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• 1910 Federal Census, Fisher County, Texas, 10 May , Justice Precinct 7, District 101, page 10A, Hse/Fam #108
  Cauble, Petter J  Head M W  33  1st Marriage Married 9 years  TX TX MO Laborer, Odd Jobs
  Cauble, Jane A  Wife  F W 28  1st Marriage Married 9 years  Borne 4 children, 4 living  TX GA TX
  Cauble, Anna M  Dau F W 8 OK TX TX
  Cauble, Van M  Son M W 7 OK TX TX
  Cauble, Rena A  Dau F W 5 OK TX TX
  Cauble, William A  Son M W 2  OK TX TX
  Wilson, Robert J  Boarder M W 35 Widower AR MS AR Laborer Odd Jobs
  
  Wilson, Robert J is incorrectly transcribed on Ancestry as a Cauble with three first names:  Cauble, Wilson Robert J.  Wilson is his last name.
  
  In 1920 The child matching Allen is named William A.  All the children are born in Oklahoma except Hazel.  Since they are living in Texas for the 1910 census, that means they were back in Oklahoma during the time William Allen was born about 1908, then were in Fisher County, Texas, the back in Oklahoma by the time Ethelene was born in about 1912.  They were in Texas again when Hazel was born about 1915.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 25 February, near Marlow, Wall Township, District 265, page 9B, Hse/Fam #161
  Cauble, Pete J Head Rents M W 44 TX TX MO Farmer
  Cauble, Jane Wife F W 35 TX GA TX
  Cauble, Annie Dau F W 18 Single OK TX TX
  Cauble, Van Son M W 17 Single OK TX TX
  Cauble, Rena Dau F W 14 Single OK TX TX
  Cauble, Allen Son M W 12 Single OK TX TX
  Cauble, Ethelene Dau F W 8 Single OK TX TX
  Cauble, Hazel Dau F W 4yrs0mos Single TX TX TX
  Cauble, Zora Dau F W 1yr9mos Single OK TX TX
  Cauble, Flora Dau F W 1yr9mos Single OK TX TX
  
  Both Annie's parents had been born in Texas and both died there.  They moved to Texas at some time after the 1920 census and both died before the 1930 census.  Annie's father Pete died in McCauley in Fisher County, Texas in 1924 and her mother Jane died in 1925 in Archer City, Archer County, Texas.
  
  Charlie and Annie married in 1920, some time after the census that year.  No marriage record has been found.  It is uncertain whether Charlie and Annie married in Marlow, where the Gregorys had just moved from and the Caubles still lived at the time of the 1920 census, or if the Caubles may have moved to Garvin County before moving to Texas.  But the overall situation seems to indicate they married in Marlow.
  
  In 1930, Charles and Annie were reported living 4 houses down form Charlie's parents in the Elmore Township of Garvin County, Oklahoma.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 18 April, Elmore Township, District 25-8, page 10B, Hse #187, Fam #196
  Gregory Charles B  Head  M W 46  first married at 36  TN AL TN Farmer
  Gregory Annie M  Wife  F W 28  first married at 18  OK TX OK
  Gregory Vivian M   Dau  F W 9  OK TN OK
  Gregory Eva M  Dau  F W 7yrs 10mos  OK TN OK
  Gregory Virgil C  Son  F W 2yrs 10mos  OK TN OK
  
  A Cauble genealogy mentions Annie's second marriage.
  
  Annie Mable Cauble
  Birth 23 AUG 1901 in Oklahoma
  Death 27 AUG 1993 in California
  Parents Peter Jefferson Cauble 1877-1924
  Ada Jane Morgan 1884-1925
  Marriage 1920 to Charlie Gregory
  Marriage 1942 to <Living> Roberson
  --  Cauble, Callender etal, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13760670/person/-15015223?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  Charley and Annie divorced before the 1940 census.  Charley is enumerated in the household of his 84-year-old father and his brother Edd in Elmore City.  Annie is enumerated with her second husband Herman Roberson in Lindsay, as Anna Roberson.  Her two children Virgil and Vivian are in their household.  Assuming that the report that they were in the same place in 1935 is correct, Anna and Herman were married before 1935.  The location of the children in 1935 is not reported.
  
  "Hello Orville,   I haven't contacted you in some time but have done DNA research on Virgil and discovered that Charles Bluford Gregory is not his biological father.  He was raised by him whether he knew he wasn't his son I can't know.  So Virgil is my bio father and Annie Cauble is his mother but he has a different father.  So now I have a whole new line of people to contact for bio father information.  Boy, people were busy back in the day.  Just thought you would like to know for your tree information.  Pamela"
  --  Pamela McDonald-Kown, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 21 December 2019
  
  "Virgil's parents are Annie and Charles Gregory, only DNA proves that he is not a bio child of Charles, Annie was a Cauble and that is where my DNA connection first came from. Through DNA research by a registered Genetic Genealogist 2 and 3 cousins were determined in matches to me to a man whose last name was Battles."
  --  Pamela McDonald-Kown, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 22 December 2019
  
  From what has been learned in the DNA comparison evidence and supporting circumstantial information, the possibilities for fatherhood of Virgil are two, Bascom Warner Battles and Arthur Garfield Battles,  The following is my analysis of information known by late December 2019 from the censuses and living locations of Battles families.
  
