Mynatt Hallmark

Descendants of Mynatt HALLMARK
By Gloria Hallmark Johnson

Generation No. 1

1. MYNATT3 HALLMARK (GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born October 08, 1793 in Grainger Co., TN, and died Abt. July 1864 in Blount Co., AL. He married MARY "POLLY" CALVERT December 09, 1820. She was born August 29, 1797 in Giles Co., TN, and died October 1866 in Blount Co., AL.

Notes for MYNATT HALLMARK:
Mynatt Hallmark was born during the time when his parents were members of the Richland Baptist Church located near the mouth of the Richland River. The area which is now named Blaine, formed part of the newly created Grainger Co. in 1796. The Richland Baptist Church minutes that survive from this period show that George and Leannah were not only church members but also that George served as clerk from October 2, 1792 until after August 8, 1795. At this time they, along with William & Lydia Mynatt, were granted a letter of Dismission. George had purchased four hundred acres of land from Joseph Beard on August 21, 1796 and the family moved to Knox County. In 1797 the name of George Hallmark appears as one as one of the founding members of Little Flat Creek Church in what is now called Corryton. Mynatt was the seventh (or eighth if Obediah is a brother) son and was given his mother's maiden name as his first name. (And his younger brother Cummins was given the maiden name of Leannah's mother, Sarah Cummins Mynatt.) By 1809 George Sr. along with his sons William, George Jr., and Richard can be found on the MS Territorial Census as adult males in what would become Madison County, AL. I would assume that others of the family might also be there. Mynatt and and Mary "Polly" Calvert were married, according to some family information, December 9, 1820 in TN but no document has yet been found to substantiate this information. I think it more likely that they were married in AL. In 1830 Mynatt and Mary are listed on the Blount Co., AL census with four sons under the age of ten and two daughters under the age of five. Several of Mynatt's brothers and nephews are also in Blount Co., Co., with others showing even earlier records-Jesse and George (1819 land records), Cummins (1820 marriage record), Carter (1829 marriage record). All Mynatt & Mary's children were born in Blount Co. Most also remained there. The Civil War time period took a great toll on the family, as is evidenced by the death dates. Mynatt's will was probated 1865 and contains a list of his heirs. His sons Stephen, William and Richard Caswell were also deceased by the time of his probate. Mary Hallmark died shortly thereafter, intestate. The minor children were placed in guardianship of their older siblings. Sources: Blount Co. AL-US Census Records 1830-1880; Marriage Records 1820-1900; Probate Records for estate of Mynatt and sons Stephen & Richard, brother Cummins & his son James Murphree Hallmark, US Land Patents; Tax Records; Also select marriage records from Marshall Co. AL, LDS Library IGI Files. Portrait & Bio. Record of OK-Wm Asbury Hallmark. The birthdates for Mary Calvert and Mynatt Hallmark can be found in the IGI of the LDS records. However, a sheet from Miss Mary Hallmark of Blytheville, AR also contains family information from M. F. Hallmark, of Oakland, CA in which he give these birthdates. He is a descendant of Richard Caswell Hallmark., Mynatt's son. The marriage date came from Fran LOMAS. However, I have seen this date elsewhere with Blount Co., AL attached. In the hopes of verifying this date and place, I implemented a search of the old marriage records in Blount Co., AL (not just the index). Nothing was found which means that the marriage could have taken place either somewhere else or not have been recorded. In House of Cravens, Ruth McConathy writes that Mynatt and Jessie were twins. I believe that she acquired this from Miss Mary Hallmark, her cousin, of Blytheville, AR. Della Hallmark Robertson Ferris corresponded with Miss Mary and at one time sent her information on the family of Stephen Hallmark and his wife Mary. On it she stated that Stephen's father was Mynatt and that he was a twin to Jessie. Della's name does not appear on the sheet which bears Miss Mary's stamp, but the fact that the writer has a half brother named Joseph Albert and that their father is Stephen makes any other conclusion impossible. Della was my great aunt and was the great granddaughter of Mynatt and Mary. I do not know if her father, William Asbury Hallmark told her about the twins or if she simply determined it because Jessie and Mynatt have the same birthdates. (Or do they have the same birthdates because someone said that they were twins?) I have seen no other supporting evidence of their being twins, but there are some other male twins in the family line. GKHJ1996

Notes for MARY "POLLY" CALVERT:
This birthdate is an assumption that the Mary Calvert whose birth is
listed in the IGI is the one married to Mynatt Hallmark.

Children of MYNATT HALLMARK and MARY CALVERT are:
2. i. WILBURN WILLIAM4 HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1820, Blount Co., AL; d. March 25, 1868, Blount Co., AL.
3. ii. CALVIN IRELAND HALLMARK, b. February 01, 1822, Blount Co., AL; d. June 15, 1877, Blount Co., AL.
4. iii. STEPHEN HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1824, Blount Co.,AL; d. July 1863, Blount Co., AL.
iv. ASBURY HALLMARK, b. February 01, 1826, Blount Co., AL; d. July 17, 1878, Blount Co., AL; m. MRS. SARAH ELIZABETH MURPHREE INGRAM, September 13, 1869, Blount Co., AL; b. April 22, 1836, Blount Co., AL; d. December 14, 1922, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for ASBURY HALLMARK:
Buried Remlap Cemetery, Blount Co., AL

Notes for MRS. SARAH ELIZABETH MURPHREE INGRAM:
Sarah MURPHREE was the widow of Rufus INGRAM.
Buried Shilo Poplar Springs Cemetery.

5. v. MANILLA ELLENDER "NILLIE" HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1827, Blount Co., AL; d. Aft. 1906.
vi. MARTHA ANN HALLMARK, b. June 06, 1829, Blount Co., AL; d. 1905; m. (1) ELIJAH MORTON, November 23, 1865, Blount Co., AL; b. Abt. 1841; m. (2) SPENCER S. COZBY, February 02, 1872, Blount Co., AL; b. 1832, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for SPENCER S. COZBY:
Spencer is the son of James T. COSBY. Paul HENDERSON.

6. vii. RICHARD CASWELL HALLMARK, b. March 29, 1831, Blount Co., AL; d. October 31, 1863, Lampasas, Lampasas Co., TX.
viii. EUNICE "NICY" HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1833, Blount Co., AL; d. December 06, 1871, Blount Co., AL; m. SPENCER S. COZBY, September 12, 1856, Blount Co., AL; b. 1832, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for EUNICE "NICY" HALLMARK:
Family Bible of Marilda indicates that she died on December 5th, 1871.
Wonder where the other date came from?

Notes for SPENCER S. COZBY:
Spencer is the son of James T. COSBY. Paul HENDERSON.

7. ix. LOUISA LEANNAH HALLMARK, b. January 14, 1836, Blount Co., AL; d. July 31, 1894, AL.
8. x. ORLENA "LENA" HALLMARK, b. Abt. April 1837, Blount Co., AL; d. April 25, 1901, Blount Co. ,AL.
xi. MELISSA PHOEBE HALLMARK, b. October 06, 1840, Blount Co., AL; d. August 31, 1920, ?Blount Co.,; m. JOHN WESLEY LATHAM, July 24, 1865, Blount Co.,AL; b. July 25, 1845; d. April 24, 1923, Blount Co., AL..

