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John William Harreld (1872-1950) —
also known as John W. Harreld —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.; Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., January
24, 1872.
Son of Thomas N. Harreld and Martha (Helm) Harreld.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
producer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1919-21; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1921-27; defeated, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., December
26, 1950 (age 78 years, 336
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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Matthew John Kane (1863-1924) —
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., November
28, 1863.
Son of Anthony Kane and Mary (Dunn) Kane.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1907; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1907-23; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1909-12.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., January
2, 1924 (age 60 years, 35
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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Martin Edwin Trapp (1877-1951) —
also known as Martin E. Trapp; M. E. Trapp —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Robinson, Brown
County, Kan., April 18,
1877.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Oklahoma, 1915-23; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1924.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 26,
1951 (age 74 years, 99
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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Robert Minter Rainey (1882-1971) —
also known as Robert M. Rainey —
of Atoka, Atoka
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., September
29, 1882.
Son of Jesse G. Rainey and Annie Elizabeth (Moore) Rainey.
Lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1907-08; district judge in
Oklahoma, 1909-15; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1917-20; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1920-21.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died April 3,
1971 (age 88 years, 186
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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Bower Slack Broaddus (1888-1949) —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., May 30,
1888.
Lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1935-38; U.S.
District Judge for Oklahoma, 1940-49; died in office 1949.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died December
10, 1949 (age 61 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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Sidney Clarke (1831-1909) —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., October
16, 1831.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1865-71; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1879.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 18,
1909 (age 77 years, 245
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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Claude Weaver (1867-1954) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex., March 19,
1867.
Son of W. T.
G. Weaver.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma at-large, 1913-15; defeated, 1919;
district judge in Oklahoma, 1934.
Methodist.
Died May 20,
1954 (age 87 years, 62
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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Bayard Taylor Hainer (1860-1933) —
also known as Bayard T. Hainer —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., May 31,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
author;
justice
of Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1920; chief counsel,
Federal Trade Commission, 1925-27.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 10,
1933 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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Dennis Thomas Flynn (1861-1939) —
also known as Dennis T. Flynn —
of Kiowa, Barber
County, Kan.; Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pa., February
13, 1861.
Son of Dennis T. Flynn and Margaret (Clancy) Flynn.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Republican
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1890-92; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Oklahoma Territory, 1893-97, 1899-1903;
defeated, 1890, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1908.
Catholic.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 19,
1939 (age 78 years, 126
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) —
also known as Thomas P. Gore —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Embry, Webster
County, Miss., December
10, 1870.
Son of Tom M. Gore and Carrie E. (Wingo) Gore.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1898; member
Oklahoma territorial council, 1903-05; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1928;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Elks.
Blind
due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; first
blind member of the U.S. Senate.
Died March 16,
1949 (age 78 years, 96
days).
Originally entombed at Rose Hill Burial Park;
later interred in 1949 at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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James Howard Edmondson (1925-1971) —
also known as J. Howard Edmondson —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.; Edmond, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., September
27, 1925.
Son of Edmond Augustus Edmondson and Esther (Pullen) Edmondson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tulsa
County Attorney, 1954-58; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1963-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Edmond, Oklahoma
County, Okla., November
17, 1971 (age 46 years, 51
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Everette Burgess Howard (1873-1950) —
also known as Everette B. Howard; Everett B.
Howard —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., September
19, 1873.
Son of Addison A. Howard and Addie P. (Harreld) Howard.
Democrat. Lawyer; oil and gas
producer; Oklahoma
state auditor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1919-21, 1923-25,
1927-29; defeated, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in 1950
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Robert Potter Hill (1874-1937) —
Born near Ewing, Franklin
County, Ill., April 18,
1874.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1910-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 25th District, 1913-15; state court
judge in Oklahoma, 1931-36; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1937; died in office
1937.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., October
29, 1937 (age 63 years, 194
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Charles Swindall (1876-1939) —
of Woodward, Woodward
County, Okla.
Born in Oklahoma, 1876.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1920-21; state court
judge in Oklahoma, 1924; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1929-31.
Died in 1939
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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William Franklin Gilmer (1901-1954) —
also known as Dixie Gilmer —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C., June 7,
1901.
Democrat. Member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950.
Died June 9,
1954 (age 53 years, 2
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Jeanette Bartleson Edmondson (1925-1990) —
also known as Jeanette Bartleson —
of Oklahoma.
Born June 6,
1925.
Secretary
of state of Oklahoma.
Female.
