Volume 6 , Issue 22

Your Okie Material...

I certainly am enjoying your OKIE material. I am a former OKIE, now retired and living in McKinney, Texas. My Texas auto tag last year was: I B OKIE. Since I graduated from OSU, this year's tag says: O A99IE (Texas Aggies own regular AGGIE tags, so I used 99 to look like GG). You may reference my 754-page book, THE LONG BLUE LINE, Civil War Union Soldiers and Sailors Buried in Oklahoma, 1999. There are references to more than 8,600 such veterans in the book. A copy may be at the Alva Public Library. First one: Jeff Bower is really Thomas Jefferson H. Bower, 1st Sgt, Co C, 13th Ind. Inf., born Aug 10, 1843, died Apr 7, 1913, buried in the Municipal Cemetery, Alva, OK. married Caroline, born Jul 22, 1846. Second one: J.W. Jones is really John W. Jones, Co G, 9th Kans. Cav, born Oct 27, 1843, died Jan 28, 1916, buried Union Center Cemetery, Woods Co. Married Sarah M, born Aug 21, 1851. He donated the land for this cemetery. Keep up the good work." -- Dale   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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