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Amon McCommick Eslick (b. November 20, 1879, d. August 31, 1923)
Notes for Amon McCommick Eslick:AMON MCCORMICK ESLICK WAS BORN NOVEMBER 20, 1879 AND DIED AUGUST 31, 1923.HE WAS BORN IN MISSOURI AND DIED IN KUSA, OKLAHOMA AND IS BURIED IN HENRYETTA OKLAHOMA.EVERETT HIS SON PAID FOR THE CEMETERY PLOT,
$3.00, AND THERE IS NO MARKER.
BARBARA ESLICK, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF AMON PROVIDED ME WITH THIS INFORMATION ON THEIR FATHER.
AMON HAD SEVERAL JOBS OR OCCUPATIONS.HE OWNED AND OPERATED A GENERAL STORE IN BEE, OKLAHOMA (WHERE HIS TWIN DAUGHTERS JOY AND JOYCE WERE BORN).I DO NOT KNOW WHY HE SOLD THE STORE, OR IF IT CLOSED BECAUSE OF LACK OF BUSINESS.HE WAS ALSO A PASTRY COOK, & PICKED COTTON.AT THE END OF EACH DAYS WORK, FAMILY AND FRIENDS WOULD GATHER FOR A LITTLE MUSIC AND SONG.STELLA, ONE OF HIS SISTERS, SANG ALTO, LEWIS SWENDELL (STELLA'S HUSBAND) PLAYED BANJO, AND AMON SANG SOPRANO.AMON'S HOUSEHOLD DETERIORATED AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, ANNIE L. JOHNSON (ESLICK) IN 1918, AND FARMED ONLY ABOUT TWO YEARS.BARBARA REMEMBERS A CANE CHAIR THAT AMON WOULD PUT HIS HAT ON. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, AMON WAS WORKING IN A TILE FACTORY (ZINC SMELTER).IT WAS VERY HOT IN THE FACTORY, AND THEY BROUGHT IN ICE WATER FOR THE WORKERS.AMON CLIMBED DOWN FROM A LADDER HE WAS ON, AND DRANK THE ICE WATER, POSSIBLE COOLING HIMSELF DOWN TOO FAST, CLIMBED BACK UP THE LADDER AND FELL OFF.HE LATER DIED FROM FEVER AND INJURIES.THE DEATH CERTIFICATE STATES HE HAD A FEVER, PREVIOUSLY UNDIAGNOSED, BUT DIED FROM A BRAIN CONVULSION.HE WAS 43 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS OLD.AMON AND ANNIE HAD FOUR CHILDREN, EVERETT LESTER, BARBARA ALLEN, JOYCE THELMA AND JOY WILMA.HE WAS ONE OF 10 CHILDREN BY DAVID SAMUEL ESLICK AND MARY ELIZABETH TIGUE, HIS THIRD WIFE.MARY ANN BATEMAN, HIS FIRST WIFE GAVE HIM FIVE CHILDREN, HENDERSON MCBRIDE, DAVID SAMUEL JR., WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, ADELLA CATHERINE, AND MARY JANE WHO WAS DECEASED BY THE 1880 CENSUS.
AMON MARRIED ANNIE WHO WAS 1 YEAR OLDER THAN HE WAS ACCORDING TO ONE CENSUS RECORD.ANNIE WAS 32, AMON 31 AND EVERETT WAS 3 YEARS OLD.
