William Edgar Story

William Edgar Story

• William Edgar Story was born on 13 April 1878 in Iowa.
• William Edgar Story registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, while living with his son Stacy at 302 West Oak in Oklahoma City, and self-employed there lathing.
• He married Beatrice Jesse Teague, daughter of Washington C. Teague and Melissa Humphries.
• William Edgar Story and Beatrice Jesse Teague appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 302 West Oak. Other members of the household included Bonnie Edith Hickey. Also in the household were William's children from an earlier marriage: sons Stacy (age 14) and Theodore (12), and daughter Elsie (9).
• He was employed by the city as a carpenter, according to the 1920 census.
• William Edgar Story and Beatrice Jesse Teague appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 729 Southwest 24th. Other members of the household included William Clarence Story, Bonnie Edith Hickey, Daniel W. Story and Charles E. Story.
• He was employed as a contract lather, according to the 1930 census.
• William Edgar Story died on 17 April 1933 at age 55.
• His wife Beatrice Jesse Teague became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Sunny Lane Cemetery, Del City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
• The following appeared on 6 March 1974 in The Daily Oklahoman: Graveside services for Mrs. Beatrice Jesse Story, 79, of 5600 S. Walker, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Resthaven Cemetery, directed by Capitol Hill Funeral Home. She died Monday at South Community Hospital.
       Mrs. Story was born in Texas and moved to Oklahoma City in 1918.
       She is survived by four sons, Bill, Alameda, Calif; Robert, Orange, Calif; Danny, Carmichael, Calif., and Charles, Kansas City, Mo; two daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Pendergraph, 2609 SW 28, and [stepdaughter] Mrs. Elsie Thomas, 547 SW 36, and a sister, Mrs. Jo Mabry, Temple, Tex.

• Last Edited: 22 Aug 2016

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