Tracey, where is this murder supposed to have taken place? There is a guy in Oilton who knows quite a bit about the history of the Oilton area. More later. Bob Marden John & Tracey Gregory wrote: > Bob, Thanks for the reply. I don't guess your murder mysteries would have > anything to do with mine. Mine is my g-gpa (I never knew him) He was > found murder (executed is what my g-ma says) in a field. ---- The time frame > had to be about Dec. 1932-July 1933 (possibly a few months after July.) My > g-ma's d-day is July 13th and he was supposedly killed before she was ever > born) > > He was either married to (or had an affair with) my g-gma Lucy Lillian > McGUFFIN. > My g-ma never knew about him until she was in her 20's. She has a mixed > up version of what happened.....there are a couple of different stories. > One is that he was killed because he was married with children and was > taking advantage of my g-gma, who was much younger than him (She would have > been about 21) Another story is that he wasn't killed at all, and was > actually a doctor in Tulsa. My grandma said that the names she was given > (apparently the relative couldn't make up their mind) was Orby YORK or > possibly the last name RHINEHOLD...RHINEHEART....or something like that. > > My g-ma has a VERY fair complextion, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her > mother was VERY Cherokee...Blue/Black hair, dark eyes, etc... so we assume > that my g-ma took her looks from her dads side of the family.... only we > don't know who that is. My grandma's first name is Letha....after doing > research for 10 years, I now realize that's not such an uncommon name for > the time. Darn! =o) > > My g-gma, Lucy, married Alvin GOWER about 1933-34...their first child, > together, was born in Dec. 1934. They went on to have 7 children in all, > including my g-ma. Grandma has always said something about her mother > being indentured to Alvin..... but we never knew why. > > Thanks! > Tracey Gregory > [email protected]