Posted on: DeSoto Parish La Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/DeSoto/10789 Surname: JOHNIKEN, JOHNSTON, MIDDLETON, WILKINSON ------------------------- Bragg JOHNIKEN died in 1932 after being burned in an oil well fire around Overton or Arp, Texas. He had lived in the Pelican/Pleasant Hill until the East Texas oil boom started. We think he lived long enough to get home and died in La. Was there a local newspaper in DeSoto Parish in 1932? His real name was Burkett Lassiter JOHNIKEN but was called Bragg and signed his name B. L. JOHNIKEN. Grant Johnston