| City/Town: • Copan |
| Location Class: • Residential |
| Built: • N/A | Abandoned: • N/A |
| Status: • Abandoned |
| Photojournalist: • Billy Dixon • Johnny Fletcher |
The story of Frank and Samantha Labadie is as ironic as it is haunting. The tale takes place in Copan, Oklahoma. We are not for sure when they were wed but considering the seven-year age difference between the two, we are guessing in the early 1880s. But since there are no more Labadie relatives, we are not 100% sure. The story goes like this… Ever since the Labadie’s had been married they could not have a child. Both were heartbroken but more so, Frank. Living with them was Enos Parsons, a loyal black slave who did not want freedom even after the civil war. The story goes in the winter of 1892 when Parsons was 46, he and Samantha Labadie had an affair which ended in Samantha being pregnant. By about April of 1893, Samantha began to show that she was with a child. 
Frank rejoiced not knowing that the baby was not his. When the baby was born it was obviously black. In the end, Parsons admitted to the affair which caused Frank into a fury. Frank shot his 44 Henry Rifle one time killing Parsons. Frank dumped the body in a creek nearby. Some say the body never floated but sank right to the bottom of the creek, there where it lies today. When he returned to the house that night he told Samantha that he would send the baby down the creek. Then in the spring of 1935, Frank began to go absolutely crazy, saying that he was being haunted by the ghost of Enos Parsons. On April 1, 1935 Frank took out his colt house pistol, shot Samantha four times killing her and then killed himself with one shot. When the bodies were found, the sixth bullet was missing from the gun. When the house was searched, the 44 Henry rifle which he used to kill Parsons was never found. Now if anyone goes out near the Labadie mansion, people say they are haunted by the Labadie family and Enos Parsons. The ghosts of both Frank and Samantha haunt the mansion. Frank has been known to be very aggressive towards anyone who enters his home. Enos Parsons haunts the woods and the creek to which he was thrown, still holding the gun that was used to kill him. Shots have also been heard in the woods which cause the birds to strangely hover in the air above where the shot was. And if you look into the creek, you may just catch a glimpse of the Labadie baby that still haunts it.
While researching this I did find an interesting site. It lists all cemeteries in Washington County and also lists the names of the buried. If you scroll down, you will see that Enos Parsons is listed, but classified as “believed to be buried here”. If a state-run site states this, I think that it adds to the mystery. It truly is one of the best mysteries in the state.
And this is an interesting site regarding Frank Labadie’s family tree.
Coming to Oklahoma in territorial days, Frank Labadie has witnessed the marvelous growth of the state as its vast resources have been exploited, and in the work of development and improvement, he has borne his full share through his operations as a farmer and lumberman and also in the oil fields. He was born in Miami County, Kansas, on September 3, 1860, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Labadie, the former of whom was of French Canadian descent and spoke the French language fluently. In 1871 the family came to Indian Territory, establishing their home in the northeastern part of Osage County, where the father devoted his attention to farming, conducting his operations on an extensive scale. He was a native of Detroit, Michigan, and in 1851 crossed the plains to California, where he successfully followed mining, later returning to Kansas, in which state he devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. During the Civil war he engaged in the bakery and confectionery business, in which he also won a large measure of success, and his demise occurred in 1892. He was a man of marked business ability and executive force, in whose vocabulary there was no such word as fail, while the methods which he employed were such as would at all times bear the closest investigation and scrutiny.
His son, Frank Labadie, was educated at the Osage Mission and on starting out in life independently he took up the occupation of farming, devoting his attention to the further cultivation and improvement of the home place of fifteen hundred acres, situated in Osage County. This he continued to operate until 1891 but is now concentrating his attention largely upon the lumber business, dealing in hardwood timber, although he still owns the original homestead, receiving large royalties from oil wells located on the property, while he also owns a twenty-acre truck farm near Big-heart, in Osage County. t He has inherited much of his father’s business ability and his interests are most capably conducted.
