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Atoka County, Oklahoma Deaths
Isabella Johnson , daughter of Philip Johnson
near Bennington, I. T. passed away at midnight,
Wednesday night the
29th . She had been under the care of
the physician for several weeks, but in
spite of his
watchful care and all that friends could do for her, the deceptive
disease proved fatal.
Isabella has been at the "Home"
of the Academy during
the year and she was loved and
respected by all who knew her. She was a quiet,
unassuming, earnest Christian girl. She as never corrected
or reproved in her
school work and was a bright and
faithful student. during her long sickness she
was always
patient and was grateful for the smallest favor. If you asked her how
she was, her reply was, invariably_"I am better." She was
so young, only
fifteen; and she wanted to live, but when
told that she could not she said, "It
is all right, I am
ready." And so now instead of mourning for her, let us think
of her in the "brighter, Better Land" where there is no
more suffering or
sorrow. Her remains were taken to the
family burying ground near Bennington, I.
T., for burial
. Printed April 6, 1899
Elizabeth Thompson usually called Beth, came to the Academy early in
September in company with her brother and two sisters. She
was very shy at
first, but soon came to be a favorite with
all. But few have ever made more
rapid progess in the
mastery of the English language, or manifested a deeper
thirst for knowledge. she received the same care as the
others, and seemed to
develop no alarming symptoms. On
Thursday morning, March 30th , shortly after
the physician
had made his usual morning round and had said that she was doing
well, she was taken with a spasm from which she never
rallied. Her remains were
kept until Friday at three
o'clock in hopes that the gandfather might come to
the
funeral. Her body was laid away in the Atoka cemetery to await the great
resurrection morning . Printed April 6, 1899
Minnie Yota , about seven years of age, was brought to the school by her
aunt, Mrs. Betesy Williams, from
Tushkahoma, on Jan. 9. 1889.
She was a strong and hearty a
child as we had in the Home. Always happy and well
until
she took measles about March 4th. No alarming symptoms developed until
pneumonia set in March 25th, and her condition did not
seem critical until
Wednesday. Every care was taken to
give good attention, but death seemed to
claim her for his
own. She was conscious to the last, and those who saw her
during the last hours of her sickness will remember her as
a dear little
heroine. Her aunt and brother reached her
twelve hours before she passed away
and she talked freely
with them. She died at noon, April 1st and her remains
were sent to Tuskahoma for burial . Printed April 6,
1899
Gensie Elizabeth Anderson died of consumption at the
Baptist
Academy Home, April 25th.
She never regained her
strength after having measles.
She suffered much during
the last
few days of her life, but her patience and
fortitude
were remarkable. Elizabeth was of a singularly
sweet and
loving
disposition. She was early taught to pray
by her godly grandmother. This aged
grandmother has buried
all of a
large family of children and grandchildren;
except
two of the latter. Elizabeth was laid to rest
beside her
mother in the
yard of the old family homestead.
her teacher and schoolmates miss her from her
place in the
home and school. May be
meet her in Heaven.
Source: The Indian
Citizen April
27, 1899
Father Olachetubbee, an old Choctaw man, died Monday, April 24, 1899, at his home near Kiowa. He is known to all as a most consecrated servant of God and a character altogether lovable and enviable. He has labored long and faithfully for the salvation of his Choctaw people. He has done all he could and gone to receive his reward in eternity.Source: The Indian Citizen April 27, 1899
McKee Robinson, a member of the Choctaw council and ex-county
judge of
Blue county,
died suddenly at his
home south of town
on
Sunday, May
22, 1899. He
was a
very popular man
and had
held the offices of county clerk
and
county judge
of this
county for
several terms prior to
last election
when he was elected for
the council by the
largest vote of any candidate in the
nation. Deceased was
about 35 years
of age, almost a
full-blood Choctaw,
and decidedly
prosperous,
owning a
beautiful place
where he died
besides a number of
houses in Caddo. He
leaves a
wife and several children; the funeral was
conducted under
the
auspecies of the
Odd Fellows and
Masons Monday and was largely attended.
Caddo
News.
