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Daughter: MATILDA ESSEX Born: September, 1895 (October 18, 1895?) Arkansas Died: December 12, 1984, Oklahoma Married: W. Oliver Cheatham, September 13,1914, Arkansas Daughter: BLANCHE CHEATHAM Married: Wissbaum Daughter: ESTELLE CHEATHAM

Front Row Left: Joe Shatswell - Front Row Right: Esquire Essex Middle Row Left: Elizabeth (Betsy) Peoples Shatswell,

Middle Row Right: Sarah Jane Shatswell Essex holding William Thomas Essex Back Row from Left: Martha Malinda Essex, Mary E. Essex, Marriah Essex

Photo taken about May, 1886 (the earliest family photo known)

Laura Mae Shatswell (daughter of

Joe Shatswell) and Tilda Essex

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Son: GEORGE WASHINGTON SHATSWELL

Born: April 6, 1854, Little Rock, Arkansas, Newton County Died: March 12, 1929, Allen, Oklahoma, Pontotoc County (74 Years old) Married: Elizabeth Ann O’Neal, (twin)

August 18, 1878, Newton County, Arkansas

Born: November 20, 1859, White, Newton County, Arkansas Died: February 9, 1890, Big Creek, Newton County, Arkansas Father: Blackburn O’Neal (farmer) Mother: Rebecca O’Neal (housewife)

Sister: Lusy O’Neal (twin) Sister: Molly Jane O’Neal Sister: Polly Ann O’Neal Sister: Sarah O’Neal Brother: Jesse O’Neal Brother: Richard O’Neal

George Washington Shatswell

Knot Hole School – 1925 (left to right)

1st

Row: Jim Richardson, Arlie Pierce, Arie Pierce(with basketball), Milford Pierce, Bill Barton, Earl Romine, Roy Richardson 2

nd Row: Elmer Calton, Jack Pierce, Annie Pierce, Bessie Shatswell, Effie Goodman, Ethel Calton, Vesta Pierce,

Ruth Barton, Jenave Romine, Mr. Lester, Lester Shatswell 3

rd Row: Troy Hill, Gib Geton, Gladys Brooks, Mrs. Lester, Bulah Hensley, Allie Romine, Irene Slator, Maud

Romine, Ruby Geton, Faye Hill (face over the shoulder of Vesta Pierce) Ruby Jones, Edna Dukes, Flossie Shipman, John Romine (right and back of Mr. Lester)

Lester Shatswell with sons Dan and Ken Shatswell and nephews Steve and Alan Harris at the old homeplace of George Washington

Shatswell - 1956

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The marriage license for George Washington Shatswell and Elizabeth O’Neal August 18, 1878

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Daughter: MARY BECKY SHATSWELL (MOLLY) Born: October 5, 1879, Arkansas Died: 1969

Name: Docia Delilah Abigail Polly Mary Suzie Melinda Jane Molly Shatswell

(All Lester and Lois Shatswell’s boys memorized Aunt Molly’s many names!)

Married: Gilbert T. Smith (Gib), April 18, 1895 Son: WALTER W. SMITH (William W.?) Born: January, 1896 Son: GILBERT D. SMITH (Gib) Born: August 25, 1898 Married: Joyce Son: Ovid Ralph Smith (Sam) Born: June 28, 1921 Son: Gilbert D. Smith, Jr. Born: March 22, 1923 Son: James Louis Smith Born: May 2, 1925 Son: Edward Doyle Smith Born: June 30, 1927 Son: Walter J. Smith Born: September 9, 1930 Son: Beecher Lee Smith Born: May 10, 1933 Son: Jimmy B. Smith Born: December 24, 1937 Daughter: Freda Nell Smith Born: July 20, 1947 Son: JAMES BLACKWOOD SMITH Born: November 17, 1900 Son: BEECHER LONNY SMITH May 31, 1907 Son: LEE SMITH Married: D. Alec Crumbly Mary Becky Shatswell Smith (Molly)

Molly and Nancy Shatswell

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Son: WILLIAM JESSE SHATSWELL (Farmer)

Born: November 29, 1881, Newton County, Arkansas Died: September 17, 1957, Allen, Oklahoma Married: Nevada (Veda) Ann Norton,

November 8,1901 Parthenon, Arkansas Born: March 19, 1886, Texas Died: May 12, 1973, Oklahoma Daughter: PEARL LEE SHATSWELL Born: October 2, 1902 Died: January 8, 1903 Daughter: GUSTA LEE SHATSWELL Born: December 4, 1903 Died: January 3, 1953 Married: Sylvester Rash Son: Gene Rash Born: 1920 Son: Kenneth Paul Rash (twin) Born: 1949 Daughter: Karen Eugenia Rash (twin) Born: 1949 Son: Kenneth Rash Born: 1921 Died: 1922 Daughter: EULA GAY SHATSWELL Born: January 8, 1906 Died: September 14, 1963 Married: Milton McDonald Daughter: ORA BELLE SHATSWELL Died: February 14, 1938 Married: Carroll Jones Son: EARNEST SHATSWELL Born: April 26, 1911 Died: November 24, 1924, Arkansas Daughter: MERLE MARIE SHATSWELL Born: 1913 Married: Carroll Case

Vada Ann Norton Shatswell

Will and Veda with their children: Gusta, Eula, Ora Belle, Earnest and

Merle, 1914

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Son: JOSEPH RICHARD SHATSWELL Born: November 9, 1884, Arkansas Died: July 7, 1977, Oklahoma (age 94) Married: Zuella Smith, , December 31, 1901 Born: November 5, 1884, Arkansas Died: March, 1915, Arkansas

Daughter: ELLEN SHATSWELL (Ella May)

