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Hannah Diggs Atkins (b. 1923) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., November
2, 1923.
Reporter; school
teacher; librarian;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1969-80; secretary
of state of Oklahoma, 1987-91.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Thackeray Diggs and Mabel Kennedy Diggs; married to
Charles N. Atkins. |
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William Edgar Chapman (1877-1947) —
also known as William E. Chapman —
of Alluwe, Nowata
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Mt. Pisgah, White
County, Ark., February
1, 1877.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; newspaper editor; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Mazatlan, 1916, 1917-25; Nogales, 1916-17; Guaymas, 1917; Sault Ste. Marie, 1925-26; Torreon, 1926; Puerto Mexico, 1927; Monterrey, 1927-28; Cali, 1928-30; North Bay, 1930-32; Bilbao, 1932-38; in July 1927, in Puerto Mexico, two intruders
entered his residence, lay in wait, shot
him, and escaped; he recovered from his injuries.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla., March
12, 1947 (age 70 years, 39
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Mick Cornett (born c.1959) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., about 1959.
Republican. Television
sports
reporter and news anchor; newspaper columnist;
mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 2004-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oklahoma, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
City of Oklahoma City |
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Ed Edmondson (1919-1990) —
also known as Edmond Augustus Edmondson —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., April 7,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
correspondent; lawyer; Muskogee
County Attorney, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1953-73; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1972, 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., December
8, 1990 (age 71 years, 245
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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David Jo Ferguson (1922-2010) —
also known as D. Jo Ferguson —
of Pawnee, Pawnee
County, Okla.
Born in Pawnee, Pawnee
County, Okla., March 7,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1945; newspaper publisher.
Died, in Stillwater Medical
Center, Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla., January
4, 2010 (age 87 years, 303
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Pawnee, Okla.
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Jo Orval Ferguson (1889-1982) —
also known as Jo O. Ferguson —
of Pawnee, Pawnee
County, Okla.
Born June 29,
1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1940,
1952.
Died May 17,
1982 (age 92 years, 322
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Pawnee, Okla.
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John Fields (1871-1934) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, July 29,
1871.
Republican. Chemist;
farmer;
banker;
editor, Oklahoma Farmer magazine; president, Times Co.,
publisher of Oklahoma Daily Times newspaper; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1914, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1916.
Died April
17, 1934 (age 62 years, 262
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Highland
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Milton Cline Garber (1867-1948) —
also known as Milton C. Garber —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Humboldt
County, Calif., November
30, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; co-founder, along with his father and
brother, of Garber, Okla.; Garfield
County Probate Judge, 1902-06; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1906-07; appointed 1906;
district judge in Oklahoma 20th District, 1908-12; mayor of
Enid, Okla., 1919-21; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1923-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Eagles.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., September
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 287
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Enid, Okla.
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Meredith Garten —
also known as Pete Garten —
of Pierce City, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Born in Ottawa
County, Okla.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District,
1943-44; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1949-50;
member of Missouri
state senate 28th District, 1951-54.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Republican National Convention, 1896 ; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes; married, December
24, 1878, to Mary E. Cleaver. |
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Johan Hagel —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Germany.
Socialist. Newspaper manager; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1920.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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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, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Thomas Prat Hopley (1854-1934) —
also known as Thomas P. Hopley —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Logan, Hocking
County, Ohio, November
13, 1854.
Newspaper editor; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1922; Independent
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1926, 1930, 1932.
Died in Enid, Garfield
County, Okla., March
14, 1934 (age 79 years, 121
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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Walter L. Houser (1855-1928) —
of Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis.
Born in Tidioute, Warren
County, Pa., May 6,
1855.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; farmer; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1908,
1912,
1916.
Died in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., April 7,
1928 (age 72 years, 337
days).
Interment at Oak
Park Cemetery, Mondovi, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of James R. Houser and Margaret L. (Magee) Houser; married, February
6, 1877, to Susie LeGore. |
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Ernest James Istook Jr. (b. 1950) —
also known as Ernest J. Istook, Jr. —
of Warr Acres, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
11, 1950.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1987-93; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1993-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Frank Bathurst Lucas (1862-1934) —
also known as Frank B. Lucas —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1862.