Notes for MELISSA PHOEBE HALLMARK:
Buried Remlap Cemetery, Blount Co. AL
Family Bible indicates that she was born on the 6th of Sep 1840
.

Generation No. 2

2. WILBURN WILLIAM4 HALLMARK (MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1820 in Blount Co., AL, and died March 25, 1868 in Blount Co., AL. He married MELVINIA AMANDA EASLEY October 07, 1841 in Blount Co., AL. She was born Abt. 1825 in Blount Co., AL.

Notes for WILBURN WILLIAM HALLMARK:
Sources: Will of Mynatt HALLMARK who died circa 1863 in Blount Co. AL mentions that Wilburn Hallmark was a son of Mynatt's and that he is now deceased. The names of his children are included in Mynatt's will probate in Blount County, AL. Other sources include Robert LENTZ information from the family and courthouse records. Lora WATSON WOODRUFF information from cemetery records, census records. Phebe was the
grandmother of Lora Corine WATSON WOODRUFF. Mary E. was the grandmother of Robert LENTZ.

Notes for MELVINIA AMANDA EASLEY:
Daughter of Daniel and Euterpsey (?) Easley. Paul HENDERSON source.
On the census of 1850 there is a Milburn HALLMARK with a wife, Amanda.
The ages are close, but the children are not the ones that show up in
the will of Mynatt, Wilburn's father.

Children of WILBURN HALLMARK and MELVINIA EASLEY are:
i. CYRENA A.5 HALLMARK, m. THOMAS FULLER, May 04, 1876.
ii. PHEBE M. HALLMARK, b. December 25, 1847, AL; d. December 03, 1917, Alcorn Co., MS; m. JAMES MADISON WATSON, April 26, 1877, Lawrence Co., AL; b. January 18, 1818, TN; d. December 27, 1891, Alcorn Co., MS.

Notes for JAMES MADISON WATSON:
Source Lora Corine WATSON WOODRUFF, granddaughter. Address in 1990 was
14177 Bentler, Detroit MI 48223.`

iii. EUDOXY K. HALLMARK, b. April 13, 1850, AL; d. March 25, 1890, Lawrence Co., AL; m. AMOS AMERSON; b. Abt. 1841, AL; d. March 25, 1926, TX.

Notes for EUDOXY K. HALLMARK:
Eudoxy is buried in Burnsville MS next to her infant son Joseph B. who
died on March 14, 1890.

Notes for AMOS AMERSON:
Conflicting information gives his age as 39 in 1870 and 40 in 1880 in
Lawrence Co and Tishomingo Co. MS records.

iv. MARY "MOLLIE" HALLMARK, b. April 26, 1853; d. April 16, 1932, Lawrence Co., AL; m. THEODORE F. LENTZ, July 18, 1877, Hillsboro, AL; b. August 29, 1850, Limestone Co., AL; d. February 12, 1912, Lawrence Co., AL.

Notes for MARY "MOLLIE" HALLMARK:
Twin to Daniel. Buried in Bellview Cemetery, Lawrence Co., AL.

Notes for THEODORE F. LENTZ:
Grandfather of Robert LENTZ

v. DANIEL DONELL C. HALLMARK, b. April 26, 1853.

Notes for DANIEL DONELL C. HALLMARK:
Twin to Mary.

vi. ELIZA HALLMARK, b. July 12, 1856, Blount Co., AL; d. August 04, 1940, Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS; m. JAMES MONROE LENTZ, August 15, 1877, Lawrence Co., AL; b. March 18, 1849, Limestone Co., AL; d. May 07, 1932, Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS.
vii. WILLIAM M. HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1859.
viii. OPHELIA HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1863, (?Lawrence) AL.

3. CALVIN IRELAND4 HALLMARK (MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born February 01, 1822 in Blount Co., AL, and died June 15, 1877 in Blount Co., AL. He married ELIZABETH MORTON January 19, 1843 in Marshall Co., AL. She was born January 01, 1821 in AL, and died April 27, 1884 in Birmingham, AL.

Notes for CALVIN IRELAND HALLMARK:
Calvin Hallmark fought in the Civil War. He is listed in Company H of the 28th Alabama Infantry. Fred McCaleb reports that Co. H marked to Mobile then through Mississippi.
Obituary of Elizabeth would put his death in 1879. This date from Paul Henderson.

Notes for ELIZABETH MORTON:
Elizabeth's obituary can be found in the AL Christian Advocate, page 2,
01OCT1884, Birmingham. "Sister Elizabeth...embraced religion at the age
14 & joined the Meth. Church of which she was a faithful member until
her death. In early life she was married to Calvin...who preceded her
to the heavenly land about seven years. Their union was blessed with 4
sons & 4 daughters...Her lot was one of affliction and although she bore
them with Christian fortitude, she earnestly desired to see the day of
her deliverance. She said that I have been traveling toward the heavenly
country for 49 years and I shall soon be at home. A funeral discourse
was preached by the writer to a large assembly at her internment."

Children of CALVIN HALLMARK and ELIZABETH MORTON are:
i. MARY5 HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1843, Blount, Co., AL.
ii. SARAH ELIZABETH"SALLY" HALLMARK, b. May 11, 1845, Blount Co., AL; d. July 27, 1919, Blount Co., AL; m. WILLIAM OLIVER "WILL" MCCAY, October 18, 1866, Blount Co., AL; b. January 01, 1821, AL; d. April 27, 1884, Birmingham, AL.

Notes for SARAH ELIZABETH"SALLY" HALLMARK:
Source is the Blount County Census and Paul HENDERSON. GKHJ1994

iii. MARSHALL MYNETT HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1847, Blount Co., AL; d. died of TB, probably in AL; m. MISS THURSEY.

Notes for MARSHALL MYNETT HALLMARK:
Source is Paul HENDERSONs book, 1994. GKHJ1994

iv. WILLIAM CRUMP HALLMARK, b. April 21, 1849, Blount Co., AL; d. February 06, 1934, Blount Co., AL; m. (1) NANCY J. TOWNSEND; m. (2) MARTHA ANN LOVE, October 30, 1867, Blount Co., AL; b. August 12, 1850, Blount Co., AL; d. October 12, 1905, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for WILLIAM CRUMP HALLMARK:
Source of information is Paul HENDERSON's 1994 book. GKHJ1994

Notes for NANCY J. TOWNSEND:
Source is Paul HENDERSON's book. It is reported that Nancy was his step
mother. GKHJ1994

Notes for MARTHA ANN LOVE:
Source is Paul HENDERSON's book, 1994. GKHJ1994

v. ELIZAH JEMINA "JANE" HALLMARK, b. September 11, 1850, Blount Co., AL; d. May 09, 1928, Blount Co., AL; m. ROBERT HILLARD LOVE, April 18, 1868, Blount Co., AL; b. September 22, 1851, Blount Co., AL; d. April 24, 1888, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for ELIZAH JEMINA "JANE" HALLMARK:
Source is entirely information from Paul HENDERSON's book, 1994.GKHJ1994

vi. JASPER LEANDER HALLMARK, b. August 09, 1857, Jefferson Co., AL; d. December 18, 1896, Selfville, Bount Co., AL; m. HULDY FRANCES "FANNY" HILL, August 01, 1877, Blount Co., AL; b. December 11, 1857, Jefferson Co., AL; d. March 31, 1909, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for JASPER LEANDER HALLMARK:
Source of information is Paul HENDERSON's book, 1994. GKHJ1994

vii. WILLIAM DEVERS HALLMARK, b. July 1860, Blount Co., AL; d. July 17, 1895, Blount Co., AL; m. VARANDA VEIGH HILL, February 01, 1878, Blount Co., AL; b. May 25, 1861, Blount Co., AL; d. January 31, 1920, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for WILLIAM DEVERS HALLMARK:
Source is Paul HENDERSON's 1994 book. GKHJ1994

viii. SOPHRONIA FRANCES "CANDIS" HALLMARK, b. June 30, 1861, Blount Co., AL; d. 1936; m. RICHARD ELIJAH "DICK" LOGGINS; b. July 23, 1851, Blount Co., AL; d. 1930.

