John Romans, Sr. Submitted by: Lawrence and Sue Dale

John William Romans, Sr. was born 16 Apr 1853 in Polk Co, AR, a son of James H. Romans. He married Mary Soleta Duke on 29 May 1871 in Red River Co, TX as recorded in Book C page 30. They had three children; Mary Lucinda Romans who married John W. Hufford, John William 'Trix' Romans and Edna Vonia Romans who married John W. Cline. They resided about 2 miles southeast of Sawyer, Choctaw Co, OK. John died of pneumonia on 8 Jun 1935 at his home and was buried in Shoat Springs Cemetery.

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Mary Soleta Duke Romans Submitted by: Lawrence and Sue Dale

Mary Soleta Duke Romans was born on 15 Feb 1855 in Talladega, Talladega Co, AL, a daughter of William Grief Duke and Sarah Lucinda Bowen. She married John William Romans on 29 May 1871 in Red River Co, TX as recorded in Book C page 30. They had three children; Mary Lucinda Romans who married John W. Hufford, John William 'Trix' Romans and Edna Vonia Romans who married John W. Cline. At the time of her death she resided with her family about 1/4 miles west and 1-1/4 miles south of Boswell, Choctaw Co, OK. She died on 15 Dec 1926 and was buried in Shoat Springs Cemetery [Locations and burial site from an obituary written by Liston R. Coffey, Coffey Funeral Home in Hugo, Choctaw Co, OK]

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John William 'Trix' Romans, Jr. was born on 13 Aug 1880 in Red River Co, TX, a son of John William Romans, Sr. and Mary Soleta Duke. From his WW I Draft Card we have that he was a farmer, tall, white, blue eyes and black hair. He never married. John 'Trix' died of malaria and other complications at his home about 2 miles southeast of Sawyer, Choctaw Co, OK on 8 Jun 1935. Burial was in Shoat Springs Cemetery. [J. D. Moore was his physician and furnished the cause of death as well as the home location. Burial site is from an obituary written by Liston R. Coffey, Coffey Funeral Home in Hugo, Choctaw Co, OK]

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Edna Vonia Romans Cline Submitted by: Lawrence and Sue Dale

Edna Vonia Romans was born in Red River Co, TX on 10 Oct 1889, a daughter of John William Romans, Sr. and Mary Soleta Duke. She married John W. Cline in 1906 and they had a daughter, Essie M. Cline who married William Thomas 'Bud' Bevil. Edna died in Arkansas on 15 Sep 1908 and burial is in the Shoat Springs Cemetery.

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[All are listed on a common marker and the marker is at the north entrance to the cemetery. From the county road, turn into the north entrance to the cemetery and proceed about 60 feet west to the turn to the left. the graves are just to the southeast of this turn and are against the side of the road. There are no dates inscribed on the marker. The marker is of native stone and about 2-1/2 feet tall and about 2 feet wide by 3 inches thick. The names are hard to read as they have simply been scratched into the stone. John Romans is on the top, then Mary Romans, then Vonie Cline and finally Trix Romans. --- Lawrence and Sue Dale]

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