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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 1933 Obituaries and Death Notices Extracted from the Eufaula Indian Journal Thursday January 26 1933) A. HERRMANN, WELL KNOWN CITIZEN, DIES SATURDAY, JAN. 21ST. A. Merman, 85, and for 40 years a resident of Eufaula died at his home here Saturday Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Plock Funeral home here, and burial was in Greenhill cemetery, Muskogee. For 30 years Mr. Herrmann was in the mercantile business here, retiring from business some 10 years ago. Mrs. Herrmann deceased's wife died here last year. He was a member of Eufaula lodge No. 1 A. F. & A. M., Indian Consistory No. 1, Scottish Rite Masonic lodge at McAlester and Bedouin Temple of the Shrine of Muskogee. Survivors include: his daughter, Mrs. Louis Brown, and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. (Thursday, February 9, 1933) FAYETTE MONTGOMERY DIED HERE WEDNESDAY Fayette Montgomery, for more than a quarter of a century a resident of McIntosh county, died at his home a few miles southwest of Eufaula early Wednesday morning. Mr. Montgomery had been ill for the past two month. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Milam King in this city, at 3 o'clock conducted by the Rev. S. B. Barnett Besides his widow, a number of children and several brothers survive. Burial was in the local cemetery. (Thursday, February 16, 1933) WILLIAM HUGHES DIES AT PARENTS' HOME William Hughes 16, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hice, a few miles Southwest of Eufaula Tuesday after a short illness. Funeral services were held by Rev. S. B. Barnett, pastor of the Baptist church at the home Tuesday afternoon. (Thursday, February 16, 1933) MRS. J. T. BRANDON DIED, FEBRUARY 14TH. Mrs. J. T. Brandon, for ore than 25 years a resident of this section of McIntosh county died at her home a few miles northwest of Eufaula Tuesday morning. With her husband, deceased came to Oklahoma from Alabama before statehood and has made this section of the state her home since. Besides her husband she leaves a son and daughter and several grandchildren to mourn her loss. (Thursday, May 18, 1933) CHECOTAH LAD IS KILLED BY ELECTRIC WIRE NEAR HOME Clothing and Flesh Of Boy Consumed By The Electric Current When Discovered Thursday. Richard Boykin, 11, son of P. C. Boykin, tenant farmer residing four miles southeast of Checotah was electrocuted when he cam in contact with a length of barbed wire which had been hooked over a sagging 2200-volt branch line of the Oklahoma Gas and Electric company near his home Thursday, according to the report of E. C. Martin, Checotah manager of the O. G. and E. Little more than the skeleton remained when the child's body was found. The clothing and most of the flesh and vital organs had been consumed and the lover bones of the body had been charred. The electric line at which the accident occurred is one which conveys power to the Checotah water plant and is about half a mile from the Boykin home. The father reported according to Martin that the child had left home about 8 o'clock Thursday morning. A search for him stared when he filed to appear for noonday meal. The body was discovered lying across the length of barbed wire which was hooked to the electric line, the report continued. A neighbor of the Boykin's whose name was not reported, Martin said, unknowingly risked death when he used the branch of a tree to drag the highly charred wire from beneath the child's body. Martin later detached the wire from the electric line. Martin said the sag in the power line had resulted from an insulation pin on a cross arm having been detached by high wind. The line had sagged from the usual height of 18 feet to about nine feet, nine inches it was added. The family has resided in the Checotah community for several years. (Thursday, May 25, 1933) FORMER EUFAULA LADY BURIED IN OKLA. CITY Mrs. Edna Briscoe, formerly a resident of Eufaula, died at Clinton, Friday of last week. Deceased was buried in Oklahoma City on Monday. Mr. Briscoe was manager of the Dunlap store here during their