Otis Clinton Key

Brief Life History of Otis Clinton

When Otis Clinton Key was born on 25 December 1905, in Hackett, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, his father, Elbert Russell Key, was 27 and his mother, Lucinda Garmon, was 26. He married Beulah Ellen Woolsey on 17 September 1928, in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Cameron, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States for about 40 years. He died on 3 August 1988, at the age of 82, and was buried in Park Grove Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Otis Clinton Key
1905–1988
Beulah Ellen Woolsey
1911–1989
Marriage: 17 September 1928
Dorothy Louise Key Gilham
1930–1998
Loretta Fae Key
1938–

Sources (10)

  • Otis C Key, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Odis Key, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Otis Clinton Key, "Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1906 · Diamonds Found Near Murfreesboro

In a 37- acre plowed field in  a state park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas visitors are able to go looking for diamonds. This was the site for the first diamond discovery in 1906. Through the years more than 33,100 diamonds have been found at the Crater of Diamonds. 

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English, Irish, and German: variant of Kay .

Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Keij, from the personal name Kei(je), possibly a vernacular form of Cornelius , Nicolas or Gerrit (see Gerrits ). Compare De Kay .

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 祁, see Qi 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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