In 1884 Mr. Labadie was united in marriage to Miss Samantha Ellen Miller, a native of Illinois, and they have become the parents of four children: Lola, the eldest, is now the wife of A. M. Thurman and they have a daughter, Geneva; John P., who is thirty-four years of age, married Mary Margaret Lunney of Ohio, by whom he has three children: John Frank, Helen Vivian and George Sherman; George V. is a graduate of the law department of the State University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, having the distinction of being the only member of the Osage tribe to graduate in law with all of the degrees, and he is now following his profession at Pawhuska, in Osage County. He married Bessie Bruce and they have two children, G. V. and Cora Jean; Paul F., who completes the family, is also married and is now residing in California. All of the sons have attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry and are exemplary representatives of the craft, while the father is identified with the Elks lodge.
For fifty years Mr. Labadie has resided in Oklahoma and personal experience has made him familiar with the hardships and privations of life on the frontier. While living in Kansas in 1867 all goods were freighted in from Kansas City, and he often relates many interesting experiences of the early days, his memory forming a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present. The spirit of the father has descended to the son and the vital and forceful personality which energized his nature is kept alive in the subject of this review, who has lived up to worthy standards and carried on his activities along progressive lines.
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This is another location where made up stories to make a place sound haunted, take away from actual history. Frank and Samantha died in their early 70’s, at their house by carbon monoxide poisoning (found the next day by a nephew). Samantha was reading a book when it happened, by the door of the home. They had children who went to college, and moved to live their lives. I did find where one family member died by car accident. In the late 20’s, and early 30’s they were behind on their bills. They were constantly being sued, and the creditors kept demanding a auction to cell the house/property. After their death I found two names of those who owned the house, and besides vacations/visitors/celebrations nothing big was found on the new owner’s. As for Enos, he left Oklahoma years before the Labadie’s accidental death.
LALANI SHAILER HELLO CHASE,
WE HAVE ALOT IN COMMON…..MY GREAT,GREAT GRANDPARENTS OWNED LABADIE MANSON AFTER THE DEATHS IN 1934. THEY WERE DELAWARE-CHEROKEE AND HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH FRANK BEFORE HIS DEATH AND THE LABADIE FAMILY ‘S SURVIVING MEMBERS AFTER THE DEATHS. MENTIONED IN THEIR WILL WAS A DISPUTE OVER WHO HAD RIGHTS TO THE MANSION AND IT’S ASSETS…..
OIL AND A DEWEY CEMENT COMPANY TO BE EXACT AS WELL AS OIL TUBE PRODUCTION…
THE DISPUTE CAUSED A SERIOUS FAMILY FEUD IN MY FAMILY WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHERE THE “LEGEND” EVOLVES AND MERGES 2 SEPARATE FAMILY TALES OF WOE INTO ONE.
FIRST
THEN LABADIE MANSION AND ASSETS TRANSFERRED TO MY GREAT, G, GRANDMA…
A FINE HORSE WOMAN….CATTLE WOMAN AND OIL BARON, AFTER HER HUSBAND’S DEATH..
ALONG WITH EXTREME WEALTH……WHICH MY GREAT UNCLE FRANK WAS MAD ABOUT…BEING MY GREAT , G, GRANDAD’S BROTHER AND BUSINESS PARTNER HE FELT CHEATED OUT OF THE WILL.
MY G.G.GRAM DIDN’T CARE….SHE TURNED THE MANSION INTO A SHOW PLACE.
FINE ANTIQUES, WATERFORD CHANDELIERS,BABY GRAND PIANO, SPINET, GOLD HARP…SHE COLLECTED CHEROKEE ARTIFACTS AND HAD A BIG ROOM SET ASIDE FOR ALL HER TRIBAL REGALIA.
THE PROPERTY ALSO HAD LONGHORN CATTLE AND THE TRADE MARK ANIMAL OF MY ANCESTORS…PEACOCKS.
