JENNINGS, LUCY INTHtVIBW 10025-70
- R - Form A-fs-i-*) BIOGRAPHY?ORK WG.XS FRO(2tESS ADMINISTRATION Lz-fian-Pioco^r History Project for Oklahoma JENNINGS, WJ5X. INTERVIEW. 10025. Field Worker 1 ~ name Bubv Wolfenbarger. This report made on (date) February 1, 1938. 1.. Kamo Lucy Jennings. 2. Post O:'fiec Address Sentinel, Oklahoma. 3, Residence addre? (or location) Sentinel. 4. DATE OF BIRTH: Month November Day 4 '/ear 1889. 5. Place of birth Tennessee. 6. Name of Father John Marshall. Place of birth / Other mi'ormet ion about father Farmer. 7. Name of Mother Martha Greeniray. Place of birth Tennessee. Other information about mother Housewife. Notes or complete narrative by the field worker dealing with the l.vfa and story of the,:erson interviewed. Refer to Manual for suggested subjects ^ind questions. Continue on blank sheets if necessary and attach fimly to this form. Number of sheets attached _ ' "
JB3KING8, LUCT, INTERVIEW. 10025. Ruby Wolfenbarger, Investigator, February 21, 1938. An Interview With Lucy Jennings, Sentinel, Oklahoma. I was born in Tennessee in 1889. I never knew my, parents as they both died when I was very small child. I had an older sister out here in the Territory. I think she came out here in 1890. They had located around 1 Reno, &ad a good farm and several head of cattle. My brother decided to come out here and get land. He was a good fanner who did not care much for a lot of cattle. We brought two wagons', my sister-in-law and 1 drove one wagon. This was in 1900. We were on the road about six weeks as we got lost and the weather was very cold and bad. We slept in our wagons at night and kept a big camp fire going at night. We hobbled our horses to keep them from straying away or from beingjstolen. We saw many wolves and coyotes. 1 remember that I was afraid to get out of the wagon, we had heard so many stories about the Indians \ and outlaws. We saw some Indians in the eastern part of the state and they were very nice to us. We first located near El Reno where we rented eighty acres of bottom land* Our home was a two room boxed house, very small
. LUCY. INTERVIEW. 10025. -2- and cold; we had plenty of good wood to burn and we found plenty of wild pluma and grapes and berries along the river but we didn't farm there but one year because of the North Canadian River,which was very dangerous. It was deep, swift and there was quicksand in it and lots of wagon,s* were lost in the river. I had to cross the river to get to the school house but I did not go very much because my brother was afraid for me to cross. My brother and my brother-in-law decided to come to Washita County and locate. We drove about fifty head of cattle, six head of horses, chickens and pigs. It didn't take us very long to make this trip. There were many settlers coming this way to settle. We located out from Cordell oaa forty acres of land. We rented this land; we didn't have money to do anything else. Our first winter was hard. the time. We did not have enough wood to burn half of There wasn't very much timber aroundthere Our neighbors gave us corn and cotton seed to burn part of the time. time to do. The men couldn't get a days work at that I worked in the field, didn't get to go to
JJNNINOS, LUCY. INTSRVIKff. 100E5, ichool Yery fimeh. Our crop did well that year; we raised com and feed^also a l i t t l e cotton, fa bad «t very good ^ garden but did not can our vegetables then as we do today.