The Oklahoma Cemetery Volunteer and Inventory Site is up and running and needs input from you. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm If you have any of the following and would like it add to the site please send the requested information to Kathleen Burnett kburnet@efortress.com and I will forward it on to the Web Mistress (my cousin). 1. Oklahoma Websites with inventories of cemeteries (with permission of site owner) 2. Inventories of Cemeteries you have completed (with your permission to use) 3. Inventories of Cemeteries you have (with permission of person who inventoried the cemetery) 4. Photos of cemeteries, graveyards and tombstone photos (with permission to use) 5. Funeral Home Records (with permission of the person who inventoried the records or who owns the records) 6. Obituaries (Name of paper and date published) 7. If you would just like to volunteer to look for a grave site, to take pictures send us your e-mail address. (The amount you charge, if any, will be between you and the researcher.) 8. If you have Oklahoma Cemetery Books and would be willing to volunteer to do look ups send us the name of the book and when printed. If you are interested, we also have a site like this for Arkansas and Missouri If you belong to another Oklahoma County Mailing List, ask your List Owner if you can have permission to post this message. Be sure and ask permission. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Would you like to see the growth in the United States between 1650 and 1983? This is a great visual. http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/us.gif Just a reminder. If you would like to know what lists you are on or would like help in unsubscribing go to Rootswebs Password Central, type in your e-mail address and then check "What list(s) am I on? (for subscribers)" Go to the bottom of the page and send. You will receive in a few moments a complete list of all Mailing list you are on and you can unsubscribe from it. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Would like to connect with other's who are researching family in the Ringwood area of Major Co., OK KB

