As a child, Rosa's mother cooked for soliders in the Civil War. After the war, they moved to Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois, then to Butler County, Kansas. Rosa's family made the land run to Oklahoma in 1891. Her husband and brother rode horses from Kansas to stake the claims and other family members went to Guthrie to file the claims.
Family records say her father is buried in Iola, Kansas and her mother is buried in Fresno, California. Her husband is buried in Ontario, San Bernadino, California. Her sister Grace Johnson is buried in Lincoln County at Davenport Cemetery. In addition, family records say her grandmother Mary Neely Alvis died in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
As a child, Rosa's mother cooked for soliders in the Civil War. After the war, they moved to Illiopolis, Sangamon, Illinois, then to Butler County, Kansas. Rosa's family made the land run to Oklahoma in 1891. Her husband and brother rode horses from Kansas to stake the claims and other family members went to Guthrie to file the claims.
Family records say her father is buried in Iola, Kansas and her mother is buried in Fresno, California. Her husband is buried in Ontario, San Bernadino, California. Her sister Grace Johnson is buried in Lincoln County at Davenport Cemetery. In addition, family records say her grandmother Mary Neely Alvis died in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
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HAWES
Daughter
Lola M.
1902-1903
Mother
Rosa
1862-1903
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