Daughter: FLORA SHATSWELL Married: McKilroy

Son: CLYDE SHATSWELL Born: May 3, 1906 Died: March 8, 1979, Oklahoma Married: Alberta Amelia Chew Born: July 29, 1910 Son: Richard Mearl Shatswell Born: December 20, 1931 Married: Harlene (?) Daughter: Kathy Shatswell Son: Clyde Leroy Shatswell Born: December 13, 1933 Married: Sue Grimes Son: Clyde Shatswell Daughter: Laura Shatswell Daughter: Amy Shatswell Son: David Charles Shatswell Born: October 22, 1937, Oklahoma Married: Sylvia M. Jasper, July 19, 1956 Born: July 13, 1940 Daughter: Sylvia Charlene Shatswell Born: October 6, 1957, Oklahoma Married: John L. Franklin, Sept. 24, 1976 Son: Jonathan Franklin Daughter: Angela Franklin Daughter: Teresa Ann Shatswell Born: August 4, 1962, Oklahoma Married: Timothy L. Lovin, May 24, 1986 Son: David Shatswell, Jr Born: December 16, 1963, Oklahoma Married: Peggy Snaiely, March 4, 1983 Son: Joseph Shatswell Son: Bill Dale Shatswell Born: October 4, 1070, Oklahoma Daughter: Tanya Lynn Shatswell Born: December 7, 1972, Oklahoma

Charlene Shatswell Franklin with her children: Jonathan and Angela Franklin – 1981/1982

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Son: MELVIN SHATSWELL Born: March 10, 1907 Died: June 2, 1968, Oklahoma Married: Grace Son: JOHN C. SHATSWELL Son: ELVIN ORBIN SHATSWELL (Preacher)

Born: 1911 Died: November 1981, Oklahoma Daughter: EDNA U. SHATSWELL Married: Boyd Married: Myrtle Bell Tennison, January 17, 1916 Born: April 13, 1901 Died: November 4, 1964 Daughter: HAZEL SHATSWELL Born: July 20, 1920

Married: Harmon Hembree Daughter: RUBY SHATSWELL Married: Franklin Alexander Son: JOHNNY BUCK SHATSWELL Born: 1922 Died: May 26, 1986, Oklahoma Son: Lonnie Daughter: Christine Daughter: Ella Daughter: Jo Son: RUFUS SHATSWELL (twin, died in infancy) Daughter: JUANITA SHATSWELL (twin, died in infancy) Daughter: GOLDY SHATSWELL Married: J.C. Hembree Son: CECIL SHATSWELL Married: Meredith Boyl Daughter: DORIS SHATSWELL (twin) Daughter: DOROTHY SHATSWELL (twin) Son: L. D. SHATSWELL

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Daughter: MARY SHATSWELL Married: J. Philpot Son: JAY SHATSWELL Born: November 25, 1938 Married: June on September 21, 1959

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Daughter: NANCY LOUTISHA JANE SHATSWELL (housewife) Born: February; 8, 1885, Newton County, Arkansas Died: January 30, 1964, Oakdale, California

Married: Hiram Hill, (farmer)

Born: October 11, 1884, Arkansas Died: July 27, 1945

Nancy and Hiram Hill

Hiram holding his dog; Dodie and R.L. on each side; Delpha holding Ola Faye; Bobbie Jean looking down, Billy Joe

watching her with Lacy holding out her hand to him; Charlie holding Elton; Elsie and Clyde peeking from behind Charlie;

Donald and Cecil are in the shade of the porch to the left.

Molly and Nancy Shatswell

Nancy Loutisha Jane Shatswell

22 years old

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Hiram and Nancy Hill, 1943

Hiram and Nancy Hill, 1944

Back row: Lacy, Delpha, Mae, Elsie, Nancy and Hiram Front row: Bill, Ola Faye, Charles (Dodie in the window)

1932

Mae, Delpha, Ola Faye Bill and Josephine

1935

Nancy Hill with son, Bill, 1955

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Nancy and Hiram Hill Family - 1962

Back Row, left to right: Bevan Williams holding son, Danny, Ileen Hill, Floyd Snow, Linda Stubbert, Cecil Beason, Elton Beason, Mike Cobb, Tommy Cobb, Billy Joe Beason, Walter Cobb, Jerry Snow, Elmer Pruitt, Robert Stubbert, Glen Oliver, Don Lee Hill, Bruce Pace, Olen Hill, Bud Beason, Middle, left side: Mary Lou Hill, Wanda Williams holding Bevan, Lillie Hill, Middle Row, right: Diana Hill, ?, Bobby Jean Pace 2

nd Row: Janey Ramey Horn holding Kristi, Troy Hill, Charles Hill, Delpha Snow, Elsie Ramey, Nancy Hill, Mae Cobb, Ola Faye

Oliver, Lacy Beason, Bill Hill holding Gay Ann, Donald Hill, Patricia Beason holding Sherri, Betty Beason, Dodie Ramey, Lavena Snow holding Wendell, Era Mae Free, Hazel Hill. 1

st Row: Pamela Scott, Freda Davis, Ella Louise Hill holding Sharon Hill, Charlene Hill, Nancy Pace, Wayde Snow, Yvonne Oliver,

Joe Beason, Steve Beason, Rick Beason, Judith Pettitt, Tamra Pettitt, Becky Beason, Debbie Beason, David Beason

Back row: Donald, Troy, Charles and Bill Front row: Lacy, Mae, Elsie, Ola Faye, Nancy (Mother), Delpha - 1962

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Mae, Elsie, Bill, Donald, Charlie, Lacy and Delpha, August 6, 1978

Charles, Bill, Elsie, Mae, Donald Lacy, Delpha

Ola Faye

1983

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Daughter: ELSIE LEE HILL Born: December 9, 1906, Mulberry,

Franklin County, Arkansas Died: May 6, 1983, Ceres, California Married: Clyde Elmer Ramey, (contractor) Born: April 19, 1902, Boston, Arkansas Died: December 20, 1986, Modesto, California

Elsie Ramey, 1956

Elsie Lee Hill Ramey Family - 1962 Back row: Bruce Pace, Pamela Scott, Kristina Ulloa, Nancy Pace

Front row: Elsie Hill Ramey, Doris Ramey Scott, Janie Ramey Ulloa holding daughter Valerie Ulloa, and

Bobbie Jean Ramey Pace.

