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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@adacomp.net Copyright © 2002 by Ron & Elaine Long ==================================================================== Some 1931 obituaries and death notices extracted form the Eufaula Indian Journal Thursday January 1, 1931 LENNA FARMER IS KILLED WHEN CAR SKIDS INTO DITCH J. Carl Ogden, On Way Home From Okmulgee Meets With Fatal Accident. J. Carl Ogden, well-known Lenna farmer, living 15 miles west of Eufaula was killed and the car he was driving which belonged to Senator Clark Nichols and Jack Nichols of this city was an almost total wreck, when the auto skidded near Morris in Okmulgee county, and turned over several times Monday afternoon. Ogden had been attending court in Okmulgee and was returning to his home at the time of the accident. No one saw the accident but it is thought that the car skidded and turned over after coming off a graveled road onto the concrete pavement, tracks and signs showed that the auto had turned completely around, from the direction in which it was traveling and turned over on its side. Odgen was picked up by tourists, alive, but unconscious and died on his way to the hospital in Okmulgee Thursday January 1, 1931 FORMER EUFAULA HIGH SCHOOL BOY KILLED IN CAR CRASH Wane Ledbetter, former Eufaula high school football star, 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ledbetter and an army aviator student at Kelley Field, San Antonio, Texas, was killed in an auto accident near the field Christmas day, according to news reaching Eufaula. Ledbetter had been in the service but a short time. He had attended the Eufaula high school graduating here in 1928 when the family lived in Eufaula. The family now resides in Muskogee. Burial was at Fayettville, Ark. Thursday Jan 29, 1931 JESSE TURNER DIED TUESDAY Jesse Turner, well-known Fame farmer and splendid McIntosh county citizen died at the Baptist hospital in Muskogee Tuesday morning, after an illness of only a few days and was buried Wednesday afternoon in the Fame cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. S. B. Barnett and Reb. Haskell Hammer. Deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Turner, he was born at Fame in 1905, and was married to Miss Mattie King in 1927, and is the father of one child, Bobbye Eloise, 10 moths old. His funeral was attended by the largest following to ever attend a funeral at the Fame cemetery, practically all citizens of the Fame community, many friends from Eufaula, and the schools of Fame and Stidham closed and attended the fuenral in a body. Besides his wife and baby and mother and father, he leaves a number of sisters and brothers to mourn his loss. Thursday February 5, 1931 LOCAL BUSINESS MAN KILLED SELF HERE WED. NIGHT William Barnes, Veteran Shoe Shop man Takes Own Life At Place Of Business. W. M. Barnes, 57, veteran Eufaula shoe shop owner, committed suicide at 6:30 o’clock Wednesday evening in the rear end of his establishment by shooting himself in the head with a .45 caliber revolver. Barnes, 20 years a resident of Eufaula, was financially well off and indications are that the last act came from despondency over ill health. Members of his family told county officers that his actions for the last two or three days had indicated such an act might occur. On the dead man’s body were found two notes. One addressed to his oldest son, age 27, and one to his widow. The note to the son contained advice relative to his carrying on the management of the shoe shop and to do the best he could along that line. The correspondence to Mrs. Barnes was not made pubic. Besides his widow, Barnes is survived by two sons, aged 22 and 27, and one daughter, Mrs. Roy Creason, all of this city. Funeral services will be at the Baptist Church here at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, February 6th. Thursday July 23, 1931Thursday March 5, 1931 EUFAULA PIONEER MERCHANT DIES AT MUSKOGEE HOME Louis Brown, 67, and for more than 30 years a leading merchant of Eufaula died in Muskogee Saturday afternoon, after a two week’s illness of pneumonia. Deceased was born in Lostoz, Hungary in 1865, where he lived until he was 20 years old at which