Obit of George Dillard (d463) - Grady County, Oklahoma

Transcribed by:  Maggie Wettengel  <maggwett1@Juno.com>  3 Jun 2003
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From the Alex Tribune, Alex, Oklahoma, Friday, September 8, 1911, 
front page.

OLD PIONEER PASSES AWAY

George Dillard, one of the best known pioneers and settlers of 
central and eastern Oklahoma, died at his home near Ireton Thursday 
evening, August 31.  Mr. Dillard was about fifty eight years old and 
was born at Goodland, in the old Indian Territory.  Mr. Dillard's 
parents came to the Indian Territory from Mississippi about sixty 
five years ago. being among the first white settlers in what is now 
Oklahoma.  Mr. Dillard spent his life as a pioneer, a ranch man, a 
guide and a farmer,always in some part of the old Indian Territory, 
and it is said that he knows every old trail and cabin in the 
eastern part of the state.  While a young man, Mr. Dillard married 
and is survived by a wife and three sons.  He spent part of his time 
for the last two years in Chickasha where he has been in the real 
estate business.  He was a member of the Odd Fellows order, of whose 
members in Chickasha, several came down to Alex Friday to attend the 
funeral held under the auspices of the Odd Fellows lodge.  Interment 
was in the Laflin Cemetery.
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