Helen A. Cason

Permelia Ann Helen Cason		Unknown (Born in US)
		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).

U.S. Census, 1880

Reeds Creek, Lawrence, Arkansas

Family History Library Film: 1254049, NA Film Number: T9-0049, Page Number: 484B

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/household_record.asp?HOUSEHOLD_CODE=1880US_11641945&HOUSEHOLD_SUB=1&frompage=5

A "Helen A. Cuson" is listed here as a niece in the LaBass family. I searched Lawrence County, and interestingly enough, this Helen was only 1 of 2 in the results. (The other was a Wilbanks. I got no results when searching for Cason. I thought all vowels were equivalent with soundex. Oh well.) The name matched so well that I checked it out and found that the record was in Reeds Creek, the very same town Permelia's husband is from. Is this Helen "Ann" Cason? What about the "F" in the death record below? (Not a huge problem, as initials are frequently messed up when transcribed from old records.) Where does the "Permelia" part come from?

• Here's Mr. LaBass: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/PRF/individual_record.asp?recid=700118222&lds=2&region=-1&regionfriendly=&frompage=99
• Volumnia is then a Frost and Helen would have to be related through a sister of Volumnia unless Cuson is Cousin and also not Helen's real last name.
• We then have Volumnia's parents as Gabriel Frost and Levisa Tyler.
• This Gabriel Frost is given with a wife named Permelia here: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100399857422&lds=1&region=11&regionfriendly=North+America&frompage=99
• Mr. Labass is shown having married a Malinda Harris here: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100339138462&lds=1&region=11&regionfriendly=North+America&frompage=99
  • The marriage date precedes the marriage date for Volumnia, who may then have been a second wife following the death of a first wife. The name Harris is suggestive. Is Helen meet here husband through family. (Is she blood related to her husband?)
  • Malinda's death date is given as 15 MAR 1851 whereas Volumnia married Mr. LaBass on 29 Jul 1851. Things add up nicely.
• Better summary for Mr. LaBass here: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/PRF/individual_record.asp?recid=820190697

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.)

Auxiliary Information

• Kinta, Haskell County, Oklahoma