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OBITUARY: George M. Burk
The John Wesley Burk family moved to Andrew County, Missouri in 1865. In the spring of 1882 moved to Harper County, Kansas. John made the run and staked a claim in Buffalo, Harper County, Oklahoma. George McClellen Burk, who lived in Harper County, Kansas, near Attica, made the run during the opening of the Cherokee Strip [Sept 1893]. He claimed a homestead two miles east and one mile north of Cleo Springs. His brother, Carter Burk, a sister Anna Burk Bolser and her husband, Melvin Bolser, made the run with him and staked their claims east of Cleo Springs. Carter Burk homesteaded across the highway north of what is now Mosher's Station (five miles east of Cleo Springs) and Anna Burk Bolser and her husband, Melvin Bolser, made their claim just west of Carter's. Later more uncles and aunts came to Oklahoma but did not come at the time of the run.
In locating their claims they had two objectives in mind; first, to find timber suitable for fuel and building log cabins; and, second, to find good water. They found both at Cleo Springs. George M. Burk and Anna Elizabeth Yocam had been married October 29, 1890, and at the time of the run had one child, Ethel (now deceased). Mrs. Burk did not make the run with him, but stayed in Kansas to care for Ethel. After coming to Oklahoma, four more children were born to the Burks; Ernest, Ray (now deceased), Sanford (who with his wife, Maude, lived at Harper, Kansas, at the time of this writing, and Maree (now Mrs. Russel Oakley, Ringwood, Oklahoma, who furnished this information.) Maree and Russel Oakley lived all their married life seven miles east of Cleo Springs, in Major County, Oklahoma.
Mr. Burk was a carpenter and all the tools he owned were a hammer, a square and a saw. But with these few tools he could make most anything. He built the log house in which they lived for sometime. The oldest boy, Ernest, who lives three miles east and one-half mile north of Cleo now, tells of an incident that happened when he was just a small boy. An old hen had fallen into their water well which was open and very dangerous. Mr. Burk knew he could not go down to get the hen, as there was no one strong enough to pull him out. So, he asked Ernest if he would be afraid to let him lower him into the hole, which was probably 30 feet deep or more. He told Ernest to get the hen and he would pull them both up to safety. Which he did. A little boy has great trust and faith in his father to do this just to rescue an old hen.
Food for Mr. Burk while he was traveling from Kansas, and while here before his wife came, was no problem as long as he had a little flour and some baking powder to make biscuits. He loved biscuits, butter and jelly (the jelly was made from sand hill plums picked from thickets on the homestead). The story Mr. Burk would tell was how he scoured the scoop shovel and stirred up biscuits many times when out traveling. He used the scoop for mixing the biscuits in, however, it is unknown just how he cooked them, but it was on an open campfire. His daughter Maree, recalls seeing him cook potatoes in the hot ashes many times.
The farm homesteaded by George M. Burk was never sold until his son, Ray bought it about 1950. Mr. Burk passed away in 1938 and Mrs. Burk in 1947. The farm stayed in the Burk family until 1968 when Ray passed away. The farm was then sold to settle his estate. [Submitted by Maree Oakley.]
(Articles courtesy of: James Ryan [email protected]) available at [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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OBITUARY: George M. Burk
The John Wesley Burk family moved to Andrew County, Missouri in 1865. In the spring of 1882 moved to Harper County, Kansas. John made the run and staked a claim in Buffalo, Harper County, Oklahoma. George McClellen Burk, who lived in Harper County, Kansas, near Attica, made the run during the opening of the Cherokee Strip [Sept 1893]. He claimed a homestead two miles east and one mile north of Cleo Springs. His brother, Carter Burk, a sister Anna Burk Bolser and her husband, Melvin Bolser, made the run with him and staked their claims east of Cleo Springs. Carter Burk homesteaded across the highway north of what is now Mosher's Station (five miles east of Cleo Springs) and Anna Burk Bolser and her husband, Melvin Bolser, made their claim just west of Carter's. Later more uncles and aunts came to Oklahoma but did not come at the time of the run.
