Sarah Freer

Family/Spouse: William Norton. William was born about 1822 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isaac Huston Phenis. Isaac (son of Solomon Austin Phenis and Sarah "Sallie" Coats) was born on 23 Jan 1848 in Indiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Victoria Lyman. Victoria was born after 1851; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Lyman. William was born before 1853; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From FindAGrave:

Obituary:

Flora Jane Norton was born in Mohaska County, Iowa near the town of Oskaloose, on June 8, 1855 being 73 years, 10 months and 4 days of age at her death, April 12 1929. She was united in marriage to William Riley Phenis, near Madison, Kan., on July 3, 1873 and to this union six children were born, three having preceded her in their infancy to that better world. The other three being Mrs. Ethel McWethy, Mrs. Orpha Thomas, and Evart C. Phenis. Besides these three children she leaves one brother, Charles R. Norton of Madison, Kan., one sister, Mrs. Elnora Lyman, of Emporoa, Kan.; eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, a number of relatives and a host of friends to mourn her loss.

Her husband, William Riley Phenis, departed this life on May 26, 1909, just twenty years ago.They both united with the Christian church at Guthrie, Okla., thirty-five years ago, and were both charter members of the Christian churches at Perkins and Agra, Okla.

She lived a faithful Christian life, always devoting her time and strength to the welfare of others, forgetting herself in doing good to them.

She expressed herself as being ready to go and longed to meet her husband and loved ones over there.

The funeral sermon was preached in the Christian church in Ripley by Evangelist J.W. Garner to a crowded house, after which her mortal remains were laid to rest in the Ripley cemetery.

Flora married William Riley Phenis on 3 Jul 1873 in Kansas. William (son of Solomon Austin Phenis and Sarah "Sallie" Coats) was born on 14 Apr 1852 in Indiana; died on 26 May 1909 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma; was buried in Ripley Oak Park Cemetery, Ripley, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The family data below needs confirmation;

Ethel listed her gt.uncles and aunts (children of William, son of Marmaduke Coats) as John, Thomas -whom she personally knew as Uncle Tom, William, her grandmother Sally, Esley Coats Hayworth and Hester Coats McCool.

John Coats had offspring George, Harmon (who had four children), Marthy and Sindy.

Thomas Coats had offspring Oliver, Albert, Hester, Lotta and Sinda.

Esley Coats Hayworth had offspring Rodssanna, Lottie, Rilla, Henry and John.

Hester Coats McCool had offspring Henry (husband of aunt Maggie? Phenis) and Emeline (mother of Mrs Paxton).

Ethel married William Meade McWethy on 29 Sep 1897. William (son of John Graham McWethy and Elizabeth Strait) was born on 8 Feb 1867 in Darke County, Ohio; died on 13 Sep 1945 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Address in 1926: RR4, Perkins, OK.

Orpha Anise Phenis was born in Madison, Kansas, September 28, 1875 and died September 24, 1953, at Cresthaven Rest Home, Olympia, Washington, at the age of 77 years, 11 months and 27 days. She was the daughter of William Riley & Flora Jane Phenis. She moved with her parents to Oklahoma at the age of 14 when her father made the run for the opening of Oklahoma Territory in 1889, staking a claim near Guthrie. The family resided there until 1897 when they moved to Perkins.
She taught school two years in Logan County and 14 years in Payne County, including two years at Forest Valley where she was teaching when she was married to Edwin Thomas on September 21, 1904, at Agra, Oklahoma. To this union, five children were born.

The couple lived in Ripley until 1906 when they moved to a farm in Forest Valley community where they resided until a few months before the death of her husband. She was a member of the Christian Church and a charter member of Forest Valley Farm Women's Club and remained a member until she moved to Stillwater. After the husband's death, she lived at 1005 Main Street, Stillwater, until four years ago when she moved to Olympia, Washington, to make her home with her daughter, Lorene.

Her father built the original structure of the present Christian Church at Perkins. Her father, mother, and brother Evart Phenis were charter members of the Church at Perkins when it was organized on Sunday, March 6, 1898, and her membership was transferred to this church about 1899. Her father was one of the first three elders of the church and her brother, Evart, was clerk of the church board in 1899.

