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Sunday Time Capsule Part 15: (Continued from last week). After John Thomas died, Joe buried himself in work. He farmed as much land as he could lease. In 1915 he won the prize as the “King of Cotton” in Tillman County. The country was doing well while Europe was sinking into War. Wilson promised to keep us out of War. The need for cotton was high in Europe, thus Joe turned bails of Cotton into barrels of cash. He then was approached by two gentlemen who he had come to know. One was Dr. Fuqua and the other was Peck Mathis. They all formed a partnership and began drilling for oil in “boomtown” Burkburnett Tx. The Texas Oil Boom was Here! The photo above is of the three partners when they formed Consumer Oil Company in 1916. (To be continued next week). #parris #alexindia #alexindiapalace #1916 #margaret #joe #1915 #burkburnett #boomtown #oilexploration #moore #farming #texasoil #drill #oil #frederickok #demossie #westernfrontier #oilindustry #history #businesspartners #sharecropper #frederickoklahoma #wwi #oilboom #dotson #spooky #timecapsule (at Tillman County, Oklahoma)

Sunday Time Capsule Part 14: Last week we looked at John Thomas Moore, who died in 1914. The photo above is of the first four out of twelve to survive to old age. We will look at the others in later posts. But to recap, Joe and Maggie had 12 children during the course of their marriage. The first child, born in Arkansas in 1905 was a daughter who they named Geraldine Moore. When she was 6 months old she died of malaria. Then the next children came every two years. They were; Darrel 1906, Louise 1908, Clara 1910, Mary 1912... . The order on the photo is; Clara, Darrel, Mary and Louise. I knew them all quite well. At this point in 1913 Joe was still farming. Joe was especially hard on Darrell since he was is oldest living child and only son.It was important that Darrel have all the advantages that Joe was deprived of. But their relationship was always more like sand paper than silk. Louise was the parent helper, highly responsible and dependable through her life. Each went on to do great things and live wonderful adventures. (To be continued next week). #parris #alexindia #alexindiapalace #1913 #margaret #joe #1914 #children #death #typhoid #moore #farming #texasoil #drill #deadchild #frederickok #demossie #westernfrontier #deadbaby #history #dysentery #sharecropper #frederickoklahoma #wwi #corpse #dotson #spooky #timecapsule (at Frederick, Oklahoma)

Sunday Time Capsule Part 11: (Continued from last week) my Maternal Grandparents, Joe and Maggie Moore, buried two relatives in 1905. As listed in last week's post, Joe's younger sister, Mary died of TB.The second tragedy which befell Joe and Maggie was the loss of there first child, Wilmath Geraldine Moore. The child was born Dec 15, 1904 and died of malaria on June 11, 1905. Maggie also came down with malaria as well. She came close to dying of the fever. Her Mother, Sarah Dotson who was a midwife, nursed her back to health. The Doctor advised Joe to take her to a dryer climate and away from humid areas. So they moved from Arkansas to Western Ok in late 1905. After living in a dug out for two years and farming the virgin soil, they built a farm house. It is pictured above along with there children which will be discussed in future posts. The other photo is of the nearest town of Frederick Ok, where they would move to in 1919. (To be continued next week). #parris #alexindia #alexindiapalace #1905 #margaret #peggy #1904 #coltarkansas #colt #joe #moore #farming #arkansas #death #dead #frederickok #demossie #westernfrontier #19thcentury #history #deadchild #sweetheart #frederickoklahoma #malaria #southernbelle #dotson #oklahomahistory (at Frederick, Oklahoma)