THE MANOR IN IT’S HEYDAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL RAMBLING VICTORIAN HOME WITH ROOMY PORCHES.
I was informed by a local sheriff whilst out in that area, that as of the first of the year (2012), anyone caught trespassing out on the old property will be subject to arrest and fines. Apparently, they have had too much vandalism and people leaving trash and settings fires up there and are tired of it. I was told they will be doing regular patrols of the area because of it. I thought perhaps at first he may have well been joking to ward me off from being out there, however he was quite adamant that the land owners and county are tired of the activities that take place there.
Ready about this place this week and has caught my attention. I’m planning on a trip to this place soon
He was a man of marked business ability and executive force, in whose vocabulary there was no such word as fail, while the methods which he employed were such as would at all times bear the closest investigation and scrutiny.
His son, Frank Labadie, was educated at the Osage Mission and on starting out in life independently he took up the occupation of farming, devoting his attention to the further cultivation and improvement of the home place of fifteen hundred acres, situated in Osage County.
Cool website! Cheers from the home services company.
Where can I find the owners?
Email me @ greshon@live.com
This story has gone on forever, no it is not true! It is my family's cementary and someone is always bring this up and making up stuff to add to a story that is not true to start with.
The Labadie is my grandmothers maiden name on my mother side and has writen rebuttles for years about this story that usually come out in a ghost story around halloween. The house was burnt down from kids from Bartlesville partying up there and setting it on fire. They died in the house from gas fumes.
So strange…I have never heard of ANY of this and I am related to this family. My great-grandmother is Nita Labadie (who married Ernest "David" Brown), my grandmother was Margaret Ruth ("Ruthie") Brown, my dad is Ernest Ray "Buck" Barlow…
What on earth? This is so strange!
SO IM GUESSING SINCE THIS ISNT SOMETHING JUST ANYONE CAN SIGN UP FOR OR ON- ITS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WROTE STUPID CRAP ON HERE-I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS/PLACES TO TALK ABOUT-BESIDES LABADIE-MULLENDORE….OSAGE COUNTY IS FULL OF GHOSTS!!! IT IS INDIAN COUNTRY…HOLLER AT ME WITH A CODE AND EMAIL AND ILL TELL YA SOME STORIES OR WHO TO SEND YOU TO WITH INFORMATION 🙂
I actually live in Copan I grew up here and i would like to hear some stories that I potentially have never heard about my email is lizyearout@gmail.com
its a good distance off the main road – just flew over it and identified exactly where it is (previous directions are spot on) – however from the air it appears there is a large gate blocking any kind of entrace to the road – almost like its private property – the gate is just off main road (white in color) if one had permission to go past that gate it looks like you could make your way back up towards the shell of a home!
The Mullendore Murder case was actually written about in a book that has been out of print for many years. My parents have lived in and around Hulah Lake for years (since the 30's) and have a copy of the book. One thing is for sure: if the story isn't juicy enough to begin with, it will be embellished until it is juicier.
So where is it located?
By the way the house has been burnt down because of people going up there!
I was there 6 days ago still there.
The person who wrote this story is full of sh@#! I am sorry, yes I am a descendant from this line of Labadie's! People have told this story so much that it has just grown and grown. Frank and Samantha died from asphyxiation and it was not in that house that is posted. My grandmother was a little girl (this was her grandparents) and had visited them the night before and told her parents that they were really sleepy and it was really hot in the house. She and her cousin went back home and the next morning they were found, having died in their sleep. People need to get their stories straight! I guess people will write about anything. The house that you are talking about was actually owned by George Lababie later owned by the Mulendores.
Yes, there are plenty of Labadie descendants alive in Osage and Washington County, OK, I guess people just don't want the truth!
Thank you for setting it straight D Cagle. This was my granddads house (George Labadie)..My mother was Cora Jean. Spent many a summer in Pawhuska groing up and never knew anything about this place. We got to take a private tour of it in in 2011.
