Caddo- My Home Town

Mrs. W. R. Crossett

The Caddo Herald

November 2, 1928

Mrs. W. R. Crossett

My mother is dead- the woman who bore, who cared for me, who nourished me- has gone the way of all the earth. She lived a useful life, one of kind deed as well as kind words. Nine children still live to call her blessed. She lived a busy life. The toll taken by time and toil finally sapped the strength of a sturdy frame.

Mrs. W. R. Crossett died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. M. Wood, in Caddo at 8:40 am. Thursday. Had she lived until Sunday she would have reached the age of three score and nineteen, seventy-nine years. She is survived by Mrs. J. W. Gardner, Mena, Ark.; Mrs. H. I. Enos, Wilmar, Calif.; Mrs. Odus Ford, Konawa, Ok.; Mrs. H. S. Shackelford, Wynnewood, Ok. ; Mrs. W. E. Schooler, Hugo, Ok. ; Mrs. B. Payne, Wapanucka, Ok.; Mrs. L. M. Wood, Caddo, Ok.; Roy E. Crossett, Soper, Fay L. Crossett, Davis, and Guy A. Crossett.

The funeral will be held in the Methodist Church at Davis, Okla. Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, burial beside her husband in Davis Cemetery.

Mrs. Crossett had lived here most of the past eight years since the death of her husband, though making frequent trips to see the other children.

She was a consistent member of the Methodist Church, active in its work- she loved its institutions, and revered its teaching- and her children all followed in her footsteps.

She was the best woman that I ever knew. Henceforth there is laid up for her a crown and a home not made with hands.

Jail Break, 1914

Apparently the county jail has a long history of escapes.

The Caddo Herald

December 4, 1914

Eight Get Out of Jail

At 4 o’clock Wednesday morning eight prisoners escaped from the county jail and so far not a trace of the men has been found.

The escape was effected when jailer Clark lay down in the vestibule and went to sleep. He was about four feet from the jail door and the prisoners secured a long wire and hooked it onto the key ring in his belt, drew the keys inside, opened the big door, and made their getaway.

These are the men who escaped: Fletcher Watson, bad check artist; Guy Russell, charged with adultery; Will Ray, charged with stealing two bales of cotton; C. H. Thomas, charged with theft of a coat; Roy Fuller, for transporting; men giving names of Story, Angel, and Harness who were charged with bootlegging. Twenty men were left in the big cell, but they refused to go, one of them being Cliff Moye. Some of them were asleep and did not know anything about the delivery until they awoke.

Sheriff Hart, as soon as he was informed, stared a search. Durant Democrat

(Note: Edited, Feb. 19 to correct an error.)

See Anyone You Know?

Yesterday my aunt gave me this great photo of my mom's class! The year must be '48 or '49 since my parents moved to CA right after my dad's graduation in 1949.

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I am starting a new project for the library. I have no idea how long it will take me to complete it. However, I wanted to let you know about it and give you a brief preview. I'm typing the early records of the Bennington Church. I think it will be a valuable resource for names and dates as it contains births, deaths, baptisms, and membership information. It begins with 1849. It includes some information from other areas and other churches as members move and change.

I apologize for any misspellings of names. Before this is completed I will compare names to census and tribal listings for greater accuracy.

August 3, 1850

The Session of the Church met and was opened with prayer.

Present: C. Kingsbury, Minister

John Folsom, Jack Belvin, D. Perkins, Elders

 

Tunvpiahoma and his wife Aimaiina, presented themselves as candidates for admission to the church. After examination, resolved, that they be received.

 

Ellis Hogin with his wife Aitahehlahana and William E. Kelley presented themselves as candidates for admission to the church. After examination, resolved, that they be received.

 

The Session conversed with Samuel Fisher, who was before the Session in May last, charged with cruel treatment of his wife. This he denied at the time he was before the Session, but immediately after he went to one of the Elders and acknowledged that he had made a false statement and that he could find no rest until he had confessed his guilt both in beating his wife and then denying it. He has since appeared penitent and he hopes the Session would think favorably of his case and he hoped hereafter to live as becomes a disciple of the Blessed Savior.  

