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    1. Joseph/John Alexander POTATO KING
    2. pat koger
    3. Could you please tell me if you can find some needed information about this person named below? I need to locate him on the 1920 census. ====================== >>>Fort Smith, Oct. 30 -- Joe Alexander, who with Mrs. >>>Taber was abducted and forced to sign a check for >>>$25,000 by a group of men who are still at large, is >>>said to be one of the richest men in St. Louis and >>>probably in Missouri. He is reported to be worth >>>more than $1,000,000, most of which is in his >>>plantation in Oklahoma, just across the Arkansas >>>river opposite Fort Smith. He also has a large >>>holdings in Arkansas. He is said to be one of the most progressive and scientific farmers in Oklahoma and has been given the title of "potato king" because of having the largest acreage and shipping of potatoes in Oklahoma. During the last three years he has devoted his plantation to the growing of cotton. He also owns large Southern rice fields. His plantation, which will almost be in the city of Fort Smith when the new free bridge is completed, has more than 1,000 acres in cultivation, and has more than 100 tenant farmers. Only recently he gave Fort Smith an airplane landing station, giving up a big slice of his alfalfa fields for this purpose. He also gave the city a baseball field just inside the Oklahoma line. He is a bachelor and about 45 years of age. -------------------------------------- Pat TABER KOGER [email protected] Most wanted MOM: Billie Josephine LEWIS (Mrs Henry TABER) born Newport,Jackson,Ark 1912, married in Faulkner Co Parents from Ky, as per the 1930 census, No other names known. Pat TABER KOGER Most wanted MOM: Billie Josephine LEWIS (Mrs Henry TABER) born Newport,Jackson,Ark 1912, married in Faulkner Co Parents from Ky, as per the 1930 census, No other names known.

    07/07/2005 06:11:33