Gwendolyn Queen Johnson

Gwendolyn married Arlon Lonell Farmer on 4 Aug 1934 in Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico. Arlon was born on 7 Oct 1911 in Archer County, Texas; died on 26 Apr 1996 in Roseville, Placer County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Notes:

Noel had a younger siblings, fraternal twins, named King David Johnson and Queen Esther Johnson. His sister died young, and it was in her memory that he gave his daughter Gwendolyn the middle name Queen.

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Noel Johnson
City: Buckhorn
County: Grant
State: New Mexico
Birth Date: 6 Jul 1883
Race: White
Nearest relative: Lottie Johnson, Buckhorn, Grant Co. NM
Short height, slender build
Gray eyes, black hair
Roll: 1711801
DraftBoard: 0

(Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

Noel married Lottie Mae Rennels on 18 Sep 1909 in Beckham County, Oklahoma. Lottie (daughter of Thomas Perry Rennels and Mary C. Trawick) was born on 23 Dec 1890 in Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma; died on 10 Oct 1947 in Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Information:

1910 census Custer Co. OK ED 127 Pg. 267B
Washita twp.
57/58 Johnson, Noel, head, MW, 26, M, 0, TX US US
Littie, wife, FW, 19, M, 0, TX IL AR

1920 census Grant Co. NM ED 51 Pg. 132A
Cliff Prec.
Fm/175/175 Johnson, Noel, head, MW, 37, M, TX US US
Lottie, wife, FW, 29, M, OK TX AR
Gwendolyn, dau, FW, 9, OK TX OK
Sybil, dau., FW, 7, NM TX OK
Thelma, dau., FW, 1 ?/12, NM TX OK

1930 census Quay Co. NM ED 19-4 Pg. 36A
Tucumcari city
605 Second St. 'S'
54/57 Johnson, Noel, head, MW, 46, M, age when first marrie
d 28, OK IL AR
Lottie, wife, FW, 39, M, age when first married 18, OK TX OK
Gwendoline, dau., FW, 19, S, OK OK OK
Sybel, dau., FW, 17, S, NM OK OK
Thelma, dau., FW, 13, NM OK OK

(Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

Notes:

Married:
Beckham Co. OK - Marriage Licenses Book One
JOHNSON, NOEL RENNELS, LOTTIE 18 SEP 1909 1 374

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

Notes:

He was the son of Thomas Scott Rennels.

(Research):Census Information:

1900 - OK, Custer Co., Washita
RENNELS Mary C. Hd 37y June 1862
", George son 18y Oct 1881
", Jasper son 16y Aug 1883
", Rosa dau 15y Feb 1885
", Alfred son 13y Apr 1887
", Lottie dau 9y Dec 1890
", Elmer son 6y Mar 1894

(Courtesy of Sharon (Scriven) Iwanick. 1559 E. Caples Ct.
, La Center, WA. 98629. {data should be proven for accuracies and connections} Jan. 2007)

Thomas married Mary C. Trawick about 1880. Mary (daughter of James Jackson Trawick and Elizabeth Lucinda Adams) was born in Jun 1862 in Arkansas; died about 1960; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Census Information:

1900 - OK, Custer Co., Washita
RENNELS, Mary C. head 37y June 1862
George son 18y Oct 1881
Jasper son 16y Aug 1883
Rosa dau 15y Feb 1885
Alfred son 13y Apr 1887
Lottie dau 9y Dec 1890
Elmer son 6y Mar 1894

(Courtesy of Sharon (Scriven) Iwanick. 1559 E. Caples Ct.
, La Center, WA. 98629. {data should be proven for accuracies and connections} Jan. 2007)

Notes:

(Research):Census Listings:

1870 census Coles Co. IL Pg. 173A
Hutton Twp.
372/371
Rennels (Runnels), Thomas, 52, MW, Farmer, KY
", Susan, 45, FW, Keeping house, IN
", Napoleon(?), 21, MW, Farmer, IL
", Jane, 19, FW, IL
", Samuel, 15, MW, IL
", Thomas, 12, MW, IL
", Martha, 9, FW, IL
", Florence, 7, FW, IL
", Mahala, 5, FW, IL
", John, 2, MW, IL


1880 Census
Wise Co. TX pg. 225A
182/182
Rennels, Thomas, 67 KY
", Susan, 54 Ind
", T.P., son, 20 IL
", M.A., dau., 19 IL
", Mahaley, dau., 14 IL
", J. L., son, 12 IL
Goben, Malinda, g-dau., 9 IL
", S.W., g-dau., 6 IL
", S. A., g-dau., 3 IL

Also in 1880.....

