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Obituaries and Death Notices
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Bliss Bulldogger
Sooner Cowboy Gored by Steer Bliss Bulldogger Dies from Injuries at Dewey Roundup
Sooner Cowboy Gored By Steer
Bliss Bulldogger Dies From Injuries at Dewey Roundup
Bartlesville, Okla, July 6. – Fifteen thousand spectators held their breaths yesterday afternoon at the Dewey roundup when J.M. Smith of Bliss, Okla., lost his hold on a steer that he was bulldogging and slipped to the ground. The enraged steer charged Smith and tossed him on its horns, goring him in the back and side, inflicting injuries which he died from a minutes later. The ambulance was summoned but the man died before medical aid could be administered.
[Tulsa World, 07 July 1920 - Submitted by Dawn Minard]
Billy Edwards
Billy Edwards Dead -- Billy Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Edwards, residing northwest of the city, died Sunday evening in St. Anthony's hospital in Oklahoma City. His wife, Annabelle Edwards, is under arrest, charged with his murder. A dying statement made by Edwards Sunday afternoon three hours before his death, will be introduced in the prosecution. Edwards charged in the statement that his wife shot, him without provocation. Edwards, is alleged to, have been shot by his wife at their apartments, 910 ½ North Dewey, Monday afternoon, March 28th, following an argument. Edwards was reported to have gone to his home in an effort to make final settlement with his wife preparatory to securing a divorce when he was shot. Death came at 8:50 o'clock Sunday night. In addition to the dying statement made by Edwards at St. Anthony's hospital Sunday afternoon, a will leaving the majority of his property to his mother, was signed and witnessed, it is authoritatively reported. Edwards' mother, Mrs. Cora Edwards lives on a farm just south of the Catholic cemetery, adjoining Perry on the southwest. She has been in Oklahoma City at the bedside of her son since the shooting occurred March 28th. W. L Edwards was born at Lamar, Iowa, June 8th, 1889, and died in Oklahoma City, April 3, 1925. He came to Oklahoma with his parents when a young lad and resided with them on a farm just southwest of Perry. About ten or twelve years ago Billy Edwards moved to Oklahoma City and resided there until the time of his death. He served one year in the army during the late war, and was stationed at Camp Logan. Funeral services were conducted by Rev.Beers in the Methodist church, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 and burial had in Grace Hill cemetery. [Tulsa World, April 1925- Submitted by Dawn Minard]
John C. Murphy
Pioneer Hobart Citizen Passes Away
John C. Murphy, Ex-Union Soldier, Dies after Several Weeks Illness – Funeral Friday
John C. Murphy, age seventy-five years and four months, a pioneer citizen of Hobart, died at his home, 301 Hitchcock street, this morning at 2 o'clock , of complication of diseases incident to old age. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence and will be conducted by Rev. Sumner T. Martin, pastor of the First Christian church, and interment will be made in the city cemetery.
The deceased was born June 4, 1842, in Platt county, Mo and in consequence was seventy-two years and four months old at the time of his death. When the Civil War broke out he volunteered as a private in Company C Third Regiment, Missouri Militia, and served throughout that memorable struggle in behalf of the Union. After the war he moved to Kansas, where he resided until the spring of 1902, when he moved to Hobart. In February, 1862, he married Miss Lucy Jackson, to which union were born nine children, five of whom survive him, as follows:
E.C. Murphy of Hobart; Mrs. J. D. Swisher, grand Fork, ND; Mrs. W. P. Green, Dewey Oklahoma; Charley (Put) and J.D. Murphy of this city. He is also survived by two brothers and one sister. The brothers are :Dr. George Murphy, Addington, Okla., and James Murphy of Missouri. The sister is Mrs. Leah Endicott of Pawnee, Okla.
Mrs. Swisher came in last Saturday and Mrs. Green is expected in tonight or tomorrow. Charley is in the hospital at Lexington , KY, having recently submitted to an operation, and will not be able to attend the funeral. Dr. Murphy, one of the brothers, is expected in tonight, but the other brother and sister will not be able to come. [Tulsa World, - Submitted by Dawn Minard]
Henry Starr
Bury Henry Starr Today -- Funeral to be Held at Dewey This Afternoon
Dewey, Feb 24- The funeral of Henry Starr, the bandit, who died at Harrison, Ark., from a gunshot wound sustained in raiding a bank, will take place from the First Baptist Church of Dewey at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Emmett Daugherty, a neighbor of Starr, said today. The services will be conducted by the Rev J.D. Aldridge, a pastor of the church.
Daugherty was also authority for the statement that Tony Starr, aged *, who accompanied the funeral party from Harrison, is the son of the dead bandit. Tony Starr was known only to a few close relatives of Henry Starr, although he had made Oklahoma his home for some years.
Of late he had been living in Louisiana, Daugherty said he started for Harrison as soon as he heard his father was in danger of dying. Tony Starr's mother is dead, according to Daugherty. [Tulsa World, 25 Feb 1921 - Submitted by Dawn Minard]
Fred Warner
Dewey Man Suicide
Bartlesville, OK., Nov 4 - After engaging in a fight with a friend last night and being worsted, Fred Warner, a Dewey, Okla. liveryman, went home brooding over his trouble, and today committed suicide by firing a revolver shot into his brain. His wife, standing on the porch, witnessed the tragedy. [Tulsa World, 05 Nov 1914; Submitted by Dawn Minard]
Alfred Vanlandingham
Alfred Vanlandingham died on the farm of E. C. Boudinot Jr. farm four miles east of here last Thursday afternoon, after a brief illness. [Cherokee Advocate 15 Dec 1886 - Submitted by Dawn Minard]
