Shown below is the index to the 1895 Van Buren Press. This is my final book in a series that are compiled by extracting Obituaries, Death Notices and New Items from the Van Buren Press. There are a total of 38 books in this series and more information can be found by clicking on the link at the bottom of this e-mail. I appreciate all the support and encouragement I have received from all of you throughout this enormous task! I plan to begin next on extracting items from the Crawford County Newspaper The ARGUS and the Sequoyah County Newspapers The Muldrow Sun and the Vian Press. 2 22nd Arkansas Regiment 54 A A BLOODY DEED RECALLED 21 A BOLD ROBBERY 53 A FAMOUS PRISONER WALKS OUT OF JAIL 40 A Mint of Gold to Crawford County Farmers 27 A PISTOL FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES JAIL 37 A WOMAN TO HANG 39 Adams, Frank 23 Adams, Tom 61 Alberty, Ed 61 Allen, Alex 54 Allen, Edna 29 Allen, Miss Nannie 52 Anderson, Elbert 25 Anderson, George 4 ANOTHER FOUL MURDER IN THE TERRITORY 11 Anthony, J J 21 Appleby & Mack 32 Appleby, L S 32 Ardmore, Indian Territory 6, 11, 22 Arkansas Industrial University 18, 29 Arkansas Valley Depot 28 Arnet, Mrs. Louise 54 Austin, Mrs. George 30 B BACON MURDER 45 Bacon, Henry 44, 45, 61 Bailey, Mrs. Elsie 2 Baker, David 9 Baker, Henry 41 Baldwin, Miss Emma 58 Baldwin, Mrs. T A 58 Bark, Walter 19 Barker Township 41, 44, 45, 61 Bean, Barney 56 Bears, George W 61 Bears, Wm 50 Beattie, Mary 29 Beauchamp, Maggie 14 Bell, John 30, 60 Bells, Indian Territory 23 Benge, Hooley 39 BILL COOK CAPTURED 5 Bingham, C J 2 Birchfield, B C 1 Birnie Brothers 55 Black, Charley 40 Black, Lon 48 Blakemore, Dr. Jesse L 18 Blanchard & Lea- Philadelphia 48 Bland, Lafayette 4 Board of Health 15 BOLD ROBBERY IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY 9 Boles, Ina 29 Bostick, Alf 45 Bostick, John 45 Bostick, Mrs. John 40 Bostick, Mrs. Sarah 45 Bostick, Mrs. Sarah A 45 Bostick, Will 45 Bourland, Dr. O M 15 Bourland, J V 7 Bozarth, W M 30 Bragg’s Station 19 Broadway Hotel 15, 57, 62 Brown, C F 45 Brown, Charles 23 Brown, John 31, 40, 54 Brown, Mrs. C F 45 Brown, Willis 23 Buchanan, Dr. J L 18 Buchanan, Mrs. Ellen 47 Buchanan, Rev. John 47 Buck, John 2 Burns, Charles 61 Butler, Sam 19 Byars, J T 17 C C J Murta & Company 3 Calhoun, Richard 35, 39 Campbell, George M 50 Campbell, I A 50 Campbell-Rea Mercantile Company 50 Capital Hotel 41 Captain J T Stuart’s Company 58 Carnahan, Mrs. Peter 47 Carr, Jeff 61 Carroll, Colonel John 46 Carter, Lem 49 Carter, Tom 49 Carter, W J 21 Carver, Flave 61 Carver, Frank 20, 36 Cason, Mrs. J H 15 Cass, George T 15 Cass, J O 15 Catoosa, Indian Territory 9 Cemetery Committee 28 Champion, John 23 Checotah, Indian Territory 61 Cherokee Bill 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 