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Daughter: Doris Alene Ramey, (supervisor/navy) Born: January 24,1927 Married: Robert Bruce Scott (painter), April 26, 1946 Born: 1923 Died: February 10, 1977 Daughter: Pamela Lee Scott, (nurse) Born: February 5, 1951 Married: Dwight William Whiting Married: John Panetta, (car dealership) Married: Jacob Alan Marty, (Marine) Born: 1967 Married: Ralph C. Matthews (logistician), Dec 26, 1979 Born: September 21, 1926, OK Died: March 16, 1990 Daughter: Bobbie Jean Ramey, (machine operator) Born: April 19, 1929, Fort Smith, Arkansas Married: Thornton James Pace Born: March 4, 1916, Nebraska Son: Bruce James Pace, (director/safety) Born: August 31, 1948, Oakdale, California Married: Jane Alexander Fahey, (teacher),

June 17, 1978 Daughter: Lily Sloan Pace Born: 1984 Son: Brian James Pace Born: 1987 Son: David Fahey Pace Born: 1989 Daughter: Nancy Jean Pace (factory worker) Born: March 3, 1950, Oakdale, California Married: Lonny Croslow (baseball player) Born: September 10, 1949 Daughter: Julie Ann Croslow Born: February 11, 1970,

Oakdale, California Married: Ken Ritts (supervisor) Born: 1941 Married: Robert Roy Moon (police detective) Born: 1933

Bob and Dodie Scott, 1956

Bobbie Jean Ramey Pace

1956

Clyde and Elsie

Ramey, 1976

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Daughter: Harriett Jane Ramey (program manager) Born: September 1, 1937, Fort Smith, Arkansas Married: Robert Reynoso Ulloa (logistics) Born: 1937 Daughter: Kristina Anne Ulloa, (marketing rep) Born: September 2, 1959, San Jose, CA Married: Brian Daughter: Valerie Annette Ulloa (office manager) Born: July 7, 1961, San Jose, California Married: Ronald Ulloa (air conditioning mechanic) Son: Richard Michael Ulloa Born: May 28, 1979, San Jose, CA Married: Kelly Brigman,

March 20, 2004, Santa Clara, Ca Son: Zackary Alan Ulloa Born: October 17, 2005

Daughter: Chanayle Lynette Ulloa Born: 1985 Married: Jeffery Duane Azevedo Son: Andrew Duane Azevedo Born: 1993 Married: Leonard Harold Horn, Jr, (manager aero)

January 22, 1977, Gardnerville, Nevada Born: January 1, 1938, San Francisco, CA Daughter: Ronnie Lynn Horn Born: August 23, 1960, San Jose, CA

Janie Ramey and Josephine Cobb

Delpha, Mae, Lacy, Nancy Shatswell Hill, Elsie

1956 Len and Janey Horn

2004

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Son: TROY HILL Born: February 1, 1909, Allen, Oklahoma Married: Lillie Emma Adams, (homemaker)

September 27, 1933, Wister, Oklahoma Born: June 6, 1913, Beauchamp, Arkansas

Troy Hill,

1984 Troy and Lillie Hill, 1976

Troy and Lillie Hill, 1985

Lillie Hill,

1984

Troy, Olen and Dewey Hill, 1961

Olen, Mary and Dewey Hill, 1965

Lillie, Muriel holding Vicki, Dewey, Loretta, Olen, Mary, Almer, Troy, Vivian, David, Mark, Diana, Tommy, (?), Dwayne, Freda, Greg,

1965 Olen, Troy, Lillie, Mary Hill, 1978

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Son: Olen Junior Hill Born: August 10, 1934, Wister, Oklahoma Died: January 11, 2005, Oakdale, California

Married: Loretta Ann Kay, February 13, 1958 Oakdale, California

Born: March 3, 1940, Modesto, California Daughter: Diana Lynn Hill Born: May 16, 1960, Oakdale, California Son: Mark Andrew Hill Born: July 15, 1965, Oakdale, California Son: Cody Markus Hill Born: September 30, 1993, Turlock Married: Candy Cathryn Cardoza June 21, 2003 Daughter: Bryttany Kathryn Hill Born: March 22, 1994

Clovis, CA Son: Kassin Edwin Hill

Born: March 14, 1995, Talahinna, Oklahoma

Son: Troy Andrew Hill Born: April 11, 2006, Turlock, CA

Olen and Loretta Hill, 1958

Olen Hill, Seoul, Korea, 1958

Olen, Seoul, Korea 1958

Olen, Seoul, Korea 1958

Diana and Mark Hill, 1965

Olen and Loretta Hill with Diana

1962

Olen, Loretta, Mark and Diana

Hill

1977 Olen, Diana and Mark Hill, 1978

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Olen, Loretta, Diana and Mark Hill, 1981

Olen and Loretta Hill, 1981

Olen Hill, 2002

Olen and Loretta Hill, 1985

Mark Hill with his grandmother, Lillie

1975

Diana Lynn Hill, Graduation, 1978

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Mark and Cody Hill, 1994

Cody Markus Hill, 1993

Three months old

Mark and Cody Hill, 2001

Candy and Cody, 1999

Cody Hill, Fourth Grade

Cody Hill, 2007, Seventh Grade

Mark, Cody, Loretta and Olen Hill, 2002

Mark and Candy Hill, June 21, 2003

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Mark and Candy Hill with Cody,

