Individual Details
Samuel Dekalb Queen
(1851 - November, 1888)
[family.FBK.FTW]
KEP QUEEN KILLED--The Alleged Train Robber and Murderer Shot Down Near Claremore. VINITA INDIAN CHIEFTAIN, 11/22/1888, page 3:
Kep Queen, the man wanted on half a dozen charges in Texas and in the Territory, was killed near Claremore last Friday night by Sheriff Ed Sanders and posse, and his body brought to Vinita the day following where it was embalmed and held for identification. It became known more than a week before the shooting that Queen and some of his followers were in the vicinity, and they were finally located in a cabin about a mile from the Dog Creek courthouse. Friday night the sheriff made up a party, and going to the place, they secreted themselves in the adjacent underbrush, while one of the more daring entered the house and asked to warm his feet. On coming out he stated that two of the men were lying in bed but that they covered their heads with a blanket. As soon as he left the house the two women who were there went to the stable, saddled three horses and led them up. Three men emerged from the cabin, mounted the horses, and as they rode away singing and cursing the officers, they were called upon to halt. The answer was a pistol shot which was returned by a volley from the officers. Queen went down mortally wounded, one of his companions was unhorsed and an instant later the other horse was killed. The two later, one of whom was John Barber, made their escape in different directions, on foot and hatless, and it is believed that Barber was badly wounded. The women were Queen's wife and Barber's sister. Queen, it is said, spent his last moments in praying, cursing, and talking with the women. A horse was missing Saturday morning from W.P. McClennan's, three miles distant, and one was left there, which had been stolen near the scene of the fight. It has always been the impression that both Queen and Barber were engaged in the attempted robbery of the Missouri Pacific train, last June, near Gibson Station, and on Tuesday last the express manager who was held up at that time, viewed the body and immediately recognized it as that of one of the robbers. Rewards are said to be standing in Texas for Queen's capture, dead or alive, and the officers are satisfied that they have the right man, but up to the present time, although a number of telegrams and letters have been sent out, not a satisfactory answer has been received from any of the firms offering the rewards. The Cisco Bank and a number of train robberies are laid to Queen's door. Not one of the sheriff's party was injured. Mrs. Queen and her children arrived in the city Monday and will probably take her husband's body to Texas as soon as it is delivered to her.
Note: John Barber and Samuel Queen were cousins.
KEP QUEEN KILLED--The Alleged Train Robber and Murderer Shot Down Near Claremore. VINITA INDIAN CHIEFTAIN, 11/22/1888, page 3:
Kep Queen, the man wanted on half a dozen charges in Texas and in the Territory, was killed near Claremore last Friday night by Sheriff Ed Sanders and posse, and his body brought to Vinita the day following where it was embalmed and held for identification. It became known more than a week before the shooting that Queen and some of his followers were in the vicinity, and they were finally located in a cabin about a mile from the Dog Creek courthouse. Friday night the sheriff made up a party, and going to the place, they secreted themselves in the adjacent underbrush, while one of the more daring entered the house and asked to warm his feet. On coming out he stated that two of the men were lying in bed but that they covered their heads with a blanket. As soon as he left the house the two women who were there went to the stable, saddled three horses and led them up. Three men emerged from the cabin, mounted the horses, and as they rode away singing and cursing the officers, they were called upon to halt. The answer was a pistol shot which was returned by a volley from the officers. Queen went down mortally wounded, one of his companions was unhorsed and an instant later the other horse was killed. The two later, one of whom was John Barber, made their escape in different directions, on foot and hatless, and it is believed that Barber was badly wounded. The women were Queen's wife and Barber's sister. Queen, it is said, spent his last moments in praying, cursing, and talking with the women. A horse was missing Saturday morning from W.P. McClennan's, three miles distant, and one was left there, which had been stolen near the scene of the fight. It has always been the impression that both Queen and Barber were engaged in the attempted robbery of the Missouri Pacific train, last June, near Gibson Station, and on Tuesday last the express manager who was held up at that time, viewed the body and immediately recognized it as that of one of the robbers. Rewards are said to be standing in Texas for Queen's capture, dead or alive, and the officers are satisfied that they have the right man, but up to the present time, although a number of telegrams and letters have been sent out, not a satisfactory answer has been received from any of the firms offering the rewards. The Cisco Bank and a number of train robberies are laid to Queen's door. Not one of the sheriff's party was injured. Mrs. Queen and her children arrived in the city Monday and will probably take her husband's body to Texas as soon as it is delivered to her.
Note: John Barber and Samuel Queen were cousins.
Events
| Birth | 1851 | ||||
| Marriage | April 3, 1881 | Williamson County, Texas - Nannie Addeen Smith | |||
| Death | November, 1888 | Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma |
Families
| Spouse | Nannie Addeen Smith ( - ) |
| Father | Samuel David Queen (1819 - 1908) |
| Mother | Jane Ann Petty (1822 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Elias Gipson Queen (1840 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Edna O. Queen (1844 - ) |
| Sibling | Reuben A. Queen (1847 - ) |
| Sibling | Ellen Queen (1850 - ) |
| Sibling | Ewen Queen (1851 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Mary Queen (1854 - ) |
| Sibling | Cordelia Ann Queen (1855 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Darthulia Jane Queen (1858 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Samuel Dawson Queen (1860 - ) |
| Sibling | Sterling P. Queen (1863 - 1899) |