(Profiles of the final five heirs to the 1920 estate of William C. SMITH of Newton County, Missouri.)
43. C.R. HANKINS was born Charles Rown HANKINS in Saint Louis Township of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS on March 2, 1892. Charles’ father, William Franklin HANKINS, was the son of Sarah “Sallie” Ann (SMITH) HANKINS, an older sister to William C. SMITH. That made William Franklin HANKINS, the nephew of William C. SMITH, and Charlie Rown HANKINS William C. SMITH’s grandnephew.
(Charles Rown HANKINS became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when his father, William Franklin HANKINS, passed away in Binger, Caddo County, Oklahoma, on July 18, 1916, over three years before his uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)
Charles Rown HANKINS was the last of eight children born to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS. His older siblings included: Sadie M. (1871-1956), who married George Thomas SMITH; Lucinda Louisa (1874-1958), who married Jefferson D. SMITH; Alice (1876-1960), who married Mortimer GREGORY; Absolem HANKINS (1879-?), spouse unknown; Nellie Lenora (1884-1963), who married Joseph Wesley WILSIE; and, William Bruce (1885-1965), who married Alta Enid HALE.
The 1900 US census for the birth family of Charles Rown HANKINS has not been discovered as of this point in time, an indication that they may have been missed in that national count. By the time of the 1910 US census 18-year-old “Charley” HANKINS was the only one of William and Louisa’s children who was still living at home. Also in the household were his father, W.F. HANKINS (age 60), his mother, Louisa HANKINS (60) and an unrelated 55-year-old white male by the name of W.C. MILLRANEY who was described on the census as a “servant” and a “laborer.”
“C.R.” HANKINS married Deloris HISER in Caddo County, Oklahoma, on March 15, 1917. The wedding license listed his age as twenty-five and hers as fifteen, and both were noted as residents of Binger, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
Charles R. HANKINS registered for the World War I draft in Caddo County, Oklahoma, on June 6, 1917, less than three months after his marriage. That registration described him as having a “medium” build, being of “medium” height, and having brown hair and eyes.
“Charlie” and Deloris (HISER) HANKINS were living in Conewango Township of Caddo County, Oklahoma, when the 1920 US census was taken. He was listed as being twenty seven, and she was eighteen. They were living in a rented home, and Charles was described as a farm laborer. The couple had no children in their household at that time.
The 1930 US census found “C.R.” HANKINS (age 38) and his wife, “Veloris” (28) residing in a rented house in Gracemont, Caddo County, Oklahoma. They had two children: Alice V. HANKINS (7), and Charles R. HANKINS (4). That census revealed that Charles was a cotton farmer working on his own account, and that the family did not own a radio.
Deloris, who had been born on December 1, 1901, in Asher, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, passed away on March 3, 1935, in Binger, Caddo County, Oklahoma, leaving Charles a widower with two children - both of whom were still at home.
Charles signed up with the new Social Security program in 1937. There he listed his place of birth as the community of Maud in Seminole County, Oklahoma. On his World War II draft registration form five years later he listed “Pottawatomie County” as his place of birth. On his “Find-a-Grave” site on the internet, which was likely created by one of his children or grandchildren, his place of birth is listed as “Saint Louis, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.”
Charles R. HANKINS and his two children were living in a home that he owned in White Bread Township, Caddo County, Oklahoma, when the 1940 US census occurred. That census indicated that the family had been residing in rural Caddo County, Oklahoma, in 1935. It also indicated that Charles had an 8th grade education. Present in the household in 1940 were Charles R. HANKINS (age 49), Alice V. HANKINS (17), and Charles R. HANKINS (14).
Charles Rown HANKINS registered for the World War II draft in Caddo County, Oklahoma, on April 27, 1942. At that time he was still living in the community of Gracemont. The registration form described Charles as being five-feet-seven-and-half-inches tall and weighing 134 pounds. He had brown eyes and gray hair.
Of the two children born to Charles and Deloris (HISER) HANKINS: Alice Virginia HANKINS (1922-2010), married a man whose last name was CLEMENTS; and Charles Ray HANKINS (1925-2014), married Marie MASHANEY.