residence in this city. Mr. Briscoe died in Oklahoma City several months ago. (Thursday June 22, 1933) LENA MANLEY BURIED SATURDAY AFTERNOON Lena Manley, popular young Indian woman died Friday after a short illness, and was buried Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted under the direction of the Plock Undertaking Co. of this city. (Thursday, June 22, 1933) STROKE PROVES FATAL TO J. L. PATTISON HERE J. L. Pattison, widely known Oklahoma oil man and for the past seven or eight years a resident of Eufaula, died at his home here early Friday morning, after suffering a stroke of apoplexy Thursday. Funeral services were held at the home Saturday afternoon with Rev. Melrose of the Episcopal Church preaching the funeral sermon. "Pat," as he was known by everyone was on of the finest men we ever met. Always in a good humor, jolly and happy, he was indeed a prince of a good fellow, and will be missed by all Eufaula. The Pattison oil test drilled by Mr. Pattison three miles south of Eufaula several years ago, is one of the deepest tests in the oil belt. The hole was drilled between 6,000 and 7,000 feet and was not abandoned until a crooked hole was developed, that made further drilling impossible. A good showing of gas and a small showing of oil was reported at the well when the casing was finally pulled. Besides his widow, Mrs. Lula Pattison of this city, deceased left a daughter by a former marriage who is attending school in Chicago. Burial was in the local cemetery. (Thursday, July 6, 1933) C. H. TULLY, WELL KNOWN EUFAULA ATTORNEY, DEAD Pioneer Merchant And Prominent Citizen Succumbs After An Illness Of Three Weeks. C. H. Tully, pioneer merchant, capitalist, attorney and town builder and one of the best and most favorably know men in eastern Oklahoma, died at his home her early Wednesday morning, after an illness of several weeks. Born in Kentucky and spending several years while a young man in Missouri, Mr. Tully came to Eufaula more than 40 years ago. He first taught the village school here. A year later he entered the Foley Mercantile company as a clerk, became a part-owner in the business and a few years later when Mr. Foley retired to enter the banking business young Tuly became sole owner of what was then one of the largest mercantile establishments in the Indian country. His business prospered and in a few years Mr. Tully became known as one of the most successful businessmen in this section of Indian Territory. Always a student, he began reading law at night and just before statehood, was admitted to the bar. He closed cut his mercantile establishment in a few years after becoming an attorney and enjoyed a large and splendid practice up until the time of his death. Dealing quite a good deal in real estate he also became one of the largest city property and farmland owners in the county. A number of our largest and best business houses as well as his home on Foley avenue which stood as a show place for a number of years in the Indian country, before statehood, stands today as a memorial to the man we all honor and who builded so well during his life time. While always taking an active part in politics, being a staunch Democrat and doing perhaps as much as nay individual in helping bring statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and on a number of occasions urged by his friends to make the race for state office or congress, he turned a deaf ear to their pleadings, saying he preferred to remain a private citizen and devoted his spare time to the interest of the community and the local people. He served Eufaula two terns as mayor soon after the town was incorporated back in the Indian Territory days and was president of the local school board for the past three or four years, up until about a year ago, when he resigned on account of failing health. He was married to Miss Katie Foley in July 1890. He =is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Rountree of New York City, a son, Vincent of Hitchita and three grand children, Mary Naomi, Tully Jo and Johnnie Rountree, all of whom with Mr. Rountree were at his bedside when he died. Funeral services were held this morning (Thursday) at 9'30 o'clock at the Catholic church, of which he had been a member for a number of years where hundreds of friends and admirers from over the county and state gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to the man they loved and held in such high esteem. Rev. A. C. Taeyaerts, pastor of the Church of the Assumption of Muskogee officiated. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers were: D. C. Janeway, R. B. Burford, Lan Whitaker, Homer C. Blake, E. F. Saltsman and Dr. W. A. Tolleson. (Thursday, July 6, 1933) MRS. O. P. LEE BURIED IN EUFAULA SUNDAY Mrs. O. P. Lee, for more than 40 years a resident of what is now McIntosh county, died at the Baptist hospital in Muskogee Saturday afternoon and was buried here Sunday. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church under the direction of the Plock Undertaking company, with Dr. Wallace M. Crutchfield officiating. Mrs. Lee came here with her husband the late O. P. Lee more than 40 years ago, locating at Fame, a farming community eight miles northwest of Eufaula where they mad their home up to 12 years ago, when they moved to Eufaula. Mr. Lee died some five or six years ago. Pioneer citizens in this community, the Lee's made their influence for good, felt over the entire county. Joining the church early in life, Mrs. Lee was a splendid Christian lady and in her younger days devoted much of her time to church work. Surviving are two daughters, one son and a number of grandchildren. The daughters and son are: Mrs. W. A. Rhinehart, Eufaula; Mrs. Robert Dodd, Checotah; and Homer P. Lee, San Antonio, Texas. The pallbearers were: R. L. Simpson, S. V. Homan, W. A. Tolleson, R. B. Buford, A. B. High, E. L. Eckelkamp, W. L. Belt, John C. Simpson, M. H. Wright, E. C. Hopper, D. M. Whitaker, Judge H. B. Reubelt. (Thursday, July 13, 1933) MRS. RITTER, MOTHER OF MRS. MAE PLOCK, DEAD Mrs. Henry Ritter, mother of Mrs. Mae Plock and Bert Ritter of this city died at her home in East St. Louis Tuesday evening according to a message received by Mrs. Plock here. Mrs. Ritter had been confined to her home since June when she fell and broke her hip. Mrs. Plock left Wednesday for St. Louis. (Thursday July 13, 1933) RESOLUTION WHEREAS on the twenty-seventh day of June, Nineteen Hundred Thirty Three, the had of death stilled the temporal activities of Brother J. L. Pendergraft a true and faithful brother among us, and WHEREAS, Brother Pendergraft was a true and faithful member of the Masonic fraternity, and an honored and respected member of his profession, and a loving father, and WHEREAS, the Masonic fraternity suffered a materiel loss in the death of Brother Pendergraft and will ever cherish his memory his fidelity and his faithful labors. THEREFORE Be It Resolved that Eufaula Lodge Number One, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons extend our deepest sympathy and silent prayer for the family and loved ones of our departed brother and grieve with them in their loss. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this lodge a copy mailed the family and a copy furnished the Indian Journal for publication. N. H. McCombs J. T. Nesom D. E. Carter committee Adopted at the regular communication of Eufaula Lodge Number One. Ancient Free and Accepted Mason, July Seventh, Nineteen Hundred Thirty Three and in the year of Masonary Fifty Nine Thirty Three. C. W. Palmer, Worshipful Master. M. H. Wright Secretary (Thursday August 3, 1933) MRS. RACHEL REUBELT, 95, PASSES AWAY HERE Mrs. Rachel Reubelt, 95, mother of Judge Horace B. Reubelt, died at the family home here Wednesday mourning abut 6 o'clock after a number of years of failing health. Mrs. Reubelt was indeed a very remarkable woman. Until two years ago when her health began failing she had retained all her faculties and her mind was as clear as a person of 50. Funeral services were held at the home this afternoon at 1:45 o'clock. The body was shipped to Henderson, Kentucky where she will be buried by the side of her husband, who preceded her in death a number of years ago. Besides Judge Reubelt and Miss Francis Reubelt of