Obit of Guernsey, Charles E. - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 19 Jun 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Guernsey, pears, Collett, Hall, Tatum, Saunders, W Originally Posted At: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6012 Charles E. Guernsey was born in Niles, Michigan, December 19, 1849. He was married to Mary E. Spears, in 1875 at Cedar Vale, Kansas. Mrs. Guernsey having passed away in 1922. For the past seventeen years he has made his home with Mrs. Stella Collett, seven miles northwest of Britton, who preceded him in death January 15 of this year; and Mrs. H.A. Hall of Oklahoma City. Mr. Guernsey became associated with the Sac and Fox Indians in 1869, and was one of Oklahoma's early pioneers, helping to move various tribes of Indians into the state. He later moved to Kansas, then to the Texas Panhandle, and to the Cheyenne and Arapaho country at the opening in 1892, and filed on the claim where Strong City now stands. He moved to Oklahoma City in 1902. As a child he was reared in the Quaker church, but joined the Baptist church at the age of 22. He and Mrs. Guernsey were charter members of the Oliyet Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. He leaves to mourn his death three daughters: Mrs. B.F. Tatum, Lovington, New Mexico; Mrs. O.L. Sanders, Miami, Oklahoma; Mrs. B.A. Hall, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Also three sons, Otis Guernsey, Oklahoma City; Everett Guernsey, Lewis, Colorado; and Herman Guernsey, Clear Lakew, Washington. One brother, E.J. Guernsey, Strong City, Oklahoma, and a sister: Mrs. W.M. Walker, Dighton, Texas. Last Thanksgiving day, Mr. Guernsey went to his room at Mr. George Colleytt's, shut his door, and wrote his own obituary. He had an idea that death was not far away, so requested that a certain minister read passages of scripture from the great book. He selected the songs he desired sung, and even went so far as to ask that six of his grandsons bear him to his final resting place. He wanted every thing plain and simple, just as thed life he had lived. On the following Monday he asked them to take him to his daughters, in Oklahoma City and let him take his bed, thinking that things would be little more convenient there. They did so, and he soon went to bed, from which he did not arise. He passed away at 1:45 Thursday morning, March 9, 1939. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 30-Mar-1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html