Updated: 20 Mar 2009
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, OK
15 December 1952
Fred La Count Rites Planned
Services for Fred M. La Count, 95, of Mustang, will be Tuesday in the First Baptist church in Mustang. Burial will be in Noble.
Born in Trenton, Mo., La Count first moved to Oklahoma before the state was opened to settlement. Later he and his wife, Catherine, moved to Caldwell, Kan., bought a wagon outfit and started freighting flour, bacon and beans to Fort Reno and Darlington.
La Count sold his freighting business in 1189 [sic]. In 1906 he homesteaded 160 acres west of Lawton in the Big Pastures land drawing. The family moved to Mustang in 1914 and has lived there since.
La Count later operated a livery stable in Mustang.
In January the La Counts observed their 72nd wedding anniversary. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Charles L. and Tom A. La Count, both of the home; a niece, Mrs.
R. B. Lambert, and eight grandchildren.
Source: OKBits [Dec 2001]