Jo Eunice Stowe was born October 1, 1878 in Coffee Bend, Oklahoma (Bryan County) close to Platter, daughter of Colonel Samuel Neel Stowe and Mary Jane Lee. Coffee Bend is at the east side of the Washita at its confluence with Red River. This Bend is rich bottom land, and was one of the prosperous sections of Chickasaw Nation in an early day.
In about 1897 in Indian Territory, Eunice married Joseph Ben Hedgecock, who was born July 3, 1864 in Towns County, Georgia, son of James Clark Hedgecock and Margaret Ann Fisher.
Eunice and Ben permanently made their home in Indian Territory. They had seven children: Jo Manilla Hedgecock; Lilburn Hedgecock; Baby (name unknown) Hedgecock; James Dewitt Hedgecock; Baby (name unknown) Hedgecock; Ruby Catherine Hedgecock; and Lucy Loraine Hedgecock
The 1900 Federal Census for the Indian Territory (Chickasaw Nation) lists Ben, age 35, a farmer, born July 1864, in Tennessee. His wife, Eunice, was age 21, born October 1878, in Indian Territory. The census shows that Ben and Eunice had been married 3 years, and that they had one child, still living. Living with them was their daughter, Manila Hedgecock, age 1, born October 1898 in Indian Territory; and Eunice's brother Lilburn Stowe, age 17, born October 1882 in Indian Territory. Living next door was Ben's brother, John Hedgecock, and his family. Also living next door was Eunice's mother and stepfather, William Moody. William was shown to be age 50, born September 1849, in Missouri. His wife, is Mary J., age 46, born April 1854, in Arkansas. The census shows that William and Mary had been married for five years. Living with them were William's four sons by a former marriage: Alexander, Henry, George, and Lee. Also living with them is Mary J.'s son, William L. Stowe, age 15, born November 1884, in Indian Territory.
The 1910 Federal Census for Bryan County, Oklahoma shows Joseph B. Hedgecock, age 46, a farmer, born in Georgia. He and his wife, Eunice, had been married for 12 years. Eunice was age 31, born in Oklahoma. The census shows that Joseph B. and Eunice had given birth to 6 children but that only 4 were still living. The census shows that 3 children were living with them: Manila Hedgecock, age 11; Dewitt Hedgecock, age 6; and Catherine Hedgecock, age 3; all born in Oklahoma. Living next door, was Eunice's mother, Mary J. Moody, a 55-year old widow, born in Arkansas. The census shows that Mary J. had given birth to 6 children but that only 3 were still surviving. Living with Mary, was her 25-year old son, Lilburn Stowe, born in Oklahoma.
Ben and Eunice lived in Cade for awhile, and also New Allison, but eventually made their home near the town of Kemp, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Kemp is now in Bryan County, but was originally in the southwest corner of the Chickasaw Nation.
Eunice and Ben and their family lived about a mile north of Kemp. They had a home that sat on the northeast corner of what is now Peanut Trail and Muddy Creek. By today’s standards, the old home place was a little primitive. There was no inside electricity, water, or other plumbing, and the toilet was outside. Light at night was provided by a fireplace and a few coal oil (kerosene) lamps. Heat was provided by a fireplace, wood cook stove, quilts and other bodies, if you found someone to snuggle with. Water was provided from a well not far from the house. It always seemed much farther in the winter if you were carrying big buckets of water.
Personal hygiene was accomplished with a wash pan, homemade soap, wash rags and towels made from flour sacks, worn-out sheets and clothes. The big bathing event was the Saturday night scrub down in a washtub. It was not unusual to use the same water to bathe several children. Everyone had to get a bath and get his or her hair washed and shiny on Saturday night to be ready to go to church the next day. Ben was a Presbyterian but switched to the Methodist faith when he and Jo Eunice got married because she was a Methodist. Ben later quit going to church after his hearing got so bad that he couldn't hear what the preacher said. In his elder years, he used a hearing trumpet or ear horn. It had a long spout that he held in his ear, and the other end had a wide bell for people to talk directly into. It was an odd-looking contraption but it seemed to help him hear a little better.
