George T. Bayless is the son of James M. Bayless (1843-1885) and Nancy Ann Ritter (born 1846); he was born in June of 1870 in Mississippi. He married Lockey J. Hunt november 13 1889 at Monroe, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
George T. Bayless was very active in real estate and retail businesses. Property records in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, show that he bought and sold numerous packets of property from before the time of Statehood until his death. In 1904 George T. Bayless acquired property in Monroe, I.T. by patent from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. In 1912, he purchased property adjoining Samuel Witt in Sections 14 and 15 of T5N-R24E that was held until 1928 when it was purchased by W. F. Hunt.
George T. Bayless died suddenly in Wister, Oklahoma, on July 2,1912 at age 42 after accidentally drinking a poison. Oral history says that he came into his store in Wister on a hot July day, grabbed up a bottle [some say whiskey bottle] and before anyone could stop him, he gulped down some of the liquid. Unknown to him, the bottle had been used to store a toxic substance. It is said that the effect of the poison was almost immediate, and that he lay on the counter in the store and died. Records of the Miller Funeral Home in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, show no cause of death and indicate that he was buried in Monroe, Oklahoma.
George T. Bayless was very active in real estate and retail businesses. Property records in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, show that he bought and sold numerous packets of property from before the time of Statehood until his death. In 1904 George T. Bayless acquired property in Monroe, I.T. by patent from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. In 1912, he purchased property adjoining Samuel Witt in Sections 14 and 15 of T5N-R24E that was held until 1928 when it was purchased by W. F. Hunt.
George T. Bayless died suddenly in Wister, Oklahoma, on July 2,1912 at age 42 after accidentally drinking a poison. Oral history says that he came into his store in Wister on a hot July day, grabbed up a bottle [some say whiskey bottle] and before anyone could stop him, he gulped down some of the liquid. Unknown to him, the bottle had been used to store a toxic substance. It is said that the effect of the poison was almost immediate, and that he lay on the counter in the store and died. Records of the Miller Funeral Home in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, show no cause of death and indicate that he was buried in Monroe, Oklahoma.
George T. Bayless is the son of James M. Bayless (1843-1885) and Nancy Ann Ritter (born 1846); he was born in June of 1870 in Mississippi. He married Lockey J. Hunt november 13 1889 at Monroe, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
George T. Bayless was very active in real estate and retail businesses. Property records in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, show that he bought and sold numerous packets of property from before the time of Statehood until his death. In 1904 George T. Bayless acquired property in Monroe, I.T. by patent from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. In 1912, he purchased property adjoining Samuel Witt in Sections 14 and 15 of T5N-R24E that was held until 1928 when it was purchased by W. F. Hunt.
George T. Bayless died suddenly in Wister, Oklahoma, on July 2,1912 at age 42 after accidentally drinking a poison. Oral history says that he came into his store in Wister on a hot July day, grabbed up a bottle [some say whiskey bottle] and before anyone could stop him, he gulped down some of the liquid. Unknown to him, the bottle had been used to store a toxic substance. It is said that the effect of the poison was almost immediate, and that he lay on the counter in the store and died. Records of the Miller Funeral Home in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, show no cause of death and indicate that he was buried in Monroe, Oklahoma.
George T. Bayless was very active in real estate and retail businesses. Property records in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, show that he bought and sold numerous packets of property from before the time of Statehood until his death. In 1904 George T. Bayless acquired property in Monroe, I.T. by patent from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. In 1912, he purchased property adjoining Samuel Witt in Sections 14 and 15 of T5N-R24E that was held until 1928 when it was purchased by W. F. Hunt.
George T. Bayless died suddenly in Wister, Oklahoma, on July 2,1912 at age 42 after accidentally drinking a poison. Oral history says that he came into his store in Wister on a hot July day, grabbed up a bottle [some say whiskey bottle] and before anyone could stop him, he gulped down some of the liquid. Unknown to him, the bottle had been used to store a toxic substance. It is said that the effect of the poison was almost immediate, and that he lay on the counter in the store and died. Records of the Miller Funeral Home in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, show no cause of death and indicate that he was buried in Monroe, Oklahoma.
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