Anna, thats him!!!! Where did you find that kind of information on a weekend?? That is really great, more info on "Rudy" and I learned what a "brush arbor" meeting was too! Thank you so much Donna anna taylor wrote: > the Dunaway Funeral Home records in Bristow, Ok show; > 29 Aug 1933 R.R. renfro, marr.; d 29 Aug 1933 of Knife cuts; b. 17 Jul > 1891; fa; James Renfro, b. Mo.; Mo; Sarah Adams, b. Mo. (Oil Field > Worker) burried at Shamrock. from the Sullivan Funeral Home record in > Bristow Book 1 Page 4; 31 Dec 1922; U.B. Renfro, d. 31 Dec 1922 in > Slick, age 55 yrs; chgd to county. burried at County Farm.

If anyone has any cemetery information would they kindly see if there are any Harmons buried in Creek county, John Wesley harmon lived in Creek county in 1920s.

Hey Lisa, GUESS WHAT??? Thanks a bunch, I hope you find something for me. I also am researching the Gilreath line! Jewel Margaret RENFRO(my aunt) married Arnold Onimus Gilreath 15 Jul 1935 in Shamrock. Do you belong to the Gilreath mailing list too? Arnold(Onnie) descends from James Granville Gilreath. Donna [email protected] wrote: > The new library in Bristow has put nearly all the Bristow newspapers on > microfilm. I will go down there Sunday or Monday & take a look and see > what I can find around that date regarding Richard Rudolph RENFRO's death. > Sincerely, > Lisa L. Bowen > Bristow, OK > Researching in the Creek County area: BOWEN, GILREATH, SMITH, THOMPSON > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ > Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm

In a message dated 7/18/99 2:48:12 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [email protected] writes: << Anna, thats him!!!! Where did you find that kind of information on a weekend?? That is really great, more info on "Rudy" and I learned what a "brush arbor" meeting was too! Thank you so much Donna anna taylor wrote: > the Dunaway Funeral Home records in Bristow, Ok show; > 29 Aug 1933 R.R. renfro, marr.; d 29 Aug 1933 of Knife cuts; b. 17 Jul > 1891; fa; James Renfro, b. Mo.; Mo; Sarah Adams, b. Mo. (Oil Field > Worker) burried at Shamrock. from the Sullivan Funeral Home record in > Bristow Book 1 Page 4; 31 Dec 1922; U.B. Renfro, d. 31 Dec 1922 in > Slick, age 55 yrs; chgd to county. burried at County Farm. >> A lot can be said for the Bristow Public Library! I've seen the books there from the Dunaway Funeral Home (yes, dun-away...no pun intended!) which is now the Schumacher Funeral Home. They have really done a splendid job with it, and have a small but effective genealogy room with a microfilm reader, most all of the Bristow newspapers on microfilm, certain funeral home records, books about the history of Bristow, Creek County, and Oklahoma, and many other sources. If any of you on the list are in the area, I highly recommend stopping by. Yes, Donna, I am related to the GILREATHs you are researching in some way I'm sure. Descended from William GILREATH of North Carolina b. abt. 1730. My direct line stems from my great-grandfather, Thomas Sylvester GILREATH, who lived in Depew, OK at the time of his death. He is buried in the Depew Cemetery along with his wife, Cynthia. Their son Frank Harvy GILREATH is my grandfather. He married Theda Ethel SMITH of Bristow, daughter of Claude Marion SMITH and Nellie Edith RAMSEY. Their daughter, Joyce Michelle GILREATH is my mother. If anyone else on the list is researching any of these people, let me know! I will post dates and more info. soon. Thanks! ~Lisa L. Bowen, Bristow OK

Yes, the Bristow Library has obituaries from back then. I found my ggrandfather's from1932 and his wife from 1952. I didn't know where they were buried until I found the obit in the paper, and it told the cemetery. Then I went to the City Hall and got the cemetery records that showed the plots. Good luck. Jan [email protected] wrote: > Good morning Lisa! I was wondering if the Bristow library would carry > newspaper obits.from the 1940's? I am researching Alonzo Rufus Hicks and his > wife, Eliza Hicks. His dob:12-17-1878 dod:5-11-1946. Her > info.dob:11-20-1877 dod:9 of 1968.They both are buried at the Cemetery > located by the park there in Bristow.I cannot seem to find anything on them, > and I was hoping to find an obit on them in the hopes that maybe there would > be some information in it that I can use..Their daughter Tina Holt was my > grandmother, she passed away in 1995,and she wasn't able to remember much. > Thank you for your help, Cheryl Santos > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > Oklahoma Vital Records Information - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/vital/vital.html

Thanks Jan. I do have a copy of the funeral bill, my g-grandfather was buried as Lon Hicks (his nickname), i still haven' t found anything other than that!