I am curious if anyone knows of and where any Labyrinths are in this and the surrounding areas? Appreciate the info, if u have any.
DDoes anyone know about a or any Labyrinths in the area? High energy area?
If anyone is ever out there again and can feel spirits or energies, I have a request. Will you please say a prayer, then speak to those unrest souls as if you wld someone was alive. Tell them abt Jesus&how to receive Him in their hearts, if they haven't already. And to go toward the light if their is one. And reassure them that He will return for them one day&its ok to rest in peace or go toward the light. This may seem silly. But, It makes a difference. I promise. You can be dead and lost. Just like you can be alive and lost. Please, respect others' properties and their resting places. Esp. If u know they r there. Some have been dead for along time. And are anxious for Our Redeemers return. Just say outloud, Jehovah Shalom. It has to do with Our Lord protecting us w boundaries. Turn your back on the evil. Do not play around with it at all. A lot of spirits are just lost. Not evil. Bit BEWARE there is atleast one classification of demons that can inhabit the earth. Do not let or ask them in. Remember we all belong to God. And they even know His Power! Remember Jehovah Shalom. And if anything listen to your gut. If it tells you, to get out of there. I would do it. If not , then ok. But show respect. And don't trample where you don't belong. Prayer always guides you esp before during and after all experiences. He will guide you.!
Would you mind not putting this garbage on here? Some people just want to have a little fun. If you think that needs done, then you go out there and do it!
OK, this subject really intrigues me!! However, I am a sticker for facts, and this story falls apart. I went to the archives today and looked it up on Ancestry.com checking all the census dates, and it does not check out.
in 1850, we have Enos Parsons as a 3 year old in Fayette, Illinois, living with his family, while Francis Labidie Sr. is all of 23 living in Wayne, Michigan. 1860, Enos is 13 living in Macon county, Illinois, while Francis Labadie Sr is living with his wife Susan, and they have a couple of farm hands helping with the work, names are Roland Wooly and James Cortright. On the 1875 Kansas census, Enos (E W Parsons) is living in Montgomery, KS and listed as white, he has a wife in 1875 named only as S.E which one could infer as Samanth E except this wife is from Missouri, and Samantha from Illinois, they also have an infant (W). The 1865 Kansas census lists Frank Jr. and wife Susan living in Miami, KS with only themselves and their children. On the 1870 Federal Census Frank Jr. and wife Susan are living in Osage, Labette, KS again with only themselves and their children, no slaves or others in the household. By 1900 Enos Parsons is alive and well living in the Cherokee Nation, spouse name is Mary this time. Soooooo……I think the haunting activity is coming from the cemetary behind the place. Do you have a name or any names of the people buried there? I would happily do some research, as I really enjoy learning about the history of this area!! Let me know, posting the info here is much easier for me. Take Care!!
I stand corrected. They did both die on April 1, 1935, an inventory by Ruby Cranor in 1970 shows an infant grave and that the infant belonged to Frank Labadie and Samantha Miller (no dates). There are also 2 graves unknown, remember that this cemetary had to be relocated because of the dam building at Hulah Lake. So it leaves some room for speculation….. It is possible that the baby belonged to someone other than Frank, but that they were polite about it. Also in the main part of the cemetary (apart from the Labadie plot) there are 9 unknown graves.
