Away back in Essex County,New York sometime AD1700 there were two families, one named Jenne and the other named Razey. The Jenne girl named Poll married the razey boy named Asahel. The Jenne boy Ezkeil married the Razey girl named Thankful.
Asahel Razey and Polly Jenne Razey had a family of 12 children. Henry Stephen Razey was the 12th child. He married Evaline Miller on Oct. 28, 1867. Evaline Miller was the grand-daughter of Eqekiel Jenne and Thankful Razey Jenne.
Henry and Evaline Razey had a family of 4 children Abigail Jenne being the 3rd child who was born on Oct. 11 .
Abbie, as she was known, married a soldier of the Spanish American War, on Feb. 28, 1897. They were married in Valentine Nebraska. His name was Woodard Perley Hunt. They had a son D Woodard Hunt, who was born while Perley was in Cuba. However Perley, as his mother always called him had vry poor health after his return from Cuba.
They moved to Joplin Missouri where 2 more children joined the happy family. Y Abigail and V Leslie. With Abbies helping hand they managed quite well.
They traveled into Oklahoma and rented a farm.some time in 1910 or 1911. While living on the farm in a little log house with only a fireplace for heat, Abbie was pregnant with their 4th child. It was a cold wintry night. Snow was falling and the wind blowing. It was eleven miles to the nearest doctor. D was 13 years old and he would need to go on horseback for the doctor. Abbie said, "It will take too loong, there is no time and I don't want him to go in the storm. Perley was there so was Eva Razey, no better help was needed. So it was on
November 28, 1911 that I OE May Hunt was ushered into this world with my father and grandmother as attendants.
Sometime later we moved on to Seward Oklahoma on a farm where we stayed for six years. Two more girls joined our family, Sc Hermonie and NZ Wanda. You maybe have noticed by now ll of our names were prefixed with a letter or letters. The first 3 children had only one letter. The last 3 children had two letters. My father wanted his children to have names that could not be nicknamed. So he took the alphabet picked the letters to go with the middle name they wanted to use and came up with a different name. So different no one has wanted to repeat them. Though there is one thing sure. No one ever forgets your name and everyone wants to know the story about where they came from.
While I wasn't very old during our stay in Seward I have some very fond memories of our time there. It was in Seward I attended my first school. A little country school with six grades in one room. Each row was a different grade. I loved to read and loved to go to school. I remember one book I read so many times I had
Asahel Razey and Polly Jenne Razey had a family of 12 children. Henry Stephen Razey was the 12th child. He married Evaline Miller on Oct. 28, 1867. Evaline Miller was the grand-daughter of Eqekiel Jenne and Thankful Razey Jenne.
Henry and Evaline Razey had a family of 4 children Abigail Jenne being the 3rd child who was born on Oct. 11 .
Abbie, as she was known, married a soldier of the Spanish American War, on Feb. 28, 1897. They were married in Valentine Nebraska. His name was Woodard Perley Hunt. They had a son D Woodard Hunt, who was born while Perley was in Cuba. However Perley, as his mother always called him had vry poor health after his return from Cuba.
They moved to Joplin Missouri where 2 more children joined the happy family. Y Abigail and V Leslie. With Abbies helping hand they managed quite well.
They traveled into Oklahoma and rented a farm.some time in 1910 or 1911. While living on the farm in a little log house with only a fireplace for heat, Abbie was pregnant with their 4th child. It was a cold wintry night. Snow was falling and the wind blowing. It was eleven miles to the nearest doctor. D was 13 years old and he would need to go on horseback for the doctor. Abbie said, "It will take too loong, there is no time and I don't want him to go in the storm. Perley was there so was Eva Razey, no better help was needed. So it was on
November 28, 1911 that I OE May Hunt was ushered into this world with my father and grandmother as attendants.
Sometime later we moved on to Seward Oklahoma on a farm where we stayed for six years. Two more girls joined our family, Sc Hermonie and NZ Wanda. You maybe have noticed by now ll of our names were prefixed with a letter or letters. The first 3 children had only one letter. The last 3 children had two letters. My father wanted his children to have names that could not be nicknamed. So he took the alphabet picked the letters to go with the middle name they wanted to use and came up with a different name. So different no one has wanted to repeat them. Though there is one thing sure. No one ever forgets your name and everyone wants to know the story about where they came from.
While I wasn't very old during our stay in Seward I have some very fond memories of our time there. It was in Seward I attended my first school. A little country school with six grades in one room. Each row was a different grade. I loved to read and loved to go to school. I remember one book I read so many times I had
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