Notes for SOPHRONIA FRANCES "CANDIS" HALLMARK:
Source is Paul HENDRSON's 1994 book. GKHJ1994
.

4. STEPHEN4 HALLMARK (MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1824 in Blount Co.,AL, and died July 1863 in Blount Co., AL. He married MARY ANN MORTON October 21, 1844 in Marshall Co., AL. She was born Abt. 1822 in AL, and died 1863 in Blount Co., AL.

Notes for STEPHEN HALLMARK:
Stephen was born in AL, presumeably in Blount Co. He married Mary Ann Morton in neighboring Marshall Co., where his father-in-law, Wm. Morton Sr., cosigned the $200 bond required to obtain the license. Note the close involvement between the Morton and Hallmark families. Stephen's brother Calvin had married Mary Ann's sister Elizabeth a year earlier. In 1828 Stephen's first cousin George W. Hallmark (Carter's son) married Mary Ann's sister Martha. Another of Stephen's cousins, James Murphree Hallmark (Cummins's son) married Sarah Morton, daughter of Marshall Morton Jr., brother to Wm. Morton Sr. Then Cummins Hallmark married for his third wife, Martha Morton Thomas, a widow of Greenbury Thomas, and a sister to Sarah Morton who married his eldest son. Stephen and Mary Ann had at least nine children, eight of which survived to adulthood. Stephen, along w/brothers Asbury, Calvin, Richard Caswell and several cousins enlisted in the Confederate Army. Stephen trained in AL at Talladega. Stephen and George W. served in Company C of the 28th Alabama Infantry. Brother Calvin served in Company H. It is assumed that Stephen died during the War Between the States although we have no record of cause of death either from war injuries or disease.* Stephen & Richard were both dead before their father's estate was settled in'65. Stephen left $8,386 in Confederate dollars as well as land. Mary Ann was apparently deceased before Stephen's will was probated as she is not mentioned. Also neither Stephen or Mary Ann are mentioned in the will of Mynatt Hallmark, Stephen's father, but their children including minors, are included.
*There might be a clue in the death of several members of the family, both civilian and military, in the Forrest-Streight Raids that occurred beginning April 26, 1863 in Blount County, AL. Or perhaps we are just seeing one of many examples of the consequencesds of war being fought literally in your own backyard.
Sources: US Census 1830-1860 for Blount Co., AL; Marriage records from Blount & Marshall Co.; Probate Records for Mynatt & Stephen in Blount Co.; US Land Patents &Tax Records, Civil War Lists from AL from the National Archives or LDS Family History Center. The US General Land Office in Huntsville, AL has a record showing that Stephen Hallmark of Blount Co., AL purchased two hundred forty five acres of public lands on March 1, 1858. A copy of a meal ticket from Talladega, AL, a confederate training facility, dated February 11-14, 1863 shows that he was in the Confederate Army. The fact that he is the father of William Asbury HALLMARK is best proven by an autobiographical statement given by William himself in Portrait and Biographical Records of OK. Stephen and Mary Ann's family is enumerated by name on the 1850 and 1860 Blount County census. That Stephen was a son of Mynatt is determined by the inclusion of his and Mary Ann's children in the will of his father and by deduction from the 1830 and 1840 Blount Co., AL censuses. GKHJ1996

Notes for MARY ANN MORTON:
The name of Mary Ann MORTON and Stephen HALLMARK as parents of William Asbury HALLMARK are given by William himself in his autobiographical article in The Portrait and Biography of Oklahoma, 1901, Chapman Publishing Co. This is available in the Oklahoma Historical Society Library in Oklahoma City, OK as well as in the Family History Center of the LDS Library.
Mary Ann is listed as a daughter of William M. MORTON in his will probated September 10, 1855 in Marshall Co., Alabama. The heirs and spouses are listed. Mary Ann's sister, Elizabeth married Stephen's brother, Calvin Ireland HALLMARK. Her sister Martha married George W. HALLMARK, a cousin and son of Carter HALLMARK and Kiziah HUGHES.
A second Martha MORTON, widow of Greenbury THOMAS, became the third wife of Cummings, Stephen's uncle. This Martha is the daughter of Marshall MORTON Jr., son of Marshall MORTON Sr., brother to William MORTON, Mary Ann's father. There is also a Sarah MORTON who married James Murphree HALLMARK, son of Cummings HALLMARK and his first wife, Kiziah MURPHREE. This information comes from the census records of Blount County, AL and from Mrs. Ollie MORTON, 312 E. Sunset, Gadsden AL, with whom I corresponded in the early 1990's. GKHJ1996

Children of STEPHEN HALLMARK and MARY MORTON are:
i. MARTHA5 HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1845, Blount Co., AL.
ii. MARY HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1846, Blount Co., AL; d. TX; m. (1) JIM BLACKBURN; m. (2) ELISHA HICKS, September 12, 1869, Blount Co., AL; d. August 31, 1873, Blount Co., AL - buried Massey Line Cemetery, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for MARY HALLMARK:
Source: Blount Co. Census, Paul HENDERSON's Book 1994. GKHJ1994

iii. NANCY HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1847, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for NANCY HALLMARK:
Source of this child is Paul HENDERSON's Book, 1994. I did not find her
on the 1850 or 1860 census. She could have died as a baby. GKHJ1994

iv. MANILA ELLENDER "ELLEN" HALLMARK, b. February 27, 1849, Blount Co., AL; d. April 03, 1898, Blount Co., AL - buried County Line Baptist Church, Blount Co., AL; m. SAMUEL HALL, February 02, 1865, Blount Co., AL; b. February 25, 1846, Blount Co., AL; d. November 01, 1928, Blount Co., AL - buried County Line Baptist Church, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for MANILA ELLENDER "ELLEN" HALLMARK:
Pleasant Site is in Franklin County, AL.

9. v. WILLIAM ASBURY HALLMARK, b. April 01, 1850, Blount Co., AL; d. November 26, 1910, Cleveland Co., OK.
vi. MARSHALL MINETTE HALLMARK, b. March 01, 1852, Blount Co., AL; d. July 1871, Blount Co. AL; m. MISSOURI PARALEA GURLEY, March 05, 1871, Blount Co., AL; b. November 13, 1851, AL; d. September 22, 1922, Blount Co. AL- bur. Bethelem Methodist Church Cemetery, Blount.