time he came to America, after living in New York for a years he moved to Dallas, Texas, and thence to Bonham, Texas, where in 1887 he entered the mercantile business. Coming to Eufaula in 1900 where he joined his brother Phil, in the mercantile business here, and has made this city his home since He took an active part in all civic movements, …. Louis was married to Miss Sophie Merman, 35 years ago at Bonham …. Besides his widow and brothers, Mr. Brown is survived by four daughters; Miss Mildred Brown of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Maurice Eisendrath of Toronto, Can.; Mrs. J. Bamburger of Kirksville, MO.; Mrs. B. Reed of Cleveland, Ohio; and two sons, Casper Brown of Springfield, Ill., and Emil Brown of Muskogee. Funeral services for Mr. Brown were held in Muskogee Sunday afternoon. Active pallbearer were R. L. Simpson, M. E. Turner, K. B. Turner, E. C. Hopper, Jr., O. K. Johnson, L. H. Rooney, Tony Miller, and Alex Unger. C. E. Foley, Dr. W. A. Tolleson, T. T. Pyle, Fred Kimbro, Joe Howell, Alex Grossman, Harry Feldman, W.E. Rowsey, Eck Brock, Sam Pegram, J. E. Bernay and Dr. E. Levy were the honorary pallbearers. Thursday March 5, 1931 LOCAL ATTORNEY SLAYS GRANDCHILD AND ENDS OWN LIFE. Frank L. Montgomery Kills Two-Month-Old Baby; Then Shoots Self in Head. A 60-year-old grandfather shot and killed his two-month-old grandson, the child of a broken marriage and then shot himself to death in his home here Friday noon. The man was Frank L. Montgomery, Prominent Pioneer attorney of eastern Oklahoma, and the child was Vol Montgomery Shields, the baby of Montgomery’s daughter Frances. Montgomery had come home to lunch and following a few moments conversation with his wife and daughter, Frances Montgomery, 24, recently divorced and given her maiden name, turned and walked into the sleeping porch where the infant lay sleeping in a crib. The women soon heard shots and rushed to the porch, Montgomery’s wife arriving there in time to see her husband fall to the floor dead. Both women attended the man, not noticing the infant was shot until several minutes later. When the infant was found it was seen that two shots had been fired into the right side of its head from close range. Powder marks covered the right side of the face. Montgomery apparently had placed the .45 caliber pistol against the base of his skull and fired, the bullet emerging from the top of his forehead. Ill health and financial troubles are said to have driven the attorney to the act. Apparently the suicide was premeditated as a clerk in a local hardware sold Montgomery six bullets for the revolver Thursday. Miss Montgomery, the dead man’s daughter, had been divorced for several months from her ex-husband Byron Shields, of this city. The husband had never seen the child, it being born in Muskogee two months following the last separation. Shields and his former wife have twice been married. Montgomery opposing both unions. Following the first marriage the couple moved to Dallas, returned to Eufaula, later where they were divorced the first time. They married again in March, 1930, and separated again last November. He is 22 years old. The verdict of the coroner’s jury reporting to E. E. Ammons, justice of the peace, stated that the child died of gunshot wounds inflicted by hands unknown and that Montgomery had taken his own life. The jury was composed of Carl W.Gust, R. D. Howe, J. G. Harley, jack Nicholls, Clark Nichols and E. C. Hopper all local attorneys. Montgomery and his family came to Eufaula from Muskogee in 1920 where he had been probate attorney for the Five Civilized Tribes since 1913. The family moved to Muskogee in 1908 from Sherman, Texas where the family was prominent. Since living here, the attorney has been engaged in private practice. Besides his wife and daughter, Frances, one son, Vol Montgomery and Moselle Montgomery, both of Dallas Survive. The bodies of both Mr. Montgomery and the infant were shipped to Sherman, Texas where they were buried in the cemetery of that city. Thursday March 12, 1931 DR. DYTON BENNETT COUNTY PIONEER PHYSICIAN DEAD Well Known Physician And Land Owner, Passes Away At His Home in Texanna. Dr. Dyton Bennett for 30 years a practicing physician