Ben would go to the fields at sunrise to pick cotton or to work in the cornfield. Cotton was the money crop. Ben occasionally smoked a pipe and raised his own tobacco. Raising and picking cotton, raising crops, raising and butchering farm animals, and keeping a garden was the only way to survive in the Bottoms. Ben always butchered a few hogs and some beef in the fall of the year. He always saved the scraps and he and Eunice would make big batches of soap to do the laundry the following year. Ben had his own smoke house made of logs and the family cured its own hams and shoulders, and also made homemade sausage that they had to can. He also had a big orchard of fruit trees (apple, peach, pear, and plum) and the family made their own jellies, jams and preserves and stored them away for the winter. They raised all the chickens and eggs that they needed.
The roads weren’t paved, and most people traveled by horse or by wagon. Horses were the most important animals on the farm. They were used to pull farm equipment, wagons and buggies.
Eunice died on December 13, 1912, and was buried in the Kemp Cemetery, in Kemp, Oklahoma. At the time of her death, she and Ben had been married only about 16 years, and there were four children at home that needed care and attention: Manila Hedgecock, Dewitt Hedgecock, Catherine Hedgecock, and Loraine Hedgecock.
About a year after Eunice died, Ben married again, this time to America Mary Francis Rice Waitman. Mary had been married before and had nine children by that marriage.
Ben died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1932, and was buried the next day in the Kemp Cemetery beside his first wife, Eunice.
Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
In about 1897 in Indian Territory, Eunice married Joseph Ben Hedgecock, who was born July 3, 1864 in Towns County, Georgia, son of James Clark Hedgecock and Margaret Ann Fisher.
Eunice and Ben permanently made their home in Indian Territory. They had seven children: Jo Manilla Hedgecock; Lilburn Hedgecock; Baby (name unknown) Hedgecock; James Dewitt Hedgecock; Baby (name unknown) Hedgecock; Ruby Catherine Hedgecock; and Lucy Loraine Hedgecock
The 1900 Federal Census for the Indian Territory (Chickasaw Nation) lists Ben, age 35, a farmer, born July 1864, in Tennessee. His wife, Eunice, was age 21, born October 1878, in Indian Territory. The census shows that Ben and Eunice had been married 3 years, and that they had one child, still living. Living with them was their daughter, Manila Hedgecock, age 1, born October 1898 in Indian Territory; and Eunice's brother Lilburn Stowe, age 17, born October 1882 in Indian Territory. Living next door was Ben's brother, John Hedgecock, and his family. Also living next door was Eunice's mother and stepfather, William Moody. William was shown to be age 50, born September 1849, in Missouri. His wife, is Mary J., age 46, born April 1854, in Arkansas. The census shows that William and Mary had been married for five years. Living with them were William's four sons by a former marriage: Alexander, Henry, George, and Lee. Also living with them is Mary J.'s son, William L. Stowe, age 15, born November 1884, in Indian Territory.
The 1910 Federal Census for Bryan County, Oklahoma shows Joseph B. Hedgecock, age 46, a farmer, born in Georgia. He and his wife, Eunice, had been married for 12 years. Eunice was age 31, born in Oklahoma. The census shows that Joseph B. and Eunice had given birth to 6 children but that only 4 were still living. The census shows that 3 children were living with them: Manila Hedgecock, age 11; Dewitt Hedgecock, age 6; and Catherine Hedgecock, age 3; all born in Oklahoma. Living next door, was Eunice's mother, Mary J. Moody, a 55-year old widow, born in Arkansas. The census shows that Mary J. had given birth to 6 children but that only 3 were still surviving. Living with Mary, was her 25-year old son, Lilburn Stowe, born in Oklahoma.
Ben and Eunice lived in Cade for awhile, and also New Allison, but eventually made their home near the town of Kemp, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Kemp is now in Bryan County, but was originally in the southwest corner of the Chickasaw Nation.
Eunice and Ben and their family lived about a mile north of Kemp. They had a home that sat on the northeast corner of what is now Peanut Trail and Muddy Creek. By today’s standards, the old home place was a little primitive. There was no inside electricity, water, or other plumbing, and the toilet was outside. Light at night was provided by a fireplace and a few coal oil (kerosene) lamps. Heat was provided by a fireplace, wood cook stove, quilts and other bodies, if you found someone to snuggle with. Water was provided from a well not far from the house. It always seemed much farther in the winter if you were carrying big buckets of water.