Source: The
Indian Citizen printed
May 25,
1899
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March 27,
1905
HEAD CUT OFF AS HE DRAWS
TO HOP A
TRAIN
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Young
Boy Meets Terrible
Death In Accident
at
Atoka
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Atoka,
I.T.--March
26--Cleve Crawley, a boy
between ten and
eleven
years
of
age
was ran
over and killed
by a
freight
train
about a mile
from this place
on the Oklahoma
Division
of the Katy railroad
late last
evening. The
boys
head was
severed
from his body and
his whole
form was
bruised and
wounded. Young
Crawley
was trying to
"hop" a train
while it
was in
motion. He was
standing upon
an embankment
above
the train that
had recently been
thrown up.
The
place
gave way causing him
to
fall
under
the
wheels of the
moving
train.
Source:
Daily
Oklahoman Page
10
March
24,
1914
TRESSPASS
QUARREL LEADS TO
KILLING
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Atoka,
OK -- March
23--(Special)--
During a quarrel
Garnet
Smier of Atoka shot and killed Isaac
Rodgers, also a
citizen of this
county. Both are young farmers. It
seems that
they had trouble before
this time and had come
to
blows. Rogers
claiming
that
Smiser was in company
of his
brother and his
brother-in-law when
Rogers
approached them and
told them
they
had been hunting on
his lands. A
quarrel ensued
and culminated in the death of
Rogers. Rogers body
was
found late last night.
His
head was almost shot off and in his hand was
found a
stick which Smiser claims he
used or was attempting to use
when
he
shot. Both young men belong to prominent
families of
the county. The
date of the preliminary has not yet
been set.
Source: Daily Oklahoman Page
10
August 5,
1932
In the summer of
1932, Gene Moore had been a
deputy
sheriff in Atoka
County for
about a
year. By one
account, this
30-year-old man of part
Chickasaw
descent
liked his job,
carried out his
duties efficiently
and was considered
popular by
the
citizens of
Atoka. Hard-working
and
God-fearing, with a
wife and
three
children, he appeared
to be a
model citizen with a
bright
future in law
enforcement and
possibly
as a
community leader. Born
near
Calera
(south of
Durant) in 1901,
Eugene
Capel Moore was
one of twelve
children born to
Chickasaw
citizen, Lemuel
Capel
Moore.
Sometime after 10 p.m.
on the evening of
Saturday, August
5, 1932, Gene Moore
and
Sheriff Charley
Maxwell
drove
the
eight
miles from Atoka to
Stringtown
apparently to investigate a
disturbing-the-peace
complaint. Sheriff Maxwell may
have called on Moore
(and
not
another available
deputy)
to
accompany him to
Stringtown
because
he wanted to ride
in Moore's
new
Chevrolet.
Since the
source of
the
noise was a
country-and-western dance, both
lawmen felt sure that some
of
the
dancers would be violating
local, state and
federal
prohibitions against
consuming
alcohol. They arrived just
before 11
p.m. The
lawmen spotted
some men who
were
apparently
drinking in a
nearby
car and Maxwell
went to
investigate.
According to
Maxwell's
other deputy
sheriff,
Oscar
Folsom (who was not
present), the
two lawmen had in
their
custody
a woman who had
escaped from
prison in
McAlester. Moore
stayed
with her in
his
car. Evidently
confirming the
men's
suspicious
behavior,
Sheriff
Maxwell walked
over to the
car
and told the men
that they could
consider
themselves under
arrest.
Not
suspecting trouble, he
did not
have
his gun
drawn. Pistol
shots
rang
out. Maxwell was
hit
several
times, but did not fall
until
he had
taken seven
bullets.
Moore
leaped from his car
and
ducked
behind a Model T for cover.
He
drew his gun,
raised up to see
the
assailants and
immediately was
dropped by a
single bullet
from a.30
caliber
Stevens
automatic rifle.
Undersheriff Moore
was
killed
instantly, while Sheriff Charles Maxwell
was
critically wounded.
When
help
reached the fallen
lawmen,
they
found Moore dead
but
Maxwell still
alive.
Reportedly
close to death, he was
taken to a
McAlester hospital,
where
following surgery, he
recovered,
though he was
"crippled
for
life," according to
the
newspapers.
Gene Moore's
funeral was held at the
First
Baptist Church
of Atoka. On
hand,
according to the
Atoka Indian
Citizen,
was
"one of
the
largest crowds ever to
attend a
funeral in this
section of
the
state to pay
respects
to a man who
was admired and
respected by
all with whom he
had
come in
contact."
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