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PATRICK COGHLAN
Patrick Coghlan
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Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
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| DEATH | 22 Jan 1911 (aged 88)
Tularosa, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
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El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA |
In 1860, Cherry Spring, Gillespie County, Texas; Patric Coghlan and his wife Bridget were enumerated with young adults Christian, Anna, Catherine, James, and Mary Crosby. All natives of Ireland (1860 Census).
On 22 Jan 1911, widowed ranchman Pat Coghlan (B: Ireland); a resident of Mason, Texas for 36 years; passed away from old age in Tularosa, New Mexico. He was buried in the Concordia Cemetery in El Paso (death certificate).
From a Billy the Kid Facebook site:
“Billy the Kid, Susan McSween, and White Oaks, New Mexico
In 1879 and 1880 Billy, Tom O’Folliard, and Charlie Bowdre and some others stole cattle from the big cattle outfits in the Texas Panhandle, south of the Canadian River, and held them in a caprock canyon near Los Portales, about 70 miles southeast of Fort Sumner. In May 1880 the three pals drove their stolen cattle to White Oaks, where they sold them to Tom Cooper, an agent for Pat Coghlan, who had a one year contract to sell beef to Fort Stanton, commencing on July 1, 1880. Coghlan became known as the “King of the Tularosa.”
In 1880 White Oaks, located in “a narrow, mountain-girt valley 45 miles by wagon road northwest of Lincoln,” was a booming newly minted mining town with 10 saloons, each with gaming tables, where Billy could indulge his passion for monte. Gold had been discovered only the year before and White Oaks came to life, almost overnight.
Susan McSween, after the Lincoln County War, became the “Cattle Queen of New Mexico. She lived many years in White Oaks, and is buried there. After this covid thing I hope to resume my lecture tours of White Oaks.”
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| QCD | COGHLAN PATRICK | 1 | D | 352 | 1 | GUERRA JULIAN | 18820415 | 188310352 | ||
| Section 36 | 188310352 | |||||||||
| QCD | COGHLAN PATRICK | 1 | E | 46 | 2 | GODFEY FREDERICK C | 18830822 | 188310046 | ||
| Section 36 | Township 09S | Range 09E | SE/4 NW/4 | 188310046 | ||||||
| WD | COGHLAN PATRICK | 1 | E | 362 | 3 | BARELA FRANSISCO | 18831231 | 188410362 | ||
| 1 | CHAVES JUAN | 188410362 | ||||||||
| 1 | FLINT ROBERT S | 188410362 | ||||||||
| 1 | GOEBEL JOSEPH | 188410362 | ||||||||
| 1 | LOZANO JUAN | 188410362 | ||||||||
| 1 | SAIN SACUNDINO | 188410362 | ||||||||
| 1 | THOMAS WILLIAM | 188410362 | ||||||||
| Section | Township 12S | Range 09E | PART SECS 3 4 | 188410362 | ||||||
| Section | Township 11S | Range 09E | PART SECS 25 26 34 35 | 188410362 | ||||||
| WD | COGHLAN PATRICK | 1 | F | 221 | 2 | GARCIA ANTONIA LUCERO DE | 18850221 | 188510221 | ||
| 1 | GARCIA SANTIAGO | 188510221 |
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John Davis
| Name: | John Davis |
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| Birth Date: | 15 Nov 1855 |
| Death Date: | 9 Mar 1895 |
| Cemetery: | Cedarvale Cemetery |
| Burial or Cremation Place: | White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America |
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Results for your Search by Grantee: DAVIS JOHN K For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# QCD DAVIS JOHN K 1 B 244 3 18801124 HERRICK W D 18801117 NOGAL MINING DISTRICT 188010244 1 MAY QUEEN LODE 188010244 1 NOGAL LODE 188010244
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John Howe Watts
| Name: | John H. Watts | ||||||
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| Age: | 41 | ||||||
| Birth Date: | Abt 1839 | ||||||
| Birthplace: | Indiana | ||||||
| Home in 1880: | White Oaks, Lincoln, New Mexico, USA | ||||||
