----- Original Message -----
From: Paula Jones <paulaj(a)crcom.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:17 PM
Subject: Jacob Louis/Lewis Chamlee
> I thought I would repost my line and see if anyone new might connect
with
> me.
>
> Jacob Louis/Lewis Chamlee was born in La. 1865 (according to the 1910
> Census) He married Martha J. Brantley at the age of 19 in Nevada County
> Arkansas. His marriage lisence had a note from one of his parents
attached
> stating: Please allow my son Jacob L. Chamlee a lisence to
marry. sign
J.A.
> Chamlee there is an X followed by written by J.W. Chamlee.
> Jacob then married Arminta "Minnie" Lemon on Sept.21,1897 in Lamar
> County Texas. Jacob and Minnie joined her parents on the land rush in
> Oklahoma. They also lived in Hugo Oklahoma where they gave birth to at
least
> one child. The one child we can prove was named Henry Melton Chamlee he
was
> born 1900. In 1905 the Jacob L. Chamlee family was living in Logan
County
> Arkansas, when two more children were born. They were Bertha (My
line)
on
> May 26, 1905 and Fanny in 1908. It is unknown when they left
Logan
county
> but on May 12, 1912 they were in Texarkana, Arkansas giving
birth to
> another daughter named, Olive May.
> Soon after the birth of Olive Minnie died and the girls were put up
for
> adoption. Only Olive who was under age 2 was adopted. She was adopted by
the
> Luther Liston family who called her Billie. Henry lied about his age and
> joined the navy.
> In 1918 Jacob L. Chamlee was in a hospital in ElPaso , Texas and had
> written a letter to his sister in law: Delia Lemon Needham of Logan Co.
> Arkansas telling her he thought he was going to die, and he wanted
someone
> to know so that they could let his children know. Well his
children
found
> each other and found their Aunt Delia by 1950. But I have been
unable to
> find a death place for Jacob. As the State of Texas and New Mexico
neither
> one have any record of his death.
> I also need to know who was J.A. Chamlee and who were Jacob L.
Chamlee's
> siblings? If it helps he went by the name Jake!
> I can't find out anything about Jake in the 20 years I have been
looking
> so I named my son Jake!
> If you know anything that might help contact me at paulaj(a)crcom.net
> Paula
>
>