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Hannah Diggs Atkins (b. 1923) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., November
2, 1923.
Daughter of James Thackeray Diggs and Mabel Kennedy Diggs.
Reporter; school
teacher; librarian;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1969-80; secretary of
state of Oklahoma, 1987-91.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives:
Married to Charles N. Atkins. |
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William Edgar Chapman (b. 1877) —
also known as William E. Chapman —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Mt. Pisgah, White
County, Ark., February
1, 1877.
Son of Charles Arnold Chapman and Alice (Blevins) Chapman.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Nogales, 1917; Guaymas, 1917; Mazatlan, 1917-25; Sault SAINTE Marie, 1925-26; Torreon, 1926; Monterrey, 1927; Cali, 1928-30; North Bay, 1930-32; Bilbao, 1932-38.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ed Edmondson (1919-1990) —
also known as Edmond Augustus Edmondson —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., April 7,
1919.
Son of Edmond Augustus Edmondson and Esther (Pullen) Edmondson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
correspondent; lawyer; Muskogee
County Attorney, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1953-73; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1972, 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association.
Died in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., December
8, 1990 (age 71 years, 245
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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David Jo Ferguson (1922-2010) —
also known as D. Jo Ferguson —
of Pawnee, Pawnee
County, Okla.
Born in Pawnee, Pawnee
County, Okla., March 7,
1922.
Son of Jo
Orval Ferguson and Anna Belle (Stogsdill) Ferguson (1895-1981).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1945; newspaper publisher.
Died, in Stillwater Medical
Center, Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla., January
4, 2010 (age 87 years, 303
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Pawnee, Okla.
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Jo Orval Ferguson (1889-1982) —
also known as Jo O. Ferguson —
of Pawnee, Pawnee
County, Okla.
Born June 29,
1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1940,
1952.
Died May 17,
1982 (age 92 years, 322
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Pawnee, Okla.
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John Fields (b. 1871) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, July 29,
1871.
Son of David T. Fields and Sara (Mosser) Fields.
Republican. Chemist;
farmer;
banker;
editor, Oklahoma Farmer magazine; president, Times Co.,
publishers Oklahoma Daily Times newspaper; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1914, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milton Cline Garber (1867-1948) —
also known as Milton C. Garber —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Humboldt
County, Calif., November
30, 1867.
Son of Martin Garber and Lucy A. (Rife) Garber.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; co-founder, along with his father and
brother, of Garber, Okla.; Garfield
County Probate Judge, 1902-06; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1906-07; appointed 1906;
district judge in Oklahoma 20th District, 1908-12; mayor of
Enid, Okla., 1919-21; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1923-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Eagles.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., September
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 287
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Enid, Okla.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Son of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor of
Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Johan Hagel —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Germany.
Socialist. Newspaper manager; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Oklahoma, 1920.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bayard Taylor Hainer (1860-1933) —
also known as Bayard T. Hainer —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., May 31,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; author; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1920; chief counsel,
Federal Trade Commission, 1925-27.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 10,
1933 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Walter L. Houser (1855-1928) —
of Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis.
Born in Tidioute, Warren
County, Pa., May 6,
1855.
Son of James R. Houser and Margaret L. (Magee) Houser.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; farmer; secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1908,
1912,
1916.
Died in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., April 7,
1928 (age 72 years, 337
days).
Interment at Oak
Park Cemetery, Mondovi, Wis.
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Ernest James Istook, Jr. (b. 1950) —
also known as Ernest J. Istook, Jr. —
of Warr Acres, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
11, 1950.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1987-93; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1993-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Son of La Fayette D. Johnson and Evalyn (Carlin) Johnson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Robert Moody McKinney (1910-2001) —
also known as Robert M. McKinney —
of New Mexico.
Born in Shattuck, Ellis
County, Okla., August
28, 1910.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1961-63.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
During World War II, he helped develop the Tiny Tim rocket, which was
used against German tanks in the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944.
Editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican
newspaper for 52 years.
Died, of pneumonia,
at New
York Hospital, New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 24,
2001 (age 90 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Manley Leonidas Misenheimer (1883-1962) —
also known as M. L. Misenheimer —
of Madison, Rockingham
County, N.C.; Commerce, Hunt
County, Tex.; Pittsburg, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., May 24,
1883.
Son of William Andrew Misenheimer and Emma Caroline (Mitchell)
Misenheimer.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1922 (Socialist, 3rd District),
1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District).
Died in 1962
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, McAlester, Okla.
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Relatives:
Married 1907
to Florence Payne (1890-1968). |
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James C. Moody (b. 1863) —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Rensselaer, Jasper
County, Ind., 1863.
Son of Gideon
Curtis Moody.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state senate 38th District, 1903-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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James Ralph Scales (b. 1919) —
of Shawnee, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.; Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla.
Born in Jay, Delaware
County, Okla., May 27,
1919.
Son of John Grover Scales and Kate (Whitley) Scales.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; university
professor; president,
Oklahoma Baptist University, 1951-65; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Eta
Sigma; Pi
Kappa Delta; Kappa
Delta Pi; Lions.
Still living as of 1967.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper editor; candidate for secretary of
state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Ward (c.1918-1999) —
of Oklahoma.
Born about 1918.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chief of staff for U.S. Rep and
House Speaker Carl
Albert, 1959-76, and for U.S. Sen. David
Boren, 1979-87; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1976.
Died December
11, 1999 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carlton Weaver (1881-1947) —
Born in Mt. Vernon, Franklin
County, Tex., August
25, 1881.
Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; Speaker of
the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1930-31.
Lake Carlton in Oklahoma, is named for
him.
Died in Wilburton, Latimer
County, Okla., August
17, 1947 (age 65 years, 357
days).
Interment at Robbers
Cave State Park, Near Wilburton, Latimer County, Okla.
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Daniel Woodson (1824-1894) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born May 13,
1824.
Son of Stephen Woodson (1786-c.1831) and Jane (Woodson) Woodson (died
1824).
Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1854-57; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1855, 1855, 1856, 1856, 1857.
Died in Claremore, Rogers
County, Indian Territory (now Okla.), October
5, 1894 (age 70 years, 145
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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