this city she leave another daughter, Mrs. W. D. Moody of Gainsville, Ga. (Thursday August 3, 1930 ISAAC BOYD, RESPECTED MELLETTE MAN, DEAD Isaac Boyd, highly respected citizen and for 31 years a resident of McIntosh county, died at his home in Mellette, July 23 and was buried the following day at that place. He was the father of eight children, seven boys and one girl. A good man and a good citizen and a leader for things that are best, Mr. Boyd will be missed by all citizens of his community. (Thursday, August 10, 1933) MRS. JOE WELLS DIS AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE Mrs. Joe Wells, for 25 years a resident of Eufaula, but recently moved to Ratta, Okla., died suddenly in this city Tuesday. Mrs. Wells who was on a visit to Eufaula, had just entered the offices of Dr. William A. Tolleson, when the end came. Mrs. Wells was born near Ozark, Ark., in 1884. She was united in marriage to Joe Wells in 1900 at Indianola. To this union was born four children. In 1908 Mr. and Mrs. Wells came to Eufaula to found their home. Mrs. Wells was an active church worker and was a true Christian lady. she will be sadly missed by all Eufaula. She is survived by four children, Mrs. Toye Norton and Mrs. Jewell Thompson of this city, Mrs. Flossie Vanderpool and Mrs. Bertha Reed of Mercedes, California. (Thursday, August 17, 1933) E. F. SALTSMAN IS BURIED IN LOCAL CEMETERY MONDAY Banker And Business Man Had Resided In Eufaula For More Than Thirty Years. E. F. Saltsman, 53, Eufaula banker and one of the best known business men in McIntosh county died in a hospital in Hot Springs, Ark., Saturday afternoon after an illness of two weeks. Mr. Saltsman was president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, head of the Eufaula Ice and Coal company, president of the Eufaula Elevator company, and was president of the Eufaula Light company until a few years ago when the company sold out to the Oklahoma Gas and Electric company. He came to Eufaula more than 30 years ago from Birmingham, Ala., and was employed by the Eufaula Cotton Oil company. The wide interest in his life included one term in the state legislature, two terms as county commissioner and one term as member of the city council Funeral services under the direction of the Plock Undertaking company, were held at the home Monday afternoon, where Father Raymond of the Catholic Church officiated. The casket was draped with the American flag, banked with flowers received from his many friends and admirers in the city and throughout the state. Mr. Saltsman was a veteran of the Spanish-American war and at the cemetery with Capt. Leo Whitlow in charge, a firing squad composed of Spanish-American war veterans and World war veterans. Charles Arbuckle, Pat Murphy, Ed Davis, R. E. McDonald, J. T. Nesom, E. S. Ferrell, F. S. Lauhon, and Dan Carter were formed and three volleys fired over his grave Taps were sounded and the body laid to its final resting place. Besides his widow he leaves two children, Gordon of Tulsa and Sue Ann of this city. Active pallbearers wee: Phil Huls, G. J. Fuller, D. C. Janeway, Jay Pipkins, Harry Swick, Major Was Grayson. Honorary pallbearers were: K. B. Turner, M. E. Turner, R. B. Buford, Dr. D. E. Little, R. L. Simpson, John Simpson, C. G. Moore, R. C. Calhoun, C. M. Beckett. (Thursday, August 17, 1933) BODY OF NEGRO MAN RECOVERED FROM DEEP FORK Robert Boyd 55 Year Old Negro Man Of Cathay, Commits Suicide In River Saturday. Monday afternoon the body of Robert Boyd, 55 year old negro man of near Cathay was recovered from the muddy waters of Deep Fork, three and on-half miles below Cathay. Authorities here were prone to believe that Boyd had committed suicide by drowning himself. Boyd left his home Saturday morning about 10 o'clock, with the apparent intention of gathering corn to feed his livestock. After a prolonged absence his family became alarmed and the neighborhood instituted a search, which ended in finding part of Boyd's clothing on the bank of the swirling waters. His body was recovered Monday afternoon, one-half a mile west of the spot where his clothing was found. Authorities were at a loss