Individual Details

1880 Census. Watkins, Dent Co, MO, Hh 64
J. B. Poindexter, 26
M. C., 21, wife
William, 1

1900 Census. Washington Twp, Garfield Co, Territory of OK, Hh 62
John Poindexter, b. Aug 1853, 46, married 25 years, Farmer, father b. TN, mother b. KY
Margret C., wife, b. May 1859, 41, 12 children - 9 are living, parents b. NC
William H., son, b. Sep 1878, 21, b. MO
Walter, son, b. Aug 1882, 17
Arthur, son, b. Nov 1884, 15
Emery E., son, b. Dec 1886, 13
Joseph E., son, b. Apr 1889, 11
Bessie, dau, b. June 1891, 8
Elia, son, b. Apr 1893, 7
Ira G., son, b. Aug 1895, 4, b. OK Territory
Effie L., dau, b. Jul 1897, 2, bl OK Territory

1910 Census. Washington Twp, Garfield, OK, Hh 4
John B. Poindexter, 56, married once for 34 years
Margaret C., wife, 51, 13 children - 10 are living
Joseph E., son, 21
Elva L., son, 17
Ira G., son, 14
Effie L., dau, 12
Ava D., dau, 8

Buried Hennessey Cemetery, Kingfisher Co, OK

John B. Poindexter, aged 64 years and 28 days, passed away Monday afternoon, Sept. 10th, in the General Hospital at Enid.
Mr. Poindexter was taken to the hospital from his home, 12 miles northwest of Hennessey, Sunday and underwent an operation that evening. He has suffered with a cancer of the lower bowel for some time, and the operation was decided upon in the hope of prolonging life.
Funeral services will be held from the home at 10 o'clock this morning and interment made in the Hennessey cemetery. Rev. Morgan, of Ames, officiated at the funeral.
The deceased is survived by his wife and ten children, four of whom reside at home: Harvey, Walter, Arthur, Emory, Ernest, Elva and Ira, and Bessie, Effie, and Della.
From The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 16, Thursday, September 13, 1917.

Birth	13 Aug 1853	Dent County, Missouri
Marriage	1875	Margaret Christine Headrick
Death	10 Sep 1917	Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma

Spouse	Margaret Christine Headrick (1859 - 1933)
Child	Emory Elmer Poindexter (1886 - 1968)
Child	Joseph Ernest Poindexter (1889 - 1945)
Child	Nancy Elizabeth "Bessie" Poindexter (1891 - 1988)
Child	Ira Gentry Poindexter (1895 - 1968)

Father	Josiah Poindexter (1822 - 1866)
Mother	Nancy Craddock (1824 - 1870)
Sibling	Thomas Poindexter (1846 - )
Sibling	George Poindexter (1848 - )
Sibling	Robert S. Poindexter (1851 - )
Sibling	Margaret Poindexter (1856 - )
Sibling	William Archie Poindexter (1859 - )