Tribute to our Ancestors on this day of Thanksgiving. THEY did not choose us, nor we them; we never knew them, nor they us; yet we are inextricably bound together for all eternity and there is no law in the universe, no metamorphosis physical or spiritual, that can ever alter this inalienable truth. OFTEN we may wish for different ones and feel moved to deny the ones we have, but this is as futile as it is foolish to invent spurious ones, for our deception will surely be unmasked, if not by others, ultimately by our own conscience. WE owe everything, our very existence, to our ancestors, and yet we know next to nothing of them because mostly their lives were so humbly recorded. It is good that we seek to expand our knowledge of their lives so that we may better understand our own. THEY made us, body and soul, and we must accept without complaint or rancour what they were and what we are, for nothing and no-one can ever change this fact and it is barren folly to dwell obsessively upon it. WE recognize that the legacy of genetic inheritance is a double-edged sword. We should be grateful for those gifts of personality and disposition our ancestors bestowed upon us which we find beneficial and not rail against those traits we find less appealing, for it is surely in our own hands to change them. WE should take pride in our ancestors and their achievements wherever possible, whether high-born or low, rich or poor, prince or pauper, and not seek arbitrarily to revile or condemn them for acts of which we know nothing of the causes. WE must learn from them, from their mistakes as well as their successes; from their tragedies as well as their triumphs; from their sins as well as their virtues; from their hopes as well as their fears. POSTERITY and history are irrevocably interwined in the present. No coherent vision of the future can exist without an affinity for the past and cognizance of the lives of our forebears. REMEMBER that we, too, are the ancestors of those yet unborn and we should seek to leave for them a heritage of which they can be as proud as we are of that which our forebears bequeathed to us. WE bless and thank our ancestors for the legacy of the good things they gave us, forgive them their errors and pray that we will endeavor to use wisely the knowledge which they handed down to us. © Roy Stockdill 1997 My best wishes to each of you and yours on this Thanksgiving day. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Jerilyn, I don't have anything on your Mahlon Dye, but am researching the Dye family. I see by you tagline that you have Dyes back to the early 1800's in Ohio. I am looking for 2 different Dyes (who may or may not be sisters): The first is ? Dye m. John Kimler 1784 Virignia The 2nd is Philena Dye m. Benjamin Cox. She died in 1827, BLooning Grove, McLean Co, IL. Benjamin died 1825 in Walnut Twp, Pickaway Co, OH. Philena moved to the land in Illinois that Benjamin had gone out in 1825 and had purchased. He died upon returning to Ohio to take his family out to Illinois. Philena Dye Cox' daughter Mary Cox m. ? Dye Kimler's son John Kimler, Jr. It is said they were cousins. John Jr. (who lived in Indiana) helped Philena move to Illinois and farmed for her. Then he married her daughter. Oh, I have a third Dye: Jackson Dye (John Dye and Sarah Guin?) m. Emeline Shears 1852; m. Elmira J. Brink 1859; Susannah Carter 1862 Gentry Co, MO; and m.Ida S. Beirns 1901, Mt. Ayer, IA. Jackson died in 1909 in El Reno, Canadian Co, Oklahoma, but is buried in Isadora Cemetary, Worth Co, MO, with Susannah Carter. He was in the Co C, 18th Missouri Cavalry. He was b. in 1830 in Green Co, Pennsylvania. I don't know when and why he went to Oklahoma. In 1900, he is on the Missouri Census in Worth Co.; however, that is the year the Susannah died. At least two of his children died in Oklahoma, so that may be why Jackson was in Oklahoma. Jackson had a brother named Jasper. Here is his family: Descendants of Jackson Dye 1 Jackson Dye b: Dec 30, 1830 Green Co, Pennsylvania d: Aug 10, 1909 El Reno, Canadian Co, Oklahoma Burial: Isadora Cemetary, Worth Co, Missouri - +Emeline Shears d: Deceased m: Oct 07, 1852 *2nd Wife of Jackson Dye: - +Elmira J. Brink d: Deceased m: Apr 14, 1859 *3rd Wife of Jackson Dye: - +Susannah Carter b: Jan 27, 1844 Howard Twp, Gentry Co, Missouri d: Jan 05, 1900 near Sheridan, Worth Co, Missouri Burial: Isadora Cemetary, near Grant City, Union Twp, Worth Co, Missouri m: May 08, 1862 Gentry