| Dwelling Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Self (Head) | ||||||
| Marital Status: | Married | ||||||
| Father’s Birthplace: | Kentucky | ||||||
| Mother’s Birthplace: | Kentucky | ||||||
| Occupation: | Mining Engineer | ||||||
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Results for your Search by Grantee: WATTS J H For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# QCD WATTS J H 1 B 56 2 18800212 CAMPBELL H C 18800119 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188010056 1 ETHAN ALLEN LODE 188010056 1 PITTSBURG LODE 188010056 WD WATTS J H 1 B 58 2 18800212 CRYSTAL LODE 18800116 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188010058 1 GAINES G W 188010058 QCD WATTS J H 1 B 60 2 18800212 ALLEN JAMES M 18800114 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188010060 1 BLACK PRINCE MINE 188010060 1 KELSEY O D 188010060 1 STAR CHARLES 188010060 QCD WATTS J H 1 B 62 2 18800213 ALLEN J M 18800114 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188010062 1 HENRY CLAY MINE 188010062 1 KELSEY O D 188010062 QCD WATTS J H 1 B 64 2 18800213 DEL NORTE MINE 18800114 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188010064 1 STAR CHARLES 188010064 1 STAR MINE 188010064 QCD WATTS J H 1 B 215 1 18801018 COPPER KING 18800911 188010215 1 COPPER QUEEN 188010215 1 FOREST JOHN D 188010215 QCD WATTS J H 1 B 216 1 18801018 BOLTON JOHN THOMAS 18800921 188010216 1 COPPER KING 188010216 1 COPPER QUEEN 188010216 QCD WATTS J H 1 B 397 1 18810126 NOGAL PLACERS 18810122 188110397 1 PRICHARD GEORGE W 188110397 1 WHITMORE ADIN H 188110397 DEED WATTS J H 1 B 398 1 18810126 KELSEY O D 18801208 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188110398 1 LITTLE MAC 188110398 -
Results for your Search by Grantee: WATTS J H For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# DEED WATTS J H 1 B 398 1 18810126 LITTLE MAC 18801208 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188110398 DEED WATTS J H 1 B 521 2 18810502 ALLEN JAMES M 18810430 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188110521 1 CHASE E B 188110521 1 COOK GEORGE H 188110521 1 WHITE SWAN 188110521 DEED WATTS J H 1 B 523 2 18810502 ALLEN JAMES M 18810430 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188110523 1 ETHAN ALLEN 188110523 QCD WATTS J HOWE 1 B 181 1 18800915 MCGINNES RICHARD 18800828 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188010181 1 WATERS THOMAS 188010181 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE 188010181 QCD WATTS J HOWE 1 B 182 1 18800915 MCGINNES RICHARD 18800828 WHITE MINING DISTRICT 188010182 1 WAALTERS THOMAS 188010182 1 WHITE SWAN 188010182 QCD WATTS J HOWE 1 B 184 1 18800915 LITTLE HOMESTAKE LODE 18800828 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188010184 1 MCGINNES RICHARD 188010184 1 WALTERS THOMAS 188010184 QCD WATTS J HOWE 1 B 185 1 18800915 BALD MOUNTAIN LODE 18800828 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188010185 1 MCGINNES RICHARD 188010185 1 WALTERS THOMAS 188010185 QCD WATTS J HOWE 1 B 217 1 18801018 ARLINGTON MINE 18800722 188010217 1 BREVOORT MINE 188010217 1 CRYSTAL MINE 188010217 1 GAINES GEORGE 188010217 1 GAY MINES 188010217 1 GAY O P 188010217 1 GEM MINE 188010217 -
Results for your Search by Grantee: WATTS J H For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# QCD WATTS J HOWE 1 B 217 1 18801018 GEM MINE 18800722 188010217 1 KEYSTONE MINE 188010217 1 PITTSBURG MINE 188010217 1 RATTLER MINE 188010217 1 SPRING OF WATER MILL SITE 188010217 1 STANDBY MINE 188010217 WATER RIGHTS WATTS J HOWE 1 B 396 1 18810126 HOCKRADLE JERRY 18810122 NOGAL CANON WATER RIGHTS 188110396 DEED WATTS J HOWE 1 C 119 1 18810728 HOLLIDAY C K TRUSTEE 18810728 188110119 1 MONJEAU C TRUSTEE 188110119 1 RED CLIFF SILVER MINING COMPANY 188110119 1 WHITE SWAN 188110119 DEED WATTS J HOWE 1 C 120 1 18810728 HOLLIDAY C K TRUSTEE 18810615 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188110120 1 TRINIDAD MINING COMPANY 188110120 1 WHITE SWAN 188110120 DEED WATTS J HOWE 1 C 121 1 18810728 CHASE E B 18810625 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188110121 1 COOK GEORGE H 188110121 1 LEER JOHN T 188110121 1 WHITE SWAN 188110121
