing at home. Birt is listed as a building carpenter. Florence's brother Porter Hamilton Jones is residing in their home at the age of 42. He is listed as Laborer at odd jobs. Luther Hightower and Arthur E. Thomason are their neighbors.
1930 Census;
Name: Bert Thatcher
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: 1885
Birthplace: Arkansas
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Race: White
Home in 1930: Ringling, Jefferson, Oklahoma

Name: Bert Thatcher
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Arkansas
Relation to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's Name: Florence A Thatcher
Race: White
Home in 1930: Ringling, Jefferson, Oklahoma
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Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Ringling, Jefferson, Oklahoma; Roll: 1907; Page: ; Enumeration District: 13; Image: 380.0.

More About BERTIS T. THATCHER:
Burial: 1963, Ringling Cemetery, Ringling, Carter Co., Oklahoma
Cause of Death: Cardiac Failure.
Medical Information: Due to Coronary Occlusion. He also had Carcinomatosis.

More About BERTIS THATCHER and FLORENCE JONES:
Marriage: 19 Nov 1916, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma

Children of FLORENCE JONES and BERTIS THATCHER are:

456.	i.	FLORENCE AGNES⁶ THATCHER, b. 05 Oct 1919, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma; d. 21 Jun 1994, Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas.
457.	ii.	HAZEL LEVATA THATCHER, b. 01 Jul 1920, Anadarko, Caddo Co., Oklahoma; d. 11 May 1960, Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas.
458.	iii.	RAY DELMAN THATCHER, b. 30 Nov 1923, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma; d. 28 Jan 1987, Comanche, Stephens Co., Oklahoma.
	iv.	SANFORD JUNIOR THATCHER, b. 13 Sep 1925, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma; d. 05 Mar 1972, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado; m. LOUISE IRENE GENTRY, Private; b. Private.

Notes for SANFORD JUNIOR THATCHER:
Mutts wife was a dancer from Pueblo, Colorado. They had no children together. But she had four children from a previous marriage.
Sanford's SS Death Index has the spelling of his name incorrect;
Name: SANVERY THATCHER (Should read Sanford Thatcher)
SSN: 444-22-1533
Last Residence: 80221 Denver, Adams, CO
Born: 13 Sep 1925
Last Benefit:
Died: Mar 1972
State (Year) SSN issued: OK (Before 1951 )

More About SANFORD JUNIOR THATCHER:
Burial: Unknown, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado

More About SANFORD THATCHER and LOUISE GENTRY:
Private-Begin: Private

459.	v.	LOYD EUGENE THATCHER, b. 13 Feb 1928, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma; d. 22 Nov 2002, Ardmore, Carter Co., Oklahoma.
460.	vi.	LOIS LORENE THATCHER, b. 13 Feb 1928, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma; d. 22 May 1998, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma.
461.	vii.	MARY JANE THATCHER, b. 17 Sep 1934, Ringling, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma; d. 29 Nov 1972, Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas.

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