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Ode Grover Lincicome was born 2 April 1888 in Bellwood, Butler County, Nebraska.
He died 4 April 1967.
Burial was at Resthaven Memorial Park in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Neola Grace Jameson Dawson Lincicome was born 27 September 1896 in Hornick, Woodbury County, Iowa.
She died in 1965.
Burial was at Resthaven Memorial Park in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Ode was a son of Aluria Scrogham (1861-1938) and Silas L. Lincicome (1855-1945). Silas and his family lived in several different places in his "younger years" -- Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, and Arkansas. At about age 50, however, Silas finally seemed to reach a territory he liked: Oklahoma. Ode was a teenager when they arrived, but it seems he remained loyal to the state the rest of his days.
Ode served as a mechanic with the 358th Infantry, 90th Division of the US Army during the waning months of World War I. He and his regiment also remained on occupation duty after the war and returned home in June 1919. In November the following year, Ode married Neola Grace Jameson, widow of Hal George Dawson, Sr. (1893-1918).
Neola was the daughter of Maude Natalie Phelps (1876-1961) and John Jameson of New York. She married Hal at the age of 19, on 22 March 1916 in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. This young couple would have two children -- Bettie Sue and Hal, Jr. -- before tragedy struck in the form of the 1918 flu pandemic. Both Hal Sr. and Jr. battled the virus. Hal Sr. lost the battle, but Jr. survived. Following from a burial notice regarding Hal Sr:
"The young man's death occurred Friday from influenza, but a delay was occasioned by the fact that the seven-weeks' old child of the family was also in a critical condition from the same malady."
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I have no evidence of any biological children born to Neola and Ode, but it seems the latter stepped in and accepted the two from Neola's previous marriage as his own. In fact, a decision was made to change Hal George Dawson, Jr.'s name to Grover Ode Lincicome, Jr. My assumption is that this was done officially and legally, since Grover Jr. also served in the United States military.
When I initially discovered Hal, Jr.'s name change, I felt a bit sad for Hal, Sr. It seemed a shame that his part of the Dawson surname lineage would be truncated. Another casualty of the 1918 flu pandemic, perhaps. But, really, who am I to say? The only reason I have an opinion at all, perhaps, is that something similar happened in my direct line, although more generations have passed, and I am far more removed from it. A direct ancestor of mine took his mother's surname, instead of his father's. So, following the normal course of things, my surname should not be what it is. Furthermore, I don't even know what my surname "should" be. Hopefully, that is not the fate of future Jameson-Dawson-Lincicome researchers.
In a way, though, it's fitting that Hal, Jr. became Grover, Jr. since Ode Grover Lincicome (Sr.) is the only father he really knew.
