Death date missing only Birth date on stone
The Daily Oklahoman
08-03-1914
p.9
PIONEER DIES
M E Stratton, father of Mrs William Tilghman,
and a pioneer of Kansas and Oklahoma, died at
Kansas City Saturday. Mr Stratton was
82 years old. He moved to Kansas from Illinois
in 1858 and was one of the first settlers in
Greenwood county, Kansas. He was admitted to
the bar in 1863, but after several years forsook
the practice of law for the farm. He was the
third man to drive a herd of Texas cattle over
the famous Chisholm trail. In 1887 he took a
ranch in the Osage country which he held several
years. He made the run in 1889, staking his
claim in Payne county, but he lost it on a
contest. He secured a claim in Kay county at
the opening of the strip and later moved to a
farm in Payne county where he resided until the
death of his wife seven years ago. Three
daughters and one son survive him.
Interment will be made in the Ingalls cemetery
east of Stillwater Tuesday.
The Daily Oklahoman
08-03-1914
p.9
PIONEER DIES
M E Stratton, father of Mrs William Tilghman,
and a pioneer of Kansas and Oklahoma, died at
Kansas City Saturday. Mr Stratton was
82 years old. He moved to Kansas from Illinois
in 1858 and was one of the first settlers in
Greenwood county, Kansas. He was admitted to
the bar in 1863, but after several years forsook
the practice of law for the farm. He was the
third man to drive a herd of Texas cattle over
the famous Chisholm trail. In 1887 he took a
ranch in the Osage country which he held several
years. He made the run in 1889, staking his
claim in Payne county, but he lost it on a
contest. He secured a claim in Kay county at
the opening of the strip and later moved to a
farm in Payne county where he resided until the
death of his wife seven years ago. Three
daughters and one son survive him.
Interment will be made in the Ingalls cemetery
east of Stillwater Tuesday.
Death date missing only Birth date on stone
The Daily Oklahoman
08-03-1914
p.9
PIONEER DIES
M E Stratton, father of Mrs William Tilghman,
and a pioneer of Kansas and Oklahoma, died at
Kansas City Saturday. Mr Stratton was
82 years old. He moved to Kansas from Illinois
in 1858 and was one of the first settlers in
Greenwood county, Kansas. He was admitted to
the bar in 1863, but after several years forsook
the practice of law for the farm. He was the
third man to drive a herd of Texas cattle over
the famous Chisholm trail. In 1887 he took a
ranch in the Osage country which he held several
years. He made the run in 1889, staking his
claim in Payne county, but he lost it on a
contest. He secured a claim in Kay county at
the opening of the strip and later moved to a
farm in Payne county where he resided until the
death of his wife seven years ago. Three
daughters and one son survive him.
Interment will be made in the Ingalls cemetery
east of Stillwater Tuesday.
The Daily Oklahoman
08-03-1914
p.9
PIONEER DIES
M E Stratton, father of Mrs William Tilghman,
and a pioneer of Kansas and Oklahoma, died at
Kansas City Saturday. Mr Stratton was
82 years old. He moved to Kansas from Illinois
in 1858 and was one of the first settlers in
Greenwood county, Kansas. He was admitted to
the bar in 1863, but after several years forsook
the practice of law for the farm. He was the
third man to drive a herd of Texas cattle over
the famous Chisholm trail. In 1887 he took a
ranch in the Osage country which he held several
years. He made the run in 1889, staking his
claim in Payne county, but he lost it on a
contest. He secured a claim in Kay county at
the opening of the strip and later moved to a
farm in Payne county where he resided until the
death of his wife seven years ago. Three
daughters and one son survive him.
Interment will be made in the Ingalls cemetery
east of Stillwater Tuesday.
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