Charles Rown HANKINS passed away in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, on October 29, 1985. His Social Security record indicates that he was residing in Binger, Caddo, County, Oklahoma, at the time of his death. He is buried in the Binger Cemetery.
44. Alice GREGORY was born Alice HANKINS in Choctaw, Oklahoma Indian Territory, to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS on May 13, 1876. Alice’s father, William Franklin HANKINS, was the son of Sarah “Sallie” Ann (SMITH) HANKINS, an older sister to William C. SMITH. That made William Franklin HANKINS, the nephew of William C. SMITH, and Alice HANKINS William C. SMITH’s grandniece.
(Alice HANKINS became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when her father, William Franklin HANKINS, passed away in Binger, Caddo County, Oklahoma, on July 18, 1916, over three years before his uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)
Alice HANKINS was the third of eight children born to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS. Her siblings (from oldest to youngest) were: Sadie M. (1871-1956), who married George Thomas SMITH; Lucinda Louisa (1874-1958), who married Jefferson D. SMITH; Absolem HANKINS (1879-?), spouse unknown; Nellie Lenora (1884-1963), who married Joseph Wesley WILSIE; William Bruce (1885-1965), who married Alta Enid HALE; and, Charles Rown (1892-1985), who married Deloris HISER.
The HANKINS family has not been located on the 1880 US census, and the 1890 US census was destroyed by a fire, so Alice’s first official entry into the existing public record occurred on October 16, 1895, when she married Mortimer GREGORY in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
The young couple was living in Moore Township of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, when the 1900 US census was taken. They had three young children. The household, all GREGORYs, consisted of “Martan” (age 24), “Allice” (24), Rudy (Roy, 3), “Yula” (Eula, 2), and Robert (11/12).
By 1910 the family had moved to Conewango, Caddo County, Oklahoma, and there were four additional children in the household. When the US census was taken in 1900 the members of the GREGORY family included (all GREGORYs): “Mort” (age 33), Alice (33), Roy (13), Eula (11), Robert (9), Willie (8), Clistina (Christine, 5), Maybelle (2), and “Mort” (0).
The GREGORY family was still in Conewango in 1920 when that year’s US census was recorded. Present in the household were (all GREGORYs): “Mort” (age 43), Alice (43), Roy (23), Robert (19), Willie (17), Christine (15), “Mort” (10), Sadie (7), and Alice (3).
The 1930 US census found the GREGORY family still in Conewango, but it was down to just four members, the parents and the two children who were their namesakes. The four GREGORYs who were still at home in 1930 were: Mortimer (age 53), Alice (53), Mortimer (20), and Alice (13).
According to information on the 1940 US census, the GREGORY family had been living in Conewango in 1935, and they were still there in 1940, but by then all of the kids were gone. The family members were recorded as “M. Mort” GREGORY (age 63) and Alice GREGORY (63).
The ten children of Mortimer and Alice (HANKINS) GREGORY were: Roy Monroe (1896-1971), who married Mattie TUCKER; Eula (1898-1983), who married Alva A. HISER: Robert Lee (1900-1977), who married Ophelia VANDERFORD; William M. (1902-1998), who married Inez Viola WITT; Christine Mae (1904-1988), who married Howard L. CABBINESS; Maybelle (1907-1914), who never married; Mortimer ”Jake” (1909-1994), who married Virginia BURCH; Sadie Louise (1912-1993), who married Nathan Burt WILLIAMS; Alice Jane (1917-2005), who married Henry Arthur GAINES; and, Bryan C. (1920-1922), who never married.
Alice (HANKINS) GREGORY passed away in 1960. She is buried at the Binger Cemetery in Binger, Caddo County, Oklahoma, next to her husband, Mortimer, who died six years later in 1966.
45. Nellie Wilsie was born Nellie Lenora HANKINS in Oklahoma Indian Territory to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS on August 20, 1884. Nellie’s father, William Franklin HANKINS, was the son of Sarah “Sallie” Ann (SMITH) HANKINS, an older sister to William C. SMITH. That made William Franklin HANKINS, the nephew of William C. SMITH, and Nellie Lenora HANKINS William C. SMITH’s grandniece.
