Ola Ethel (Parrish) Hampton

The Wild Woman of Wild Woman Cave

Attached is a photo of  (Ethel Parrish) she was born in Dougherty in 1900, her mother and father were Drunette and Charles C. Parrish, she had a brother named Alfred, one named William who were both born in Texas, but Ethel, and her sisters Gladys and Mary Jane were all born in Dougherty while it was still Chickasaw Territory. Ethel married Mark Stephens and had four children....Mark Stephens was shotby a local marshall and he died....she remarried William Penn Hampton and they had 4 more children....which is where my dad came from........he and his brothers and sisters were all born in downtown Dougherty in the 1920's

Ola Ethel Hampton

Born  20 Feb 1900
Dougherty, Murray County, Oklahoma, USA
Death  3 Oct 1944 (aged 44)
Tulare, Tulare County, California, USA
Burial  Dougherty Cemetery
Dougherty, Murray County, Oklahoma, USA

THE DAVIS NEWS ON NOV 29, 1923
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MART (SIC) STEPHENS KILLED BY DOUGHERTY OFFICER

W E (Slim) Guess, city marshal and constable at Dougherty, shot and killed Mart (Sic) Stephens, son of Jno E Stephens, last Saturday night about 10:30 o'clock. The tragedy occured a mile and a half west of Dougherty at the home of Shorty Brumley, where a dance was being held.
According to the officer's statement, Stephens was drunk and disorderly at the dance and when he undertook to take him outside the house, Guess had to hit over the head with his gun, and in the scuffle which ensued, the gun went off acccidentally, Guess says. The weapon was a automatic pistol, and the bullet entered the temple and penetrated the brain.
Both men had families. Guess went at once to Sulphur and gave up. His examining trial will be held Saturday. Stephens was buried at Dougherty Monday afternoon, Rev T H Carden of this city conducted the funeral service.

THE DAVID NEWS ON DEC 13, 1923
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IN MEMORIAM

Mark, 25 year old son of John E Stephens and wife of Dougherty, was shot and killed Nov 24th, two miles west of town. Mark was born Jan 29, 1898, at Dougherty, and was married to Ethel Parish Oct 29,1917 and to this union three children were born, the oldest being five years old.
Mark was a good boy. He lots of friends. He leaves a mother, father, wife, three children, one brother, four sisters and a host of friends. Let our hearts go out in sympathy to his lvoed ones and friends in sorrow.

"Death our dearest ties can sever,
Take our loved ones from our side,
Bear them from our home forever,
O'er the dark cold water's tide,
In that happy land we'll meet them,
With those loved ones gone before,
And again with joy we'll great them,
There where parting is no more."

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