Notes for MARSHALL MINETTE HALLMARK:
Mynett was a minor in 1870 so he must have been no older than 17 years,
according to his father's will. See Paul HENDERSON's 1994 book. GKHJ1994

vii. ISABELLA NEELY HALLMARK, b. 1854, Blount Co., AL; d. November 05, 1892, Baileyton, Fannin Co., TX; m. JAMES ELIJAH "LITTLE LIGE" SELF, February 07, 1873, Blount Co., AL; b. October 10, 1852, Blount Co., AL; d. March 12, 1942, Blount Co., AL - buried Remlap Cemetery, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for ISABELLA NEELY HALLMARK:
According to the SELF Heritage, she died of typhoid fever. Her date of death was taken from this book, but not her date of birth. On the 1860 she shows up as age 5, and on the 1880, she shows up as 28 after she is married. I did not find her on the 1870 census. On the probate record of her father, Stephen Hallmark's estate in 1866, she is shown as under 14. Her brother Marshall is shown as over 14 and under 21. This means that the birthdate shown for him as of 1852 seems to be correct and hers would be more correct with the 1854 date instead of the 1852 date deduced from her date from the census after her marriage. GKHJ1996

Notes for JAMES ELIJAH "LITTLE LIGE" SELF:
Elijah is buried in Remlap Cemetery, Blount County, AL, according to the
SELF Heritage. This book also reports his marriage date as 05FEB1872,
but my records for the SELF and HALLMARK families reflect the date that
I have entered above.

viii. LAVICY LENNY LOUISE HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1858, Blount Co., AL; d. bur. Massey Line Cemetery, Jefferson Co., AL; m. W. C. HICKS, January 13, 1876, Blount Co., AL.

Notes for LAVICY LENNY LOUISE HALLMARK:
Source: Blount Co. Census and Paul HENDERSON's 1994 book. GKHJ1994

ix. EMORY RUFUS HALLMARK, b. June 1859, Blount Co., AL; d. bur. Hopewell Cemetery, Jefferson Co., AL; m. NANCY HICKS, March 05, 1882, Blount Co., AL; d. bur. Hopewell Cemetery, Jefferson Co., AL.

Notes for EMORY RUFUS HALLMARK:
Source of Information include the Blount Co. records, and Paul
HENDERSON's 1994 book. GKHJ1994
.

5. MANILLA ELLENDER "NILLIE"4 HALLMARK (MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1827 in Blount Co., AL, and died Aft. 1906. She married JEREMIAH ELLIS September 30, 1869 in Blount Co., AL. He was born Abt. 1812 in AL.

Notes for MANILLA ELLENDER "NILLIE" HALLMARK:
Family Bible entry is unclear as it is torn, but it appears that she was
born on the 15th of ? in 1827

Children of MANILLA HALLMARK and JEREMIAH ELLIS are:
i. MARY5 ELLIS, b. Abt. 1848, Blount Co., AL.
ii. STEPHEN ELLIS, b. Abt. 1853, Blount Co., AL.
iii. FORREST ELLIS, b. Abt. 1855, Blount Co., AL.
iv. NATHANIEL ELLIS, b. Abt. 1858, Blount Co., AL.
v. WILLIAM ELLIS, b. Abt. 1951, Blount Co., AL.

6. RICHARD CASWELL4 HALLMARK (MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born March 29, 1831 in Blount Co., AL, and died October 31, 1863 in Lampasas, Lampasas Co., TX. He married MARY ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG January 02, 1854 in Blount Co., AL. She was born August 29, 1837.

Notes for RICHARD CASWELL HALLMARK:
Richard Caswell Hallmark is buried in Beck Church Cemetery in Lampasas, Lampasas County Texas according to a family Bible in Miss Mary HALLMARK's notes. This Bible belonged to the grandmother of M. F. HALLMARK of Oakland CA. It gives the birthdates of Minet and Mary CALVERT HALLMARK as well as that of the family of Richard Caswell HALLMARK. Paul Henderson has the death date as 1862. 1863 came from Miss Mary HALLMARKS note. GKHJ1989

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG:
Sources: Blount County, VA Census of 1860 lists the age of Mary, then
the wife of Richard HALLMARK as 23. In the Blount Co. probate records
1859-1867, pages 612-615, Mynatt HALLMARK estate, the minor heirs of
Caswell HALLMARK a son of Mynatt are listed with Mary E. GLOVER as the
guardian. In 1970 Mary GLOVER's age is listed as 32. In the notes of
Miss Mary HALLMARK, page 10, edited by Fred McCALEB, notes from a family
Bible for the line of Mary and Richard Caswell HALLMARK give the
birthdate of Mary as 29AUG1837. I think that the "7" is an error of
interpretation as 1831 fits with the ages given on the census record
exactly. The family Bible record could have looked like 1831 or 1837.
I have chosen to use the 1837 since it fits with the ages. GKHJ1990

Children of RICHARD HALLMARK and MARY ARMSTRONG are:
i. LUCY ANN5 HALLMARK, b. Abt. 1855, Blount Co. ,AL; m. JESSE ADKINS.
ii. MYNATT CUMMINS HALLMARK, b. February 22, 1857, Blount Co., AL; d. October 31, 1929, ? Lampassas Co., TX; m. ATTA ZARA LEGG, December 26, 1878, Colorado Co., TX.

Notes for MYNATT CUMMINS HALLMARK:
See Page 10 of Miss Mary's book for Mynatt & Mary HALLMARK family Bible.

iii. THOMAS A. HALLMARK, b. March 23, 1859, Blount Co., AL; d. ?Lampassas, TX; m. EMMA.

Notes for THOMAS A. HALLMARK:
See page 10 of Miss Mary's notebook

iv. JACOB A. HALLMARK, b. September 12, 1861, Blount Co., AL; m. RACHEL.

7. LOUISA LEANNAH4 HALLMARK (MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born January 14, 1836 in Blount Co., AL, and died July 31, 1894 in AL. She married MAJOR MOSES SELF December 13, 1863 in Blount Co., AL. He was born November 13, 1820 in Blount Co., AL, and died November 26, 1886 in Jefferson Co., AL.

Notes for LOUISA LEANNAH HALLMARK:
Olyve HALLMARK ABBOTT says that Louisa died 31JUL1894, buried Jefferson
Co., AL, Bethel Methodist Cemetery. I had 13JUL1914 from a source I
cannot now locate. I will check this, but until I find the source, I
will accept Olyve's since it has more information. I think that Olyve's
source is the SELF Heritage as that date is also listed there. According
to that source, Louisa Leanna is buried in Bethel Methodist Cemetery in
Jefferson County, as is her husband. see Major SELF.

Notes for MAJOR MOSES SELF:
Major Moses SELF was the operator of a cotton gin, a saw mill and a
grist mill. He was also reportedly a Methodist minister. He donated
the land for Bethel Methodist Church and their cemetery on highway 79
which is near where the location of present Bethelem Church of Christ.
Both Louisa and Major are buried in the Bethel Methodist Cemetery
according to the SELF Heritage book.

Child of LOUISA HALLMARK and MAJOR SELF is:
i. MARTHA5 SELF, b. Abt. 1874, AL.

Notes for MARTHA SELF:
The only source of her existence is the SELF Heritage. I did not find
her on the census as I did not follow her family into 1880.
.

8. ORLENA "LENA"4 HALLMARK (MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. April 1837 in Blount Co., AL, and died April 25, 1901 in Blount Co. ,AL. She married WILLIAM SELF January 17, 1861 in Blount Co., AL. He was born June 04, 1826 in Jefferson or St. Clair Co., AL, and died April 20, 1907 in Jefferson Co., AL.

