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Joe researched and wrote the Duflot Genealogy:
"A Dr. Davis was the attending physician at his birth. On Sept. 1,1908, he married Elizabeth Shanklin Melloo with whom he lived a happilywedded life for 44 years and 11 months. She died from a brain hemorrhage(aneurysm) August 3, 1953.
After 42 years of public school and college teaching, he retiredAugust 31, 1951. He taught at the following places: 1905-1912,principal of the R.E. Lee School, Mayfield, KY; 1914-1915, Superintendentof Schools at Camden, TN; 1915-1918,principal of high school atAmarillo, TX; 1918-1951, department head of sociology and philosophy atWest Texas State College, Canyon, TX.
Upon reaching the age of 70, and in conformity with the retirementcode of the State of Texas, he was automatically retired on the StateTeachers Retirement Fund Sept. 1, 1951.
He received a B.A. Degree from West Kentucky College at Mayfield, KYin 1905; a B.S. Degree from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN in 1914;and a M.A. Degree from the University of Chicago in 1929. In addition,he completed all residence work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy atChicago. for lack of funds and because of the pressure of familyresponsibilities, he was unable to do the necessary research for theDoctor's dissertation.
Three children were born to Joseph Leo and Elizabeth S.: JosephineMelloo, Leo Scott Melloo and Merrie Elizabeth.
When the children became self-supporting, we began to save a littleand invested the proceeds in U.S. bonds. The teacher retirement fund andan annuity policy provided us with a steady monthly income when I retiredat seventy. In cases ofextreme emergencies, we had our savings accountto draw upon. We felt financially secure for the unproductive yearsahead.
After the passing of Elizabeth, I remained at the home place for sixweeks determined to become reconciled to this altered condition beforeleaving it. The children urged me to visit them during the fall, winterand spring to facilitate adjustment to my changed status. I wasfortunate to rent the place to a trustworthy tenant, reserving my bedroomand study for my personal use when at home.
I left Canyon on Sept. 20, 1953, to visit my folks at Big Spring,Houston, Galveston, Dallas, Texarkana, Shreveport, Mayfield, and Toledo,returning home May 31st, 1954 after traveling 6,631 miles.
At this time I became interested in writing the genealogy of thefamily not because I thought it was a necessity, but for the sake offuture generations in our line some of whom might become interested intheir ancestors of this century. Ibegan gathering materials and workedat the self-imposed assignment intermittently.
Leo and Rosemary were expecting a baby about the middle of August'54 and requested that I baby sit for them on this occasion which Igladly did.
The fall, winter and spring months of 1954-55 were spent in Canyonwhere I spent my time reading, writing, and golfing taking time outoccasionally for trips to Big Spring and Texarkana.
On May 19, 1955, in a medical examination of what I thought was onlya slight pain in the chest, I was told by Dr. R.P. Jarrett that the X-rayindicated a disorder of the pyloric area of the stomach and was advisedto enter the John Sealy Hospital at Galveston. Naturally we suspectedsomething malignant was brewing. I left the next day for Big Spring andthence to Galveston driving all the way.
It was diagnosed as cancer. I had been physically active and hadfelt all along I was in excellent health. But I was anemic. It took afour-pint blood transfusion to bring it up to a normal count. Agastrictomy was performed by Dr. Edgar J. Poth on May 31st in whichtwo-thirds of the stomach was removed. While I was a very sick man for afew days, nevertheless a rapid recovery was made and I was dismissed fromthe hospital on June 15th. A week from that date I felt well enough topractice (thirty minutes daily) my pitch shots in golf in a nearby park.this was my third operation. I had an appendectomy in 1914, and anoperation on the prostate gland in 1949. Otherwise, I have enjoyedgeneral good health all my life. At the present writing (July '56) I amback to my normal weight, feel in excellent condition, and playing 18holes of golf three times a week scoring consistently within the 80bracket.
I sold the home place in July 1955, disposed of all the furniture Icould not use, gave all but a few of my books to the college, and at 11A.M. July 19th, I drove out of Canyon bidding farewell to the town wherewe had lived for 35 years,reared and educated our children, and where Ihope I had quickened the spirit of inquiry and learning of approximately4,000 students. A natural feeling of sadness swept over me as I droveout of town reflecting over the past. We came to Canyonin the prime oflife, filled with hope and wonder for the future. Now I was aloneleaving it a much older man whose usefulness was no longer in demand. Itwas not a pleasant thought to contemplate.
One who has enjoyed family life as much as I must have a normalyearning to reestablish his home if possible and have the sympatheticcompanionship it brings. While visiting my brother in Houston in October1954, I renewed acquaintanceshipwith Miss Agnes Warinner a formerstudent of mine who took her M.A. degree from West Texas in 1942. She isa teacher in the Houston Public School System.
We corresponded some during the winter and spring of 1955. Thisfriendship ripened into mutual confidence, appreciation, and affection.We were married in the First Christian Church in Houston November 12,1955 in the presence of a few relatives and friends with my son, Dr. Leo,acting as the best man on this occasion. Our home is located at 2357Bolsover, Houston 5, Texas".
Joseph was baptized in St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church,Paducah, KY, No. 1262. Date was not written on the record. Sponsorswere August Wells (probably "Woeltz") and Mrs. Martha Duflot. Rev. J. F.Reed officiating. (Copy in book).Martha was "Mattie", wife of EdDuflot.
From cousin Norma Sorsby Belonie 1995: "Uncle Joe used to come byand stay with us after his wife died (Aunt Elizabeth). He was a fun andkind man."
Joseph and his wife, Elizabeth, are buried in Memory Gardens,between Amarillo and Canyon, TX.
WW I Civilian Draft Registrations:
Joseph Leo Duflot, 4 May 188, W, Randall TX
PERSI - Periodical Source Index:
Joseph Leo Duflot, Panhandle-Plains Historical Review, Volume 59, Spring1986.
Roland
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