Some 1913 Obituaries - McIntosh County OK http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/mcintosh/obits/obits13.txt ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronicpages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this concent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ron & Elaine Long ronglong@chickasaw.com Copyright © 2000 by Ron & Elaine Long ==================================================================== OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES FROM THE EUFAULA INDIAN JOURNAL Friday, January 31, 1913 LETTER OF CONDOLENCE Eufaula, Okla., Jan. 29, 1913 Mrs. Dan Sweeney, My dear Sister: At the meeting of our dear O. E. S. last evening it was voted that the secretary of this order write you a letter of condolence and such is my duty. . . Sophie brown, Secretary and past matron in the name of Eufaula Chapter O. E. S. No. 161 Friday, February 7, 1913 DEATH OF PROFESSOR L. N. BEEMAN Prof. L. N. Beeman died Tuesday evening February 4, 1913 at 8 o’clock of pneumonia at Mr. J. W. Carter’s near Deeres Chapel. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Story at Deere’s Chapel, Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. Prof. Beeman was fifty-six years old. At the time of his death he was teaching at Deeres Chapel. Sixty of his pupils attended the funeral and as a memorial to one that they loved, sang two of his favorite hymns at his request. He had a kind and tiring disposition, and was loved by all who knew him. His remains were laid to rest in the Eufaula cemetery. Friday, February 21, 1913 LOCAL AND PERSONAL The four months old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Will Kermode died Sunday morning and was buried Monday at the City Cemetery. The baby was sick only a short while. Mr. and Mrs. Kermode have the sympathy of the community. Friday, March 14, 1913 TRAIN KILLS JACK BOLAND Jack Boland, aged twenty four, a farmer whose home is seven miles east of Checotah at Shady Grove, was instantly killed Saturday night, while crossing the Katy railroad tracks in Muskogee. Two young men who were walking with Boland had a narrow escape from death. The accident was witnessed by a dozen or more passers-by but so swiftly did the wheels of the locomotive do their work of destruction that their victim made no outcry. . . were watching a switch engine on another track, and did not see the passenger train . . . He was taken to the Jobe – McCarley undertaking parlors on Cherokee street. Boland was unmarried and lived with his parents on their farm. He was visiting friends in Muskogee. His brother went to Muskogee Sunday, and took the body to Checotah for burial. Friday March 21, 1913 NEGRO KILLED NEAR HOFFMAN Deputy Sheriff R. L. Lewis brought to Eufaula Wednesday Cornelious Feller and place him in the county jail, accused of killing a man three miles north of Hoffman Monday night at a dance. All parties to the affray were negroes. Filler will have his preliminary hearing in a few days. Friday, March 28, 1913 LOCAL AND PERSONAL B. G. Duncan, who has made Eufaula his home for the past year, having bought cotton all the season for C. C. Epps died Thursday evening of last week and his remains were shipped to Celest, Texas, Friday for burial. He leaves a wife and several small children to mourn his death. Friday, April 11, 1913 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Postmaster Bruce McKinley who left several days ago for Buckhannon, West Virginia, in response to a telegram announcing the serious illness of his mother, will return home Sunday. In a letter to Mrs. McKinley he states that upon his arrival at his old home, his mother was dead. He has the sympathies of his many Eufaula friends. Friday, April 18, 1913 Osmond McGilberry, a farmer living near Keota, Okla., drove on the Midland Valley railroad trestle between Stigler and Kanima, Okla., Saturday night mistaking it for the public highway, and was killed by a westbound passenger train. Friday, April 18, 1913 ADAMS ARRESTED IN ILLINOIS TOWN Louis Adams of near Hanna mysteriously disappeared some two weeks ago, and suspicion being aroused by the sudden departure of his brother, Chester Adams, a thorough search was made for the missing man. The floor of the Adams residence was pried up and underneath blood was discovered. Acting upon this evidence a warrant was sworn out at Eufaula for the arrest of Chester Adams who was subsequently located at Taylorsville, Ill. Sheriff J. W. McCune left last Thursday for that city and returned with Adams Sunday morning and place him in jail to await the action of the court. Since the occurrence other members of the Adams family have decamped for parts unknown. Friday, April 22, 1913 NEGRO KILLED William Gunnels shot Charley Baldwin at the home of Gunnels’ wife