Hello Fellow Listers, I am hoping to find some type of death notice or obituary for J W Coulter (John Wylie) who died on 3 Dec 1895 in Concord, Major, OK. He is buried in the Concord Cemetery. This area is now known as Meno. He was a Civil War Veteran and belonged to GAR, but I don't know which post. His son, Milton Jay Coulter, donated a parcel of his land for the Concord cemetery. I believe that John Wylie and Margaret Coulter may have been living with/near Milton when they died. Was there a local or county newspaper at this time that might have published a death notice or obituary? Would there be any information in GAR records of his passing? Any information or direction to finding info would be greatly appreciated! Linda Coulter Hirst

Linda, There are very few newspapers that early in Major Co. as it was just opened to settlement in Sept. 1893. I believe I've tried to find his obit before with no success. But I did find a story in the Gloss Mountain, Major Co. History Book. I am typing family info, not town and church info. Concord Community and Cemetery is about halfway between Ames and Meno but I believe it was more connected to Ames than Meno. Pat Weaver The Coulters in Oklahoma (1894) Early in 1894 Milton Jay Coulter and brother Frederick Arthur Coulter came to Oklahoma from Hastings, Nebraska to build a frame house on land purchased after the opening of the Cherokee Strip. The land was located one mile south of the Concord Community in Old Woods County, now Major. They came by covered wagon with livestock and supplies. Traveling by train several months later to join Milton in Oklahoma were Milton's wife Emma, two daughters, Esther, four, and Mabel, three, and twin sons, Jerry and Joe, six months, Milton's father, Dr. James Wiley Coulter (totally blind) and mother, Margaret Sophia Coulter. It undoubtedly took much stamina for Emma, a wisp of a woman, to undertake this trip since she was solely in charge of her four children (the twins being ill all the way) and the elderly grandparents. It was at St. Joseph, Missouri that a change of trains had to be made. It was necessary to lead the blind grandfather and carry the twins. The grandmother and two little girls were to be at her side but Mabel wandered onto one of the tracks where she had to be snatched from the path of an oncoming train. Eventually the train trip ended at Waukomis, Oklahoma which was about twenty miles from their destination. While at Waukomis, a doctor was consulted because of the concern for one of the twins. A mixture of raw eggs and orange juice was prescribed which apparently helped in a short time. Home at last didn't mean everything was easy. There was much hard work, and lean tims prevailed. Over a period of ten years, five more children were born. When the grandparents passed away they were buried in a plot on the farm and later were moved to the Concord Cemetery, a two acre plot donated by Milton and Emma. ... mentions uncle A.L. Carlile. ... During W.W.1 the Concord Methodist Church was the meeting place for the Red Cross workers. Mabel Coulter, an accomplished seamstress was the director. ... Milton Coulter was drafted and served in France and Joe Coulter was in training when the War ended. This was in tradition for Milton's father had served in the Civil War, along with his four brothers, all doctors. Milton's great-great-grandfather, Robert Stuart Coulter, was a Revolutionary soldier at the age of sixteen. He served under General Marion, the Swamp Fox and fought in the battle of Kings Mountain, a decisive victory over the British. Emma Coulter died in March 1926 and Milton in January 1932. Those in the family who survive are: Esther Coulter Smith, Alva Okla., Mabel Coulter Miller, Winfield, Kansas, Edward H. Coulter, Sayre, Okla., Pauline Coulter Coffman, Cedar Vale, Kansas and Herbert D. Coulter, Meno, Oklahoma. All nine children had been or are in the business of forming Oklahoma and Kansas. Submitted by, Willa Mac Duncan Coulter Mary Leigh Duncan Coulter Hope this helps. --- Linda Hirst <lch@uswest.net> wrote: > Hello Fellow Listers, > I am hoping to find some type of death notice > or obituary for J W Coulter (John Wylie) who died on > 3 Dec 1895 in Concord, Major, OK. He is buried in > the > Concord Cemetery. This area is now known as Meno. > He was a Civil War Veteran and belonged to GAR, > but I don't know which post. > His son, Milton Jay Coulter, donated a parcel > of his land for the Concord cemetery. I believe > that > John Wylie and Margaret Coulter may have been > living with/near Milton when they died. > Was there a local or county newspaper at this > time that might have published a death notice or > obituary? Would there be any information in GAR > records of his passing? > Any information or direction to finding info > would > be greatly appreciated! > Linda Coulter Hirst > > > > ==== OKMAJOR Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, > chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, > personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will > be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen > Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > To learn more about my world visit > http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Oklahoma Cemeteries Volunteer Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/