Personal hygiene was accomplished with a wash pan, homemade soap, wash rags and towels made from flour sacks, worn-out sheets and clothes. The big bathing event was the Saturday night scrub down in a washtub. It was not unusual to use the same water to bathe several children. Everyone had to get a bath and get his or her hair washed and shiny on Saturday night to be ready to go to church the next day. Ben was a Presbyterian but switched to the Methodist faith when he and Jo Eunice got married because she was a Methodist. Ben later quit going to church after his hearing got so bad that he couldn't hear what the preacher said. In his elder years, he used a hearing trumpet or ear horn. It had a long spout that he held in his ear, and the other end had a wide bell for people to talk directly into. It was an odd-looking contraption but it seemed to help him hear a little better.
Ben would go to the fields at sunrise to pick cotton or to work in the cornfield. Cotton was the money crop. Ben occasionally smoked a pipe and raised his own tobacco. Raising and picking cotton, raising crops, raising and butchering farm animals, and keeping a garden was the only way to survive in the Bottoms. Ben always butchered a few hogs and some beef in the fall of the year. He always saved the scraps and he and Eunice would make big batches of soap to do the laundry the following year. Ben had his own smoke house made of logs and the family cured its own hams and shoulders, and also made homemade sausage that they had to can. He also had a big orchard of fruit trees (apple, peach, pear, and plum) and the family made their own jellies, jams and preserves and stored them away for the winter. They raised all the chickens and eggs that they needed.
The roads weren’t paved, and most people traveled by horse or by wagon. Horses were the most important animals on the farm. They were used to pull farm equipment, wagons and buggies.
Eunice died on December 13, 1912, and was buried in the Kemp Cemetery, in Kemp, Oklahoma. At the time of her death, she and Ben had been married only about 16 years, and there were four children at home that needed care and attention: Manila Hedgecock, Dewitt Hedgecock, Catherine Hedgecock, and Loraine Hedgecock.
About a year after Eunice died, Ben married again, this time to America Mary Francis Rice Waitman. Mary had been married before and had nine children by that marriage.
Ben died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1932, and was buried the next day in the Kemp Cemetery beside his first wife, Eunice.
Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
Jo Eunice Stowe was born October 1, 1878 in Coffee Bend, Oklahoma (Bryan County) close to Platter, daughter of Colonel Samuel Neel Stowe and Mary Jane Lee. Coffee Bend is at the east side of the Washita at its confluence with Red River. This Bend is rich bottom land, and was one of the prosperous sections of Chickasaw Nation in an early day.
In about 1897 in Indian Territory, Eunice married Joseph Ben Hedgecock, who was born July 3, 1864 in Towns County, Georgia, son of James Clark Hedgecock and Margaret Ann Fisher.
Eunice and Ben permanently made their home in Indian Territory. They had seven children: Jo Manilla Hedgecock; Lilburn Hedgecock; Baby (name unknown) Hedgecock; James Dewitt Hedgecock; Baby (name unknown) Hedgecock; Ruby Catherine Hedgecock; and Lucy Loraine Hedgecock
The 1900 Federal Census for the Indian Territory (Chickasaw Nation) lists Ben, age 35, a farmer, born July 1864, in Tennessee. His wife, Eunice, was age 21, born October 1878, in Indian Territory. The census shows that Ben and Eunice had been married 3 years, and that they had one child, still living. Living with them was their daughter, Manila Hedgecock, age 1, born October 1898 in Indian Territory; and Eunice's brother Lilburn Stowe, age 17, born October 1882 in Indian Territory. Living next door was Ben's brother, John Hedgecock, and his family. Also living next door was Eunice's mother and stepfather, William Moody. William was shown to be age 50, born September 1849, in Missouri. His wife, is Mary J., age 46, born April 1854, in Arkansas. The census shows that William and Mary had been married for five years. Living with them were William's four sons by a former marriage: Alexander, Henry, George, and Lee. Also living with them is Mary J.'s son, William L. Stowe, age 15, born November 1884, in Indian Territory.
