100 - Emma E. Gordon - Fairlawn Cemetery - Stillwater, OK - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

The final resting place of Emma Gordon is at the east side of Fairlawn Cemetery, next to the east drive. Hers is an upright, double marker shared with her spouse John L.


Text on marker:

Gordon

John L.
1867 - 1933

Emma E.
1867 - 1967

Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Emma's time on earth:

1867: Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in the United Kingdom
1877: Realizing that his people are weakened by cold and hunger, Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
1887: Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller
1897: Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories.
1907: Oklahoma becomes the 46th U.S. State
1917: In the United States, a "Night of Terror" results in the injury of several influential suffragettes.
1927: The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
1937: In the United States, the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Of the 36 passengers and 61 crew on board, 13 passengers and 22 crew die, as well as one member of the ground crew.
1947: In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", his Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
1957: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
1967: In Houston, Texas, boxer Muhammad Ali refuses military service. He is stripped of his boxing title and unallowed to fight for three years.

Location of Headstone: Fairlawn Cemetery

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