Beckham County, OK - Obits: Charles H. Hemphill, 1907
19 Mar 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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HEMPHILL, CHARLES H.
(14 Aug 1907, Wednesday, Elk City Record, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Charles H. Hemphill died at Sayre, August 9.  He had been a great sufferer
for years and was at Sayre for treatment at the time of his death.  The
I.O.O.F. Lodge at this place brought the body here Saturday and was buried
in the city cemetery Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Hemphill came to this country in the spring of 1898, filed on and
settled on a claim three miles southwest of Elk City, before there was any
town here.  He made his home on it until the time of his death.
He lived an honorable life before his neighbors and was respected by all
who knew him.  He will be greatly missed here for miles around.
(15 Aug 1907, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Died from Congestion.
Charley Hemphill, who lived near Elk City, died in Sayre Saturday from
congestion, and the body was taken home for burial the same day.
Hemphill had been suffering from a cancer, and was in a weak condition. 
He had come to Sayre for treatment, and Saturday morning it is reported
that he took a cold bath, and soon after ate two dishes of ice cream, and
either the cold bath or the ice cream, or both, caused congestion from
which he died.  He was about 40 years old, and had a family.
(29 Aug 1907, Thursday, Elk City Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
MEMORIAL.
We the members of the Prairie View Union, No. 180 of the F.E. and C.U. of
Roger Mills Co. extend our sympathies to the wife, children and friends of
our late departed and beloved brother C. H. Hemphill and promise to watch
over and care for those whom he left behind, should they ever need our
assistance.
Mr. Hemphill was 42 years of age and had lived 3 miles S.W. of Elk for 8
years.
He died of Brights disease.

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