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Kittie Lanham Oakes 16 July 1894 -  Henry
Lyles married LeNora "Nora" Key, daughter of Mary Emiline Dillingham
Key, who was widowed when Nora was 11 years old. Later Mary
Emiline married Mr. William Jefferson Walsh. They built the
boarding house at 315 S. Crockett in Sherman, which remained in the
family until 1879.
LeNora "Nora" Key
Members of LeNora Key's Family
 Letter written by "Uncle Buddy", Harvey Lyles Weems, to his cousin, on a statement form from:
When a new town was laid out on the railroad not far from where
Papa and Mama were teaching, Mama's oldest brother saw an opportunity to
establish a new business and he opened up a hardware, furniture and implement
store. It grew so rapidly that he soon brought Grandpa into the store to
help. In a little while there was more work than the two of
them could handle and they hired a man.
They
wanted Mama to help them with the bookkeeping and some clerking.
She agreed to do so, but when school time drew near, she was to take
over
the primary department in the new brick building that was hardly
completed.
So while Papa was recuperating in west Texas, Mama, Sister and I lived
with Mama's parents. We knew everybody and everything looked
rosy.
Then suddenly, Uncle Buddy was stricken with acute appendicitis. By the
time the doctor decided that was the correct diagnosis, it was too late
to take him to the one northbound train that would carry him to the
hospital.
Thirty miles from the nearest hospital, his appendix burst and though
he
was taken to the hospital and the operation performed, it was too late
and he died in four days. It was a great bereavement for the
whole
family, and he left a young widow with two small girls, the oldest,
Mary Weems Elam, aged five, and the youngest, Annie Lou Weems, aged
three, named after Harvey's sister, Annie Lou Weems Lanham.
 LeNora "Nora" Key Weems widow of Harvey L. Weems She ran the library for approximately thirty years after her husband's death.  Sherman Texas Courthouse and Library pre-1900s Uncle Buddy [Harvey L. Weems] had been the manager of the store, and Grandpa
was getting too old to continue carrying the whole responsibility for long.
Mama redoubled her efforts to help, and between the two of them they managed
to carry on until the business could be disposed of without great loss.   Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
