More Letters From Mother to Son--1911 through 1915

Eugenia Arnold Standridge married Lemuel Owen Standridge in 1981.  They had two sons--Oscar Love and Buchanan Standridge.   In the fall of 1885, Eugenia decided to leave her husband.    She lived surrounded by his kin.  The story was told that Lemuel Owen said she could go, but Oscar and Buck could not!  In her letters, Eugenia says she made her get away in October of 1885.  She was excepting a child.  She left two with Lemuel Owen Standridge but carried one away with her.  She told family that she gave birth in the train station in Dover to Frank Standridge.  She married and moved to the Dakotas and then to Washington state.  Her last years were spent in Whittier, California!  She never saw Oscar or Buck Standridge after she left Ben Hur, AR in 1885.

 Oscar Love Standridge and his wife Nina Jones Standridge

Eugenia begged for her son to go have his photo made and to send her his image.  She had not seen him since he was about 4 years old.  He and Nina had this picture made and sent it to his mother, Eugenia!

 I think Eugenia likely sent her image to Oscar and Nina--maybe this one!

 Below-- this photo was taken probably in Rapid City I would guess about 1905. Starting at far left, family friend (as labeled in book), sitting next: Edwin A. Wight, standing rear:John F. Wight Jr., standing: Eugenia (Arnold) (Standridge) Wight, standing:Elijah H. Arnold (Eugenia's youngest brother), sitting right:James Franklin (Standridge) Wight

 Below--Wedding Photo? Left to right-Frank Standridge (Wight) John Wight, Eugenia Arnold, Edwin Wight, George Coons?, Marshall H. Coons

 Eugenia