Notes for ORLENA "LENA" HALLMARK:
Buried Bethleham Methodist Church Cemetery

Notes for WILLIAM SELF:
William SELF, father of Elizabeth SELF, can be found on the 1850 Blount
County Census AL with wife Elizabeth and infant daughter Elizabeth. On
1860 Census, his wife is missing, but Elizabeth 11, Leander 6, Mary 2
and James Watson aged 2 months are present. According to Juanita ASKEW,
Wm's first wife was Elizabeth GURLEY & she was the mother of Elizabeth.
The other 3 children were from his second marriage to Sarah TAYLOR who
probably died in childbirth before the 1860 Census. Wm married a 3rd
time to Orlena HALLMARK, dau of Mynatt HALLMARK, sister to Stephen, aunt
of Wm Asbury HALLMARK who married Wm. SELFS daughter Elizabeth. Sources
of information: Olyve HALLMARK ABBOTT, 3737 Summercrest Drive, Ft.
Worth, TX, 1990 and The SELF Heritage which may be found in the LDS
Library. Juanita ASKEW who furnished the letter of Wm. LOVES to Gladys
MERRILL, 1926, (2518 County Line Road, Trafford, AL. GKHJ1994

Children of ORLENA HALLMARK and WILLIAM SELF are:
i. THOMAS G.5 SELF, b. Abt. 1862, (Blount) AL.
ii. WILLIAM P. SELF, b. Abt. 1864, (Blount) AL.
iii. MELISSA CATHERINE SELF, b. Abt. 1867, (Blount) AL.
iv. CONETHY? SELF, b. Abt. 1869, (Blount) AL.

Generation No. 3

9. WILLIAM ASBURY5 HALLMARK (STEPHEN4, MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born April 01, 1850 in Blount Co., AL, and died November 26, 1910 in Cleveland Co., OK. He married (1) ELIZABETH SELF October 06, 1867 in Blount Co., AL, daughter of WILLIAM SELF. She was born December 05, 1849 in Blount Co., AL, and died April 01, 1883 in Jimtown, Indian Territory, now Love Co., Oklahoma. He married (2) ROSAMOND FRANCES BEARDEN July 19, 1883 in Cooke Co., TX. She was born November 06, 1865 in TX, and died May 11, 1950.

Notes for WILLIAM ASBURY HALLMARK:
William Asbury Hallmark was orphaned by age thirteen, lost his paternal grandfather at fourteen and paternal grandmother (with whom he had lived after the death of his parents) at sixteen, and married at age seventeen, all in Blount County, AL. When he was twenty six he moved his family to Union Co., MS. where they lived for two years and his son Rufus was born. Next he moved to Denton Co., TX where they lived for thee years and another son was born. Next they moved into the Indian Territory near Jimtown (later Love Co., OK) where they lived for one year. His wife Elizabeth died there. He remarried almost immediately to a young widow who was three years older than his oldest son. He married Rosamond in Cooke Co., TX and lived there for three years before moving back into the Indian Territory, near Beef Creek where they lived for two years. Next he moved to the Oklahoma Territory (now Cleveland Co. OK) where he remained until his death. He was moderately successful and well respected by his peers according to his obituary in the Norman Democrat. He fathered at least sixteen children from two marriages. Twelve of these survived to adulthood. His first wife who came from Blount County with him is buried in Jimtown Cemetery north of the Red River on the bluff, in what is now Love County, OK. He is buried in Warren Cemetery, Cleveland Co., Norman, OK along with three sons from his first marriage who lived to adulthood: Albert (and his wife and infant), James and Rufus Elmer. Also buried there are four young children of William and Rosamonds- Wiloughby age 8 months, Maud age 5 years, Margaret age 7 months, and Earlie age 3 years.
Sources: Family Bible of William Asbury Hallmark, transcribed in 1977 by Della Hallmark Robertson Ferris. Supplemental data added by Gloria Hallmark Johnson at the time of the events..
See also listing for William in the Portrait and Biographical Record of OK of OK, 1901, Chapman Pub. Co. which may be found in the OK Historical Society, OKC, OK. US Census: Blount Co., AL 1850 &1860 ( where he is enumerated with his parents); Denton Co., TX 1880 (with wife Elizabeth); Cleveland Co., Ind. Terr. (later OK) 1900 with Rosamond. Marriage records, Blount Co. (Elizabeth SELF) and Cooke Co. TX (Rosamond Frances Bearden, widow of Samuel Adams). Death certificate & Obituary for William from Norman Democrat 01DEC1910 (also at the OK Historical Society). Photographs of the Jimtown Cemetery, Jimtown, OK where Elizabeth is buried and & Warren Cemetery, Norman, OK where Wm & seven of his children are buried. Note that Rosamond survived her husband by many years and went to CA to be near her children and is buried there. GKHJ1996

Notes for ELIZABETH SELF:
The primary source of the name of Elizabeth SELF as the wife of William Asbury HALLMARK comes from his autobiographical article in the Portrait and Biography of Oklahoma, 1901, Chapman Publishing Co. This may be found in the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK. The marriage license for William and Elizabeth is found in Blount County. Elizabeth SELF is found on the 1860 Census of Village Springs, Blount Co., AL with her father, 2 younger sisters & brother Joseph Watson SELF. They live very near grandfather Vincent Garner SELF Sr. & 2nd wife, Kiziah HUGHES HALLMARK (widow of Carter HALLMARK and a great uncle to Wm. Asbury HALLMARK) SELF. Near V. G. SELF Sr., are sons V.G.Jr. & wife Mary Melissa HALLMARK (dau of Carter HALLMARK & Kiziah HUGHES) and Elijah SELF & wife Elizabeth VANN with their son James SELF who later marries Neely/Netty Isabella HALLMARK, sister to Wm. Asbury. Also in the neighborhood is Geo. W. HALLMARK (son of Carter & Kiziah). Her father, Wm, SELF married a second time on 17JAN1861 Orlena HALLMARK, an aunt of Wm. Asbury HALLMARK. It seemed to be quite a close neighborhood.
In 1876 Elizabeth & Wm. moved with their 4 children to Union Co., MS where they lived for 2 yrs. It was here that my grandfather Rufus Elmer was born. The next three years, they lived in Denton Co. TX (see 1880 Census). Her brother Joseph & his wife Kittie, son Jermie lived with them. William and his family moved across the Red River to Jimtown, Indian Terr., now Love Co. OK, where Elizabeth died. She is buried in the Jimtown Cemetery on the bluff of the Red River under an oak tree. In June of 1989 my husband, mother and I visited there. Other HALLMARK relatives have visited since. Sources: Blount Co. AL Mar. Records & 1860 Census; 1880 Denton Co. TX Census; Portrait & Biographical Record of OK, 1901, pg. 1269-70; Family Bible Records of Wm. A. HALLMARK compiled by Della HALLMARK FERRIS, in 1977. Della was the last surviving child of Wm. & of his second wife Rosamond. GKHJ1994

Notes for ROSAMOND FRANCES BEARDEN:
Information on Rosamond BEARDEN ADAMS HALLMARK was obtained by her daughter Della HALLMARK FERRIS from her personally and from her HALLMARK family Bible. Marriage records were obtained from Cook County, TX. GKHJ1990

Children of WILLIAM HALLMARK and ELIZABETH SELF are:
i. STEPHEN MARSHAL6 HALLMARK, b. October 16, 1868, Blount Co., AL; d. June 17, 1950, Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK; m. (1) MINNIE; m. (2) OLLA S. HOLIDAY, December 25, 1895; d. April 19, 1929, Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK.

