Charles Wesley HASKINS

HASKINS, DIXON, MERRYMAN, KIRKPATRICK, MARSHALL, BRASHEAR, OERKE, MOON, LANDES, CLARK, PEASE, DICKSON, MOHLENBRINK, POINTER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/17/2009 at 01:54:13

The Ponca City News
Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma

OBITUARY - CHARLES WESLEY HASKINS

Charles Wesley HASKINS passed away at 6 pm Saturday, July 10, 1943, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edith DIXON, 413 North Third Street [Ponca City OK], after a long illness aggravated by a stroke two weeks ago. He was 75-years-old, having been born March 20, 1868, in Marion County, Iowa. He was married December 5, 1891, at Mount Ayr, Iowa, to Miss Clara MARRYMAN (sic) who survives. He participated in the Cherokee Strip opening in 1893, and staked a claim seven miles south of Lamont, where he lived until 1932 when he moved to Ponca City. He accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior in 1902.

Survivors other than his wife are as follows: 10 children, Mrs. Edith DIXON of Ponca City, Mrs. Ethel KIRKPATRICK, Roy HASKINS, Mrs. Addie PEASE, Mrs. Hazel MARSHALL, Mrs. Faye BRACHEAR, and Nelson HASKINS, all of Arkansas CIty, Kansas; Lawrence HASKINS of Ponca City; Arthur HASKINS, who is in the Army Air Corps; Howard HASKINS of Hunter, Oklahoma; 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. One brother, Ira HASKINS of Billings, Oklahoma; and four sisters, Mrs. Clara OERKE and Mrs. Nora MOON of Caldwell, KS; Mrs. Sarah MARRYMAN (sic) of Iola, KS; and Mrs. Stella LANDES of Burkburnett, Texas.

Clearfield Enterprise
Clearfield, Taylor County, Iowa
December 16, 1891

MARRIED: At the Baptist parsonage of Mount Ayr, Iowa, December 5, 1891, Charles HASKINS of Jetmore, Kansas, formerly of this place, and Miss Clara MERRYMAN, youngest daughter of Ambrose MERRYMAN and wife of Grant Township, Ringgold County, pioneer settlers of Iowa.

Jetmore Sunflower
Jetmore, Kansas
December 23, 1891

Chas. HASKINS, the junior member of the firm of Haskins Bro.'s arrived in this city with his beautiful and blushing bride last Thursday eve.

Clara Belle (MERRYMAN) HASKINS was born September 6, 1873, and died July 31, 1852.

Children of Charles Wesley and Clara Belle (MERRYMAN) HASKINS:

1) Edith Edna HASKINS

born 24 Sep 1892, Caldwell, Sumner KS

died 27 Oct 1988, Ponca City, Kay Co. OK

Interment Blackwell, Kay Co. OK

married 31 Aug 1910, Enid OK Walter Washington DIXON (1889, IL - 1972, CA)
2) Ethel Elsie HASKINS

born 17 Feb 1895 OK

died 08 Oct 1977, Ponca City, Kay Co. OK

Interment Arkansas City, Cowley Co. KS

married Ralph E. KIRKPATRICK (1901, OK - 1971, OK)
3) Roy Lavere HASKINS

born 26 Jun 1898, Salt Fork, Grant Co. OK

died 17 Nov 1982, Redlands, San Bernadino Co. CA

Interment Colton, San Bernadina Co. CA

married 15 Aug 1918 Enid OK Nora Ann CLARK (1900, KS - 1992, CA)
4) Addie Waunita HASKINS

born 05 Mar 1900, Hunter, Garfield Co. OK

died 13 Oct 1945, Arkansas City, Cowley KS

married Lawrence PEASE (ca. 1898-?)
5) Hazel Marie HASKINS

born 26 Jan 1903, Hunter, Garfield Co. OK; died Kansas City KS

married Earl MARSHALL (1901, OK - 1990, KS)
6) Myrtle Faye HASKINS

born 30 May 1906, Hunter, Garfield Co. OK

died Jan 2000, Arkansas City, Cowley KS

married Les BRASHEAR
7) Lawrence Laverne HASKINS

born 21 Jan 1909, Salt Fork, Grant Co. OK

died 21 Oct 1968, Ponca City, Kay Co. OK

married 12 Jan 1932 KS Ila Leella DICKSON (1914-2004)
8) Arthur Ivan HASKINS

born 08 Jan 1910, OK; died 10 Mar 1980, Ponca City, Kay Co. OK

Interment Blackwell, Kay Co. OK
9) Howard Stanley HASKINS

born 13 May 1912, Garfield Co. OK

died 17 Nov 1984, Enid, Garfield Co. OK

Interment Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Breckinridge, Garfield Co. OK

married 01 Aug 1935 OK Lorlene Agnes MOHLENBRINK (1919-200)
10) Nelson Lewis HASKINS

born 14 Feb 1914, Hunter, Garfield Co. OK

died 03 Jul 2000, Arkansas City, Cowley KS

Interment Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City KS

married 22 Oct 1935 KS Ila Virginia POINTER (1913-2000)

Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2009