of what is now McIntosh county, died at his home in Texanna Monday afternoon, after a short illness. He was up and about attending to his affairs Sunday as usual, but complaining of not feeling well, early Monday morning he was stricken with a severe headache, became unconscious and died between one and two o’clock Monday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the Texanna church, Wednesday afternoon conducted by the Rev. C. F. Mitchell, pastor of the Methodist church at Checotah. Burial was held at the Triplett Cemetery at Texanna. Deceased was one of the largest land owners in the county, having accumulated hundreds of acres in and around Texanna. He was also a director in one of the Checotah banks, and was considered one of the county most successful business men. He took an active part in politics and was for several years chairman of the county democratic central committee, he served several terms as trustee of Cobb township, as a member of the school board at Texanna and was county health physician at the time of his death. Besides his widow he leaves to children, Dyton Jr., business man of Texanna and Hazel student in the Checotah high school. Thursday March 12, 1931 MISS LIZZIE FOLEY DIES AT PORUM Miss Lizzie Foley, died at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Pat Foley at Porum, Tuesday after a lingering illness of several weeks and was buried at that place Wednesday afternoon. Miss Foley was a sister of Mesdames E. I. O’Reilly and S. VF. Homan and a niece of C. E. Foley, Mrs C. H. Tully and Miss Maggie Foley of this city. She was well known here and had many friends in Eufaula who will learn with sorrow of her death. Thursday March 19, 1931 CAR WRECK FATAL TO L. A. WHITAKER Well Known Checotah-Eufaula man Meets Death Near Onapa Wednesday Night. L. A. Whitaker, proprietor of the Eufaula-Checotah hatcheries was killed in an auto wreck at the railway under-crossing between Eufaula and Checotah on the Jefferson Highway near Onapa Wednesday night, when the car he was driving missed the driveway and struck the embankment. Whitaker’s 8-year-old son was with him at the time of the accident, and was the only eye-witness to the said affair. Mr. Whitaker had spent the day in Eufaula and was returning to Checotah about 9 o’clock in the evening when the accident occurred. Jean Paul LaFayette young business man of Checotah on his way to this city to attend a dance was first to discover the wreck, be helped Whitaker into his car and started with him to Checotah. Whitaker who was alive at that time said he did not believe he was hurt bad but complained of pains in his body, he died before reaching home. Mt. Whitaker had lived in Checotah for the past 10 or 15 years, where he practiced law, buyt had devoted the last few years of his life to the poultry business, having a hatchery in both Eufaula and Checotah. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his death. Funeral arrangements had not been made Thursday noon. Thursday March 19, 1931 MRS. DELIA BIRD DIES IN MUSKOGEE Mrs. Delia Bird mother of Mrs. Fred Lauhon of this city, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Hurt in Muskogee Friday night and was buried in her old home in Gainsville, Texas Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Bird had made her home in Eufaula and Muskogee with her daughters, since the death of her husband eight years ago. Besides her two daughters, madames Lauhon and Hurt she leaves a son Lieutenant Sam K. Bird with the U. S. Marines. Mrs. Bird was a splendid Christian lady and had many friends in Eufaula and Muskogee who will elarn with sorrow of her death. Thursday March 19, 1931 JOHN KELLY DEAD, TWO CHARGED WITH MURDER ARE HELD Miller Tiger and Jimmy Jackson to Face Murder Charge In Court Here. Miller Tiger, and Jimmy Jackson, Eufaula Indians were arrested here early Sunday morning and are held in the county jail in connection with the brutal murder of John Kelly 32 year old Indian who was stomped to death at Tiger’s home a few miles west of here as the culmination of a drunken brawl last Saturday night. Kelly’s body was discovered early Sunday morning by a neighbor who went to Tiger’s home to see if he was coming to take his breakfast