Notes for STEPHEN MARSHAL HALLMARK:
According to information from the family gathered by my mother:
Stephen Marshall is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery Section 14, S.E. Lots
370+. Watts and Mc? records transferred to Hahn Cook. Trell HALLMARK
died June 1939. Buried Rose Hill section Loselawn? Lot 189. Guardian
Funeral home has records.

Notes for MINNIE:
Living (when my mother talked to her) at 1311 N.E. 16th, OKC, OK.

10. ii. MARTHA I. HALLMARK, b. November 06, 1870, Blount Co. AL; d. February 20, 1899.
11. iii. JAMES W. HALLMARK, b. February 09, 1873, Blount Co., AL; d. September 02, 1912, Norman , Cleveland Co.,OK.
iv. MARY ELLA HALLMARK, b. April 24, 1875, Blount Co., AL; d. December 26, 1954; m. CHARLIE MERKLE, December 24, 1903.
12. v. RUFUS ELMER(ELMO) HALLMARK, b. November 29, 1877, Union Co., MS; d. May 09, 1916, Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK.
13. vi. JOSEPH ALBERT HALLMARK, b. July 14, 1880, Denton Co., TX; d. March 29, 1969, Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK.

Children of WILLIAM HALLMARK and ROSAMOND BEARDEN are:
vii. ETHEL6 HALLMARK, b. August 01, 1884, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma; d. Aft. 1941, probably Phoenix, AZ; m. BURTON E. COOK, September 01, 1901.

Notes for ETHEL HALLMARK:
Ethel Hallmark Cook was last seen by the family in about 1942 when Olive Hallmark Hunt visited her in Phoenix AZ. I have been unsuccessful in finding a death date for her in AZ or anywhere else for that matter. GKHJ1996

viii. CORA ADELINE HALLMARK, b. November 12, 1886, Cooke Co., TX; d. March 13, 1972, ?Norman, Cleveland Co., OK; m. SYDNEY PORTER SMITH, August 09, 1906.

Notes for CORA ADELINE HALLMARK:
Addy (Cora Adeline) and her husband, Porter Smith purchased the property of Wm A. Hallmark after his death, according to Lora D. Hallmark. GKHJ1991

ix. SIMEON ELDREDGE HALLMARK, b. March 21, 1889, Indian Territory, OK; d. January 27, 1955, ?CA; m. EMMA DRAKE, October 14, 1911.
x. WILOUGHBY S. HALLMARK, b. July 17, 1891, OK Terr., now Cleveland Co., OK; d. March 19, 1892, OK Terr., now Cleveland Co., OK.

Notes for WILOUGHBY S. HALLMARK:
Wiloughby is one of the four Hallmark children buried in the Warren Cemetery, Norman, OK. GKHJ1996

xi. MAUD A. HALLMARK, b. December 22, 1893, OK Terr., now Cleveland Co., OK; d. January 11, 1899, OK Terr., now Cleveland Co., OK.

Notes for MAUD A. HALLMARK:
Buried Warren Cemetery, Norman, OK.

xii. WILLARD EDGAR HALLMARK, b. March 21, 1896, OK Terr.itory, now Cleveland Co., OK; d. June 30, 1972; m. KATHRENE ESTHER WATSON, March 1926.
xiii. DELLA HALLMARK, b. October 09, 1898, Oklahoma Territory, now Cleveland Co., Oklahoma; d. September 03, 1994, Loyalton, Sierra Co., CA; m. (1) RAY D. ROBERTSON, June 08, 1926; m. (2) GEORGE JOSEPH FERRIS, October 29, 1949; d. June 26, 1955.

Notes for DELLA HALLMARK:
Della Hallmark Robertson Ferris was the first one in the family that I am aware of that showed an interest in the family genealogy. As a child I remembered meeting her and being aware that she was a strong and confident woman. She worked on the Hallmark genealogy in the 1970's and corresponded with Miss Mary Hallmark of Blytheville, AR. The reason that I know this is that I found some of her information in material that Miss Mary had shared with Fred MCaleb and Charles Howard Hallmark. My mother also had a copy of the family Bible information that Della had copied from the family Bible of her father's which was in her possession. She sent the Bible itself to one of her nephews in California a number of years ago. At one point she said that she and Leta were the last ones alive but we have no death information for Ethel Hallmark Cook. Leta died next and Della died after several years in a nursing home. There is a death certificate in the file to validate her death, the last in the family Bible records except for the missing Ethel Cook. GKHJ1997

xiv. MARGARET D. HALLMARK, b. April 10, 1901, Oklahoma Territory, now Cleveland Co., Oklahoma; d. October 15, 1902, Oklahoma Territory, now Cleveland Co., Oklahoma.

Notes for MARGARET D. HALLMARK:
Buried Warren Cemetery, Norman, OK.

xv. LETA HALLMARK, b. April 01, 1904, Oklahoma Territory., now Cleveland Co., OK; d. June 24, 1987, Loyalton, Sierra Co., CA; m. CLYDE B. REEDER, October 10, 1936.
xvi. EARLIE HALLMARK, b. December 17, 1906, Oklahoma Territory, now Cleveland Co., Oklahoma; d. June 07, 1909, Oklahoma Territory, now Cleveland Co., Oklahoma.

Notes for EARLIE HALLMARK:
Earlir Hallmark is buried with many of his family in Warren Cemetery, Norman, OK
.

Generation No. 4

10. MARTHA I.6 HALLMARK (WILLIAM ASBURY5, STEPHEN4, MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born November 06, 1870 in Blount Co. AL, and died February 20, 1899. She married JOHN O. GIBSON February 1889 in Oklahoma.

Notes for JOHN O. GIBSON:
Source of the information on Martha I. Hallmark and John Gibson beyond what was in the Family Bible of William Asbury Hallmark is Fern L. Hudson, 8037 Archer Avenue, Fair Oaks CA 95628. GKHJ1997

Children of MARTHA HALLMARK and JOHN GIBSON are:
i. PEARL7 GIBSON, b. January 08, 1894, Pauls Valley, Garvin Co., OK; m. WILLIAM OSCAR GUEST, February 25, 1912, Blanchard, McClain Co., OK; b. November 15, 1889.
ii. ROY EDGAR GIBSON, b. December 22, 1889, Pauls Valley, OK Territory, now Garvin Co., OK; d. February 23, 1949, Laurel, Yellowstone Co., MT.

11. JAMES W.6 HALLMARK (WILLIAM ASBURY5, STEPHEN4, MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born February 09, 1873 in Blount Co., AL, and died September 02, 1912 in Norman , Cleveland Co.,OK. He married LULA EDNA FOSTER July 03, 1900.

Notes for JAMES W. HALLMARK:
James died, as the story is told, from taking a drink from the pump when
he was hot from working out in the fields. He broke a blood vessel or
had heat stroke or something. He is buried in Warren Cemetery, Norman,
OK along with two brothers, four young half siblings and his father.