in Eufaula Monday about noon. Baldwin was a boarder at the Gunnels’s home and had just seated himself at the dinner table when Gunnels appeared and opened fire, shooting his man five times with a 38-stell ball pistol. Baldwin died Thursday morning about 10 o’clock. The particulars or what led to the shooting was not obtainable, but it is said jealousy was the cause. It is understood that Gunnels and his wife had been separated for several weeks. Deputy Sheriff Henry Kilgore arrested Gunnels who gave up without resisting and was placed in the county jail. All parties in the fray were negroes. Friday, May 2, 1913 JAMES F. BALLARD DIES James Felix Ballard, age 55 years, died at Big Cabin Saturday morning at 3:00 o’clock, after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Big Cabin at 11:00 o’clock Sunday morning. Burial at Vinita cemetery at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, the funeral party driving from Big Cabin to Vinita after the services. The deceased was a citizen of Pryor Creek for many years and was held in high esteem by all his acquaintances. He leaves a divorced wife, who was with him during his last illness, and a son, Henry Ballard, who was a son by his first wife and lives with his family at Eufaula. He also leaves many friends here, at Sapvinaw where he worked for J. E. Whitaker for several years at Vinita and Big Cabin, where he was also employed, he having held position at all these places and always gave good service and perfect satisfaction. Peace to his memory --- Mayes County Democrat. Friday May 9, 1913 N. G. TURK DEAD N. G. Turk, one of the best known men in eastern Oklahoma, died at his home in Checotah Monday. He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor the first year after statehood. A midnight Scottish Rite funeral was given by the masons of Muskogee in honor of Mr. Turk, 58 years old, past grand master of the state lodge of Odd Fellows and thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner. The funeral was held at the Eaton-Bacon undertaking rooms at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. Mr. Turk was a wealthy land man who made his home at Checotah. He went to Mexico on a land deal several months ago and contracted a fever in that climate. He was born at Mount Vernon, MO., where he has several brothers and sisters. A widow survives him. Friday, May 16, 1913 PERSONAL ITEMS Albert, the 14-months old baby of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bumgarner died at the home of its parents in Eufaula Wednesday afternoon and was buried at the City Cemetery Thursday. Friday June 20, 1913 OBITUARY On Monday morning June 16 at 7 o’clock, the Death Angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hubble of Eufaula, Oklahoma, and claimed as its victim their little son George Tolleson. Little George was born February 13, 1912 and was therefore only 16 months and 3 days old . . . The funeral services were conducted by Rev. T. S. Stratton in the Eufaula Baptist church at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning . . His illness was of short duration, covering a period of only twelve days, . . . Friday, June 20, 1913 The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Venator was buried Tuesday at the City Cemetery. Friday, July 4, 1913 A SENSATIONAL SUICIDE A negro, named Paul Pierce, who ran a store on the East side, ran amuck Tuesday evening, secured a pistol, shot and perhaps fatally wounded his wife. He then shot at his sister-in-law, the bullet passing near enough to burn the flesh of her right arm. After taking a few promiscuous shots at other subjects, he turned the gun on himself, the bullet taking effect in his right temple, resulting in immediate death. When the officers arrived on the scene his body was found grasping a pistol in the left hand and a knife in the right. Friday, August 1, 1913 DEATH The death of Gerald Patterson the eleven year old son of R. A. Patterson occurred early Tuesday morning. Gerald has been sick most all summer. . . Interment was held in Greenland Cemetery, Rev. T. S. Stratton officiating. Friday, August 29, 1913 TOM CRAWFORD KILLED IN MUSKOGEE Tom Crawford was killed in Muskogee by Will Harper, an ex-convict whom Crawford had taken into business with him. The two men were sitting at supper when a dispute arose over matters pertaining to their business. The dispute resulted in a quarrel in which Harper fired three shots at Crawford killing him instantly. Crawford had formerly lived at McAlester where he served on the police force under Chief Hefley. While there in company with other officers, in an attempt to arrest three men on the railroad yard, one man, Roy Bagley, was killed, for which a charge of murder was brought against Crawford. Owing to the feeling there a change of