Co, Missouri --- 2 Winfield Scott Dye b: Aug 26, 1863 Worth Co, Missouri d: El Reno, Canadian Co, Oklahoma ------- +Rebecca Hyde d: Deceased m: Feb 24, 1895 --- 2 Anna Elizabeth Dye b: Aug 27, 1864 Worth Co, Missouri d: May 1929 Union Twp, Worth Co, Missouri Burial: Isadora Cemetary, Union Twp, Worth Co, Missouri ------- +Amos Freemyer b: 1853 d: 1930 m: Mar 10, 1885 --- 2 Minnie Bell Dye b: Jul 23, 1868 Worth Co, Missouri d: 1956 Burial: Bethel Cemetary, Union Twp, Worth, Missouri ------- +James P. Deardorff b: 1864 d: Deceased m: Jul 05, 1886 --- 2 Lorena Dye b: Nov 12, 1871 Worth Co, Missouri d: Jan 27, 1932 Burial: Isadora Cemetary, Union Twp, Worth Co, Missouri --- 2 Magnolia Dye b: Jul 02, 1875 Worth Co, Missouri d: Sep 04, 1894 ------- +M. B. Morgan d: Deceased m: Sep 14, 1890 --- 2 Nellie Grant Dye b: Jun 25, 1877 near Grant City, Worth Co, Missouri d: Jan 09, 1913 Burial: Bethel Cemetary, Union Twp, Worth, Missouri ------- +George Purcell Lang b: Aug 10, 1865 d: Jul 23, 1930 m: Jun 25, 1894 Grant City, Worth Co, Missouri --- 2 Vinson Lyon Dye b: Feb 11, 1881 near Grant City, Worth Co, Missouri d: Deceased Burial: Worth Co, Missouri ------- +Pearl Richardson d: Deceased m: Dec 22, 1908 --- 2 Daisy Leona Dye b: Feb 13, 1887 Worth Co, Missouri d: Jun 30, 1971 Burial: Evergreen Cemetary, Minco, Grady Co, Oklahoma ------- +E. Faye Loomis d: 1947 m: Jun 25 *4th Wife of Jackson Dye: - +Ida S. Beirns d: Deceased m: Aug 09, 1901 German House, Mt. Ayer, Iowa While I am directly connected to the first Dye and probably the second Dye, I would not be related to Jackson Dye (unless he ends up being related to the first 2). I am related to his wife Susannah Carter. Ellen Jlktrees@aol.com wrote: > Looking for descendants of Mahlon Dye, who is buried at Isabella. He died > August 29, 1927. His wife was Sarah E. States. They had at least one > daughter, Alice. > > Thanks, Jerilyn > > Jerilyn Lappin Koskan > Cook Co., Illinois > jlktrees@aol.com > FTM user > > BREWER-Daniel Belmont, OH, Northumberland, Indiana and Jefferson, PA > DAVIS/DAVIDSON-Marium/Mary b1803 Bucks, PA Mother Rachel Greene > DUSATKO-Barbara, Anton late 1800s Butler, NE > DYE-William, David, Daniel in Monroe, OH early 1800s. > FISHER-Joseph, b abt 1805 OH, last Morgan, OH 1850. Wife Judith Lappin. > Children John, Knight, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hannah, Mary, Rachel, Ruth > GRAY-Ogden b 1850 Morgan, OH, d Fulton, IL. Children - Ogden, Lafayette, > Mary A., Cornelius, Elizabeth, Rachel > GREENE-Rachel, b abt 1770, Bucks, PA > HANNA-Archibald, d 1793 Westmoreland, PA Children Hugh, William, Hannah, Mary > (wed Robert Williams) > KIRK-Elizabeth, Quaker, daughter Joseph Kirk/Judith Knight, wed Robert Lappin > abt 1790. Chester & Fayette, PA Belmont, OH > KOSKAN-Vaclav, b 1850s Czechoslovakia d Butler, NE > LAPPIN-PA and OH late 1700s/1800s > LEAK/LEEK-MD & Eastern, OH in late 1700s and 1800s > MITCHELL-Thomas Mitchell, b 1770s Greene, PA -d Monroe, OH. Daughter Maria > wed William Dye. > > MONROE-Nicholas Monroe, b PA, died Belmont, OH early 1850s. Children Curtis, > William, John, Samuel, Mary (Hendershot), Eleanor (Maring), Rebecca (Murphy), > Miller, George, Richard. > MONTGOMERY-Daniel, d 1842 Vinton, OH Family to Wayne, IL Wife Alice Lappin, > Children William, Mariah, John, Elizabeth, Rachel, Letticia, Ruth, Euphemia > OATES-Sarah Elizabeth born Lewis, WV, adopted Samuel McCluster - to Decatur, > KS Parents supposedly Elizabeth Puffenbarger/Benjamin Oates > SLUSHER-Frederick, b PA, lived Monroe, OH, d Wayne, IL > SMITH-Aaron 1755/Anna Foster Bucks, PA Children John, Amos, Hannah, Samuel, > Charles, Mary > STARBUCKS-John and Ann Lappin of Belmont, OH > STARKEY - b 1810 PA, wed Belmont, OH > TODD - Wm. & Rachel Lappin, d late 1800s Morgan, OH > WADSWORTH-Alcinda, Martha, Wm., Rachel, Emily, Ruth b Belmont, OH > > ==== OKMAJOR Mailing List ==== > There is a list of adoptable US County Mailing Lists at http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/adoptable/CT.html > and a list of adoptable Surname Mailing Lists at http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptable/ > To learn more about my world, visit, http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library -- Picard Pines: http://homepage.plix.com/picard/ Morrison-Picard Family: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/i/c/Ellen-J-Picard Picard Surname Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~picard/Index.html

