imothy Sisk Herion
Born: December 18 1852 Putnam County Tennessee
marr: November 21 1872 Putnam County Tennessee
Died: November 10 1932 Pontotoc County Oklahoma
Burial: Frisco Cemetery, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Headstone picture
Children:
Elizabeth Jane, Sarah Frances, Martha, Timothy Smith
William Robert, Lou Avery Bell, Flora Ellen, Samuel Nelson
Silas, Paul, Homer Bird, Cora Vesta
Why does this line use the spelling Herion ? I can't give you a a real reason for this and just know that this is the way I was taught to spell it before I started kindergarten and it is the spelling that Timothy Sisk Herion's descendents use.
In 1995 we were fortunate enough to make a connection with Maurice Herion, a grandson that was raised with his grandparents either in the home or on the property. Maurice was kind enough to share with us his recollections of the family. Maurice has since passed away, but the connection that was made is still going strong with three generations having found each other and working together to tell our family story.
Maurice's information has been very beneficial to me and I will share here what I was tol
" After his father died, Timothy was indentured to Robert and Jane Gentry at the age of 4 years, to be bound to them until he was 21 years old. At that time he was to receive a horse, saddle, milch cow, 12 hens and a rooster. His brother Pinkney was also indentured to Charles and Elvira Crook. At the age of 19, Timothy married Paralee Hendley, niece of Robert Gentry. Legend says the lived in a room in the Gentry yard."
We do not no if all the time between 1872 and 1880 was spent in Tennessee or if they might have lived at times in Kentucky where Paralee's parent, Aden and Elizabeth Jane Hendley had moved.
We believe all the first five children were born in Tennessee, but have no proof or verification of these events, nor to we know where their third and fourth children died of a what has been reported as a dipteria epidemic before 1880. My grandfather, William Robert, always said he was born in Cookville, Putnam County, Tennessee on July 26, 1880. Paralee's bible verifies the date.
Sometime between July 1880 and March, 1882, the decision was made to move out west. They obligated themselves to a family named Stephenson for their passage to Old Kentucky Town, Grayson County, Texas. Here the began to acquire some livestock and 2 children were born here. They moved toYoung County, Texas, bought land and had 3 more children. The next move took them to Pickens County, Indian Territory and proved up an Indian lease northwest of Davis. Their last 2 children were born here. They moved to present day Ada, Oklahoma and proved up three more Indian leases. The next move was to Jack County, Texas and in 1914 moved to the oil fields in Creek County, Oklahoma.
By profession, Timothy was a mule skinner, working as a teaming contractor in the oil fields of Creek County, Slick Secton 30 and Seminole oil booms. In 1930 he retired to a farm in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
