He is married to Elizabeth Samantha Begley.
They got married on September 4, 1874 at St. Joe, Searcy County, Arkansas, he was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
James preferred to be called 'Frank' and that was his name all his life.
He was born on a farm near St. Joe, Searcy County, and was no doubt
raised on his father's farm. At the age of 19 he married an 18 year old
half Cherokee girl named Elizabeth and they farmed and had 12 children.
Frank became quite religious in his later years, and would take his Bible
and leave the farm for weeks at a time to evangelize about the country in
the name of the Church of Christ. At some time, at a religious camp
meeting, he got into an argument with a man, and this man picked up a
rock and hit Frank on the head. He was unconscious for many days, and he
was not expected to survive until a dark bearded man came by and
hypnotized him and brought him out of his coma. Frank had to have a
silver plate put on his head to protect the crushed skull. After this
incident, Frank became interested in hypnotism. The dark bearded man,
whom Elizabeth called a devil, taught him hypnotism and he became quite
good at it. It came in handy in converting the heathens into
Christianity. However, his wife thought he was possessed by the devil
and would not have anything to do with him for the rest of her life.
Frank and brother, Charles, and their families all moved from Arkansas
into the new state of Oklahoma after the turn of the century. Frank and
his family settled in the little town of Byars, where he farmed until all
the children were grown and married. In later years Elizabeth became so
frightened by Frank's powers of hypnotism that she left him and lived
with friends in Depew, OK until she died in 1916. Frank died about four
months later, heart broken that she would not allow him to come and see
her before she died. Frank died at the home of one of his children in
Shawnee, OK and is buried at the Fairview cemetery in Shawnee, Lot 51,
Block 6, Grave 2.
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Elizabeth Samantha Begley |