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Elzada Trawick

Elzada Trawick

Female 1871 - 1951  (80 years)

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  • Name Elzada Trawick  [1
    Birth 6 Jan 1871  Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Jan 1951  Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Ken Harvey writes that she was known as Zadie or Elzadie. Her family moved to Coffeyville, Kansas, shortly before she was born.

      It was Zadie's habit, as with all the pioneers, to conserve water. She used to wash the dishes and disposing of that water she would then rinse them with fresh water. This rinse water was retained for the next dish washing. When piped water was installed Zadie continued her old routine for the rest of her life to the amusement of all.

      Obituaries (Both courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

      Duncan Eagle
      Jan. 25, 1951

      Mrs. Gentry, Pioneer Resident, Dies Tuesday

      One of the first settlers of what is now Stephens County, Mrs. J. E. Gentry, 705 North 2nd, died Tuesday in a Duncan hospital after suffering a stroke last week. Mrs. Gentry, 80, had lived in Alma since 1889. She moved to Duncan several years ago.

      Survivors include five sons, Arthur, Lee (sic), Elmer, Delbert, all of Duncan, and Lloyd of Oklahoma City; three daughters, Ruth Gentry of the home address; Mrs. Bessie Payne, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Tolbert Goodwin of Bell, Calif.; a brother George Trawick of 705 Pecan; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Rennels of Carpenter, and Mrs. Susie McMinn, Merkle, Texas; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

      Daily Banner (Duncan Banner)
      January 23, 1951

      '89er Dies in Hospital Here

      Mrs. J. E. Gentry of 704 North 2nd, died at 8 a.m. today in a Duncan hospital. She had suffered a stroke Friday. Mrs. Gentry 80, had been a resident of Alma and Duncan since 1889. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Rangeley-Holden Funeral Home. Survivors include 5 sons, 3 daughters, a brother, 2 sisters, 16 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren. The sons are Arthur Gentry, 305 South 7th; Jess Gentry, 704 North 2nd; Elmer Gentry, 1116 Elm; Delbert Gentry, Duncan; Lloyd Gentry, Oklahoma City. The daughters are Ruth Gentry, home address; Mrs. Bessie Payne, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Tolbert Goodwin, Bell, Calif. The brother is George Trawick, 706 Pecan. The sisters are Mrs. Mary Rennels, Carpenter, Okla. and Mrs. Susie McMinn, Merkle, Tex.
    Person ID I6215  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2014 

    Father James Jackson Trawick,   b. 2 Jun 1835, Carroll County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1899, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Lucinda Adams,   b. 8 Feb 1845, Tishomingo County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1933, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1863  Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Edwin Gentry,   b. 25 Mar 1869, Johnson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1950, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1891 
    • Lynell Gentry Cordell writes that "Zada Trawick's family was also in Wise Co., Texas in 1880. I wonder if John M. and Pamelia could have moved there after the 1880 census and Zada and Ed met and married there in 1890/91. Preacher William, possibly in need of care, his wife having probably died, could have been there around that time also." It is also possible that they married in Oklahoma, her obituary saying she had been a resident of Alma and Duncan since 1889.
    Children 
     1. Arthur Lemoyne "Al" Gentry,   b. 3 Aug 1892, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1961, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     2. Delbert "Bud" Gentry,   b. 5 Oct 1893, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1974, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     3. Bessie Bird Gentry,   b. 14 Dec 1894, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1958, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     4. Jess Newton Gentry,   b. 7 Dec 1896, Stephens County, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1963, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     5. Dera Lois Gentry,   b. 25 Jul 1899, Stephens County, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1988, Garden Grove, Orange County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     6. Elmer Fred Gentry,   b. 6 Nov 1901, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1984, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     7. Lloyd Raymond Gentry,   b. 8 Apr 1909, Amber, Grady County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1967, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     8. Ruth Cleo Gentry,   b. 29 Apr 1912, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1998, Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F1081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jan 1871 - Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Jan 1951 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    _Trawick, Zada
    _Trawick, Zada
    Wife of James Edwin Gentry
    B. January 6, 1876 Kansas D. January 25, 1951 Oklahoma
    Trawick sisters with their mother Elizabeth
    Trawick sisters with their mother Elizabeth
    TOP L-R Elzada Trawick Gentry, Susie Trawick McMinn, Ida Trawick Threlkeld, BOTTOM L-R Mary Trawick Rennells, Elizabeth (Adams) Trawick
    Gentry, James Edwin with wife, Elzada (nee Trawick)
    Gentry, James Edwin with wife, Elzada (nee Trawick)
    Appears to have been taken sometime prior to 1940 at their farm in Stephens County, Oklahoma
    Gentry, James Edwin Farm House, Stephens County, Oklahoma
    Gentry, James Edwin Farm House, Stephens County, Oklahoma
    Taken at the Ed and Zada Gentry farm house sometime before 1940. Top row, left to right, Zada and Ed Gentry, Eva and Bud Gentry, Arthur Gentry, Jess Gentry. Bottom row (l to r), Ruth Gentry, Gracie (Gentry) Payne (ASSUMED), Harold Gentry, Myrtis (Burch) Gentry, Robert "Bobby" Perry Sanders III, Betty Jean Gentry, and Bessie (Gentry) Payne.

    PLEASE HELPS US CLARIFY THE UNKNOWN OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ABOVE.
    Trawick and Gentry Reunion, ca 1939
    Trawick and Gentry Reunion, ca 1939
    L-R: Emma (Green) & John Price Gentry, Mary (Trawick) Rennels, George and Belle (McCauley) Trawick, James Edwin and Zada (Trawick) Gentry, Columbus and Virginia (Gentry) Parsons, John O. and Susie (Trawick) McMinn, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN.

    PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN COUPLE.

    Headstones
    Gentry, Eldaza (Trawick)
    Gentry, Eldaza (Trawick)

  • Sources 
    1. [S390] State of Oklahoma, State Health Department, Delayed Certificate of Birth.