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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ron & Elaine Long ronglong@chickasaw.com ==================================================================== Some 1926 Obituaries & Death Notices from the Indian Journal Eufaula, McIntosh County OK Transcribed by Ron & Elaine Long (Thursday, July 8 1926) MAX BROWN DROPS DEAD IN SAINT LOUIS Max Brown for a nuber of years a resident of Eufaula and a brother of Phil and Louis Brown of this city dropped dead in Saint Louis Tuesday of Heart failure. Mr. Brown had been in bad health for some time and had just gone to visit a specialist when the end came He will be buried in Saint Louis Friday. phil Brown of this city left immediately for Saint Louis on learning of his brothers death. Louis Brown the other brother with his wife are touring Europe. (Thursday, July 8, 1926) NEGRO BOY DROWNED IN MILL CREEK HERE MONDAY. Sylvan Williams Negro youth about seventeen years of age was drowned in Mill Creek three miles south of Eufaula MOnday afternoon while swimming with other Negro boys. (Thursday, July 15, 1926) MRS DORA DEERE DEAD Mrs. Dora Deere, wife of Tom Deere who has been in bad health for the past two or three years died here Wednesday afternoon of last week, and was buried the following Friday in the local cemetery. Reverend Willie Carr officiated at the funeral service. Mrs. Deere Was 31 years of age at the time of her death. She was a Creek Indian woman and was born and reared here, living a christian life. Besides her husband, Mrs. Deere left four small children, three girls and a boy, her mother Mrs. Mary McIntosh and two brothers, Tobe and Budie to mourn her death. (Thursday, July 22, 1926) HENSON H. NEWTON DEAD Henson Newton, well known Cathay farmer died in Muskogee Saturday of last week following a lingering illness of cancer. The remains were removed to Texanna from which they were interred in the Triplett cemetery. The Rev. J. H. Hammer Presided over the funeral. The deceased is survived by a wife and six children. (Thursday, July 29, 1926 MRS F. S. AHRENS DIES Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Scott Who Made Home in Sallisaw to Be Buried Here Muskogee July 29 -- Mrs. Francis Scott Ahrens, Sallisaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Scot 216 North Thirteenth street, died at her home at Sallisaw early yesterday morning. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ahrens sister, Mrs. Horace Henson, 1019 Terace boulevard, Muskogee. burial will be in Greenhill cemetery under the direction of Petering Lescher. Mrs Ahrens is survived by her husband, W. S. Ahrens; a daughter, Miss Maudie Bess Ahrens; a brother, W. D. Scott of Muskogee and three sisters, Mrs. Walter A. Benson, Chattanooga, Tenn; Mrs Horace Henson, Muskogee, and miss Lillian P. Scott, Muskogee. Mr and Mrs Ahrens were former residents of Eufaula and she had many friends here who will regret to learn of her passing away (Thursday, July 29, 1926) TOM CONNORS DEAD Tom Connors will known Indian of the Raiford vicinity died Thursday of this week following severe knife lacerations inflicted in a scrap with a negro several weeks ago. It was said that Connors died in Hot Springs Arkansas. His body was brought here for burial (Thursday, Ayugust 5, 1926) FRED WILLIAMS DIES IN MUSKOGEE HOSPITAL Fred Williams , 49 years of age and a pioneer of this section of the state died in the Baptist hospital in muskogee Sunday after undergoing an operation for gall stone. Mr. Williams was reared in Eufaula and had a host of friends who regret to learn of his death. He was buried here mOnday afternoon, funeral services were held at the Christian Church conducted by the Odd Fellows Lodge of this city which order Mr. Williams was a member. Rev. Haskell Hammer preached the sermon. Besides a number of brothers and sisters and his mother, deceased left a widow and a 15 year old son to mourn his death. (Thursday September 2, 1926) A. B. UPTON DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER HERE A. B. Upton of Michigan, died t the home of his daughter Mrs. Carl W. Gust in this city Thursday while visiting here. Mr. Upton suffered a case of influenza at another daughter's home in Fort Worth a few months ago and never entirely recovered from the disease gradually growing weaker until the end came thursday. His body has been prepared for burial by the Plock Undertaking Company and is resting at the Gust residence awaiting arrival of relatives in Michigan and while all funeral arrangements have not been nade, it is understood the services will be held some time Saturday and that burial will take place in the Eufaula Cemetery. OBITUARY Albert B. Upton was born on the 7th of December 1854 at Charlemnot Massachussets, Moved to Victor Township Clinton County Michigan with his parents when abot 3 years of age. Was educated in puablic schools of Clinton County and Olivet College Michigan. Married to Mell Dennison Sept. 21, 1876 at Sandborn N. Y. of which union 3 children were born, Julia, Stella and Doris of whom Julia and Stella Ssurvive. Mr Upton at the time of his marriage was engaged in the banking business at Mt. Pleasant Michigan wher e he continued for some time before going to Duluth to engage in the timber and timber land brokerage business which busines he followed to Sault St. Marie, Michigan and later to Portland Oregon, and