23, 26, 37, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48 CHEROKEE BILL IN JAIL 7 Cherokee Indian 19, 45 Cherokee Nation 3, 31, 54 Chew, Sam R 7 Chi Omega 29 Chickasaw Country 21, 23 Chickasaw Nation 30 CHICKASAW WAR IMMINENT 22 Chickasaw, Thomas 33 Choctaw Council 24 Choctaw Court 24 Choctaw Nation 24 CHOCTAWS WILL FACE TRIAL FOR MURDERS 24 Claremore, Indian Territory 10 Clark, Arnold Burton 47 Clark, Myron 47 Clegg, Austin M 30 Clegg, J E 30 Clements, F W 4 Clifford, Ed 41 Cline, Jack 11 Cline, Jim 11 Cluck, Lafayette 4, 5, 7 Coil, Mrs. Selina 2 Coinson, Mrs. T 29 Colgrove, A H 44 Collins Hotel 3 Collins, Jonathan 34 Columbian Club 33 Comstock, Dan 59 Comstock, Harvey 1 Comstock, Hon. Tom 60 Comstock, Randolph 27 Comstock, Tom 62 Conarty, Pat 55 Confederate Money 49 Confederate Pension 46 Conner, Mrs. Lizzie 30 CONVICTED OF MURDER 10 CONVICTED OF THE RED FORK ROBBERY 10 Cook Gang 4, 44 Cook, Bill 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 16 Cook, C C 26 Cooper, Anderson L 7 Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation 31 Copeland, Charles U S Deputy Marshal 44 Cordell, Mrs. Wm 59 Cordell, Wm 12 Corley, Mrs. Julia A 4 Corley, Rev. W H 4 Cornelius, N F 26 Cory, E A 59 Couselawny, James 39 Covey, John R 29 Cox, S A 1 Crabtree, Lon F 22 Creek Court House 33 Creek Indian 33 Creek Laws 33 Creek Nation 1, 31 Crews, Jack 54 Crittendon, Dick 56 Crittendon, Zeke 56 Crockett, Jeff 15 Cushing, Mike 11 D Daniels, W R 46 Daniels, Will 47 Dason, Curtis 10 Davenport, John S 36 Davidson, B R 15 Davies, Lila 29 Davis, Frog 31 DEATH OF E A CORY 59 Deffenbaugh, Dr. W B 7 Deffenbaugh, Paul 7 Denton, Will 46 Dibrell, Dr. M S 15 Dibrell, Dr. Matt S 37 Dibrell, Helen 37 Dickson, Albertson 46 Dickson, Davidson 46 Dill, H H 14, 61, 62 Dill, L E 62 Doolin, Bill 40 Douglas, Dick 32 Douglas, Ellen 38 Douglas, Richard 38 Doyle, Jack 30 Draper, Alfred 61 Draper, George 61 Draper, Hugh 61 Drennen Heights 34 Duncan, Eleonor 29 Duncan, Phil 61 DuVal, Ben T 34 DuVal, Madame Claude 48 Dyer Station 61 Dyer, Cyrus 61 E Earp, Rube 6 Eastern Star Lodge 58 Echols, Fanny 39 Edmondson, Sam Sr. 33 Edmondson, T W 15 Elliot, C D 47 Elliot, Claud 47 Elliot, Elmer 47 Elliot, Harry 47 Elliot, Mrs. Nettie 47 Encyclopedia Americana 48 Enterprise, Indian Territory 9 Enyart, John 51 Enyart, Mrs. Amanda 51 Eoff, R C 41 Eufaula (Indian Territory) Journal 21 Euper, Mrs. Zula 47 Euper, Tony 47 F Farris, D B 46 Fayetteville Daily 32 Fayetteville Sentinel 50 Felbon, Miss May 20 Felbon, William 20 FIFTY YEARS AGO 33 Flinn, Captain Jack 44 Flinn, Hugh 44 Flinn, Mrs. Martha A 44 Flippen, T R 14 Flowers, Rev. G W 51, 60 Fontain, C B 46 Fontaine, Charley 46 Foreman, Bluford 47 Foreman, H B 9 Fort Gibson News 5 FOUL MURDER IN MULBERRY 13 Frazier, George Washington 35, 