EARLY LINCOLN COUNTY FAMILIES
"MRS. JAB BY WANDA BROWNING FALK"

TIMELINE 1802 Viginia/ in Tenn Cumberland Gap 1821 Kentucky 1825 Terre Haute, Indiana 1844 Marion County Missouri White River 1849 White River in Southern Missouri 1850 United States Federal Census > Arkansas > Marion > Not Stated 1856 Linden, Missouri. 1856 Finley Creek, in Webster County, Missouri, 1857 Marion, Finley Creek 1857 Buchanan county Hubbard Creek 1858 Fort Bellnap after indians ran them off Hubbard Creek, 1859 McClellen Ranch Texas. 1860 Erath County. Texas 1862 The Homestead Act Brazos River in Johnson County. Texas 1963 Fort Davis, Texas 1865 Angie married Joe Browning at Fort Davis. 1866 Fort Davis Angie has Demia 1866, Palo Pinto, Texas 1866 Miller valley which lay west of Fort Griffin. 1867 Stevens, Texas; Mr. Stegall, had moved into Cooke County, Texas 1868 Fort Griffin 1872 Fort Picketville /Brekenridge now 1869 Fort Griffin Shackelford County, Texas; 1871 Shackelford County, Texas Fort Griffin and moved took over John R Bailor ranch 1874 Baby died premture and Angie started having "rheumatism" 1875 Shackleford, Stephens County, Texas. 1876 Bufford Creek, Texas 1876 Shakleford, Stephen County, Texas 1876 Ballard Springs now Matador City 1879 Fort Griffin. 1879 Duck Creek in Dickens County, 1882, Mettie was born in Dickens County, TX 1882 Diame became Mrs. McBride and Della Mrs. McCommis 1881 to 1884 our Texas had a private war of its own, called the Fence Cutter's War 1883 Families moved to New Mexico. Fort Sumner When we came to Fort Sumner, Joe hunted up our old friends, the DeGraftenreads Our wagons came to Fort Stanton, another government post, then on to Dollins Sawmill on the Rates River. After a while we passed through the Indian Reservation, which was called Apache Silver Spring Canyon (Trough Canyon then) and James Canyon to find the mouth of the Penasco River. Curtis canyon in the Sacramento Montains was where they settled. 1885 Otero County, New Mexico Thomas McCarty Died a month later 1885 Spring south east of Curtis Canyon, not far from where now town of Cloudcroft. 1888 the families in lower Cox Canyon decided to build their own school house. 1889. Winter Small pox hit the area. They ran out of vaccine and vaccinated from each other pock serum. 1893 when the railroad come to Roswell. So they did not have to take their cattle as far. 1890 Elk Canyon, just at the line of the Indian Reservation 1893 and 1894 because diphtheria broke no school 1892 Elk, Chaves County, NM. Lily married Dick 1893 Bob's married Phronie [Sophronia] 1895 Penasco, Lincoln County Jack married Hettie, 1897 the settlers were moving fast into our mountain country. 1900 Joe and I found that the JAB and SP Bar cattle were decreasing at an alarming rate Indians were eating them. Bob and his Phronie had moved to Penasco River and now owned the JMIL home ranch; Lily and Dick were heading to Colorado to join the gold hunt; Della and Jim were off to Wyoming, Jack and Hettie were talking about the country near Portales, New Mexico. 1901 Tod married Ida; Datril, Catron, New Mexico 1902 Mettie [Jamettie],married Jim Lafferty in Chaves County, NM Albert the only child left home they moved northeast to the Feliz River. He said it was a cattleman's paradise--good water, fine grass and few settlers. How many times I had heard that! But if Bert wanted to go there, I was not holding back. Bert married his Carrie. Joe received thirteen thousand dollars from the government. Per Joe's invitation to make a large ranch. Jack, Tod, and Bert came, and they bought the fine herd which bore the Bar HL brand. Joe was happy again, and I had to admit I was feeling better myself. I wish I had been absolutely normal so I could have appreciated the stirring changes going on around us. I do remember them very well. 1905 Saw their first car 1907 we were going through what might well be called an educational revolution. Many of the mountain people moved to Roswell or Alamogordo to send their children to better grade schools and high schools. Some cattlemen sold their land to large cattle companies and bought ranches closer to these towns. Usually, the mother and children lived in town during the school session, them moved back to the ranch for vacation time. 1910 I faced a daily routine battle. Each morning when I had finished the dishes, I would rush out to work in my garden. Each morning I would say, "Today, I won't take my medicine. I don't have an ache or pain today; I can do without. Today I'll keep on working in the garden, and I won't know when ten o'clock comes; I'll not even know it." With the help of her daughter in law and the Doctor. She fought the battle against her addiction and won. 1913 I could see that Joe was getting to old to do farm work and take care of the few stock we had. We talked it over with the boys, and it wasn't hard to persuade Joe to sell the little farm- ranch and move to Alamogordo. They bought a small home and a corner store. 1915. Alamogordo was putting on its best big and tucker to celebrate our Golden Wedding Anniversary. Jack and Hettie and the five children had moved to Arizona, 1919 I could see that Joe was breaking fast they sold the store. 1923 Joe Browning died in Alamogordo, NM 1924 Mettie and children moved in with her. She went to Arkanss to visit Bob and Phronie and see a lot of the places where she grew up at. 1926 eightieth birthday crept upon me, and I had my first surprise birthday party. The Methodist Missionary Society of Alamogordo, New Mexico gave the party for me. 1931 Angeie died in Alamogordo, NM

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