view gallery |  102 - William H. Wails - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians William H. Wails was born the same year that Nellie Bly completed her round-the-world journey in 72 days. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/23/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Joseph C. Greene - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Joseph C. Greene was born the same year that Memorial Day was observed in the United States for the first time. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/22/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Tracy H. Spencer - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Tracy Spencer was born the same year that 12,000 NYC tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/21/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  106 - Stella M. Hitchcock - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Stella Hitchcock was born the same year that America's first juvenile court was established in Chicago posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/20/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  104 - Massad Kamees - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Massad Kamees was born the same year of the OK Land Run: at high noon in Oklahoma Territory, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed, with populations of at least 10,000. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/19/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Almira A. Hogan - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Almira A. Hogan was born the same year that The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral occured in Tombstone, Arizona posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/19/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Amanda E. Crawford - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Amanda E. Crawford was born the same year that General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the American Civil War. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/17/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Cora Hinchsliff Lindsay - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Cora Lindsay was born the same year that Sioux chief Sitting Bull led the last of his fugitive people in surrender to United States troops at Fort Buford in Montana. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/16/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  102 - Pearl W. (Hansen) - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Pearl W. was born the same year that the last transit of the planet Venus occurred (until 2004, 122 years later). posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Ida L. Herod - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Ida L. Herod was born the same year that the Bronx Zoo opened in New York City. When opened it housed 843 animals in 22 exhibits. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Bessie F. Jones - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Bessie F. Jones was born the same year that the Yale News became the first daily college newspaper in the United States. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/13/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - T.H.B. Williams - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians T.H.B. Williams was born the same year that the first bridge over the Mississippi River opened in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/12/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Cora B. Scott - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Cora B. Scott was born the same year that the Lincoln County War began in Lincoln County, New Mexico. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/12/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Jessie Hoffman Jordan - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Jessie Jordan was born the same year that oxygen was liquefied for the very first time. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/12/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Chas H. Parker - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Chas H. Parker was born the same year that Hyman Lipman patented a pencil with an attached eraser. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/9/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Susie Best Ragland - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Susie Best Ragland was born the same day of the 8.8 magnitude Ecuador-Colombia earthquake (and associated tsunami) posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/9/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  105 - Belle Sykora - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Belle Sykora was born the same year that Booker T. Washington delivered the Atlanta Compromise speech posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/8/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Margaret Fisher - Bundanoon General Cemetery - Bundanoon, NSW
in Headstones of Centenarians Margaret Fisher is buried alongside her husband who also lived to the great age of 95. posted by: Tuena location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 2/7/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - James H. Lee - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians James H. Lee was born the same year that the first class of the United States Naval Academy graduated at Annapolis, Maryland. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/7/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  102 - Ruby N. Ewing - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Ruby N. Ewing was born the same year that the Boat Race between the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford was declared a "dead heat" posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/6/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  102 - Albert S. Clayton - Whisler Cem. - Edmond, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Albert is laid to rest in this pleasant rural cemetery west of Edmond. posted by: hamquilter location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/4/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Emily L. Dunwell - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Emily Dunwell was born the same year that The Ladies Home Journal was published for the first time. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/4/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  102 - Cora A. Olive - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Cora A. Olive was born the same year that Thomas Edison demonstrated the incandescent lighting to the public for the first time (in Menlo Park, New Jersey). posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/4/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  104 - Irene Martha Butler - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Irene Butler was born the same year that the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Spanish-American War. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/2/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Iva H. Kern - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Iva H. Kern was born the same year that Casey at the Bat was published. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 2/1/2013 last visited: never |
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