39 French, Jim 9, 10 Fritz, John 40 Frye, S W 61 G Galloway, Charlie 29 Gambrell, Frances L 7 Gibson, Dr. Lorenzo 21 Gill Cemetery 52 Glass, Henry 1, 3 Goe, Miss Eva 51 Goforth, William 36 Goldsby, Crawford 16, 43 Goldsmith, D T 50 Gooding, Mrs. Martha E 2 Gorman, W H 13 Graf, Emma 58 Graf, Louis 58 Grand Restaurant 46 Grass Land Dairy 53 Gronholt, F E 55 Gronholt, Frank 1 Gross, George 3 Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory 18, 29 H Hampton, Wancoolah 54 Hanger, Peter 15 Hardin, M M 59 Hardin, Verna 59 Hargreaves, John 37 Hargreaves, Mrs. John 23 Harkins, Kingsbury 24 Harliss, Tom 61 Harrell, Miss L E 48 Harrell, Miss Tett 48 Harrell, Rev. John 49 Harris, Charles 23 Harshaw, Captain P P 19 Hartshorne, Indian Territory 24 Hatfield, J E 35 Hattaway, Mrs. A J 19 Hattaway, Mrs. Drew 19 Hawkins, Bob 14, 18 Hawkins, Jim 26 Heard, Mrs. D W 45 Hennssey, Oklahoma Territory 40 Henson, Phillip 54 Hickey, Sam 40 Hickory, Sam 18 Hinkle, Benjamin 44 Hinkle, John 44, 56 Hinkle, Martin 44 Hinkle, Mrs. Melinda 43 Hoffsatter, C 17 Hoffstatter, C 36 HOLD UP IN THE TERRITORY 4 Holle, George 50 Holsen, Noel 24 Holt, Dan 39 Holt, Maze 39 Houck, Felix 45 Howell House 61 Howell, J K P 30 Howell, Mrs. Mary C 30 Hoxie, J P 56 Hudson, Lafayette 40 Hudson, Thomas 13 Huklatubbu, Joe 24 Hunt, Ella 26 Hunt, Thurman 19 Hutchinson, Len 44 Hynes, R S 52 I Ikeman Place 50 Indian Agent Wisdom 38 Indian Country 7 Indian Court 33 Indian Police 31 Indian Territory 2, 5, 16, 23, 31, 33, 35, 36, 47, 48, 60, 62 Ingersoll, Bob 16 Isaac, Webber 10 Isaacs, Webber 23, 26 J Jacques, Emmett 26 JOHN McGUIRE AND BOB LaRUE ESCAPE FROM THE PENITENIARY 38 John, Dutch 55 Johns, Dan 32 Johns, George 34, 36 Johns, John 5 Johns, Lloyd 34, 36 Jones, W S 52 Judge I C Parker 29 Judge Parker 18 Judge Parker’s Court 11 Justice, Irwin 23 K Kansas & Arkansas Valley Railway 19 Keating, Lawrence 42 Keeney Town 33 Kempner, Ella 32 Kendrick, Will 41 Kettenring, Andrew J 39 Kettenring, Mary A 35, 39 Kidd, Slaughter 10 Kilgore, John 39 KILLED HER 19 King, James P 20 Kistler, Miss Allie 13 Knott, Mrs. Robert 60 Krebs, Indian Territory 30 L Lacy, Miss Fanny 1 Lake, Colonel M F 22 Lanear, Della 20 Lappin, J W 29 LaRue, Ben 5, 36 LaRue, Bob 4, 7, 38, 59 LaRue, Mrs. B C 15 Lauderbalk, R O 51 Lawson, George 42 Leflore, Deputy Marshal 16 Leiber, Francis 48 Lemly, A L 52 Lewers, Mrs. H S 34 Lewis, Silas 24 Lile, Miss Etta 34 Lloyd, J G 56 Locke Farm 63 Locke, Mrs. Rose 31 Locke, Mrs. Sam B 17 Lockhart, Andy 36 London, John 52, 55 Long Bell Mill 30 Love, Mrs. Phoebe 30 Lucas, Elmer 10 Lucky, Bus 1 Lucky, Buz 16 Lucky, Choska 1 Lynch, M 15 Lyons, Mrs. Max 32 M Mace, W L 49 Maledon, Annie 36 MARRIED HIS DAUGHTER 6 Mayden, Allen 34 Mayer, Max 44 Mayers, John Hall 29 Mayers, Mrs. Harriet A 29 Mayers, W H 