venue was granted and he was to have been tried here at the next term of court. Friday, October 3, 1913 CHOCTAW GIVENS DEAD At his home near Mellette Tuesday evening, Choctaw Givens, answered the call of the Great Chief and passed into the realms of the Happy Hunting Ground. He was one of the leading men of his race and his death will be lamented by all who knew him. Friday, October 17, 1913 DIED The Little thirteen months old daughter of Sut. H. C. King passed away late Wednesday evening. She had been ill for several days, . . . Friday, October 24, 1913 A TRIBUTE OF LOVE We shall never forget that sad, sad day, when an Angel downward came passing many boys by, and called or dear friend Ben Porter’s name. . . . Had he been spared until March the 24th next, he would have reached the age of nineteen, . . . Grace Jordan, May Jordan, Carrie Epps, Bessie Blake. DEATH OF BENJAMIN PROTER . . . was born in Eufaula, Mach 24, 1895 . . . became sick with typhoid fever Oct. 7, and died at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 17. . . The body was brought to the Catholic church at 10:00 a.m. Sunday and remained there during the regular Sunday services. . . At 2:00 p.m. the funeral services were held. . . Friday, October 31, 1913 SHAW BRANDON KILLED Mr. Shaw Brandon, a farmer, living near Brush Hill was killed late yesterday evening by a negro known as “Sixteen”. While the full details of the affair are not yet obtainable, it seems that there had been some difficulty between the two parties over an acount which the negro owed Mr. Brandon. Mr. Brandon and his son, on Horseback, met the negro who was in a wagon, when the difficulty occurred. The farmer was armed but an examination of his pistol showed that he had not fired a shot. The negro using a shot gun at close range, shot him in the face, causing instant death. The negro has a light flesh wound which it is staed was given him by the younger Mr. Brandon in defense of his father. “Sixteen” was brought in this morning by Sheriff McCune and Deputy Turney and placed in the county jail. He will be given a preliminary trial at an early date. Friday, November 7, 1913 JOHN CUDJO LYNCHED AT WEWOKA John Cudjo, a Snake negro who it is said was with Crazy Snake in the rebellion in this county in 1909 was hung by an infuriated mob at Wewoka Tuesday. Cudjo killed another negro named Taylor at Hitchita last March and has been at large since that time. It was known that he was in hiding near Wewoka nd a few days ago he appeared there. A sheriff’s posse went to arrest him and Deputy John Dennis was killed. Sheriff McCune of this county was notified and went immediately with deputies to join the sheriff at Wewoka in the search for Cudjo. The woods along Little rifer were marshaled and it was learned that he had stole a horse near Holldenville and started towards Eufaula. He was then surrounded, captured and carried back to Wewoka. An the arrival there the officers were taken in charge by the citizens of the town. The negro was carried to a place near the court house, where he was swung to a telegraph post. There was no attempt at \concealment of the identity of those who hung him. A large placard was suspended from the body of the dead man bearing the insignia: “To the memory of Lee Cruce.” Showing the disapproval of the people there of the commutation of death sentences in this state. Friday, November 21, 1913 SECOND NEGRO UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER McAlester, Okla., Nov. 19 - - Alie Jones is under arrest here as the second negro charged with the brutal murder of W. J. Wisdom, a young railroader, who was kicked off a train at Haileyville recently. Jones was identified by James Binion, the first negro arrested as his companion who assisted in causing Wisdom’s death. Both are held for murder without bail and are strictly guarded as feeling is still high, especially in the mining camp, and all talk of summary vengeance by the lynching law route has not died. Friday, November 21, 1913 TEXANNA ITEMS Ruth Hendricks, the stepdaughter of W. H. Wynn, who was reported sick in the Journal last week, died on the 12th inst., and was buried the following day at the Goves cemetery on Dutches Creek. The bereaved ones have our sympathy. Friday, December 12, 1913 ED BRADLEY DEAD Edfard J. Bradley, a well known citizen of Eufaula died of heart failure Sunday afternoon. His death came as a shock to all of his friends for he was apparently in good health up until the time of his death. He was sitting at a table in his home when the stroke came and before a physician could be gotten there, he had passed away. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist church in the presence of a large number of friends after which the remains were borne to the City Cemetery for interment.