Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Lemuel S. and Thomas D. Ledbetter, 1904
27 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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LEDBETTER, LEMUEL S.
LEDBETTER, THOMAS D.
(10 Aug 1904, Wednesday, Elk City Record, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Word reached town Saturday of the drowning of two young sons of W. A.
Ledbetter near the Mack Teel place on Boggy Creek.  The boys went swimming
Friday afternoon sometime.  They failed to come home when they were
expected and the family became alarmed.  On going to the creek they found
their clothes on the bank near a deep hole.  They dragged the creek for
several hours before they recovered the bodies, which they finally did, in
this water.  The boys were aged ten and twelve. - Beacon.
The father of these unfortunate boys is a brother of John Ledbetter who
lives from (sic) miles east of here.
(Note:  Buried Page Cemetery, Washita County, Oklahoma).

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