with them as had been his custom. Arriving at the house, the man found Kelly lying on the floor, his body and head a mass of bruises and his clothing clotted with blood. Notifying Sheriff John McQuillen immediately, the man had officers working on the case within a few hours after the crime. Both Tiger and Jackson had fled, but were located and arrested before noon Sunday. In the custody of officers, both men admitted that they had been at the scene of the slaying, but each maintained the other had committed the crime. They said they had started drinking together early Saturday night and later had gone to Tiger’s home, where Kelly’s body was found. At first officers thought that Kelly had been beaten to death with the butt of a rifle, but investigation showed that he had been beaten into insensibility and then stomped to death. Sheriff McQuillen announced that he had found some bloody clothing which had been hidden by Tiger a short time after the slaying, and said the discovery completed the ring of evidence he had drawn about both Tiger and Jackson. No enmity was known to have existed between the men, McQuillen said, and voiced his opinion that all three had become quarrelsome after drinking for several hours, finally ending in the fight in which Kelly was killed. McQuillen said charges of murder in the first degree would be filed against both men. Thursday March 19, 1931 NEGRO COMFESSES KILLING DEPUTY Timmons Baskins, Ex-Convict, Arrested by Sheriff McQui9llen, Admits Killing Man. Timmons Baskin, 45-year-old negro ex-convict confessed to Muskogee county Sheriff V. S. Cannon and County Attorney Phil Oldham in Muskogee Tuesday night, that he had shot and killed James C. Collier, Oktaha deputy sheriff when Collier found him hiding in a blacksmith shop in Oktaha the night of February 3. . . . . Thursday March 19, 1931 LACKEY CLEARED OF MURDER CHARGE IN DISTRICT COURT Hitchita Youth proves Killing of Neighbor Was Done In Self-Defense. Fred Lackey, Hitchita youth, who went on trial in district court here the first of the week, charged with killing Walt Tillman, near Pierce Novembers 1st when the two engaged in a fight, was cleared of the charge by a McIntosh county jury here Wednesday night when the defendant proved he killed Tillman in self-defense. Lackey killed Tillman with a pocket knife after he had been knocked down with a rock in the hands of deceased and to save his own life, so he sworn on the witness stand. The case was hard fought throughout with County Attorney Roy White and assistant Milam M. King representing the state, while Jack and Clark Nichols represented the defendant. . . . . Thursday March 26, 1931 PATRICK FOLEY DIES AT PORUM HOME Patrick Foley, for more than 50 years a resident of eastern Oklahoma, died at his home at Porum Friday of last week, at the ripe old ate of 94 years and was buried at that place Sunday afternoon. Mr. Foley had only been ill a week, he was taken down Saturday night and died the following Friday afternoon with pneumonia. Deceased was the father of Mrs. Mamie O’Reilly and Mrs. S. V. Homan of this city and was a brother of C. E. Foley and Mrs. C. H. Tully also of Eufaula. Surviving include the widow, eight children, 17 grand children and seven great grandchildren. Thursday April 9, 1931 WILLIAM BUMGARNER DIED HERE WEDNESDAY William Bumgarner for 4? Years a resident of Eufaula died at the home of his son Dillard in the east part of the city, Wednesday after a lingering illness, at the ripe old age of 87 years. Born in Kentucky November 4, 1844, deceased went to Texas when a young man, coming to Eufaula in 1885, he has made this place his home since. He leaves six sons and two daughters to mourn his death: Dillard, Bill, Rufus, George, Mrs. Van Brunt and Mrs. Charlie Parks of Eufaula and John and Fred of Okmulgee. Burial was held in the Eufaula cemetery this afternoon. Thursday April 23, 1931 MRS. DUNLAP DIES IN CALIFORNIA R.R. Martin, manager of the Dunlap store in Eufaula received word Wednesday that his sister, Mrs. Dunlap had died in California. Mrs. Dunlap is said to have been in bad health for some time. Mr. Martin visited the Dunlaps in California a few weeks back. Thursday April 23, 1931 FORMER EUFAULA LADY DIES IN INDIANA