Texas Family Group Sheet for the Thomas Mathew Choate Family *********************************************** Copyright © Marian J. Bryson McGowen. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Marian J. Bryson McGowen Email address: Mtrophies@aol.com Husband: Thomas Mathew CHOATE Birthdate: 6 Feb. 1849 Birthplace: Peach Tree Villiage, Polk Co., TX Death date: 12 June 1938 Place of death: Crowell, Forad Co., TX Burial: Crowell Cemetery Father: David Bartlett Choate Mother: Polly Ann Judson Marriage date: 2 Jan. 1876 Marriage place: Limestone Co., TX Wife: Josephine Cordia Springfield Birthdate: 10 Oct. 1859 Birthplace: Thornton, TX Death date: 16 May 1934 Place of death: Crowell, Foard Co., TX Burial: Crowell Cemetery Father: Gabriel Stiles Springfield Mother: Martha Jane Rogers CHILDREN Child No. 1: Bob Choate Sex: M Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: Johnny Choate Sex: M Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Larkin Choate Sex: M Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: Dora Lee Choate Sex: F Birthdate: 28 Dec. 1880 Birthplace: Kossee, Lomestone Co., TX Death date: 10 June 1982 Place of death: Lawton, Comanche Co., OK Burial: Marriage date: 25 Dec. 1898 Marriage place: Tyson, TX Spouse's name: George Leonard Henson Child No. 5: Steven Strickland Choate Sex: M Birthdate: 19 Nov. 1882 Birthplace: Snyder, Kiowa Co., OK Death date: 6 Aug. 1946 Place of death: Manitou, Tillman Co., OK Marriage date: 7 Dec. 1907 Burial: Frederick Cemetery, Tillman Co., OK Marriage place: Aquilla, Hill Co., TX Spouse's name: Ethel May Tripplet Child No. 6: Ella Florence Choate Sex: F Birthdate: 3 March 1884 Birthplace: Texas Death date: 7 May 1977 Place of death: Chickasha, Grady Co., OK Burial: Rosehill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady Co., OK Marriage date: 1903 Marriage place: Hill Co., TX Spouse's name: William Americus Haught Child No. 7: Ada Choate Sex: F Birthdate: 8 Sept. 1885 Birthplace: Aquilla, Hill Co., OK Death date: May 1974 Place of death: Chickasha, Grady Co., OK Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Thomas Stradley (1), John Beard (2) Child No. 8: Nancy Ann Choate Sex: F Birthdate: 17 June 1888 Birthplace: Hill Co., TX Death date: 30 June 1969 Place of death: Spur, Dickens Co., TX Burial: Spur Cemetery, Dickens Co., TX Marriage date: 29 De. 1905 Marriage place: Mangum, OK Spouse's name: Walter Franklin Foreman Child No. 9: Mary Adeline "Addie" Choate Sex: F Birthdate: 7 Nov. 1890 Birthplace: Hillsboro, Hill Co., TX Death date: 26 Aug. 1957 Place of death: Ardmore, Carter Co., OK Burial: Crowell Cemetery, Foard Co., TX Marriage date: 3 June 1917 Marriage place: Snyder, Tillman Co., OK Spouse's name: Dolphus Gipson Pauley Child No. 10: Roxie Minnie Bea Choate Sex: F Birthdate: 24 Oct. 1892 Birthplace: Aquilla, Hill Co., TX Death date: 24 Jan 1990 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 10 Dec. 1916 Marriage place: Frederick, Tillman Co., OK Spouse's name: Claude Cannon Mott Child No. 11: Walter David Choate Sex: M Birthdate: 28 Jan. 1895 Birthplace: Hill Co., TX Death date: 3 Apr. 1986 Place of death: Selah, Yakima Co., WA Burial: Marriage date: 18 Sept. 1920 Marriage place: Lawton, OK Spouse's name: Oma E. Otwell Child No. 12: Myrtle Choate Sex: F Birthdate: Dec. 1897 Birthplace: Texas Death date: Abt. 1900 Place of death: Hill o., TX Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: Some of the information for the family of Thomas Mathew Choate was provided to me from Cleo Choate Reid, granddaughter of Thomas Mathew Choate and daughter of Steven Strickland Choate. Cleo lived in Big Spring, TX for several years but now resides in Abilene, TX. Noted 16 Feb. 2000. Obituary: T. M. CHOATE DIES SUDDENLY EARLY SUNDAY ...From Foard County News, June 16, 1938 Funeral services for Thomas M. Choate, 89, were held in the First Methodist Church of Crowell Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Elder L. E. Garner, pastor of the Quanah Church of Christ officiating and was assisted by Rev. E. L. Yeats, pastor of the Methodist church. Interment was made in the Crowell Cemetery by the side of his wife, who died here on May 16, 1934. Mr. Choate died in his sleep early Sunday morning, presumably as the result of heart failure, as he attended a political speaking in Crowell Saturday night and seemed hearty at that time. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ada Beard, in Crowell. A Masonic burial ceremony was held at the grave by Crowell Lodge No. 840 A. F. & A. M. Womack Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Active pall bearers were T. S. Haney, Jeff Bruce, Granville, Lanier, Glenn Offield, Charles Fergeson and Henry Black. Mr. Choate was born in Peach Tree Village, Polk County, Texas on February 6, 1849. When five years of age, he moved to Limestone County where he married Miss Josephine Springfield in Kosse in 1876. Sixteen children were born to this union. Three children died in infancy and a son died at the age of 17 years. Eight children, two sons and six daughters survive and are as follows: S.S. Choate of Snyder, Oklahoma and W. D. Choate of Rush Springs, Oklahoma; Mrs. G. L. Henson of Overton, Mrs. W. H. Haught of Rush Springs, Oklahoma, Mrs. W. F. Foreman of Spur, Mrs. Ada Beard of Crowell, Mrs. D. G. Pauley of Margaret and Mrs. C. C. Mott of Manitou, Oklahoma. Mr. Choate moved with his family in 1887 to Hill County where he lived until moving to Snyder, Oklahoma in 1908. In 1934, Mr. Choate moved to Crowell and had been living with his daughter since the death of his wife. He became a member of the Methodist Church while living in Limestone County, and about thirteen years ago, he united with the Church of Christ in Snyder. Other survivors include one borther, S. S. Choate of Fort Worth; twenty- five grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Out of town relatives who attended the service were Mrs. Henson of Overton; Mr. & Mrs. S. S. Choate of Snyder; W. D. Choate of Rush Springs; Mrs. Haught and three daughters of Rush Springs; Mrs. Mott of Manitou; Mrs. Foreman and four children; Bailey Mott, a grandson and wife of Frederick, Oklahoma; Mrs. Harold Miller, a granddaughter and husband of Snyder, Oklahoma; Mrs. Homer Prater, a niece of Fort Worth; Dewitt Choate, a nephew of Fort Worth. Out of town friends present were Mr. & Mrs. Foy Pauley of Olney and Mr. & Mrs. Roy Kirkpatrick of Fort Worth. 1850 Polk Co., TX census / with parents / listed as Thomas SHOAT, age 6/12, b. in TX. 1860 Limestone Co., TX census / with parents / listed as Thos. CHOAT, age 9, b. TX. 1870 Limestone Co., TX census / with parents / listed as Thos. CHOATE, age 19, b. TX 1880 1887 Moved to Hill Co., TX 1890 Census not available. 1900 Hill Co., TX census, JP 2, 7 June 1900, ED 54, p. 3. 52/52 Choate, Tom, Feb. 1850, 50, marr. 24 yrs., TX MS IL ----------, Josephine, Oct. 1859, 42, marr. 24 yrs., (12-9), TX AL SC ----------, Steven S., Nov. 1882, 17, TX TX TX ----------, Ella, Mar. 1884, 16, TX TX TX ----------, Ada, Sept. 1885, 24, TX TX TX ????? age 14???? ----------, Nannie, June 1888, 12, TX TX TX (Nancy Ann) ----------, Adda, Nov. 1890, 9, TX TX TX (Mary Addie) ----------, Roxie, Oct. 1893, 6, TX TX TX ----------, Walter, Jan. 1895, 5, TX TX TX (Walter David) ----------, Myrtle, Dec. 1897, 2, TX TX TX (this is the only time Myrtle will be seen on census records as the story I've been told is that she died at age 3 of red ant stings). (Census taker's handwriting difficult to read) 1908 Moved to Snyder, OK (Kiowa Co.?) 1910 Kiowa Co., OK census, Hunter township, 30 Apr. 1910, ED 773, p 8A. 103/135 Choate, Thomas M., 61, m1 for 38 years, TX MS IL ----------, Josephine, 63, m1 for 38 years, TX SC AL ----------, Addie, dght, 18, S, TX TX TX ----------, Roxy B., dght, 17, TX TX TX ----------, Walter D., 15, S, TX TX TX 1920 Kiowa Co., OK census, ED 140, 14-16 Feb.1920, Mountain Park, sheet 4A. 70/71 Choat, Tom M., head, 70, marr., TX AL TX ---------, Josephine, wife, 59, TX SC AL ---------, Walter, son, 24, S, TX TX TX Stradley, Ada, dght., 33, Widow, TX TX TX (Note: in household 66/67 is a John T. Beard, age 51, married although no wife is listed. Could this be the John Beard that Ada Choate Stradley eventually married?) 1930 Tillman Co., OK census, Hunter, 4 Apr. 1930, ED 71-16, p. 2A. 30/33 Choate, Tom M., 80, marr @ age 26, TX MS IL ----------, Josephine, 69, marr @ age 17, TX AL NC Beard, Ada, dght., 43, Div., age @ 1st. marr. 20, TX TX TX 1938 Thomas Mathew Choate died in Foard Co., TX. .