Ok, I am related to Samantha Labadie (Miller). Hate to put a damper on a great story, but I have an obit from 1935 saying they both were killed on the train tracks!! I love the story though!! carterscat3@gmail.com
I stand corrected, wrong people, sorry! I did however do a through search on this
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Ok, ok, that's all I can stand I've been all over the web watching almost every sight that taks about the Labadie house and now I will break my silence. my family is from Osage and Washington Co. I am part Cherokee. If you have lived around there any time you will recognize these names, Codding's, Tuttle's, Silver's thats my family. my dad was a Bartlesville cop and my first cousin was the sheriff of Washington county. And any body that say's that d@mn place is not haunted is full of s#!t! I'm over 50 and am a key-holder from there. I worked for the Mullendore's before the murder. first time I went there was when I was 10 years old, the furniture was still in the house. the room with no floor at night and a floor in the day was there, and old lady Labadie rocked in her chair at night from her bedroom, I was shot at from the barn from the hayloft, when I was 15, broad daylight, we ran up to the barn house and we run up to the barn and didn't hear a sound we had a few guns (never went there without them) we went in and no one was there. and just to let ya know what a key holder is there was a old piano that use to be in the main room, to receive a key you had to know someone that had one usually gotten in the early 50's and they would take a few of us young kids out there and at 10pm you would walk up that d@mn hill and stay in that house at least till midnight then you ran you @ss back down that hill and if you did it you would become a key-holder, the guy's that took you up would give you a piano key and usually got drunk I was 15 first time I had Jack Daniels. I wont go into what happened because it would take two more pages. If you want the story E-mai me at jb41623@Gmail.com. I'll tell ya how to get there. after it burned I refused to go up there I've gone to the cemetery and took pics. but that was too d@mn close. seen more then just ghost out there. that all I will say on here!
Later
hey man i would like the story because im interested in going please email in to me at schnutz_87@yahoo.com
thanks
my friends took me out there last night and it didnt freak meout till i saw the house..please tellme ur story about what really goes on out there
grew up in Caney,Ks. Went there in 65/66 to scare our girl freinds and when we were walking out on the front steps the piano played. We went back inside and nobody there and didn,t hear anything. Ask all our freinds next day if theygrew where there to scare us and 2 this day nobody has owned up.
can i interview you about this over email this week for a essay?
hi i been there like a week ago and when i walk by the baby grave i heard a cry and then we went to the brige the cry got louder!!
then we went back to the graves and we heard a yell !!!
My last name is LaBadie, from Pennsylvania, anyone with any more info please email me @ harley1105verizon.net
it is spelled Labadie. the story I grew up hearing was that the Labadies were found dead sitting up in their chairs with the clocks all stopped at the certain time. this spooky place at night was the greatest thrill of my life. I am now 64
and there are their graves at the top of the hill by the road with a fence around it. there are Labadies still in Pawhuska, I know them.
today two of my friends and i went to this "place" and could not find it we saw the cemetery they were burried in but could not find the mansion we walked around for hours looking. someone wanna tell us exactly where it is
the mansion, whats left of it is on the hill top one mile to the south east. there is a driveway one mile south of the cemetery on the left side of the road. follow that up to the y then veer to the left the road will take you right to the house. be warned the hill is watched constantly for tresspassers and the rightful owners carry rifles.
We went all over that hill trying to find it. We even went to the owners house to try and ask permission to see it, were we on the wrong hill? We drove down the road where the cemetery is (it was on the left side of the car) and came upon a cattle gate a little ways down the road. Is this the hill? I swear we walked around for at least 3 hours and didn’t see anything. Please give us SPECIFIC directions other than “south and southeast” and stuff. This is the 4th time we’ve gone out there
It took my brothers friends awhile to find it they said they started walking up the hill and eventually found it. They soon realized that somehow they walked past it a couple times so apparently you've got to look really close to find it.
well there are Labadie's that live in Pawhuska.Why do u guys go ask them? And stop all the guess work?
I need the people's # who own the mansion, or their email. My team and i want to do get some evidence their as our first attempt. My email is medwards25@uco.edu
I grew up in copan and went to the mansion several times. if youre looking for paranormal activity you wont find it. Im writing a book on the labadie house that covers the legend and my own personal experiences there.should be with some luck be in print next year.
Did you ever finish the book if so I’d be interested in reading it
I would love to checkout the Pretty Boy Floyd hideout… Is there any spirit activity there?