Kassin and Brytanny, 2003

Candy, Mark and Olen

Hill, 2003

Brytanny Kathryn Hill

1994, Three months old

Brytanny Hill, Third Grade

Brytanny, Seventh Grade

2007

Kassin Edwin Hill, 1995 Three months old Kassin, Second Grade

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Cody, Brytanny and Kassin Hill, 2003

Mark Hill Family, 2005 Kassin, Candy, Brytanny, Cody, Mark

Cody, Kassin and Brytanny Hill, 2006

Mark and Troy Hill, 2006

Brytanny, Kassin, Cody and Troy Hill,

April, 2006

Candy, Mark and Troy Hill 2006 Mark with his children: Brytanny, Kassin,

Cody and Troy, 2006

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Loretta with newborn Troy Hill

2006

Troy Andrew Hill, 2006

Mark and Candy Hill with their children: Cody, Kassin, Brytanny and Troy, 2006

Troy Andrew Hill, One year 2007

Troy Hill, Five Months Old

Troy Hill, Nine Months Old

Troy Hill, Nine Months Old, by Grandfather Olen’s Gravestone

Cody, Brytanny, Kassin and Troy Hill,

2006

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Daughter: Mary Lou Hill Born: May 18, 1936, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Robert Davis, 1958, Oakdale, CA Died: Nov. 13,1960 (Jeep broke down, caught in blizzard)

Daughter: Freda May Davis (Pruit) Born: September 29, 1960, Oakdale, CA Married: John Williams, May 13, 1979, Ataka, Oklahoma Daughter: Heather May Williams Born: March 8, 1980, Ataka, OK Daughter: Ashton Marie Panagakis Born: April 26, 1994, NM Son: C. Tristan Michael Panagakis Born: June 30, 2000, NM Daughter: Kristen Monicque Panagagkis Born: September 19, 2002, NM Son: Gage Gilbert Britt-Williams Born: December 4, 2006, NM

Son: Joshua Noah Williams Born: August 28, 1982, Ataka, OK Married: Troy Binnebose, Nov. 3, 1988 Born: January 6, 1967, Ataka, OK Married: Almer Thomas Pruit, August 25, 1962, Oakdale, California Born: June 19, 1931, Otaka, Oklahoma Son: Gregory Dale Pruit (teacher) Born: February 4, 1963, Oakdale, CA Died: July 3, 1988, Ataka, OK (murdered) Son: Alan Eugene Pruit, (farmer) Born: December 4, 1965, Oakdale, CA Married: Sandie Bush Daughter: Jacque Large Pruit Born: January 10, 1988, Ataka, OK Son: Andrew Lee Pruit Born: May 26, 1991, Ataka, OK Son: Bobby Lee Pruit Born: January 3, 1967, Oakdale, California Died: October 31, 1988, Ataka, OK (car accident)

Son: Dewey Wayne Hill Born: April 26, 1939, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Muriel Lee Jeffers, October 30, 1960, Oakdale, California Born: December 31, 1941 Daughter: Vivian Eudenia Hill (twin) Born: November 29, 1961, Oakdale, CA Son: David Wayne Hill (twin) Born: November 29, 1961, Oakdale, CA Married: Diana Son: Davis Wayne Hill

Olen Hill and Mary Lou Hill Pruit

1978

Freda May Davis Pruit, 1984

Freda May Davis Pruit Binnebose and husband,

Troy, 1996

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Born: November 6, 1983 Daughter: Heather Nicole Hill Born: November 12, 1985 Married: Roslyn, June 7, 2006 Daughter: Vicki Lynn Hill Born: June 30, 1963, Oakdale, California Married: Jon Michael Mutoza, Feb. 27, 1988

Son: Tyson Dewey Wayne Mutoza Born: July 23, 1985 Daughter: Victoria Rose Mutoza Born: June 18, 1993

Daughter: ELZIE MAE HILL Born: May 6, 1911, Allen, Oklahoma Married: Walter Thomas Cobb, Sr. (carpenter)

September 24, 1931, OK Born: April 14, 1910, Howe, Oklahoma Died: April 14, 1995, Oklahoma

Mae Cobb 1976

Walt and Mae Cobb with

their children,

Tommy and Josephine,

1935

Walt with his little

brothers, Bea and Dea Walt, Mae, Tommy and Mike Cobb - 1962

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Daughte Thelma Josephine Cobb Born: August 19, 1932, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Billy Lowell Caudell Born: 1931 Daughter: Cynthia Lynn Caudell Born: June 13, 1957, Downy, California Married: Joseph Wayne Gladish Born: 1954 Son: Joseph Wayne Gladish, II Born: February 20, 1978 Son: Craig Matthew Gladish Born: May 3, 1979, Son: Randy Lowell Caudell Born: December 31, 1958,

Downy, California Married: Lynne Marie Massen Born: 1960 Son: Joshua Ryan Caudell Born: 1986 Son: Jeremy Allen Caudell Born: 1988 Son: Jessica Nicole Caudell Born: 1992

Walter and Mae Cobb with their children:

Josephine, Tom and Jerry, August 6, 1978

Walter Cobb

Walt, Josephine, Jerry, Mae and Tommy

Daughter: Thelma Josephine Cobb Born: August 19, 1932, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Billy Lowell Caudell Born: 1931 Daughter: Cynthia Lynn Caudell Born: June 13, 1957, Downy, California Married: Joseph Wayne Gladish Born: 1954 Son: Joseph Wayne Gladish, II Born: February 20, 1978 Son: Craig Matthew Gladish Born: May 3, 1979 Twenty-nine Palms, California

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Son: Walter Thomas Cobb, Jr. (Tommy) Born: July 26, 1935, Howe, Oklahoma Married: Ruth Marlena Wright (factory worker) Born: 1940 Daughter: Peni Ruth Cobb (hospital administration) Born: February 18, 1959, Bellflower, CA

