John Forbes Stewart was the younger of two children born to James Alexander Stewart (1858-1929) and his wife Harriet ("Hattie") E. Coffey Stewart (1868-1954) of Minco, Grady Co., OK. His father, born in Canada of Scots ancestry, co-owned with his brother-in-law a hardware store in Minco. His mother was raised on her family's farm in the Yadkin River Valley of North Carolina. John Stewart attended Oklahoma A.&M. in Stillwater where he played first clarinet in the Army Band. Sadly, his life was lost in a drowning accident.
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Swimming Party is Fatal
Father Lies at Point of Death at Home.
Chickasha--While his father was lying at the point of death in his home at Minco, twenty miles north of Chickash[a], John T. [sic] Stewart, 20 years old, son of J. A. Stewart, merchant, was drowned in Boggy creek near Minco. The body was recovered an hour later.
Stewart with four friends had gone to the creek to swim. He was the first to enter the water, stepping into a place thought to be shallow but where a deep hole recently had been made. He went down before aid to [sic] be given. Only two members of the party could swim. Stewart is a student of Oklahoma A. and M. college, at Stillwater.
[Oklahoma Miner (Krebs, OK), July 22, 1920, 1.]
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Swimming Party is Fatal
Father Lies at Point of Death at Home.
Chickasha--While his father was lying at the point of death in his home at Minco, twenty miles north of Chickash[a], John T. [sic] Stewart, 20 years old, son of J. A. Stewart, merchant, was drowned in Boggy creek near Minco. The body was recovered an hour later.
Stewart with four friends had gone to the creek to swim. He was the first to enter the water, stepping into a place thought to be shallow but where a deep hole recently had been made. He went down before aid to [sic] be given. Only two members of the party could swim. Stewart is a student of Oklahoma A. and M. college, at Stillwater.
[Oklahoma Miner (Krebs, OK), July 22, 1920, 1.]
John Forbes Stewart was the younger of two children born to James Alexander Stewart (1858-1929) and his wife Harriet ("Hattie") E. Coffey Stewart (1868-1954) of Minco, Grady Co., OK. His father, born in Canada of Scots ancestry, co-owned with his brother-in-law a hardware store in Minco. His mother was raised on her family's farm in the Yadkin River Valley of North Carolina. John Stewart attended Oklahoma A.&M. in Stillwater where he played first clarinet in the Army Band. Sadly, his life was lost in a drowning accident.
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Swimming Party is Fatal
Father Lies at Point of Death at Home.
Chickasha--While his father was lying at the point of death in his home at Minco, twenty miles north of Chickash[a], John T. [sic] Stewart, 20 years old, son of J. A. Stewart, merchant, was drowned in Boggy creek near Minco. The body was recovered an hour later.
Stewart with four friends had gone to the creek to swim. He was the first to enter the water, stepping into a place thought to be shallow but where a deep hole recently had been made. He went down before aid to [sic] be given. Only two members of the party could swim. Stewart is a student of Oklahoma A. and M. college, at Stillwater.
[Oklahoma Miner (Krebs, OK), July 22, 1920, 1.]
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Swimming Party is Fatal
Father Lies at Point of Death at Home.
Chickasha--While his father was lying at the point of death in his home at Minco, twenty miles north of Chickash[a], John T. [sic] Stewart, 20 years old, son of J. A. Stewart, merchant, was drowned in Boggy creek near Minco. The body was recovered an hour later.
Stewart with four friends had gone to the creek to swim. He was the first to enter the water, stepping into a place thought to be shallow but where a deep hole recently had been made. He went down before aid to [sic] be given. Only two members of the party could swim. Stewart is a student of Oklahoma A. and M. college, at Stillwater.
[Oklahoma Miner (Krebs, OK), July 22, 1920, 1.]
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