Now that be interested, I definitely want to check that out
my team and i are going to get our own evidenceB)
you and your team wont find anything but an old house and a barn. be careful though there have been reported sightings of horses in the area. been there countless times, and have never seen paranormal activity.it was though an interesting place in the eighties. good luck happy halloween
I went to Labadie house last night with a group of 8 of my friends…We all died.
Interesting!
If you like this you should check out cry baby bridge, the bridge is over the creek where the baby was rumored to be dumped. If you go out on the bridge and chant, "cry baby cry." You can hear the baby crying. I myself have personally heard the baby cry twice.
I would love to go to Cry baby bridge. Where is it located?
We have a booklet titled AMERICANISM and written by G.V. Labadie in 1943. The booklet also mentions a Lt. G.V. Labadie, Jr. stationed at Ft. Bliss, TX just prior to transferring overseas. Do you know if these Labadies are related to the Labadies of the mansion? If they are, do you know where we might learn more about them? Thank you for your consideration of our request.
In another note to what BartlesvilleCouplein30s said about the cemetary on the way to Barnsdall that is in fact called Jesse Creek Cemetary there is a sign right out front stating this because the headstones that are surrounded by concrete with stairs leading to them are there. Kris is right the Labadie mansion is on the 2 mile right before you hit Copan. And the Labadie's headstones are located in a small family cemetary just a little ways north of the hill that you have to walk that leads up to the mansion. Names, Dates and all the proof without digging up the bodies. We have been out to the mansion many upon many times through years 2000 to 2007. We have witnessed nothing more than some screams and gun shots.
And to Jeff, regarding your dream about the odd amount of heavy cash. It is possible that, that has something to do with the Mullendore Ranch, because they are actually Kayla's family, they live close by the Labadie's, and there truely is money hidden somewhere on the property.
Just a side note if anyone wants something else to research, there actually is a Mullendore murder mystery out there that we have not gained information about. It may be hard to muster up, we dont know much about it because it would never dare be mentioned. We have no idea if there has ever been any publication on the matter.
I would love directions to the labadie mansion and a number, if you know, for the people that own it… I want my team to go there and stay the evening. Thanks
my name is jeff, i live in ca. last night i had a dream about franks land in oklahoma, i googled you to find it. i did not know this existed till this moment. there was also something about three thousand six hundred some odd dollars.
To clear up the error made by "BartlesvilleCouplein30s", the Labadie Mansion is NOT located west of Bartlesville going toward Barnsdall. Yet it is not it Copan, Copan is the closest town nearby. The mansion is located in Osage county, not far from the Mullendore Cross-Bell ranch off US Highway 10 going west toward Hulah lake from Copan. I would probably refute the fact that they gained actual evidence of paranormal activity from a place that they have absolutely no idea where it is located.
I and my team would love to go there and stay the evening. Could you give me some better locations? Thanks oh and if you know the owners we'd like their number/email so as to ask them if we can do this.
Would love to go asap. Kris please email me asap at EmoOnyx@yahoo.com
i can get my hands on some pictures if they still exist from about 8 or 9 years ago from the mansion that show real paranormal activity up there. contact me if you have permission to visit the mansion during the day. playinnthemud@yahoo.com
what kind of pictures and where? i went there last night and someone followed us up the trail and back down
I have found who owns the property and have wanted to conduct a paranormal investigation there for a while. I am from the area and have been to the house several times. Anyone who is interested contact me at Kris4491@aol.com
Kris,
I tried sending you an email to let you know that our team would be intrested in investigating this property but it didnt go through!But if you would contact us through our website (www.topic1.webs.com) or send us an email(topic_ghosthunters@yahoo.com) with another way to contact you, we would greatly appreciate it and we would love to set up an investigation of this property,Thank You!
Kris,
I just moved to Dewey, OK from Florida
I was looking up haunts around here and I’m curious if you ever got to do an investigation I am very interested in seeing this place you can email me at doreme23@aol.com put Labadie Mansion in the title so I don’t accidentally delete it. Thanks, Stacy
sent you an email asking if it is still possbile to access it past the road site (white) gate – i wouldnt mind getting up near it to see – we live up near Independence and camp around Copan occasionally – is it private property?