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  Charlie and Annie married after the census in 1920.  In that census, they were living four houses from his father, enumerated on the same page of the census.  Arthur Garfield Battles was two houses away from Dock Gregory's home where his unmarried son Charlie was living at that time, with his wife Bertha and two young children.  He was 38 that year.  Next door to Charles and Annie was Ensley Battles with his wife Cora and on child.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 28 January, Elmore Township, District 25, page 11B-12A, Hse #189, Fam #201
  Battles, Ensley L Head Rents F W 31 Married AL US US Farmer [b abt Nov 1888]
  - Page 12A -
  Battles, Cora Wife F W 23 Married TX KY TX [b abt 1896]
  Battles, Rc [sic] Son M W 3 Single OK AL TX [b abt 1916]
  
  Next door was Ensley's brother Arthur G Battles and his family.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 30 January, Elmore Township, District 25, page 12A, Hse #190, Fam #202
  Battles, Arthur G Head Rents F W 38 Married AL VA VA Farmer [b abt Nov 1881]
  Battles, Bertha L Wife F W 23 Married TX KY TX [b abt 1896]
  Battles, Si Son M W 3 Single OK AL TX [b abt 1916]
  Battles, Ovie M W 2 Single TX TX TX [b abt 1917]
  
  In 1930 they were living in the 4th house away from his parents and some of his brothers.  That year Bascom and his family were next door to them, but A G Battles was not in that area.  So I do not know when A G and the other Battles reported in 1920 moved away nor when Bascom and Minerva moved in.
  
  I noticed that the Battles families were all renting, so they may have just moved around a lot.
  
  Since we don't know what year A G moved out and Bascom moved in, they may have overlapped. A G may have been the philander earlier and Bascom later during that same 6-7 year period.
  
  I have not found Bascom in the 1920 census.  He was reported as age 45 in the 1930 census.  He was not around that area when Charley and Anna got married, and all their children were born before 1930, when Virgil was 2.5 yrs old.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 19 April, Elmore Township, District 25-8, page 11A, Hse #188, Fam #197
  Battles Bascom W  Head  M W 45  First married at 21  AL AL AL Farmer
  Battles Minervia Wife  F W 45  First married at 21  TX TX MS
  Battles Floyd B   Son  M W 19 TX AL TX Farm Laborer
  Battles Lee J  Son  F W 15 OK AL TX
  Battles Earl W  Son  F W 11 OK AL TX
  Battles Robert W  Son  F W 11 OK AL TX
  
  Bascom has not been found in the 1920 census to discover where he and his family were living at that time.
  
  We don't know for sure when Bascom moved in and AG moved out of the Elmore City area.  The critical time then covers the years from 1920-21 (when they married and Annie's first child was born) until 1927 when Virgil was born.  But Charlie had long ago expressed doubt about all his children's parentage.  This seems to swing the weight of likelihood to Arthur Garfield Battles, or there may have been more than one man involved.
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  "Uncle Charlie said he didn't know if any of their children were really his.  He said he would find her out in the field with different men."
  --  Loretta Gregory Gay, niece of Charlie Gregory, phone conversation with her nephew Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 December 2019
  
  "I have spoken to Annie's cousin and she has told me that Annie was quite the wild one so she wasn't surprised about it.  Makes one wonder if the of children were Gregory"
  --  Pamela McDonald-Kown, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 22 December 2019
  
  No divorce record has been found.  It may be that the revelation of Virgil's true parentage was a factor in the divorce.
  
  In the 1940 census, Annie is enumerated with her second husband Herman Roberson in Lindsay, as Anna Roberson.  Her two children Virgil and Vivian are in their household.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 18 April, Lindsay, District 25-9, page 13A, Hse #390, Rents $15
  Roberson, Herman Head M W 35 Head Grade 8 b Okla same place in 1935 Fire Dept Truck Driver
  Roberson, Anna Head F W  35 Wife Grade not rptd  b Okla same place in 1935
  - page 13B -
  Greagory, Vivian Step-Dau F W 17 Single Grade 7 b Birthplace and location in 1935 not rptd
  Greagory, Virgil Step-Son M W 12 Single Grade 2 b Birthplace and location in 1935
  
  Annie's niece Loretta Gregory Gay reports that Herman was known as Skinny Roberson, and he was a fireman in the Lindsay Fire Department.  She said she never knew his real name, only Skinny.
  --  Loretta Gregory Gary, phone conversation with Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 December 2019
  
  Skinny and Annie moved to California not long after the census.  Their daughter Bobi Jone Roberson was born
  