Detroit, Michigan. After closing his business in Detroit he returned to Lansing Michigan just a few miles from his boyhood home where he lived until February 1926 when he left to visit his daughter Stella in Fort Worth and later coming to Eufaula to visit his daughter Julia. Mr Upton was also survived by his older brother Frank Upton who now resides in Lansing, Michigan (Thursday, September 23, 1926) MRS. T. J. GLEASON DEAD Mrs. T. J. Gleason for more than a quarter of a centry a resident of Eufaula died at her home in the east part of the city Monday afternoon September 20. Funeral services were held by the Rev. Father Dilegence at the Catholic Church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning where hundreds of friends and admireres were present to pay their farewell respects to their friend who had been called by death. Deceased was buried in this city. Mrs. Gleason was a splendid christian character who numbered among her friends almost every citizen in Eufaula and the vicinity who regret to learn of her death. Besides her husband Mr.s Gleason left 5 boys and 4 girls to mourn her death, all of whom were present at her funeral. The children were Mrs. Tom Vanderpool, Holdenville, Louis, Wahsington Marshall, Omaha, Neb, Lucile, Chicago, Joe Washington, Mrs Tom Brotton, Misses Mary Clare and Cecil and Jim Eufaula. (Thursday, October 14, 1926) JOHN LENHART DEAD John Lenhart for 20 years a resident of Eufaula died at his home in this city Tuesday evening at the ripe old age of 86 years. Deceased had been in declining health for some time and his death was not altogether unexpected. Funeral services were held at the home here Tuursday afternoon and the body was laid to rest in the City cemetery where hundreds of friends followed his remains to its last resting place. Mr. Lenhart was a splendid Christian gentleman and in his death the community suffers the los of one of her very best citizens. Besides his widow deceased left several grown children to mourn his death. (Thursday October 21, 1926) HANNA BOY KILLED AT MARSHALL, ARK. Buster Boaz Shotwell Killed at Circus in Arkansas Town. The following is taken from the Mountain View Wave, published in Marshall, Arkansas. The body of an unidentified boy known as "Buster" and about 20 years of age, an employee of Cooper Brothers Circus was shot and killed on the show grounds here Tuesday afternoon by Harvey Elliot, who lives a few miles west of town. After the shooting Elliott and a companion, Jack Smith, wee lodged in jail, but Wednesday morning Elliot was released on bond of $2,500. Smith was also released from custody. Elliott and Smith were said by witnesses to have been drinking and it is said there was no argument betwen Elliot and "Buster" before the shooting, and it has not been fully learned whether Elliott intended to shoot the youth or not. A description of the slain youth has been sent to Hanna, Okla., where he joined the circus a short time ago, and relatives were expected to arrive here Thursday or Friday to identify the body. Clarence Shotwell, brother of the dead boy on hearing of the death of his brother immediately went to Marshall and brought the body backto Hanna where funeral services and burial was held Monday of this week. The youth was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shotwell of Hanna and was well thought of by the people of the community. Citizens of Marshall raised $240.00 to pay the burial expenses of the body. (Thursday October 21, 1926) H. C. KELLEY DEAD AT TEXARKANA, ARK. H. C. Kelley, back in 1910 to 1915 a merchant of Eufaula but for the past number of years a resident of Texarkana, Ark., died at his home in that city one day last week at the age of 82 years. He was the father of Julius Kelley now living at Fame, a few miles west of Eufaula the father in law of Mrs. Lucille Kelley and the grand father of Mrs. Vleveland Whitaker and Mrs. Homer Blake of this city. He was a splendid man and had many friends in Eufaula who will regret to learn of his death. (Thursday November 4, 1926( GEORGE STIDHAM DEAD AT CHECOTAH Was Son of Distinguished Indian Jurist and Himself Prominent Leader in Tribal Affairs. George W. STidham 67 son of a distinguished Indian jurist and statesman himself a leader among the Creeks of Eastern Oklahoma for the past 40 years died at his home in Checotah Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Stidham for many years was active in the affairs of the Creek nation, attending meetings of the old Creek council in Oklmulge and remaining a leader of his people long after the Creek government was disbanded. He was born in Eufaula on March 4, 1859. His father was George W. STidham Sr., at one time chief justice of the Creek nation, holding court in Okmulgee. The elder Stidham represented the Creeks before the United States Congress on several occasions, and it was on one of thesevisits to the national capital that he met his future wife. They were married a short time later and established their home in Eufaula. Several years later the Stidham family moved to Checotah. George W. STidham Sr., was a pioneer merchant in Eastern Oklahoma establishing a general sotre near the Creek agency norhtwest of Muskogee before the Civil War. The famous Stidham name will be carried on by second George W. Stidham Jr., son of the man who died yesterday, who is now cashier of the People's bank at Checotah.