America Isabel Crawford's mother died
when she was 10 and she was raised by an Aunt (Lydy Ann). She had three
brothers, one - Unlce John Crawford and one sister. Her mother died in
childbirth. The baby lived. Raised in Missouri. She was of Scottish
and English descent. Joe Abb Mitchell was raised in Arkansas. They
were married standing up in back of a wagon. He was a violinist, played
for square dances. When he became a christian (Baptist) he gave up the
violin. His sister Aunt Jennie Harrison had a deaf mute daughter named
Rena Harrison and lived in Stiddum, Oklahoma. Another sister Aunt
Fannie lived in Bell, California. He had an Uncle Tom who visited
family. No Indian blood except way back in Grandpa Mitchell's family,
not much even then. Grandpa Mitchell was of Irish descent. He workwd
in marble quarry in Marble City when I ws 4 years old. Dora and Tom were
married there. Grandma Mitchell wrote Governor of State and was
granted permission to start school for children and taught. She taught
one year in our home, a large log house. It was the beginning of a
school in that area. Grandpa Mitchell started a Sunday School and
eventually started a Baptist Church in Marble City north of Wetumka.
Dad used to come on train to see Mom. Right after they were married
Grandpa Dooley, Aunt Bessie & Aunt Mattie moved in on them &
stayed. Mother never counted on that. Grandpa Dooley was young man
& could have worked but never did after that. A good percentage of
the people in the area were illiterate. There was an Aunt Sophia
Harrison. She and Aunt Jennie were sisters. Aunt Jennie lived at
Stiddum. Aunt Sophia had a large family they lived at Stillwell, Okla.
They married brothers named Harrison. I never knew Aunt Sophia's family
very well. Dora was good friends with their children. They were
older. I guess we lived close to them when I was too young to remember.
We moved from Marble City to Weumka when I was 5. Aunt Jennie
Harrison had 5 children Rena the oldest, Ed, another boy I can't
remember his name - Oh yes his name was Pinkerton, they called him Pink
(how could I forget that), Allie and Jim the baby. They were at our
house a lot she was my dad's baby sister. Her mother died when she was
young. My mother ande father helped raise her. After mother died Aunt
Jennie & Rena came out to Calif and lived a year with Ida and
Charlie.
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