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Barnard, Kate b. May 23, 1875 d. 1930
Pioneer Politician, Social Reformer, Folk Figure. Born in Nebraska, Kate Barnard spent most of her childhood in Kansas, where family dislocation and financial failure clouded her early life. After Barnard and her father moved to Oklahoma Territory in the 1890s, Kate had stints as a schoolteacher and a stenographer before she discovered her life's work in politics and social reform. Kate Barnard was already an active social reformer when she was elected as Oklahoma's first Commissioner of...[Read More] (Bio by: Barry Sharpe)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Canton, Frank b. 1849 d. September 27, 1927
Notorious outlaw and lawman of the wild west. Widely remembered for his part in the Johnson County Wars of the 1890's as the Sheriff employed by the Cattle Barons who battle the smaller but tough cattle ranchers which the Cattle Barons considered "Rustlers." (Bio by: Curt Benge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Clarke, Sidney b. October 16, 1831 d. June 18, 1909
Civil War Veteran US Congressman. Served in the Civil War in the Union Army first as an Assistant Adjutant of Volunteers, then as a Captain and assistant Provost Marshal General for the territory that included Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and the Dakota Territory. Elected to Represent Kansas as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1865 to 1871. He served as Chairman of the Committee for Indian Affairs, exerting much influence on US Policy towards the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Cramer, Francis Lytle b. 1835 d. February 20, 1890
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant of the 1st Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry. He later was transferred to the 1st Alabama (Union) Volunteer Cavalry regiment (made up of Unionist Alabamans), where he rose to the rank of Major. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for “gallant and meritorious services during the war”. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Block 7, Lot 166
Flynn, Dennis Thomas b. February 13, 1861 d. June 19, 1939
US Congressman. Elected to Represent OK as a Territorial Delegate in the United States House of Representatives prior to the State’s admission to the Union, serving from 1893 to 1897, then from 1899 to 1903. Ran for the 1908 Republican nomination for US Senator, but was defeated. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Goldman, Sylvan Nathan b. November 15, 1898 d. November 25, 1984
Goldman invented the first shopping cart in 1936. He owned a chain of Oklahoma City grocery stores called Humpty-Dumpty.
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Blk 6
Gore, Thomas Pryor b. December 10, 1870 d. March 16, 1949
US Senator. Despite being totally blind from an accident while a child, he served two separate times in the United States Senate for a total of 20 years. Elected to the United States Senate from Oklahoma upon that State’s admission to the Union, serving from 1907 to 1921, and serving of several important committees during World War I. Defeated for re-election in 1921, he ran again in 1930, and was again elected to the US Senate. He served his second term from 1930 to 1937. Unsuccessful in his...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Harreld, John William b. January 24, 1872 d. December 26, 1950
US Senator. Elected to the United States Senate from Oklahoma to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Joseph B. Thompson, serving from 1921 to 1927. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
O'Kelley, Edward b. October 1, 1857 d. January 13, 1904
The man who shot the man who killed Jesse James, Bob Ford. O'Kelley, or "Red" as he was known, had married a relative of the infamous Younger Brothers Gang. He became friends with outlaw Jessie James, another cousin by marriage. When James was murdered by Bob Ford in 1882, O'Kelley made the comment that he would "get Ford." Ten years later, Kelly found himself in Creede, Colorado drinking in Bob Ford's saloon. Ford, worried that O'Kelley would make good on his threat, accused him of stealing...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Ed)
Cause of death: killed by officer while resisting arrest
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Perez Jr., Manuel b. March 2, 1923 d. February 13, 1945
Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Rank and Organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company A 511th Parachute Infantry, 11th Airborne Division. Place and Date Fort William McKinley, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 13 February 1945. Entered service at. Chicago, Ill. Born: 3 March 1923 Oklahoma City, Okla. G.O. No.: 124, 27 December 1945. Citation: He was lead scout for Company A, which had destroyed 11 of 12 pillboxes in a strongly fortified sector defending the approach to enemy-held Fort...[Read More]
Cause of death: Killed in action
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Trapp, Martin Edwin b. April 18, 1877 d. July 26, 1951
Oklahoma Governor. Served as Governor of Oklahoma from 1923 to 1927. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Weaver, Claude b. March 19, 1867 d. May 19, 1954
US Congressman. Elected to Represent OK as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 to 1915. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA

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