Hester A. Inman
b. 30 October 1964, Mount Springs, Baker Township, Martin County, Indiana, to John and Lucinda (Richison) Inman
d. 31 August 1921, Grady County, Oklahoma

m. 21 October 1888, Texas
William Dewitt Shackelford
b. Bowling Green, Missouri
d. 25 February 1937, Grady County, Oklahoma

Children with William Dewitt Shackelford:
• Maud (b. 1889)
• Mattie (b. 1891)
• Otie D. (b. 1893)
• Otie B. (b. 1893)
• Lou (b. 1896)

Sometime after 1880, Hester went to Texas with others to help care for their children. After her marriage, she lived in Nocona, Texas. In 1897, the family moved to Bailey, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. William drew land in the Kiowa-Comanche Indian Reservation near Rush Springs, Oklahoma. He paid $14.00 for the 160 acres. They lived there the rest of their lives.

Submitted by:
Ileta Blades
Chickashe OK