Democrat. Banker;
newspaper business manager; personal treasurer for E.
W. Marland, oil magnate
and politician; postmaster at Ponca
City, Okla., 1933-34 (acting, 1933-34).
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla., September
21, 1934 (age about 72
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Okla.
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Robert Moody McKinney (1910-2001) —
also known as Robert M. McKinney —
of New Mexico.
Born in Shattuck, Ellis
County, Okla., August
28, 1910.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1961-63.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
During World War II, he helped develop the Tiny Tim rocket, which was
used against German tanks in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican
newspaper for 52 years.
Died, of pneumonia,
at New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
2001 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Manley Leonidas Misenheimer (1883-1962) —
also known as M. L. Misenheimer —
of Madison, Rockingham
County, N.C.; Commerce, Hunt
County, Tex.; Pittsburg, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., May 24,
1883.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1922 (Socialist, 3rd District),
1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District).
Died in October, 1962
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, McAlester, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of William Andrew Misenheimer and Emma Caroline (Mitchell)
Misenheimer; married 1907 to
Florence Payne. |
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James C. Moody (b. 1863) —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind., 1863.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Everett Purcell (1879-1927) —
also known as F. Everett Purcell —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Kentucky, February
10, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Enid,
Okla., 1906-13; candidate for Oklahoma
state auditor, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1920.
Died, from heart
disease, in Enid, Garfield
County, Okla., February
13, 1927 (age 48 years, 3
days).
Interment at Enid
Cemetery, Enid, Okla.
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Theodore Marshall Risenhoover (1934-2006) —
also known as Theo Risenhoover —
of Oklahoma.
Born in East Liberty, Haskell
County, Okla., November
3, 1934.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1975-79.
Died in Claremore, Rogers
County, Okla., September
10, 2006 (age 71 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Ralph Scales (b. 1919) —
of Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.; Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla.
Born in Jay, Delaware
County, Okla., May 27,
1919.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; university
professor; president,
Oklahoma Baptist University, 1951-65; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Eta Sigma; Pi
Kappa Delta; Kappa
Delta Pi; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Grover Scales and Kate (Whitley) Scales; married, August
4, 1944, to Elizabeth Ann Randel. |
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper editor; candidate for secretary
of state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Joe Taylor (b. 1907) —
of Noel, McDonald
County, Mo.; South West City, McDonald
County, Mo.; Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla., August
21, 1907.
Republican. Writer;
newspaper editor; printing
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1935-38, 1953-58, 1963-64
(McDonald County 1935-38, Newton County 1953-58, 1963-64); defeated,
1938; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1940 to Isabel
Puryear. |
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Charles M. Thacker (1866-1918) —
of Ennis, Ellis
County, Tex.; Mangum, Greer
County, Okla.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., January
17, 1866.
Bookkeeper;
lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1899; mayor of
Mangum, Okla., 1909-10; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1915; appointed 1915.
Died in 1918
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Charles Ward (c.1918-1999) —
of Oklahoma.
Born about 1918.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chief of staff for U.S. Rep and
House Speaker Carl
Albert, 1959-76, and for U.S. Sen. David
Boren, 1979-87; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1976.
Died December
11, 1999 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Carlton Weaver (1881-1947) —
of Wilburton, Latimer
County, Okla.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Franklin
County, Tex., August
25, 1881.
Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate
to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; Speaker of
the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1930-31.
Died in Wilburton, Latimer
County, Okla., August
17, 1947 (age 65 years, 357
days).
Interment at Robbers
Cave State Park, Near Wilburton, Latimer County, Okla.
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Daniel Woodson (1824-1894) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born May 13,
1824.
Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1854-57; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1855, 1855, 1856, 1856, 1857.
Died in Claremore, Cherokee Nation County, Indian Territory (now Rogers
County, Okla.), October
5, 1894 (age 70 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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