Cleo Adella Gilbert

1907 - 1997  (89 years)

• Name	Cleo Adella Gilbert
  Birth	18 Nov 1907	Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Jan 1997	Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I21650	Tree1
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George Washington Gilbert,   b. 10 Mar 1859, Catlin, Illinois d. 12 May 1938, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Neta Olive Plummer,   b. 23 Jun 1868, Douglas, Poppawatomie County, Kansas d. 7 May 1947, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	2 Apr 1886	Douglas, Butler County, Kansas
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George William Schlehuber,   b. 30 Aug 1901, Oklahoma Terr., Morrison, Noble County, Oklahoma d. 5 Jan 1998, Galveston County, Texas (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	12 May 1926	Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
  Children	1. Living Schlehuber  [Father: natural]   2. Living Schlehuber  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F14143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  [marshall4.FTW] Cleo was raised on a farm outside of Stillwater that her parents received in the land run. Cleo rode an old horse named Jim one mile each day to the horse drawn school bus. Cleo would get off old Jim and he would run back to the farm. The School was located at Eureka. Cleo had an Organ at home and could play it real good. Via would sit on the floor and pump the Organ so Cleo could play. Cleo was very popular among the young people. She like Chet Olfield until she met George. George was smart and cute. Cleo married George on May 12, 1926 in Perry, Oklahoma. They were married by a judge at the Perry Court House. Stayed in Perry at a Motel for few days then on to George's dad farm in Morrison for a couple of days. Then went to the town of Morrison and got a job in the oil patch. Hired on as a casing crew for drilling rigs. Sometime in July went to Mehan (south & east of Stillwater, about 15 to 20 miles) and worked for a oil company as a roustabout. Then back to Cleo's dad's farm and farmed part of one year. Planted corn and cotton. Lived on the farm. Periodically would go to Watch Horn to work for Magnolia as a roustabout. Drove back and forth with a 1928 Ford Roadster. Approximately 10 to 12 miles. Then moved to Morrison and worked in the Edmonston Grocery store as a clerk a little less than a year. Then old Frank Wright that George would work for in the oil field got transferred to Wewoka with Magnolia as a foreman. He new Abe Kent (Uncle) Mothers Brother, Frank called Abe and asked for George and Joe to move to Wewoka and go to work for Magnolia as a roustabout. George did but Joe chose to move to Kansas and keep his job with the casing crew. Shortly thereafter Conoco offered Joe a job as a pumper. George and Cleo rented a room for a week then they moved to the lease to live. It was a two room house. Moved to Town (Wewoka) in 1935 or 1936. Lived there until 1945 and moved the family to Perry. Transferred to Chickasha in 1949. Lived there until 1997 and moved to Galveston to Live with Darrell and Mary Lou Schlehuber.