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25. NANCY JANE⁴ SIMS (JORDAN B.³, WILLIAM², UNKNOWN¹) was born Abt. 1869 in Sims, Montgomery County, Arkansas, and died August 1927 in (Believed to be) Le Flore County, Oklahoma. She married REUBEN B. TACKETT Abt. 1885. He was born 1865 in Texas, and died Abt. 1907 in McAlester or Krebs, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.

Notes for NANCY JANE SIMS:
[Alice Tackett's Family History 20010122.FTW]

Nancy is a niece of the William Perry Sims in which the Post Office of Sims, Arkansas got it's name. Nancy' father Jordan who is William Perry' brother, I hear say was of the good seed. The story say's Jordan was a good kind hearted person that did what he could to help out those in need. Nancy was put in an insane asylum about 1896 for trying to throw her new born baby named Melvin in the fire. Nancy's daughter in-law Bessie said she thinks Nancy was in Oklahoma some where because she remembered going to visit her with Nancy' son Omer Clark Tackett, Bessie thought the place looked like a hospital. Nancy was already pregnant at the time she was committed but Reuben didn't know, Bessie thinks that Nancy's doctor adopted the baby because he liked Nancy so much. Reuben had to leave the children with family and friends not too long after losing Nancy to the asylum because he needed to look for work to take care of them.

Notes for REUBEN B. TACKETT:
[Alice Tackett's Family History 20010122.FTW]

Reuben was thought to be born in Texas because on a Census Record for his son Omer, Omer say's his father was born in Texas. He is also said to be full blood Cherokee Indian. Stories I've heard about Reuben suggest that he was too proud and would not ask for any help from the government, also the government along with most white people at that time took advantage of the Indians and I think this is the reason he changed his Indian name to the Tackett Spelling, I've heard that Reuben did not want any one to know he was Indian. I also heard that Nancy's father did not want her to marry Reuben because he was Indian. We think Reuben' dad's name is Jack W. Tackett and probably died in Parker County, Texas because he was supposed to have owned a bank there, but I have not found any proof. Reuben and Nancy lived in Van Buren, Arkansas in 1891 because that is where my grandfather Omer Clark was born who is they're fourth child. Reuben and Nancy lived in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas in 1896 because that is where their last child was born who is Melvin. Reuben had Nancy committed to some kind of insane asylum in 1896 for trying to throw Melvin in the fire when he was only a few months old. I think my great grandmother Nancy was suffering from what we call Post Partum Depression (this is common after child birth). We think Nancy is buried in Texas, Arkansas or Oklahoma because these states are where Reuben would have taken her to because he was very poor and didn't have adequate transportation to travel very far. I think he would have taken her some where in Texas since that's where they were living at the time and considering that they were very poor and had to travel by a horse drawn wagon makes it seem to be more practical to be in Texas. Bessie thinks She is in Oklahoma because she remembers going to visit her with Nancy' son Omer and that also makes since because that is where most of Nancy's family moved to. He might have taken her to get help from some kind of Indian agency. Reuben worked in the coal mines in Krebs, Oklahoma for sixteen year's and the rail road after losing Nancy to the asylum, he had to leave the children with family and friends while he worked because he didn't have the transportation to travel so far to see the children and didn't have anybody close enough to his work to take care of them. The children were split up between family and friends. Bessie said that she remembers Omer saying that his uncle Tom Morgan raised him after he took him from Reubens Indian friend. I heard that when Reuben tried to take Omer with him that the Indian man refused to let Omer go, so Reuben went to get help from his brother-in-law or uncle who's name is Tom Morgan. Tom told the man that if he didn't give Omer to Reuben right then he was going to shoot him, so the man let Omer go. Omer must not have lived with Omer very long if at all after that. Bessie remembers Omer trying to find his brothers and sister after he and Bessie got married, he found Melvin and Melvin remembered a man that said he knew where Lillie was. She was married to a man with the last name to be Benson or Vincent. I found a Johnny Lee Vincent married to a Lillie Lucinda in the same area that Omer found her, so I believe this to be her and also my aunt Joyce said that her mother Bessie told her that Lillie's married name was Vincent. The Benson surname was found on Omer Clark Tackett's Cemetery Records; Omer's son Clifford told the funeral director that, that was Lilie's married name but my aunt Joyce say's he was wrong and I believe her. Reuben was thought to have died from Black Lung Disease from working in the coal mines. Reuben would take Omer to work with him once in awhile, Omer was only about 6 year's old. The Woodsman Association buried their son Ervin, I don't know which of the three state's that was in , I think it would probably have been in Oklahoma or Arkansas. I just found a marriage record for a Reuben B. Tackett age 35 and Sarah Vaughn age 44 recorded in the McAlester County Seat Court House, Choctaw Indian Territory, Oklahoma dated on November 24, 1900 and that they were living in Krebs, Oklahoma. I will have to do some more research to know weather this is the same Reuben. My grand father Omer was 9 year's old when Reuben married Sarah, Bessie never mentioned her in stories, so that makes me think that Omer didn't live with them, he must have stayed with Tom Morgan until he was grown. I don't know who was raising their other children but I've heard that some of them after getting the children moved away and didn't let Reuben know their where abouts, also some of the people that started out taking care of these children gave them to other people. I know this to be true because Omer had never heard of the people that had Melvin and Lillie and as far as I know Omer never found his other brothers and sister. There was also a man that was a very good friend of Reubens by the name of Tanny Walker. Tom Morgan would probably be married to one of Nancy Sims or Reuben Tackett's sister's

