Christopher Columbus Rose, Deputy U. S. Marshal
C. C. Rose, 94, Dies in Atoka; Rites Sunday
November 10, 1956--Atoka--Christopher Columbus Rose, 94-year old pioneer Oklahoman, died here Friday following a month of illness. Masonic services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in the First Baptist church.
Rose, a Mason 50 years, came to Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1873, settling near boggy depot. He raised cattle and farmed there until 1905, when he moved to Atoka, where he had resided since.
Rose helped organize churches at Ward chapel and Ball's chapel, near Atoka. He was an active worker in the Plainview community church and the Baptist church in Atoka. He donated a site for Thunderbird school here and served as deputy marshal among the Choctaw and Cherokee Indians 15 years.
He served a lecturer of the Masonic lodge here until ill health forced him to halt.
Surviving are a son, Robert F., Norman; and four foster children, Mrs. R. W. Downing, Atoka; Mrs. Lillian Faulkner, Carmi, Ill.; Mrs. Elizabeth Reed, Little Rock; and Lawrence, Atoka.
J. M. Sanders, Deputy U. S. Marshal
October 8, 1952--The Oklahoman--J. M. Sanders, 90, of 1315 Exchange Avenue, pioneer state resident and one-time deputy U. S. Marshal, died Tuesday night in St. Anthony hospital of a heart ailment. Services are pending at Street & Draper funeral home. Burial will be in Verden.
Born near Denton, Texas Sanders came to Oklahoma in 18784. Before statehood he served as a deputy U. S. marshal. An '89er, he homesteaded near Jones.
Sanders made his home in Oklahoma City for the past 25 years. He was a Mason and a member of the Odd Fellows lodge.
Survivors include two sons, Leo Sanders, 631 NE 17 and Earl F. Sanders, 1602 Birch; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 18 nieces and nephews.
Harry William Steer, Deputy U. S. Marshal
Harry Steer Dies, Reached Age 100
December 27, 1967--The Oklahoman--Harry William Steer, 100 died at a local nursing home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at hunter Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
He was born in London, England,
during the reign of Queen Victoria, and came to the United States with an uncle
and younger sister in 18981, when he was 14. After farming in Nebraska he
bought a 160-acre homestead near Agra in what is now Lincoln County. He was a
deputy U. S. Marshal
at Chandler and later was a color sergeant in the Oklahoma National
Guard. He helped build Lake Overholser with horses and mules. Steer was a life
member of the Knights of Pythias and was a member of the Spiritual Life Science
Church.
Survivors include a son. Col. William Frank, 3029 Zenda Dr.