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Source for: Alma Elizabeth Hocking, 20 Jun 1886 - 7 May 1953
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Birth source: S38Page: ERL B143: Document 24a - 24c.
Note: There is no copy of the issued birth certificate in this folder. However, Elizabeth Rittenhouse Lamb stated she has a photostatic copy from the Illinois Department of Health.
Text: 14 Dec 1940: Letter from county clerk to Mr. A. J. Rittenhouse, attorney at law. "We have no record of the birth of Alma Elizabeth Hocking, born June 20, 1886. The Court House in this county burned November 17, 1886 and all records were destroyed by the fire. We are enclosing the necessary blank and affidavit to be signed by the nearest of kin, should she desire to have a record made..."
On back of letter is handwritten: June 20, 1886 -- Fairfield, Wayne Co., Ill. Dr. Sayer (deceased). Certificate. 5-1/2 miles South of Fairfield. Sarah Bunting Hocking, 21 years, Albion, Ill. Housewife. Alfred Scott Hocking = 25 years, born Albion, Ill. Farmer. 20=(a) one (b) none
20 Jan 1941: Letter from A. J. Rittenhouse to county clerk. "Enclosed please find affidavit and certificate of birth executed by Sarah Hocking, mother of Alma Elizabeth Hocking, which we desire to have registered and a certified copy sent to us, for which we enclose money order in the sum of fifty cents.
Date: 14 Dec 1940
Death source: S39Page: No. 007663
General Source: S5General Source: S25Note: See source under husband Frank Austin Rittenhouse.
General Source: S40Note: These four article were all pasted together on the same page. Pages unnumbered and coming unattached.
Text: Newspaper article cut out with no identifying information : Austin J. Rittenhouse, junior member of the law firm of Rittenhouse & Rittenhouse made a trip to Mancos, Colorado, this week. Austin recently fitted up a suite of rooms on South Mauvel Avenue in a style that very little resembles a bachelor's quarters and, while we cannot say for certain, still, there is a probability that when Austin returns he will not come alone. Congratulations are in order at any rate.
"A Pretty Home Wedding." Newspaper article cut out with no identifying information. A very pretty home wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Hocking, west Grand Avenue, at 6:30 A. M., Wednesday, June 22, when their eldest daughter, Alma E. Hocking, was quietly married to Mr. Austin F. Rittenhouse, a prominent young attorney of Chandler, Oklahoma. The ceremony was performed by the bride's pastor, Rev. Jerome Winford of the Methodist church, the only guests present aside from the immediate family of the bride being Miss Mecca Winford, Mrs. R. W. Lumpkin and little daughter, Ruby. The decorations for the occasion were cut flowers, roses and carnations. A dainty wedding breakfast was served immediately after the ceremony.
Miss Alma Hocking was one of the splendid young ladies of our community--a young woman of spotless character, of high ideals, of noble purposes, a dutiful daughter and a loved and loving friend. We shall miss her presence in the community; her exempliary conduct; her influence for the noble, the good and the true. May her good works not end with her marriage, and may the sunshine of true happiness ever light their pathway as they journey together through life.
The happy couple departed by the afternoon train Wednesday for their home in Chandler.
Oklahoma Paper: Austin J. Rittenhouse and bride, formerly Miss Alma Hocking, arrived in Chandler last Saturday night and are now at home in a suite of rooms on the second floor of the building just south of the Union National bank. The ceremony which made these two man and wife occurred at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hocking, of Mancos, Colo., last Wednesday morning. The pastor of the M. E. church of that city officiating. With the exception of a few personal friends of the bride none but relatives were present.
"Hocking-Rittenhouse." Newspaper article cut out with no identifying information. Miss Alma Hocking, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hocking of Mancos, Colorado, and Austin Rittenhouse, son of the late Judge A. J. Rittenhouse, were married at Mancos, June 22 at the home of the bride's parents. The wedding was a home ceremony, the bridal couple leaving after the ceremony for Chandler, where they arrived Sunday and will make their home here. Austin who recently engaged in the practice of law with his brother George here is one of the rising young men of the new state. He is a candidate for representative on the democratic side of the political fence and stands splendid chances of nomination.
