1. Joseph & Pearlie were married at the residence of Steve Maddox by J. J. Taylor, JP
2. The 1920 Bylor, Fayette County, Alabama Census shows Family #166, Joe Maddox, head, male, age 26, farmer, own home, born in Alabama, Perllie, wife, age 21, born in Georgia; William T, son, age 11 months, born in Alabama: Harriet, motier age 59, widow , born in Alabama.
1. Janelle Foster reports death at Lincoln County, New Mexico.
1. Lute Skinner was listed on the 1880 Census, Runnells County, Texas as age 3, with his parents.
2. He is listed on the 1900 & 1910 Census of Lincoln County, New Mexico.
3. Bible records in possession of Sue Skinner, Portales, New Mexico shows birth and death.
4. Janelle Foster of Portales, New Mexico has Marriage Certificate showing date of marriage.
5. Death Certificate from Santa Fe, New Mexico shows his death in Roswell, New Mexico and burial in Carlsbad, New Mexico in 1929.
6. Lute was a well respected man in Lincoln and Eddy Counties...he worked for the NM Pipeline at Bonia, NM and was foreman over the men who built it. The Conservation Board of the State of New Mexico gave him a wonderful citation for his service.
7. His wife, Ella received a letter of gratitude from the Board when he died.
1. Bible records of Willis Corn and Ellie Corn Skinner were found in a trunk now owned by Bess Jones of Portales, New Mexico. The records have been registered with DAR in Washington, DC.
2. Ellie died in Portales, New Mexico as a result of a broken hip and lung congestion.
1. The death date is from certificate from Wheeler Mortuary, Portales, New Mexico. News clippings, funeral notice dated 15 Sep 1967 from Portales newspaper.
2. Death Certificate from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
3. John Skinner was one of the most well-liked and respected men in Portales. He opened Skinner's Boot Shop in 1924 and the business was still is operation in 1999. In the early years of the business, John made saddles and harnesses as well as shoes and boots.
4. During WW II he contracted with the Clovis Air Force Base to repair the military shoes.
5. He also made canvas curtains for the cars.
6. By 1950 John was only making boots. After his death in 1968, his son Robert took over the business. It is now owned by San Skinner, a grandson.
7. The Roosevelt County Historical Society in Portales, New Mexico honored the Skinner family and the Skinner business as the oldest continuously operated family business at the Heritage Days Fair in June 1999.
8. John & Dora are both buried in the Portales Cemetery next to N. B. & Carrie DeArman. Next to them are Carrie's son, Charles Still and wife Venia Barfield.
1. Dora Mae was a TWIN to her sister Dollie Day.
2. The twins were adopted by N. B. & Carrie DeArman in 1898 because their mother died in childbirth. [Carrie Cozzens was born in Lorain County, Ohio. Her first husband was Ben F. Still, father of Charles & Frank. Her second marriage was to Mr. Orr (no record has been found). In 1891 Carrie Orr married Newton Bolivar DeArman in Abilene, Taylor, Texas. (marrage record). ] They came to Lincoln County, NM in 1916 and moved to Portales, Roosevelt, NM in 1923. *For Genealogy purposes, Dora's natural name of Callaham will be used with the exception of her marriage record and death certificate which say DeArman. NOTES ON NEWTON BOLIVAR "BUNK" DE ARMAN: The DeArman family was the first settlers to DeArmanville, Alabama off Highway 78, near Oxford in 1833. They named the community. Several thousand acres were purchased in 1833 from the Creek Indians in the Choccolocco Valley, which later became Benton County. The Indians required a herd of wild ponies for the land. Tradition says that John W. DeArman sent his sons to Texas for the horses and the Indians were "at peace" with the new white settlers. Newton was the son of Jones DeArman and his mother was Nancy Elizabeth Hawkins. He was born 26 Apr 1862. His first marriage was to Eliza Killibrew. No information has been available on her. He then married Carrie Cozzens Still Orr in Ablilene, Taylor, Texas on 13 Apr 1891. Carrie was born 24 May 1863 in Lorain County, Ohio. She had a twin sister but no record of her death is known. Carrie & N.B. lived in Wheeler, Texas before moving to Montague County, Texas in 1900. They began work for the Nazarene Church at some point. By November 1898, they were working at Pilot Point when they adopted the twins, one of which was the mother of Janelle Foster [who supplied this bio information]. Their father, William G. Callaham gave the girls to the orphanage as he could not take care of babies. He had 4 older girls who lived with relatives.
3. Both girls were raised by the DeArmans. They moved with them to Lincoln County, New Mexico by 1916. Carrie, Bunk, and Eunice DeArman were instrumental in establishing the Nazarene Church and campgrounds at Angus, Lincoln, NM
4. The uncles of Janelle's dad, Bowen Zumwalt, and Floy Skinner, donated the acreage for the church and campgrouunds to be established. (Fifty Golden Years in God's Service for the Capitan Nazarens) by Chloe Peters.
Chloe was the daughter of Bown and Effie Skinner Zumwalt.5. One of Janelle's cousins relayed the story that he remembers Uncle Bunk living in Nogal, NM early in 1900. "Uncle Bunk" would be driving a wagon and mule team across the meadow on his way to church, singing at the top of his voice. Your could hear him and Aunt Carie coming from miles away. Everyone attended the Nazarene Church. Chloe Peters had the old church register and it listed the names of several DeArmans from Oklahoma.
6. In 1923 N.B. & Carrie with their daughter, Dora and her husband, John W. Skinner moved to Portales, NM where they were charter members of the First Nazarene Church in Portales. N.B. died 21 Feb 1929. Carrie died 9 Aug 1930 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and her body was returned to Portales, NM for burial beside her husband in the Skinner family plot.
7. No adoption records have been found for Dora, although both were raised by the DeArmans.
8. The 1900 Census shows both girls as adopted daughters of N.B. & Carrie DeArman, Montague, Texas.
9. In 1910 they were shown as adopted daughters in Denton, Texas.
10. The marriage record of Dora shows her name to be Dora DeArman.