to establish a motive for the act, but an inquest held by County Attorney Roy White, and Justice of the Peace J. H. Hooten, and a jury of six men, pronounced death by suicide. (Thursday, September 28, 1933) MRS. LOU MOSS, PIONEER CITY RESIDENT, DEAD Mrs. Lou Moss 88 and for more than 30 years, a resident of Eufaula, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Olivia Kennedy in Wagoner, Monday after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church here Monday afternoon, conducted by Dr. Wallace m. Crutchfield and Rev. Will R. Smith. Burial was in the local cemetery. Pallbearers were: R. L. Simpson, Dr. W. A. Tolleson, R. B. Buford, C. E. Foley, E. S. Nunn and N. R. Troy. Mrs. Moss was born in Tennessee but moved with her parents to Missouri when a girl. Coming to Eufaula more than 30 years ago, she has made this place her home since. She joined the Methodist church wile quite young and has been a devoted member of that organization, living a beautiful Christian life. Surviving are: Three daughters, Mrs. Olivia M. Keenedy of Wagoner, Mrs. W. D. Moss, Temple Arizona, and Mrs. C. L. Follansbee of this city. (Thursday, September 28, 1933) L. B. GRIFFING, DIES IN CHECOTAH HOME Funeral services were held in Checotah Monday for Louis Blackburn Griffing, 76, who died Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. P. Moncrief after an illness of several days. Rev. C. F. Mitchell pastor of the Checotah Methodist church, officiated. Burial was in Greenlawn cemetery. (Thursday, Oct. 26, 1933) MRS. BEASLEY'S MOTHER DIES IN HARFORD, ARK. Wednesday, Oct 18th Mrs. O. W. Beasley was called to Hartford, Ark., by the death of her mother, Mrs. Amanda Babb. At the time of her death, Mrs. Babb was 85 years old and had resided in the same house in Hartford for 49 years. She was the mother of 13 children, nine of whom survive her. She also leaves 24 grandchildren to mourn her loss. Mrs. Beasley was accompanied to Hartford by her husband, O. W. Beasley and children. Mrs. Gladys Jennings, Roy McMurray and Everret McMurray. (Thursday, Nov 2, 1933) G. P. WRIGHT, DIED IN EUFAULA MONDAY G. P. Wright, 84 and for 42 years a resident of Oklahoma, died at the family residence in the east part of the city Monday, after an illness of several days. Mr. Wright was born in Indiana and was a veteran of the Civil war. Burial was in the local cemetery. Besides his widow he leaves two sons and three daughters to mourn his passing. (Thursday, Nov. 9, 1933) TOM PLOTNER, WELL KNOWN CITIZEN, DEAD Tom Plotner splendid citizen and for 40 years a resident of Eufaula, died at the family residence here about 7 o'clock Monday morning after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. S. B. Barnett. Burial was in the local cemetery. Mr. Plotner was for a number of years after coming to Eufaula engaged in the mill and elevator business. He later conducted a gin and was for more than 10 years superintendent of the Eufaula city water system. Declining health for the past two years has kept him at home most of the time. He was a member of he Odd-fellows lodge and the Baptist church. George Thomas Plotner was born in Indiana, Sep. 16, 1864. Came with parents to Siloam Springs, Ark., at 9 years. March 3, 1889 was married to Miss Katie Taylor. Moved here 40 years ago and has lived here and near here ever since. He is the father of six children, five now living: Mrs. Roy Parkhurst, Ivory Plotner, Eufaula; Mrs. Alma Sanders, Ollie Plotner, Oklahoma City; Frank Plotner, Tulsa. He was 69 years of age at the time of his death. (Thursday, Nov. 23, 1933) FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. BETTY CURTNEY Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Courtney, 82 years old, pioneer settler of Checotah who died Saturday night after a long illness, was held at the Methodist church in Checotah, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with the Rev S. E. Garrett officiating. Burial was in the Greenlawn cemetery. Mrs. Courtney was born in Macon county, Missouri, and moved to Checotah 41 years ago. She is survived by four daughters, Misses Lou and Laura Courtney, both of Kansas