Married: Larry James Hogwood (warehouseman)

Born: 1959 Son: Zachary Doss Hogwood Born: 1990 Son: Michael Thomas Cobb Born: May 7, 1960, Modesto, California Married: Kerry Ann Palmer Born: 1954

Daughter: Rochelle Lynne Cobb Born: September, 1961, Modesto, CA Married: Steven Michael Creighton Born: 1957 Daughter: Jennifer Marie Creighton Born: 1983 Son: Michael Anthony Creighton Born: 1985 Son: Andrew Thomas Creighton Born: 1987 Son: Jack Patrick Creighton Born: 1990

Son: Gregory Kyle Cobb Born: May 11, 1965, Bellflower, California Married: Laura Renee Beigier Born: 1966 Son: Kyle Thomas Cobb Born: 1987 Daughter: Karis Renee Cobb Born: 1990

Son: Jerry Dale Cobb Born: February 25, 1940, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Shirley Marie Riggert Daughter: Shanna Marie Cobb Born: September, 1960, Downy, California Married: Conrad Matthew Price Son: Kevin Dale Cobb Born: September, 1961, Downy, California Daughter: Monissa Jean Cobb Stillborn: October 17, 1965, Bellflower, CA Son: Jerrod Eugene Cobb Stillborn: October 15, 1966, Downy, CA Married: Donna Crane

Tommy, Josephine and Jerry Cobb

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Daughter: LACY ZANADA HILL

Born: April 29, 1913, Crawford County, Arkansas Married: Cecil Alison Beason (laborer) Born: 1913, Arkansas

Lacy Zanada Hill

1956

Lacy and Clyde Phillips with one of her

grandchildren 1976

Cecil and Lacy Beason Family - 1962 Front row: Cecil, Lacy and Betty Beason; Back row: Wanda, Bill, Elton, Bud

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Son: Billy Joe Beason, Sr. (carpenter) Born: May 27, 1932, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Patricia Ann Powell Born: February 18, 1938 Son: Billy Joe Beason, Jr. (Jody, carpenter) Born: December 28, 1955, Oakdale, CA Married: Darlene Chronister Born: 1962 Son: Rusty Beason Born: 1982 Son: Gary Beason Born: 1985 Son: Ricky Lee Beason (construction) Born: January 1, 1957, Oakdale, California Married: Faye Lynn Moulton Baker Born: 1962 Son: Johnathan Matthew Beason Born: 1982 Son: Christopher Lee Beason Born: 1983 Daughter: Jennifer Michelle Beason Born: 1990 Son: Steven Lee Beason (lineman) Born: October 29, 1957, Stockton, CA Daughter: Sherri Ann Beason Born: September 25, 1960, Oakdale, CA Married: Jeffery Charles Smith (attorney) Born: 1959 Daughter: Lacy Marie Smith Born: 1992 Daughter: Traci Lynn Beason Born: 1967, Poteau, Oklahoma Married: Dennis Ray Kimble (painter-drywall) Born: 1963 Son: Cody Ray Kimble Born: 1990 Daughter: Kelli Dian Beason Born: August, 1975, Poteau, Oklahoma

Son: Elton Lee Beason (operating engineer) Born: September 22, 1934, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Elizabeth Nora Donovan (Betty, secretary) Born: March 9, 1936, Cambridge, Mass Daughter: Rebecca Ann Beason (secretary) Born: June 17, 1956, Oakdale, California Married: Michael Jon Terry Born: July 22, 1956, Oakdale, CA Died: August 3, 1977, Oakdale, CA Married: Randy Dues Born: August 20, 1956, Oakdale, CA

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Top row, left to right: Sharon Hill (Charles’ daughter), Era Peterson (Donald’s

daughter), Elton Beason (Lacy’s son), Linda Gentry (Ola Faye’s daughter) and Dewey Hill (Troy’s son)

Bottom row, left to right: Betty Sue Abel (Lacy’s daughter), Bobby Jean (Elsie’s

daughter) and Dodie (Elsie’s daughter)

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Married: Gerald Lee Hammond (truck driver) Born: 1953 Son: Gerald Lee Hammond, Jr. Born: 1980 Son: Ryan Stephen Hammond Born: 1982 Daughter: Deborah Elizabeth Beason Born: March 5, 1958, Oakdale, California Married: Kenneth Allan Burton Born: May 11, 1955, Oakdale, CA Daughter: Amy Elizabeth Burton Born: April 25, 1975, Oakdale, CA Daughter: Stephanie Ann Burton Born: September 6, 1978, Oakdale,

Oakdale, California Son: David Elton Beason (construction) Born: April 20, 1960, Oakdale, California Married: Stacy Lynn Rose (secretary) Born: 1963 Daughter: Kassidy Rose Beason Born: 1982 Son: David Christofer Beason Born: 1983

Daughter: Betty Sue Beason Born: November 1, 1938, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Leon Sherwood Pettitt (backhoe operator) Daughter: Judith Elizabeth Pettitt Born: January 1, 1958, Oakdale, California Married: David Wayne Van Winkle Born: 1956 Daughter: Renee Christine Van Winkle Born: 1982 Daughter: Tamra Lynn Pettitt Born: March 5, 1959, Oakdale, California Married: Ronald Lesley Benson (USAF) Born: 1956 Son: Jason Brandon Benson Born: 1975 Daughter: Danielle Ellen Pettitt Born: November 4, 1960, Oakdale, CA Married: William Harley DeBoer Born: 1962 Son: Jacob Lee DeBoer Born: 1987 Daughter: Delaney Grace DeBoer Born: 1992 Married: Gary Curtis Abel (service engineer) Born: 1940

