Brush Harbor Revival Meeting
There was a Brush Harbor revival meeting going on 3 miles east of us.
Henry WATKINS was holding it [in charge of it and the preacher too]. We
were going and we were going to ride with my wife's brother, Jim
YARBOROUGH, and his wife. We was ready to go and were waiting on them to
come pick us up. My little grand daughter was crying. I had her in the
bed room trying to get her quite. My wife and daughter was in the front
room. My wife hollered at me and told me to come there. I went to the
front room and she told me a man walked in front of the house and raked
his hand across the screens on the windows and the screen door. It was a
warm night the windows were up, the door open and there was a full moon.
It was as light as day. I gave her the little girl and I went out the
back door. As I went out I got my gun. I looked every where and there
was no way any one could have got away. I went back in and I told her
she must have been mistaken and that it might have been a bird. She said
no she wasn't mistaken for she seen his hand and it was as plain
as day. She took sick the next day and in three days she was gone. I lived single 5 years and I married May McPHERSON. She had a little
girl about 2 years old, Sharon Rae. She lives at Colcord Oklahoma now.
She became a school teacher. May and I lived together for 5 years and
then we separated. I lived single 5 more years and then me and Gertie THOMPSON got married.
She run a grocery store in Peggs and had a farm where she lived. It was
about 3 quarters of a mile north of Peggs. I helped her in the store and
took care of her farm. I raised and sold five thousand dollars worth of
cattle for her. That would not be to many cattle now but cattle was
cheap then. I had a few cattle of my own. I raised a few good horses. I
raised a horse that Ray JARVIS a cousin of mine used to ride in rodeos.
Me and Gertie lived together 5 years and we separated . She passed away
4 or 5 years ago. As far as I know May is still alive and I think that she lives at Little
Kansas. After me and Gertie separated, I had a house and lot in Peggs
that I had managed to hold onto. I moved to it and lived there three
years. I started to become sick a lot and I decided to sell it and move
to town. I also thought I might buy a trailer house and move it out by
my daughters out toward Woodall Oklahoma. I sold my place at Peggs . I bought it back when places were cheap. I
give 350 dollars for it. I sold it for 4000 dollars. I moved my house
furniture over to my daughters and stored it. I had a grand daughter
that lived in Tahlequah. Her and her husband was doing missionary work
and they was going to be gone for a few days and they wanted me to stay
at their place until they got back. I was down in town one day and
Roscoe [unable to make out last name] ask me if I would buy a place. I
told him I would if it suited me and the price was right. We went and
looked at it and I bought it. I give 2250 dollars for it. It needed a
lot of work done on it. I hired 2 Indian carpenters again. I got it fixed and I had 4500 dollars in it now. I could
have sold it for 8000 dollars but but was well pleased with it. I lived
about 3 years on it and I was sick so much that the Doctor said I ought
not live by my self any more. My daughter said they would sell their
place and move in with me but they would have to build more onto the
house. They had to take all my stuff out of the house to redo the
house.
Recollections of my Life
Notes About this Information:
Source: Glee Krapf Great Granddaughter of Jasper Newton "Tuck" Bee.
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