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| THIS IS THE STORY OF MY GREAT GRANDMA AS TOLD TO ME BY HER SOMETIME IN THE LATE 60'S TO EARLY 70'S.. MARY OLLIVE VANDEVANTER FLEMING WAS BORN JUNE 25,1892 ABOUT 100 MILES FROM SOCORO, NEW MEXICO. WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD IN 1900 THE FAMILY MOVED TO MIAMI, TEXAS. IDA MAY HARRIS(HER MOM) AND JOHN WILLIAM CON CRONCE JOHNSON(DAD) AND BEATRICE MELVINA(SISTER-13YR) WENT BY COVERED WAGON WITH ANOTHER FAMILY. CHARLIE AND LIZA WILSON AND SONS, EARNEST AND EMIT. THEY DROVE 2500 COWS, 150 HORSES, 3 DOGS(SPOT, WOLF, WILLIAM )AND TERRY THE SQUIRREL. THEY TRAVELED THROUGH APRIL, MAY AND JUNE. THE PACOS RIVER WAS HIS BECAUSE OF SPRING RAIN. LOST ONE HORSE BY DRINKING TOO MUCH WATER. A MARE AND COLT DROWNED WHILE CROSSING THE PACOS RIVER. SANDSTORM-DENSE-PASSED SAFTLY. CAME AND WENT IN 30 MINUTES. THEY ARRIVED AT THE OE BAR RANCH OWNED BY IDA'S BROTHER, C.E. HARRIS. WHEN MARY WAS 13, IN 1905, SHE MEET JAY HUGH FLEMING(28YRS) RANCHHAND AT SCROGGINS CATTLE CO. HE WAS THE FORMAN. IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. BUT MOTHER VANDEVANTER MADE THEM WAIT UNTIL SHE WAS 15. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD MOVED TO TOWN TO GIVE MARY A CHANCE TO GO TO SCHOOL. SHE WENT TO THE 7TH GRADE IN FOUR YEARS. JAY AND MARY GOT MARRIED ON APRIL 7, 1907 AT 12:45PM. THEY STAYED MARRIED UNTIL HE DIED IN 1937. THEY HAD SEVEN BOYS AND FIVE GIRLS. 1. CHESTER HUGH 2.WILLIAM ELMO 3. JAMES BURT 4. OLLIE MAY(MY GRANDMA) 5. ARIL NUMIN 6. CHARLES ADDESON 7. WEASLY BOOT 8. UGENE COURTLAND 9. OVILLE ELIZABETH 10. LAROSA BEATRICE 11. FANNY STRAIGHT 12. ALICE LUDIA VIOLA |
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| THIS IS MY GRANNY THE YEAR I WAS BORN 1958. SHE LOVED TO FISH ALL HER LIFE. SHE COULD OUT FISH EVERYONE OF US. |
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| GRANNY AS I BEST REMEMBER HER. I THINK IT WAS AROUND 1976. SHE ALWAYS HAD A JOKE FOR ME. |