James Calvin Battle was, born on January 20, 1895, in Indian Territory, the son of Frank Cheney Battle & Ammer (maiden name unknown). On June 3, 1917, in Carpenter's Bluff, Oklahoma, Calvin married Jo Manilla Hedgecock, born October 31, 1898, in Indian Territory, the eldest child of Joseph Ben Hedgecock and Jo Eunice Stowe. Manilla and Calvin had three children: Jo Eunice Battle, Cheney Lewis (Son) Battle, and Mary Marie Battle.
The family moved from Kemp, Oklahoma (Bryan County) to Mexia, Texas (Limestone County), after Cheney Lewis was born, where Calvin worked for the Texas Gulf Producing Company. Calvin had played baseball in the Texas League and was given a job with the oil company so he could play on their company baseball team. By 1930, the family was living in Houston, Texas (Harris County) and Calvin had become a Superintendent. Calvin and Manilla previously had lived on West Plum Street in Durant. Calvin had a successful career with an oil company in South Texas, but his roots had always been back in Oklahoma where he could have a ranch. So they moved to a ranch near Fittstown (between Tishomingo and Ada). It was a beautiful, white, ranch-style house, and there were horses. Manilla, Calvin, and their children were very active in a Methodist church wherever they lived, and when they lived at the ranch, they attended the Fittstown Methodist Church where Reverend Oliver was the pastor.
After they sold the ranch, they moved back to Durant where Calvin was a partner in the Durant Seed & Feed Store and they lived in a white two-story house at 1419 West Main Street. The Battles were instrumental in helping start a new Methodist Church on South 12th Street in Durant. They left the First Methodist Church to pioneer a new church, and it was there that Manilla was the Sunday morning pianist, Cheney Lewis the Sunday evening pianist, and Calvin a board member trustee. Even though the church dissolved several years later, Manilla, Calvin, and Cheney Lewis were instrumental in touching many lives through their involvement at the Wesley Methodist Church.
Calvin and Manilla's daughter, Marie, graduated from the University of Oklahoma and worked at the Norman Hospital as a laboratory technician. Their daughter, Marie, graduated from Texas Women's University at Denton, Texas, and worked as a librarian. Calvin died of a heart attack at the age of 58 on May 8, 1953, and was buried in Highland Cemetery in Durant, Oklahoma. A few years later. Manilla was stricken with stomach cancer. This was a most dreaded diagnosis, but doubly so for her because she worried about who would take care of Cheney Lewis. Manilla died at the age of 56 on April 16, 1955 in Bryan County, Oklahoma, and was buried beside Calvin. Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
The family moved from Kemp, Oklahoma (Bryan County) to Mexia, Texas (Limestone County), after Cheney Lewis was born, where Calvin worked for the Texas Gulf Producing Company. Calvin had played baseball in the Texas League and was given a job with the oil company so he could play on their company baseball team. By 1930, the family was living in Houston, Texas (Harris County) and Calvin had become a Superintendent. Calvin and Manilla previously had lived on West Plum Street in Durant. Calvin had a successful career with an oil company in South Texas, but his roots had always been back in Oklahoma where he could have a ranch. So they moved to a ranch near Fittstown (between Tishomingo and Ada). It was a beautiful, white, ranch-style house, and there were horses. Manilla, Calvin, and their children were very active in a Methodist church wherever they lived, and when they lived at the ranch, they attended the Fittstown Methodist Church where Reverend Oliver was the pastor.
After they sold the ranch, they moved back to Durant where Calvin was a partner in the Durant Seed & Feed Store and they lived in a white two-story house at 1419 West Main Street. The Battles were instrumental in helping start a new Methodist Church on South 12th Street in Durant. They left the First Methodist Church to pioneer a new church, and it was there that Manilla was the Sunday morning pianist, Cheney Lewis the Sunday evening pianist, and Calvin a board member trustee. Even though the church dissolved several years later, Manilla, Calvin, and Cheney Lewis were instrumental in touching many lives through their involvement at the Wesley Methodist Church.
Calvin and Manilla's daughter, Marie, graduated from the University of Oklahoma and worked at the Norman Hospital as a laboratory technician. Their daughter, Marie, graduated from Texas Women's University at Denton, Texas, and worked as a librarian. Calvin died of a heart attack at the age of 58 on May 8, 1953, and was buried in Highland Cemetery in Durant, Oklahoma. A few years later. Manilla was stricken with stomach cancer. This was a most dreaded diagnosis, but doubly so for her because she worried about who would take care of Cheney Lewis. Manilla died at the age of 56 on April 16, 1955 in Bryan County, Oklahoma, and was buried beside Calvin. Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
James Calvin Battle was, born on January 20, 1895, in Indian Territory, the son of Frank Cheney Battle & Ammer (maiden name unknown). On June 3, 1917, in Carpenter's Bluff, Oklahoma, Calvin married Jo Manilla Hedgecock, born October 31, 1898, in Indian Territory, the eldest child of Joseph Ben Hedgecock and Jo Eunice Stowe. Manilla and Calvin had three children: Jo Eunice Battle, Cheney Lewis (Son) Battle, and Mary Marie Battle.
