Dr. Walter Winfield Van Noy1,2,3

Male, #4334, (circa 1853 - 1929)

Birth*circa 1853 Walter was born at Oxford, Amite Co., Mississippi, circa 1853. 
Marriage*circa 1880 He married Martha Cordelia Fuller at Bonham, Fannin Co., Texas, circa 1880. 
Death*1929 He died at Kiefer, Creek Co., Oklahoma, in 1929. 
Burial* His body was interred at Sapulpa Cemetery, Sapulpa, Creek Co., Oklahoma. 
Biography* Dr. VanNoy was one of three graduate physicians in the Indian Territory for a number of years. He was the son of William and Catherine VanNoy.
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The following is from Margaret VanNoy Davis, mdavis54@juno.com, May 2000:
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Dr. William VanNoy and his wife Catherine Calvin VanNoy came from Oxford, Miss with several children. The oldest was Serepta S. VanNoy, born in 1830 I believe. There were several boys, Thomas J (Civil War and a physician also), Calvin C. (My great grandfather, who was an attorney and a later a minister in the Presbyterian Church in Tishomingo), John (also a physician and Civil War), a Henry Foster ( a pharmacist, I believe, who later moved to Kansas or Missouri and was murdered in his own store in a robbery), a Harace or Horace (a one-time representative in the Texas Legislature), and there were more children later. I think that Walter Winfield was the youngest of that family.
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The boys that fought in the Civil War joined in various units in the
north east part of Texas; one in Mount Pleasant, one in Daingerfield.
Dr. Thomas J. was discharged as a Captain. At some time the family moved to Fannin County, and lived in the little towns of Honey Grove and Dodd City, and well as Bonham. Some of the brothers started the First National Bank in Dodd City (no longer there, of course), one owned a store I believe, and Dr. William (original pioneer), Dr. Walter, and Dr. Thomas all were physicians in the area at one time. Dr. John was injured in the civil war with a gun shot to the face and lived through it.
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My husband and I went to Dodd City (about 6 miles east of Bonham) and found a cemetery with 14 VanNoy graves in it. From the library I found there is a private cemetery on some property with the graves of Dr. William and his wife _______ Cobb (second wife?--probably so). And thanks to the town folk who were in the city hall, I found a distant cousin, a granddaughter of Dr. John) who was still alive. We exchanged correspondence (she wrote beautifully, but cannot hear well, so I have never met her, and she does not like to talk on the phone). Her name is Dorothy VanNoy Johnson.
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About Serepta, she told me that Serepta had a great love who died in the Civil War, and that she never married. She stayed and took care of family. She was described as the proverbial "belle of the ball", and I am sure she was a very lovely lady. There is also a town in Mississippi named Serepta. Mrs. Johnson also told me the town was named for Serepta VanNoy because she was the first child born in that settlement area of Mississippi; a part of the local custom.
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I had never found Walter Winfield's grave, and I suppose he and family are buried in Keifer, OK.
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The above info is from items collected, i.e., census, etc., and not just
oral history, although I do not have all this down in good genelogical
charts and forms....

(Names referenced above: Dr. Walter Winfield Van Noy Dr. Walter Winfield Van Noy). 

Family

Martha Cordelia Fuller (circa 1854 - 1949)
Marriage*circa 1880 He married Martha Cordelia Fuller at Bonham, Fannin Co., Texas, circa 1880. 
Child

Last Edited 13 Sep 2002

Citations

  1. Ethel Clyde Woodall Grider, McGehee Descendants, Winder, GA: E.C.W. Grider.
    Vol II, p.183.
  2. Vivian Peacock, compiler, e-mail address, Vivian Peacock (vivpea) Genealogy, Rootsweb: WorldConnect (online family tree).
    vivpea.
  3. E-mail from Margaret A. Davis, e-mail address to Lew Griffin, 2000.