Son of J. C. and Ida Kerley, community pioneers. One tombstone serves for Smoot and his brother, Ford.
The following is from Bill Neal's "Last Frontier - Hardeman County History", Southwest Offset, Inc, 1966. Used with permission from Bill Neal to Jeanene Stermer to enter on the Findagrave.com site for the sole purpose of preserving the history of Medicine Mound settlers.
J C Kerley came to Hardeman County prospecting for a home in 1886. He rented a rig at Harrold which was the end of the railraod and drove over to Hardeman County. He found a section two miles south of Medicine Mound to his liking and moved his family south of Medicine Mound and moved his family there in 1887. They came by train to Chillicothe as the railroad had been built further west that year.
Uncle Joe was raised in middle Tennessee and his wife, Ida Ford, was from West Virginia. They and their family were active in building the Medicine Mound Community. He, with J F Baker and M D L Vantine, built the first school house and hired a teacher. (Note: by Jeanene Stermer This was the Old Mounds School) Uncle Joe liked to travel, and the trips he made to the Dallas Fairs with his and many of the community children were legendary.
Uncle Joe sold his Medicine Mound section soon after the turn of the century and moved to Quanah to give his children a better school., His quick wit and humor made him quite popular. His daily trips to town with old Prince, his faithful old buggy horse, became quite an institution. He usually had a sack of stick candy to pass out to the youngsters he met.
Joe and Ida Kerley had twelve children and raised eight. They are: Mrs Mae Hanes of Erick, OK. She is the only one of the original family still living. She had three sons and three daughters - Elmer of St Louis, MO; Woody of Altus OK; Winifred of Amarillo; the late Ida Standifer, Mary Lee (Mrs Leon Brooks)of Weatherford, OK and Ouita (Mrs Leonard Dollar) of Ojhi, CA.
Molly Kerley (Mary K Shepard) left a son, Jess Shepard of Hazel Green, AL and two deceased daughters, Nana Lou, who had a son, Dr James L Jourdan of Huntsville, AL and Thelma, who had two daughters, Mary and Louise.
Joe Kerley leaves a daughter, Cleo (Mrs G E Lambricht)of Sun Valley CA.
Lula Kerley (Mrs Jim Vantine) leaves two sons and three daughters: Blanche Parks of Napa, CA; J T of Quanah, the late Juanita; Virginia (Mrs Paul Nichelson) of Amarillo, and W H of the Canal Zone,.
Gus Kerley's only son preceded him in death several years. He was the only Kerley of his generation.
Jim Kerley leaves a wife, the former Allie Stephenson of Tulsa, OK. They had a daughter, Theo (Mrs William Burgman) of Tulsa. Rose Kerley died without an heir. Ora Lee Kerley (Mrs Horace Netherton) leaves a daughter, Francis Lee (Mrs Arthur E Asel) of Kansas City, MO.
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note: Lula Kerley Vantine is buried at Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, TX.
The following is from Bill Neal's "Last Frontier - Hardeman County History", Southwest Offset, Inc, 1966. Used with permission from Bill Neal to Jeanene Stermer to enter on the Findagrave.com site for the sole purpose of preserving the history of Medicine Mound settlers.
J C Kerley came to Hardeman County prospecting for a home in 1886. He rented a rig at Harrold which was the end of the railraod and drove over to Hardeman County. He found a section two miles south of Medicine Mound to his liking and moved his family south of Medicine Mound and moved his family there in 1887. They came by train to Chillicothe as the railroad had been built further west that year.
Uncle Joe was raised in middle Tennessee and his wife, Ida Ford, was from West Virginia. They and their family were active in building the Medicine Mound Community. He, with J F Baker and M D L Vantine, built the first school house and hired a teacher. (Note: by Jeanene Stermer This was the Old Mounds School) Uncle Joe liked to travel, and the trips he made to the Dallas Fairs with his and many of the community children were legendary.
Uncle Joe sold his Medicine Mound section soon after the turn of the century and moved to Quanah to give his children a better school., His quick wit and humor made him quite popular. His daily trips to town with old Prince, his faithful old buggy horse, became quite an institution. He usually had a sack of stick candy to pass out to the youngsters he met.
Joe and Ida Kerley had twelve children and raised eight. They are: Mrs Mae Hanes of Erick, OK. She is the only one of the original family still living. She had three sons and three daughters - Elmer of St Louis, MO; Woody of Altus OK; Winifred of Amarillo; the late Ida Standifer, Mary Lee (Mrs Leon Brooks)of Weatherford, OK and Ouita (Mrs Leonard Dollar) of Ojhi, CA.
Molly Kerley (Mary K Shepard) left a son, Jess Shepard of Hazel Green, AL and two deceased daughters, Nana Lou, who had a son, Dr James L Jourdan of Huntsville, AL and Thelma, who had two daughters, Mary and Louise.
Joe Kerley leaves a daughter, Cleo (Mrs G E Lambricht)of Sun Valley CA.
Lula Kerley (Mrs Jim Vantine) leaves two sons and three daughters: Blanche Parks of Napa, CA; J T of Quanah, the late Juanita; Virginia (Mrs Paul Nichelson) of Amarillo, and W H of the Canal Zone,.
Gus Kerley's only son preceded him in death several years. He was the only Kerley of his generation.
Jim Kerley leaves a wife, the former Allie Stephenson of Tulsa, OK. They had a daughter, Theo (Mrs William Burgman) of Tulsa. Rose Kerley died without an heir. Ora Lee Kerley (Mrs Horace Netherton) leaves a daughter, Francis Lee (Mrs Arthur E Asel) of Kansas City, MO.
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note: Lula Kerley Vantine is buried at Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, TX.