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| Name: | Edward Coleman Orthafer |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Death Date: | 30 Nov 1931 |
| Death Place: | White Oaks, Lincoln, New Mexico |
| Spouse: | A. Miller |
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Results for your Search by Grantee: ORTHOFER EDWARD For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# QCD ORTHOFER EDWARD 1 A-7 305 2 19200128 LADY WARWICK 19181220 JICARILLA MINING DISTRICT 192010305 1 LITTLE FANNY 192010305 1 OLD KING LUDWIC 192010305 1 ORTHOFER FANNY 192010305 1 QUEEN VICTORIA GROUPE 192010305
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Edward Orthofer b feb 1847 Germany age 57 immigration 1873 married 13 years
Wife Fsnnie b oct 1864 age 35 England 6 kids 2 living
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Ann S Hope
| Name: | Ann S Hope | |||||||||
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| Age: | 56 | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | Nov 1843 | |||||||||
| Birthplace: | Virginia, USA | |||||||||
| Home in 1900: | White Oaks, Lincoln, New Mexico | |||||||||
| Sheet Number: | 1 | |||||||||
| Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: | 19 | |||||||||
| Family Number: | 21 | |||||||||
| Race: | White | |||||||||
| Gender: | Female | |||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Head | |||||||||
| Marital Status: | Widowed | |||||||||
| Father’s Birthplace: | Virginia, USA | |||||||||
| Mother’s Birthplace: | Virginia, USA | |||||||||
| Mother: number of living children: | 1 | |||||||||
| Mother: How many children: | 2 | |||||||||
| Can Read: | Yes | |||||||||
| Can Write: | Yes | |||||||||
| Can Speak English: | Yes | |||||||||
| House Owned or Rented: | Own | |||||||||
| Home Free or Mortgaged: | F | |||||||||
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Results for your Search by Grantee: HOPE ANN For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# WD HOPE ANN SWEENEY 1 J 529 2 18880907 LANE ALEXANDER G 18880420 188810529 1 LANE MARY C 188810529
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Ann S Hope b niv 1843 Virginia age 56 widow 2 kids one living
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America Brothers
| Name: | America M Brothers[Amelia M Broten] | |||||||||||||||
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| Age: | 46 | |||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | May 1854 | |||||||||||||||
| Birthplace: | New York, USA | |||||||||||||||
| Home in 1900: | White Oaks, Lincoln, New Mexico | |||||||||||||||
| Sheet Number: | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: | 48 | |||||||||||||||
| Family Number: | 54 | |||||||||||||||
| Race: | White | |||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Female | |||||||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Head | |||||||||||||||
| Marital Status: | Widowed | |||||||||||||||
| Father’s Birthplace: | Virginia, USA | |||||||||||||||
| Mother’s Birthplace: | Pennsylvania, USA | |||||||||||||||
| Mother: number of living children: | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Mother: How many children: | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Boarding House Keeper | |||||||||||||||
| Months Not Employed: | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Can Read: | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Can Write: | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Can Speak English: | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| House Owned or Rented: | Rent | |||||||||||||||