Child of JAMES HALLMARK and LULA FOSTER is:
i. EDNA IRENE7 HALLMARK, b. December 12, 1901, Newcastle, OK; d. July 31, 1978, Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK; m. DRAPER GRIGSBY.

Notes for EDNA IRENE HALLMARK:
Date of birth and death is from the Smith and Kernke Funeral Home
Momento. Name of parents from Funeral Home record, although family
history had said that her father was James W. HALLMARK. GKHJ1996
Her social security number was 440-48-4854.
.

12. RUFUS ELMER(ELMO)6 HALLMARK (WILLIAM ASBURY5, STEPHEN4, MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born November 29, 1877 in Union Co., MS, and died May 09, 1916 in Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK. He married FREDRICKA "FREDDYE" AGNES SCHMIDT May 13, 1907 in Indian Territory, Southern District (later state of OK). She was born July 31, 1887 in Harrold, Wilbarger Co., TX, and died October 07, 1971 in Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK.

Notes for RUFUS ELMER(ELMO) HALLMARK:
Rufus Elmo Hallmark was born in Union Co., MS where his parents lived for two years as they migrated west from Blount Co., AL where his parents and grandparents had been born. With his family he lived in Texas twice and in the Indian Territory near Jimtown and in Cleveland County, Oklahoma Territory. As an adult he lived in Cleveland County, Oklahoma becoming a state in 1907. He attended Oklahoma University for one semester in 1900 where his daughter said that he studied agriculture. According to his daughter, Olive, he decided that "Elmer" sounded better than "Elmo" so he had changed his name. He was an attractive dark haired man. He had been quite a ladies man before his marriage, but was happily married to an adoring wife when he died from a disease contracted and supposedly cured years before his marriage. He died at a time when his younger son was five weeks old, leaving his widow with the baby and two older children, Lloyd 8, and Olive 4 years old. He is buried in Warren Cemetery in Norman, OK along with his father and numerous siblings. (Location of this small private cemetery is in a residential area and access to it can be obtained from the fire department in Norman.)
Sources include: Most information initially came from Della Hallmark Robertson Ferris who in the 1970's worked on the Hallmark Family genealogy. She owned the family Bible of her father's, William Asbury Hallmark. It has since been given to one of her nephews who lives in California, son of one of her brothers. In the late 70's Della corresponded with Miss Mary Hallmark of Blytheville, AR and served as a source of information for Miss Mary on our branch of the Hallmark line. Miss Mary, now deceased, is known to all serious Hallmark researchers as the one who really started collecting the family history. Other sources include conversations with Lloyd, Olive and R.E. Jr., concerning their father; Death Notice for R.E. Hallmark from The Oklahoma City Times for 10MAY1916 (available in the Oklahoma Historical Society in OKC); marriage license and death certificate (both from OK County Courthouse); Biography of William Asbury Hallmark in Portrait and Biographical Record of OK 1900 (available in the OK Historical Society); photographs including marriage photograph of Rufus Elmer & Fredericka (my grandparents), portrait of Rufus Elmer, snapshot of grandparents holding my father, and photographs made during a visit to Warren Cemetery. Also Federal Census Records for 1880 with parents (Denton Co., TX); 1900 Cleveland Co., OK Territory with father & stepmother; 1910 Cleveland Co. OK with wife and my father as an infant. Also on file is the 1920 census of his widow and three small children. GKHJ1996

Notes for FREDRICKA "FREDDYE" AGNES SCHMIDT:
The first documentation of the life of Fredricka Agnes Schmidt, or Freddye as she was called, is in her baptismal record on July 22, 1891. Her birthdate is given there as July 28, 1887. She was the second child, after her John born July 10, 1886, to be baptised in the history of Holy Family Church, Vernon, Texas. Their sister Theresa born September 28, 1890 was the third baptized that date. The history of Holy Family of the Nativity began with the baptism of these three infant children of Karl Schmidt and Wilhelmina Weisser. The sponsors were Catherine (Kathryn) Schmdt and Balthasar Menz. The priest was J. J. O'Riordan. This information came from the records of Holy Family Church, a photocopy of the baptismal record is filed. Also a copy of her marriage licence to Rufus Elmer, the 1910 and 1920 census, her obituary and cemetery marker photograph (Sunnylane, OKC).
I always remember my grandmother saying that she was born in Harrold, TX. From the birth information of the other children we could assume that the family lived in Wilbarger Co., TX until after 1898. By 1900 the family was in Wellington, Collingsworth Co in the Texas panhandle where the twins Mary and Marie were born. In 1904 the family was in Lexington, Cleveland Co., OK where Leo was born in 1904. The 1910 census finds the family of Karl and Wilhelmina with the three youngest children in nearby Eason Township, Cleveland Co., but Freddye had married Rufus Elmer Hallmark in 1907 and moved to Newcastle, McClain Co., where Lloyd and Olive were born in 1908 and 1912 respectively. According to her daughter, the love of Freddye's life was truly her first husband, Rufus Elmer Hallmark. Their wedding picture shows what a handsome man he was. She adored him. After he and Freddye had two children, it became apparent that an previously cured illness had reoccurred. He died shortly after the birth of his namesake, Rufus Elmer. For years Freddye who had no true work skills, tried to manage the family and somehow support them. She took in boarders, she tried to run a restaurant. For several years she dated Charles Dodge before they married April 16, 1927, only to have him die shortly after marriage. On February 16, 1941 she married her third husband, Alva H. Henderson who survived her by three years. This was the man known to me as "Uncle Al". Freddye was a reserved and ladylike woman who at an early age had a beautiful head of pure white hair. She was an excellent cook and made the most wonderful coconut meringue pie which was my father's favorite. I remember fondly the holiday dinners at her house when she fixed turkey or chicken and dressing, home made biscuits, mashed potatoes (with lots of pepper) etc. The adults sat in the dining room and the children at the kitchen table. I always wondered how old I would have to be to move to the dining room, not realizing that I would never be old enough. My grandmother was a lady that despite her lack of advanced education or money, would never embarrass you. She really did not know how to be warm and outgoing to children but she was never rude. I remember spending one weekend with her once in their house in Capitol Hill. They kept chickens out back and I liked to visit them. I attended the Christian Church with her, although she had been raised Roman Catholic. She was always polite, reserved and a lady. GKHJ1997
she Unfortunately she had a her first stroke in 1956 which was the first of many. For some time she was cared for at home, but Uncle Al was not able to undertake her care and eventually she ended up in a nursing home. I believe that my father visited her almost every day of her life after she moved to nursing home in order to make sure that she was cared for. I am sure that she lived so long because he went so often, but she continued to decline until she died in the fall of 1971.

Children of RUFUS HALLMARK and FREDRICKA SCHMIDT are:
i. LLOYD ASBURY7 HALLMARK, b. March 10, 1908, Newcastle, Cleveland Co., OK; d. September 06, 1987, Bethany, OK Co., OK; m. LORA DEE MATTHEWS, February 19, 1931, Tecumseh, Pottawatomie Co., OK; b. February 17, 1908, Lebanon, Marshall Co., OK.