  "Eva Sue [Gregory] and I share a Mother, Ann Mable Cauble Gregory Roberson.  My father was Hermon Elmer (Skinney) Roberson.  They were married several years before I was born in 1942 and moved to California when I was 8 weeks old [abt April 1943]."
  --  Bobi Jo Roberson Davis, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 April 2020
  
  Letter 5 January 1957 from Eva Gregory Hawkins (Annie's daughter) in Lawton, Oklahoma, to her cousin Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins in Quanah, Texas
  Notable family facts mentioned:
  Eva's husband (Eugene Hawkins) works for U S Civil Service at Ft Sill, in Lawton.
  They live southeast of Lawton across the road from Radio Station KSWO.
  Children:
  Jean Ann, age 16
  Don, age 14
  Tommy, age 11
  Sharon Sue, age 5
  page 2)
  "Your mother and Dad" -- Andy and Retta Gregory, south of Lindsay, Oklahoma
  Josie:  Lou's sister Alpha Josephine Hayes in Lindsay, her husband Jackie (Roy Jackson) Hayes
  Uncle Edd:  Edd Gregory, brother of Andy
  J D Tugman:  Eva asks Lou if she knows where he is now.
  Family in California:
  Mother in Salinas, with stepfather and half sister, age 14
  Sister Vivian at Salinas
  Brother Virgil in San Francisco with wife and two boys from a previous marriage
  --  Found among the papers and photos of Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins in her home in Lindsay, Oklahoma, September 2019
  
  The name of Annie's second husband is included in a memorial on Find a Grave.  In February 2015, Linda Durham added details about Annie that I submitted to her memorial on Find a Grave. The expanded memorial follows.
  
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  Annie Mable Cauble Roberson
  Birth Aug 23, 1901 Garvin County, Oklahoma
  Death Aug 27, 1993 Los Banos, Merced County, California
  
  Spouse Charles Bluford Gregory 1881-1979 (m. 1920)
  
  Annie Mable Cauble Roberson, dau of Pete Cauble and Ada Jane Morgan; wife of Herman Elmer Roberson; mother of Bobi Jone Roberson
  Burial Garden of Memories Memorial Park, Salinas, Monterey County, California
  
  Parents:
  Peter Jefferson Cauble 1876-1924
  Ada Jane Morgan Cauble 1884-1925
  
  Siblings:
  Van Monroe Cauble 1903-1959
  Rena Alean Cauble Whisenhunt 1905-2000
  Ethelyn Cauble Lewis 1911-1975
  Hazel Adelia Cauble Cox 1915-2009
  Zora Mae Cauble Woolsey 1918-2000
  Flora Faye Cauble Bluhm 1918-2016
  
  Created by Linda Durham Feb 22, 2005
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #10515473, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10515473
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  California, Death Index, 1940-1997
  Ann Mable Roberson [Ann Mable Cauble]
  Birth 23 Aug 1901 Oklahoma
  Death 27 Aug 1993 Merced County, California
  Mother's Maiden Name Morgan
  Father's Surname Cauble
  Social Security #565446013
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Ann M. Roberson
  Born 23 Aug 1901
  Died 27 Aug 1993
  Last Residence Gustine, Merced, California 95322
  SSN 565-44-6013 issued California (1951)
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Ann Mable Roberson [Ann M Roberson] [Ann Mable Cauble]
  Birth 23 Aug 1901 Pauls Valley, Oklahoma [Ardmore, Oklahoma]
  Death Date 27 Aug 1993
  Father Pete J Cauble
  Mother Jane A Morgan
  SSN 565446013
  Aug 1950 Name listed as ANN MABLE ROBERSON; 10 Aug 1982 Name listed as ANN M ROBERSON

Sources

• 1. Personal Letters
• 2. Social Security Death Index
• 3. 1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 25 February, near Marlow, Wall Township, District 265, page 9B, Hse/Fam #161
• 4. 1910 Federal Census, Fisher County, Texas
  • 10 May , Justice Precinct 7, District 101, page 10A, Hse/Fam #108
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 6. Ancestry Trees
• 7. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 9. 1940 United States Federal Census
  • 18 April, Lindsay, District 25-9, page 13A, Hse #390, Rents $15
• 10. Loretta Gregory Gay, Personal Communication
• 11. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 18 April, Elmore Township, District 8, page 10B, Hse #189, Fam #196
• 12. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
  • Dock Patrick Gregory Family Sheet
• 13. Ancestry Messaging
• 14. World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945
• 15. 1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 18 April, Lindsay, District 25-9, page 13B, Hse #390, Rents $15
• 16. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 18 April, Elmore Township, District 25-8, page 10B, Hse #187, Fam #196
• 17. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #723415
• 18. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
• 19. Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
• 20. California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959
• 21. Cemeteries of Oklahoma
• 22. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, Personal Communication
• 23. 1940 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 15 April, Ft Sill US Army Base, District 1638B, Page 11B, Barracks
• 24. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
• 25. SSDI Broderbund Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 6
• 26. California Death Index, 1940-1997