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Submitted by: C.M. WRIGHT
Email address:mitchokie@yahoo.com
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HUSBAND: Joseph Alexander ROPER
Date of Birth: 9/Jan/1867
Birthplace: Mt. Grove, Wright, MO
Death Date: 27/Oct/ 1944
Where: Eagle City, Blaine, OK
Where Buried: Eagle City Cemetery, Eagle City, OK
Father: Yewell ROPER
Mother: Mary POOL

WIFE: Lou Dora WALTERS
Date of Birth: 8/May/1870
Birthplace: Fordstore, Franklin, GA
Death Date: 17/Apr/1953
Where: Oakwood, Dewey, OK
Where Buried: Eagle City Cemetery, Eagle City, OK
Father: G.W. WALTERS
Mother: Eliza A. SEWELL
 
Marriage date: 23/Jul/1887
Marriage place: Aberdeen, Monroe, MS
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CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Yewell W. ROPER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11/Feb/ 1889
Birthplace:Bowie, Montague, TX
Death date: 22/Feb/1970
Place of death: Clinton, Custer, OK
Marriage date: 10/Feb/1910
Marriage place: Rocky, Washita, OK
Where Buried:Butler Cemetery, Butler, Custer, OK
Spouse's name: Mattie Lena ODELL
 
Child No. 2: William Robert ROPER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30/Nov/1890
Birthplace: Bowie, Montague, TX
Death date: 1961
Place of death:Live Oak, Sutter, CA
Marriage date:24/Jul/1910
Marriage place:Rocky, Washita, OK
Where Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak, CA
Spouse's name: Frankie M. ODELL
Child No. 3: Myrtle M.A. ROPER
Sex:F
Birthdate: 23/Nov/1892
Birthplace: Roscoe, Nolan, TX
Death date: 26/Sep/1965
Place of death: Oakwood, Dewey, OK
Marriage date: 24/Oct/1910
Marriage place: Sentinel, Washita, OK
Where Buried: Mound Valley Cemetery, Thomas, Custer, OK
Spouse's name: Jesse Harlon KIDD
 
Child No. 4: Joseph Pierce ROPER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 31/Oct/1894
Birthplace: Roscoe, Nolan, TX
Death date: 15/Mar/1978
Place of death: Woodland, Yolo, CA
Marriage date: 8/Mar/1924
Marriage place: Mt. Park,Kiowa, OK
Where Buried: Woodland, Yolo, CA
Spouse's name: Chessie STROUD
 
Child No. 5: Kate Jewell ROPER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 31/Mar/1896
Birthplace: Nocona,Montague, TX
Death date: 31/Jan/1978
Place of death: Oklahoma City, OK, OK
Marriage date: 1916
Marriage place: Hobart, Kiowa, OK
Where Buried: Hobart Rose Lawn Cemetery, Hobart, OK
Spouse's name: Tommy L. WALTERS
 
Child No. 6: Ruby Lou ROPER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25/Jan/1898
Birthplace: Bulcherville,Montague,TX
Death date: 26/Oct/1972
Place of death: Yakima, Yakima, WA
Marriage date: 1/May/1913
Marriage place: Warren, Jackson, OK
Where Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, WA
Spouse's name: Herbert HORTON
 
Child No. 7: Vergie Vesta ROPER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17/Jun/1900
Birthplace:Elk, Washita, OK T.
Death date: 13/Apr/1973
Place of death: Elk City, Beckham, OK
Marriage date: 1918
Marriage place: OK
Where Buried:Fairlawn Cemetery,  Elk City, OK
Spouse's name: Herman Ernest BADEN
 
Child No. 8: Ruth Gertrude ROPER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 24/Jul/1902
Birthplace: Elk,Washita, OK T.
Death date: 1/Aug/1955
Place of death: Five Points, Fresno, CA
Marriage date: 10/May/1922
Marriage place: Mangum, Greer, OK
Where Buried: Lemoore Cemetery, King, CA
Spouse's name: William Columbus KIDD
 
Child No. 9: Dennis Belle ROPER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 22/Mar/1904
Birthplace: Elk, Washita, OK T.
Death date: 2/Apr/1989
Place of death: Lawton, Comanche, OK
Marriage date: /Nov/1925
Marriage place: OK
Where Buried: Highland Cemetery, Lawton, OK
Spouse's name: Carl WHEATLEY
 
Child No. 10: Ran ROPER (twin)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6/Feb/1906
Birthplace: Elk, Washita, OK T.
Death date: 11/Feb/1906
Place of death: Elk, Washita, O.T.
Marriage date: N/A
Marriage place: N/A
Where Buried: Port Cemetery, Washita, OK T.
Spouse's name: N/A
 
Child No. 11: Van Pleas ROPER (twin)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6/Feb/1906
Birthplace: Elk, Washita, OK T.
Death date: 15/Jun/ 1985
Place of death: Hobart, Kiowa, OK
Marriage date: 13/Nov/1927
Marriage place: Hobart, Kiowa, OK
Where Buried: Hobart Rose Lawn Cemetery, Hobart, OK
Spouse's name: Frances Della REEVES
 
Child No. 12: John Autley ROPER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10/May/1908
Birthplace: Elk, Washita, OK
Death date: 30/Aug/1978
Place of death: Paradise,Butte, CA
Marriage date: 23/Oct/1929
Marriage place: Butler, Custer, OK
Where Buried: Paradise Cemetery, Paradise, CA
Spouse's name: Adella Ora LACHMAN
 
Child No. 13: Ray Alexander ROPER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 6/Sep/1913
Birthplace: Blair,Jackson, OK
Death date: 23/Apr/1964
Place of death: Oakwood, Dewey, OK
Marriage date: 1938
Marriage place: Oakwood, Dewey, OK
Where Buried: Evergreen,Oakwood, OK
Spouse's name: Mae Ellen STRINGER
 
Documentation: Wright County Missouri Census 1870, Monroe County Courthouse, Aberdeen, MS,
Bureau of Vital Statistics, OKC- Death Certfificates for both Joe and Dora, Personal visit to Eagle City
Cem. Eagle City, OK, Roper descendants, 1870,1880 Franklin County Georgia Census, Family
information also donated by Rev. Van P. Roper formerly of  Hobart, OK,  Mrs. Dennis B. Wheatley,
formerly of Lawton, OK.  SSDI,  Research done by myself and many visits to many places here in
Oklahoma.