Looking for descendants of Mahlon Dye, who is buried at Isabella. He died August 29, 1927. His wife was Sarah E. States. They had at least one daughter, Alice. Thanks, Jerilyn Jerilyn Lappin Koskan Cook Co., Illinois jlktrees@aol.com FTM user BREWER-Daniel Belmont, OH, Northumberland, Indiana and Jefferson, PA DAVIS/DAVIDSON-Marium/Mary b1803 Bucks, PA Mother Rachel Greene DUSATKO-Barbara, Anton late 1800s Butler, NE DYE-William, David, Daniel in Monroe, OH early 1800s. FISHER-Joseph, b abt 1805 OH, last Morgan, OH 1850. Wife Judith Lappin. Children John, Knight, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hannah, Mary, Rachel, Ruth GRAY-Ogden b 1850 Morgan, OH, d Fulton, IL. Children - Ogden, Lafayette, Mary A., Cornelius, Elizabeth, Rachel GREENE-Rachel, b abt 1770, Bucks, PA HANNA-Archibald, d 1793 Westmoreland, PA Children Hugh, William, Hannah, Mary (wed Robert Williams) KIRK-Elizabeth, Quaker, daughter Joseph Kirk/Judith Knight, wed Robert Lappin abt 1790. Chester & Fayette, PA Belmont, OH KOSKAN-Vaclav, b 1850s Czechoslovakia d Butler, NE LAPPIN-PA and OH late 1700s/1800s LEAK/LEEK-MD & Eastern, OH in late 1700s and 1800s MITCHELL-Thomas Mitchell, b 1770s Greene, PA -d Monroe, OH. Daughter Maria wed William Dye. MONROE-Nicholas Monroe, b PA, died Belmont, OH early 1850s. Children Curtis, William, John, Samuel, Mary (Hendershot), Eleanor (Maring), Rebecca (Murphy), Miller, George, Richard. MONTGOMERY-Daniel, d 1842 Vinton, OH Family to Wayne, IL Wife Alice Lappin, Children William, Mariah, John, Elizabeth, Rachel, Letticia, Ruth, Euphemia OATES-Sarah Elizabeth born Lewis, WV, adopted Samuel McCluster - to Decatur, KS Parents supposedly Elizabeth Puffenbarger/Benjamin Oates SLUSHER-Frederick, b PA, lived Monroe, OH, d Wayne, IL SMITH-Aaron 1755/Anna Foster Bucks, PA Children John, Amos, Hannah, Samuel, Charles, Mary STARBUCKS-John and Ann Lappin of Belmont, OH STARKEY - b 1810 PA, wed Belmont, OH TODD - Wm. & Rachel Lappin, d late 1800s Morgan, OH WADSWORTH-Alcinda, Martha, Wm., Rachel, Emily, Ruth b Belmont, OH