The family moved from Kemp, Oklahoma (Bryan County) to Mexia, Texas (Limestone County), after Cheney Lewis was born, where Calvin worked for the Texas Gulf Producing Company. Calvin had played baseball in the Texas League and was given a job with the oil company so he could play on their company baseball team. By 1930, the family was living in Houston, Texas (Harris County) and Calvin had become a Superintendent. Calvin and Manilla previously had lived on West Plum Street in Durant. Calvin had a successful career with an oil company in South Texas, but his roots had always been back in Oklahoma where he could have a ranch. So they moved to a ranch near Fittstown (between Tishomingo and Ada). It was a beautiful, white, ranch-style house, and there were horses. Manilla, Calvin, and their children were very active in a Methodist church wherever they lived, and when they lived at the ranch, they attended the Fittstown Methodist Church where Reverend Oliver was the pastor.
After they sold the ranch, they moved back to Durant where Calvin was a partner in the Durant Seed & Feed Store and they lived in a white two-story house at 1419 West Main Street. The Battles were instrumental in helping start a new Methodist Church on South 12th Street in Durant. They left the First Methodist Church to pioneer a new church, and it was there that Manilla was the Sunday morning pianist, Cheney Lewis the Sunday evening pianist, and Calvin a board member trustee. Even though the church dissolved several years later, Manilla, Calvin, and Cheney Lewis were instrumental in touching many lives through their involvement at the Wesley Methodist Church.
Calvin and Manilla's daughter, Marie, graduated from the University of Oklahoma and worked at the Norman Hospital as a laboratory technician. Their daughter, Marie, graduated from Texas Women's University at Denton, Texas, and worked as a librarian. Calvin died of a heart attack at the age of 58 on May 8, 1953, and was buried in Highland Cemetery in Durant, Oklahoma. A few years later. Manilla was stricken with stomach cancer. This was a most dreaded diagnosis, but doubly so for her because she worried about who would take care of Cheney Lewis. Manilla died at the age of 56 on April 16, 1955 in Bryan County, Oklahoma, and was buried beside Calvin. Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
The family moved from Kemp, Oklahoma (Bryan County) to Mexia, Texas (Limestone County), after Cheney Lewis was born, where Calvin worked for the Texas Gulf Producing Company. Calvin had played baseball in the Texas League and was given a job with the oil company so he could play on their company baseball team. By 1930, the family was living in Houston, Texas (Harris County) and Calvin had become a Superintendent. Calvin and Manilla previously had lived on West Plum Street in Durant. Calvin had a successful career with an oil company in South Texas, but his roots had always been back in Oklahoma where he could have a ranch. So they moved to a ranch near Fittstown (between Tishomingo and Ada). It was a beautiful, white, ranch-style house, and there were horses. Manilla, Calvin, and their children were very active in a Methodist church wherever they lived, and when they lived at the ranch, they attended the Fittstown Methodist Church where Reverend Oliver was the pastor.
After they sold the ranch, they moved back to Durant where Calvin was a partner in the Durant Seed & Feed Store and they lived in a white two-story house at 1419 West Main Street. The Battles were instrumental in helping start a new Methodist Church on South 12th Street in Durant. They left the First Methodist Church to pioneer a new church, and it was there that Manilla was the Sunday morning pianist, Cheney Lewis the Sunday evening pianist, and Calvin a board member trustee. Even though the church dissolved several years later, Manilla, Calvin, and Cheney Lewis were instrumental in touching many lives through their involvement at the Wesley Methodist Church.
Calvin and Manilla's daughter, Marie, graduated from the University of Oklahoma and worked at the Norman Hospital as a laboratory technician. Their daughter, Marie, graduated from Texas Women's University at Denton, Texas, and worked as a librarian. Calvin died of a heart attack at the age of 58 on May 8, 1953, and was buried in Highland Cemetery in Durant, Oklahoma. A few years later. Manilla was stricken with stomach cancer. This was a most dreaded diagnosis, but doubly so for her because she worried about who would take care of Cheney Lewis. Manilla died at the age of 56 on April 16, 1955 in Bryan County, Oklahoma, and was buried beside Calvin. Photos and biographical information from book entitled Hedgecock and Stowe Family History, published June 2005, Copyright©Nancy Ladd. All rights reserved
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