Died July 11,
1990 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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John Henry Burford (1852-1922) —
also known as John H. Burford —
of Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.
Born in Parkeville, Parke
County, Ind., February
29, 1852.
Son of Rev. James Burford.
Lawyer;
prosecuting attorney, Indiana 22nd Circuit, 1880; register, U.S. Land
Office, Oklahoma City, 1890; probate judge in Oklahoma, 1890-92; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1892-1906; chief
justice of Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1898-1903; member
of Oklahoma
state senate, 1912-15.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
2, 1922 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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Roy Joseph Turner (1894-1973) —
also known as Roy J. Turner —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Kendrick, Lincoln
County, Okla., November
6, 1894.
Son of Reason Turner and Etta Louise (Rogers) Turner.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; oil
producer; rancher;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1947-51.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 11,
1973 (age 78 years, 217
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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John Calloway Walton (1881-1949) —
also known as John C. Walton; Jack C.
Walton —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 6,
1881.
Son of Lewis W. Walton (1850-1939) and Emma Sarah (Calloway) Walton
(1850-1934).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1919-23; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1923; impeached
and removed from
office as Governor, 1923; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1924.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., November
25, 1949 (age 68 years, 264
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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William Judson Holloway (1888-1970) —
also known as William J. Holloway —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Arkadelphia, Clark
County, Ark., December
15, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1919-26; Lieutenant
Governor of Oklahoma, 1927-29; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1929-31.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., January
28, 1970 (age 81 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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James Vernon McClintic (1878-1948) —
also known as James V. McClintic; Jim V. McClintic;
"Sunny Jim" —
of Snyder, Kiowa
County, Okla.
Born near Bremond, Robertson
County, Tex., September
8, 1878.
Son of G. V. McClintic and Emma McClintic.
Democrat. Kiowa
County Clerk, 1909; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1915-35 (1st District 1915-17, 7th
District 1917-35); lawyer.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a
train en route to Los Angeles, near Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 22,
1948 (age 69 years, 227
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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Scott Ferris (1877-1945) —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born in Neosho, Newton
County, Mo., November
3, 1877.
Son of Scott Ferris and Anna M. (Thorp) Ferris.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1904-05; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-21 (5th District 1907-15, 6th
District 1915-21); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1924-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 8,
1945 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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Dick Thompson Morgan (1853-1920) —
also known as Dick T. Morgan —
of Woodward, Woodward
County, Okla.
Born in Prairie Creek, Vigo
County, Ind., December
6, 1853.
Son of Valentine Morgan and Frances Morgan.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1909-20 (2nd District 1909-15, 8th
District 1915-20); died in office 1920.
Died in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., July 4,
1920 (age 66 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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John H. Jarman, Jr. (1915-1982) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Sallisaw, Sequoyah
County, Okla., July 17,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1947-48; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1949-50; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1951-77.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., January
15, 1982 (age 66 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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Ulysses Stevens Stone (1878-1962) —
also known as Ulysses S. Stone —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Born near Weldon, DeWitt
County, Ill., December
17, 1878.
Republican. Candidate in primary for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1918; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1929-31; defeated,
1922.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., December
8, 1962 (age 83 years, 356
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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Joseph Albert Gill (1854-1933) —
also known as Joseph A. Gill —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Colby, Thomas
County, Kan.; Vinita, Craig
County, Okla.
Born in Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
17, 1854.
Republican. Justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1899; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912.
Died March 23,
1933 (age 79 years, 65
days).
Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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Gomer Griffith Smith (1896-1953) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 11,
1896.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1937-39.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., May 26,
1953 (age 56 years, 319
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rose Hill Burial Park.
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Robert Samuel Kerr (1896-1963) —
also known as Robert S. Kerr —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Ada, Pontotoc
County, Okla., September
11, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
state court judge in Oklahoma, 1931; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1940-48; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1944,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1949-63; died in office 1963.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1963 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Original interment at Rose Hill Burial Park; reinterment at Kerr
Family Cemetery, Ada, Okla.
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Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) —
also known as Thomas P. Gore —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Embry, Webster
County, Miss., December
10, 1870.
Son of Tom M. Gore and Carrie E. (Wingo) Gore.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1898; member
Oklahoma territorial council, 1903-05; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1928;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Elks.
Blind
due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; first
blind member of the U.S. Senate.
Died March 16,
1949 (age 78 years, 96
days).
Originally entombed at Rose Hill Burial Park; later interred in 1949
at Fairlawn Cemetery.
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