The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1903
Death of Mrs. Hortop.
Mrs. Mary E. Hortop, formerly Mrs. H. L. Bickford, died at the El Reno Sanitarium April 7th and the funeral service will occur today at the family residence one half mile north of the city. Rev. H. O. Ludlum, pastor of the Congregational church officiating, assisted by the church choir and interment will be made in the city cemetery. The deceased was a most estimable woman, well and favorably known to our people all whom join the Democrat in extending deep sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
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The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 295, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1903
Funeral of Mrs. Hortop
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
El Reno, Okla., April 10 - Mrs. Mary E. Hortop, about whom so much has been said in relation to asylum matters was buried in the El Reno cemetery yesterday afternoon. Owing to the storm the funeral was not very largely attended.
Mrs. Hortop died at the asylum at Norman Tuesday, April 7th. The remains were sent to this city for burial and reached here yesterday. She was 57 years old and an old resident of this city.
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The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Thursday, July 9, 1903
Burned to Death.
Walters, O.T., July 2 – The six year-old daughter of T.E. People, living four mils
Great Legal Battle.
Marey E. Hortop made and executed a document purporting to be her last will and testament November 13, 1901, on December 2, 1901, she was adjudged insane by a commission in Canadian county and incarcerated in the Norman hospital for the insane. She died on the 7th day of April, 1903. On the 18th day of May, 1903, Carleton Bickford filed his petition in the probate court asking that he be appointed administrator with all annexed.
At the time for the hearing, Emma Masters, Cynthia Rosenberger and Nellie C. Bickford appeared by their attorneys, Goodwin & Reid, and filed a petition protesting against the probating of the will and set up the following reasons for the protest:
That at the time of executing the will, Mary E. Hortop was insane; that the will was not attested according to the laws of Oklahoma; that the will was executed under undue influence, duress, etc.; that there was an unnatural disposition of the property.
Death of Mrs. Hortop.
Mrs. Mary E. Hortop, formerly Mrs. H. L. Bickford, died at the El Reno Sanitarium April 7th and the funeral service will occur today at the family residence one half mile north of the city. Rev. H. O. Ludlum, pastor of the Congregational church officiating, assisted by the church choir and interment will be made in the city cemetery. The deceased was a most estimable woman, well and favorably known to our people all whom join the Democrat in extending deep sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
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The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 295, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1903
Funeral of Mrs. Hortop
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
El Reno, Okla., April 10 - Mrs. Mary E. Hortop, about whom so much has been said in relation to asylum matters was buried in the El Reno cemetery yesterday afternoon. Owing to the storm the funeral was not very largely attended.
Mrs. Hortop died at the asylum at Norman Tuesday, April 7th. The remains were sent to this city for burial and reached here yesterday. She was 57 years old and an old resident of this city.
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The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Thursday, July 9, 1903
Burned to Death.
Walters, O.T., July 2 – The six year-old daughter of T.E. People, living four mils
Great Legal Battle.
Marey E. Hortop made and executed a document purporting to be her last will and testament November 13, 1901, on December 2, 1901, she was adjudged insane by a commission in Canadian county and incarcerated in the Norman hospital for the insane. She died on the 7th day of April, 1903. On the 18th day of May, 1903, Carleton Bickford filed his petition in the probate court asking that he be appointed administrator with all annexed.
At the time for the hearing, Emma Masters, Cynthia Rosenberger and Nellie C. Bickford appeared by their attorneys, Goodwin & Reid, and filed a petition protesting against the probating of the will and set up the following reasons for the protest:
That at the time of executing the will, Mary E. Hortop was insane; that the will was not attested according to the laws of Oklahoma; that the will was executed under undue influence, duress, etc.; that there was an unnatural disposition of the property.
The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1903
Death of Mrs. Hortop.
Mrs. Mary E. Hortop, formerly Mrs. H. L. Bickford, died at the El Reno Sanitarium April 7th and the funeral service will occur today at the family residence one half mile north of the city. Rev. H. O. Ludlum, pastor of the Congregational church officiating, assisted by the church choir and interment will be made in the city cemetery. The deceased was a most estimable woman, well and favorably known to our people all whom join the Democrat in extending deep sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
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The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 295, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1903
Funeral of Mrs. Hortop
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
El Reno, Okla., April 10 - Mrs. Mary E. Hortop, about whom so much has been said in relation to asylum matters was buried in the El Reno cemetery yesterday afternoon. Owing to the storm the funeral was not very largely attended.
Mrs. Hortop died at the asylum at Norman Tuesday, April 7th. The remains were sent to this city for burial and reached here yesterday. She was 57 years old and an old resident of this city.
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The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Thursday, July 9, 1903
Burned to Death.
Walters, O.T., July 2 – The six year-old daughter of T.E. People, living four mils
Great Legal Battle.
Marey E. Hortop made and executed a document purporting to be her last will and testament November 13, 1901, on December 2, 1901, she was adjudged insane by a commission in Canadian county and incarcerated in the Norman hospital for the insane. She died on the 7th day of April, 1903. On the 18th day of May, 1903, Carleton Bickford filed his petition in the probate court asking that he be appointed administrator with all annexed.
At the time for the hearing, Emma Masters, Cynthia Rosenberger and Nellie C. Bickford appeared by their attorneys, Goodwin & Reid, and filed a petition protesting against the probating of the will and set up the following reasons for the protest:
That at the time of executing the will, Mary E. Hortop was insane; that the will was not attested according to the laws of Oklahoma; that the will was executed under undue influence, duress, etc.; that there was an unnatural disposition of the property.
Death of Mrs. Hortop.
Mrs. Mary E. Hortop, formerly Mrs. H. L. Bickford, died at the El Reno Sanitarium April 7th and the funeral service will occur today at the family residence one half mile north of the city. Rev. H. O. Ludlum, pastor of the Congregational church officiating, assisted by the church choir and interment will be made in the city cemetery. The deceased was a most estimable woman, well and favorably known to our people all whom join the Democrat in extending deep sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
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The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 295, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1903
Funeral of Mrs. Hortop
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
El Reno, Okla., April 10 - Mrs. Mary E. Hortop, about whom so much has been said in relation to asylum matters was buried in the El Reno cemetery yesterday afternoon. Owing to the storm the funeral was not very largely attended.
Mrs. Hortop died at the asylum at Norman Tuesday, April 7th. The remains were sent to this city for burial and reached here yesterday. She was 57 years old and an old resident of this city.
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The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Thursday, July 9, 1903
Burned to Death.
Walters, O.T., July 2 – The six year-old daughter of T.E. People, living four mils
Great Legal Battle.
Marey E. Hortop made and executed a document purporting to be her last will and testament November 13, 1901, on December 2, 1901, she was adjudged insane by a commission in Canadian county and incarcerated in the Norman hospital for the insane. She died on the 7th day of April, 1903. On the 18th day of May, 1903, Carleton Bickford filed his petition in the probate court asking that he be appointed administrator with all annexed.
At the time for the hearing, Emma Masters, Cynthia Rosenberger and Nellie C. Bickford appeared by their attorneys, Goodwin & Reid, and filed a petition protesting against the probating of the will and set up the following reasons for the protest:
That at the time of executing the will, Mary E. Hortop was insane; that the will was not attested according to the laws of Oklahoma; that the will was executed under undue influence, duress, etc.; that there was an unnatural disposition of the property.
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