[email protected] wrote: > > Good morning Lisa! I was wondering if the Bristow library would carry > newspaper obits.from the 1940's? I am researching Alonzo Rufus Hicks and his > wife, Eliza Hicks. His dob:12-17-1878 dod:5-11-1946. Her > info.dob:11-20-1877 dod:9 of 1968.They both are buried at the Cemetery > located by the park there in Bristow.I cannot seem to find anything on them, > and I was hoping to find an obit on them in the hopes that maybe there would > be some information in it that I can use..Their daughter Tina Holt was my > grandmother, she passed away in 1995,and she wasn't able to remember much. > Thank you for your help, Cheryl Santos > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > Oklahoma Vital Records Information - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/vital/vital.html the Schumacher Funeral Home could probably help phone 919-367-2244

Donna Ferris wrote: > > I am looking for more information on my grand uncle who died 29 Aug > 1933, Bristow, OK. > > He was stabbed to death by his best friend Bud Watts, after they had > been drinking during a 'brush arbor' meeting. He died 3 days later in > the Cowart/Sissler(sp?) hospital in Slick, OK in the early 1930's. Bud > went to prison for life, I'm told he was devastated and eventually > committed suicide. Seems like there would have been some kind of news > story about this? > > Just as an afterthought, I have never heard the term 'bruch arbor' > meeting before, my aunt told me its something like a planting > celebration or something similar. Can someone tell us more about what it > is? > Donna Ferris > Penn Valley, CA > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3303 > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/e/r/Donna-Ferris > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ > Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm the Dunaway Funeral Home records in Bristow, Ok show; 29 Aug 1933 R.R. renfro, marr.; d 29 Aug 1933 of Knife cuts; b. 17 Jul 1891; fa; James Renfro, b. Mo.; Mo; Sarah Adams, b. Mo. (Oil Field Worker) burried at Shamrock. from the Sullivan Funeral Home record in Bristow Book 1 Page 4; 31 Dec 1922; U.B. Renfro, d. 31 Dec 1922 in Slick, age 55 yrs; chgd to county. burried at County Farm.

Good morning Lisa! I was wondering if the Bristow library would carry newspaper obits.from the 1940's? I am researching Alonzo Rufus Hicks and his wife, Eliza Hicks. His dob:12-17-1878 dod:5-11-1946. Her info.dob:11-20-1877 dod:9 of 1968.They both are buried at the Cemetery located by the park there in Bristow.I cannot seem to find anything on them, and I was hoping to find an obit on them in the hopes that maybe there would be some information in it that I can use..Their daughter Tina Holt was my grandmother, she passed away in 1995,and she wasn't able to remember much. Thank you for your help, Cheryl Santos

The new library in Bristow has put nearly all of the Bristow newspapers on microfilm. I will go down there Sunday or Monday and take a look and see what I can find around that date regarding Richard Rudolph RENFRO's death. Sincerely, Lisa L. Bowen Bristow, OK Researching in the Creek County area: BOWEN, GILREATH, SMITH, THOMPSON

Donna, A Brush-Arbor Meeting ? Well, The only ones I've heard of are, ( or were ) not many any more. Old Fashion Church Revival Out Doors..... Like under a Tent.... Only under an Arbor of Brush, or Wood......for shade. They used to be very common. Charlotte Slemp

The "brush arbor" meetings I am familiar with were for revival meetings. Church folks erected an arbor outdoors made of limbs and brush and held revival meetings. These meetings were usually held outdoors because the weather was too blamed hot to be inside. I think brush arbor meetings were held for other purposes, like family dinners, picnics, etc. Our Native Americans may have also used them for their gatherings, too. Wanda Wiggins-Havlick

A Brush Arbor was a shelter built to hold an old fashioned Camp Meeting Revival. They were used in the summer when it was too hot to hold the revival meeting inside the church. The congregation would build a brush arbor so they could be outside where it would be cooler. Walker Russell ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Ferris <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 2:16 PM Subject: [OKCREEK-L] Richard Rudolph RENFRO > I am looking for more information on my grand uncle who died 29 Aug > 1933, Bristow, OK. > > He was stabbed to death by his best friend Bud Watts, after they had > been drinking during a 'brush arbor' meeting. He died 3 days later in > the Cowart/Sissler(sp?) hospital in Slick, OK in the early 1930's. Bud > went to prison for life, I'm told he was devastated and eventually > committed suicide. Seems like there would have been some kind of news > story about this? > > Just as an afterthought, I have never heard the term 'bruch arbor' > meeting before, my aunt told me its something like a planting > celebration or something similar. Can someone tell us more about what it > is? > Donna Ferris > Penn Valley, CA > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3303 > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/e/r/Donna-Ferris > > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ > Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm >

I am looking for more information on my grand uncle who died 29 Aug 1933, Bristow, OK. He was stabbed to death by his best friend Bud Watts, after they had been drinking during a 'brush arbor' meeting. He died 3 days later in the Cowart/Sissler(sp?) hospital in Slick, OK in the early 1930's. Bud went to prison for life, I'm told he was devastated and eventually committed suicide. Seems like there would have been some kind of news story about this? Just as an afterthought, I have never heard the term 'bruch arbor' meeting before, my aunt told me its something like a planting celebration or something similar. Can someone tell us more about what it is? Donna Ferris Penn Valley, CA http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3303 http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/e/r/Donna-Ferris

I am trying to find more information on my grandfathers death, I have his death cert. but have been unable to find any obituary death notice or anything of the time he lived in OK. He died 15 Jan. 1939 in Drumright, he was buried on the 17th in Shamrock. When I checked the 1920 census I could not find any info on my Renfro line, I know they moved their in 1918 from the lead mines in MO, to the oilfields in OK. He died in 1939 so why cant I find anything? My mother wasn't born until 1928 but her sisters should have been in the census records too. Hannah Mildred and Jewel Margaret Renfro. The younger two Lois Imogene and Wanda Winifred were born in the mid to late 1920's. My grandma was Birdie Woolem Renfro. Donna Ferris Penn Valley, CA http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3303 http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/e/r/Donna-Ferris

Janet Aust wrote: > > I am looking for land records of my husband's ggrandparents, Thomas > Alexander Gower and Charlotta Clarkston Gower. They came to OT about > 1896-98 and settled in Newby. I don't know exactly when they bought > their farm land, but probably soon after arriving. Would the record be > in Sapulpa? I have the property description, so will the county look it > up and send me a copy? Thanks for any help. Jan in CA > > ==== OKCREEK Mailing List ==== > How to make OKGenWeb your browser home page - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/homepage.htm I may be wrong, but I don't think land was sold before 1901. I have some records for my family in 1901 they were in book 1. they had to be approved by the Indian agent in Muskogee. maybe you would find records in Muskogee, Ok. annie in Sapulpa, Ok.

I am looking for land records of my husband's ggrandparents, Thomas Alexander Gower and Charlotta Clarkston Gower. They came to OT about 1896-98 and settled in Newby. I don't know exactly when they bought their farm land, but probably soon after arriving. Would the record be in Sapulpa? I have the property description, so will the county look it up and send me a copy? Thanks for any help. Jan in CA

Most County Clerks has land records. Write to Sapulpa, 74066. They should be able to give your the land papers you request. Sincerely, Justin Dingman, Tacoma, WA+

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 6:23 AM Subject: OKCREEK-D Digest V99 #64 I AM RECEIVING YOUR E MAIL BUT NOTHING IN THE BODY OF IT [email protected]

I'm doing research on my great-grandfather Francis (Frank) Leighton HAWKMAN, born abt 1878, IN, md Luella Mae PATTON, 20 Sep 1896, Indian Territory, OK, had the following CH: Gladys Irene HAWKMAN, born in Creek County and live 4 months; Edith Frances HAWKMAN (my grandmother), born 21 May 1897, Mounds, Indian Terr.; Edna Rose HAWKMAN, born 5 Mar 1899, also in Mounds and Elsa HAWKMAN, born 27 Jun 1903, Oregon. Does anyone know the history of Mounds, how it was in the 1890's? I was told Frank was a city marshal during that time. He left for Oregon and stayed there until about 1907. Supposed to returned to Oklahoma, believed to be Creek County. He was killed sometime after he returned by some person or people that he arrested in the 1890's and sent to prison. Who would have information on this murder, if it actually took place? Does anyone have books about who were the town people of Mounds. What cemeteries are in Mounds or near by. What kind of newspapers did they have? Just an all around history. I have be trying for over 20 years to locate my great-grandfathers grave. No one knows in my family where it could be, except it should be in Oklahoma. Any help someone can give me wold be greatly appreciated. Thanking you kindly for anyones assistance on this matter. If anything is found on Frank HAWKMAN, please send it to me at: 3719 North Huson, Tacoma, WA 98407-4121. Sincerely, Justin L. Dingman