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ROBERT KING'S OKLAHOMA U. S. MARSHALS AND DEPUTY U. S. MARSHALS George F. Dean to Henry W. Dixon
Dean, George F. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)
Dean, Robert S. was commissioned on January 8, 1869, in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Joseph Rowland. Deputy Marshal Dean lived in Little Rock Arkansas. (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)
Deane, George F. was commissioned on June 15, 1871, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots. Deputy Marshal Deane lived in Washington County, Arkansas. (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)
Dearing, Andy was commissioned on July 5, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump. Deputy Marshal Dearing lived in Eufaula, Indian Territory. (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Federal Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)
DeBost, Leon was a deputy marshal in 1892, working in the Kingfisher or El Reno area. It was reported that he had the pistol which Adams used to shoot Captain Couch at Oklahoma City, also the one worn by Ed Short when he was killed in the southwest. Both guns were classified as fine pistols. (The Kingfisher Times - June 30, 1892)
DeFlore, Felix is pictured at the 1908 U.S. marshals reunion at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. (Picture - The Western Peace Officer)
DeLaughter, George was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He rode in a posse led by Columbus Ayers in October of 1883, which arrested Johnson Jacks in the Cherokee Nation. Johnson Jacks was charged with the death of Deputy Marshal Addison Beck. (Black Red And Deadly) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)
Denison, Ben, Dr. was a commissioned deputy marshal in the 1890’s. Shortly after being commissioned Denison was sent to the hill country in Indian Territory, just east of Ft. Smith. He went to serve warrants of arrest to several parties that were making and selling whiskey in Indian Territory. Immediately after his arrival to the area, Ben started searching for whiskey violators. A community dance was to be held and Ben felt the whiskey peddlers would be there and he was right. The whiskey peddlers recognized Ben quicker than he detected them. The peddlers pulled their pistols, disarming Ben and forcing him to play the fiddle all night long with the outlaws made fun of him. Ben resigned his commission as deputy marshal and became a full time doctor since he had very little taste for music. (McCurtain County and Southeast Oklahoma)
Dennis, Cyrus worked in the Western District court under Marshal John Carrol out of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where he served five years. He also served as a Seminole Lighthorsemen in the Indian Police for twenty-five years. (Black Red And Deadly)
Dennis, Henry arrested J. J. Dickerson for larceny in February of 1890. (Atoka Indian Citizen - February 22, 1890)
Dennis, John G. served in the Central District in 1894. (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)
Denny, G. M. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)
Denton, C. R. worked out of the Southern District assigned to Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation. On February 15, 1894, four outlaws robbed a store and post office at Rex, Chickasaw Nation, thirty-five miles west of Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation. Three of the robbers covered the store proprietor and several customers while the fourth thief robbed the store of a considerable amount of money and merchandise. The loot was placed into sacks, then placed on the thieves horses. The victims of the robbery were forced to mount their horses and travel a couple of miles from Rex into heavy timber. The victims were released while the outlaws made their escape. Deputy Marshals Denton and Dave Booker were summoned from Ardmore to capture the outlaws. Two of the outlaws, W. E. Reece and John Bowland, were captured, taken to Ardmore and transported to federal court in Paris, Texas. (The Taloga Tomahawk - March 15, 1894) (Ralph Evans - File #1161 Ardmore Library)
Denton, George E. was commissioned on August 2, 1888, December 10, 1889 and November 16, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshals Jacob Yoes and George J. Crump. Deputy Marshal Denton lived in Evansville, Arkansas. In January of 1889, John A. Monday attacked a man with a pocket knife cutting him badly. The incident occurred in Cherokee County near the Arkansas line. Denton made the arrest charging him with assault with intent to kill and transported him to the Ft. Smith jail. (Ft. Smith Elevator - April 19, 1889) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)
Denton, J. O. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)
Depeu, Depew, W. B. was working the Atoka area with Deputy Marshal Mattox in May and June of 1890. In July of 1902, he was assigned to the Northern District of Indian Territory as Civil Clerk under Marshal W. H. Darrough. (Atoka Indian Citizen - May 24, & June 28, 1890) (File #10, Indian Library, Oklahoma Historical Library) (Ft. Smith Elevator - July 18, 1902)
Derford, C. H. worked under Marshal W. C. Grimes in Oklahoma Territory and later became sheriff of Oklahoma City County. There was another Derford that was a deputy marshal but his first name is not known. (Shooting From the Lip)
Dickerson, J. J. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. In April of 1892, he transported Esau Gordon to the federal court at Paris, Texas. (Ft. Smith Elevator - April 15, 1892) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)
Dickerson, Lorenzo was appointed as field deputy marshal from 1889 to 1891 in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, serving until 1893. In 1890, Dickerson transported Bob Casey of the notorious Casey gang to Detroit, Michigan where he was sentenced to two years for horse stealing. A man named Dent was sentenced to 6 years, Henry Perry sentenced to three years, Newt Myrick sentenced to five years, Sheffley to five years and Ed Allen three years. After 1893, Deputy Marshal Dickerson was appointed office deputy marshal in the 18th District. Mayor of Purcell 19905. (Ft. Smith Elevator - July 25, 1890) (Picture - Notable Men of Indian Territory)
Dickerson, Ran was commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas. He served a warrant of arrest in November of 1891, to J. G. Campbell for the murder of Jeff Garrett at Lehigh, Indian Territory. Campbell was taken to the federal court in Paris, Texas. In February of 1891, Officers, Ran Dickerson, Bill Ritter, Frank LeFlore, and Bill McCall made contact with the Gordon gang at Brunertown, Seminole Nation, and killing Wash Bruner during a gun battle. The three deputy marshals were placed on trial in the Ft. Smith court and acquitted for the killing of Wash Bruner at Brunertown, Seminole Nation. Deputy Marshal Dickerson was still serving as deputy marshal in 1898. (The Territorial Topic - November 5, 1891) (Ft. Smith Elevator - June 10, 1892) (The Weekly Elevator - July 7, 1893) (Indian Pioneer History - H. E. Bowling) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)
Dickey, Henry C. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)
Dickson, William D. was commissioned on December 22, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump. Dickson lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)
Dill, H. L. was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1899. (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)
Dimond, Frank S. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in October through December of 1894, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)
Divelbirg, Daniel H. was commissioned on June 28, 1869, in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal William A. Britton. Deputy Marshal Divelbirg lived in Van Buren, Arkansas. (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)
Dixon, Henry W. was commissioned in 1872 in the Western District at Ft. Smith Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots. Deputy Marshal Dixon lived in Scott County, Arkansas while he worked in the Western District Court. Around 1887, Henry was assigned to the Southern District of Indian Territory, located in Paris, Texas, working out of the Eastern District of Texas , under Marshal Thomas B. Needles. Deputy Marshal Dixon was assigned to work the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in Indian Territory where he frequently worked with Deputy Marshal A. F. Clark. In April of 1891, Dixon was serving a warrant of arrest to a cattle rustler, named Stewart, in the Chickasaw Nation, near Thackerville. After the arrest, Stewart struck Dixon in the back of the head when the deputy marshal was not watching and took off, running. Dixon gained his senses, firing at the retreating prisoner, striking him on the elbow, shattering it so badly; the arm was thought to be amputated. (Ft. Smith Elevator - April 10, 1891) (Indian Pioneer History - A. F. Clark) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)
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