City, Mrs. Emma Owens, Keytesville, Mo., and Mrs. Callie Brunson, Springfield, Mo.; six sons, Capt. A. Courtney and Millard Courtney both of Kansas City, Johnnie of Portland, Ore., Tom of Los Angeles, and William and Ernest, both of Checotah; a sister, Mrs. Rebecca Okdham of Shawnee, Okla.; 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. (Thursday, Dec. 7, 1933) FORMER LOCAL LADY DIES IN OKMULGEE Mrs. W. C. white, 813 E. Main Okmulgee, passed away Sunday afternoon, November 26, at 4:45 p.m., following a lingering illness. Survivors are, her husband, W. C. White of Hitchita, three daughters, Mrs. S. R. Roark and Eula Mae White of Okmulgee and Mrs. L. C. Smith of Muskogee. Burial was in Indianola cemetery under the direction of Lescher funeral home. (Thursday, Dec. 14, 1933) ONE NEGRO DEAD, ANOTHER IN JAIL, MURDER CHARGED Tenant Farmers On Turley Farm Alleged To Have Fallen Out Over Women, Sunday. Following a fist fight, after attending a neighborhood dance, John Henry alias Jack Davis shot and killed Roy Arnold at the Frank Turley farm, one mile north of Eufaula, about 4 o'clock Sunday morning. The pair who lived in the same house on the farm, with their wives were returning afoot from the dance, when the two men quarreled, that resulted in a fist fight, in which, it is alleged the Arnold negro got the best of the fight. Henry or Davis rushed on home ahead of Arnold and the two women, and when they arrived at the farm house, Davis stepped out of the front door and met them with a shotgun in his hand, ordered the women to stand aside and shot Arnold through the side, from which effects, the wounded man died in a few minutes. Davis immediately went to the home of Frank Turley, white farmer on the place and give himself up. Mr. Turley brought the prisoner to the county jail and turned him over to the sheriff, where a charge of murder was placed against him by County Attorney Roy White. (Thursday, Dec. 21, 1933) MRS. DYTON BENNETT, COUNTY PIONEER, DIES Mrs. Dyton Bennett, pioneer McIntosh county citizen, died in a hospital in Muskogee Wednesday morning, after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held today (Thursday) at Texanna where she was buried by the side of her husband, Dr. Dyton Bennett, who passed away some two or three years ago. Dr. and Mrs. Bennett came to Texanna Almost 40 years ago where the doctor built up a large practice and became on of the largest landowners in the county. Mrs. Bennett had made her home in Checotah since the death of her husband. Surviving are two children, a son and a daughter; County Representative Dyton Bennett of Texanna and Miss Hazel Bennett, student at a girls' school in Denton, Texas. (Thursday Dec. 21, 1933) TWO EUFAULA MEN DIE AT RAILROAD CROSSING Two brothers-in-law were killed Saturday when their motor car was struck by a K. O. and G. passenger train at a crossing three miles south of Dustin, Okla. The dead were Jim bullard,65, and Jim Ivey, 23, both of near Eufaula, who had been living at a Wetumka tourist camp for several weeks. A brother of Ivey, following in another car, said Bullard stopped the car at the crossing and then drove in front of the train. (Thursday, Dec. 28, 1933) MRS. J. W. HOMAN BURIED HERE SUNDAY Mrs. J. W. Homan whose home is near Eufaula, died December 23 after a lingering illness, and was laid to rest here Sunday afternoon. Dr. Wallace M. Crutchfield officiated at the services. Mrs. Homan was very active in church work and Eastern Star circles. She and her husband had moved from Ponca City to their ranch home five miles from Eufaula. (Thursday, Dec. 28, 1933) CHECOTAH CITIZEN DIES IN MUSKOGEE HOSPITAL J. C. Waller, 48, of Checotah, died in a Muskogee hospital Wednesday afternoon. He is survived by his widow, Martha; four sons, Jess, Verne, and Willard, all of Checotah, and Elmer of Clinton; and four daughters, Mrs. Elsie Paxton, Mrs. Flora Tabor, and Miss Cecil Waller, all of Checotah, and Mrs. Delphia Freeman of Ponca City. Funeral services will be held at the Christian church Thursday afternoon in Checotah. Copyright 2002 Ron & Elaine Long This material is provided free for individual non-profit use