Pat asked "I would like to buy microfilm of old newspapers. Does any one know a source of this kind of microfilm?" I would suggest that you contact the State Historical Society in whatever state you are searching. Since they actively collect the papers, they should be able to give you the best answer. Good luck! Gayle [email protected]

In a message dated 02/14/2000 10:13:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Mr. Webber (Jim) told me that they take that stuff very seriously. Jim has many unmarked and unknown graves in his cemetery as it is very old and one time they were digging a grave and found some bones because they had accidentally uncovered an unmarked grave. They replaced the bones, etc. but the state takes it very seriously and they came out and went through his dirt pile with a sieve and informed Jim that if they found any bones that he was going to jail. If an accident could be that serious just think of the trouble that this guy is in for. >> Thank goodness! This seems to indicate that bulldozing cemeteries is perhaps against the law in Oklahoma? I hope so. Please keep us informed. We are hanging on every word concerning this terrible thing.

Please do not write any more e-mail to the Claremore Progress they are on top of things and when they get all the facts they will report it. I am told they have been inundated with e-mail and so forth and have received a nasty e-mail from someone in Indiana raking the newspaper over the coals. Please stop. They are going above and beyond the call of duty on this and do not need the negative feed-back nor do they need to be alerted any further on this matter. :-) Thank you for your assistance thus far as it is very much appreciated. Wendy Gayle Walkup-Barry <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~arlincol/index.html">Lincoln County, Arkansas</A> CC <A HREF="http://users.rootsweb.com/~okrogers/">Rogers County, Oklahoma</A> CC <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits">OKBITS</A> CO-C <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits/shoebox.html">Grandma's Shoebox</A> Coffey Cousins: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6233/coffeycousins.html Genie Angel List Admin: Rogers, Lincoln, WALKUP Full-Time Mom Houston, TX

Hi there! I talked with Mr. Webber of the Woodlawn Cemetery and asked him if he'd heard anything about an old cemetery that was bulldozed. His answer was, "Oh yes, that's caused quite a stink around here." YEAH He said that he knows for a fact that the Sheriff Prater has been there, etc. Can you call the Sheriff for an update? Mr. Webber (Jim) told me that they take that stuff very seriously. Jim has many unmarked and unknown graves in his cemetery as it is very old and one time they were digging a grave and found some bones because they had accidentally uncovered an unmarked grave. They replaced the bones, etc. but the state takes it very seriously and they came out and went through his dirt pile with a sieve and informed Jim that if they found any bones that he was going to jail. If an accident could be that serious just think of the trouble that this guy is in for. Has anyone gotten an update of another kind? Until I called Jim Webber at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore, I didn't even know this much. Wendy Gayle Walkup-Barry <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~arlincol/index.html">Lincoln County, Arkansas</A> CC <A HREF="http://users.rootsweb.com/~okrogers/">Rogers County, Oklahoma</A> CC <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits">OKBITS</A> CO-C <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits/shoebox.html">Grandma's Shoebox</A> Coffey Cousins: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6233/coffeycousins.html Genie Angel List Admin: Rogers, Lincoln, WALKUP Full-Time Mom Houston, TX

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Hi! Several months ago there was someone on either this list or [email protected] Looking for C. W. MAYBERRY. I have located him in the Wetumka Cemetery, in Wetumka, Hughes Co., Ok. He died on March 12, 1934 and is buried in the Wetumka Cemetery. I will visit the Wetumka Library and also, the Wetumka Police Department, who have assisted me in finding information on him. They have been very helpful and very nice in offering their help. I will have more information to add maybe tomorrow or very soon afterwards. I will post this same message on OKROOTS. Whoever the person that was looking for C. W. MAYBERRY, please contact me. Phone is 918-686-8433 or USPS address is: 318 North 'G' Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74403-3469 - Thanks, Frank Mayberry

Looking for any information on my great great Aunt Nola Hampton born in Dade county Missouri about 1894. Nola was married at the young age of 14 to Jasper Lowrey. Jasper Lowrey was much older than Nola. Nola had two children that we know of, one of which was a son named Roy Newton Lowrey.I do not know if the second child was a boy or girl. The last record we have in the family of Nola is that she is listed in her brother's obituary in June of 1947 as living in Oklahoma City, OK at the time of her brother's death. Any information on Nola Hampton and her family would be a big help. Thanks in advance for your help Jaime [email protected]