(Nellie Lenora HANKINS became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when her father, William Franklin HANKINS, passed away in Binger, Caddo County, Oklahoma, on July 18, 1916, over three years before his uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)
Nellie Lenora HANKINS was the sixth of eight children born to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS. Her siblings (from oldest to youngest) were: Sadie M. (1871-1956), who married George Thomas SMITH; Lucinda Louisa (1874-1958), who married Jefferson D. SMITH; Alice (1876-1960), who married Mortimer GREGORY; Absolem HANKINS (1879-?), spouse unknown; William Bruce (1885-1965), who married Alta Enid HALE; and, Charles Rown (1892-1985), who married Deloris HISER.
The 1890 census was destroyed in a warehouse fire and Nellie’s birth family has not been located on the 1900 US census. Nellie Lenora HANKINS’ first known entry into the public record was on December 7, 1902, when she married Joe Wilsie in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. The marriage certificate listed Nellie’s father as “W.F. HANKINS.”
The groom, Joseph Wesley WILSIE, had been born in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, on October 14, 1881.
The 1910 US census found Joe (age 28) and Nellie “WILSA” (24) living in Fern Township of Caddo County, Oklahoma, along with two children: Earl “WILSA” (6) and Thelma “WILSA” (0).
Joseph W. WILSIE registered for the World War I draft in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, on September 12, 1918.
By 1920 the WILSIE family was residing in Moore Township of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, and had two additional children - a pair of twins. According to the 1920 US census, the household included the following WILSIEs: Joe (age 37), Nellie (35), Earl (16), Thelma (10), Marjorie (4), and Marvin (4).
The 1930 US census found the WILSIE family still in Moore Township of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. The two older children were no longer in the household which by then included only four members, all WILSIEs: Joe W. (age 48), Nellie (44), Marvin (14), and Marjorie (14.).
All of the children were out of the household at the time the 1940 US census was taken. Joe WILSIE (age 58) and Nellie WILSIE (54), were living in St. Louis Township of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. That census revealed that they had also been living there in 1935.
Joe Wesly WILSIE registered for the World War II draft on April 25, 1942. That form stated that he was living in Pearson (Pottawatomie County), Oklahoma, and listed his spouse as “Nellie WILSIE.”
The WILSIE family suffered a tragedy on October 23, 1952, when (Richard) Marvin was killed in combat in North Korea. He left a widow, Ina (COTTINGHAN) WILSIE and a son, Richard Dan WILSIE (1940-1964), as well as both of his parents.
The other three children born to Joseph Wesley and Nellie Lenora (HANKINS) WILSIE were: Robert Earl (1904-1990), who married Beulah ROSS; Thelma L. (1909-1989), who married 1. Edd BARNETT, and 2. Mr. POTTER; and Marjorie (Marvin’s twin) (1915-1994), who married James DAVIS.
Joseph Wesley WILSIE died on March 20, 1957, in the state of Oklahoma. Nellie Lenora (HANKINS) WILSIE died nearly six years later on February 26, 1963. They are both buried in Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
46. Sadie SMITH was born Sadie M. HANKINS in the state of Missouri to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS on November 25, 1871. Sadie’s father, William Franklin HANKINS, was the son of Sarah “Sallie” Ann (SMITH) HANKINS, an older sister to William C. SMITH. That made William Franklin HANKINS, the nephew of William C. SMITH, and Sadie M. HANKINS William C. SMITH’s grandniece.
(Sadie M. HANKINS became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when her father, William Franklin HANKINS, passed away in Binger, Caddo County, Oklahoma, on July 18, 1916, over three years before his uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)
Sadie M. HANKINS was the oldest of eight children born to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS. Her siblings (from oldest to youngest) were: Lucinda Louisa (1874-1958), who married Jefferson D. SMITH; Alice (1876-1960), who married Mortimer GREGORY; Absolem HANKINS (1879-?), spouse unknown; Nellie Lenora (1884-1963), who married Joseph Wesley WILSIE; William Bruce (1885-1965), who married Alta Enid HALE; and, Charles Rown (1892-1985), who married Deloris HISER.
