Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: Williams, Matt
Contributed by George and Nona Thompson
Matt Williams and Lenora Hadley Williams were the parents of Carrie Ellen Williams Dugger. Matt worked in the Bond Valley coal mine and was killed in an explosion January 17, 1945. Matt and Lenora married in 1918 in Dallas, Texas, and were living in Dow Township, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, in the 1920 census. Lenora's mother, Margaret Campbell Hadley, was also living with them. Matt and Lenora had four girls, Margaret, Eva, Carrie, and Mary, and two boys, Bill and Glen.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
