Mississippi Family Group Sheet for the Alva Lonzo VOYLES Family *********************************************** Copyright Vicki Burress Roach. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Vicki Burress Roach Email address: Husband: Alva Lonzo VOYLES Birthdate: November 19, 1865 Birthplace: Prentiss Co., MS Death date: February 16, 1939 Place of death: Haworth, OK Burial: Pollard Cem., Haworth, OK. Father: Eli Emariah William Gobeforth VOYLES Mother: Macedonia Carolina WALLACE Marriage date: July 17, 1887 Marriage place: Prentiss Co., MS Wife: Laura Etta ROGERS Birthdate: August 28, 1870 Birthplace: Booneville, Prentiss Co., MS Death date: August 27, 1963 Place of death: Haworth, OK Burial: Pollard Cem., Haworth, OK. Father: William T. ROGERS Mother: Martha LANGFORD CHILDREN Child No. 1: Cordia VOYLES Sex: F Birthdate: August 7, 1889 Birthplace: Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS Death date: January 20, 1968 Place of death: Oklahoma City, OK Burial: Marriage date: July 18, 1915 Marriage place: Paden, OK Spouse's name: Frank COUCH Child No. 2: James Lafayette VOYLES Sex: M Birthdate: February 10, 1892 Birthplace: Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS Death date: December 13, 1975 Place of death: Okemah, OK Burial: Marriage date: February 12, 1913 Marriage place: Mason,OK Spouse's name: Florence DERRICK Child No. 3: Nora Maude VOYLES Sex: F Birthdate: February 13, 1893 Birthplace: Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS Death date: December 10, 1975 Place of death: Oklahoma Hospital, OK Burial: Marriage date: February 22, 1914 Marriage place: Mason, OK Spouse's name: John Franklin OVERBEY Child No. 4: Verdia Mae VOYLES Sex: F Birthdate: May 5, 1896 Birthplace: Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS Death date: November 21, 1982 Place of death: Hattiesburg, MS Burial: Marriage date: June 10, 1913 Marriage place: Mason, OK Spouse's name: Ezra C. GILLENTINE Child No. 5: Rose Ellie VOYLES Sex: F Birthdate: June 5, 1899 Birthplace: Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS Death date: 1979 Place of death: CA Marriage date: November 18, 1917 Burial: Marriage place: Willow Springs, Haworth, OK Spouse's name: Vernon Lafayette OVERBEY Child No. 6: Roy Curtis VOYLES Sex: M Birthdate: October 11, 1901 Birthplace: Indian Territory, OK Death date: July 9, 1985 Place of death: Idabel, OK Burial: Marriage date: October 15, 1924 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Trula MCBRAYER Child No. 7: Una VOYLES Sex: F Birthdate: January 10, 1904 Birthplace: Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: June 15, 1925 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Jesse Ervin MCBRAYER Child No. 8: William Eli VOYLES Sex: M Birthdate: October 17, 1905 Birthplace: Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS Death date: Place of death: Idabel, OK Burial: Marriage date: April 12, 1925 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Floy Culpernia RAY Child No. 9: Merle Eugenia VOYLES Sex: F Birthdate: September 27, 1908 Birthplace: Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: October 19, 1929 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Sherman Earl EPPERLEY Documentation: According to Gerald Caulk: Information from "Ancestry and Relatives of Maude Voyles Overbey", Alva moved from MS to Indian Territory in 1900 and lived near Paden briefly before moving back to Corinth, MS, then moved to Willow Springs, OK in 1917. Was a farmer and member of the Baptist Church. Family Bible lists the dates of birth for Alva Voyles as May 19, 1865. Mrs. Maude Overbey states Alva Voyles was born in AL just over the MS/AL state line. She also states, "They lived in Corinth, MS until 1900, when they moved to Indian Territory. Then they moved back to Corinth until 1917, when they moved to the Willow Springs Community, near Haworth, OK. They moved to Cromwell, OK and lived in the oilfields where their son, Roy, worked. They moved in with Maude, a daughter, when her husband, Frank, passed away. They lived with her near Haworth, OK until Alva passed away in 1939. Laura Etta then lived with Maude, Cordia, then Una until she passed away in 1963. Both buried in Pollard Cem. near Haworth, OK." Jurors Fee Alcorn Co., Ms page 233 Jan. term 1893 Alonzo Voyles was excused from jury. 1894 Alcorn Co., MS Educable School Children Township 2 Range 8 Race-white Parents names-A.L. Voyles Children-Cordie Voyles age 5 female 1896 Alcorn Co., MS Educable School Children Township 2 range 9 race-white Parents names-A.L. Voyles Children-Cordie Voyles age 6 female 1898 Alcorn Co., MS assessment of personal property and polls A.L. Voyles number of assessment=1 1 mule valued $35.00 1 carriage valued $15.00 1 watch valued $4.00 amt. of capital employed in merchandise=600 polls between 21 and 60 years of age=1 valuation of property=650 state tax $4.22 1900 Alcorn Co. MS census VOYLES Aluy L. head white male born May 1865, age 35, married 13 years AL NC GA Laura E. wife white female Aug. 1860 age 39? married 13 years 5 children/5 living MS MS MS Cordie, dau. white, female Aug. 1889 age 10, single MS AL MS Lafayette, son white, male Feb. 1892, age 8, single MS AL MS Maud, dau. white, female Feb. 1893, age 7, single MS AL MS Virdy M., dau. white, female May 1896, age 4, single MS AL MS Ellie, dau., white, female, June 1899, age 11/12, single MS AL MS