Oglesby
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 10:55 am
The man in the middle was Jim Oglesby born 1889. Jim was born in Arkansas and orphaned by age 6.
A family of Choctaw took him in and raised him.
Later he married the woman who was to become my Grandma.
All the children below were raised on an income partially provided by trapping, building log houses and of course shine.
In the 30's or early 40's a man down the road named Marion Fowler reported him to the law. Being the second time
he was caught (still found this time) he was sent to the Federal Prison Camp in El Reno, OK
While he was in prisonn grandma washed clothes and did ironing to get by after the "sugar money" was gone.
Grandpa Jim ran a 50 gal. boiler with thumper.
When I was a boy I shined shoes at the barber shop. Some of the old timers would come in, talk to me about Grandpaw
and brag about his wildcat.
A family of Choctaw took him in and raised him.
Later he married the woman who was to become my Grandma.
All the children below were raised on an income partially provided by trapping, building log houses and of course shine.
In the 30's or early 40's a man down the road named Marion Fowler reported him to the law. Being the second time
he was caught (still found this time) he was sent to the Federal Prison Camp in El Reno, OK
While he was in prisonn grandma washed clothes and did ironing to get by after the "sugar money" was gone.
Grandpa Jim ran a 50 gal. boiler with thumper.
When I was a boy I shined shoes at the barber shop. Some of the old timers would come in, talk to me about Grandpaw
and brag about his wildcat.