I do some of my family research online and I’m always looking for good websites. One of the resources that have helped me find online genealogy websites is Internet Genealogy magazine. (internet-genealgoy.com) They feature and review websites and also give instructions in various research techniques.
When you are researching locally don’t forget church and business directories, as well as old phone books, as sources of information. Directories are good sources of names, addresses and sometimes relationships. The Calera Genealogy library has old church records for Pleasant Hill and Bennington.
The Caddo Herald
November 15, 1929
Jim Kiersey is Killed
Jim Kiersey was killed last Wednesday night in a gun battle with Owen Edwards at Harjo near Seminole. Both men were killed. Other officers were with Kiersey at the time but escaped uninjured.
Funeral services were held at Durant Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock with Masonic honors.
Jim Kersey was well known and well liked in Caddo. He was a candidate for Sheriff in 1924 and came near being elected. He was at one time Chief of Police at Durant, and had a good reputation as a peace officer. He was 40 years of age, married and leaves his wife and three children. He had been working at Seminole the past year as a peace officer.
James A. Keirsey, Officer
Seminole Police Department
About 8 P.M. on Thursday, November 7, 1929, Officer Keirsey was one of four officers who surrounded the home of Sam and Ruth Dyer in Harjo where a group of bank robbers were suspected to be hiding out. Officer Keirsey and State Crime Bureau Agent Claude Tyler covered the backdoor, Seminole Police Chief Jake Sims going to the front door and Seminole County Deputy Sheriff George Hall covered the side of the house. Chief Sims was met at the front door by Owen Edwards and the two men started firing at each other. Edwards, wounded in one shoulder, then ran for the back door. Agent Tyler had taken the Dyers into custody and Officer Keirsey had stepped in the back door with his gun drawn. When Edwards saw Keirsey he opened fire on him with his two .45 automatic pistols, hitting him numerous times, killing him. Keirsey was able to return two shots before dying. Chief Sims and Agent Tyler then shot and killed Edwards. Officer Keirsey, 41, was survived by his wife and three children. A year later Keirsey’s brother, William Con, would die in the line of duty also.
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial web site
http://www.oklemem.com/
Posted by: Tom Garner | January 12, 2011 at 09:24 PM