In locating their claims they had two objectives in mind; first, to find timber suitable for fuel and building log cabins; and, second, to find good water. They found both at Cleo Springs. George M. Burk and Anna Elizabeth Yocam had been married October 29, 1890, and at the time of the run had one child, Ethel (now deceased). Mrs. Burk did not make the run with him, but stayed in Kansas to care for Ethel. After coming to Oklahoma, four more children were born to the Burks; Ernest, Ray (now deceased), Sanford (who with his wife, Maude, lived at Harper, Kansas, at the time of this writing, and Maree (now Mrs. Russel Oakley, Ringwood, Oklahoma, who furnished this information.) Maree and Russel Oakley lived all their married life seven miles east of Cleo Springs, in Major County, Oklahoma.
Mr. Burk was a carpenter and all the tools he owned were a hammer, a square and a saw. But with these few tools he could make most anything. He built the log house in which they lived for sometime. The oldest boy, Ernest, who lives three miles east and one-half mile north of Cleo now, tells of an incident that happened when he was just a small boy. An old hen had fallen into their water well which was open and very dangerous. Mr. Burk knew he could not go down to get the hen, as there was no one strong enough to pull him out. So, he asked Ernest if he would be afraid to let him lower him into the hole, which was probably 30 feet deep or more. He told Ernest to get the hen and he would pull them both up to safety. Which he did. A little boy has great trust and faith in his father to do this just to rescue an old hen.
Food for Mr. Burk while he was traveling from Kansas, and while here before his wife came, was no problem as long as he had a little flour and some baking powder to make biscuits. He loved biscuits, butter and jelly (the jelly was made from sand hill plums picked from thickets on the homestead). The story Mr. Burk would tell was how he scoured the scoop shovel and stirred up biscuits many times when out traveling. He used the scoop for mixing the biscuits in, however, it is unknown just how he cooked them, but it was on an open campfire. His daughter Maree, recalls seeing him cook potatoes in the hot ashes many times.
The farm homesteaded by George M. Burk was never sold until his son, Ray bought it about 1950. Mr. Burk passed away in 1938 and Mrs. Burk in 1947. The farm stayed in the Burk family until 1968 when Ray passed away. The farm was then sold to settle his estate. [Submitted by Maree Oakley.]
(Articles courtesy of: James Ryan [email protected]) available at [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
~meledie/ghtout/np371.htm]
Newspaper
OBITUARY: George M. Burk
The John Wesley Burk family moved to Andrew County, Missouri in 1865. In the spring of 1882 moved to Harper County, Kansas. John made the run and staked a claim in Buffalo, Harper County, Oklahoma. George McClellen Burk, who lived in Harper County, Kansas, near Attica, made the run during the opening of the Cherokee Strip [Sept 1893]. He claimed a homestead two miles east and one mile north of Cleo Springs. His brother, Carter Burk, a sister Anna Burk Bolser and her husband, Melvin Bolser, made the run with him and staked their claims east of Cleo Springs. Carter Burk homesteaded across the highway north of what is now Mosher's Station (five miles east of Cleo Springs) and Anna Burk Bolser and her husband, Melvin Bolser, made their claim just west of Carter's. Later more uncles and aunts came to Oklahoma but did not come at the time of the run.
In locating their claims they had two objectives in mind; first, to find timber suitable for fuel and building log cabins; and, second, to find good water. They found both at Cleo Springs. George M. Burk and Anna Elizabeth Yocam had been married October 29, 1890, and at the time of the run had one child, Ethel (now deceased). Mrs. Burk did not make the run with him, but stayed in Kansas to care for Ethel. After coming to Oklahoma, four more children were born to the Burks; Ernest, Ray (now deceased), Sanford (who with his wife, Maude, lived at Harper, Kansas, at the time of this writing, and Maree (now Mrs. Russel Oakley, Ringwood, Oklahoma, who furnished this information.) Maree and Russel Oakley lived all their married life seven miles east of Cleo Springs, in Major County, Oklahoma.
Mr. Burk was a carpenter and all the tools he owned were a hammer, a square and a saw. But with these few tools he could make most anything. He built the log house in which they lived for sometime. The oldest boy, Ernest, who lives three miles east and one-half mile north of Cleo now, tells of an incident that happened when he was just a small boy. An old hen had fallen into their water well which was open and very dangerous. Mr. Burk knew he could not go down to get the hen, as there was no one strong enough to pull him out. So, he asked Ernest if he would be afraid to let him lower him into the hole, which was probably 30 feet deep or more. He told Ernest to get the hen and he would pull them both up to safety. Which he did. A little boy has great trust and faith in his father to do this just to rescue an old hen.