 

In view of all the circumstance of the case, the Session resolved that a public statement be made before the church and congregation and that he be restored to his regular standing in the church. Closed with prayer. C. Kingsbury, Modr.

 

Omitted, to be entered on the last page.

Isaac Gardner, Rebecca Gardner, and Zachariah Gardner presented a letter from the Wheelock Church and requested to be received as members of this church. Resolved, that their request be granted before the close of the Session on the last page.

 

September 12, 1850. In Presbytery at Pine Ridge, Approved, Cyrus Byington, Mod.

Before the Herald

1879

April, 1899

The Caddo Herald

April 28, 1899

Territory Notes

 

Married: James Bentley and Miss Mary Hull were married at Durant Sunday last.

Died: About 4 o’clock Thursday morning a boy, 5 years old, named Resor, who lived with his father on the Field’s place north of town, was killed by lightening. He was sleeping with his father who received severe shock, but was not killed. The family has recently moved to the vicinity and little is known of them.

Local Items

J. S. Hancock went to Fort Worth Tuesday on business.

Mrs. Robert Travis has been very sick, but is now improving.

D. McCoy visited his mother in Sherman, Texas, this week.

Mrs. J. J. Reed, of Wapanucka, is in Caddo attending Presbytery.

Chick Lynch, from Derr, North Carolina, is visiting his brother R. T. Lynch.

W. H. Attaway, postmaster at Bennington, was in Caddo Monday.

Miss Birdie Veach, of Durant, visited friends in Caddo Sunday and Monday.

Rev. R. M. Kelley and A. W. Goodwin, of Alvord, Texas, have been in Caddo this week.

Contractor McKenzie, of Texas, is in Caddo this week figuring on some brick buildings.

The examining trial of George Willis, charged with introducing has been set for May 4^th in Durant.

Miss Ethel Nail returned home Wednesday from Pauls Valley where she has been visiting friends.

G. A. Pate, of Atoka, was in Caddo this week on his way to Bennington to attend to professional business.

W. J. Moon is hauling bricks for his new store building on Buffalo Street. Work will begin on it Monday.

The new dental parlors of Dr. Miller, in the Masterson building, are fitted for first class work.

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bilbo returned from Ardmore Saturday where they had been visiting friend and relatives.

Mrs. A. C. Risner, of Durant, is in Caddo under the treatment of Dr. Leroy Long. Mrs. Risner has had a severe attack of the measles.

The laborers on the brick yard of E. F. Brown have levied a laborers lien and the case will be heard at Durant Monday.

Miss Gertrude Best left Caddo Monday for Greenville, Texas, where she will visit friends a few days, and then proceed to her home in Nashville, Tennessee.

Attorney Homer has received from C. A. Manning the nicest desk in town. It will ornament the new office which will be occupied this week.

William Winham, a former resident of Caddo, but now of Denison, Texas, is spending a few days this week in town.

The Chickasaw Townsite Commission began their work yesterday in Colbert.

The Presbytery

Indian presbytery convened in the Presbyterian Church Tuesday the 25^th. After the opening sermon by Rev. W. J. B. Lloyd the Presbytery was organized by the election of Rev. C. J. Ralston of Caddo as moderator. The flowing ministers and delegates are among those present:

W. J. B. Lloyd, Bennington; C. E. Hotchin, Caddo; C. J. Ralston, Caddo; Henry Wilson, Lehigh; J. F. Lloyd, Durant; Silas Cole, Antlers; J. P. Grobons, Goodland; Dr. Smith, Durant; Ed Graham, Colbert; J. M. Franklin, Bethel; Joseph Newberry, Double Springs; Peter Hamer, Caddo; William Risner, Bennington; Moses Keeneahi, Gooland; Edmund Wesley, Pine Springs; W. H. Albright, Macedonia; Liston Noahba, Oskechito.

Choctaws, 1879

From the Caddo Free Press, Friday, January 24, 1879.