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© The Glencoe Mirror Glencoe, Oklahoma March 18, 1921 Hugh John Langshaw August 10, 1844 ~ March 11, 1921 Hugh John Langshaw was born in Canada in 1844. He moved with his parents to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when still quite young. His father dying soon after, he lived with his mother, four brothers and two sisters. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the 61st regiment of the Pennsylvania volunteers of the Civil War as a Drummer Boy for three years, being confined in the Libby Prison for 3 1/2 months. He was honorably discharged in 1865. He was united in marriage to Emeline Stevens, November 7, 1870. To this union was born four children, one boy and three girls, the boy having died in infancy. In the year 1877 he moved with his family to Junction, Texas, where they resided until the fall of 1893 when he moved to the Strip where he had filed on a claim making his home in the Strip until he moved to Stillwater in 1907, where he lived until the fall of 1919. He and his wife both failing fast in health, broke up their home and lived with their daughters. He leaves a wife and three daughters: Mrs. A. J. Garnett of Elk City, Oklahoma; Mrs. W. H. Dove of Augusta, Kansas, and Mrs. C. A. Dove of Glencoe, Oklahoma and eight grandchildren to mourn their loss. He was converted when a young man and joined the M. E. Church. The funeral was held at the M. E. Church at Glencoe, March 15th, by Rev. F. W. Galyon who eulogized his life in a very impressive manner. The remains were laid to rest in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. [Reference: Page 349, TRIBUTES OF BLUE, by Pearcy and Talkington, 1996.] |
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