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Otto T Ott Kinder

14 Dec 1893 – 21 Mar 1972

Birth14 Dec 1893
Death21 Mar 1972
CemeteryNew Electra Memorial Cemetery
Electra , Wichita County , Texas , USA
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95370990

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Otto, the son of Samuel George & Phoebe Ann (Wade) Kinder, was the last of their 12 children. There were 10 boys & two girls. His siblings were: William Henry, George Madison, James Weldon, Flora Nan, Edward Francis, Charles Samuel, Luther Lewis, Samuel Jasper, Odie Overton, Alice, & Thomas Cormal. His parents owned a large farm in Johnson Co, MO where he & his siblings were born. Before his father was married he lived in TN & enlisted in the Civil War in 1862. He fought in the Battle of Big Blue near Independence, Mo., and Mine Creek, KS, & several other battles. He was never wounded or captured. After the war was over, while still in the service he was sent West to fight the Indians. While on a high hill they were surrounded by the Indians who held them there for six weeks. They were almost starved to death & killed & ate their mules to survive. During this time they rolled their cannons down by the Powder River, where they fired sky rockets trying to draw the attention of any nearby troops. One day the Indians left, & a company of army men arrived, which were only two days travel from them. There they had plenty of sow belly, beans, and chewing tobacco. Sam was honorably discharged at Benton Barracks, in St. Louis, MO in 1865. From there he went to Johnson Co, Mo where he married Phoebe Ann Wade on April 7, 1867. She gave birth to 12 children. In addition to their own children Sam & Phoebe raised two other children, Henry Wade & Francis Corder, whose parents had died. In 1898 members of the Kinder family joined a wagon train & moved to Jack Co, TX where farm land was very cheap. They settled on Salt Creek near the Dark Corner Cemetery where they were later buried, along with some of their children. The above information provides a brief glimpse into the history of his family. Otto married Anna Louise Mayes (date unknown). On May 2, 1910, Otto, age 16, & his single brothers, James, 39, & Thomas, 20, lived with their brother, William, & his family in Justice Precinct 8, Jack Co, TX. Their father had died on May 24, 1909; their mother on February 24, 1910. The date Otto married Annie is unknown, but the 1930 Federal Census record shows that he was 19 years old & Annie, age 15, when they were married, which would have been sometime around 1913. They were in Chattanooga, Comanche Co, OK for the birth of their son, Luther William, on Jan. 13, 1915. On June 5, 1917, Otto, age 23, lived in Frederick, Tillman Co, OK when he registered for the WWI draft. The place & date of his birth was shown as Dec. 14, 1894 in Holden, MO. He was self employed as a farmer & had a wife & two children. His physical description was tall & medium build, brown eyes & black hair. It was signed Otto Kinder. It was later learned that he didn't have to serve. On March 8, 1920, Otto, age 26, Annie, age 21, & Luther W., age 4, lived in Burkburnett, Wichita Co, TX, where he was doing Team work. One of the children must have died before this time. Three more children were born in TX before they lived in CA: Roy L. in 1924, Wanda in 1926, & Oletta Bernice in 1928. On April 22, 1930, Otto, 36, & Annie, 32, lived in Heber, Imperial Co, CA, where they were renting a home. Otto worked as a laborer on a hay farm. Their children were shown as: Luther, 14; Roy L., 6; Wanda J., 3 years & 10 months & Oletta B., one years & 7 months. They were living in McLean, Gray Co, TX when their son, Luther, died in Pampa, TX from Lobar Pneumonia on July 29, 1935. He was 20 years old. Annie gave birth to twins, Doris Jane & Lacy Standley in Bryson, Jack Co, TX on Dec. 1, 1937. Doris died at 1:20 a.m. on Dec. 2. Lacy died at 4 a.m. the following Jan. 11th. Their deaths were shown as "Prematurity." Both were buried in Dark Corner Cemetery in the same cemetery as Otto's parents. They returned to TX, & on April 17, 1940, they lived in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co, TX, where Otto, age 45, worked farming. Annie - 41 Raylin (Roy L.) - 16 Wade Gean (Wanda Jean) - 13 Bernice - 11 Some time later, Otto obtained a job in Civil Service at Sheppard Air Force Base. He had Pneumonia & was admitted to the Wichita Falls Bethania Hospital on March 11, 1972. Ten days later, at 9:30 a.m., he died from a sudden Myocardial Infarction. He was 78 years old. His wife, Annie, was the informant on his death certificate.

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