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Note: Came to Texas as a young man about 1893 with only 30 cents in his pocket and worked as a fur trapper for awhile. He met Anna Lizzie Hatton in Hopkins County, Texas and they were married there in 1895 by W.S. Hopkins, Minister of the Gospel. Oscar "Bud" and Anna Lizzie lived in several different counties in Texas in the course of their marriage but finally settled in the Quemado Valley near Eagle Pass in Maverick County and lived out their days there. J.H. "Nade" Riddle whose youngest daughter, Ruby, married Luther Wilks, son of Bud and Anna was instrumental in the decision to settle there and they remained good friends and fishing buddies for many years. Bud was the subject of an article written for the April 1930 edition of the Acco Press, which was a monthly magazine about farming. County Agent Milhollin recommended him when asked by a reporter about an average farmer who had done well. Bud and Anna Lizzie owned a 160 acre farm near Plainview and also leased several hundred more acres. Their farmhouse was equipped with city conveniences and the farm was a well-run and diversified program with hogs, cows, dairy cows, turkeys, chickens and horses. All the livestock was either registered or purebred and came from very good stock. He always invested in the best he could afford. In addition to the stock, he raised cotton, wheat, barley, oats and some sorghums. There was also a generous garden and a sizeable orchard with peaches, apples, plums, cherries and grapes. Bud states in the article that Plainview was always considered "home" to him so it is surprising that he left it for yet another place that would become as dear to him in the Quemado Valley. They had a small farm near Quemado and raised swine and sheep. He won Grand Champion with his Poland China "Quemado Flash" in Amarillo at the Tri-State Fair at age 80. He said he wanted to win one more time before he died. He had not shown hogs in many years but had previously won grand champion in both boar and sow classes, the last time about 25 years before. Bud loved fishing in the Rio Grande River near his home in Quemado. When he could no longer drive his car, he bought a Farmall Cub tractor and had one of his sons, Luther, build a platform with a seat attached to the back of it so that his wife could ride on it with him. They went to town (Quemado) on it and also went to the river to fish. She also loved to fish and usually caught more fish than he did. Once when they went fishing they saw a lion but it did not bother them. Bud and Lizzie had at least four infants who died at birth or shortly thereafter and to our knowledge were never named. Some of them are reportedly buried in Hopkins County, Texas. 1900 Hopkins County, Texas census, Precinct 4, Dwelling #55: Wilks, Bud, b. Mar 1878, married 4 years, Tn Tn Tn, farmer. Lizzie, b. April 1882, Al Ga Ga. James, b. Oct 1896, b. Tx. John, b. Mar 1899, Tx. This is the only reference I have seen listing the sons as James and John....all other documentation shows Jimmie/Jimmy and Johnnie/Johnny.
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