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Dutch Cousins

I received my newsletter from Dutch Cousins today and it was a reminder that I have not posted their link in quite some time. If you are a Banta relative you may want to visit Dutch Cousins.

Attorney Banta

Atoka County Jeffersonian

April 15, 1920

Ira J. Banta

Capable Young Lawyer Announces for Office of County Attorney

                Every body in Atoka County knows Ira J. Banta.

                He is a young lawyer, is married, has a family, is a good citizen, progressive, fair-minded, industrious, and unselfish.

                This week he hands the Jeffersonian his announcement for the office of County Attorney. Many of Mr. Banta’s friends have spoken to us concerning his candidacy. They point to his qualifications, to his clean record, and his fitness. They call attention to the fact that he is deserving from every viewpoint, and they express the firm belief that his announcement will be the signal for the majority of the voters to decide upon him as the next county attorney.

Young Martha

The Caddo Herald

June 12, 1914

Miss Martha Banta spent Sunday with Miss Lillie Adams.

November 6, 1914

Miss Lillie Adams visited Miss Martha Banta Sunday.

April 21, 1916

                Our teacher, Miss Peters, came out to Liberty Hill Sunday afternoon to help in organizing a Sunday School. A good crowd was present and much interest manifested. The Sunday School was organized and the following officers elected:

                Mr. Snow, superintendent

                Miss Martha Banta, assistant

                Mrs. May Horton, secretary and treasurer

                Tandy Folsom, assistant

                Teachers: Mrs. Summers, Mrs. Price, Mrs. Snow, and Miss Jocie Mayo. Time of meeting, 2:30 p.m. every Sunday. Everyone is invited to attend.

July 7, 1916

Miss Oville Alexander and Miss Martha Banta visited Miss Virba and Jesse Rains Sunday evening.

December 21, 1917

Misses Beasley and Bettie Ward spent Sunday night with Miss Martha Banta.

March 22, 1918

Miss Martha Banta went to Atoka to complete the eighth grade as our school is too badly crowded to get the attention her studies require.

Store

The Caddo Herald

October 8, 1915

C.W. Banta was in town yesterday. He reports that he has bought the Wilkerson place and will move there. He will send the items from Liberty Hill henceforth.

October 29, 1915

C.W. Banta now has charge of the Wilkerson place, has cleaned up the grocery house, and is restocking with fresh groceries and he will appreciate any trade he may get.

September 22, 1916

C.W. Banta has put up a new front of his store, had it painted, and is also adding fresh goods to his stock and can give the people much better service.

E. E. Banta

This is Calvin W. Banta's sister. I've seen her name listed as Ellen, Eliza, Elisse, Elizabeth. Until I'm sure, I'll stay with E. E. 

Lubbock Morning Avalanche (TX)

January 2, 1945

Maj. Nichols’ Mother Dies in Wichita

                Major Damon Nichols, of the Salvation Army, attended funeral services for his mother, Mrs. E. E. Nichols, 85, in Wichita Falls, Monday afternoon. Mrs. Nichols died at her home in Wichita Falls early Sunday morning after a long illness

                 A resident of Wichita Falls since 1919, Mrs. Nichols was born in Wood County, Tex. Her father was the late Rev. Henry Banta.

1918

The Caddo Herald

February 1, 1918

Liberty Hill Items

By C. W. Banta

            With six inches of snow and the thermometer below zero the scribe has but little opportunity to get the news of the neighborhood.

            Uncle Jim Green and wife had a fine girl to come to make her home with them. It was born last Saturday morning. Mother and babe are doing well, but so far they have been unable to find a name good enough for it.

            Grandma Baine has been on the sick list, but is better now.

            Dr. Dale passed Liberty Hill Sunday night, going “somewhere in the country”.

            The Literary Society at Liberty Hill had a very good attendance Friday night. The program was short, but interesting. All seemed to enjoy the spelling match. Next Friday night we will have debating and speeches by the little ones. Everyone is invited to come and take a part in the program.

            There was a prayer meeting at F. M. Green’s residence Sunday night. On account of bad weather, only a small crowd was present.

            Liberty Park Grocery will have a fresh supply of garden seed soon. We cordially solicit our friends to give us their patronage in this line of trade. We handle only the best.

            We have been completely snowed under. No work of any kind has been possible. One did well to have fires to keep from freezing.

Carlton Siblings

Siblings of Edna Chapman Carlton Alexander

 

Note: In her family journal, my grandmother, Beatrice Simmons, listed her mother’s siblings as: Will, Annie, Beatrice, James, Mona, Bertie, and Pearl

 

James Hiter Carlton

Durant Daily Democrat

June 24, 1957

J.H. Carlton Funeral at Caddo Tuesday

            Caddo- Funeral services for James Hiter Carlton, age 81, who died at his home in Caddo Sunday, June 23, will be held in the Caddo Baptist church Tuesday, June 25, at 2 p.m.

Rev. Emmett Boydstun will officiate over the service, which will be held under the direction of Murray Funeral service.

