I AM KEN PETTY. FATHER WAS LEONARD PETTY, SON OF SAM PETTY WHO WAS BORN IN PARIS TX AND IN 1901 WAS CALLED TO OKLAHOMA BY HIS FATHER TO FILE FOR GOVT LAND. THAT SAME YEAR HE MET AND MARRIED SPICEY MAE STRICKLAND FROM JOPLIN MISSOURI. SHE HAD BEEN CALLED TO OKLAHOMA BY HER FATHER FOR THE SAME REASON.THEY HAD 13 CHILDREN, SOME OF WHO'S NAMES ARE FRANK, JAMES, LEONARD, SAM, MELVIN, BRICE, RUBY, VERNA, AND MORE THAT I CANT THINK OF. PLEASE CONTACT ME AND LETS PREPARE NOTES. I HAVE JUST STARTED BUT HAVE A SISTER WHO HAS MORE INFO.