Dial Family Bible
Information from Melba Dial Pendleton (1978)Updates and additions from Marianne Dial Deadmon (2009)
Nathaniel Green Dial, Born Apr 8, 1822 in McMinnville, Warren Co TN, Died April 30, 1884 in Revenna, Fannin Co TX, Died of Pneumonia
On Feb 8, 1848 he obtained a marriage license in Shelby Co TX and he married Mary McCall Newton. She was Born Jul 6, 1830 in Marshall Co TN, Died Aug 12, 1913 in Eldorado, Jackson Co OK, Died of Inflammation. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Newton and Senah Erwin both born in TN and died in Panola Co TX
Children:
Senah Ann Elizabeth Maranda Dial, Born Dec 15, 1848 in Panola Co TX. She died March 20, 1939 in Eldorado, Jackson Co OK. She did not marry.
John Asa Dial, Born Jan 29, 1850 in Panola Co TX, Died May 2, 1884 in Fannin Co TX. On Jan 30, 1872 in Panola Co TX he married Elizabeth Florence Bellamy, whose father, J.R. Bellamy was a Minister of the Gospel in Panola Co TX.
Lillah Green Hinkle Dial, Born Jun 22, 1852 in Panola Co TX, Died May 14, 1906 in Greer OK (Oklahoma Territory at that time), On Jan 31, 1872 in Panola Co TX she married Thomas T. Sims. He died in July 1883 and she married Chandler Pafford on Oct 6, 1886. Unfortunately, he died on Oct 25, 1886.
Almira Catherine Dial, Born Jun 8, 1854 in Panola Co TX, She died Feb 14, 1946 in Ravenna, Fannin Co TX, On Nov 24, 1878 in Panola Co TX she married Frank M. Snyder.
Julia Fleeta Dial, Born Feb 4, 1857 in Panola Co TX, Died Jan 20, 1893 in Fannin Co TX, On Jul 20, 1879 in Panola Co TX she married T.B. Murrell of Gregg Co TX
Ebenezer Newton Dial, Born Sep 16, 1858 in Panola Co TX, Died Feb 4, 1946 in Hollis, Harmon Co OK, On Feb 8, 1888 in Fannin Co TX he married Johnnie E. Hale
Samuel Calhoun Dial, Born Feb 7, 1862 in Panola Co TX, Died Feb 27, 1880 in Fannin Co TX, He did not marry
Mary Marcella Dial, Born Aug 24, 1865 in Hopkins Co TX, Died April 19, 1949 in Paris, Lamar Co TX, On Feb 1, 1885 in Fannin Co she married J.W. Amend
Margaret P. Dial, (twin) Born Oct 27, 1868 in Panola Co TX, Died Dec 31, 1952 in Altus, Jackson Co OK, On Feb 12, 1888 in Fannin Co TX she married F.H. Welch
Martha Izora Dial, (twin) Born Oct 27, 1868 in Panola Co TX, Died Aug 20, 1909 in Durant, Bryan Co OK, On Feb 1, 1894 in Fannin Co TX she married J.E. Wells
George J. Dial, (twin) Born Nov 28, 1871 in Panola Co TX, On Dec 15, 1901 in Greer Co OK (Oklahoma Territory at the time) he 1st married Mattie Esther Williams, he 2nd married Lena Belle Griffith on Dec 21, 1911 in Hardeman Co TX
James M. Dial, (twin) Born Nov 28, 1871 in Panola Co TX, Died Apr 23, 1964 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co OK, On Nov 18, 1894 in Greer Co TX he married Nettie Maude Alexander
Also listed in the Dial Family Bible as grandchildren are the following names
(1) Leslie Floyd Dial, Born Oct 29, 1902 near Eldorado, Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, Died 27 Oct 1981, son of George J Dial and Mattie E Williams Dial. (The 1910 Census for Eldorado, Greer County, Oklahoma shows a household consisting of George J Dial, a widower, and his son, Leslie F., along with George's mother, Mary, and his sister, Annie.)
(2) Mildred Pearl Dial, Born Jun 17, 1907 near Eldorado, Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, Died 30 Jun 1909, daughter of George J Dial and Mattie E Williams Dial.
Geographical Information
From February 8, 1860 until March 16, 1896, Greer Co TX included all of the present day Greer Co OK, Jackson Co OK, Harmon Co OK and parts of present day Beckham Co OK, Lipscomb Co TX, Hemphill Co TX, Wheeler Co TX, Collingsworth Co TX and Childress Co TX.After the boundaries between Texas and Oklahoma were finally defined by a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896, Greer Co TX disappeared and was replaced by the smaller counties on the Texas side and the land on the Oklahoma side designated simply as Indian Territory. A formal act in 1898 divided the Indian Territory into smaller areas and the portion that had formerly been Greer Co TX became Greer Co Oklahoma Territory. On November 19, 1907 Oklahoma became the 46th state in the Union and all places formerly called Indian Territory became simply Oklahoma.
So before 1896 Eldorado, Oklahoma was actually in Greer County, Texas. From 1898 until Nov 1907, Eldorado, Oklahoma was in Greer County, Oklahoma Territory. After Nov 1907 Eldorado was in Jackson County, Oklahoma.