Helen A. Cason

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  Unknown (Born in US)
Permelia Ann Helen Cason  
  Unknown (Born in OK or Arkansas)
Spouse
Thomas Monroe Harris (family)
Bef. 1883 (as judged by the birth of their first child, Clinton)

Data

Birth
10 Jan 1858
Kinta, Haskell Co., Oklahoma (Not likely technically correct as Kinta was apparently established around 1900. 1910 Census listed birthplace as Arkansas.)
Death
28 Sep 1947
Kinta, Haskell Co., Oklahoma

Sources

Sans Bois Cemetery - There's a lot of family here.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/haskell/cemeteries/sansbois.txt
http://members.tripod.com/~mccurtain_2/onlinecem/sans1.html
Helen's line reads: Harris, Helen ; 10 Jan 1858 - 28 Sep 1947
The cemetery also has many of Helen's relatives and the headstone data fits the Helen that I have found in the 1910 census.
U.S. Census
1910, Kinta, Haskell County, Oklahoma
Series: T624 Roll: 1254 Page: 3
House No.: 36
Family No.: 39
Appears as head of household with her children Bishop, Clinton, Cicero, Ellen, Edgar, and Talmage, but not William or Katherine. Bishop's age is given as either 14 or 17 (probably 14), which contradicts what was previously recorded. The information we previously had comes from FamilySearch and matches a headstone in Sans Bois Cemetery. I think the FamilySearch info comes from that headstone and is incorrect. (ie. I think that Bishop Harris is a different Bishop Harris.) This would also affect Bishop's middle initial (came from headstone) and his parents' estimated marriage date (previously based on assumption that Bishop was the first child).
Haskell County Death Records
Death Records on the McCurtain, Haskell County, Oklahoma Genealogical Society's website.
They don't give many details on how or where they found the records, but they're supposed to be "local". The only name I could find that I recognized, was Helen's. Her line from the record read as follows: HARRIS, Helen , F , 28 Sept 1947 , Book 6 , 21
I presume this is the same Helen based on the matching death date. (For this reason I match it with the headstone source.) Helen is listed as Helen F. Harris. (I am therefore made a bit more curious where we get "Permelia Ann" from. It's not in any of my other sources.)

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