Dear List Members, Thank you for taking such good care of your list while I was gone. I checked in each evening and was needed only a couple of times. I appreciate all you do to help this list run as smoothly as it does. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

I would like any info of Caleb and Mary Ann (Knight) Baggs that lived in the May and Ames OK vicinity. Don --- Don Higgins --- pathigg@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.

Posted on: Major County, Ok Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Major/309 Surname: Long ------------------------- Sorry, this Long isn't familiar to me. However, I am only beginning the search in Major County. If I should find your Henry and Millie, I will let you know.

Posted on: Major County, Ok Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Major/308 Surname: Long ------------------------- Thank you very much. This sounds like my guy and his lady. Just where is this cemetery located?

Hello list, My search for descendants of Alex. Smith of Scot. & his wife Isabella Munro has led me to your fair state. The Smith family came to Jacksonville, IL abt. 1852 and their dau. Jane married there one George Cousins in 1876. George & Jane are listed 1910 census in CROWELL twp as farmers and their son William F. also in Crowell aged 34 years. I am interested in finding the marr. of Wm. F. Cousins - if he did marry. Also, I would like some advice on Crowell township which does not now seem to exist. Mayybe some knowledgable Majorian could tell me about this town - it's present name - how its farmers were affected by the disasters of the 30s etc. I know that Jane Smith Cousins was alive in 1911 and died before 1929. Also I know that her son William F. Cousins (or Cusins) was alive in 1932. Any help much appreciated. Marion

Dear List Members: I can't even begin to describe how very proud I am of each of you. Today was a day that we could have had major problems on our mailing lists due to improper postings, and wouldn't you know it, I was also out of town attending a meeting and could not keep an eye on the computer to stop problem postings if they happened. When I got home this evening, the first thing I did was to check my e-mail to make sure all of you were ok. I want you to know that I am the list mom 121 mailing lists and there was not one political message posted on any of them, but on some of the lists that I am just a member of, I saw complaints regarding political postings and out of control conversations. Again, I am touch at your support of me and your support of the manner I choose to run your lists. I bow my head in awe at you as a group. Thank you! Kathleen Burnett List Mom

I need someone to do a look-up for me in the Ames Cemetery for Simeon T. and Anna BALLARD, Ursula W. TANNER. Ursula is my GGGrandmother and Simeon and Anna Ballard came during the land rush in OK. Jean

There is a new OK-ROLL CALL Mailing list just for Oklahoma Surnames. If you would be interested in joining it you can do so by sending the word subscribe to OK-ROLLCALL-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or OK-ROLLCALL-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM I hope this helps all of you who what to send your surnames in a Roll Call Form. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

I have received personally, many messages asking that I allow political postings and conversations on our lists during these next few weeks. My answer was No and will continue to be No. The Mailing Lists I am the List Mom for, are for genealogical purposes only. Please respect this decision and do not post them or ask for permission to post them. I will consider any and all political postings Spam and remove the sender from the list. I am sorry if this offends some of you but my decisions are made with the majority of the list members in mind. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Can anyone help me? I am looking for information on James Clawson and his wife Sarah Busick. James died 1 June 1927 and is buried at Square Cedar Cemetery (?). there. I am seeking ancestors of James & Sarah. Need an obit or census? Thanks so much, Shirley Combs The Dalles, Oregon

--WebTV-Mail-8768-1118 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Ms. Lamorie: Here's the list of Lankard family members buried in the Fairview Cemetery according to the Major County Genealogical Society book of Cemetery Interments; Lankard, Wm Harold(Harry) 9/25/1896- 3/7/1951 Lankard, Kenneth 1900-1969 Lankard, Mary Rebecca 3/16/1865-1/6/1920 Lankard, Vernon Ray 3/22/25-12-16-87 Lankard, Victor 1919-1989 Lankard, W.I. UNMARKED Also...... Armstrong, John H. 1/16/1868-1/8/1946 BTW.. My Father, Jack D. Wahl, Sr. Served in the U.S. Army with Master Sergeant Victor Lankard in 1954 at Fort Lewis, Washington, When my father was a Private. I hope this was helpfull Jack D. Wahl, Jr. --WebTV-Mail-8768-1118 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-102-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.99) by storefull-157.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpin-102-2.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id 007781A4; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: jwahl2@webtv.net Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by smtpin-102-2.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id B7F8E190; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:49:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e997n1D28889; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:49:01 -0700 Resent-Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:49:01 -0700 X-Original-Sender: jlamorie@earthlink.net Mon Oct 9 00:49:00 2000 Message-ID: <39E1785C.E7CBB4BA@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 00:48:44 -0700 From: Jackie Lamorie <jlamorie@earthlink.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: okmajor-L@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [OKMAJOR] Armstrongs Fairview Resent-Message-ID: <iHfEwD.A.MDH.thX45@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: OKMAJOR-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: OKMAJOR-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: OKMAJOR-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <OKMAJOR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/125 X-Loop: OKMAJOR-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: OKMAJOR-L-request@rootsweb.com My grandfather was John Henry Armstrong Died Jan.8, 1946. His obit states that at the opening of the Cherokee Strip he made the ran and homesteaded a farm near Blackwell. After his first wife passed away he married my grandmother Fonda Young and moved to Fairview, this was about 1903. He bought a business there. I believe a rooming house. In the early 40'2 he was was a part time deputy sheriff and constable. His