The 1910 Federal Census for Bryan County, Oklahoma shows Joseph B. Hedgecock, age 46, a farmer, born in Georgia. He and his wife, Eunice, had been married for 12 years. Eunice was age 31, born in Oklahoma. The census shows that Joseph B. and Eunice had given birth to 6 children but that only 4 were still living. The census shows that 3 children were living with them: Manila Hedgecock, age 11; Dewitt Hedgecock, age 6; and Catherine Hedgecock, age 3; all born in Oklahoma. Living next door, was Eunice's mother, Mary J. Moody, a 55-year old widow, born in Arkansas. The census shows that Mary J. had given birth to 6 children but that only 3 were still surviving. Living with Mary, was her 25-year old son, Lilburn Stowe, born in Oklahoma.
Ben and Eunice lived in Cade for awhile, and also New Allison, but eventually made their home near the town of Kemp, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Kemp is now in Bryan County, but was originally in the southwest corner of the Chickasaw Nation.
Eunice and Ben and their family lived about a mile north of Kemp. They had a home that sat on the northeast corner of what is now Peanut Trail and Muddy Creek. By today’s standards, the old home place was a little primitive. There was no inside electricity, water, or other plumbing, and the toilet was outside. Light at night was provided by a fireplace and a few coal oil (kerosene) lamps. Heat was provided by a fireplace, wood cook stove, quilts and other bodies, if you found someone to snuggle with. Water was provided from a well not far from the house. It always seemed much farther in the winter if you were carrying big buckets of water.
Personal hygiene was accomplished with a wash pan, homemade soap, wash rags and towels made from flour sacks, worn-out sheets and clothes. The big bathing event was the Saturday night scrub down in a washtub. It was not unusual to use the same water to bathe several children. Everyone had to get a bath and get his or her hair washed and shiny on Saturday night to be ready to go to church the next day. Ben was a Presbyterian but switched to the Methodist faith when he and Jo Eunice got married because she was a Methodist. Ben later quit going to church after his hearing got so bad that he couldn't hear what the preacher said. In his elder years, he used a hearing trumpet or ear horn. It had a long spout that he held in his ear, and the other end had a wide bell for people to talk directly into. It was an odd-looking contraption but it seemed to help him hear a little better.
Ben would go to the fields at sunrise to pick cotton or to work in the cornfield. Cotton was the money crop. Ben occasionally smoked a pipe and raised his own tobacco. Raising and picking cotton, raising crops, raising and butchering farm animals, and keeping a garden was the only way to survive in the Bottoms. Ben always butchered a few hogs and some beef in the fall of the year. He always saved the scraps and he and Eunice would make big batches of soap to do the laundry the following year. Ben had his own smoke house made of logs and the family cured its own hams and shoulders, and also made homemade sausage that they had to can. He also had a big orchard of fruit trees (apple, peach, pear, and plum) and the family made their own jellies, jams and preserves and stored them away for the winter. They raised all the chickens and eggs that they needed.
The roads weren’t paved, and most people traveled by horse or by wagon. Horses were the most important animals on the farm. They were used to pull farm equipment, wagons and buggies.
Eunice died on December 13, 1912, and was buried in the Kemp Cemetery, in Kemp, Oklahoma. At the time of her death, she and Ben had been married only about 16 years, and there were four children at home that needed care and attention: Manila Hedgecock, Dewitt Hedgecock, Catherine Hedgecock, and Loraine Hedgecock.
About a year after Eunice died, Ben married again, this time to America Mary Francis Rice Waitman. Mary had been married before and had nine children by that marriage.
Ben died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1932, and was buried the next day in the Kemp Cemetery beside his first wife, Eunice.
Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
In about 1897 in Indian Territory, Eunice married Joseph Ben Hedgecock, who was born July 3, 1864 in Towns County, Georgia, son of James Clark Hedgecock and Margaret Ann Fisher.
Eunice and Ben permanently made their home in Indian Territory. They had seven children: Jo Manilla Hedgecock; Lilburn Hedgecock; Baby (name unknown) Hedgecock; James Dewitt Hedgecock; Baby (name unknown) Hedgecock; Ruby Catherine Hedgecock; and Lucy Loraine Hedgecock
The 1900 Federal Census for the Indian Territory (Chickasaw Nation) lists Ben, age 35, a farmer, born July 1864, in Tennessee. His wife, Eunice, was age 21, born October 1878, in Indian Territory. The census shows that Ben and Eunice had been married 3 years, and that they had one child, still living. Living with them was their daughter, Manila Hedgecock, age 1, born October 1898 in Indian Territory; and Eunice's brother Lilburn Stowe, age 17, born October 1882 in Indian Territory. Living next door was Ben's brother, John Hedgecock, and his family. Also living next door was Eunice's mother and stepfather, William Moody. William was shown to be age 50, born September 1849, in Missouri. His wife, is Mary J., age 46, born April 1854, in Arkansas. The census shows that William and Mary had been married for five years. Living with them were William's four sons by a former marriage: Alexander, Henry, George, and Lee. Also living with them is Mary J.'s son, William L. Stowe, age 15, born November 1884, in Indian Territory.
