| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Ninth Generation581. Paul C. LESSLY117 was born on 5 April 1860 in Boliver, Polk Co., MO.223,225 He died heart disease on 6 March 1942 in Norman, OK. He was buried in IOOF Cemetary, Norman, OK. Paul was in farmer. He was in Protestant, strong. As a young man he worked as a cowboy in New Mexico and Arizona, he is now listed with his picture and biography in the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Paul and his wife moved to Indian Territory, Purcell, Oklahoma, where their first child was born. Paul made the Oklahoma Run April 22, 1889 and staked a clam on a farm seven miles northeast of Norman. The farm had been "soonered" and Paul paid $300 for the claim. They lived in a half-dugout for sometime and then finally completed a home which burned in September, 1894. Seven more children were born to this couple. Paul and Martha Lou lived on this farm until his death March 6, 1942 and her death April 25, 1948. In the printed account of the 1860 census for Polk County, MO, Paul is listed as a child in his father's household. His age is given as 2 months and his place of birth as Missouri. The post office for the family is Bolivar and in Marion Township. In the 1870 census for Randolph County, MO, Paul is listed as a child in his father's household. His age is listed as 10 and his place of birth as Missouri. Also he is listed as having attended school within the last year. Paul appears in the 1880 census for Grayson Co., TX as a member of his father's household. His age is listed as 20 and his place of birth as Missouri. Both parents are listed as having been born in Kentucky. This information corresponds with family information on Paul's birthdate and birthplace. Notes from Richard Ryan According to papers obtained from H.T. Avey, Paul was born in Randolph County, Higbee, Missouri. He was the third child of a family of five boys and two girls. As a young man he worked as a cowboy in New Mexico and Arizona. He is listed with his picture and biography in the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Paul and Martha Lou moved to Indian Territory, Purcell, Okalhoma, where their first child Melville (or Malvel) Guyton was born. Paul made the Oklahoma Run April 22, 1889, and staked a claim on a farm seven miles northeast of Norman, Oklahoma. The farm had been "soonered" and Paul paid $300 for the claim. They lived in a half-dugout for sometime and then finally completed a home which burned in September 1894. Seven more children were born to this couple as are listed in the profile. Paul and Martha Lou lived on this farm until his death, March 6, 1942 and her death April 25, 1948. Birthplace listed as Boliver, MO in Lynne Gibbs baby book. Paul C. LESSLY and Martha Louise GUYTON were married on 8 September 1885 in Pottsboro, Texas.340 Martha Louise GUYTON117 was born on 20 August 1866 in Altalla Co., Mississippi. She died heart, clot in leg on 25 April 1948 in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK. She was buried in IOOF Cemetary, Norman, OK.
She was eldest of three girls and one boy. Her family migrated to Grayson County, Texas, crossing the Mississippi River in a ferryboat when Martha Lou was four years old. Paul C. LESSLY and Martha Louise GUYTON had the following children:
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