Charlie never learned to drive a car, although he owned some and would drive a tractor only if none of the boys were there to do it.
He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church at Avery from 1912 till they left the county in 1923. He was later at First Baptist in Lamesa.
Charlie and Ruth also wore nightcaps to bed. I guess they clung to some of the old ways longer than most.
Tradition has it that Charlie was born in the covered wagon as they were crossing the Mississippi River in December 1869. He did state his birthplace as Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas.
In the fall of 1922, Charlie moved his family to Dawson County, Texas.
They moved by train. The family rode the passenger car, but Charlie rode with the stock in the freight car. Luther Lewis, a friend of the family in East Texas and had moved west earlier, wrote Charlie and wanted him to come out and help farm some land he had rented. Charles and Ruth had moved to Jones County in 1908 and stayed about a year but must not have liked it, as they moved back to Red River County within a year but the land here was worn out for cotton production and so it must have seemed a
good idea at the time in 1922 to move again.
When they moved to Jones County (1908), they were near Charlie's half brother Dr. James A. Arwood, a self educated Dr. who had moved there a couple of years earlier and bought land on the Clear Fork of the Brazos. In fact Dr. Arwood delivered the baby, Joe D., who was born while they were there.
Charlie never learned to drive a car, although he owned some and would drive a tractor only if none of the boys were there to do it.
He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church at Avery from 1912 till they left the county in 1923. He was later at First Baptist in Lamesa.
Charlie and Ruth also wore nightcaps to bed. I guess they clung to some of the old ways longer than most.
Tradition has it that Charlie was born in the covered wagon as they were crossing the Mississippi River in December 1869. He did state his birthplace as Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas.
In the fall of 1922, Charlie moved his family to Dawson County, Texas.
They moved by train. The family rode the passenger car, but Charlie rode with the stock in the freight car. Luther Lewis, a friend of the family in East Texas and had moved west earlier, wrote Charlie and wanted him to come out and help farm some land he had rented. Charles and Ruth had moved to Jones County in 1908 and stayed about a year but must not have liked it, as they moved back to Red River County within a year but the land here was worn out for cotton production and so it must have seemed a
good idea at the time in 1922 to move again.
When they moved to Jones County (1908), they were near Charlie's half brother Dr. James A. Arwood, a self educated Dr. who had moved there a couple of years earlier and bought land on the Clear Fork of the Brazos. In fact Dr. Arwood delivered the baby, Joe D., who was born while they were there.
Family Members
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Matilda Jane "Mattie" Medford Wolf
1871–1918
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Havannah Medford Hall
1873–1900
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Sara Frances "Fannie" Medford Ozment
1876–1964
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Oscar Newton Medford
1878–1955
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Nora Edna Medford Hall
1882–1972
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Mae Florence Medford Wood
1885–1935
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Salena Adeline Medford McCleskey
1850–1928
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James Jefferson "Jeff" Medford
1852–1926
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Dr William Monroe "Monk" Medford
1854–1932
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Edward Lonzo Medford
1856–1928
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Parker Josiah Medford
1859–1949
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Charles Anderson P. Medford
1860–1870
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Theodore Napnee "Thee" Arwood
1861–1894
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Dr James Andrew Arwood
1862–1944
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Benjamin Wheeler "Ben" Medford
1866–1943
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Vivian Aileen Medford
1897–1900
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Charles Herman Medford
1898–1898
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Mary Louise Medford Hardman
1900–1981
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Gervaise Rupert Medford
1902–1993
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Perry Laval Medford
1904–1984
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Opal Mozelle Medford Ashby
1906–1986
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Joe Davis "Joe D" Medford
1909–2000
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Esther Imogene Medford Teague
1911–2001
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Seldon Irskin Medford
1914–2007
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James Edward "Jim Ed" Medford
1918–2007
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