More About REUBEN B. TACKETT:
Burial: Abt. 1907, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

More About REUBEN TACKETT and NANCY SIMS:
Marriage: Abt. 1885

Children of NANCY SIMS and REUBEN TACKETT are:

ERVIN⁵ TACKETT, b. Abt. 1886, Oklahoma; d. Abt. 1899, Oklahoma.

Notes for ERVIN TACKETT:
[Alice Tackett's Family History 20010122.FTW]

Ervin died of pneumonia after jumping in the river in the winter time he was a young adult, probably early teenager.

More About ERVIN TACKETT:
Burial: Abt. 1899, Oklahoma
Residence: September 1992, Broken Bow, Oklahoma

ii.

HENRY TACKETT, b. Abt. 1887.

Notes for HENRY TACKETT:
[Alice Tackett's Family History 20010122.FTW]

Don't know what happened to Henry and haven't heard any stories about him.

iii.

MARY TACKETT, b. Abt. 1889.

Notes for MARY TACKETT:
[Alice Tackett's Family History 20010122.FTW]

Have not found any thing on Mary or heard any stories and I don't know who she married.

39.	iv.	OMER CLARK TACKETT, b. March 15, 1891, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas; d. November 04, 1960, Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, Los Angeles County, California.
40.	v.	LILLIE LUCINDA TACKETT, b. September 14, 1893, Oklahoma; d. May 1979, Seminole, Oklahoma.
41.	vi.	MELVIN TACKETT, b. June 22, 1896, Weatherford, Parker County, Texas; d. May 11, 1970, Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma.

26. JOHN FRANKLIN⁴ SIMS (JORDAN B.³, WILLIAM², UNKNOWN¹) was born September 1875 in Arkansas, and died 1948. He married DOLLIE EGGER 1906 in Arkansas. She was born 1890 in Arkansas, and died 1977.

More About JOHN SIMS and DOLLIE EGGER:
Marriage: 1906, Arkansas

Child of JOHN SIMS and DOLLIE EGGER is:

LYDIA M.⁵ SIMS, b. 1908, South Fork, Montgomery County, Arkansas.

