Russett, Oklahoma, United States [Place]
is in Johnston County; location is 34°11'24"N 96°48'17"W [SourceGSP]
This timeline is compiled from newspaper articles, personal
stories, emails and many other pieces of correspondence. There are not
many physical records by which to validate these events. If you know
something here is incorrect, please let me know via email. (paula@stoutgenealogy.com)
1889 |
Oklahoma opened for
settlement
-source: Dictionary.com |
1890 |
Western Oklahoma
organized as Oklahoma Territory & merged with the adjoing Indian
Territory
-source: Dictionary.com |
1893 |
December -
Tom, Martha & Carrie (age 4 mo.) Waggoner arrived in Russett
-source: Carrie Waggoner Jester
letter |
1894 |
October 03 - Post office established
-source: Johnston County History Book written in 1979 |
1898 |
January 28 - Garland Ewing born
- source: Hamilton
family page |
1901 |
Rock Island Railroad
line established w/depot
-source: Carrie Waggoner Jester
letter |
1903 |
Henry "Harvey" Balch buried in Russett
Cemetery; had lived near Russett w/2nd wife Sarah Headrick &
children from 1st marriage. (1st wife had died)
- source: BALCH
Web site
November 02 - C.E. Pierce born in Russett
(parents Jim and Mary)
- source: his obituary in (Mar97) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1904 |
Kate O'Brien (indian)
"Aunt Kate" arrived
-source: Carrie Waggoner Jester
letter |
1905 |
1st school established
- Miss Julia Wilhite taught
-source: Carrie Waggoner Jester
letter |
1907 |
Oklahoma became a state
-source: Dictionary.com
After statehood a new school was built w/3 teachers
-source: Carrie Waggoner Jester
letter |
1908 |
Miss Wilhite no longer
taught there
-source: Carrie Waggoner Jester
letter |
1914 |
November 10 - Louise Potts born in Russett (parents John and Maggie (Woffard)
Potts
- source: her obituary in (Dec99) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1916 |
February 09 - Rena Mae Albright born in Russett to Tom and Carrie Jester.
- source: her obituary in (Dec00) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1917 |
January 16 - Olen Risner born in Russett.
- source: her obituary in (Nov00) The
Mail Tribune |
1918-
1919 |
Fred A Chapman Sr.
came to Russett
-source: Carrie Waggoner Jester
letter |
1918 |
January 16 - Wesley Denton Waggoner born in Russet; parents William H. and
Dora L. (Pierce) Waggoner
- source: his obituary in (Oct00) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1919 |
March 18 - J.G. England born in Russett
to James and Marry Della Wells England
- source: his obituary in (Sep97) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Dececember 21 - Margaret K. Boyer born
in Russett. (Later buried in Russett Cemetery Jan 2000)
- source: her obituary in (Jan00) The
Daily Oklahoman |
early
1920s |
Built the brick school
building - added high school classes
-source: Carrie Waggoner Jester
letter |
1924 |
September 15 - Post office removed
-source: Johnston County History Book written in 1979 |
1926 |
September 19 - Jess Peden married Opal Wadsworth at Russett (lived in Ravia)
- source: his obituary in (Aug99) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1927 |
October 22 - David Henry "Dave" Morgan born in Russett
- source: his obituary in (Jun98) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1929 |
July 13 -
Floyd S. "Blue" Jackson born in Russet. Parents: George
W. and Lindsay Smith Jackson.
- source: his obituary in (Jan00) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1930s |
The Dust Bowl of
Oklahoma
-source: Dictionary.com |
1934 |
Rena Mae Albright graduated with the second class
from Russett in 1934.
- source: her obituary in (Dec00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Rena Mae Albright went on to attend Murray State
College in Tishomingo. Lynn Weber also attended and drove a school
bus from Russett to Murray. (more on this in an email from Larry
Wilcox)
- source:email from Larry
Wilcox (Feb01) |
1935 |
March 05 - Hubert J. Ayers married Goldie
Lemons in Russett
- source: his obituary in (Dec99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
August? - Merle Weber Wilcox and William
(Bill) Wilcox moved to Russett with their 9 month old son Larry.
