Volume 9 , Issue 12

Two Mabel Oakes! ? !

I was organizing my research for the 1910 Murder of Mabel Oakes (daughter of George & Carrie Oakes of Alva, Oklahoma) and ran across a four page document that I had requested from Northwestern State Teachers College when I was looking for information concerning Mabel Oakes of 1910.

I did not receive the 1910 information, BUT... what I received instead was a transcript of a Miss Mabel Louise Oakes of Goltry, Oklahoma (daughter of William Oakes), dated October 13, 1927. Among the records was a "Certificate of High School Credits issued by the high school superintendent R. N. Wall, dated July 27, 1925, showing Mabel Louise Oakes had attended/completed four (4) years. [Mabel Louise Oakes' 1927 Transcripts (You will need an Adobe Acrobat reader to view this PDF file.)]

On another page of the records it shows Mabel Louise Oakes was admitted January 18, 1926, at the age of 18 years to Northwestern State Teachers College with 16 1/2 units. Miss Oakes showed her home address as Goltry, Oklahoma and her parent's name as Wm. Oakes.

The other pages of Miss Mabel Louise Oakes NSTC transcripts showed Miss Oakes entered the college as a regular student in Arts & Sciences on January 18, 1926 from Carrier, Oklahoma. Miss Oakes attended three semesters and two summer sessions and showed a total of 63 semester hours. There is another page that shows Miss Oakes record that certifies that Mabel Louise Oakes graduated May 20, 1927 in the Sixty-two hour course, and a diploma was issued May 20, 1927.

Also, handwritten on the NSTC transcript, at the top, by Superintendent Lowell, Goltry, Oklahoma and hand dated 2/22/30: "Warren Peyton, Director of Certification, Commonwealth of Kentucky."

The first Mabel Oakes (daughter of of George & Carrie Oakes) was murdered in the Old Opera House, in Alva, Oklahoma, November, 1910. The second Mabel Louise Oakes, daughter of William Oakes, Goltry, Oklahoma graduated from Carrier High School in 1925 and turned 18 years in 1926 -- attending Northwestern State Teachers College. Were William Oakes and George Oakes related?
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