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Note: Mike and Ruthie, Was pleased to hear from you today. What information I have on my "little
granny" is limited but I will tell you what I know. She is the daughter of
Virgil Linder and Mary Berry. I believe there were four sons: John Lee,
Arthur. Ed, and Wesley. (I remember Arthur and Wesley very well.). I do not
have the birth or death dates on any of these.
Mary Cordelia Linder married John Storment (the son of William Jefferson
Storment and Elizabeth Caroline Floyd). John was born August 30, 1873 in
Tishomingo Co., Ms. and died December 25, 1922 in Haskell Co., Ok.. They
were married in Ar. moved to Ok. and both are buried in Antioch Cemetery,
Haskell Co., Ok.
John and Mary Cordelia (Delia) had four sons and two daughters: William
Herbert (My Dad), Clarence (who died young), Mary Alice, Lee Gordon, Ruth
Lou, and Porter Jefferson. These children were born in Yell Co., Ar..
Most of her grand kids called her "Little Granny" because she was a
small woman. She was a comical little lady who never caught up with the
times. She always wore long skirts and dresses and high top shoes.
Underneath she wore several pettycoats. She kept what little money she had
in a tobacco sack pinned to one of those pettycoats. She was modest to
extremes. My wife Doris and I would take her to buy groceries and she would
have us shield her in a corner so that she could get her money. In her later
years she had bad circulatory problems. Doris took her to the doctors office
one time and she slapped the doctor because he reached down to feel her ankle
that was swollen. She would not let him see her feet or legs.
When she moved into a house, that for the first time, had an inside
bathroom she thought the commode was a mop bucket as no one in their right
mind would think of doing something like that in the house. When she got her
first electric refrigerator she almost burned it up by wraping quilts around
it to help keep the cool inside. I had a hard time convincing her not to do
that. I could go on and on about my Little Granny and the way she lived her
life. There will never be another like her.
I left home at 18 to make a career in the Army and only got to see her
from time to time after that. I was stationed at Ft. Riley, Ks in 1964 and
TDY at Fort Hood, Tx. I had been going back to Ks. on the week-ends to be
with my own family but, one weekend I had the feeling that I needed to go to
Stigler, Ok. to see my parents and Little Granny. I went to see her early on
a Saturday morning. When I reached her house I knew there was something
wrong. Going inside I found her in bed still alive but near death. I called
a doctor and my Mom and Dad but before either could get there my Little
Granny was gone.
Ruthie if there is anything else I can tell you about Mary Cordelia Linder
please let me know. My address is 1156 South Broadway, Joshua, Tx. 76058.
Cliff and Doris Storment
http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=787
In 1873, the Arkansas legislature was forming and locating counties, and a petition was
introduced to the legislature to form the county of Lonoke. Governor Elisha Baxter signed the
act on April 16, 1873, creating Lonoke County from the parent counties Prairie and Pulaski.
1880 US CENSUS Magness, Lenoke, Arkansas
June 1-2, 1880
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V.T. Linder Head M abt 1846 34 Married MS -- --
Mary J Linder Wife F abt 1855 25 Married TN TN TN
Wesley Linder Son M abt 1875 5 Single AK MS TN
William E Linder Son M abt 1880 2m Single AK MS TN
Cordelia Linder Dau F abt 1878 2 Single AK MS TN
Josephine Berry sis-in-law F abt 1865 15 Single AK TN TN
Elisa Berry sis-in-law F abt 1868 12 Single AK TN TN
1900 US Census Howell & McKennon Townships, Johnson, Arkansas
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John Storment Head M Aug 1874 26 Married 6yrs MS SC MS
Dealey Storment Wife F Oct 1878 22 Married 6yrs AK AL TN
1910 US Census Rose Creek, Yell, Arkansas
May 2, 1910
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John W Storment Head M abt 1865 45 Married MS SC VA
Delia M Storment Wife F abt 1877 33 Married AK MS AK
Herbert W Storment Son M abt 1902 8 Single AK MS AK
Mary A Storment Dau F abt 1905 5 Single AK MS AK
Lee G Storment Son M abt 1908 2 Single AK MS AK
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