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Results for your Search by Grantee: BROTHERS AMERICA For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# LIS PENDENS BROTHERS AMERICA DEC’D 4 M 963 3 19741119 ENGLISH FRANK A 19741119 110127324 4 ENGLISH FRED H 110127324 4 ENGLISH HAZEL H 110127324 4 ENGLISH PENSION PLAN & TRUST 110127324 Section Township 06S Range 11E PART OF 25 110127324 Section Township 06S Range 12E PART OF 25 110127324 Section Township 06S Range 13E PART OF 30 110127324 QCD BROTHERS AMERICA M 1 P 223 2 18930322 ULRICK GEORGE L 18930317 189310223 Track Unit Block 4 Lot 2-3 Parcel WHITE OAKS O P 189310223 Track Unit Block 2 Lot 8 Parcel WHITE OAKS O P 189310223 Track Unit Block 40 Lot 4 Parcel WHITE OAKS O P 189310223 Track Unit Block 2 Lot 7 Parcel KEMPTON 1ST ADDITION W O 189310223 Track Unit Block 47 Lot 7 Parcel NOGAL TOWNSITE 189310223 WD BROTHERS AMERICA M 1 M 421 1 18970802 WEED LINA C 18970729 189710421 1 WEED WILLIAM H 189710421 Track Unit Block 5 Lot 2 Parcel PART WHITE OAKS O P 189710421 WD BROTHERS AMERICA M 1 A-1 194 1 19111103 QUEEN EDWARD L 19110825 191110194 1 QUEEN MAY 191110194
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Benjamin H Dye
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| Name: | Benjamin H Dye |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Birth Date: | 30 Jun 1838 |
| Birth Place: | Miami County, Ohio, United States of America |
| Death Date: | 3 Nov 1919 |
| Death Place: | Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States of America |
| Cemetery: | Casstown Cemetery |
| Burial or Cremation Place: | Casstown, Miami County, Ohio, United States of America |
| Has Bio?: | N |
| Father: | John Clyne Dye |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Dye |
| Spouse: | Cornelia A Dye |
| Children: | Laura Carpenter Charles J. Dye Clarance S. Dye Cornelia Potter Dye Agnes F. Dye |
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Benjamin Dyer brother in law living with James Carpenter house
B june 1839 Ohio widow age 61
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Results for your Search by Grantee: DYE BEN For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# QCD DYE BENJAMIN H 1 D 550 2 18830824 BRETT A J 18830807 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188310550 1 RITA 188310550 1 ROBINSON FRANCIS 188310550 QCD DYE BENJAMIN H 1 D 554 2 18830824 PATTERSON HENRY J 18830706 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188310554 1 SOLITAIRE 188310554 DEED DYE BENJAMIN H 1 D 556 2 18830824 CHURCH JOSHUA P 18830810 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188310556 1 MOORE WILLIAM N 188310556 1 NUDE QUEEN 188310556 QCD DYE BENJAMIN H 1 D 552 2 18830828 MOTHER LODE 18830611 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188310552 1 PATTERSON HENRY J 188310552 QCD DYE BENJAMIN H 1 E 436 2 18840428 BROTHERS JOHN A 18840123 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188410436 1 LADY GODIVA CLAIM 188410436 1 RITA CLAIM 188410436 QCD DYE BENJAMIN H 1 G 364 2 18860120 KASTLER GUS 18860116 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188610364 1 LADY GODIVA 188610364 FORFEIT PROPERTY DYE BENJAMIN H 1 G 595 3 18860515 DYE BENJAMIN H 18860201 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188610595 1 PATTERSON C EWING 188610595 1 RITA 188610595 QCD DYE BENJAMIN H 1 G 615 2 18860526 REID JAMES 18860225 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188610615 1 REID PETER 188610615 1 RITA 188610615 QCD DYE BENJAMIN H 1 G 779 2 18861019 HEMAN THEODORE W 18861014 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188610779 1 LADY GODIVA 188610779 QCD DYE BENJAMIN H 1 G 781 1 18861019 HEMAN THEODORE W 18861014 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188610781 1 RITA 188610781 QCD DYE BENJAMIN H 1 G 782 2 18861019 MINERS CABIN 18860807 WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT 188610782
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John Clyne Dye
1807–1896
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Elizabeth Green Dye
1810–1879
