Winfield Scott Allsman left home in Missouri at age 16. Scott and Mary Ellen Burgess were married in Texas, May 1, 1897. They raised 4 children to adulthood - Willie Edward, Ollie Lee, Osa Ebert, & Allie Viola ('Allie M' on the 1920 Census).
Leaving Texas, they farmed poor land in Western Oklahoma near Longdale in Blaine County with Scott's brother Andrew Calvin Allsman. After 3 crop failures they lost the land and moved their family into a hole dug into the side of a hill outside Longdale, distant from water.
Mary Ellen and the daughters remained while Scott took Willie (Bill) to Montana to work in the mines at a young age to send money back to the family.
Once the children were grown, the couple moved into a small house in Longdale and worked odd jobs. They then moved to Bison, Kansas where Scott worked as a janitor at a school and the couple lived in the school's basement.
Rest in Peace, Grandpa Allsman.
Leaving Texas, they farmed poor land in Western Oklahoma near Longdale in Blaine County with Scott's brother Andrew Calvin Allsman. After 3 crop failures they lost the land and moved their family into a hole dug into the side of a hill outside Longdale, distant from water.
Mary Ellen and the daughters remained while Scott took Willie (Bill) to Montana to work in the mines at a young age to send money back to the family.
Once the children were grown, the couple moved into a small house in Longdale and worked odd jobs. They then moved to Bison, Kansas where Scott worked as a janitor at a school and the couple lived in the school's basement.
Rest in Peace, Grandpa Allsman.
Winfield Scott Allsman left home in Missouri at age 16. Scott and Mary Ellen Burgess were married in Texas, May 1, 1897. They raised 4 children to adulthood - Willie Edward, Ollie Lee, Osa Ebert, & Allie Viola ('Allie M' on the 1920 Census).
Leaving Texas, they farmed poor land in Western Oklahoma near Longdale in Blaine County with Scott's brother Andrew Calvin Allsman. After 3 crop failures they lost the land and moved their family into a hole dug into the side of a hill outside Longdale, distant from water.
Mary Ellen and the daughters remained while Scott took Willie (Bill) to Montana to work in the mines at a young age to send money back to the family.
Once the children were grown, the couple moved into a small house in Longdale and worked odd jobs. They then moved to Bison, Kansas where Scott worked as a janitor at a school and the couple lived in the school's basement.
Rest in Peace, Grandpa Allsman.
Leaving Texas, they farmed poor land in Western Oklahoma near Longdale in Blaine County with Scott's brother Andrew Calvin Allsman. After 3 crop failures they lost the land and moved their family into a hole dug into the side of a hill outside Longdale, distant from water.
Mary Ellen and the daughters remained while Scott took Willie (Bill) to Montana to work in the mines at a young age to send money back to the family.
Once the children were grown, the couple moved into a small house in Longdale and worked odd jobs. They then moved to Bison, Kansas where Scott worked as a janitor at a school and the couple lived in the school's basement.
Rest in Peace, Grandpa Allsman.
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