Food for Mr. Burk while he was traveling from Kansas, and while here before his wife came, was no problem as long as he had a little flour and some baking powder to make biscuits. He loved biscuits, butter and jelly (the jelly was made from sand hill plums picked from thickets on the homestead). The story Mr. Burk would tell was how he scoured the scoop shovel and stirred up biscuits many times when out traveling. He used the scoop for mixing the biscuits in, however, it is unknown just how he cooked them, but it was on an open campfire. His daughter Maree, recalls seeing him cook potatoes in the hot ashes many times.
The farm homesteaded by George M. Burk was never sold until his son, Ray bought it about 1950. Mr. Burk passed away in 1938 and Mrs. Burk in 1947. The farm stayed in the Burk family until 1968 when Ray passed away. The farm was then sold to settle his estate. [Submitted by Maree Oakley.]
(Articles courtesy of: James Ryan [email protected]) available at [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
~meledie/ghtout/np371.htm]
OBITUARY: George M. Burk
The John Wesley Burk family moved to Andrew County, Missouri in 1865. In the spring of 1882 moved to Harper County, Kansas. John made the run and staked a claim in Buffalo, Harper County, Oklahoma. George McClellen Burk, who lived in Harper County, Kansas, near Attica, made the run during the opening of the Cherokee Strip [Sept 1893]. He claimed a homestead two miles east and one mile north of Cleo Springs. His brother, Carter Burk, a sister Anna Burk Bolser and her husband, Melvin Bolser, made the run with him and staked their claims east of Cleo Springs. Carter Burk homesteaded across the highway north of what is now Mosher's Station (five miles east of Cleo Springs) and Anna Burk Bolser and her husband, Melvin Bolser, made their claim just west of Carter's. Later more uncles and aunts came to Oklahoma but did not come at the time of the run.
In locating their claims they had two objectives in mind; first, to find timber suitable for fuel and building log cabins; and, second, to find good water. They found both at Cleo Springs. George M. Burk and Anna Elizabeth Yocam had been married October 29, 1890, and at the time of the run had one child, Ethel (now deceased). Mrs. Burk did not make the run with him, but stayed in Kansas to care for Ethel. After coming to Oklahoma, four more children were born to the Burks; Ernest, Ray (now deceased), Sanford (who with his wife, Maude, lived at Harper, Kansas, at the time of this writing, and Maree (now Mrs. Russel Oakley, Ringwood, Oklahoma, who furnished this information.) Maree and Russel Oakley lived all their married life seven miles east of Cleo Springs, in Major County, Oklahoma.
Mr. Burk was a carpenter and all the tools he owned were a hammer, a square and a saw. But with these few tools he could make most anything. He built the log house in which they lived for sometime. The oldest boy, Ernest, who lives three miles east and one-half mile north of Cleo now, tells of an incident that happened when he was just a small boy. An old hen had fallen into their water well which was open and very dangerous. Mr. Burk knew he could not go down to get the hen, as there was no one strong enough to pull him out. So, he asked Ernest if he would be afraid to let him lower him into the hole, which was probably 30 feet deep or more. He told Ernest to get the hen and he would pull them both up to safety. Which he did. A little boy has great trust and faith in his father to do this just to rescue an old hen.
Food for Mr. Burk while he was traveling from Kansas, and while here before his wife came, was no problem as long as he had a little flour and some baking powder to make biscuits. He loved biscuits, butter and jelly (the jelly was made from sand hill plums picked from thickets on the homestead). The story Mr. Burk would tell was how he scoured the scoop shovel and stirred up biscuits many times when out traveling. He used the scoop for mixing the biscuits in, however, it is unknown just how he cooked them, but it was on an open campfire. His daughter Maree, recalls seeing him cook potatoes in the hot ashes many times.
The farm homesteaded by George M. Burk was never sold until his son, Ray bought it about 1950. Mr. Burk passed away in 1938 and Mrs. Burk in 1947. The farm stayed in the Burk family until 1968 when Ray passed away. The farm was then sold to settle his estate. [Submitted by Maree Oakley.]
(Articles courtesy of: James Ryan [email protected]) available at [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
~meledie/ghtout/np371.htm]
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