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Cornelia A Potter Dye
1842–1879 (m. 1861)
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Martha Ann Dye Knick
1832–1877
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Jane Dye Hayner
1835–1900
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Joseph G Dye
1841–1884
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Sidney Dye Conklin
1843–1882
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Elizabeth Green Dye Carver
1846–1927
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William G Dye
1854–1897
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Cornelia Potter Dye
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Charles J. Dye
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Laura Dye Carpenter
1866–1918
Nettie Lemon
Jeannette “Nettie” Lee Lemon
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| DEATH | Feb 1977 (aged 93) |
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Results for your Search by Grantee: LEMON JEANETTE For official copies of documents, please visit the County office. Type Grantee Rec Book Page # Filed Grantor Instrument Description Doc# WD LEMON JEANETTE 1 A-29 293 2 19490506 GALLACHER EDNA 19490506 194946297 1 GALLACHER WILLIAM W 194946297 Track Unit Block 3 Lot 25-27 Parcel O P ADDITION CARRIZOZO 194946297 REL LIEN LEMON JEANETTE 4 J 324 1 19670912 TOWN OF CARRIZOZO 19670808 110124939 Track Unit Block 14 Lot 9 Parcel MCDONALD ADDITION 110124939 Track Unit Block 3 Lot 25-27 Parcel O P ADDITION CARRIZOZO 110124939 REL MTG LEMON JEANETTE 2 66 755 1 19691120 CITIZENS STATE BANK 19691118 110106383 WD LEMON JEANETTE 1 67 481 1 19720828 LEMON JEANETTE 19720828 197213081
Father – Captain John Lee
Mother – Mary Purcell
Sister to May Lee Queen and to George and Jim Lee.
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John Pearson Lee
1835–1919
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Mary Magdalena Purcell Lee
1843–1925
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Raymond E. Lemon
1883–1972
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Edward Lee
1863–1933
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John Lee
1865–1910
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Robert Edward Lee
1867–1893
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May Pearson Lee Queen
1882–1949
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Maurice Raymond Lemon
1912–1976
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PIONEER STORY [May Lee Queen?]
My father, Captain John Lee, was born November 27, 1835 in Edinburgh Scotland. His parents came to the United States when he was eighteen months old and lived in Moodus; Connecticut. When he was fourteen years old, he ran away to sea. He followed the sea for many years and came to own his own sailing vessel. He traded extensively in the South Seas and dealt mostly in copra. He went around the world three times in a sailing vessel, and discovered a small island that was called Lee’s Island. When I was a small girl in school at White Oaks, New Mexico this island was shown on the maps of my geography.
My father married Mary Purcell, who was a daughter of an English missionary of the Church of England, and a graduate of Oxford. My mother was the granddaughter of King Mata Afa, who was king of the island of Samoa. My father and mother were married at Apia Samoa. They owned a plantation near Apia and lived there for several years. They had nine children born on this island.
Father decided that he wanted his children educated in the United States, so they left Apia, Samoa on a sailing vessel for the States. They were six months on the sea. They ran into “calms” and were delayed for days and weeks. Their water and food supplies ran short and they were put on short rations. Just before the food was entirely gone they made the port of Honolulu and the vessel was restocked. They landed at San Francisco about the year 1879.