Survivors include three children: Wayne H. Thomas, 612 South Ninth, Yukon, Oklahoma; Mrs. Lorene Mahurin, Olympia, Washington; and Mrs. DeeVilla Clark, Stillwater, Oklahoma; one sister, Mrs. Ethel McWethy, 1010 W. Admiral Road, Stillwater, Oklahoma, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband on January 28, 1945, and by two children who died in infancy, her parents, and one brother.

Orpha married Edward Valejo Thomas on 21 Aug 1904 in Agra, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Edward was born on 14 Apr 1872 in Xenia, Bourbon County, Kansas; died on 30 Jan 1945 in Ripley Oak Park Cemetery, Ripley, Payne County, Oklahoma; was buried in Ripley Oak Park Cemetery, Ripley, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Evart married Elma Hurley Shipley on 21 Aug 1901. Elma was born on 27 Apr 1882 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Faye was born northeast of Guthrie, Oklahoma. She died at the Westhaven Nursing Home.

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Mead was also born northeast of Guthrie.

Franklin married Velma Lucile Richards on 8 Mar 1925 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. Velma (daughter of Walter Scott Richards and Emma Katherine Knauss) was born on 30 Mar 1903 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma; died on 15 Aug 1976 in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas; was buried on 18 Aug 1976 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Moved to Wichita to live with daughter Judith in December, 1990.

Marie married Jesse Roe Keeth on 28 Jun 1925 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. Jesse was born on 24 Mar 1903 in Herndon, Saline County, Missouri; died on 28 Nov 1963 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma; was buried in Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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April 23, 1947 Mrs. Lewis Adair Payne and daughters, Robin Adair and Penny, and Mrs. Payne's mother, Mrs. W.M. McWethy, Stillwater, are visiting Mrs. and Mrs. Marvin Payne, 1106 Oak [Duncan, Oklahoma]. Mrs. Payne is the daughter-in-law of the Marvin Paynes.

Lunora married Lewis Adair Payne on 8 May 1943 in Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. Lewis (son of Marvin Walter Payne and Grace Ellen Gentry) was born on 15 Mar 1914 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 18 Aug 1998 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Described as "of southwest Stillwater"

Payne County area schoolteacher Dee Villa Clark of Perkins died Thursday, Sept. 3, 1987 in Stillwater Medical Center at the age of 81. Her funeral is scheduled Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the First Christian Church in Perkins.

Internment will be held in the Elm Grove Cemetery. Charles Wall and the Rev. C. Jeffrey Gill will officiate at the service, which are being arranged by Strode Funeral Home.
Mrs. Clark was born in Ripley on Feb. 4, 1906, the daughter of Edwin V. and Orpha (Phenis) Thomas. She lived in the Ripley area most of her early life, except for a year when her parents lived in Tonkawa.

She married Earl Harrison Clark on Feb. 21, 1934, on her parents farm west of Ripley. The couple lived in or near Stillwater until he retired in 1968 and they moved to Perkins.
She graduated from Oklahoma A & M College in 1930 and earned her teaching certificate. She taught school for 38 years in a number of towns in the area and was a member of the First Christian Church.

Mrs. Clark is survived by her husband; one son, Arthur Edwin Clark of Oklahoma City; one grandchild; one brother, Wayne Haskell Thomas of Yukon; and one sister, Mrs. Howard (Lorene) Mahurin of Olympia, Wash.

Dee married Earl Harrison Clark on 21 Feb 1934 in Payne County, Oklahoma. Earl was born on 9 Aug 1902 in Oklahoma; died on 30 Nov 1994 in Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma; was buried in Elm Grove Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wayne married Alma Mitchell on 1 Jun 1934. Alma was born on 22 Aug 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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RR2 Box 109, Olympia, Washington, 98502

Family/Spouse: Howard A. Mahurin. Howard was born on 19 Sep 1917 in Oklahoma; died on 7 Oct 1991 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her birth year was corrected from 1901 to 1902. 137 South Monticello, Stillwater, OK

Ione married Willis D. Gallup on 29 Mar 1924. Willis was born on 6 Jul 1902 in Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]