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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, April 13, 1949 April 21, 1855 ~ January 20, 1960 Death Claims Lum Seow, Carnegie's Oldest Citizen Lum Seow, a native of China and Carnegie's oldest citizen, died Wednesday in an Anadarko rest home after being bedfast since September 31, 1956. Seow, well-known throughout the area as "Chinaman John, was born in Canton, China, in 1855 and would have been 105 years of age had he lived until April 22. He came to the United States when nine years old. He lived with an uncle who had a mercantile store in San Francisco, and later was given a half interest in the store. Later Lum Seow became ill with asthma and in 1894 moved to Nebraska where he met Mrs. Sarah Ingram, mother of the late Clyde Ingram and grandmother of Mrs. Marguerite Harding. He cooked in a cafe for Mrs. Ingram and when the Ingrams sold their cafe and came to Lathram. [Carnegie] when the country opened in about 1900, Seow came with them. He worked as a cook for the Ingrams here for many years and when they purchased a farm three miles south of Alden he went along to help with the farm three miles south of Alden he went along to help with the farm work. In 1919 they moved to work. In 1919 they moved to Raymondville, Texas, returning here in 1922. They again moved to Texas until 1937. Clyde Ingram and Seow returned here in 1937 to remain. Seow did odd jobs on the farm, pulled bolls and was an expert gardener. He also worked in cafes here and in Mountain View. He became a citizen of the United States in 1899. On his 100th birthday residents of Carnegie paid special tribute to him by naming him "Mayor For a Day." He received congratulations from President and Mrs. Eisenhower and from Gov. Raymond Gary. The Carnegie band, paraded in his honor and openhouse was held. "Don't Go Crooked--Go Straight" was the motto he lived by. Services were held here Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Pitcher Funeral chapel. Burial was in the Alden cemetery. |
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