AMON'S DEATH CERTIFICATE INDICATES HE WAS BORN IN 1879 AND NOT 1877, SO ANNIE COULD HAVE BEEN THREE YEARS OLDER THAN AMON.ANNIE WAS MARRIED ONCE BEFORE TO A MAN NAMED "STIFF".MR. STIFF WAS A LINEMAN AND FELL TO HIS DEATH FROM A POLE.THEY HAD ONE SON (WITH RED HAIR) WHOSE NAME WAS ED STIFF.ANNIE WAS A SEAMSTRESS, BUT MADE CLOTHES MOSTLY FOR OTHERS.ANNIE'S FATHERS NAME WAS JOHN J. JOHNSON, BUT HER MOTHER'S NAME WAS UNKNOWN TO BARBARA OR TO ANYONE ELSE I CAN FIND. MY MOTHER JOY, ALWAYS SAID THAT HER MOTHER WAS 1/2 CHEROKEE INDIAN AND BECAUSE THEY OFTEN TOOK AMERICAN NAMES AFTER MARRYING, THEIR INDIAN NAMES WERE NOT MENTIONED IN THE HOMES.BARBARA RECALLED ONLY THAT THEY CALLED HER GRANDMA.JOHN J. JOHNSON, ANNIE'S FATHER WAS OVERSEA IN WWI.WHEN THEY SENT THEM HOME WITH THEIR BACK PAY, ON BOARD A SHIP, THERE WERE LOTS OF "BLACKS" AND THEY ALL HAD MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO SLEEP OR SOMEONE WOULD SLIT YOUR THROAT, STEAL YOU MONEY AND THROW YOU OVERBOARD.GRANDPA JOHNSON REPORTEDLY CAME HOME WITH A "TRUNK LOAD" OF MONEY.
AFTER ANNIE DIED FROM THE FLU EPIDEMIC IN 1918, AMON MARRIED MARY CANTRELL, A YOUNG 13-15 YEAR OLD OKLAHOMA GIRL, ABOUT 1921.SHE WAS BETWEEN THE AGES OF EVERETT AND BARBARA AMON'S TWO OLDEST CHILDREN).NOBODY REMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED TO MARY CANTRELL AS EVERETT TOOK HIS SISTERS FROM OKLAHOMA TO IOWA TO LOOK FOR WORK AND LEFT MARY THERE.THEY SUSPECT SHE MOVED BACK WITH HER PARENTS.
AMON TALKED ABOUT PRETTY BOY FLOYD AND HOW HE STAYED WITH MANY FOLKS IN THAT AREA, NEEDING A MEAL AND A PLACE TO SLEEP.FOLKS ACCOMMODATED HIM WILLINGLY SINCE FLOYD USUALLY REWARDED THEM NICELY AND THEY NEEDED THE MONEY.HE NEVER TOLD THEM TO LIE TO ANY AUTHORITIES, BECAUSE HE WOULD BE LONG GONE BY THE TIME THE AUTHORITIES GOT THERE.BELL STAR WAS ALSO A POPULAR NAME AND FIGURE AROUND THOSE PARTS AND BARBARA RECALLED HER FATHER TALKING ABOUT HER TOO.
AMON AND MARY CANTRELL MARRIED IN BARTLETT, OKLAHOMA, AND THEY ALSO LIVED IN MILL CREEK ABOUT A YEAR, SPELTON CITY ABOUT A YEAR, AND COMMERCE, KUSA, AND EARLSBORO.
SEE CARD 4 OF JOY WILMA ESLICK FOR MORE.
IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT AMON LIVED THROUGH 11 PRESIDENTS:
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, JAMES A GARFIELD, CHESTER A ARTHUR, GROVER CLEVELAND, BENJAMIN HARRISON, GROVER CLEVELAND, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, WILLIAM TAFT, WOODROW WILSON, AND WARREN G. HARDING.
More About Amon McCommick Eslick:
Burial: Unknown, Bea Cemetery, Bea Oklahoma.
More About Amon McCommick Eslick and Anna L Johnson:
Marriage: 1900, unknown.
Children of Amon McCommick Eslick and Anna L Johnson are:
- Everett Lester Eslick, b. February 27, 1905, OK, USA14, d. April 4, 1985, Marion, OR, USA14.
- +Barbara Allen (Eslick) Stewart, b. May 5, 1910, Henryetta, Oklahoma, d. date unknown, Theodosia, Missouri.
- +Joy Wilma Eslick Campbell, b. January 31, 1916, Bryan CountyBee, Oklahoma, d. October 26, 1978, Springville, Iowa.
- +Joyce Thelma Eslick Campbell, b. January 31, 1916, Bryan CountyBea, Oklahoma, d. July 6, 1986, Goldfield, Iowa.