 1868 - 1953 (85 years)
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| Name |
Frederick Carter TRACY [1, 2] |
| Born |
17 Jan 1868 |
Rochester, Sangamon, Illinois, U.S.A.  [1, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
7 Oct 1953 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, U.S.A. [1, 3] |
| Buried |
Beaver Pioneer Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Oklahoma, U.S.A. [3] |
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| Notes |
- "Fred Carter TRACY, son of Carter and Louise Jacques TRACY, was in 1868, at Rochester, Illinois. He married to Margaret Aronia (Ora) THOMAS, on May 19, 1895, in Beaver and died October 7, 1953, at Oklahoma City. To this union were born two daughters, Helen Louise and Mary Eleanor.
With the coming of Territorial Government, in 1890, Mr. TRACY's father moved to Beaver and started a hardware store. Fred joined him in Beaver in 1892, taking the office of town clerk and clerk of the townsite board. During the following year he was appointed postmaster and established a drug store which was subsequently enlarged to a general drygoods store. Fred had studied law and pharmacy under his father, who was a lawyer and pharmacist, and he passed the pharmacy and bar examinations and became one of the first registered pharmacists and members of the Bar of Oklahoma.
Fred was always ready to try anything new and was the owner of the following firsts in Beaver: first bicycle, 1893; first typewriter (Blixenderfer), 1894; first adding machine, 1899; first gravity flow gas mantle lamp, 1899; first pressure gasoline lamp, 1899; first hollow wire lighting system, 1900; second automobile (first four-cylinder), 1908; second six-cylinder car, 1916, and the first eight cylinder car, 1927". [1]
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| Person ID |
I8221 |
Nosworthy |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2013 |
| Father |
Carter TRACY, b. 16 Dec 1831, Vermont, U.S.A. , d. 6 Apr 1905, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, U.S.A. (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Louise Jacques LOCK, b. Abt 1842, Vermont, U.S.A. , d. Bef Jun 1900 (Age ~ 58 years) |
| Family ID |
F2107 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Margaret Aronia "Ora" THOMAS, b. 27 Mar 1874, Missouri, U.S.A. , d. 15 Feb 1958 (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
19 May 1895 |
Beaver, Beaver, Oklahoma, U.S.A. [1, 4] |
- Affidavit on Application for Marriage License: Fred C. TRACY, age 27, born Illinois, residing in Beaver, Oklahoma, son of Carter TRACY and Miss Ora M. THOMAS, age 21, born Missouri, residing in Beaver, Oklahoma, daughter of John R. THOMAS and Mary J. COOMBE. 18 May 1895. Certificate of Marriage: Fred C. TRACY and Miss Ora M. THOMAS were married on 19 May 1895 at Beaver. Witnesses: John R. THOMAS and Carter TRACY. Married by J. J. Bagsley, Minister.
Married: Fred C. TRACY and Miss Orah THOMAS were quietly married at the residence of the bride's parents just west of town, on last Sunday evening, Rev. Bagsley officiating. These young people have resided in Beaver for some years and are well and favorably known in the community. Their many friends join with The Herald in wishing them a pleasant and prosperous matrimonial voyage. They are "at home" to their friends at the residence they fitted up for them in the south part of town. Published in The Beaver Herald, 23 May 1895. [4, 5]
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| Children |
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| Documents |
 | Marriage: Tracy and Thomas
Published in The Beaver Herald, 23 May 1895. |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2013 |
| Family ID |
F2106 |
Group Sheet |
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| Headstones |
 | TRACY
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 | TRACY
Son
FRED CARTER
Jan. 17, 1868,
Oct. 7, 1953 |
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| Sources |
- [S480] Book: History of Beaver County, Volume 1, (1970.).
- [S206] Census of U.S.A., 1900.
- [S591] Website: Find a Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
- [S823] Vital Statistics - Oklahoma, U.S.A.
- [S217] Newspaper.
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