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Medreth Elberta Vaughan

Female 1895 - 1987  (92 years)


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  • Name Medreth Elberta Vaughan  [1, 2
    Birth 5 Mar 1895  Poseyville, Posey County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Sep 1987  Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I24876  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Elbert B. Vaughan,   b. 9 Nov 1855, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1898, Poseyville, Posey County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Eliza Ellen Fairchild,   b. 31 Jan 1851, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1910, Poseyville, Posey County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1893  Posey County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alvin Roscoe "Ross" Hanks,   b. 1 Mar 1892, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1968 (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 14 Apr 1912  Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Clipping from the LAWTON CONSTITUION, probably published in June/July 1962.(courtesy of Sue Anna Lewis O'Hara)

      Lawtonians Will Celebrate Golden Anniversary Today

      Their childhood years were a coincidental series of almost-meeitngs, but Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hanks had to travel more than 800 miles before they met in Lawton and married --- and spent 50 years together.

      Mrs. Hanks, the former Medreth Elberta Vaughan, was born March 5, 1895, in Poseyville, Ind. Just across the Wabash River at Concord, Ill., lived 3-year-old Alvin Ross Hanks.

      The two grew up with mutual friends. Ross's grandfather and his oldest uncle lived in Medreth's home town, and Medreth's best girl friend, Nadine Brown, was Ross' cousin. The two families summonded the same doctor when someone was ill, and they visited the same places int he 35 miles between their two towns.

      When Ross was 11, he moved to Arkansas with his parents, and when he was 14, the family came to Oklahoma.

      Medreth lived in Poseyville until her mother died and she came to this area to make her home with an uncle, the late John L. Fairchild, in the Pecan community southwest of Lawton.

      Here the two met and were married. And have lived ever since except for a year in Littlefield, Tex. They farmed west of town, wher Mr. Hanks was a volunteer fireman for a number of years and then joined the Lawton Fire Department as a regular fireman in April 1926. He retired as fire chief in April, 1946.

      The couple has two sons and six daughters, all of whom will be in Lawton to host an open house in their parents honor from 2 to 5 p.m. in the parents home at 1108 Baldwin.

      They are SM-Sgt Teddy W. Hanks, Wichita Falls, Tex; Mrs. George W. Linville, Chico, Calif; Mrs. Richard G. Leonard, Lolo, Mont., Mrs. Carroll L. Dyer, Orono, Maine; Mrs. Cliff Clark, Fairview; Mrs. Bill Hale, Elgin; Mrs. Cecil A. Lewis, 2703 N. 22nd, and Del D. Hanks of the home.

      In addtion most of the couple's 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren will be present for the celebration.

      To be truthful, the Hanks have been married two months longer than 50 years, but the celebration was postponed from April until today so that all the children could be together for the first time in 18 years.

      To help the mark the Golden------ (article was copied only through this line).
    Children 
     1. Grace Ferris Hanks,   b. Abt 1914, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Johnnie Mae Hanks,   b. 2 May 1916, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 2012, Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     3. Annabelle Hanks,   b. 14 Nov 1918, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 2001, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     4. Teddy Warren Hanks,   b. 25 May 1921, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 2005, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     5. Georgia Medreth Hanks,   b. 29 Aug 1923, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 2003, Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     6. Living
     7. Del Dexter Hanks,   b. 17 Dec 1928, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1998, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     8. Living
    Family ID F8267  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Mar 1895 - Poseyville, Posey County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Apr 1912 - Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Sep 1987 - Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Oklahoma, Comanche, Lawton City Enumerated April 5, 1930 by C.H. Johnson ED 16-23 SD 8 Sheets 6A & 6B 701-121-130 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.).

    3. [S246] O'Hara, Sue Anna (Lewis) Houston, Texas (saohara@houstontexans.com)/email dated 1 Mar 2002.