(5/23/1883-1/29/1927)
Monroe Jackson Altom married Ethel Patterson (4/11/1890-6/7/1974) and they had 6 children:
Sherman Joseph Altom(4/21/1910-5/10/1984)
Oscar Aron Altom
Major John (or JR) Altom(1/1/1915-11/18/1973)
Atlas (Altom) Lindsay
Estelle (Altom) Bass-Anthony
Lonnie Altom(12/2/1921-9/17/1944)
Monroe Jackson Altom is buried in Lee Cemetery in Seagoville, Texas. His wife Ethel (Patterson) Altom is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Healdton, Oklahoma (Carter County).
SHERMAN JOSEPH ALTOM married Juanita Autry PEDEN and they had three children:
Regina Marie Altom(born in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas)
Melba Jean Altom (born in Carter County, Oklahoma)
Bobby Joe Altom
(born in Admore, Carter County,
Oklahoma)
NOTE: Sherman Joseph is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Carter County, Oklahoma.
OSCAR ALTOM married Milred QUALLS and they had three children:
Wadell Altom(son)
Jimmy Darrel Altom(son)
Demetra Altom(daughter)
MAJOR JOHN (OR JR) ALTOM married Lillian (UNKNOWN)
and they had one child:
Clifton Altom(son)
NOTE: Major is buried at Oil Spring Cemetery in Carter County, Oklahoma
ATLAS ALTOM married Robert (Bob) LINDSAY and they had four children:
Robert Aron Lindsay(son)
Etta Lindsay(daughter)
Joel Lynn Lindsay(son)
Jeannie Lindsay(daughter)
ESTELLE ALTOM married William BASS and they had 3 children:
Ethelene Bass(daughter)
Eddy Ralph Bass(son)
Vicki Bass(daughter)
ESTELLE later married a man named ANTHONY, but
they had no children.
LONNIE ALTOM was killed in WWII on Peleliu, the southern-most island in the Palau Islands in the Western Pacific, controlled by the Japanese. He was in the 2nd Marine Corps. He never married. His body was returned to the states and he is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Carter County, Oklahoma.
Info provided courtesy of Bob Altom