According to marriage records maintained by the state of Oklahoma, Sadie HANKINS married W.T. SANDERS on July 24, 1891, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. She gave birth to a daughter, Lettie S. SANDERS, on April 24, 1892, and a son, Austin Tyson SANDERS on October 28, 1893. It is unclear at this point what became of W.T. SANDERS, but, according to information contained on the 1900 census for Moore Township of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Sadie married (George) Thomas SMITH in 1897 and had two additional children with him by the time the census was taken.
That 1900 US census entry for the SMITH household of Moore, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, listed six individuals, all with the recorded surname of “SMITH”: Thomas (age 41), Sadie SMITH (28), “Wallice” (Wallace Irvin SMITH, a son of George Thomas’s from a prior marriage, 17), Lettie (8), “Asestan” (Austin, 5), William (1) and Evey (Eva, 4/12).
(Lettie and Austin continued to use the SMITH surname while they were growing up, but Lettie began using her husband’s surname of “COLLINS” when she married, and Austin began using the SANDERS surname when he left home.)
The SMITH family was at home in Barnard, Hughes County, Oklahoma, when the 1910 census was taken. The individuals in the household included the following, all listed as SMITHs: G.T. (age 52), “Sada” (36), Lettie (16), Austin (14), William (11), Eva (9), Bryan (7), Ralph (2), and G.T., Jr (0).
By 1920 the SMITH family had relocated to Grenville, Union County, New Mexico. The US census that year recorded the following household members, again all SMITHs: George T. (age 62), Sadie (46), William O. (21), J. Bryan (17), Ralph P. (12), and George T. (10).
George Thomas SMITH (the father, who had been born in June of 1858 in Texas) passed away in Grenville, Union County, New Mexico, on March 22, 1922, and he is buried in that community. Sometime between when he died and the 1930 US census, Sadie and her kids who were still at home, returned to Barnard, Hughes County, Oklahoma. The census of 1930 listed Sadie SMITH (age 58) as the head of the household, and noted the two children still at home as Ralph P. SMITH (21) and George “J.” SMITH (20).
By 1940 Sadie was living in the home of her daughter, Eva (SMITH) BARNES and her family in Brown, Seminole County, Oklahoma. That family included the following BARNES members: Edd M. (age 44), Eva (40), Carl (20), Hazel (19), Mannie (a daughter, 17), “Laon” (possibly “Leon,” a son, 16), “Daharell” (a son, age 8), and Sadie SMITH (68).
The complete roster of children born to George Thomas SMITH and/or Sadie (HANKINS) SMITH includes at least: Wallace Irvin SMITH (the son of George Thomas SMITH, Sr) (1882-1957), who married Dora M. HARRINGTON; Lettie S. SANDERS (the daughter of W.T. and Sadie HANKINS SANDERS) (1892-1979), who married Henry COLLINS; Austin Tyson SANDERS (the son of W.T. and Sadie HANKINS SANDERS) (1893-1974), who married Rosa WHITE; William Osborne SMITH (1898-1974), who married Velma Proctor; Eva S. SMITH (1900-1989), who married Edward Mack BARNES; Jennings Bryan SMITH (1902-1979), who married Nannie M. GREGORY; Ralph Percy SMITH (1908-1964), who married Bessie McKINZIE; and, George Thomas SMITH, Jr. (1909-1972), who married Cora O’KELLY.
Sadie (HANKINS) SMITH passed away on August 5, 1956, and she is buried at the Lamar Cemetery in Lamar, Hughes County, Oklahoma.
47. W.B. HANKINS was born William Bruce HANKINS in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS on February 13, 1889. William’s father, William Franklin HANKINS, was the son of Sarah “Sallie” Ann (SMITH) HANKINS, an older sister to William C. SMITH. That made William Franklin HANKINS, the nephew of William C. SMITH, and William Bruce HANKINS William C. SMITH’s grandnephew.
William Bruce HANKINS became an heir to the estate of William C. SMITH when his father, William Franklin HANKINS, passed away in Binger, Caddo County, Oklahoma, on July 18, 1916, over three years before his uncle, William C. SMITH, died in Missouri on February 8, 1920.)