Notes for LLOYD ASBURY HALLMARK:
Lloyd Hallmark was born, raised, worked and died in the state of Oklahoma. He was the oldest of three children raised by a widowed mother. At 16 he quit school, which was not unusual at this time, to go to work. After a few different jobs, he got a job with "the telephone company" -Southwestern Bell which was then part of AT&T. Most of the work he did was on the "frames" of equipment there. For several years he worked on installing in equipment which would allow what was then unheard of, "direct distance dialing". It was at SW Bell that he met Lora Dee Matthews who worked as a telephone operator on the switchboard. He was a very attractive ladies man, with dark brown eyes and black hair. Lora was a cute curly haired blonde. In the early adult years, Lloyd was active physically, playing badmitton and ice skating. Soon after marriage Lora went to work for NY Life Insurance. In 1931 they bought a two bedroom, one bath, two story house at 1808 N. Villa. For ten years they worked during the day and went out every night (except the night they stayed home so Lora could wash her hair). After Gloria was born, Lloyd began to work nights in order to earn a higher salary. His interests outside the family were few, other than an occasional boys night out at poker or bowling. He was a quiet, serious, conservative man. A definite Republican, he had been a registered Democrat for years when Oklahoma was a one party state so he could select the best Democrat. After his mother had her first stroke in 1956 he felt responsible for her and along with his sister Olive Hunt provided money for her care in the nursing home. During the time she was in the nursing homes he visited her almost every day without fail until she died about sixteen years later. After Gloria graduated from college and married, Lloyd and Lora moved to 600 Sweetgum on August 22, 1966. They were actually in the process of moving the day that their daughther's husband's grandmother, Elizabeth Tolley died. After retiring at age sixty-five, he quit smoking. However, he developed lung cancer several years later and although he was an Alzheimer victim, he died from lung cancer on his granddaughter's fifteenth birthday.
Source of information: Personal knowledge and acquaintance with my father Lloyd, his brother and sister and mother. Also on file: OK Co., Census record for January 1920 age 11 with widowed mother, two siblings; delayed birth certificate (documentation supplied for this was 1910 Cleveland Co., OK census record, age 2 yrs with parents, OKC school record for 1923 showing birthdate March 10, 1908 and June 6, 1927 University Hospital record of Lloyd, age 20); marriage license; Social Security Card #440-09-6875; Mortgage Note for house at 1808 N. Villa, Aurora Subdivision, for $4,500 (payable at $26.33 per month from June 3, 1938-June 1963 at 5%); purchase Contract for 600 Sweetgum in Briarwood Estates for $22,000 (cash on August 8, 1966); 1972 SW Bell retirement notice and death certificate. GKHJ1996

Notes for LORA DEE MATTHEWS:
Lora was born in Oklahoma and lived there until August 22, 1996 when she moved to The Woodlands TX near Gloria and Dick. Before her marriage to Lloyd, she was married for a short time to Bernard Williams. (December 31, 1927-June 4, 1930). Although she quit high school to go to work, she did go back to an adult education class and graduate from high school in 1959. She worked as a telephone operator at the telephone company where she met Lloyd. Then she went to work for NY Life Insurance Company where she worked until Gloria was born. During these ten years, Lloyd and Lora enjoyed an active social life, but also took some concern in the care of the younger siblings of each family. They bought a house at 1808 N. Villa, OKC in 1931. For many years Lora was in charge of the church nursey at Linwood Methodist Church where Lora and Gloria were members. Lora served as a Blue Bird Leader then later as Camp Fire leader for the group of girls which stayed together through high school. During this time she learned and gave the group bridge lessons and taught all sorts of crafts including embroidery, Swedish weaving, glass etching, aluminum etching, basket weaving and cooking. All the girls in the group that remained in high school, earned the top award in Social Leadership under her auspices. Lloyd and Lora moved to 600 Sweetgum in 1966, on the day that Dick's grandmother died. At about age 50 she went back to work to help with Gloria's college expenses, retiring from CRAnthony Company at age 65. After Lloyd died in 1987, she was lonely and since she couldn't drive, she decided to move. She sold the house and moved to Copper Lake Retirement Village in Edmond, OK in 1990. While living there she was elected Cherry Queen, a reward for her social ability and help to that community while living there. In the summer of 1996 when her chronic anxiety forced psychiatric hospitalization and a move to an assisted living site in The Forum in The Woodlands, TX to be nearer to her daughter and son in law. GKHJ1996

ii. OLIVE LUCILLE HALLMARK, b. February 26, 1912, Newcastle, Cleveland Co.,OK; m. RAYMOND ALEXANDER HUNT, July 21, 1930, Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK; b. October 23, 1908, Dodson, Collingsworth Co., TX; d. September 1980, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA.

Notes for OLIVE LUCILLE HALLMARK:
Olive and Raymond were married at the home of her aunt Marie (SCHMIDT) and David HOLLOWAY. Olive divorced Ray on May 8, 1952 in Chattanooga TN. Since then she has spent most of her time in Washington D.C. She first went there when William J. BROCK, a classmate of Gene's at McCawley School, was elected to the House of Rep. She served as his TN Representative. She has been active on the political scene of Washington ever since. At present she is a consultant for Hastings Keith, a concerned retired congressman who is a lobbyist against excessive government spending,
especially in the COLA'S (cost of living adjustments given to retired federal employees).
Sources: personal knowledge. GKHJ1996

Notes for RAYMOND ALEXANDER HUNT:
Death was 1980 or 1981, Source: Karl HUNT
Birthplace is Childress or Dodson, TX

iii. RUFUS ELMER HALLMARK, b. April 03, 1916, Norman, Cleveland Co., OK; m. NORMA LUCILLE KIRCHNER, June 15, 1940, Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK; b. June 06, 1921, Ardmore, Carter Co., OK.

Notes for RUFUS ELMER HALLMARK:
Rufus Elmer or R.E. as he has always been known spent his professional life in the interior decorating business. Norma was able to stay home and raise their three children while being an excellent cook and baker.
Source of information on RE, Norma and their three children, spouses and grandchildren, came from Norma from her personal records and from the people themselves. GKHJ1997
.

13. JOSEPH ALBERT6 HALLMARK (WILLIAM ASBURY5, STEPHEN4, MYNATT3, GEORGE2, UNKNOWN1) was born July 14, 1880 in Denton Co., TX, and died March 29, 1969 in Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK. He married FLORA ETTA CROWDER October 25, 1909 in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK. She was born 1882, and died 1959.

Notes for JOSEPH ALBERT HALLMARK:
Joseph and his wife and infant son are buried in Warren Cemetery, Norman
Oklahoma.

Children of JOSEPH HALLMARK and FLORA CROWDER are:
i. JOSEPH ALBERT7 HALLMARK.
ii. ROSAMOND HALLMARK, m. MR. HOLT.
iii. AILEEN HALLMARK, b. May 03, 1910, Norman, Cleveland Co., OK; d. August 25, 1991, Oklahoma City, OK Co., OK; m. (1) FLOYD A. KENDRICK, 1931; d. 1968; m. (2) GEORGE STRONG, September 06, 1975, ?OKC (OK) OK.

Notes for AILEEN HALLMARK:
Information comes from the Memorial Services Record of Aileen from
Restoration Branch of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints of Oklahoma City. She was buried at Resthaven Cemetery, in
Oklahoma City. Information on both husbands came from the same record.
GKHJ1991

iv. JEROME HALLMARK, b. February 18, 1912.