1880 census
Wise Co. TX
Prec. 6 Pg. 229B
David A. ADAMS Self M Male W 30 Farmer MS MS MS
Francis J. ADAMS Wife M Female W 29 Keeping House IL KY I
N
Joseph P. ADAMS Son S Male W 1 At Home TX MS IL

Thomas married Susan ??? about 1848. Susan was born about 1825 in Indiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lynell Gentry notes that his headstone lists him as being age 64 at the time of the death in 1899, which would make his year of birth as 1835 instead of 1838.

Ken Harvey writes that they lived in Searcy, Arkansas when their their two oldest children were born. Sometime before 1871, when daughter Elzada was born, they moved to Coffeyville, Kansas; perhaps as a result of railroad advertisements promoting Coffeyville and Independence as two large towns on the Border of the United States and the Indian Territory.

The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to "improve" the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land. After 5 years on the land, the original filer was entitled to the property, free and clear, except for a small registration fee. Title could also be acquired after only a 6-month residency and trivial improvements, provided the claimant paid the government $1.25 per acre. After the Civil War, Union soldiers could deduct the time they had served from the residency requirements. This served to opened western lands to qualified citizens, the Indian Territory of Kansas and Oklahoma-home to more than three dozen tribes-was subject to a series of legal measures that reduced its extent. A new philosophy of assimilation favored bringing Native Americans into the United States as individual citizens, rather than allowing them lands and tribal sovereignty-a philosophy that conveniently left many acres open for settlement.

However, these unassigned lands were not opened unitl 1889, and during the decades after the Homestead Act, settlers acting illegally forced the government's hand by squatting on Indian land. The Ingalls family, of Little House on the Prairie fame, was one of a group of white settlers who set up house on Osage lands in Kansas in the 1860s, before that tribe was removed (again) to Oklahoma.

The Trawick family did not stay long in Coffeyville. Kenn Harvey noted that "after the Jayhawkers became active they moved back to Searcy, Arkansas." In the late 1870's the family moved westward again, this time to Texas.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/11/25/history_of_western_settlement_railroad_advertisements_for_settlers_to_move.html

Wise County, Texas Deeds (researched by Charles Strong, 1998)

Vol 33, Page 192-July 1890 JJ and Elizabeth Trawick sold land to R.Z. Dunwiddie Vol 30, Page 446?-1894 Makes reference to Vol 33, Page 192 Initiated in Indian Territory Sounds as though the Trawicks moved to IT after the sale in 1890 but that the note wasn't paid and the deed file in Wise County until 1894

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
J. J. TRAWICK Self M Male W 45 TN Farm
L. E. TRAWICK Wife M Female W 34 MS Keeping House MS MS
M. C. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 17 AR At Home
W. H. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 13 AR At Home TN MS
Elzadi TRAWICK Dau S Female W 9 KS At School
George TRAWICK Son S Male W 7 AR At School TN MS
Ida TRAWICK Dau S Female W 3 TX At Home
S. M. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 1 TX At Home TN MS
Tom AUTRY Son S Male W 28 TN Farmer TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 6, Wise, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255333
NA Film Number T9-1333
Page Number 224D

James married Elizabeth Lucinda Adams before 1863 in Arkansas. Elizabeth (daughter of William Valentine Adams and Nancy Carroll) was born on 8 Feb 1845 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi; died on 7 Feb 1933 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1860 Van Buren, Arkansas census shows W.V. and Nancy Adam's first child as Lucinda, age 14 born in MS. On the 1880 census, she is listed as L.E., age 34 born in MS. From then on she is called Lizzie, and her grave shows her as Elizebeth (sic) L. Trawick.

Ada Sunday News-Feb. 9, 1933 BURNS FATAL TO MRS. E. TRAWICK Mother of Mrs. W.R. Threlkeld Succumbs at Advanced Age. Mrs. Elizabeth Trawick, 88, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.R. Threlkeld, 600 W. Sixteenth, Tuesday evening at 6:40 o'clock from the effects of burns sustained earlier in the day when her dress caught fire from a stove. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the chapel of the Hudson-Keith Funeral Home, Rev. W.M. Speck officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs Trawick is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Mary Rennels of Canute, Okla., Mrs. J.E. Gentry of Arthur, Mrs J.O. McMinn of Trent, Texas, and Mrs. W.R. Threlkeld, of Ada; two sons, Henry Trawick of Hammond and George A. Trawick of Ada; 32 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)