After visiting my father’s family in Connecticut and traveling around a good bit they decided to settle in Richmond, Virginia. Father bought a farm near Richmond and lived there for about a year and a half. Mother and the children had chills and fever and were sick so much that they decided to move.
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Father had always wanted a cattle ranch, so they moved down to southwest Texas and bought a cattle ranch about twenty miles from Brackettville, Texas. The family came by train from Virginia to Texas and had been there only a short time when I was born on June 1st, 1882. About two years later my mother had another baby girl, and she and I were the only children born in the United States. While we were living there Father met a man named McBee who had a ranch at White Oaks, New Mexico. He was always telling Father what a great country New Mexico was, so in 1886 my father sold out his place near Brackettville and started for New Mexico.Our family consisted of Father, Mother and the eleven children. My two oldest brothers and my oldest sister were married, so they and their families came with us to New Mexico. We were in five covered wagons drawn by horses. Father had about 200 head of cattle and about 60 horses. The boys drove the stock and the ladies did the cooking. I was about four years old at the time but one or two incidents stand out very clearly in ny memory. We were very much afraid of the Indians as we had heard of the terrible things that they had done to wagon trains. We were not molested by them at all, tho’’ we saw them on several occasions.
Father had always wanted a cattle ranch, so they moved down to southwest Texas and bought a cattle ranch about twenty miles from Brackettville, Texas. The family came by train from Virginia to Texas and had been there only a short time when I was born on June 1st, 1882. About two years later my mother had another baby girl, and she and I were the only children born in the United States. While we were living there Father met a man named McBee who had a ranch at White Oaks, New Mexico. He was always telling Father what a great country New Mexico was, so in 1886 my father sold out his place near Brackettville and started for New Mexico.Our family consisted of Father, Mother and the eleven children. My two oldest brothers and my oldest sister were married, so they and their families came with us to New Mexico. We were in five covered wagons drawn by horses. Father had about 200 head of cattle and about 60 horses. The boys drove the stock and the ladies did the cooking. I was about four years old at the time but one or two incidents stand out very clearly in ny memory. We were very much afraid of the Indians as we had heard of the terrible things that they had done to wagon trains. We were not molested by them at all, tho’’ we saw them on several occasions.
I remember waking up one morning and hearing my mother crying. I looked out and it seemed to we that I saw piles and piles of dead stock all around us. The cattle and horses had died from drinking the alkali water. This happened where Seven Rivers emptied into the Pecos River. My father was very much discouraged and took what was left of the cattle and horses and went up an the [Penasco?] in New Mexico. He bought a farm and we lived there for about a year. We raised lots of potatoes that year and the boys sold them. Father decided to go on to White Oaks, New Mexico, to where the McBee’s lived so he sold out the farm and what cattle he had left and we moved to White Oaks. My married brothers
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and my married sister and their families moved back to Texas. We went to the McBee ranch which was about two miles from White Oaks. We lived on this ranch a year and Father ran a dairy and sold the milk in White Oaks. At the end of the year Father got us a house nearer town, just above the Old Abe Mine pump station. He opened up a meat shop in town. We children went to school and I remember one teacher especially, named Wharton. The geography’s that we studied showed Lee’s Island on the map and the teacher often told the class that it was our father who had discovered this island.