Cousins: Betty Beason Abel, Linda Stubbert Gentry, Nancy

Pace Ritts, Era Mae Hill Peterson

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Daughter: Wanda Beason Born: April 1, 1941, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Bevan Williams, Sr, August 24, 1957 Son: Bevan Williams, Jr. (truckdriver) Born: February 19, 1959, Lodi, California Son: Danny Alson Williams Born: October 30, 1960, Lodi, California Married: Dale Trammell Lowenstein Born: 1949 Son: Alan Thornton Williams (firefighter) Born: February 20, 1964, Lodi, California Married: Juanita Solorzano Born: l959 Daughter: Rachael Williams Born: l985 Son: Curtis B. Williams (auto painter) Born: November 22, 1970, Modesto, CA Married: Kenneth C. Burkhead, July 12, 1973

July 12, 1973 Daughter: Kimberly Ann Burkhead

Born: September 27, 1972 Oakdale, California

Married: David Blount Born: l974 Son: Cody James Blount Born: 1989 Son: Charles Hoyt Beason (Bud), (carpenter) Born: July l944, Torrence, California Married: Carolyn Maureen Ryan (nurse’s aid) Born: l956 Daughter: Cynthia Anne Beason Born: l965 Married: Tommy Warren Daughter: Sandra Marie Beason Born: l968 Son: Christopher Kelly Beason Born: l986 Daughter: Angela Marie Beason Born: l970 Married: Mike Best Son: Michael Kerry Best Born: l988 Son: Joshua Best Married: Clyde Phillips Married: Melvin Brooks Born: September 22, 1922, Clark County, AR

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Cousins: Wanda Beason Berkhead, Era Hill Peterson and

Linda Stubbert Gentry

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Son: DONALD LEROY HILL (cattle broker)

Born: April 11, 1916, Crawford County,Cedarville, AR

Married: Ileen Lora Jamison Born: l922

Son: Don Lee Hill (technician) Born: l940, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Linda Arterburn Son: Kenneth Hill Born: l969, Saugas, California Married: Rita J. Jones Daughter: Stacie Hill Born: l977 (adopted) The Donald Hill Family – 1962

Don and Ileen, Era Mae Hill Free holding daughter, Tammy, and Don

Don Lee and Rita Hill with Stacie

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Daughter: Era Mae Hill Born: April 1, l940, Wister, Oklahoma Married: Tommy Paul Free Daughter: Tamela Jean Free (Tami) Born: l959 Married: Jeffrey Greener Born: l956 Daughter: Casey Greener Born: l978 Married: Aaron Neufeld Son: Trenton Neufeld Born: 1998 Married: Jeff Wennihan Daughter: Tayler Wennihan Born: 2004 Married: Jim Weslow Son: Edward Weslow Born: l984 Married: Donald Ray Peterson Daughter: Teresa Lynne Peterson Born: l964 Married: Robert Izquierdo Born: l961 Son: Ryan Mario Izquierdo Born: January 1, l992 Son: Caleb Izquierdo Born: May 29, 1995 Son: Timothy Ray Peterson Born: l968 Married: Melissa Peterson Daughter: Heather Anne Peterson Born: l992 Married: Anita Mlekush Daughter: Kayla Peterson Born: August 29, 2001 Married: Henry Alonzo Daughter: Nancy Sue Hill Born: l951 Died: A few hours old

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Era Mae Hill Peterson with her children: Teresa

Izquierdo, Tami Weslow and Tim Peterson

Era Peterson’s Family Standing left to right: Edward Weslow, Jim

Weslow, Tami Free Weslow, Teresa Peterson Izquierdo, Caleb Izquierdo, Ryan Izquierdo,

Era Mae Hill Peterson, Robert Izquierdo, Casey Wennihan holding the shoulder of her son Trenton Neufeld, Tim Peterson and Jeff

Wennihan. Seated in front left to right: Heather

Peterson holding her sister Kayla Peterson, and Anita Peterson.

Right forefront: Tayler Wennihan

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Daughter: DELPHA OMA LUCILLE HILL

Born: August 18, 1918, Crawford County, Arkansas Married: Floyd Snow (carpenter) Born: l914 Son: Gerald Lee Snow (truckdriver) Born: June 13, l937, Fort Smith, Arkansas Married: Lavena L.B. Wright, February 23, l957 Born: June 10, 1938, Corinne, Oklahoma Son: Belden Wayde Snow (machine operator) Born: April 5, l958, Huntington Park, CA Married: Tami Hudson, July 29, 1978, Riverbank, California Born: February 5, l959 Married: Natha Dawn Green Born: l957 Son: Keith Snow Born: l991 Son: Wendell Marlo Snow (mechanic) Born: February 13, l962, Oakdale, CA Married: Janet Hegwein Born: l965 Son: Luke Benjamin Snow Born: l991

Jerry and

Lavena Snow,

1956

Delpha Snow and Mae Cobb 1976

Floyd and Delpha Snow with Gerald

and Lavena, Belden Wayde and Wendell

1962

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Gerald and Lavena Snow with Belden Wayde and

Wendell, 1963

Gerald Snow, Sharon Hill, Lavena Snow, friend, Delpha, Charles and Shirley Hill, 1998

Jerry Snow, 1985

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Son: CHARLES ELTON HILL Born: June 14, 1921, Van Buren, Arkansas,

Crawford County Married: Ada Grace Hill Married: Ella Louise Burkhart Born: January 3, l917 Daughter: Charlene Faye Hill Born: September 26, 1952, Hughson, Texas Married: Charles David Tucker Daughter: Crystal Faye Tucker Born: Hughson, Texas Son: Christopher Shane Tucker Born: Hughson, Texas Married: Dennis Goree Daughter: Sharon Louise Hill Born: October 17, l955, Hughson, Texas Married: Shirley Yvonne Bailey

