Life History

Notes

• Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
  Laura Warrenburg, Age 22 (born abt 1875), born in Illinois
  Samuel M Thomas, Age 23 (born abt 1874), born in Missouri
  Age 22 (born abt 1875)
  License issued 9 October 1897
  Marriage 10 October 1897 Logan County, Oklahoma Territory, USA
  Ceremony 10 October 1897 by J C Foster, Justice of the Peace, Crescent Township
  Witness Mrs Granville Spenser
  Recorded Oklahoma Territory Marriage Book, p 142
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  it is thought Laura and Sam divorced, though no record has been found.  Laura married Dr Theophilus H East in 1907.
  
  Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
  Mr T H East, Age 54, Chickasha [Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation]
  Mrs Laura Thomas, Age 33, Chickasha [Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation]
  Age 33 (born abt 1874)
  License issued 1 January 1907 (Record now in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma)
  Marriage 1 January 1907 (Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation) Southern District, Indian Territory, USA
  Ceremony 1 January 1907 by J W Speake, Deputy Clerk. U S Court
  Recorded 3 January 1907 in Oklahoma Territory Marriage Book, p 96, Certificate #67
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  1910 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma, 21 April, Chickasha City Ward 1, District 95, page 9B, 1517 10th St, Hse #189, Fam #192
  East, Theophilus Head M W 57 6th Marriage Married 3yrs Iowa NC KY Physician Owns
  East, Laura E  Wife  F W 37  2nd Marriage Married 3yrs  4 children/1 living IL OH KY
  East, Ellen E  Stepdau F W 8  Single OK MO IL
  
  Laura and Theophilus later divorced.  She married Thomas Sanford, and they are reported in some Chickasha City dIrectories.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1938, p 165
  Sanford Thomas J (Laura E) lab h 924 S 5th
  
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  Laura Etta Warrenburg Sanford
  BIRTH 16 Feb 1874 Illinois, USA
  DEATH 6 Aug 1953 (aged 79)
  BURIAL Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, Block 17, lot 4
  
  Married Samuel Thomas 1897
  Married Theopolis East 1907
  Married Tom Sanford 1924
  Father John H Warrenburg 1834-1907
  
  Spouses:
  Samuel M Thomas 1873-1904
  Theophilus H East 1852-1917
  Thomas John Sanford 1873-1944
  
  Brother Lewis G Warrenburg 1861-1908
  
  Daughter Mabel L Thomas 1899-1900
  
  Created by Karen 15 Sep 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 76554649, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76554649
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Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma
  • 21 April, Chickasha City Ward 1, District 95, page 9B, 1517 10th St, Hse #189, Fam #192
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
• 4. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Chickasha, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1938, p 165
• 5. Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929