Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: Gray, Ollie, Maggie Gossin
Contributed by Alice Ann Coffman
Margaret Gossin born in 1863 in Marysville, KS, and homesteaded a farm west of Britton, OK, in 1889. She was the teacher in the first school in Britton. Jacob Oliver Gray, born in 1871 in Nashville, IN, made the run to Oklahoma with his parents in 1889. Ollie and Maggie were married in 1892. They had six children: Mary, Rosella, John, Theodore, Walter, and William. Jacob died in 1929. Maggie Gray and some of her family lived on the homestead land until it became a part of Lake Hefner. Maggie died in 1940.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
