Altha Adelaide Jerome
1855 - 1925 (70 years)
Generation: 1
1. Altha Adelaide Jerome was born on 22 Mar 1855 in Adair Township, Illinois; died on 7 Jul 1925 in Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma; was buried in Perkins Cemetery, Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma. Notes:
Altha Adelaide Jerome was born in Adair County, Illinois, March 22, 1855. She was the third child of Orrin Stephen & Phoeba (Davis) Jerome.
Altha's brothers and sisters were,
Chauncy, Benjamin, Menerva & Mansfield Jerome.
Altha was first married to John William Stone, Dec. 24, 1871, John passed away on Nov. 2, 1873. Altha & John had a son, John Robert Stone, who married Mary Jane 'Jenny' Elliott, March 17, 1896 in Payne County, Oklahoma. Jenny's parents were, Waymond C. & Martha Ann (Caroll) Elliott.
John and Jenny Stone's children were,
Wayman, Ralph Elliott, Carl H., Frank F., Madeline M., & Ralphine M.
Altha married Anderson Jane (Ank) Molloy, March 11, 1875 in Linn County, Missouri. Altha & Ank's children were, Daniel A. (Bert), Phoebe H. Kane, Eunice L. Adams, Orein A., Authur G., Ora E. (Mcguire, Noah), Leroy, & Luther W.
Anderson Jane (Ank) Molloy passed away March 11, 1875.
Altha married Hiram Myrick a widower July 3, 1905. There were no children to this union.
The Molloy family came to Oklahoma Territory, from Linn County Missouri, first settling north of Guthrie Oklahoma. A son Luther was born there March 19, 1891.
Anderson J. (Ank) Molloy took a claim in the Sac & Fox Territory, one mile south and six miles east of Perkins Oklahoma, described as the SW 1/4 of Section 7, Township 17, Range 4, East. in 1891 on a horse named (Tag) which Mansfield Jerome, Altha's brother borrowed to make the Cherokee Strip land run on Sept. 16, 1893. Mansfield filed a claim, SW 15-20-2W.. in Noble County Okla. at the Land Office in Perry Oklahoma. The Molloy land is no longer in the family but the Jerome land is.
The first wood home built on the Molloy homestead was lost in a fire, Adelaide had fancied up her home by covering the bare walls with muslin. One evening while returning from the cotton field two of the Molloy children, Roy & Ethel were attempting to light a kerosene lamp when it overturned and caught the muslin on fire. Soon the whole house was in flames and the family lost all their clothes and household possessions.
Altha lost three of her children, Arthur, Orein A. & Leroy, Arthur died at age 11, 1892 an was the first person buried in the Oak Dale Cemetery, Agra, Lincoln County Okla. Land was given for the cemetery by Roland Gooch. Orein A. 1917, buried at Oakdale. Leroy died July 3, 1925, and is buried in the Perkins Cemetery, Altha passed away July 7, 1925, four days after her son Leroy.
Altha stayed on the farm and raised her family, she was a good mother and highly thought of by friends and neighbors.
Thanks to Joyce Stanton, Mrs. Luther, (Florence L. Case), Molloy, & Darren Jerome.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23865359/altha-adelaide-myrickAltha married Anderson Jane "Ank" Molloy on 11 Mar 1875 in Linn County, Missouri. Anderson (son of Abel Ferrio Molloy and Hannah Asbury) was born on 13 Jun 1849 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 19 Dec 1892 in Agra, Lincoln County, Oklahoma; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Agra, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]