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
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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.