- source:Web site by Larry
Wilcox |
1936 |
June 10th - Thomas Wilcox was born in Russett
- source: autobiography by Larry
Wilcox
March 31 - June Rose Burton born in Russett
- source: COLAW
gedcom site |
1937 |
Ola Andrew Martin
Dry (raised in Russett) and husband Ernest Frank Dry moved from
Russett to Mannsville (then opened groc. store)
- source: her obituary in (Aug97) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1938 |
Wilcox family moved
from Russett to Lawton.
- source: autobiography by Larry
Wilcox |
1940 |
Wilcox family moved back to Russett from Lawton
with new baby Helen Juanita Wilcox (b. Dec.7, 1939).
- source: autobiography by Larry
Wilcox
July 25 - John Wesley DEAR died in Russett
(wife Martha "Mary" Roles).
- source: DEAR
online gedcom |
1944 |
June 30 -
Louise Wilcox (now Harrell) born in the old two
story house just north of the church. Older siblings Larry,
Helen and Thomas.
- source: email
from Larry Wilcox, her brother |
1947 |
Ollie Willis "Bud" Gray and Lela Gray
moved to Russett from Willis
- source: her obituary in (May99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Leoma McClung moved to Russett and attended high
school there. Moved to OKC in 1951.
- source: her obituary in (Jun00) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1949 |
December - Lillie Rigney was buried in
Russett
- source: family
group sheet from her gr-granddaughter |
1950 |
April 09 - Josiah Rigney died and was
buried in Russett
- source: family
group sheet from his gr-granddaughter |
1951 |
August 27 - Laura Sue Bean married Alton
Henson at Russett
- source: his obituary in (May97) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Leoma McClung moved to OKC in 1951.
- source: her obituary in (Jun00) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1952 |
35 students enrolled in the entire Russett high
school
- source: The Madill Record (1952)
Russett school
thrives though town is gone
- source: The Madill Record (1952)
Leland Portman Heads 7–Teacher Russett
School
Other teachers: 1&2nd grades - Mrs. Portman; 3&4th grades
- Mrs. Josie Upgraff; 5&6th grades - Mrs. Patricia Ross; 7&8
grades - Sammy Littlepage; Math - B.B. Smith; prinicpal - Donald
C. Murk. None of the teachers lived in Russett
- source: The Madill Record (1952)
Russett Students Get Good Lunches at Very
Low Cost - 15 cents
- source: The Madill Record (1952)
Russett Graduation Will Be On May 21 - Those to receive diplomas are Ora Mae
Smith, Lometa Word, De Lois Coffman, Dale O’Steen, Lawrence Wilcox,
Lavell Cryer, Billy Clark and Donal Serner.
Members of the eighth grade graduates are Wendyl
Andrews, Marvin Cryer, Charlie Owen, Larrie Shields, Tommy Taylor,
Sylvester May, William Clark, Gene Underwood, Fay Covington, Lavonia
Jackman, and Verna Crider.
- source: The Madill Record (1952)
The Rev. Paul Stanley of Ft. Worth, Tex., is pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Russett
- source: The Madill Record (1952)
Russett Alumni, Juniors, Seniors Banquet Together
- source: The Madill Record (1952)
Russett Features
Athletics, Both Boys and Girls
The high school boys’ basketball team, coached by Donald C. Murk.
The girls’ basketball team is now coached by B. B. Smith.
- source: The Madill Record (1952) |
1958 |
Donnie Van Mays moved
to Russett - worked in Ardmore with Allied Service as air conditioning
mechanic
- source: his obituary in (May97) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1965 |
Ollie Willis "Bud"
Gray and Lela Gray moved from Russett to Mannsville
- source: her obituary in (May99) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1968 |
Bobby Lynn Henson
moved from Russett to Ardmore
- source: his obituary in (Jan98) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1977 |
Leoma McClung moved
back to Russett from OKC with her husband.