Charles Hill, 2006 Eighty-five years old

Charles Elton Hill in the

Navy - 1944

Charlene, Charles, Ella Louise and Sharon Hill - 1962

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Daughter: OLA FAY LOUISE HILL Born: April 24, 1924, Lafore County, Oklahoma Married: James Lee Stubbert

Son: Robert Lee Stubbert (truckdriver) Born: March 25, 1945, Torrence, California Married: Linda Jean Hornstrom Son: Jimmy Stubbert Born: l960, Downy, California Daughter: Lori Stubbert Born: l964, Downy, California Married: Louise Shirley Spar Son: Kenny Stubbert Born: l968 Son: Kevin Stubbert Born: l969 Son: Jonah Stubbert Married: Doris Alperts Fields, Oakdale, California Son: Bobby Stubbert Born: January 1, l971 Married: Carole Ryan

Glenn and Ola Faye Oliver, 1984

Glenn and Ola Faye with Bobby, Wyvonne and Linda 1962

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Robert Lee Stubbert, 1999

Ola Faye’s children: Linda, Bonnie and Bob

1999

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Daughter: Linda Kay Stubbert Born: February 27, l947, Oakdale, California Married: Richard Fugitt, May 28, l965 Daughter: Kimberly Ann Fugitt Born: March 24, l966, Downy, California Daughter: Dawn Marie Fugitt Born: May 29, l967, Downy, California Married: Mike Love Daughter: Amber Love Daughter: Ashley Love Married: Larry Miller, July 29, l972 Married: Thomas Osborn, April 6, l974 Son: Thomas Wayne Osborn Born: November 26, l974, Bellflower, CA Married: Garret Gentry Married: Glenn Wyman Oliver (truckdriver) Born: l921 Daughter: Wyvonne Faye Oliver Born: March 31, 1952, Lakewood, California Married: Larry Maley Daughter: Tina Marie Maley Born: January, l970, Bellflower, California Married: Jerry Marvin Airola Son: Tyler Airolo Born: December 24, 1991 Daughter: Taylor Nicole Airola Born: December, 1995 Son: Trey Matthew Maxwell Born: 1999 Son: Glenn Leroy Maley Born: January, l971, Bellflower, California Married: Jo Ann Nale Stiner Son: Johnny Ray Maley Born: December, l973, Bellflower, CA Married: Larry Hastie Born: l939

Linda Stubbert’s Family: Top row: Dawn, Ashley, Amber

Center row: Kim, Linda

Bottom row: Baus Osborn, Tommy, Ivory

Tyler Airolo, 2006

Taylor Nicole Airolo

2004

Trey Matthew Maxwell

Ashley, Amber and Dawn Love

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Glen Leroy Maley and family

Johnny Ray Maley and family

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Son: HIRAM RL HILL (BILL) Born: May 31, l927, Poteau, Oklahoma Married: Natha Lee Langston (Pat), 1949 Born: Modesto, California Married: Hazel Beatrice Lowrey Born: May 29, l940, Riverside,California Daughter: Gayanne Hill Born: October 17, l959, Riverside, California Married: Bill Hunter Daughter: Trina Nicole Hunter Born: October 6, 1979 Married: Clay Gretchen Daughter: Dena Lynette Hill Born: May 18, l969, Oakdale, California Married: Darren Ritts Son: Devin Lee Ritts Born: February 26, 1996 Daughter: Kylie Nicole Ritts Born: April 30, 1999

Bill Hill, 16 years old, with his horse, 1943

Bill Hill in the Navy, 1945 Eighteen years old

Bill Hill and Floyd Snow played baseball

with the Oakdale Eagles Club, 1948

Bill Hill in the Air Force, 1953

Bill Hill, disc jockey, 1955

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Bill and Natha Lee Hill on their wedding day, 1949

Bill Hill with his daughter, Dena

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Bill and Hazel Hill with their daughter, Gayanne, 1963

Gayanne, Hazel, Bill, Dena and cousin

Julie Croslow,

1973

Gayanne, Hazel and Dena Hill

1973 Bill Hill, 1995 90

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Darren and Dena Ritts, Bill Hill, Trina Hunter and Gayanne Gretchen

2006 Dena holding Devin, Gayanne and Trina

1996

Gayanne and Trina Hunter, 1982

Nicole Hunter

Trina Nicole Hunter

Four months

old

Trina Hunter, Nine years old

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Gayanne and Clay Gretchen, 2003

Cousins: Trina, Kylie and Devin, 2005

Dena Hill, 1969

Dena Hill Six years old

Dena Hill, 1987

Darren and Dena Ritts, 1995 Darren and Dena Ritts with their children, Devin and Kylie 2007 92

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Devin Lee Ritts, 1997

Devin Ritts, 1998

Devin and Kylie Ritts, 1999

Devin and Kylie Ritts, 2000

Kylie Nicole Ritts, 2003

Darren, Dena and Kylie Ritts, 2001

Devin and Kylie Ritts

Christmas, 2003

Kylie Ritts 2005

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Son: THOMAS JAMES SHATSWELL

Born: March 9, 1888, Arkansas Died: 1966 Married: Annie Harvey, September 19, 1914, AR Born: May 31, 1898 Died: August 16, 1988, Bakersfield, California Buried: Greenlawn Memorial Park,

Garden of Memory, Bakersfield, California Daughter: PEARL (?)

