FRANCE HOLLAND ODNEAL

 France Holland Odneal was born Feb. 2, 1863 in Winterville, Sullivan Co., MO.  He married Laura Lee DICKERSON Sept 30, 1888 in Harris, MO, they had thirteen children  Laura died Dec. 30, 1940 and France died May 9, 1949.  They are both buried in the Liberal Cemetery, Liberal, KS.

  A,  Roy Clinton ODNEAL was born Jul 2, 1889 in Harris, Sullivan Co., MO.  He married Bessie    Susan HODGES May 6, 1913 in Guymon, OK.  They had four children.  He was the Police Chief in Palisades,   CO.  He died Apr 19, 1949 and Bessie died  May 11, 1957 in Palisade, CO.
  B.  Loula Ellen ODNEAL was born Oct 19, 1890 in Harris, Sullivan Co., MO.  She married John    Leslie WISWELL June 13. 1909 at her home.  They had six children.  John was a farmer.  He died Feb 26, 1951   in Sublette, KS  and she died Jan. 10, 1976 in Stanta, KS.
  C.  Wade Hampton ODNEAL was born Nov 18, 1892 in Harris, Sullivan Co., MO.  He married
 
 The following is by Wade
 The History of My Life as I remember the Times and Places
 I was born in Sullivan County, Missouri, Nov. 18, 1892.  My parents were poor but filled with ambition.  They wished many times to find a place where they could be happy and raise their family.
 They heard of a land in Oklahoma called Indian Territory that was to be given away by the government.  This was interesting to my parents, so they made plans for the journey.
 The “covered wagon” was prepared and loaded with camping equipment and the food on hand.  We even took the milk cow, Bossa, tied to the back of the wagon to provide milk.  We would camp early, feed and water the stock and prepare for the next day’s trip.  We camped in the Missouri River Valley for a time where father cut wood for a living.  We were on our journey to Oklahoma when the days became warmer.
 We arrived near Stillwater, Oklahoma early spring, 1896; this was called Indian Territory.  Father and Mother rented a small farm and did see many hard times.  They worked in cotton, and as the farm had a large orchard, they picked fruit and hauled it to Stillwater.  The peaches were used by the buyers to make brandy.  There were many hardships but some good times also.  I remember a large Indian crowd having their pow-wow in the summer, the war dances and war whoops.
 After living in this part of Oklahoma for about seven years,  Father and Mother knew they could never make it there.  The government opened another tract of land in Northwest Oklahoma; a tract known as No Man’s Land--the so-called Panhandle of Oklahoma.  This land was to be homesteaded by filing on it.
 So again the old covered wagon was loaded and the family was on the journey to find a new home.  In the spring we landed in what is known as Beaver County; the year 1903.  We lived in a dugout for a few years.
 Times were discouraging as there was not much rain.  But it was a beautiful landscape and was a place to feel proud about.  The Lord began to send the needed rain, the plows began to turn the ground, and the crops began to grow on our new found land.  The cowboys and the range cattle gave way to many good farmers.  I attended a country school, and grew to manhood on this farmstead.  I cherish my memories and the training my parents and teachers gave to prepare us for life ahead.
 During this time I worked at different things and did my best to make life worth while.  I played a lot of baseball and our team was good.  I married a young lady, Minnie Ausmus in 1913.  We had five children born to us: Floy, Flossa, Harley, Verl, and Eldon.  I began preaching the gospel in 1920, and continuing in His service.  Minnie died in 1930 and I remarried Gertrude Barton, a good christian woman.  She was a wonderful wife and a living mother to my young children.
  Father and Mother lived on the farm until 1922 when they moved to Liberal, Kansas.  It was a tradition until then, that the Odneal family --- the 12 children with their families -- would gather on the farm for a Thanksgiving get-together.
 The wonderful, happy memories are so many!
  D.  Arthur Lee ODNEAL
  E.  Fannie Elizabeth ODNEAL was born Dec. 14, 1896 in Trenton, MO.  She married Jonas T. HINKLE June 13, 1915 in Beaver Co., OK.  They had eight children.  As of Jan 13, 1998 four children are still living.
 The following is from Billie Dean Hinkle, Fannie’s son and a grandson of France, remembering his younger years;
 The children of Jonas T. and Fannie Elizabeth Hinkle were all raised on the wheat farms of western Kansas about 10 miles East of Liberal.  Jack Rabbits and grasshoppers were like a plague at this time and it was also the years of the dust bowl.  For the rabbits and grasshoppers we had drives to try to exterminate them but for the dust bowl you could only pray and endure it.   During this time there were good and bad years but finally, in 1937, we had to leave the farm because of the drought.  Inspite of this I remember the many good times while on the farm as a child.  Much of what I remember is the family being together such as, going to Grandpa and Grandma’s (Mr. and Mrs. France Holland Odneal) for Thanksgiving, (the France Holland Odneal family was large with 12 of the 13 children living at that time) the many reunions there in Kansas and later at our Uncle Bill Odneals at Palisade, CO until most of the France Holland children had passed away.
     When we left the farm in 1937 Dad moved us to Lamar, CO where he started carpenter work and later followed the defense plants during World War II.  My Dad taught all his sons the farming and carpenter trade as well as building commercial & residential housing.
   There were many hard time stories to be told by those who went thru these times.
  F.  Cora Ann ODNEAL
  G.  Ora May ODNEAL
  H.  William France ODNEAL
  I.  Mary Arminda ODNEAL
 Mary wrote a histoy of Beaver Co., Oklahoma of which the following is a part.  France ran the Oklahoma Strip by horseback when it was opened for homesteading.  He filed a claim 5 miles north of Floris, returning to Stillwater for his family.  They moved in a covered wagon, arriving in Floris April 1903.  They lived in a tent until a half dug-out could be built.  Laura Lee was a midwife to many of the neighbors.
 France freighted with team and wagon from Liberal, Kansas to Floris and Beaver City, sometimes going as far south as Perryton, Texas to care for his family.  On one of his trips, he almost froze to death, but his horses took him home where he was then treated.  He and the three oldest sons worked for John George XIT and Roberts Ranches putting up hay.  They took their pay with, meat, feed and hay to help feed the family and stock.  France died in Liberal, Kansas in 1947 at age 86.
  J.   Bertha Blanche ODNEAL
  J.   Lloyd Celon ODNEAL
  K.  Clarence Leonard ODNEAL
  M.  Cleo Betrice ODNEAL