- source: her obituary in (Jun00) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1990 |
RESIDENTS:
Billy Gene Kerbo (died 07/19 in Russett)
- source: Heinrich
Family History site
DEATHS/BURIALS:
July 19 - Billy Gene Kerbo died in Russett
- source: Heinrich
Family History site |
1997 |
NEWS/FACTS:
Small tornado hit Russett - no damage
- source: NOAA
Carl Wayne Gray - member of Russett Baptist Church
- source: his obituary in (Mar97) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Officials
give few details found From Staff Reports 1997, Dec. 24
RESIDENTS:
M.F. "Preacher" Carter still a Russett
resident
- source: sister's obituary in (Nov97) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Margie Forguson and Leoma McClung Russett residents
- source: brother's (Carl Wayne Gray) obituary in (Mar97) The
Daily Ardmoreite
- source: obituary of Margie's son John Tyler Bryant
in (Oct97) The Daily Ardmoreite
DEATHS/BURIALS:
Fred D. Shipley, 85 buried in Russett Cemetery
- source: his obituary in (Jul97) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Ola Andrew Martin Dry buried in Russett Cemetery
- source: her obituary in (Aug97) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1998 |
RESIDENTS:
Larry Perkins is a resident of Russett
- source: sister's (Mary Haynie) obituary in (Dec98) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Jack and Mona Jo Cumbie / Geraldine Cumbie
- source: birth announcement (Jan98) The
Daily Ardmoreite
DEATHS/BURIALS:
June 18 - David Henry "Dave"
Morgan (d. 06/16/98) buried in Russett Cemetery
- source: his obituary in (Jun98) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Brian Wade Flowers buried at Russett Cemetery
- source: his obituary in (Feb98) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
1999 |
NEWS:
Murder
suspect arrested Tu Johnston County 1999,
Jul. 29
Officials
searching for milburn man 1999,
Sep. 07
RESIDENTS:
Lila Carter is a Russett Resident
- source: mother's (Matthew Shelton) obituary in (Sep99) The
Daily
Jerry Sharp is a Russett Resident
- source: father's (Roy Sharp) obituary in (Nov99) The
Daily
Charles Gray, Margie Forguson and Leoma McClung
- source: mother's (Lela Gray) obituary in (May99) The
Daily Ardmoreite ArdmoreiteArdmoreite
DEATHS/BURIALS:
Louise (Potts) Green died - former resident, born
in Russett (parents John and Maggie (Woffard) Potts
- source: her obituary in (Dec99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Laura Sue (Bean) Patton (formerly Henson) died
- married in Russett 1951
- source: his obituary in (May97) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Lela Gray died - former resident of Russett. Three
of her children still live in Russett - Charles Gray, Margie Forguson
and Leoma McClung
- source: her obituary in (May99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Blanche Sweet Eastman died - reared in Russett
- source: her obituary in (May99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Rena Mae Davis died - reared in Russett
- source: her obituary in (Feb99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
June - Tina Lynn Ozment Beckham buried
in Russett Cemetery
- source: her obituary in (Jun99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Hubert J. Ayers died - had married Goldie Lemons
in Russett
- source: his obituary in (Dec99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Ethel Marie England, age 77, of Mannsville, died
Dec 30 in Madill. Buried in Russett Cemetery. Daughter Norma L.
Cordell lives in Russett.
- source: her obituary in (Jan00) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
2000 |
NEWS:
Russet School
Reunion
Sibling
rivalry leads to assault and battery charges n. 27
RESIDENTS:
Holland Jester lives in Russett.
- source: sister's (Rena Mae Albright) obituary in (Dec00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Dessie Elizabeth Hancock, a Russett resident,
died Dec. 28 in Tishomingo.
- source: her obituary in (Dec00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Margie Forguson and Leoma McClung live in Russett.
- source: brother's (Dave Gray) obituary in (Jun00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Leoma McClung, age 67, died. She had moved to
Russett and attended high school there in 1947. Moved to OKC in
1951. Moved back to Russett in 1977 with her husband. Her sister,
Margie Forguson; and brother, Charles Gray lived in Russett at
this time.
