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John Wilson Karraker

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John Wilson Karraker

Birth
Dongola, Union County, Illinois, USA
Death
5 Feb 1920 (aged 87)
Yale, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Ingalls, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1019421, Longitude: -96.8719263
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J. Wilson Karraker died February 5, 1920, at Yale, Oklahoma. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. He was the youngest son of Daniel and Rachel Karraker and was raised on a farm owned by W.W. Karraker, three miles east of Dongola, Illinois. His brothers were Paul Karraker, Jacob Karraker, Dennis Karraker, Nathan Karraker, and Bazzell Karraker. His sisters were Peggy (Karraker) Patterson, Paulina Karraker, and Sarah Karraker, all deceased. Peggy, Jacob, and Wilson were all over the age of 87 years, when they passed. His mother died when she was 86 years old.

He sold the homestead to his brother Jacob in 1880 and moved to Kansas. He then sold his farm there and moved to seven miles east of Yale, Oklahoma. His first wife, Temperance Karraker, died 25 or more years ago. He married a second time to the widow A J. (Givens) Ewing. His two oldest children, Caleb Karraker and Mary Karraker, died a few years ago. He left five children, Jackson Karraker, Alonzo Karraker, Hezzie Karraker, C. E. Karraker, and Rachel Karraker.
J. Wilson Karraker died February 5, 1920, at Yale, Oklahoma. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. He was the youngest son of Daniel and Rachel Karraker and was raised on a farm owned by W.W. Karraker, three miles east of Dongola, Illinois. His brothers were Paul Karraker, Jacob Karraker, Dennis Karraker, Nathan Karraker, and Bazzell Karraker. His sisters were Peggy (Karraker) Patterson, Paulina Karraker, and Sarah Karraker, all deceased. Peggy, Jacob, and Wilson were all over the age of 87 years, when they passed. His mother died when she was 86 years old.

He sold the homestead to his brother Jacob in 1880 and moved to Kansas. He then sold his farm there and moved to seven miles east of Yale, Oklahoma. His first wife, Temperance Karraker, died 25 or more years ago. He married a second time to the widow A J. (Givens) Ewing. His two oldest children, Caleb Karraker and Mary Karraker, died a few years ago. He left five children, Jackson Karraker, Alonzo Karraker, Hezzie Karraker, C. E. Karraker, and Rachel Karraker.


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