Son of J. C. and Ida Kerley, community pioneers. One tombstone serves for Smoot and his brother, Ford.
The following is from Bill Neal's "Last Frontier - Hardeman County History", Southwest Offset, Inc, 1966. Used with permission from Bill Neal to Jeanene Stermer to enter on the Findagrave.com site for the sole purpose of preserving the history of Medicine Mound settlers.
J C Kerley came to Hardeman County prospecting for a home in 1886. He rented a rig at Harrold which was the end of the railraod and drove over to Hardeman County. He found a section two miles south of Medicine Mound to his liking and moved his family south of Medicine Mound and moved his family there in 1887. They came by train to Chillicothe as the railroad had been built further west that year.
Uncle Joe was raised in middle Tennessee and his wife, Ida Ford, was from West Virginia. They and their family were active in building the Medicine Mound Community. He, with J F Baker and M D L Vantine, built the first school house and hired a teacher. (Note: by Jeanene Stermer This was the Old Mounds School) Uncle Joe liked to travel, and the trips he made to the Dallas Fairs with his and many of the community children were legendary.
Uncle Joe sold his Medicine Mound section soon after the turn of the century and moved to Quanah to give his children a better school., His quick wit and humor made him quite popular. His daily trips to town with old Prince, his faithful old buggy horse, became quite an institution. He usually had a sack of stick candy to pass out to the youngsters he met.
Joe and Ida Kerley had twelve children and raised eight. They are: Mrs Mae Hanes of Erick, OK. She is the only one of the original family still living. She had three sons and three daughters - Elmer of St Louis, MO; Woody of Altus OK; Winifred of Amarillo; the late Ida Standifer, Mary Lee (Mrs Leon Brooks)of Weatherford, OK and Ouita (Mrs Leonard Dollar) of Ojhi, CA.
Molly Kerley (Mary K Shepard) left a son, Jess Shepard of Hazel Green, AL and two deceased daughters, Nana Lou, who had a son, Dr James L Jourdan of Huntsville, AL and Thelma, who had two daughters, Mary and Louise.
Joe Kerley leaves a daughter, Cleo (Mrs G E Lambricht)of Sun Valley CA.
Lula Kerley (Mrs Jim Vantine) leaves two sons and three daughters: Blanche Parks of Napa, CA; J T of Quanah, the late Juanita; Virginia (Mrs Paul Nichelson) of Amarillo, and W H of the Canal Zone,.
Gus Kerley's only son preceded him in death several years. He was the only Kerley of his generation.
Jim Kerley leaves a wife, the former Allie Stephenson of Tulsa, OK. They had a daughter, Theo (Mrs William Burgman) of Tulsa. Rose Kerley died without an heir. Ora Lee Kerley (Mrs Horace Netherton) leaves a daughter, Francis Lee (Mrs Arthur E Asel) of Kansas City, MO.
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note: Lula Kerley Vantine is buried at Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, TX.
The following is from Bill Neal's "Last Frontier - Hardeman County History", Southwest Offset, Inc, 1966. Used with permission from Bill Neal to Jeanene Stermer to enter on the Findagrave.com site for the sole purpose of preserving the history of Medicine Mound settlers.
J C Kerley came to Hardeman County prospecting for a home in 1886. He rented a rig at Harrold which was the end of the railraod and drove over to Hardeman County. He found a section two miles south of Medicine Mound to his liking and moved his family south of Medicine Mound and moved his family there in 1887. They came by train to Chillicothe as the railroad had been built further west that year.
Uncle Joe was raised in middle Tennessee and his wife, Ida Ford, was from West Virginia. They and their family were active in building the Medicine Mound Community. He, with J F Baker and M D L Vantine, built the first school house and hired a teacher. (Note: by Jeanene Stermer This was the Old Mounds School) Uncle Joe liked to travel, and the trips he made to the Dallas Fairs with his and many of the community children were legendary.
Uncle Joe sold his Medicine Mound section soon after the turn of the century and moved to Quanah to give his children a better school., His quick wit and humor made him quite popular. His daily trips to town with old Prince, his faithful old buggy horse, became quite an institution. He usually had a sack of stick candy to pass out to the youngsters he met.
Joe and Ida Kerley had twelve children and raised eight. They are: Mrs Mae Hanes of Erick, OK. She is the only one of the original family still living. She had three sons and three daughters - Elmer of St Louis, MO; Woody of Altus OK; Winifred of Amarillo; the late Ida Standifer, Mary Lee (Mrs Leon Brooks)of Weatherford, OK and Ouita (Mrs Leonard Dollar) of Ojhi, CA.
Molly Kerley (Mary K Shepard) left a son, Jess Shepard of Hazel Green, AL and two deceased daughters, Nana Lou, who had a son, Dr James L Jourdan of Huntsville, AL and Thelma, who had two daughters, Mary and Louise.
Joe Kerley leaves a daughter, Cleo (Mrs G E Lambricht)of Sun Valley CA.
Lula Kerley (Mrs Jim Vantine) leaves two sons and three daughters: Blanche Parks of Napa, CA; J T of Quanah, the late Juanita; Virginia (Mrs Paul Nichelson) of Amarillo, and W H of the Canal Zone,.
Gus Kerley's only son preceded him in death several years. He was the only Kerley of his generation.
Jim Kerley leaves a wife, the former Allie Stephenson of Tulsa, OK. They had a daughter, Theo (Mrs William Burgman) of Tulsa. Rose Kerley died without an heir. Ora Lee Kerley (Mrs Horace Netherton) leaves a daughter, Francis Lee (Mrs Arthur E Asel) of Kansas City, MO.
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note: Lula Kerley Vantine is buried at Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, TX.
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