CHESTERFIELD ODNEAL
 Chesterfield was born about 1864.  He never married and  died while still a youngman near Spokane, WA in a snowstorm

FARRINGTON O. ODNEAL

 Farrington O. Odneal married Sarah C. ? Before 1890, they had eight children.
  A.  Bess ODNEAL was born in Mercer Co., MO about 1890.
   B.  Mable ODNEAL was born in Mercer Co., MO and died in 1894.  She is buried in the Harris    Cemetery at Harris, MO.
  C.  Ralph E. ODNEAL was born in Mercer Co., MO about 1894 and died in 1895, he is buried in the   Harris Cemetery at Harris, MO.
  D.  Lester L. ODNEAL was born in Mercer Co., MO Sept. 3, 1896 and died Dec 1981 in Moscow,    Stevens Co., KS.
  E.  Pearl M. ODNEAL was born 1900 in OK.  She married a Mr. Watson and they had one child.  She   may have remarried a Mr Bauer after being widowed.
  F.  Edward Johnson ODNEAL was born Aug. 1, 1902 in Oklahoma.  He married Blanche Marie    PATTON and they had four children.  He died in May 1980 in OR and is buried in Oakhill Cemetery, Eugene,   OR.
  G.  John Harry ODNEAL was born about 1904 in Oklahoma.  He married Winifred ????.  They had   three children.
  H.  Doris O. ODNEAL was born about 1907 in Kansas.

MARY E. ODNEAL
 
 Mary was born about 1868 in Mercer Co., MO.  She married Gilbert CHAPIN.  Gilbert carried mail between Houghton and Liberal, KS.  It is not know at this time if they had any children.

LUCY ARMINDA ODNEAL
Judy was born about 1870 in Mercer Co., MO.  She married Will HOOTEN.  It is believed she died in Portland, OR.

JUDY ASATUS ODNEAL
 Judy was born about 1871 ibn Mercer Co., MO.  She married William HADDY.  It is believed she died in IA.
ASATUS ODNEAL

 I don’t know if this is another entery for Judy or another person.  The record shows this person born in 1873 in Mercer Co., MO and dying at a young age.

FREDERICK GRAY ODNEAL

 Frederick Gray Odneal married Lizzie McCullough Jan 26, 1901, they had six children.  Frederick and children Lowe, Maudie, and Gracie were involved with orchard work in Washington.  Frederick also loved race horses which he raised and raced.
  A.  Lowe ODNEAL born Oct 4, 1901 in Harris, Sullivan Co., MO.  He married Leona ANDREWS    July 19, 1930.  They had two children.
  B.  Maudie M. ODNEAL was born Oct 30, 1903 in Harris, Sullivan Co., MO.  She married M. Evert   SHAVER and they had three children, they then divorced and she married Elvin McQUARRIE.
  C.  Grace E. ODNEALwas born Feb. 2, 1905 in Oklahoma.  Shge married Robert Harold SEXTON    and they  had one child.  Grace and Robert divordced and she married Robert Harold Clark.
  D.  Mattie E. ODNEAL was born April 13, 1908 in Liberal, Seward Co., KS.  She married Sam V.    LANORE Oct 28, 1927 in sandpoint, ID.  They had two children.  Sam was a sawyer of a lumber mill in ID.
  E.Hazel M. ODNEAL was born April 7, 1911 in Liberal, Seward Co., KS.  She married Harland    CHURCH in1933 at Enid, OK they had one son before divorcing,  She then married Arnold Sparks.  Hazel was   a teacher   and owned a grocery store.  Harland was a farmer and manufacting.  Arnold was an operative engi   neer.
  F.  Fred Wayne ODNEAL was born May 9, 1914 in in Liberal, Seward Co., KS.  He married June    BYRD/McQuarrie in 1941 in Couer D’Alene, ID.