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH ANY WALKERS IN OSAGE CO., OK DURING THE TIME PERIOD OF 1880 TO 1934? MAINLY AROUND PAWHUSKA, OK. THANKS. JIM ARIZONA

I would like to buy microfilm of old newspapers. Does any one know a source of this kind of microfilm? PAT SHIVELY ELMORE

Hi List, Have been reading the posting of the last few days concerning the cemetery being bulldozed. I have a question---Is Rogers County the same as Roger Mills CO, OK? If it is I have some ancerstors buried there. I need the info to make the living ones aware of what is going on if they are not already aware of it. thank you Janice/TEXAS

This is Charles Wesley Mills story, he was the son of Sarah A. Miller and Holland C. Mills, grandson of Delphia Mallicoat and Charles Wesley Miller, great grand of James H. Mallicoat and Rhoda Witcher. The information came from Jesse Mills, Sarah E Mills-Papp and Charles S, Papp. James H. Mallicoat and Rhoda Witcher are my g-g-g-g-grandparents. Charles married Bertha Cleveland Tate of MO. I have often wondered if she was related to my Tate/Pierson line in VA. but never found any proof. Anyone relating to this line, please contact me. Thank you Jean At a very early age the family moved from TN to MO in a covered wagon and settled on a farm east of the little town of Drexel. When he reached working age, Charles hired out to neighborhood farmers, doing whatever he could. At the age of 18 years, he enlisted in the 2nd. Missouri Company, a army where he served 9 mos during the Spanish-American war. These months he was stationed at Chickamauga, GA. He owned the Jewelry Store at 107 East Bridge Street, Drexel, MO. "When discharged from the Army, he had saved enough money to enable him to attend a watchmakers school in St. Louis. After this school, he was again without funds so he went to Colorado, somewhere near LaJunta, and worked until he had enough saved to buy a watchmaker's bench and to rent space for it in a drug store in Drexel, MO. Bertha C. Tate was employed at the City Drug Store and it was at that time that he met, fell in love and married. About a year later, they moved to El Dorado Springs, MO. Where he maintained a jewelry and music store. It was about this time that their first child arrived. A few years passed, he sold his business and moved back to Drexel and built a two story building. The latter floor consisted of two business rooms, one housing the town's newspaper the Drexel Star and the other, he had his own very nice jewelry store. The upstairs was divided into six rooms, two of which were rented to the dentist, and the remaining 4 rooms, were the living quarters for his family. Several years passed and again he spread out his savings and built a 5 room concrete block house, with a full basement. Just prior to moving into the new house, the second child was born. It was three years later that tragedy befell them and the little boy died of pneumonia. Later, another son was born. When this last son was about 4 years old, brighter fields in Oklahoma. This was in 1916. Here property was purchased, both a home and a store building for his jewelry store. Prosperity came to the family when the oil fields south of town reached their peak of production, and Charles sold out for a fair profit and moved to the town just 9 moles north. He invested his money in property and loved happily until, for the second time in Oklahoma, opportunity arose to sell out for a profit. He sold and moved back to Tonkawa, and again invested in a home and business. This was more permanent, though thru the depression years hard times caused them to suffer financial problems. During this time the fourth child was born. He maintained the store and home until July 29, 1942, when he passed away and was laid to rest in the Tonkawa Cemetery." By Lesbie Mills Allen. Sarah Elizabeth Mills Papp added this story," My father, Hiram Mills told his brother, Charles, having a band. Hiram, only 3 or 4 years old had a talent for rhythm and music. Charles would lift his little brother up on the stage to play drums. It must have been in Drexel, as that is where Hiram grew up. There is no wonder that Clarence became a professional musician. The Mills is blessed with the love of music." A Homesick Soldier Boy by C. W. Mills Missouri December 29, 1938 Tonkawa, Okla, November 23, 1938 Dear Friend: I noticed in last week's Star the 40 years ago item, I was a homesick boy just past 21 years old about this time of the year, 1898, at Albany, Ga, a soldier in the Spanish-American War. I wrote a parody on "Backward, Turn backward Oh Time in Your Flight,"and you published it. Look it up please and run it again. I'll look for it. We are having good winter weather, 15 above this morning. Hope you folks are enjoying good heath. Yours truly, C. W. Mills A Homesick Soldier Boy ( can't read next word) Backward, turn backward, O time in your flight, Take me back home again just for tonight, Let me sit down at my old father's door, And let me feel like a free man once more, Spread out the table, a bounteous good meal, With beefsteak, and mutton chops, pork and some veal, Put on some vegetables, some fruit and some fish, And some good old fat biscuits to fill up the dish, Put on some cake, with ice cream on the side, And let me set down and til morn fill up my hide. Take me away from this hard army life, Away from the noise of the ( ) and file, Let me lie down on a soft feather bed, Instead of these boards ( ) fire harder than lead, ( ), Take these blue tags to make scare crows, Take this old knapsack, this canteen and gun, And give them to some other man's patriot son. Give him my blanket, my gun and canteen, Give him my share of that bacon and beans, Let him strap on this forty pound load, Eat a light breakfast and then hit the road, Then let him walk out in this hot southern sun, And pass in review before some ( ) "big gun", And come in at night very nearly dead, He'll know to enlist he had "wheels in his head." Charles W. Mills Vol. Army, Albany, GA. Reprinted from the Drexel Star, March 3, 1899. Was this the young Charles' "battlecry"? He wrote this poem on March 3, 1899, when he served in the Spanish-American War in Albany, Georgia. This article is reprinted at his request in the Drexel Star 37 years later, on December 29, 1938.

