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Adrian Alford Colbath 1893 → Oleta Colbath 1917 → Oleta married O.S. Lanham (see The Oran Stroud Lanham Family 1916)

ADRIAN ALFORD COLBATH, was born in Hess, Jackson County, Texas, May 1893, (see The Thomas Winthrop Colbath Family 1851 for details).

He married Altus Oleva WILLIAMS , 16 May 1915, Jackson County, Oklahoma. ^{[1] [2]} Altus was born 11 November 1896 in the Hess area. (see The Larkin (Lark) Patrick Williams Family for details). Adrian and Altus and two daughters; Helen Louise and Oleta Colbath. Adrian Alford died 1918 and is buried at Hess, Oklahoma.

His draft registration card shows his signature.

(i.) Helen Louise COLBATH, was born 1 February 1916, in the Hess community, and married R. J. CRAIGHEAD, on 4 November 1931. R. J. was born 5 April 1907 at Venus, Johnson County, Texas. R. J. died 1965 and is buried at Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas. Louise lived in Vernon, Texas. Louise and R. J. had three sons and three daughters. Helen died 1 Dec 2007. She was buried in Vernon, Texas. See The R.J. Craighead Family for details.

(ii.) Daughter, Oleta COLBATH, was born 13 October 1917 at Hess, Okla. Oleta lived with her parents in Elmer, OK in 1920. ^[4] Oleta attended school at Hess, Tadpole, Friendship and Ozark, Oklahoma, before moving to Lazbuddie, Parmer County, Texas, on the High Plains, where she attended school.

After her father, Adrian Colbath died, her mother remarried James J. (Jack) Freeman in 1922,^[5] making Jack Freeman Oleta’s and Louise’s step father.

In 1924, Oleta lived with Jack Freeman in Elmer, Jackson County, Oklahoma.^[6]

In 1927, Oleta lived with JJ Freeman in Headrick, Oklahoma.^[7]

Jack Freeman died 28 Dec 1928.^[8] So Altus took the children and went to live with her parents, Larkin and Ida Williams.

Oleta, age 12 then, lived with LP Williams during the 1930 census.^[9]

Oleta’s mother died in 1932.

Oleta then lived with Salome (Roberts) and Lige Koger , near Silverton, Briscoe County, Texas, and attended the Alexandria school.

The Koger’s had one son, Leo. (See photo) After Lige Koger became sick Oleta had to go back to Lazbuddie to live with Vi and Les Muse for a while, then to Sudan, Texas with Mae and Rouster Fulcher.

After Lige died, Oleta moved back to live with Salome. When Vi and Les Muse moved to Apache, Oklahoma, Oleta moved with them and stayed with them again for a while. Oleta went to Hess, Oklahoma to visit some of the family and stayed in the area for a while before moving to Altus and living with Son and Eloise Madden. Oleta worked as a baby sitter, worked at McLellans, and was a waitress at a Cafe and sold pop corn at one of the theaters in Altus.

Oleta married ORAN STROUD LANHAM, of Altus, Oklahoma, 15 May 1937. (see [The_Oran_Stroud_Lanham_Family] for details).

Altus Oleva married No. 2 James J. (Jack) Freeman about 1921, who was born 13 March 1892 ^[10], and they had one daughter, Mary Maxine Freeman, and one son that died at birth, Jack died 28 December 1928. ^[10] Altus died 20 February 1932, and both are buried with the infant son at Lazbuddie, Texas.

(iii.) Daughter, Mary Maxine FREEMAN , was born at Hess, Oklahoma, 2 October 1922. Maxine married J. C. Reid of Electra, Texas, who had been previously married. J. C. died ca 1968 and is buried at Electra, Texas. Maxine presently lives in Midland, Texas. They have one son, Donald Reid.

(1) Donald Reid, was born 3 June 1938 in Texas and is married and presently lives in Midland, Texas.

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