John Hiram,Sr. was born June 27 1888 Marlin, Falls County, Texas, died April 3, 1963 Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma ( Died in a car wreck.) Burred Ravia Cemetery, Ravia, Johnston County, Oklahoma.
John's first wife. Lettie Coe Bohannon, Two Sons by first marriage.
John Hiram Jr. (Jaye) Bohannon born May 16 1923, Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, died May 6, 1963 Johnston County, Oklahoma. His car was hit by a fright train causing his death. Buried at Ravia Cemetery. (Jaye never married.)
Horace Eugene (Gene) Bohannon born August 8, 1924, no death record. He was alive at his father and brother's death's because he built their tombstone. They were "water well diggers" and Gene built a small red brick water well as their gravestone. A round well @ 4 feet high x 3 feet wide, with a wooden shingled, pitched roof making the whole well about 7 feet high. Under the top of the pitched roof he had placed copper plates with some of the above Information.
One Son of second marriage:
Jerry R Bohannon born Oct 21 1935.
This name was listed on the copper plate of his father and brother as a half brother.
John's first wife. Lettie Coe Bohannon, Two Sons by first marriage.
John Hiram Jr. (Jaye) Bohannon born May 16 1923, Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, died May 6, 1963 Johnston County, Oklahoma. His car was hit by a fright train causing his death. Buried at Ravia Cemetery. (Jaye never married.)
Horace Eugene (Gene) Bohannon born August 8, 1924, no death record. He was alive at his father and brother's death's because he built their tombstone. They were "water well diggers" and Gene built a small red brick water well as their gravestone. A round well @ 4 feet high x 3 feet wide, with a wooden shingled, pitched roof making the whole well about 7 feet high. Under the top of the pitched roof he had placed copper plates with some of the above Information.
One Son of second marriage:
Jerry R Bohannon born Oct 21 1935.
This name was listed on the copper plate of his father and brother as a half brother.
John Hiram,Sr. was born June 27 1888 Marlin, Falls County, Texas, died April 3, 1963 Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma ( Died in a car wreck.) Burred Ravia Cemetery, Ravia, Johnston County, Oklahoma.
John's first wife. Lettie Coe Bohannon, Two Sons by first marriage.
John Hiram Jr. (Jaye) Bohannon born May 16 1923, Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, died May 6, 1963 Johnston County, Oklahoma. His car was hit by a fright train causing his death. Buried at Ravia Cemetery. (Jaye never married.)
Horace Eugene (Gene) Bohannon born August 8, 1924, no death record. He was alive at his father and brother's death's because he built their tombstone. They were "water well diggers" and Gene built a small red brick water well as their gravestone. A round well @ 4 feet high x 3 feet wide, with a wooden shingled, pitched roof making the whole well about 7 feet high. Under the top of the pitched roof he had placed copper plates with some of the above Information.
One Son of second marriage:
Jerry R Bohannon born Oct 21 1935.
This name was listed on the copper plate of his father and brother as a half brother.
John's first wife. Lettie Coe Bohannon, Two Sons by first marriage.
John Hiram Jr. (Jaye) Bohannon born May 16 1923, Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, died May 6, 1963 Johnston County, Oklahoma. His car was hit by a fright train causing his death. Buried at Ravia Cemetery. (Jaye never married.)
Horace Eugene (Gene) Bohannon born August 8, 1924, no death record. He was alive at his father and brother's death's because he built their tombstone. They were "water well diggers" and Gene built a small red brick water well as their gravestone. A round well @ 4 feet high x 3 feet wide, with a wooden shingled, pitched roof making the whole well about 7 feet high. Under the top of the pitched roof he had placed copper plates with some of the above Information.
One Son of second marriage:
Jerry R Bohannon born Oct 21 1935.
This name was listed on the copper plate of his father and brother as a half brother.
Inscription
"WELL DIGGERS"
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
