Mrs. Naomi Wilson Gore, aged 81, one of the county's pioneer women, passed away at her home in Hennessey 8:00 Monday morning, August 21. She had been in ill health several years and practically confined to her home for several months preceding her death. She lost strenght rapidly following a stroke of apoplexy on August 10, which numbed her right side, rendering her totally helpless. Funeral services wee held Tuesday morning at 10:00 from the Baptist church, Rev. C. C. Nance, the pastor officiating. Interment was made in the Hennessey Cemetery. Relatives from out of town attending the funeral included Mr. Abe Banta, Brownsville, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fox; Don Niel Jr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, Billings; Mrs. W. E. Barr, Enid; A. S. Barr and daughter, Miss Hazel Barr, of Wichita, Kans.; and Mr. and Mrs. Link Barr and family, of Dover. She is survived by four children, Mrs. Lida Neil, of Brownsville, Texas; William Barr of Enid; A. S. Barr of Wichita; and Link Barr of Dover.
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Mrs. Naomi Wilson Springer was born in Indiana on July 19, 1841 [to Enoch Springer and Rachel Willson]. She accompanied her parents [mother only--father already dead] ten years later when they came to the state of Illinois, and it was there that she grew to womanhood, and was married in March, 1860 to Samuel Barr, whose death occurred in 1868, leaving her with four small children. In 1884 she removed to Kansas with her brood, locating in the western part of the state. Privations encountered as a pioneer on the Kansas prairies failed to deter, when the West beckoned again in 1889, and she came to Oklahoma, making the race for a home on that memorable day--April 22, 1889. She secured a homestead on the banks of Skeleton creek, 12 miles east of Hennessey. Her unwavering faith and industry counted much in the few years that followed. The farm produced food and raiment for herself and family under her careful management. In January, 1893, she was married to Noah J. Gore, and nine years after they moved to Hennessey, where Mr. Gore died in 1904, and where she had since made her home, except for several summers spent in Colorado or with relatives elsewhere. She was a pioneer of two states. The privation and hardships endured while truing to make a home for her family developed great strength of character and a self reliance. Her children's success and well being were matters that concerned her greatly. No mother ever was more pleased with their achievement in later years. She builded well, indeed. She did not live in vain. Her contribution to the West was worthwhile. (Hennessey Clipper, Aug. 24, 1922)
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Mrs. Naomi Wilson Springer was born in Indiana on July 19, 1841 [to Enoch Springer and Rachel Willson]. She accompanied her parents [mother only--father already dead] ten years later when they came to the state of Illinois, and it was there that she grew to womanhood, and was married in March, 1860 to Samuel Barr, whose death occurred in 1868, leaving her with four small children. In 1884 she removed to Kansas with her brood, locating in the western part of the state. Privations encountered as a pioneer on the Kansas prairies failed to deter, when the West beckoned again in 1889, and she came to Oklahoma, making the race for a home on that memorable day--April 22, 1889. She secured a homestead on the banks of Skeleton creek, 12 miles east of Hennessey. Her unwavering faith and industry counted much in the few years that followed. The farm produced food and raiment for herself and family under her careful management. In January, 1893, she was married to Noah J. Gore, and nine years after they moved to Hennessey, where Mr. Gore died in 1904, and where she had since made her home, except for several summers spent in Colorado or with relatives elsewhere. She was a pioneer of two states. The privation and hardships endured while truing to make a home for her family developed great strength of character and a self reliance. Her children's success and well being were matters that concerned her greatly. No mother ever was more pleased with their achievement in later years. She builded well, indeed. She did not live in vain. Her contribution to the West was worthwhile. (Hennessey Clipper, Aug. 24, 1922)
Mrs. Naomi Wilson Gore, aged 81, one of the county's pioneer women, passed away at her home in Hennessey 8:00 Monday morning, August 21. She had been in ill health several years and practically confined to her home for several months preceding her death. She lost strenght rapidly following a stroke of apoplexy on August 10, which numbed her right side, rendering her totally helpless. Funeral services wee held Tuesday morning at 10:00 from the Baptist church, Rev. C. C. Nance, the pastor officiating. Interment was made in the Hennessey Cemetery. Relatives from out of town attending the funeral included Mr. Abe Banta, Brownsville, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fox; Don Niel Jr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, Billings; Mrs. W. E. Barr, Enid; A. S. Barr and daughter, Miss Hazel Barr, of Wichita, Kans.; and Mr. and Mrs. Link Barr and family, of Dover. She is survived by four children, Mrs. Lida Neil, of Brownsville, Texas; William Barr of Enid; A. S. Barr of Wichita; and Link Barr of Dover.
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Mrs. Naomi Wilson Springer was born in Indiana on July 19, 1841 [to Enoch Springer and Rachel Willson]. She accompanied her parents [mother only--father already dead] ten years later when they came to the state of Illinois, and it was there that she grew to womanhood, and was married in March, 1860 to Samuel Barr, whose death occurred in 1868, leaving her with four small children. In 1884 she removed to Kansas with her brood, locating in the western part of the state. Privations encountered as a pioneer on the Kansas prairies failed to deter, when the West beckoned again in 1889, and she came to Oklahoma, making the race for a home on that memorable day--April 22, 1889. She secured a homestead on the banks of Skeleton creek, 12 miles east of Hennessey. Her unwavering faith and industry counted much in the few years that followed. The farm produced food and raiment for herself and family under her careful management. In January, 1893, she was married to Noah J. Gore, and nine years after they moved to Hennessey, where Mr. Gore died in 1904, and where she had since made her home, except for several summers spent in Colorado or with relatives elsewhere. She was a pioneer of two states. The privation and hardships endured while truing to make a home for her family developed great strength of character and a self reliance. Her children's success and well being were matters that concerned her greatly. No mother ever was more pleased with their achievement in later years. She builded well, indeed. She did not live in vain. Her contribution to the West was worthwhile. (Hennessey Clipper, Aug. 24, 1922)
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Mrs. Naomi Wilson Springer was born in Indiana on July 19, 1841 [to Enoch Springer and Rachel Willson]. She accompanied her parents [mother only--father already dead] ten years later when they came to the state of Illinois, and it was there that she grew to womanhood, and was married in March, 1860 to Samuel Barr, whose death occurred in 1868, leaving her with four small children. In 1884 she removed to Kansas with her brood, locating in the western part of the state. Privations encountered as a pioneer on the Kansas prairies failed to deter, when the West beckoned again in 1889, and she came to Oklahoma, making the race for a home on that memorable day--April 22, 1889. She secured a homestead on the banks of Skeleton creek, 12 miles east of Hennessey. Her unwavering faith and industry counted much in the few years that followed. The farm produced food and raiment for herself and family under her careful management. In January, 1893, she was married to Noah J. Gore, and nine years after they moved to Hennessey, where Mr. Gore died in 1904, and where she had since made her home, except for several summers spent in Colorado or with relatives elsewhere. She was a pioneer of two states. The privation and hardships endured while truing to make a home for her family developed great strength of character and a self reliance. Her children's success and well being were matters that concerned her greatly. No mother ever was more pleased with their achievement in later years. She builded well, indeed. She did not live in vain. Her contribution to the West was worthwhile. (Hennessey Clipper, Aug. 24, 1922)
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