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From: "kay franklin" <>
Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Albert Headley/Burton
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:17:37 -0600
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Here is a tid bit. Wybark is in northern Muskogee County. 4 miles north of
Muskogee. A post office from January 18, 1890 to June 30, 1940. The name is
a modification of Verdark, the railroad name for the town which was coined
from the names of the Verdigris & Arkansas Rivers.
Kay Steenerson Franklin
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Subject: [OKGEN ] Albert Headley/Burton


>I am looking for anything on this child prior to 1900;
>
> Albert Burton (he later went by Headley) b. DEC 5, 1893 Indian Territory,
> Oklahoma. Parents were ____ Burton of Tennessee, and Mary (Headley) ____
> of Iowa.
>
>
> A year earlier Mary was mentioned in a court record, which said the family
> was living in Cherokee Territory, along with her parents and brother
> Lewis. In
> 1898 shortly after she married Ed Chalmers they were murdered by a mob.
> The
> Newspaper articles covering the incident said their residence was in
> Indian
> Territory on the outskirts of Wybark.
>
> The earliest record we have of him is the 1900 census where he was listed
> with his Uncle Lewis Headley and Grandmother Sarah (Spencer) Headley. In
> 1915 he
> enlisted in the army as Albert Headley.
>
> Thank you for your help. Patty Headley
>
>
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