Daughter: LULA DEE SHATSWELL Born: June 1, 1919 Died: May 19, 2007 Married: Leroy Youngblood Daughter: Charlene Youngblood Born: October 14, 1938 Married: Carl Joseph Alexander, August 13, 1960 Son: John Thomas Alexander Born: October 24, 1961 Married: John Adam Gable, April 15, 1947 Daughter: CLAUDINE EDNA SHATSWELL Born: May 4, 1922 Married: Pete Tsitakis, January 31, 1948 Daughter: Sylvia Ann Tsitakis Born: June 5, 1950 Married: Bobby Harold Abshier Son: Philip Harold Abshier Born: July 11, 1967 Married: Steven Willard Chapman November 10, 1973

Tom Shatswell

Annie (Harvey) Shatswell

Claudine and Pete Tsitakis

1978

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Son: ERNEST THOMAS JAMES SHATSWELL (TJ, Ernie) Born: February 23, 1925 Married: Betty Colvin, January 1, 1959 Son: William Shatswell (Bill) Born: June 17, 1951, Bakersfield, CA Married: Laura Shatswell, April 14, 1984 Born: September 4, 1963 Son: Billy Shatswell Born: October 26, 1974

Married: Libby Daughter: Torri Shatswell Daughter: Autumn Shatswell Son: Justin Shatswell Son: James Shatswell Born: August 1, 1979 Daughter: Kendall Shatswell, Gallatin, Tennessee Daughter: Stephanie Shatswell Born: September 30, 1983 Married: Isaac McMillan Daughter: Skylar McMillan Born: January 10, 2006 Gallatin, Tennessee Son: Chris Shatswell Born: March 18, 1986 Daughter: Kaitlyn Shatswell Born: July 19, 2005 Hendersonville, TN Daughter: Brenda Kay Shatswell Born: November 18, 1954, Roswell, NM Son: Troy Mitchell

Daughter: Vicki Lynn Shatswell Born: October 8, 1959, Bakersfield, California Married: Dennis Knutson, December 30, 1976 Daughter: Melissa Knutson Son: Thomas Leslie Shatswell Born: November 12, 1961, Bakersfield, CA Married: Kelly Son: TJ Shatswell

TJ and Vickie

(Shatswell) Knutson Thomas Leslie Shatswell

Bill

Shatswell

Brenda Johnston

Shatswell

Ernie (TJ) Shatswell

1999

Ernest Thomas James

Shatswell

(TJ, Ernie)

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James, Kendall and Brandy, 2006 Skylar, Stephanie and Isaac McMillan, 2006

Bill and Libby Shatswell with Torri, Autumn and Justin, 2006 Chris, Sierra and

Kaitlyn, 2006

Right: The Shatswell Boys Chris, Billy and James, 2006

TJ Shatswell and family: Tom, Kaaren, Bill, Brenda TJ and Vickie, 2007

TJ, James and Bill in Bakersfield, 1998

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TJ Shatswell’s Tennessee Family: Back Row: Bill, James, Chris holding Kaitlyn, Travis (a friend),

Libby, Sierra, Isaac, Billy

Front Row: Laura, Stephanie holding Skylar, Autumn, Kendall and Justin

TJ Shatswell’s Children: Tommy, Brenda, Vickie and Bill

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Daughter: GEORGIA MAYBELLE SHATSWELL Born: February 22, 1928 Married: Herman Eugene Wells, October 5, 1946 Daughter: Sherron Jo Wells Born: November 18, 1947 Married: Leroy Johnson, November 19, 1965 Daughter: Debbie Lee Johnson Born: October 11, 1968 Son: Michael Eugene Johnson Born: October 30, 1976 (adopted) Son: JAMES ROBERT SHATSWELL (Red) Born: June 6, 1930 Married: Joyce Skaggs Son: James Ray Shatswell Born: May 27, 1952 Married: Helen O’Neill, June 22, 1958 Daughter: Sheila Ann Shatswell Born: July 2, 1959 Married: Jeffrey Fenwick, January 15, 1977 Daughter: Regina Lynn Fenwick Born: February 4, 1978 Son: RICHARD LEE SHATSWELL Born: August 1, 1935 Married: Gail Elaine Smith, August 7 Son: Dennis Robert Shatswell Born: October 15, 1956 Married: Janell Louvissie Vickers,

August 28, 1976 Daughter: Christie Janell Shatswell Born: March 12, 1977 Son: Christopher Shatswell Born: April 18, 1979 Daughter: Dennice Lance Shatswell Born: April 18, 1959 Son: Darrin Lee Shatswell Born: April 12, 1963

Richard and Gail Shatswell

1983

Annie Shatswell with children: Red, Jeannie and Claudine,

and granddaughter, Sherri Burgemaster

1978

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Daughter: GLORIA JEAN SHATSWELL Born: November 30, 1940 Married: Jack Leon Burgemaster,

September 19, 1964 Son: Jack Leon Burgemaster, Jr Born: May 31, 1967 Daughter: Sherri Bethea Burgemaster Born: December 8, 1970

Jack and Jeannie Burgemaster

With their children, Jack and Sherri

1978

Jack and Jeanne Burgemaster

1983

Tom and Annie Shatswell’s Family - 1983 Back row: Claudine, Richard, Red and Annie

Front row: Maybelle, Dee, Jeannie

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(Son: George Washington Shatswell continued) Married: Mattie Lou Rutledge, September19, 1895

Newton, Arkansas Born: February 13, 1879, Harrison, Arkansas, Boone County Died: December 24, 1958, Oakdale, California Father: Calvin S. Rutledge Mother: Lizzie Rutledge Sister: Clara Rutledge Son: Stanley Brother: Billy Rutledge Daughter: VESTIE SHATSWELL Died: 2 ½ years old

Mattie Lou (Rutledge) Shatswell

George Washington Shatswell

Back Row: Lloyd Shatswell, Reamis Shatswell, Mattie Lou Shatswell holding Dale Neill, Earl Shatswell

Middle Row: Eldon Shatswell, Doyle Shatswell, Eva Shatswell, Jananna Neill

Front Row: Bill Shatswell, Edith Shatswell, Farrell Shatswell

Mattie Lou Shatswell,

Early 1930s

Mattie Lou Rutledge Shatswell (38 years)

with Lester (10 years), Bessie (5 years) and

Raymond (3-4 months)

1917

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