Col. Gid Sleeper Dies at Wagoner.
Wagoner, Okla., August 7th – Col. Gid Sleeper, a resident of Wagoner and Muskogee for forty years, died at his home here tonight after an illness of two months. Colonel Sleeper came to Oklahoma from Aberdeen, Texas, when Wagoner was the metropolis of Eastern Oklahoma, then the Indian Territory. He invested in cattle and in a few years was considered one of the wealthiest ranchmen in this part of the territory. He retired from the cattle business about ten years ago. He was one of the heaviest investors in the stove factory built at Rex (North Muskogee) a few years ago.
Colonel Sleeper is survived by his widow, who was his second wife, and six children, one of whom was born to his first wife. He was about 57 years old. The funeral will be held here tomorrow. – Phoenix
Source: Mayes County Republican. (Pryor, Okla.), Thursday, August 10, 1916.
Contributor: Emily Jordan (47063153)
Wagoner, Okla., August 7th – Col. Gid Sleeper, a resident of Wagoner and Muskogee for forty years, died at his home here tonight after an illness of two months. Colonel Sleeper came to Oklahoma from Aberdeen, Texas, when Wagoner was the metropolis of Eastern Oklahoma, then the Indian Territory. He invested in cattle and in a few years was considered one of the wealthiest ranchmen in this part of the territory. He retired from the cattle business about ten years ago. He was one of the heaviest investors in the stove factory built at Rex (North Muskogee) a few years ago.
Colonel Sleeper is survived by his widow, who was his second wife, and six children, one of whom was born to his first wife. He was about 57 years old. The funeral will be held here tomorrow. – Phoenix
Source: Mayes County Republican. (Pryor, Okla.), Thursday, August 10, 1916.
Contributor: Emily Jordan (47063153)
Col. Gid Sleeper Dies at Wagoner.
Wagoner, Okla., August 7th – Col. Gid Sleeper, a resident of Wagoner and Muskogee for forty years, died at his home here tonight after an illness of two months. Colonel Sleeper came to Oklahoma from Aberdeen, Texas, when Wagoner was the metropolis of Eastern Oklahoma, then the Indian Territory. He invested in cattle and in a few years was considered one of the wealthiest ranchmen in this part of the territory. He retired from the cattle business about ten years ago. He was one of the heaviest investors in the stove factory built at Rex (North Muskogee) a few years ago.
Colonel Sleeper is survived by his widow, who was his second wife, and six children, one of whom was born to his first wife. He was about 57 years old. The funeral will be held here tomorrow. – Phoenix
Source: Mayes County Republican. (Pryor, Okla.), Thursday, August 10, 1916.
Contributor: Emily Jordan (47063153)
Wagoner, Okla., August 7th – Col. Gid Sleeper, a resident of Wagoner and Muskogee for forty years, died at his home here tonight after an illness of two months. Colonel Sleeper came to Oklahoma from Aberdeen, Texas, when Wagoner was the metropolis of Eastern Oklahoma, then the Indian Territory. He invested in cattle and in a few years was considered one of the wealthiest ranchmen in this part of the territory. He retired from the cattle business about ten years ago. He was one of the heaviest investors in the stove factory built at Rex (North Muskogee) a few years ago.
Colonel Sleeper is survived by his widow, who was his second wife, and six children, one of whom was born to his first wife. He was about 57 years old. The funeral will be held here tomorrow. – Phoenix
Source: Mayes County Republican. (Pryor, Okla.), Thursday, August 10, 1916.
Contributor: Emily Jordan (47063153)
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