Jackie, It is possible that I could offer some insight into the Armstrong family, although not directly to your Grandfather. My aunt married Claude Allen Armstrong shortly after graduating from Fairview High School in the late 1930s. His father's name was Claude, quite possibly the Claude Henry Armstrong you mention as being your grandfather's son, although I have no knowledge of his middle name. As a boy (I was born in 1934) I knew the family fairly well during the 1940s when they resided in Fairview, OK. Later, probably in the late 40's or 50's, the family moved to Portland, OR, or so I recall from information from my aunt and cousins. This may be information that is already in your possession, and I won't bore you with any more at this time if you already have it. It is also possible that I may be able to put you in contact with my cousins who I would think might have considerably more knowledge than I do. I would want to contact them and obtain there permission to give out any e-mail or snail mail addresses prior to doing so. I also have some marginal knowledge of a Lankard family of Major County, OK. If you think that I may be able to help you in anyway, you may contact me at: RA54140534@aol.com I hope this information will be of help. James R. Sullivan, Houston, TX

Jackie, I've looked through the 1977 Major County History in the alphabetical sections on families and the Armstrong family is not listed. Sorry. There is no general index to the history, however. There was also nothing listed under the Lankard family. Jim in Ohio -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Lamorie <jlamorie@earthlink.net> To: OKMAJOR-L@rootsweb.com <OKMAJOR-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, October 09, 2000 3:58 AM Subject: [OKMAJOR] Armstrongs Fairview >My grandfather was John Henry Armstrong Died Jan.8, 1946. His obit >states that at the opening of the Cherokee Strip he made the ran and >homesteaded a farm near Blackwell. After his first wife passed away he >married my grandmother Fonda Young and moved to Fairview, this was about >1903. He bought a business there. I believe a rooming house. In the >early 40'2 he was was a part time deputy sheriff and constable. His >children were Claude Henry and William Irvin from his first marriage. >Second marriage children were Myrtle (my mother) and John. His sisters >Sarah Ellis of yale, Ok. and Olive Dewhirst of Kansas. His other sister >was Mary Lankard of Fairview. > >Can any we tell me where to go to find out about the run and land he >owned in Blackwell and Fairview. I have checked the sites for the runs >and can't seem to find any information. Also about his days as deputy >sheriff. If anyone can help will truly appreciate it. Will wait to hear. > >Thanks for your time. > >Jackie > >-- >mailto:jlamorie@earthlink.net > > > >==== OKMAJOR Mailing List ==== >There is a list of adoptable US County Mailing Lists at http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/adoptable/CT.html >and a list of adoptable Surname Mailing Lists at http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptable/ >To learn more about my world, visit, http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > >============================== >Choose from over 19,000 mailing lists at: >http://lists.rootsweb.com > >

My grandfather was John Henry Armstrong Died Jan.8, 1946. His obit states that at the opening of the Cherokee Strip he made the ran and homesteaded a farm near Blackwell. After his first wife passed away he married my grandmother Fonda Young and moved to Fairview, this was about 1903. He bought a business there. I believe a rooming house. In the early 40'2 he was was a part time deputy sheriff and constable. His children were Claude Henry and William Irvin from his first marriage. Second marriage children were Myrtle (my mother) and John. His sisters Sarah Ellis of yale, Ok. and Olive Dewhirst of Kansas. His other sister was Mary Lankard of Fairview. Can any we tell me where to go to find out about the run and land he owned in Blackwell and Fairview. I have checked the sites for the runs and can't seem to find any information. Also about his days as deputy sheriff. If anyone can help will truly appreciate it. Will wait to hear. Thanks for your time. Jackie -- mailto:jlamorie@earthlink.net