COMANCHE COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

This is an index to the biographical sketches of Comanche County residents found in various publications in the Family History Room including the vertical file. Copies of individual sketches are available from the Family History Department or emailing the library.

Sources Indexed

BARNETT CHAPEL, AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA: YESTERDAY – TODAY – TOMORROW, 1907-1933 Lawton: The Church, 1993.

BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION, NOVEMBER 3-4, 2001: 100 YEARS OF UPLIFTING CHRIST SINCE 1901 BY FAITH Ella Jane Gipson and Dorothy H. Sneed, editors. Lawton: The Church, 2001.

CENTENARY METHODIST CHURCH, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA HISTORY, 1901-1992. Lawton: The Church, 1992.

CHRONICLES OF COMANCHE COUNTY. Lawton: Comanche County Historical Society, 1955-1961.

COMANCHE COTTON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION: A CENTENNIAL HISTORY, 1902-2002. Lawton: The Association, 2002.

THE COMANCHE COUNTY TRAMP: INTERVIEWS WITH FARMERS AND RURAL RESIDENTS OF COMANCHE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA ABSTRACTED FROM NEWSPAPER COLUMNS IN THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, APRIL 21, 1929 – JULY 22, 1929. 2 vols. Ellen John, abstractor. Lawton: Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 2009.

FIGHTING MEN OF OKLAHOMA: A HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: A REMEMBRANCE, AN APPRECIATION, A MEMORIAL. Vol. 2. Oklahoma City: Victory Pub. Co., 1946.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA CENTENNIAL, 1901-2001. Faye Ryder, editor. Lawton: The Church, 2001.

THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1901-2001, 5TH AND B STREET, LAWTON, OK 73501. Jasper Grigg, editor Lawton: The Church, 2001.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, 2001: LIGHTING THE WAY FOR 100 YEARS, by the Centennial Committee. Lawton: The Church, 2001.

FLETCHER CHRISTIAN CHURCH HISTORY. 1990 revision. Fletcher, Ok.: The Church, 1990.

FLOWER MOUND CEMETERY OBITUARIES, compiled by Ellen John. 4 vols. of notebooks.

THE HISTORY OF COMANCHE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, compiled by the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society. Dallas: Curtis Media, 1985.

A HISTORY OF ELGIN. Elgin: Elgin Bicentennial History Book Committee, 1976.

HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA AT THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF STATEHOOD. Gaston Litton. Vol. 3-4. New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1957.

HISTORY OF THE GRAND CHAPTER OF THE ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF OKLAHOMA, Kenneth S. Adams, et al., compilers. Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Oklahoma, 1964.

A HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. Luther B. Hill. 2 vols. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1908.

IN REMEBERANCE OF OUR 1961 LAWTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY, 1963- 2016, LAWTON HIGH SCHOOL, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA 55TH REUNION, OCTOBER 3-4, 2016, compiled by Ellen John. [3rd ed.] [Lawton: John], 2017.

INDIAHOMA: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. Pat Routon, Albernice Stoll, and Shirley Dodd, editors. Wausecca, Mn.: Walters Pub. Co., 2002.

LAWTON: A CENTENNIAL HISTORY. Lawton Centennial Book Committee. Rich Hill, Mo.: Bell Books, 2001.

Lawton High School reunion booklets.

THE LAWTON SEMI-WEEKLY STAR ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR EDITION, AUGUST 6, 1907. Lawton: Genealogy Department, Lawton Public Library.

LEADERSHIP INDEX” WHO’S WHO IN OKLAHOMA. Mary Jane Fulkerson and Jack Hoopes. Muskogee, Ok.: Leadership Index, 1964.

THE LION: DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, 1907-1966. History Book Committee; Albert Johnson, chairman. Lawton: The Committee.

A MATTER OF PRIDE: THE NINETY YEAR HISTORY OF SOUTHWESTERN HOSPITAL. Sheilah O’Henry. Lawton: The Hospital, 1997.

MEMORIES OF LAWTON. Lawton Arts and Humanities Council and Students of Eisenhower and McArthur High Schools. Lawton: The Council, 1999.

MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES FROM COMANCHE COUNTY. Oklahoma City: Vanguard Press. Cover title: The Men and Women in World War II from Comanche County.

MILKING THE KICKERS: A LIVING HISTORY OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. Karen Garvey. Claremont, N.C.: Hometown Memories, 2012.

‘NEATH AUGUST SUN. Lawton Business and Professional Woman’s Club. Anadarko, Ok.: N.T. Plummer Printing Co., 1934.

OKLAHOMA AFTER FIFTY YEARS: A HISTORY OF THE SOONER STATE AND ITS PEOPLE, 1889-1939. Barrett. 4 vols. Oklahoma City: Historical Record Assn., 1941.

OKLAHOMA HEROES: THE OKLAHOMA PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL. Ron Owens. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Pub. Co., 2000.

OKLAHOMA: A HISTORY OF THE STATE AND ITS PEOPLE. Joseph Bradford Thoborn and M.H. Wright. 4 vols. New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1929.

OKLAHOMA HISTORY SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN: HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. John P. Gilday and Mark H. Salt, editors. 3 vols. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1925.

OKLAHOMA SPIRIT OF ’17. W.E. Welch, J.S. Aldridge, and L.V. Aldridge. Oklahoma City: Historical Pub. Co., 1920.

OUTSTANDING WOMEN OF COMANCHE COUNTY. Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women, compiler. Lawton: The Commission, 1996.

PILOT LODGE 367, ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASON OF ELGIN, OKLA. James C. Martin. Oklahoma Lodge of Research, vol. 14. Guthrie, Ok.: The Lodge, 1996.

POST COMMANDERS OF FORT SILL, 1869 THROUGH 1940. O Willard Holloway. Fort Sill: U.S. Army Artillery & Missile Center, 1959.

PRAIRIE LORE. Lawton: Southwestern Oklahoma Historical Society, 1964-2015.

PROFILES OF OKLAHOMA PHARMACY. Carl K. Buckner, compiler for the Oklahoma Pharmacists Association. Oklahoma City: The Association, 2008.

SOME FACTS ABOUT LAWTON, OKLAHOMA: WHAT LAWTON HAS TO OFFER FOR THE YEAR 1902. Noel Edwards. Lawton: Wright, The Printer, 1901.

SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ANNIVERSARIES FROM LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. Lawton: Genealogy Department, Lawton Public Library.

SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FROM LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. Lawton: Genealogy Department, Lawton Public Library.

STANDARD HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA. Joseph Bradfield Thorburn. 5 vols. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1916.

SW OKLAHOMA KEYS. Willie Hardin Bivins, Polly Lewis Murphy, and Jewell Rone Tankersley. Lawton: Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1982.

TRI-CITY HISTORY: ELGIN – FLETCHER – STERLING, OKLAHOMA. Tri-City History Book Committee. Rich Hill, Mo.: Bell Books, 2002.

THE TREE TRACERS. Lawton: Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 1976-2015.

VERTICAL FILES OF THE FAMILY HISTORY DEPARTMENT, LAWTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

WHO IS WHO IN OKLAHOMA: A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF MEN AND WOMEN IN OKLAHOMA LIFE TODAY. Lyle H. and Dale Boren. Guthrie: Co-operative Pub. Co., 1935.

WHO’S WHO IN LAWTON, 1949, FROM THE LAWTON MORNING PRESS, NOV. 1948 – OCT. 1949. Lawton: Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, 2017.

WHO’S WHO IN OKLAHOMA, 1958. Jayne, Bert T. Oklahoma City: Jayne & Co., 1958.

Last Revised 1/27/2017