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Charles Clinton

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Charles Clinton

Birth
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
Death
23 Feb 1888 (aged 40)
Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Suggested By: Mary Johnston, 24 Nov 2018
Death Date 23 Feb 1888 23 Jan 1888
Death Location USA Oklahoma,USA
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Birth: Jul. 3, 1847 Gilmer, Georgia
Death: Feb. 23, 1888 Creek Nation, Indian Territory
(Moonshadow)
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? A man by the name
of Harmon built the
first house in Red
Fork and the Charles Clinton family built
the next one, a three-room house with
an enclosed porch.

Clinton’s wife, Louise, wished to locate
in a settlement where there could be a
church and school for the children. She often donned her dark blue riding skirt, saddled
her horse with her side saddle and
rode out over the country to solicit funds for this much
longed for church. Presbyterians of Tulsa, a
ssisted by their Home Mission Board of New
York, built a church and parsonage. It was occupied by itinerate preachers of various
religious denominations and also housed the first school in Red Fork. The first teacher for
this subscription school was Miss Ratcliff who boarded in the Clinton home.
Suggested By: Mary Johnston, 24 Nov 2018
Death Date 23 Feb 1888 23 Jan 1888
Death Location USA Oklahoma,USA
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Birth: Jul. 3, 1847 Gilmer, Georgia
Death: Feb. 23, 1888 Creek Nation, Indian Territory
(Moonshadow)
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? A man by the name
of Harmon built the
first house in Red
Fork and the Charles Clinton family built
the next one, a three-room house with
an enclosed porch.

Clinton’s wife, Louise, wished to locate
in a settlement where there could be a
church and school for the children. She often donned her dark blue riding skirt, saddled
her horse with her side saddle and
rode out over the country to solicit funds for this much
longed for church. Presbyterians of Tulsa, a
ssisted by their Home Mission Board of New
York, built a church and parsonage. It was occupied by itinerate preachers of various
religious denominations and also housed the first school in Red Fork. The first teacher for
this subscription school was Miss Ratcliff who boarded in the Clinton home.


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