Ellis Elize Beck

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Ellis Elize Beck

Birth
Bushyhead, Rogers County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
23 Jun 1908 (aged 28)
Chelsea, Rogers County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Chelsea, Rogers County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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“Ellis Beck, a farmer, shot and killed his wife, her 15-year-old son, and then turned the gun on himself, at his home near Foyil, 12 miles north of Claremore, last Friday. The only witness to the tragedy is Mrs. Beck's little six year old girl who Beck started to kill, but changed his mind.”
SOURCE: "The Ravia Herald" 14 March 1908, Ravia, Johnston County, Oklahoma
“Ellis Beck, a farmer, shot and killed his wife, her 15-year-old son, and then turned the gun on himself, at his home near Foyil, 12 miles north of Claremore, last Friday. The only witness to the tragedy is Mrs. Beck's little six year old girl who Beck started to kill, but changed his mind.”
SOURCE: "The Ravia Herald" 14 March 1908, Ravia, Johnston County, Oklahoma