Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated, October 19, 1905
Okey, Margaret A. Okey nee Watson
Mrs. Margaret A. Okey was born March 3, 1857, and died at 5 p.m. October 11, 1905. Of her family Mrs. Okey is survived by her husband, J. W. Okey and her three children, Gussie, Everett and Onida.
Mrs. Okey was the daughter of the late Captain James Watson.
Of her brothers and sisters, Mrs. Okey is survived by John A. Watson, county treasurer of Meeker, Colorado; James A. Watson of the law firm of Caldwell & Watson, Parkersburg, W.Va.; Mrs. W. H. Booth wife of Hon. W. H. Booth of Graysville, Ohio; A.J. Watson, Marietta, Ohio; H. K. Watson, McKeesport, Pa.; D.O Watson, Woodsfield, Ohio; Mrs. Olive Beard, wife of John Beard, Woodsfield, Ohio; Roy Watson, Ozark, Ohio; Wayne Watson, McKeesport, Pa.; Monroe Watson, Woodsfield, Ohio.
Mrs. Okey was a christian lady, a member of the M.E. church of Woodsfield, Ohio, and was loved and respected by all who knew her. The husband loses a kind and dutiful wife and her children are bereaved of an affectionate and devoted mother.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wuestenberg, pastor of the Woodsfield M.E. church at the residence at 10 a.m. October 13, 1905. Interment took place at the Woodsfield cemetery.
Name: James Weir Okey
Death date: 20 May 1928
Death place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 79 years 2 months 17 days
Birthdate: 03 Mar 1849
Birthplace: Graysville, Ohio
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse's name:
Father's name: James Okey
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's name: Marguerite Agin * Note: mother was Catherine Agin
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Retired
Informant: E. K. Okley (Everett Knox Okley)
Cemetery name:
Burial place: Barnesville, Ohio
Burial date: 23 May 1928
Film number: 2114540
Digital GS number: 4030343
Image number: 2623
Reference number: cn23285
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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