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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Alva Lee McCaskey: Birth: 27 DEC 1890 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri. Death: 9 MAR 1975 in Los Angeles CA. Burial, Forest Hills

  2. Ona Belle McCaskey: Birth: 6 NOV 1892 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri. Death: 27 OCT 1982 in Clarmore, OK. Rogers County Burial Woodlawn Cem.

  3. Della Eveline McCaskey: Birth: 9 SEP 1894 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri. Death: 6 FEB 1940 in Verdigris Oklahoma (Rogers County)

  4. Maudie May McCaskey: Birth: 6 APR 1896 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri. Death: 24 MAY 1896 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri

  5. Hobart Roosevelt McCaskey: Birth: 18 APR 1897 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri. Death: 28 MAR 1980 in Claremore, Oklahoma (Rogers county)

  6. Louella Jean McCaskey: Birth: 9 MAR 1900 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri. Death: 11 JUN 1985 in Claremore, Oklahoma (Rogers county)

  7. Charles Edward McCaskey: Birth: 10 AUG 1903 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri. Death: 17 DEC 1966 in Verdigris Oklahoma (Rogers County)

  8. Bowden Evertt McCaskey: Birth: 1 OCT 1906 in Cleo, Brown County Texas. Death: 26 DEC 1991 in Yucaipa, CA

  9. Maggie May McCaskey: Birth: 23 MAY 1910 in Clio, Texas (Brown County). Death: 18 OCT 1985 in Claremore, Oklahoma


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Violet Nancy Cantrell: Birth: 4 NOV 1887 in Ava (Douglas County) Missouri. Death: 3 JUL 1970 in California


Notes
a. Note:   Martha Ellen Cobb was born in Nov. of 1869 in Seymour, Missouri. Her parents were Elias and Mary Jane Cobb. She had three brothers and one sister: Eli, Will, Joe and Evaline. Martha was married, first to John Cantrel and then to Charles William McCaskey of Kentucky, May 2, 1889. She kept very busy caring for her family. They had ten children, six girls and four boys: Alva, Violet, Ona, Della, Maudie (Died in infancy), Hobart, Louella, Charles, Bowden, and Maggie. Mr. and Mrs McCaskey and the children moved from Ava to Jenks, OK., then moved to Texas from Jenks for a short while, then moved back to OK. and settled in Dawson. Later they lived in the community of Verdigris, where they operated a small grocery store in the early 1920's. Mrs McCaskey was well known for caring for her friends, neighbors, and family when they were sick or needed help in any way. She loved working in her garden, raising vegetables and flowers. She also canned most of her own food, made butter, soap and a lot of home remedies.
 Martha's husband William died of a heart attack in July of 1933. She raised one of her granddaughters, Mary Ellen, in her later years of life, where she made many friends, especially at her church, the Assembly of God. She died in October of 1957 at the age of 88 years.


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