News reached Eufaula this week that Mrs. Nancy Ingram, a number of years ago a resident of Eufaula died at her home in Franklin, Indiana, Monday. Old time friends in Eufaula will remember Mrs. Ingram as the proprietor of the old Ingram hotel that use to stand on the lot just east of the Baptist church, now occupied by the home of Mrs. Lura Stidham. Mrs. Ingram vistied Eufaula last summer and while here was the guest of Mrs. Luta Crane. Thursday April 30, 1931 JUDGE H.L. MARSHALL BURIED IN EUFAULA Jdge H. L. Marshall, United States Commissioner in Eufaula before state hood, but who had made his home at Jay, in Deleware county for more than 20 years died at his home in Jay Friday, after an illness of more than a year and was buried in Eufaula Sunday afternoon. Judge Marshall moved to Eufaula from Kansas in 1900, presiding over the courts here until statehood. He was a splendid christian gentleman and an active member of the Methodist churchk, who took much interest in all civic affairs. His first wife and a son both of whom died a number of years ago are buried here. Surviving are his widow, formerly Miss Carrie Lou Metcalfe and a brother, Guy marshall of Ill. Thursday April 30, 1931 KIMBRO CHILD DIES IN OKLAHOMA CITY J. D. Kimbro 10 years old son of John Kimbro of this city died at the General hospital in Oklahoma City Tuesday night. The little fellow fell from an auto truck Wednesday of last week, receiving injuries from which he never recovered. His body was brought to Eufaula Wednesday afternoon by the Plock Furniture and Undertaking company of this city and burial was held today in the local cemetery. J. D. was a bright boy and was loved by all who knew him, and will be sadly missed by his relatives and friends throughout Eufaula. Thursday May 21, 1931 MRS. ELIZABETH RHYNE DIED HERE WEDNESDAY Mrs. Elizabeth Rhyne, pioneer resident of Eufaula,and one of the best and most loveably characters that ever lived in McIntosh county died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Sam Smith in this city Wednesday, about noon. Funeral services will be held this afternoon (Thursday at the home of Mrs. Smith, and burial will be in the local cemetery. Mrs. Rhyne follows the death of that of her husband, J.S. Rhyne who died here some two or three years ago. Deceased was a true Christian character who will be sadly missed by the community. Surviving are three daughters: Mrs. Sam Smith of Eufaula, Mrs. Will Blake, Muskogee and Mrs. O. F. Ray, Galveston, Texas. Thursday June 11, 1931 MRS. JIM GILLILAND DIES SUDDENLY HERE Mrs. Jim Gilliland, splendid christian lady, died suddenly at her home here Tuesday evening about 7:30 o’clock. Her death was thought to have been brought about by the bite of a spider, received earlier in the day, complications setting in some time later. Funeral services were held at the home at 10:30 a.m. conducted by Rev. Haskell hammer. Mrs. Gilliland with her family had lived in and around Eufaula for a number of years, coming here from Fort Gibson. She was a true christian character, a loving mother and a good wife, who will be sadly missed by the community. Besides her husband she leaves a number of children to mourn her death. Thursday June 18, 1931 LUTHER PARKINGSON KILLED WHEN HIT BY AUTO NEAR HERE Victim Walking On Highway Near Gains Creek; Struck By Indiana Car. Lujther Parkinson was killed a few miles south of Eufaula on the Jefferson highway, near Gains creek, Thursday morning about 10 o’clock, when he was struck by an automobile bearing an Indiana tag, driven by Edward L. Vantress. Vantress says he was driving about 30 miles an hour and that Parkinson, walking with a Mr. Patrick, stepped to the side of the road to let the car pass and then without any warning stepped back into the road and in front of the car. Vantress rendered all the assistance possible, and had Parkinson rushed to Eufaula for medical treatment where he died in a short while in the office of Dr. Smith. Parkingson’s body was prepared for burial at the Plock Undertaking parlors and returned to his home in Pittsburg county. Vantress and his companion who was riding with him at the time of the accident were arrested by local officers and turned over to Pittsburg county officials