civil war veteran
albert minear was born in iowa. in missouri he met and married 18 year old rachel thompson, daughter of walter and martha thompson. the young couple settled down to eke a living out of hard missouri soil.
when the civil war broke out, albert along with rachel's four brothers joined the union forces and marched off to war. albert rose to the rank of cpl in the 42nd missouri infantry. all five returned home unscathed.
soon albert and rachel decided to join two other covered wagons in search of a better life in indian territory. they embarked on an 18 day journey through lands inhabited only by hostile indians. they arrived safely and settled for a time in a log cabin on the grand river, south of adair.
one day some indians invaded rachel's kitchen demanding gooseberry pie. with trembling hands, she fired up the stove. albert arrived home to braves who forced him off his horse and to dance as they fired at his feet. after this incident, albert moved his family to adair where he managed a ranch until they joined the stampede of home seekers in the rush of 1889. the minears failed in their attempt, so they moved on to the townsite of thomas, built a hotel there and for many years were leaders in the development of western oklahoma. their last move was to enid, where they both finished out their life
According to daughter Alzeda's Bible,( my husbands grandmother), Albert and Rachael had 7 children, Armeda, Alzada, Vesper, Cevadia, Clara, Celia, Robert and Isaac.
albert minear was born in iowa. in missouri he met and married 18 year old rachel thompson, daughter of walter and martha thompson. the young couple settled down to eke a living out of hard missouri soil.
when the civil war broke out, albert along with rachel's four brothers joined the union forces and marched off to war. albert rose to the rank of cpl in the 42nd missouri infantry. all five returned home unscathed.
soon albert and rachel decided to join two other covered wagons in search of a better life in indian territory. they embarked on an 18 day journey through lands inhabited only by hostile indians. they arrived safely and settled for a time in a log cabin on the grand river, south of adair.
one day some indians invaded rachel's kitchen demanding gooseberry pie. with trembling hands, she fired up the stove. albert arrived home to braves who forced him off his horse and to dance as they fired at his feet. after this incident, albert moved his family to adair where he managed a ranch until they joined the stampede of home seekers in the rush of 1889. the minears failed in their attempt, so they moved on to the townsite of thomas, built a hotel there and for many years were leaders in the development of western oklahoma. their last move was to enid, where they both finished out their life
According to daughter Alzeda's Bible,( my husbands grandmother), Albert and Rachael had 7 children, Armeda, Alzada, Vesper, Cevadia, Clara, Celia, Robert and Isaac.
civil war veteran
albert minear was born in iowa. in missouri he met and married 18 year old rachel thompson, daughter of walter and martha thompson. the young couple settled down to eke a living out of hard missouri soil.
when the civil war broke out, albert along with rachel's four brothers joined the union forces and marched off to war. albert rose to the rank of cpl in the 42nd missouri infantry. all five returned home unscathed.
soon albert and rachel decided to join two other covered wagons in search of a better life in indian territory. they embarked on an 18 day journey through lands inhabited only by hostile indians. they arrived safely and settled for a time in a log cabin on the grand river, south of adair.
one day some indians invaded rachel's kitchen demanding gooseberry pie. with trembling hands, she fired up the stove. albert arrived home to braves who forced him off his horse and to dance as they fired at his feet. after this incident, albert moved his family to adair where he managed a ranch until they joined the stampede of home seekers in the rush of 1889. the minears failed in their attempt, so they moved on to the townsite of thomas, built a hotel there and for many years were leaders in the development of western oklahoma. their last move was to enid, where they both finished out their life
According to daughter Alzeda's Bible,( my husbands grandmother), Albert and Rachael had 7 children, Armeda, Alzada, Vesper, Cevadia, Clara, Celia, Robert and Isaac.
albert minear was born in iowa. in missouri he met and married 18 year old rachel thompson, daughter of walter and martha thompson. the young couple settled down to eke a living out of hard missouri soil.
when the civil war broke out, albert along with rachel's four brothers joined the union forces and marched off to war. albert rose to the rank of cpl in the 42nd missouri infantry. all five returned home unscathed.
soon albert and rachel decided to join two other covered wagons in search of a better life in indian territory. they embarked on an 18 day journey through lands inhabited only by hostile indians. they arrived safely and settled for a time in a log cabin on the grand river, south of adair.
one day some indians invaded rachel's kitchen demanding gooseberry pie. with trembling hands, she fired up the stove. albert arrived home to braves who forced him off his horse and to dance as they fired at his feet. after this incident, albert moved his family to adair where he managed a ranch until they joined the stampede of home seekers in the rush of 1889. the minears failed in their attempt, so they moved on to the townsite of thomas, built a hotel there and for many years were leaders in the development of western oklahoma. their last move was to enid, where they both finished out their life
According to daughter Alzeda's Bible,( my husbands grandmother), Albert and Rachael had 7 children, Armeda, Alzada, Vesper, Cevadia, Clara, Celia, Robert and Isaac.
