Life History

Notes

• Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
  Coy Green, Age 22 (born abt 1898)
  Stella Belvin, Age 19 (born abt 1901)
  Both Residencts of Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  License issued 13 August 1920
  Marriage 14 August 1920 Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA
  Ceremony conducted by J Oscar Peterson, Ordained Elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Pauls Valley
  Witnesses Orel Hulsey and Lona Richardson
  Recorded 16 August 1920 Garvin County Marriage Book, p 320
  
  According to family sources, Stella was only 13 years old, but the marriage record reports her age as 19.  The marriage record was recorded the day Coy was killed.  Coy was shot dead by Stella's father because he married her against her family's wishes.
  
  If Stella was 13 years old, as her husband's Finda  Grave reports, she was born about 1907.  However, that birth date reported on her grave, her Social Security records and in famiy genealogies as 6 September 1905.  so she was about a month short of 15 years old when she married the ill-fated Coy Green in August 1920.
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Stella Dykeman
  Born 6 Sep 1905
  Died Apr 1980
  Last Residence Stratford, Garvin, Oklahoma 74872
  Last Benefit Pauls Valley, Garvin, Oklahoma 73075
  SSN 441-24-4578 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)
  
  A son's Social Security record reports Stella's husband's name.
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Oniel Dykeman
  Birth 8 Jul 1925 Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
  Death Date 6 Jul 1992
  Father Dallas G Dykeman
  Mother Stella M Belvin
  SSN 442203024
  Jun 1942 Name listed as ONIEL DYKEMAN
  
  Gravestone
  Dykeman
  Garner 1901 1972
  Stella 1905 1980
  Dolberg Cemetery, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
  Taken by Andrew 27 April 2012
  Photo by Kris Abelli, Find a Grave, posted 3 March 2016, accessed 31 December 2018, used by permission
  
  Another view, probably the opposite side of the family stone, full dates are given, but Stella's death date is not engraved.
  
  Gravestone
  Dykeman
  Stella 9 6 1905  [d 1980]
  Garner 6 21 1901   5 3 1972;
  Dolberg Cemetery, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
  Taken by Andrew 27 April 2012
  Photo by Kris Abelli, Find a Grave, posted 3 March 2016, accessed 31 December 2018, used by permission
  
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  Stella May Belvin Dykeman
  BIRTH 1905
  DEATH 1980 (aged 74-75)
  BURIAL Dolberg Cemetery, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
  Parents:
  Charles A Belvin 1869-1919
  Josephine Strickland Belvin 1868-1906
  
  Spouses:
  Coy Green 1901-1920 (m. 1920)
  Garner Dykeman 1901-1972
  
  Son Oniel Dykeman 1925-1992
  
  Siblings:
  Rosa E Belvin Davis 1895-1950
  James C Belvin 1897-1962
  Earl A Belvin 1903-1904
  Half Siblings:
  Jettie Mae Belvin Poindexter 1907-1996
  Fred A Belvin 1908-1978
  Ruth Golden Belvin Gilcrease 1915-2004
  Roy Anderson Belvin 1917-1992
  
  Created by Connie 20 Aug 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 29188078, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29188078/stella-may-dykeman
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Sources

• 1. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
• 2. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007