for questioning. Thursday July 2, 1931 EUFAULA MAN DIES FROM HEAT ATTACK Farmer Living One Mile West Of City Over Come By Extreme heat. Charles J. Mason, 66, farmer living on the Charles Whitaker farm, one mile northwest of the city died Wednesday afternoon about 6 o’clock of heat prostration. He complained of being to hot and told his daughter he was going out about the barn to get some air, failing to return to the house, after so long a time, his daughter started out to search for him. She found his body in the path leading to the barn. This is the first death this city has suffered this year from heat. The body was prepared for burial by the Plock Undertaking Company, here and funeral services were held at the city cemetery conducted by Rev. Barnett of the Baptist church, this morning. Thursday July 2, 1931 BETTY ANN STONE KILLED IN AUTO WRECK HERE Betty Ann Stone, 4, was killed, her father, Z.R. Stone and W. M. Plummer seriously injured, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Plummer, Mrs. Plummer’s five-year-old daughter and Miss Muriel Allen were badly shaken up, with minor injuries when the automobile they were riding in turned over four miles north of Eufaula, Friday night about 1:30 o’clock. The car either skidded on the gravel road or suffered a break and overturned several times, and finally settling on the side but never leaving the road. Passing motorists aided the occupants from the wrecked car and brought them to Eufaula, the little Stone child died in Dr. Tolleson’s office a short time later. The party had started to Muskogee to attend a night ball game, when the accident occurred. Funeral services for Betty Ann, wee held at the Methodist church in Eufaula Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W.W. McConnell and burial was in the local cemetery. Both Mr. Stone and Mr. Plummer were reported much better Wednesday afternoon and if no new complications set in should improve fast and make a speedy recovery. Thursday July 16, 1931 BUNNIE MCINTOSH DIED HERE SATURDAY Bunnie McIntosh 67, and a leader among the Creek Indians died at his home 2 miles northwest of the city Saturday morning after suffering a stroke of paralysis Thursday night. Funeral services were held at Tuskegee church nine miles west of Eufaula Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Stoderd, who spoke in Creek and Houston Miller speaking in English. Deceased was an influential member of the Creek Council and prosecuting attorney in the Eufaula district before statehood and during the time the Creek laws prevailed here. He is survived by his widowk, and five children, Mrs. Will Franklin, Mrs. Harjo, Misses May and Kitty McIntosh and one son, Roley, all of this city. Thursday July 23, 1931 PIONEER FARMER KILLS SELF WITH GUN AT SONS HOME Ties String To Toe And Other End To Shotgun Trigger; Then Jerks Cord The despondency of old age and flickering of life’s flames were too crushing for J. P. Pack pioneer farmer living five miles north of Eufaula. He chose the pioneer’s way out, and shot himself Sunday afternoon. Calmly, the 81-year-old man planned and executed his own destruction. Taking an ancient shotgun, relic of many a happy day in the field, he tied one end of a string to the trigger and the other end to the toe on his right foot. The long span of his life was over. He seated himself on the edge of the bed and twitched the string with his toe. The blasting charge roared through the small room and the aged farmer had ended his existence. No motive could be ascribed to the aged man’s action other than that the infirmities of old age might have caused him to be despondent, relatives said. Funeral services and burial were held at Lenna, 16 miles west of Eufaula, Monday afternoon, where deceased had lived for a number of years. A.O. Pack, a son is the only surviving member of the family. Thursday September 10, 1931 MRS. JOSEPHINE RICE DIED THIS MORNING Mrs. Josephine Rice, 47, wife of Rev. Rice, circuit rider, Methodist minister of Eufaula, died at the family home here early Thursday morning after an illness of several months. Besides her husband deceased, leaves several children to mourn her death. The family moved to Eufaula from northeast Texas, something