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have contacted the Oklahoma state Senator, James Inhofe about the cemetery. Below is a copy of the message that I sent to him. Usually if you go to the top first you get a quicker response time....they really don't want the bad publicity....politics never change:) I'll let everyone know if I hear anything. Tami P. Ramsey [email protected] Pulaski County VA GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/ Webmaster Wilderness Road Regional Museum http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/wrrm/index.htm Webmaster for New River Historical Society Homepage http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanrhs/ RAMSEY Family Webpage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ramsey/ SULSER Family Webpage & Listowner http://sulser.rootsweb.com/ Dear Senator Inhofe; Following my signature below are some letters that were written to editors within Oklahoma about a disturbing occurrence regarding a cemetery that has been razed. Although I do not live in your fair State, nor do I have family buried in that particular cemetery, I do have many ancestors that have their final resting place in Oklahoma. The fact that nothing has been done about this atrocity concerns me because I was led to believe that Oklahoma had laws that protect cemeteries, especially one that is of historical significance. Naturally my concerns are that if this can happen to one cemetery in Oklahoma and nothing is done about it that it could very well happen to one of my ancestors final resting places as well. People buried their loved ones with the understanding that their loved ones would rest in peace....... It is my sincere hope that you will take some action on this matter. This has circulated through many genealogy lists and as a result of that many people are very concerned. Thank you for your time and I hope that now that this has come to your attention that the right door will be opened and developers will think twice about desecrating a cemetery. Tami P. Ramsey Dublin, VA [email protected] Pulaski County VA GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/ Webmaster Wilderness Road Regional Museum http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/wrrm/index.htm Webmaster for New River Historical Society Homepage http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanrhs/ RAMSEY Family Webpage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ramsey/ SULSER Family Webpage & Listowner http://sulser.rootsweb.com/ Old Claremore cemetery being bulldozed? Editor: I certainly hope you are able to do something about the horrible situation of a land owner bulldozing an entire cemetery off into a ditch! This is a historic cemetery, containing the graves of early Oklahomans and Indians. In the mid to late 1800's the town of Claremore was 3 1/2 miles north of its present location. They moved it so it could be on the railroad. At the old town site was a small cemetery with some fairly large headstones. It now sits in the middle of a ranch. Some one up there has been bulldozing trees and brush and have bulldozed the cemetery off in a ravine. Is there anything that can be done about this? I've contacted the county commissioner, the mayor,and the Rogers County Historical Society. Nothing has been done. The county commissioner contacted is Gerry Payne. He didn't know that the cemetery existed and he did go check on it and told me that I was right. That it was the old Claremore Cemetery and that it was gone. I would appreciate anything you could do to correct this situation. Jack Childers, Oklahoma City Famous cemetery Editor: I have learned of the bulldozing of a cemetery site in Rogers County near Claremore. I hope that you will have this matter investigated and bring this issue to the public. To my knowledge, some of these graves are ancestors of Will Rogers and also of the Cherokee author and historian, Dr. Emmett Starr. I also understand that there are Bushyheads buried there. As you may know, three or four Bushyheads were recognized in 1998 for their significant contributions to the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears. While I presently live in Virginia, I still have property in Washington, Nowata and Muskogee Counties that has been passed on through my families from the Cherokee Nation. I hope that you can bring this matter to the public so that further actions may be halted. Keith Lowrey, Glen Allen, Va. Desecrated cemetery Editor: I have received an e-mail that an historic cemetery in the Claremore is in eminent danger of being bulldozed. It supposedly has ancestors of Will Rogers and Emmitt Starr. This must be stopped if such a thing is occurring. It is unconscionable to allow this to happen. Isn't there a law against desecrating a grave? I believe the citizens of Claremore would be outraged if such a thing was known to them. Dennis Muncrief, Sulphur, OK Graves bulldozed Editor: I have received e-mail from the Rogers County genealogy page saying that the Old Claremore Cemetery has been bulldozed into a ravine. I have many ancestors buried in cemeteries in Rogers County. I find this very disturbing. I do not know what the laws of Oklahoma are pertaining to cemeteries on private property. I would appreciate if these facts are true that your newspaper investigate this situation and make it known public. Larry W. Ward, Fort Worth

