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Martha Elizabeth PINK SQUIRES

Female 1881 - 1969  (88 years)


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  • Name Martha Elizabeth PINK SQUIRES 
    Born 19 Aug 1881  Enon, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ALT Name: Pink Squires
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Dec 1969  Pyote, Ward County, State of Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 88y 3m.
    Buried Pyote Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I83  Richard Patterson ON & MO
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2020 

    Family Ransom Lynch RANCE SITTON
              b. 19 Aug 1874, Texas Twp., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Feb 1942, Pyote, Ward County, State of Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1903  Afton, Dickens Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Alma May PINKIE SITTON
              b. 7 Oct 1905, Afton, Dickens Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Jan 1990, Pyote, Ward County, State of Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Cicero Squires SITTON, .2
              b. 6 Jul 1908, Pyote, Ward County, State of Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 6 Mar 1959, Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     3. Frank L SITTON, .2
              b. 2 Aug 1913, Pyote, Ward County, State of Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Feb 1983, Harris Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     4. Tommy Bryant SITTON
              b. 17 Apr 1915, Pyote, Ward County, State of Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Apr 1949, Monahans, Ward Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2011 
    Family ID F53  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Obituary
      . 1970 Jan 18 - Services for Mrs Martha Elizabeth Sitton, 88, of Pyote, were held in the Pyote United Methodist church. burial was in Pyote cemetery. She died about 10:25 pm. in Monahans Convalescent Home falling an illness extend 5 years.
      Born in Enon, Aug 19, 1881 she had lived in Ward County for 63 years.
      Survivors include a daughter, Mrs W L Beardon, Pyote, son Frank L Sitton of Littlefield, brother FrankSquires of Dalhart, a sister Mrs Tom Rogers of Fort Worth, 12 grandchildren & 15 great grandchildren.
      Ref: Odessa American Newspaper, Texas.

      . Pyote school teacher:
      The first classes were held in a hay barn where Mrs. Betty Martin recalled Southern Comfort whisky cases were stored. She knew because she attended school in Pyote that year. Mrs. Martin, who was Ward County treasurer for many years, also recalled Mrs. C.G. Hallmark of Barstow was the first Pyote teacher. Mrs. Ransom Sitton, Pyote housewife, gave Mrs. Hallmark room & board in the Sitton home, a 3 room house Whether she actually was paid anything is lost in memory.
      Ref: The Monahans News 22 Oct. 1998. - - -