Children of William A. Earp and Mary F. Wright Earp



Wm. Earp Family taken 1906 in Stroud, OK Terr. Back row: Hugh, Otto, Ira, Vernie, Earl.
Front row: Ona, Oba, Coy, Will with John, Mary with baby Claud, and Ara on right.



Will and Mary Earp were married Jan. 1, 1884, in Clio, Wayne Co., IA. Their first child, Coy Jane, was born Dec. 15, 1884 in Greeley Co., NE. On Dec. 25, 1907 Coy married Phillip Otis Miller in Lincoln Co., OK.

Coy Jane Earp and Phillip Otis Miller, 1907

                                                      

Otto George was born April 25, 1886, Greeley Co., NE. On the 29th of Oct., 1910, he married Fannie E. Cummings in Lincon Co., OK.

Fannie Cummings and Otto Earp, 1910

                                                      
Ina Elizabeth was born Sept. 13, 1887, in Greeley Co., NE. She married Orval M. Collyer, March 3, 1907, in Lincoln Co., OK.

Ina Earp and Orval Collyar, 1907

                                                    

William "Vernie" was born March 6, 1889 in Greeley Co., NE. On. Dec. 19, 1916, he married Elsie Mae Kennedy in Lincoln Co., OK.

Elsie Kennedy and Vernie Earp, 1916

                                           

The last child born in Nebraska before the migration to Oklahoma Territory was Martin "Earl". He was born Aug. 27, 1890 in Greeley Co. NE. On Nov. 12, 1919, Earl Earp married Flossie Pearl Burton in Lincoln Co., OK.

Earl Earp and Flossie Burton, 1919

                                                    
The first child born in Oklahoma Territory was Hugh Earnest Earp, born June 4, 1893, in Keokuk Township, northwest of the town of Stroud, Lincoln Co., OK. Hughie was my grandfather. He married Lenna Wilburn Dec. 17, 1912. Lenna died two years later. Hughie then married my grandmother, Arlie Avenell Flatt, on Dec. 26, 1916, Lincoln Co., OK.

Hughie Earp and Lenna Wilburn, 1912

                                                       

Hughie Earp and Arlie Flatt, 1916

                                                 

The second child born in Oklahoma Territory was a girl, Ona Hannah, born Jan. 4, 1896. On Sept. 1, 1916, Ona married Edwin C. Taylor in Lincoln Co., OK.


Ona and Edwin Taylor



Ona Hannah Earp, 1910   



                                                                          

Ara Viola Earp was born March 9, 1898, north of Stroud, Lincoln Co. She married Joseph Hensly Feb. 24, 1913.

Ara Viola Earp, 1910

Ara Earp Hensley and children, 1918

Oba Asa was born April 28, 1900, north of Stroud, Lincoln Co., OK. He married Gladys Burton on Nov. 12, 1919.

Oba and Gladys Earp and children

 


Oba and Gladys Earp

 


















John Luther Earp was born Nov. 28, 1902, north of Stroud, Lincoln Co., OK. He married Jessie "Dee" Henderson on May 24, 1926.

Dee Henderson and John Earp, 1926

The last child of Will and Mary Earp was born Nov. 30, 1904. He was named Claud Russell Earp. On Nov. 29, 1925 he married Opal P. Henderson in Lincoln Co., OK.

Opal Henderson and Claud Earp, 1925