27. WILLIAM NATHAN⁴ LOCKE (NANCY JANE³ SIMS, WILLIAM², UNKNOWN¹) was born July 09, 1869 in Big Fork, Montgomery County, Arkansas, and died May 05, 1945 in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. He married NANCY ELIZABETH COPELAND December 15, 1889 in Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, daughter of WILLIAM COPELAND and MARTHA MCCONNELL. She was born October 15, 1870 in Arkansas, and died November 15, 1950 in Oklahoma.

More About WILLIAM NATHAN LOCKE:
Burial: May 1945, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

More About NANCY ELIZABETH COPELAND:
Burial: November 1950, Oklahoma

More About WILLIAM LOCKE and NANCY COPELAND:
Marriage: December 15, 1889, Mount Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas

Children of WILLIAM LOCKE and NANCY COPELAND are:

42.	i.		MONROE⁵ LOCKE, b. August 30, 1893, Sims, Montgomery County, Arkansas; d. January 09, 1980, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
	ii.		MARTHA LOCKE, b. August 07, 1897; d. June 27, 1900, Boles, Scott County, Arkansas.

More About MARTHA LOCKE:
Burial: 1900, Scott County, Arkansas

iii.

WILLIE LOCKE, b. Abt. 1899; d. 1899.

Notes for WILLIE LOCKE:
[Alice Tackett's Family History 20010122.FTW]

Willie is thought to have died at birth.

More About WILLIE LOCKE:
Burial: 1899

43.	iv.		SARAH ARIZONA LOCKE, b. December 29, 1901, Boles, Scott County, Arkansas; d. Roswell, New Mexico.
	v.		ETTA LOCKE, b. January 02, 1905, Boles, Scott County, Arkansas; d. November 14, 1960, Hammand, Oklahoma; m. FRED OLIVER LINDABURY, 1924, Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma; b. Abt. 1900.

Notes for ETTA LOCKE:
[Alice Tackett's Family History 20010122.FTW]

After Etta died, her sister Zettie married her husband.

More About ETTA LOCKE:
Burial: November 1960, Oklahoma

More About FRED LINDABURY and ETTA LOCKE:
Marriage: 1924, Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma

44.	vi.		HETTIE ALAMEDA LOCKE, b. March 11, 1908, Boles, Scott County, Arkansas; d. March 12, 1969, Fresno, Fresno County, California.
45.	vii.		ZETTIE MATILDA LOCKE, b. January 09, 1912, Boles, Scott County, Arkansas; d. September 07, 1981, Prescott, Arizona.

28. SAMUEL BENJAMIN⁴ LOCKE (NANCY JANE³ SIMS, WILLIAM², UNKNOWN¹) was born 1876 in Arkansas, and died February 22, 1920 in Eagleton, Polk County, Arkansas. He married STELLA ELIZABETH ALLEY July 31, 1908 in Chant, Scott County, Arkansas. She died 1920 in Eagleton, Polk County, Arkansas.

More About SAMUEL BENJAMIN LOCKE:
Burial: 1920, Horse Thief Cemetary, Polk County, Arkansas

More About STELLA ELIZABETH ALLEY:
Burial: 1920, Polk County, Arkansas

More About SAMUEL LOCKE and STELLA ALLEY:
Marriage: July 31, 1908, Chant, Scott County, Arkansas

Children of SAMUEL LOCKE and STELLA ALLEY are:

46.	i.	MARY ALIFAIRE⁵ LOCKE, b. December 12, 1909, Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas; d. July 01, 1996, Ada, Oklahoma.
47.	ii.	TAULBY MONROE LOCKE, b. February 19, 1912, Johnson Creek, Scott County, Arkansas; d. October 27, 1971, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
48.	iii.	ROBERT EMMET LOCKE, b. December 12, 1913, Johnson Creek, Scott County, Arkansas; d. August 1998.
49.	iv.	INA BEDINA LOCKE, b. February 24, 1919, Chant/Johnson Creek, Scott County, Arkansas.

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