hmtl5 William Fielding Brain b. 1851 Kentucky d. 29 Jun 1938 Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma: Hedges Genealogy
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William Fielding Brain

Male 1851 - 1938  (87 years)

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  • Name William Fielding Brain 
    Birth 1851  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Washington Township, Boone County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 29 Jun 1938  Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial Westview Cemetery, Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I1207  Hedges
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2023 

    Family Mary Alice Carey,   b. 25 Jul 1856, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1934, Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 30 Aug 1874  Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Clarence Brain,   b. 13 Jun 1875, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1951, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     2. Arlie Brain,   b. 1877, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1949, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1851 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Aug 1874 - Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Washington Township, Boone County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Jun 1938 - Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Westview Cemetery, Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.pdf    		The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.pdf
    Lieut. William Hedges, 4th Company, 33rd Battalion, Maryland Militia In the American Revolution
    Compiled by Mary (Hedges) Reiner 1955

  • Notes 
    • William F. Brain, Editor Of Early-Day Political Journal, Dies in Atoka
      William Fielding Brain, pioneer newspaperman and politician of eastern Oklahoma, died June 29 at the home of a daughter in Atoka, where he started his journalistic career in 1882. Funeral services were held June 30 in the Christian church of Atoka, and burial was in an Atoka cemetery.
      Brain, an editor of the old school, worked on papers in Atoka until 1900, when he went to Muskogee and became a reporter on the staff of the Phoenix.
      At one time Brain published a political journal which he called Brain’s Gladiator. During heated gubernatorial campaigns copies of the paper sometimes sold for as much as $1 each.
      At a banquet for William H. Murray during the first Oklahoma legislative session, Brain made the only public speech of his life. In it he predicted that Murray some day would became governor. When his prediction materialized years later, Brain was the first honorary colonel to be appointed by the new governor.
      Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. John Hammons, Atoka, and Mrs. J.S. Fulton, in whose home he died, and two sons, Clarence Brain, Oklahoma City, and William F. Brain Jr., Dallas, Tex.
      Sooner State Press, Norman, Oklahoma. Saturday, 9 July 1938, page 1.
      [3, 5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    3. [S9] Obituary.

    4. [S30] Kentucky marriage records, 1852-1914.

    5. [S87] Newspaper article.


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