My brother Bob married and worked in the South Homestake Mine. He drilled into a “dud” (a percussion cap that had not been exploded) and it blew up and killed him. This was about 1892. There was such a big family of us and all the married ones settled around my father and they called our place Leesville. There were about five families of us. Father used to drive the stage to Socorro. I remember once that he did not get home when the stage was due and my mother got very uneasy. The stage was often held up and we were afraid it had been held up and my father killed. He was a night and day late and just about the time my brothers and some friends got their horses saddled to go look for him we saw the stage coming over the hill into White Oaks. They had run into a terrible snow storm and the horses could not pull the stage through the storm. It was very cold and my father and the passengers were almost frozen. He stopped the stage at our house and the passengers came in and got warmed up and drank some coffee before Father took the stage an into the town. Father wore a beard and I remember that it was all covered with ice and snow and you could only see his eyes. I grew up with Edward L. Queen in White Oaks and we were married in the Methodist Church there on January 1st, 1902, by the Reverend Sam Allison, who now lives in El Paso, Texas.
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We have three children, two boys and one girl, all married, and one grandson and one grand-daughter(my mom Carol Watt), who all now live in California. Of my father’s family there are only three left, myself, one brother, Jim Lee, who lives in Douglas, Arizona and one sister Mrs. Ray Lemon, who lives in Carrizozo. My father died in Douglas, Arizona in 1920, at the age of eighty-five years. My mother died in Carrizozo at eighty-one years, in 1925.
Mr. Queen and I leave White Oaks some times for years at a time but we always come back. We have our home here. Judge Andrew R. Hudspeth, who owned the property in White Oaks known as Leesville, made me a gift of a deed to this property in 1936. I am very glad to own our old home.
NARRATOR: May Lee Queen, White Oaks, New Mexico, Aged 56 years.
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Father had always wanted a cattle ranch, so they moved down to southwest Texas and bought a cattle ranch about twenty miles from Brackettsville, Texas. The family came by train from Virginia to Texas and had been there only a short time when I was born on June 1st, 1882. About two years later my mother had another baby girl, and she and I were the only children born in the United States. While we were living there Father met a man named McBee who had a ranch at White Oaks, New Mexico. He was always telling Father what a great country New Mexico was, so in 1886 my father sold out his place near Brackettsville and started for New Mexico.Our family consisted of Father, Mother and the eleven children. My two oldest brothers and my oldest sister were married, so they and their families came with us to New Mexico. We were in five covered wagons drawn by horses. Father had about 200 head of cattle and about 60 horses. The boys drove the stock and the ladies did the cooking. I was about four years old at the time but one or two incidents stand out very clearly in ny memory. We were very much afraid of the Indians as we had heard of the terrible things that they had done to wagon trains. We were not molested by them at all, tho’’ we saw them on several occasions.
Father had always wanted a cattle ranch, so they moved down to southwest Texas and bought a cattle ranch about twenty miles from Brackettsville, Texas. The family came by train from Virginia to Texas and had been there only a short time when I was born on June 1st, 1882. About two years later my mother had another baby girl, and she and I were the only children born in the United States. While we were living there Father met a man named McBee who had a ranch at White Oaks, New Mexico. He was always telling Father what a great country New Mexico was, so in 1886 my father sold out his place near Brackettsville and started for New Mexico.Our family consisted of Father, Mother and the eleven children. My two oldest brothers and my oldest sister were married, so they and their families came with us to New Mexico. We were in five covered wagons drawn by horses. Father had about 200 head of cattle and about 60 horses. The boys drove the stock and the ladies did the cooking. I was about four years old at the time but one or two incidents stand out very clearly in ny memory. We were very much afraid of the Indians as we had heard of the terrible things that they had done to wagon trains. We were not molested by them at all, tho’’ we saw them on several occasions.
I remember waking up one morning and hearing my mother crying. I looked out and it seemed to we that I saw piles and piles of dead stock all around us. The cattle and horses had died from drinking the alkali water. This happened where Seven Rivers emptied into the Pecos River. My father was very much discouraged and took what was left of the cattle and horses and went up an the [Penasco?] in New Mexico. He bought a farm and we lived there for about a year. We raised lots of potatoes that year and the boys sold them. Father decided to go on to White Oaks, New Mexico, to where the McBee’s lived so he sold out the farm and what cattle he had left and we moved to White Oaks. My married brothers
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