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Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock), 9 June 1907, p. 29: 'The Oakes Family and Its History,' a syndicated surname column that prints the Nathaniel Oak cabin-boy tradition, names his wives Mehitable Rediat and Mary Holloway, and lists Maine descendants. — Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock), 9 June 1907, p. 29: 'The Oakes Family and Its History,' a syndicated surname column that prints the Nathaniel Oak cabin-boy tradition, names his wives Mehitable Rediat and Mary Holloway, and lists Maine descendants. 9 Jun 1907 · p. 29
Source: Daily Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas; Newspapers.com.
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Keep in mind: Family tradition: the shipwreck, pine-knot and wildcat story is printed here as the family's own account, and the column is a syndicated filler piece (byline 'Eleanor Lexington'), not a primary record. The statements above rest on a full transcription of the column. People tagged are those the column names with a stated relationship: Nathaniel Oak (immigrant), his wives Mehitable Rediat and Mary Holloway, his son Jonathan, Capt. Seth (third generation), Seth's sons Calvin and Nathaniel, and Beriah (third generation); the tree matches are by name and generation (Likely). Henry Lebbens Oak (b. 1844), Ora Oak, Lyndon Oak and the column's John (third generation) are named but not tagged: no unambiguous tree person.
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