Published in The Galveston Daily News, p.7, Friday, June 2, 1893, Galveston, Texas.

Hezekiah Bonham Mountain (1855-1925), was the son of James Mountain (1821-1880) and Esther Scott Leeper (b. 1816 VA). His maternal grandparents were Sam Leeper (d. 1855) and Sarah Bonham Leeper (1800 - 1823 VA). 

Norma Jean Webb Broach, researcher and descendant of Sarah and Sam Leeper, writes:

     Re: Samuel Leeper, My Great Great Grandfather:

     Original French name spelled Leiper. His father came over with the French and fought the British in the American Revolution.

     According to the stories that came back from Texas, Sarah Leeper died when her children were small. Samuel went to fight in the Texas Revolution and decided to stay at its close.

     He wrote to the Bonhams to have his children sent to him, but they refused to send them to that "Indian infested country."

     He was given an honorable discharge and considerable land and stayed there but lost track of his children. They didn't know that he had sent money to have them sent to him in Texas  until after their grandparents had died.

Click this link and then click SEARCH DEATH RECORDS on the right-hand side. 

https://ok2explore.health.ok.gov/

Then please return to this page. Type in just her first name and her married surname.  

A link on that same site indicates you can contact the State directly about getting her death certificate or use a suggested service:

https://oklahoma.gov/health/services/birth-and-death-certificates/death-certificates.html

Because it has been 50 years since she died, you shouldn't have any problem obtaining her death certificate (which hopefully will answer your original question sent to me yesterday). If it was outside the 50 year period, they would want you to jump through a few hoops and show birth/death certificates of your dad and Lucia. (I had to do that a few years ago). 

Just in case they want her Social Security #, I copied this from Ancestry:

Her obit is from the Sequoyah County Times in Sallisaw, page 17, published on Oct. 16, 1975:


I love this photo of her! She is so very pretty.


You may have already seen this obituary:


And on the same date as your uncle's obit was an article in The Vian Tenkiller News that mentions Alton. I wonder if she might know more about Lucia? I hope you can read the article. If you clicked on the image itself it should enlarge. 



I went down a "wabbit hole" this afternoon looking for more on your ancestor: 

I wonder if this article below is the same William Henry Curry? In the 1850 Federal Census I found a William Curry, student, age 17, living with a planter named Jake Curry, 55, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. This "Jake" may be the Jacob C Currey who was born in South Carolina in 1795 and who later married Ann Hayes on September 25, 1827 in Amite County, MS (next door to Wilkinson County). Can't say for certain. Just something I put on the back burner while looking for sources. 

Time has eroded the quality of that article. It says:

  "We regret to learn that Master William Curry, son of Mr Jacob Curry of this county was so seriously wounded in his right arm, on Saturday last, by the accidental discharge of his gun, as to require the amputation of the arm."  

Published on 17 Feb 1852 in The Woodville Republican paper on page 2. 

BTW, Woodville is in Wilkinson County, MS and was the childhood home of Jeff Davis. There was several mentions of Currey/ Curry families in that same newspaper in the 19th century. 

And the town of Woodville has this interesting marker:

From The Napa Valley Register, page 2, Friday, July 31, 1953:

Lois Ausmus wrote her in-laws of their time in Charlottesville, VA  where her husband was a student at the University of Virginia. Mom-In-Law shared the letter with their local Oregon paper:

From page 9 of The Albany Democrat-Herald paper, in Albany, Oregon.

Thanks to Cory and Tara at Posthaven for their time spent on my recent help query. 

I appreciate you AND Posthaven!

While searching for (old) news of my family in 1896, I ran across this gem by Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine:

-- Published April 7, 1896 in Springfield, Missouri's paper The Springfield Leader and Press, p.7.


A century ago, Hall Caine (1853-1931) was quite the celeb. Wikipedia indicates his "popularity during his lifetime was unprecedented. He wrote 15 novels on subjects of adultery, divorce, domestic violence, illegitimacy, infanticide, religious bigotry and women's rights, became an international literary celebrity, and sold a total of ten million books. Caine was the most highly paid novelist of his day."

At his death some 60,000 people gathered to watch Caine's coffin pass on its 25-mile journey to a church yard on the Isle of Man.

Just who WAS this guy? Outside of a president or Keith Richards, I don't know that I'd stand in a crowd on a hot August day to wait for a coffin to pass. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine

Just checked. Tulsa's library has one of his books. A copy is now on my tablet via the library's marvelous assistant, LIBBY. 