like two years ago. Funeral arrangements had not been made up to Thursday noon, awaiting a reply from a relative in California, who has been notified of the death. Thursday September 17, 1931 MARSHALL GLEASON DIED IN OMAHA Marshall Gleason, reared in Eufaula and son of T. J. Gleason of this city, died in Omaha, Nebraska Monday morning. Young Gleason who was between 35 and 40 years of age, grew to manhood here, and was one of the finest and straightest men Eufaula ever produced. He had lived in Omaha for something like 15 years, where he had built up a reputation for honesty and integrity and was well liked by the citizens there. His father, T. J. Gleason in company with his two daughters, Mrs. Tom Brotten of Eufaula, Miss Mary Clair of Tulsa and his son, Jim Gleason of this city, attended the funeral in Omaha. Thursday September 17, 1931 YOUTH KILLED HERE IN TRYING TO BOARD TRAIN John Moncrief, 20, farmer near Inola, died Monday night at 11:30 o’clock from injuries received when attempting to board a freight train in Eufaula Sunday afternoon. Moncrief fell under the wheels of the train and both legs were cut off. Carried to the city hospital in Muskogee by a Eufaula ambulance, Moncrief suffered from both shock and loss of blood. He is survived by his widow, Evelyn Moncrief. Telling of the accident before he died, Moncrief stated it was the second time in his life he had attempted to catch a moving train. Thursday September 17, 1931 NEGRO MAN KILLS WOMAN AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE Double Murder Said To Have Been Caused By Jealousy Of Negro Man. Porter Dennis, who came to Checotah from Waco, Texas, only a few months ago, shot and killed Lillie May Cooksey, negro school teacher, at her home in Checotah early Sunday night. After an all night search by bounty officers the negro man’s body was found in a nearby cornfield early Monday morning, where he had drank carbolic acid and ended his own life. The double murder is thought to have been brought on by jealousy of Dennis The man used a shotgun and shot the woman twice. Both parties to the fray were negroes. Thursday October 15, 1931 ART ASBELL DIED AT CHECOTAH HOME Art Asbell, 78, pioneer citizen of McIntosh County died at his home in Checotah, Friday afternoon, Oct. 2. He came to Indian Territory in 1889 and was for a number of years post master of Checotah. He later engaged in the cattle and farm business and was following that occupation at the time of his death. Thursday October 22, 1931 PINK HAWKINS DIED WEDNESDAY Pink Hawkins, Creek Indian died at the home of his father, Connor Hawkins, in the west end of the county Wednesday, after a lingering illness and was buried at the family burial ground near Red Hill, Thursday afternoon. Hawkins was 30 years of age at the time of his death. Thursday November 5, 1931 LITTLE WILSON BOY DIED HERE SUNDAY Albert, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilson, who reside at the city water plant died at the home of his parents early Sunday morning and was buried Monday afternoon in the city cemetery. The little fellow had been sick for two months and it was thought for a while that he would be able to regain his health, a turn for the worse, and he passed away Sunday morning. Funeral services were held by Rev. W. W. McConnell at the Methodist church. All Eufaula extend sympathy to the family in their loss. Thursday November 12, 1931 MRS. HENRY LOLWE DIES IN MCALESTER HOSPITAL Mrs. Henry Lowe died in the Albert Pike hospital, McAlester, on October 22, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Lowe had been in ill health for over a year, thought her death came as a shock to her many friends and relatives. Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. Lowe’s brother, Frank, Atoka. She was buried there Sunday, October 25. She is survived by her husband and six children, four boys and two girls. Thursday November 12, 1931 MRS. LULA SELLERS, J. L. PATTISON MARRIED A wedding that will come as a surprise to their many fiends is that of Mrs. Lula Sellers and J. LO. Pattison, which took place in Kansas, November 7, 1930. The couple kept the wedding a secret until Mrs. Pattison made the announcement this week. Mr. and Mrs. Pattison are fine people and splendid citizens, both of whom have many friends here who will hasten to extend congratulations. Mr. Pattison is a successful oil operator, and during his engagement in the oil industry has brought in some of the largest wells in the southwest. He is owner of the Pattison test now being drilled south of Eufaula in Pittsburg county, in which he hopes to develop an oil field. He also has interests in the east Texas fields, which he is developing at this time. Mr. Pattison is proprietor of the Sellers Hotel, here as well as a ladies’ ready to wear store and is held in the highest esteem by all Eufaula. The Journal joins their many friends in extending congratulations. Thursday November 26, 1931 FORMER CHECOTAH MAN PASSED AWAY AT MCALESTER SAT. R. B. Hutchinson, Pioneer Checotah Business Man Buried Last Monday Afternoon. McAlester, Nov. 22 - Funeral services for R. B. Hutchinson, 69, pioneer business man of Muskogee, Checotah and this city, who died Saturday, will be held here Monday afternoon at e o’clock at the Episcopal church. Mr. Hutchinson had been in poor health for several years. He had lived in McAlester for 10 years, operating the Hutchinson Gin company here. Peior to moving here he was connected with mercantile firms in Checotah, having gone there in 1894 with the Spaulding Mercantile company, later the Spaulding-Hutchinson Mercantile company and still later the Hutchinson Mercantile company. Survivors, are his widow, and two sons, R. B. Jr., and D. M. Hutchinson both of McAlester. Mr. Hutchinson was a 32nd degree mason. Mr. Hutchinson came to Muskogee in the early 90’s and was connected with the old Patterson Mercantile company prior to removing to Checotah. His widow is a sister of Ward Faulkner of Muskogee. Thursday December 10, 1931 LEO DAY BURIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON Leo Day, Eufaula youth found dead in McAlester, Saturday night from poison said by a coroner jury to have been self administered, was buried in the Eufaula cemetery Sunday afternoon. Besides his wife and widowed mother, the youth left several brothers and sisters to mourn his death. Thursday December 24, 1931 FARMER KILLED NEAR HITCHITA FRI. AFTERNOON John Morris In County Jail Charged With The Killing Of Mart Barnes, Near Here Mart Barnes, well known Hitchita farmer died at a hospital in Okmulgee late Friday afternoon from gun shot wounds said to have been inflicted by John Morris of the same community. Morris is in the county jail, and it is said a charge of murder will be filed against him. Barnes and Alfred Bolen, neighbor of Barnes are alleged to have been walking up the road near the Barnes’ home three miles south of Hitchita, about four o’clock, Friday afternoon, when they met Morris who was traveling in a wagon. As the two men neared the wagon, Morris is alleged too have grabbed his shot gun and fired at Bolen, whom he missed, he then reloaded the gun and shat Barnes, striking him in the body, according to evidence gathered by Attorney Roy White. Barnes was rushed to the Okmulgee hospital, bit died in a short while after reaching there. The tow men are alleged to have had a dispute several weeks ago over some pecans. It is understood that Morris will plead self defense and that he will attempt to prove that Barnes made a motion towards his gun pocket when the two met, and that he beat him to the draw. Barnes was found to be unarmed when the body was searched after the fatal shooting. Thursday December 31, 1931 PIONEER RESIDENTS DEAD AT MUSKOGEE Muskogee, Dec. 29 Mrs. W. H. martin, whose father, Dr. Harvey Lindsey, at Webbers Falls, was the first graduate licensed physician in Indian Territory and whose husband was the Muskogee postmaster under President Cleveland, died at her home here last night. She was 78 years old. Mrs. Martin as a girl lived with her father in the home of Gen. Stan Watie, noted Cherokee warrior. Father and daughter taught school at Ashbury Mission, Eufaula, Pioneer educational institution. She contributed Muskogee county’s block to the historic all-state quilt made under direction of Mrs. W. H. Murray, wife of the governor. Copyright 2002 Ron & Elaine Long This material is provided free for individual non-profit use