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Old Claremore cemetery being bulldozed? Editor: I certainly hope you are able to do something about the horrible situation of a land owner bulldozing an entire cemetery off into a ditch! This is a historic cemetery, containing the graves of early Oklahomans and Indians. In the mid to late 1800's the town of Claremore was 3 1/2 miles north of its present location. They moved it so it could be on the railroad. At the old town site was a small cemetery with some fairly large headstones. It now sits in the middle of a ranch. Some one up there has been bulldozing trees and brush and have bulldozed the cemetery off in a ravine. Is there anything that can be done about this? I've contacted the county commissioner, the mayor,and the Rogers County Historical Society. Nothing has been done. The county commissioner contacted is Gerry Payne. He didn't know that the cemetery existed and he did go check on it and told me that I was right. That it was the old Claremore Cemetery and that it was gone. I would appreciate anything you could do to correct this situation. Jack Childers, Oklahoma City Famous cemetery Editor: I have learned of the bulldozing of a cemetery site in Rogers County near Claremore. I hope that you will have this matter investigated and bring this issue to the public. To my knowledge, some of these graves are ancestors of Will Rogers and also of the Cherokee author and historian, Dr. Emmett Starr. I also understand that there are Bushyheads buried there. As you may know, three or four Bushyheads were recognized in 1998 for their significant contributions to the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears. While I presently live in Virginia, I still have property in Washington, Nowata and Muskogee Counties that has been passed on through my families from the Cherokee Nation. I hope that you can bring this matter to the public so that further actions may be halted. Keith Lowrey, Glen Allen, Va. Desecrated cemetery Editor: I have received an e-mail that an historic cemetary in the Claremore is in emminant danger of being bulldozed. It supposedly has ancestors of Will Rogers and Emmitt Starr. This must be stopped if such a thing is occurring. It is uncoscienable to allow this to happen. Isn't there a law against desicrating a grave? I believe the citizens of Claremore would be outraged if such a thing was known to them. Dennis Muncrief, Sulphur, OK Graves bulldozed Editor: I have received e-mail from the Rogers County geneaology page saying that the Old Claremore Cemetery has been bulldozed into a ravine. I have many ancestors buried in cemeteries in Rogers County. I find this very disturbing. I do not know what the laws of Oklahoma are pertaining to cemeteries on private property. I would appreciate if these facts are true that your newspaper investigate this situation and make it known public. Larry W. Ward, Fort Worth