Published Thursday, June 15, 1933, page 4, of The Sand Springs Leader, Sand Springs, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. 

See the middle of the second column for the remaining paragraphs.

From a Kentucky paper published Sunday, August 3, 1969 in The Lexington Herald-Leader:

          In 1913 Elethea Ann (Barton) Miller (1855-1934), widow of Thomas D. Miller (1842-1886), made application for her husband's military pension. Though Mr. Miller had fought for the Confederacy while serving in a Mississippi cavalry unit, his wife was entitled to his pension from the state she was then living. 

          Elethea Miller made her home in Duckett, Howard County, Arkansas according to the pension record. In 1932 she supplemented her pension request, indicating a current address of Mena, Arkansas. 

          FamilySearch has scanned many Confederate pension records. If you've registered with FamilySearch you can find Elethea's application at the link cited below, beginning with Image No. 598 of 1392. 

          FamilySearch is free, and it is an AWESOME database. Do it! Or you can bear with my copies attached here:

Source:  "Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929," database with images, FamilySearch : 2 December 2019), Milam, J, A - Mitchell, J, W > image 598 of 1392; Citing Arkansas State Auditor, History Commission, Little Rock.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-TGDP-H?cc=1837922&wc=M617-GP8%3A164379601 


BTW, Thomas Miller's middle name was given on his son's birth certificate. I've seen it spelled phonetically, but will use this spelling until I find a better source. 

A few records and articles of descendants of Susie Teague (1881-1952) and her husband Bogayn Miller (1877-1955)

On December 21, 1916, their eldest child, Eleathia (1901-1981) married Urban William Eddy (1897-1965)



In Apache, Oklahoma, on page 3, The Apache Review newspaper on Friday, January 3, 1941, spoke of dinner guests of Susie and Bogayn.  Love small town papers!

Front and back sides of Bogayn's World War II draft card dated April 25, 1942:

The Apache Review paper on November 6, 1942, page 4, spoke of a three month California vacation:



Sad news published Thursday, April 27, 1944 in The Petaluma Argus Courier paper, page 6:



And back in Oklahoma, The Apache Review paper on page 3, dated May 19, 1944, had Esther's obit, too:




On the front page of The Apache Review paper dated June 20, 1952 was Susie Miller's obituary:

And on Friday, July 29, 1955 The Apache Review carried Bogayn's obit on the front page:

Published September 2, 1955 in The Apache Review, page 2:

22 July 2023 - LATE FRIDAY UPDATE:  Attached are screenshots from Ancestry of my timeline on Bogey Miller.

TO BE CONTINUED:

A marriage record from the Comanche County Courthouse in Oklahoma 1929. First the whole page. (Click once inside to enlarge the image. Click once again to return to this page)

A cropped image showing the marriage license and marriage certificate data:


Source:  Ancestry.com 
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Is this the same Peter Vasil mentioned in the news article above? If so, this serves as a clue who the sons' parents are:
-- From Cascade County, Montana



Joseph Vasil's 1942 World War II draft card--front and back:


ODE TO LEONARD, TEXAS:

The first birth location I find for Joseph's wife Neva is on her Social Security application. In September 1943 she had filled out the requisite forms. The excerpt posted online shows "Leonard Hunt, Texas" as her birthplace. (And it's missing a needed comma before the county name of Hunt, tsk tsk).

Try finding a town or ghost town in Texas near Hunt County with the name "Leonard!" 

I couldn't. 



Later census records only showed "Texas" as a birth location. So off to the many Texas birth indexes, I go. 

In Ancestry's database entitled Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932,  a search for Miller babies born in Hunt County in 1911 resulted in:



Isn't it beautiful! Finding proof is always a treat. 

Now, let's dig in:

      The Texas State Board of Health's Certificate of Birth for
      Town: Celeste
      County:  Hunt
      D.O.B.  Aug 29
      Name: Miller #36882
      Female White Legitimate Alive
      Father's name:  B L Miller, American
      Mother's name:  Susie Teague, American
      Parents' Home:  Celeste, Tex
      Occupation:  Farmer
      Name of person reporting: J. E. _______?

So, Baby Girl Neva, how did your mother happen to be in Celeste, Texas when she went into labor? Were your parents en route to another town? Visiting family or friends nearby? 

Wikipedia has a page on Celeste, Texas. Note which famous veteran from World War II once lived in Celeste:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeste,_Texas




Neva and Joseph in Springfield, Illinois in 1930?