Reuben Everett (1878 - 1921)

Born 24 Sep 1878 in Missouri, United States

Husband of Janie (Grant) Everett — married 20 May 1917 in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA

Died 1 Jun 1921 at age 42 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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Reuben Everett was living with his mother, Mahala (Unknown, of Virginia)^[1] Everett Anderson and his stepfather, Frederick Anderson and two step-brothers, in Campbell Township, Springfield, Greene, Missouri in 1900.^[2]

By 1917, he was living with his wife, Janie (Grant),^[1] in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she is listed on his World War I Draft Registration, which confirms his birth date.^[3]

The last record that we have of Reuben, in 1920 shows he and his wife and his mother-in-law, Julia (Unknown) Grant, in their Tulsa, Oklahoma household.

Other researchers have confirmed that Reuben was a brick mason^[1] who was killed in the Tulsa Greenwood Race Massacre.^[4][5]

From his FindAGrave memorial:^[5]

Reuben Everett, who was black, was a laborer who lived with his wife Jane in a home along Archer Street. Killed by a gun shot wound on the morning of 1 Jun 1921. He is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch: 3 Feb 2021, Reuben Everett, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 30 May 2021, Reuben Everett in household of Frederick Anderson, Campbell Township Springfield city Ward 1, 4, Greene, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 38, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972); FHL microfilm 1,240,855.
3. ↑ His birth date is definitive per this source, which is also consistent with the 1900 census record, within one year (1879, versus 1878 on the 1900 census)."United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch: 22 Oct 2019, Ruben Everett, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ Carlson, I Marc. The Tulsa Race Massacre. Accessed 2 Jun 2021. Citing: “Riot deaths”, Tulsa Daily World, 5 Feb 2000; Tulsa Tribune, 2 Jun 1921.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find a Grave, database and images Reuben Everett (24 Sep 1878–1 Jun 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #59897410, accessed 30 May 2021, citing Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA, and Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot. Tulsa Race Riot. 28 Feb 2001. Accessed 2 Jun 2021; Maintained by Don (contributor 47150142).