The 1910 Federal Census for Bryan County, Oklahoma shows Joseph B. Hedgecock, age 46, a farmer, born in Georgia. He and his wife, Eunice, had been married for 12 years. Eunice was age 31, born in Oklahoma. The census shows that Joseph B. and Eunice had given birth to 6 children but that only 4 were still living. The census shows that 3 children were living with them: Manila Hedgecock, age 11; Dewitt Hedgecock, age 6; and Catherine Hedgecock, age 3; all born in Oklahoma. Living next door, was Eunice's mother, Mary J. Moody, a 55-year old widow, born in Arkansas. The census shows that Mary J. had given birth to 6 children but that only 3 were still surviving. Living with Mary, was her 25-year old son, Lilburn Stowe, born in Oklahoma.
Ben and Eunice lived in Cade for awhile, and also New Allison, but eventually made their home near the town of Kemp, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Kemp is now in Bryan County, but was originally in the southwest corner of the Chickasaw Nation.
Eunice and Ben and their family lived about a mile north of Kemp. They had a home that sat on the northeast corner of what is now Peanut Trail and Muddy Creek. By today’s standards, the old home place was a little primitive. There was no inside electricity, water, or other plumbing, and the toilet was outside. Light at night was provided by a fireplace and a few coal oil (kerosene) lamps. Heat was provided by a fireplace, wood cook stove, quilts and other bodies, if you found someone to snuggle with. Water was provided from a well not far from the house. It always seemed much farther in the winter if you were carrying big buckets of water.
Personal hygiene was accomplished with a wash pan, homemade soap, wash rags and towels made from flour sacks, worn-out sheets and clothes. The big bathing event was the Saturday night scrub down in a washtub. It was not unusual to use the same water to bathe several children. Everyone had to get a bath and get his or her hair washed and shiny on Saturday night to be ready to go to church the next day. Ben was a Presbyterian but switched to the Methodist faith when he and Jo Eunice got married because she was a Methodist. Ben later quit going to church after his hearing got so bad that he couldn't hear what the preacher said. In his elder years, he used a hearing trumpet or ear horn. It had a long spout that he held in his ear, and the other end had a wide bell for people to talk directly into. It was an odd-looking contraption but it seemed to help him hear a little better.
Ben would go to the fields at sunrise to pick cotton or to work in the cornfield. Cotton was the money crop. Ben occasionally smoked a pipe and raised his own tobacco. Raising and picking cotton, raising crops, raising and butchering farm animals, and keeping a garden was the only way to survive in the Bottoms. Ben always butchered a few hogs and some beef in the fall of the year. He always saved the scraps and he and Eunice would make big batches of soap to do the laundry the following year. Ben had his own smoke house made of logs and the family cured its own hams and shoulders, and also made homemade sausage that they had to can. He also had a big orchard of fruit trees (apple, peach, pear, and plum) and the family made their own jellies, jams and preserves and stored them away for the winter. They raised all the chickens and eggs that they needed.
The roads weren’t paved, and most people traveled by horse or by wagon. Horses were the most important animals on the farm. They were used to pull farm equipment, wagons and buggies.
Eunice died on December 13, 1912, and was buried in the Kemp Cemetery, in Kemp, Oklahoma. At the time of her death, she and Ben had been married only about 16 years, and there were four children at home that needed care and attention: Manila Hedgecock, Dewitt Hedgecock, Catherine Hedgecock, and Loraine Hedgecock.
About a year after Eunice died, Ben married again, this time to America Mary Francis Rice Waitman. Mary had been married before and had nine children by that marriage.
Ben died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1932, and was buried the next day in the Kemp Cemetery beside his first wife, Eunice.
Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