William Bruce HANKINS was the seventh of eight children born to William Franklin and Louisa Marie (EVANS) HANKINS. His siblings included: Sadie M. (1871-1956), who married George Thomas SMITH; Lucinda Louisa (1874-1958), who married Jefferson D. SMITH; Alice (1876-1960), who married Mortimer GREGORY; Absolem HANKINS (1879-?), spouse unknown; Nellie Lenora (1884-1963), who married Joseph Wesley WILSIE; and, Charles Rown HANKINS (1892-1985), who married Deloris HISER.
William B. HANKINS made his first appearance in the public record when he was twenty-one-years-old and living in the home of his step-father-in-law, Jordan EMMONS (age 51). Also in that household were “Sansa” (Sarah) E. EMMONS (Jordan’s wife and William’s mother-in-law, 41), Ethel HALE (Sarah’s daughter and William’s sister-in-law, 20), and Alta HANKINS (Sarah’s daughter and William’s wife, 19). The family was residing in Grand Valley Township of Beaver County, Oklahoma.
(Alta Enid HALE was born March 4, 1892, in the state of Indiana to Samuel P. and Sarah E. (ADAMS) HALE. According to the Kansas state census for 1895, at that time she and her birth family were residing in Ward 2 of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.)
William Bruce HANKINS registered for the World War I draft on June 5, 1917, in Beaver County, Oklahoma.
Ancestry.com’s US census record for Grand Valley, Beaver County, Oklahoma, or 1920 lists William and his family under the surname “HAWKINS” even though the original document clearly spells it as “HANKINS.” William and his family of a wife and two sons, were living on a mortgaged farm. Present in the household were the following, all HANKINS: William B. (age 30), Alta E. (27), Floyd J. (5), and Alvin (2). William listed his occupation as a farmer.
The HANKINS’ family was living in a rented house in Delaware Township of Caddo County, Oklahoma, in 1930 when that year’s US census was taken. The size of the family had grown by two children. Those present in the household were, all HANKINS: William B. (age 41), Alta E. (38), Floyd J. (15), Alvin F. (12), “Leoan” (Leon) D. (8), and Bernadine A. (3). William was still farming at that time.
Information on the 1940 US census reveals that William and his family were residing in Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma, in 1935, but sometime later - and before 1940 - they joined the Dust Bowl migration to California. William registered to vote as a Democrat in Bakersfield, Kern County, California, for the 1938-1940 election cycle. He gave his occupation on that voter registration form as “laborer.”
William’s occupation was a more specific “farm laborer” on the US census form for Kern County, California, in 1940. That census showed that he had a 5th grade education and had only managed to work 24 hours the previous week. Present in the household were the following, all HANKINS: William B. (age 51), Alta E. (48) Alvin F. (22), Leon D. (16), and Bernadine A. (13).
Alvin Franklin HANKINS, William and Alta’s 23-year-old son, who was still residing at home with his parents in Bakersfield, Kern County, California, registered for the World War II draft on October 16, 1940. William Bruce HANKINS also registered for the same draft as a resident of Bakersfield, Kern County, California, sometime during 1942.
William B. HANKINS registered to vote in Kern County, California, (as a resident of Bakersfield - and as a Democrat) in 1954 and 1956.
The four children of William Bruce and Alta Enid (HALE) HANKINS were: Floyd Jordan HANKINS (1914-1975) who married Mary Irene LOOKHART; Alvin Franklin HANKINS (1917-1980), who is believed to have married a woman whose first name was “Eudocia”; Leon Donald HANKINS (1923-1996), who married Jo E. DAWSON; and, Bernadine Alta HANKINS (1926-1987), who married Hugh William BALL.
Alta Enid (HALE) HANKINS died in Kern County, California, on August 11, 1962. William Bruce HANKINS passed away three years later on August 23, 1965, also in Kern County, California. They are buried at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Three of their children - Floyd, Leon, and Bernadine - are at rest in the same cemetery, and Alvin is buried in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(This concludes “One SMITH Family,” the collected profiles of William C. SMITH of Newton County, Missouri, his six or seven siblings, and forty-nine of his fifty-three heirs. If more information becomes available, it will be added to the existing profiles in this blog, and at some point, hopefully sooner rather than later, the entire chronicle will be indexed, printed, and copies placed in several libraries where they will await the discovery of future family researchers. Thanks for putting up with this effort.)
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