Wild Turkeys: Stories of the Savage Family of Western Oklahoma

Family timeline J.J. and Onie Nance Mabry, in the handwriting of Mary Mabry Savage, their older daughter.

Cunningham KY near McGee Springs

House burned in 1900

Move to Texas short-lived

Mercantile business (May-Sept 1900) 288 Main St Dallas, Texas

Then on to Oklahoma Territory O.T. / end of Choctaw Railroad Line.

E. F. Savage (father of E. B.) did the roadbed work for this railroad line.

The Mabrys then moved to a relinquishment claim near Rhea, Oklahoma (160 acres) in 1902.

In 1909 — the family moved back to Weatherford, Okla where Nell, John and Harry could continue their educations—all Mary, T.J., Nell, John and Harry become teachers.

Nell had married and started a family—returned to KY and became a rural mail carrier.