            Mr. Carlton, a Bryan County resident for 57 years, died after an illness of one year. He was born in Kentucky, March 11, 1876. He was married at Atoka in 1913.

            A retired farmer, he is survived by his wife, Beulah; two sons: J. C. Carlton, Caddo, and Willard, Dallas. Five daughters: Mrs. Golda Rogers, Dallas; Mrs. Pauline Dobbins, Riverside, Calif.; Mrs. Violet Martin, Marlow; Mrs. Hazel Elliott, Riverside, Calif.; and Mrs. Elrena Sharar, Comax, B. C. Canada. Five sisters: Mrs. Bertie Simpson, Amarillo; Mrs. Edna Alexander, Caddo; Mrs. Beatrice Parker, Blue Ridge, Tex.; Mrs. Ann Jones, Trenton, Tex.; Mrs. Mona Stevens, Greenville, Tex.

            He is also survived by one great-grandchild and 12 grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Tom Jones, Roy Jones, Joe Copeland, Frank Harris, Houston Boydstun, and Arvel Milligan.

 

Mona Carlton Stevens

Greenville Herald Banner

June 16, 1970

            Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Sorrells and Sons Funeral Chapel for Mrs. Mona Stevens, 87, of 120 Guthrie St., Dallas. Mrs. Stevens died at 6.10 a.m. Saturday in a Dallas hospital.
            Rev. B. J. Bell will officiate with burial to be on Caney Cemetery, Under the direction of Sorrells and Sons Funeral Home.
            Born Nov., 26, 1882, in Kentucky, she was the daughter of Jim and Mollie Patterson Carlton. Her husband, J. L. Stevens preceded her in death June 04, 1945. She was a member of the Baptist Church.
            Survivors include two sons, Irvin Chester Stevens of Dallas and Jackson "Jack" Lafayette Stevens, Jr. of New Mexico; three daughters Birdie Jane Isham of Greenville, Mrs. Sybil Horton of Dallas and Mrs. Ethel Faye Kelly of Fort Worth; four sisters, Mrs. Bertie Lacefield of Amarillo, Mrs. Bee Parker of Trenton, Mrs. Edna Alexander of Caddo, Okla., and Mrs. Mettie Winstead of Cumby; 19 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
            She was also preceded in death by one son (Ira) and one sister.

Bertie Carlton Lacefield Simpson

 

The Amarillo Globe

February 23, 1973

Mrs. Bertie C. Simpson

A resident of Amarillo for 50 years, Mrs. Bertie C. Lacefield Simpson of 1308 E. 10^th died at 8 a.m. today in Vivian’s Nursing Home.

Mrs. Simpson, 87, was born in Kentucky. She was a member of Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. G. R. Davis of Dierks, Ark.; a son, Charles Lacefield of 2308 E. 10^th; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Alexander of Caddo, Okla. and Mrs. Bea Parker of Leonard, Tex.; two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

The family will be at 1308 E. 10^th. Funeral arrangements are pending with N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors.

Beatrice Carlton Parker

The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, TX)

September 19, 1973

            Blue Ridge- Funeral services for Mrs. Beatrice Carlton Parker, 92, were held at the Taylor Funeral chapel in Leonard Wednesday evening with the Rev. Oran Sigler officiating. Burails was in the Blue Ridge Cemetery.

            Mrs. Parker died Tuesday, September 18, 1973.

            She was born November 29, 1880, in Louisville, Ky., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carlton. She married John F. Parker in 1901 at Lane.

            She was a member of the Blue Ridge Baptist Church.

            Survivors include three sons: Fate Parker of Leonard, Ray Parker of Blue Ridge, and M. R. Parker of Dangerfield; two daughters: Mrs. Beth Owens of Leonard, and Mrs. M. Parker Alexander of Dallas, and one sister, Mrs. Edna Alexander of Caddo, Okla.

Annie Mary Carlton Jones

 

Born, September 16, 1877 in Kentucky. Married J. A. Jones on September 27, 1896 in Hunt County, Texas. Died in Dodge City, Kansas on March 9, 1962. Buried with her husband James Andrew “Andy” Jones at Pilot Grove, Texas.

The Marshall News Messenger (Marshall, Texas)

March 16, 1995

Carl Jones

            Whitewright- Graveside services for Carl G. Jones, 89, of Marshall, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Pilot Grove Cemetery, Pilot Grove. Arrangements are by Earnheart Funeral Home of Whitewright. Mr. Jones died Wednesday, March 15, 1995, at Marshall Memorial Hospital in Marshall.

            He was born September 15, 1905, in Fannin County, the son of Andy Jones and Annie Jones. He married Myrtle Scoggins on April 15, 1905, in Oklahoma. He was a retired dairy farmer and was a Baptist.

            He is survived by his wife of Marshall; one son, Howard Jones of Marshall; one brother, Steve Henry Jones of Wills Point; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Still working on Will and Pearl.