29 McClure, Alfred 24 McClure, Rev. M N 48 McCurdy, Miss Jennie 44 McDermott’s Store 6 McGee, Thomas 24 McGuire, John 38 McIlvaigh, Mrs. Lucina E 32 McIlvaigh, Samuel 32 McLaughlin, Mrs. Hiram 48 McMill, Noah 23 McWilliams, Sam 4, 19 Medlin, Gray 34 Merrill, W T 52 Mexican War 34 Michael Place 50 Miles, Fanning 32 Miller, Bruce 55 Miller, Cade 54 Miller, Louis 2 Miller, Robert 24 Miller, S A 50 Miller, Sam 7 Missionary to the Indians 51 Missouri Pacific Depot 35 Mitchell, Mary 29 Mitchell, T M 27 Moore, D W 20 Moore, D Walker 31 Mormon Colony 21 Morrell, James 29 Mountainview Addition 36 Mt. Vernon Lodge Farmers Alliance 13 Muldrow, Cherokee Nation 35 Muldrow, Indian Territory 39 Munson, Henry 10 Munson, Skeeter 10 MURDER PLOT FOILED 56 Murta, Abbey 30 Murta, C J 4 Murta, Charles J 30 Murta, Charles Powe 30 Musgrove, Sheriff J T 31 Muskogee, Indian Territory 18 Mustain, P H 14 N Nash, W S 4 Neal, Berkeley 49 Neal, Elizabeth 49 Neal, Francis M 49 Neal, James R 49 Neal, Jonathan 49 Neal, William J 49 Neal, Willis H 49 Neal, Younger 49 Nessmith, Richard Marvin 55 Nessmith, William E 55 Ninan, Bessie 2 No. 55 Sunday School 50 Norwood’s School House, Benton County 30 Noted Outlaw Murders a Guard at Fort Smith in an Attempt to Shoot His way out of Jail 41 Nowata, Cherokee Nation 7 O O’Kane, Will 36 Oak Grove School House 50 Oak Hill Battlefield 58 Ortner, James 45 Owen, David 24 P Paine, Dr. F M 51 Parke, Solomon 24 Parker, Adolph 26 Patterson Gap, Indian Territory 50 Patton, W E 10 Patty, J J 56 Paul, Joe 22 Paul’s Valley, Indian Territory 22 Pawnee County, Oklahoma 55 Peevy, Frank 48 Penn, W E 26 Pernot, Laura Louise 51 Pernot, Mrs. Sidney 58 Pernot, S A 51 Pernot, Sidney 22 Perry, C C 5 Perry, Lon 44 Pew, J N 48 Phillips, Joe 29 Pickering Lumber Company Mill 56 Pierce, George 43 Pontotoc County, Chickasaw Nation 18 Pool, Mamie 29 Poorboy, Josiah 31, 54 Pope, W F 21 Pottowattame Nation 32 Potts, T F 7 Prairie Grove Cemetery 47 Q Quarles Hotel 17 Quarles House 51 R Rains, P M 15 Rea, J L 28 Red Fork, Indian Territory 6 Redland, Indian Territory 60 Reed, Ed 56 Reese, Johnson 19 Reeves, Bass 32 Reeves, Ed 32, 57 Reeves, Newland 32 Remy, Mollie 29 Rhoades, Grisson 53 Ribling, Mrs. Charles 47 Roback, Henry 13 Roberts, Richard S 23 Rogers, Isaac 7 Rogers, Mrs. T J 30 Root, Jim 1 Rose, Dr. John 57 Ross, Mrs. W H 61, 62 Rutherford, Wm 29, 30 Ryan, Maggie 51 S SAD ACCIDENT 57 Saline Court House 11 Sallisaw, Indian Territory 13, 29 Sanders, George 19 Sanford, Ed 39 Sangster Cemetery 17 Scantlin, Lee 62 Scarlet Fever 15 Scarletina 56 Scott, Miss Fannie 33 Scott, Phil D 27 Sequoyah Court House, Cherokee Nation 39 Shibley, George 50 Shibley, Henry 60 Shibley, Stuart & Smeltzer 27 Shibley, W H H 60 Shields, Miss Katie 50 SHOT HIMSELF ACCIDENTALLY 56 SHOT WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE 62 Siberian Blood Hounds 38 Simco, Miss Nannie 22 Simco, W M 14 Simco, Wm 22 Simco’s Saloon 62 Simonds, Allie 29 Simpson, Hugh 45, 46 Simpson, John 45 Simpson, Walter 45, 46 Skinner, Roll 9 SLAUGHTER KIDD AND JIM FRENCH KILLED 10 Small Pox 58 Smallpox 15, 18 Smeltzer, F H 27 Smith, A J 20 Smith, Charles 13 Smith, Charley 23 Smith, Charlie 26 Smith, Hoke 24 Smith, Jessie 34 Snelling, Edna 26 Snelling, Mary 26 South McAlester, Indian Territory 62 Southerland, David 17 Southmayd Farm 49 Speaker, Charley 55 Speaker, Ernest 55 Speaker, Harry 55 Speaker, John 55 Speaker, Lewis 55 Speaker, Louis 1 Spikes, Wm R 17 St. John, Harry 19 St. John, John P 19 Stafford, Mrs. Thomas 57 Starr, Henry 16, 37, 43 Stevenson, Jesse 7 Steward, E D 63 Stone, L L 44 Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher 19 Strickland, Charles 18 T Tacket, Jonathan 34 Tahlequah, Indian Territory 19 Taylor Dry Goods Company 18 Taylor, W L 57 Tecumseh, Oklahoma Territory 23 Tegerdine, Mrs. 53 Territory Bandits 10 Thatch, G W 31 Thatch, Zack 62 Thompson, James 41 Thompson, Mrs. Rebecca M 2 Thornton, Thomas J 45 Thurman, Charles 30 Thurmond, Charles 29 Thurston, Mrs. M A 45 Tishmingo, Chickasaw Capital 23 TRAIN ROBBERS CAPTURED 61 Trout, Thomas 50 Tucker, M M 11 Turner, Pruitt 13, 62 U U S Marshal of the Southern District of the Indian Territory 44 Uncle Tom’s Cabin 19 V VALUABLE BOOKS 48 Van Buren Cemetery 47 Van Buren Foundry 29, 41 Van Buren, Martin 48 Vernon, Thomas 52 Vian, Indian Territory 17 Vinita, Indian Territory 36 W Wagoner Record 21 Wagoner, Indian Territory 56 Wakefield, Britt 52 Waldon, Matilda 50 Waldon, Tom 50 Wallace’s 22nd Arkansas Regiment 31 Ward, George 45 Ward, George 44, 60, 62 Wasington, Mrs. Lou 30 Watkins, J W 52 Watson, Kate 29 Watson, William B 33 Weaver, J M 53 Webster, Christiane 6 Webster, Henry 6 Wescott, D Y 25 Wescott, Dr. W B 13 Wescott, W B 15, 25 West, John Q 22 Westcott, W B 25 Whitaker, John 26 White, Robert J 7 Whitehead, Thomas 31, 54 Whitfield, Mrs. J L 25 Wilcox, Granville 2 Wilcox, Mrs. Sarah Pleasant Peters 2 Wilhauf, Charley 28 Wilhauf, Herman 28 Wilhauf, Mrs. Mary 28 Wilkey, Ed 54 Willams, Rev. A H 54 Williams, Henry 62 Williams, Hugh 30 Williams, Moses 24 Willis, John T 52 Willis, Mary Ann H 52 Wilson, Fred 12 Wilson, George 62 Wilson, John 21 Wilson, Sam 25 Wilson, Samuel 25 Wilson, W Y 24, 25 Winfrey, Bean 52 Winfrey, S E 17 Wister, Indian Territory 50 Wood, Dr. T F 60 Wood, Jesse 7 Wood, Norma 29 Woods, Jack 38 Woolum, F T 55 Woolum, Frank 47 Woolum, J E 55 Woolum, W H 55 Woolum, W P 55 Wright, M L 63 Wyatt, Sip 40 Y Yeager, Dick 40 Yeargin, D C 52 Yeargin, Elder D C 62 Yeargin, Rev. D C 2 Yoes, Jacob 58 Yoes, John W 58 Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/