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Thanks to Mr. Webber, the cemetery sexton of Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma, I have the new print-out of the residents. This time I even have death dates, most of them anyway. So if you have relations buried there and don't have a date, please come see. I have done to the G's so far but will happily look the dates up for you if they are listed on the site pages and give you the dates. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okrogers/woodlindex.html Wendy Gayle Walkup-Barry <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~arlincol/index.html">Lincoln County, Arkansas</A> CC <A HREF="http://users.rootsweb.com/~okrogers/">Rogers County, Oklahoma</A> CC <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits">OKBITS</A> CO-C <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits/shoebox.html">Grandma's Shoebox</A> Coffey Cousins: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6233/coffeycousins.html Genie Angel List Admin: Rogers, Lincoln, WALKUP Full-Time Mom Houston, TX

Gayle, I would hope that you would keep us posted on what you find out about Mrs.Dorrance. I;m wondering if in Ponca City they have any kind of records there since they do have the statue of the Pioneer woman.. I have some old facsimilies pages printed of the Ark. City newspapers of the land rush. I will try and find them and see it there is any mention of women in the run. Good Luck, very interesting article. Keith Lowrey. ----- Original Message ----- From: gayle <[email protected]> Subject: [OKROOTS] Oklahoma Land Runs - first woman to acquire land > Holyrood KS Newspaper > 2 May 1889 > " In the race last Monday there were three or four ladies entered for the > race and > the only one that succeeded in getting a claim was Mrs. M. E. Dorrance. She > was one of > three that got to the east shore of the Canadian river and the first to > cross the Choteau > creek. The way Mrs. Dorrance handled her horse showed her to be superior > amongst most > of the men in that line. It would take a man with considerable nerve to > make the run she > made and make it successful as she did and we are led to believe that if > there had been > many such women in the race, with as good horses, that the men would have > stood much of a > show to have got their claims. We hope that she may go through her long and > happy life > with as much as she did in her ride for claim in Oklahoma. (Purcell > Register) > Mrs. Dorrance is a sister to our townsman J. C. Powell." > > > The above Mary E. Dorrance is my aunt. From the date of the newspaper > article it appears she entered into the first race for land. Her son-in-law > was the Editor of the Purcell Register and those early newspapers have not > been located. He often sent news to the paper in Holyrood, KS where other > family members lived. My question is...could it be true only three or four > ladies entered the race and she was the only one who succeeded in getting a > claim? I contacted the Oklahoma Historical Society a number of years ago, > and they had no information on this woman. > > I would welcome your thoughts. > > Gayle > [email protected] > > >

I am the new listowner of the BEARDSLEY mailing list, and I would like to invite all of the BEARDSLEY (and alternate spellings) researchers on the Oklahoma Roots list to subscribe. We have been having some great discussions, and many family connections have been made. To subscribe: Send an e-mail to [email protected], leave the subject line blank, in the body of the message type only one word....subscribe. To subscribe to the digest version (several messages combined on one e-mail), send to [email protected] I hope that you will join us, and will post your BEARDSLEY family data on the list, where it will be seen by other BEARDSLEY researchers, and will become a permanent part of the searchable archives. Joann Jameson, California [email protected]

In a message dated 2/11/00 4:33:18 AM, [email protected] writes: << I;m wondering if in Ponca City they have any kind of records there since they do have the statue of the Pioneer woman. >> They also have a small, but nice, museum there.

Holyrood KS Newspaper 2 May 1889 " In the race last Monday there were three or four ladies entered for the race and the only one that succeeded in getting a claim was Mrs. M. E. Dorrance. She was one of three that got to the east shore of the Canadian river and the first to cross the Choteau creek. The way Mrs. Dorrance handled her horse showed her to be superior amongst most of the men in that line. It would take a man with considerable nerve to make the run she made and make it successful as she did and we are led to believe that if there had been many such women in the race, with as good horses, that the men would have stood much of a show to have got their claims. We hope that she may go through her long and happy life with as much as she did in her ride for claim in Oklahoma. (Purcell Register) Mrs. Dorrance is a sister to our townsman J. C. Powell." The above Mary E. Dorrance is my aunt. From the date of the newspaper article it appears she entered into the first race for land. Her son-in-law was the Editor of the Purcell Register and those early newspapers have not been located. He often sent news to the paper in Holyrood, KS where other family members lived. My question is...could it be true only three or four ladies entered the race and she was the only one who succeeded in getting a claim? I contacted the Oklahoma Historical Society a number of years ago, and they had no information on this woman. I would welcome your thoughts. Gayle [email protected]