Dovie Lee Farris (1902 - 1934)

Born 13 Feb 1902 in Oklahoma, USA

Wife of John Lloyd Welch — married 22 Nov 1920 in Hughes County, Oklahoma, USA

Died 8 Jun 1934 at age 32 in Hughes County, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Dovie Lee Farris, daughter of Joil/Joel Lee Farris and Mollie S. ?Lawrence

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: 13 Feb 1902, per gravestone

Birth Place: Oklahoma, per census

Death Date: 8 Jun 1934, per death index

... her gravestone says died in May (not June)

... assume the death index is more accurate than gravestone

... gravestone looks too modern, probably crafted many years after death

Death Place: Hughes County, Oklahoma, per death index

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Dovie's parents are assumed by Dovie's association to her siblings

Dovie has childhood census with parents & siblings in 1910 Cleveland Co., OK

Dovie is buried in the same cemetery as brothers Alva Farris & Virgil Farris

Dovie's marriage was at the residence of W.R. Farris. (assume her brother)

William Richard Farris has 1942 OK draft registration, says contact is Alva Farris

Sources

DEATH INDEX:

Source: Ok2 Explore; Oklahoma State Vital Records

URL: https://ok2explore.health.ok.gov/App/DeathSearch

Name: Dovie L Welch

Gender: female

Death Date: 8 Jun 1934

Death County: Hughes County, Oklahoma

MY Notes:

Dovie's parents are probably on her death record (but ordering costs $15)

PARENTS' DEATH INDEX (assuming these are Dovie's parents):

Joel L Farris, d. 7 Jun 1938, Hughes Co., Oklahoma

Mollie S Farris, d. 15 May 1910, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma

Source: Ok2 Explore; Oklahoma State Vital Records

URL: https://ok2explore.health.ok.gov/App/DeathSearch

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial 37249617 (gravestone pictured)

Inscription: Dovie Lee Farris

Birth: 13 Feb 1902

Death: 8 May 1934 <-------- [different from death index]

Burial: Holdenville Cemetery, Holdenville, Hughes County, Oklahoma

Created by: Danny Chancellor

Added: 18 May 2009

QUESTION: Why isn't her married name on the gravestone?

MARRIAGE:

Ancestry.com. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995

Name: John Welch

Gender: Male

Age: 20 ... [born about 1900]

Marriage Date: 22 Nov 1920

Marriage Place: Hughes, Oklahoma, USA

Father: J A Welch

Spouse: Davie Lee Farris

Spouse's Gender: Female

Spouse Age: 18 ... [born about 1902]

(the photocopy on familysearch has additional information)

It shows both John & Davie are residents of Lamar, Hughes, Oklahoma

Shows they married at the residence of W.R. Farris

Marriage witnessed by W.P. Welch, and L.T. Hunnicut, both of Lamar, Oklahoma

MY Notes:

Assume W.P. Welch is John's brother, William Pierce Welch

Assume W.R. Farris is Dovie's brother, William Richard Farris

William Richard Farris has OK 1942 draft registration, says contact is Alva Farris

CENSUS:

1910 census: Taylor, Cleveland, Oklahoma

Lee Farris .......... 40 ... TX,MO,MO ... married 16 years

Molley Farris ..... 31 ... GA,GA,GA ... 9 children, 9 living

Lutra Farris ....... 14 ... OK,TX,GA

Richard Farris ... 10 ... OK,TX,GA

Drosi Farris ......... 8 ... OK,TX,GA <----- [possibly a typo]

Bryant Farris ....... 6 ... OK,TX,GA

Vivie Farris .......... 2 ... OK,TX,GA

1930 census: Barnard, Hughes, Oklahoma, #83

John C Welch ...... 30 ... TX,KY,TX ... married at age 20

Davie Welch ....... 28 ... OK,MO,GA ... married at age 18

Mcmullen ........... 23 ... servant