- source: her obituary in (Jun00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Rena Mae Albright, age 84, died Dec. 14 in OKC.
She was born in Russett Feb 9, 1916. Lifetime resident of Russett
and Madill. Graduated with the second class from Russett in 1834.
Brother Holland Jester lives in Russett.
- source: her obituary in (Dec00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
DEATHS/BURIALS:
Margie Ann Walling, age 57, died - former Russett
- Mannsville resident
- source: her obituary in (Feb00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Wesley Denton Waggoner, age 87, died (Oct. 3 OKC)-
buried in Russett Cemetery (b. Jan 16, 1918 in Russett)
- source: his obituary in (Oct00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Ruby Laurene Shipley, age 80, died (Dec. 29 Madill)-
buried in Russett Cemetery
- source: his obituary in (Oct00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Oda Leona Richardson, age 87, died (b. oct 12,
1912 d. Jul 18, 2000) attended school at Russett and Joy before
graduating in Dougherty
- source: her obituary in (Jul00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
James Roy Morgan Jr., age 60, died (b. Jul 19,
1940 d. Dec 27, 2000) was "Reared at Russett"
- source: his obituary in (Dec00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Clarence William McDonald, age 88, died. Was a
member of Russett Baptist church
- source: his obituary in (Dec00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Dan Lavoy Gray, age 56, Died may 31 in Ardmore.
Reared at Russett. Sisters Margie Forguson and Leoma McClung live
in Russett.
- source: his obituary in (Jun00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Floyd S. "Blue" Jackson, age 70, died
(Jan 12 OKC). Born in Russet July 13, 1929. Parents: George W.
and Lindsay Smith Jackson.
- source: his obituary in (Jan00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
James Cone French, age 56, died Oct. 17 in Madill.
He had attended school in Russett.
- source: her obituary in (Oct00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Margaret K. Boyer, age 80, died Jan 24 in OKC.
Was born in Russett Dec 21 1919. Buried in Russett Cemetery.
- source: her obituary in (Jan00) The
Daily Oklahoman
Olen Risner, age 83, died Nov 22 in medford. He
born in Russett Jan 16, 1917.
- source: her obituary in (Nov00) The
Mail Tribune
Doyle C. Barham (b. ? d. Aug 24, 2000 in Amarillo)
was born in Russett (no date given)
- source: her obituary in (aug00) Amarillo
Daily News
|
2001 |
DEATHS/BURIALS:
February 10 - Ransey D. Smith died in
OKC. He had been raised in Tishimingo.
- source: his obituary in (Jun98) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Brian Wade Flowers buried at Russett Cemetery
- source: his obituary in (Feb98) The
Daily Ardmoreite |
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Tidbits/Missing Persons:
These names/events have some sort of Russett connection but
we don't have enough information to know what that is. Some of
the events listed above are also a bit mysterious. Some people
were buried in Russett according to their obituaries, but the
obituary doesn't mention any Russett connection |
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Turner Q. Poindexter (b. Feb 20, 1928 - d. Feb
08, 1999) was "Reared in the Bromide-Russett area until 1949"
- source: his obituary in (Feb99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Blanche Sweet Eastman (b. Apr 7, 1916 d. May 14,
1999) was reared in Russett
- source: her obituary in (May99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Rena Mae Davis (b. Jun 2, 1919 d. Feb 14, 1999)
was reared in Russett
- source: her obituary in (Feb99) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Oda Leona Richardson (b. oct 12, 1912 d. Jul 18,
2000) attended school at Russett and Joy before graduating in
Dougherty
- source: her obituary in (Jul00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
James Roy Morgan Jr. (b. Jul 19, 1940 d. Dec 27,
2000) was "Reared at Russett"
- source: his obituary in (Dec00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
James Cone French, age 56, died Oct. 17, 2000
in Madill. He had attended school in Russett.
- source: her obituary in (Oct00) The
Daily Ardmoreite
Doyle C. Barham (b. ? d. Aug 24, 2000 in Amarillo)
was born in Russett (no date given)
- source: her obituary in (aug00) Amarillo
Daily News |
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