The bride who with her parents were residents of Chandler in the pioneer days of the city will be remembered by the old residents and a warm welcome is extended to the happy pair by all whom enjoy the pleasure of their acquaintance.
General Source: S41Page: ERL Drawer A, File 8
Note: Article on pages 772-774 in November 1966 magazine.
Text: On a hilltop, overlooking Muskogee, the capital of the Five Civilized Tribes, three Baptist missionaries to the Indians knelt in prayer, to dedicate 160 acres of land deeded by the Creek Tribal Council in 1880, for a Christian institution of higher learning for American Indians...the oldest institution of higher education in the state of Oklahoma. Its first students comprised seven Cherokees, one Choctaw and four whites...
General Source: S42Page: ERL Drawer A File 8
Text: Dean Chavers, Bacone College, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401. Dear Dean Chavers: I have been making donations to Bacone for a number of years and I would like for you to know why. . .
I knew that my Mother and her sister had attended Bacone because I have heard them speak of it. However, I did not know the years. In the spring of 1973 I went to Bacone to find out. Your head Librarian was so nice to me and let me go to the room where all the old school records and historical recrods were kept and then let me xerox my findings. My Mother was then Alma Hocking and her sister was Edna Hocking. I found them in the "Twenty-Thid Annual Catalog of the Officers and Students of INDIAN UNIVERSITY 1903-1904, Bacone, Indian Territory." 1904 The Muskogee Times, Muskogee, I.T. They were listed on page 34 under "Academic Department, Third Year." My Mother was born in 1886 thus makinf (sic) her 17-18 years old. This "THIRD YEAR" must have meant they were in the 11th grade in High School. They lived in Coweta. They later attended Spaulding Junior College, which is no longer in existance.
Their parents were Mr. and Mrs. Scott Alfred Hocking. They settled first in Lincoln Co., Okla. several months after the run in 1889. I believe my Grandmother Hocking did the mending for the school so that her daughters could attend. My Aunt never liked to talk about this. . . Elizabeth Rittenhouse Lamb (Mrs. Jones W.)
Date: 19 Dec 1978
General Source: S43Page: ERL Drawer A, File 8
Note: I. T. is Indian Territory and O. T. means Oklahoma Territory.
Text: Classmates of Alma and Edna Hocking, p. 34 : Elice Blake, Emahaka, I.T. Alma Glenn Carney, Atoka, I.T. Joseph Charlerville, Chickasha, I.T. George Coachman, Okmulgee, I. T. S. W. Doty, Miami, I.T. Grace Dugg, Kingfisher, O.T. Augustus S. Edwards, Success, M (?) Grace Ferguson, Star, I.T. Alma Hocking, Coweta, I.T. Edna Hocking, Coweta, I.T. Mary Homer, Atoka, I.T. Jessie Jordon, Bacone, I.T. Clara A. McBride, Atoka, I.T. Iva Milligan, Webbers Falls, I.T. Nora Parker, Headreck, O.T. Jada Pedan, Milford, Texas. Howell Scott, Texana, I.T. Benjamin Thompson, Atoka, I.T. Owen Thornton, Fort Gibson, I.T. Blanche Waddell, Mounds, I.T.
General Source: S4Page: p. 126
Note: This book has a picture of Alma with her two children Alma Elizabeth Rittenhouse and Austin James Rittenhouse II; and her father Alfred Scott Hocking. Also a picture of Alma her two children, her parents, and Edna Cynthia Hocking; her sister.
General Source: S1327Note: Alma's lineage goes through the Hockings to Nathan Jaggers. The mother of Alma's grandfather Thomas Hocking was Susannah Jaggers, the granddaughter of Nathan Jaggers. For complete information about his Revolutionary War service, see the article under Nathan Jaggers, born Oct. 16, 1759, in Craven County, South Carolina. . . He was discharged and returned home in April 1782. . . Nathan died Aug. 19, 1839 in White County, Illinois.
Text: Membership #101958 gives Alma Elizabeth Hocking's lineage for the DAR through Nathan Jaggers.