I would like to know whom to talk to in order to get a permit to go up to the mansion to investigate it myself with a group to get evidance for ourselfs.
is the mansion avalible for visiting with out the ride in a police car??
I have researched this place for years. I discovered that at some point in time the family released a statement disspelling the “haunted” rumors. Apparently, the mansion in question was owned by Frank and Samantha’s son. They never resided there. It’s burning was an unrelated incident. Officially, Frank and Samantha Labadie paseed in their own seperate home from carbon monoxide poisoning. The link below contains this story as well as a few other local ledgends.
http://mix96tulsa.com/info/tulsahaunts.html#
this link goes nowhere! ur a joke.
The house that is currently on the property is very much haunted. I lived there for approximately two years. I will never return to that evil place. My Dog wimpers histerically in that house. Ive seen people, heard voices, footsteps, screams, objects moved, doors opened, slammed, lights… you name it. Thats only the house.
The old "Mansion" is far from the house. I used to shoot at cans and things there. I never thought it was very exciting.
The picture of the Labadie family that was taken in the twentys,
okwueagle.com/…/Urban%20Legends/family-500.jpg
In the backround you can see the porch. My porch. I dont know enough to say for sure who died or what happened there, but believe it when I say this is no mere folktale or legend, something happened to them. People say that nothing happened in the house, that Mr. and Mrs. Labadie died on accident from carbon monoxide poisoning. This may be true, but EVIL ITSELF lives there. I have no reason to lie.
Email me at Zackem2100@gmail.com
I would love to tell you anything else you might want to know and am eager to hear what else you know of this place.
is there more buildings behind the mansion?i went there and i was followed and felt someone breathing heavily behind me on the way down?do you have pics of the house when it was more complete?
Hi Zack,
I am compiling a book with hauntings thruout the west ( on the lines of Haunted Heartland). i would love to get more information on your experience that you had while living in the house.
Thanks
R.Stout
I have since been to the Bartlesville Library and have searched the obituary archives. I don't see anything that goes back as far as Enos' death. If he was indeed an African Slave, his death might not have been recorded. But I have conducted extensive research at the library and have not found any proof of this person "Enos Parsons" ever living here. There surely would have been something that mentioned him if he was involved with Frank Jr. and Samantha Labadie, being that they died in 1935. I am trying to get a paranormal investigation of the place staged for sometime in the fall, so far my efforts have been futile. If anyone is on the paranormal research team and reading this please contact me at Kris4491@aol.com.
Thanks!
Do you not think that it is possible that Enos Parsons, if he did in fact exist; might have been a slave for Susan Labadie? Their deaths (if Enos' is accurate), are not that many years apart.
Yeah, I think that is much more probable. See if you can't take another trip to the library and see what if anything you can find.
I'm going into Tulsa tomorrow…I will see if I can find anything on Enos Parsons. I doubt there will be any definitive information on his relation to the Labadie family, but I would be able to maybe find out where he is buried, cause of death, and actual year of death. Until next time…the mystery continues.
lol….yes, the mystery continues!
the civil war ended in 1865. if mr. parsons did pass away in 1893 that would mean he was still enslaved for twenty eight years after slavery was abolished.the us house of represenatives passed the 13th ammendment on jan 31st 1865. that doesnt prove he didnt work for francis and susan labadie it just proves he wasnt a slave. i grew up in copan and this legend. enos parsons name has been associated with the labadie house. what you must remember is back in the 1800s not all graves were marked so enos could very well be buried there.what suprises me about this legend is why howard bowers isnt mentioned. he's buried just outside the cemetery. he died young what happened to him. cora labadie died at fourteen what happened to her? to me thats the real mystery
I upon reviewing the Cemeteries database, I found the record of "Enos Parsons" who was believed to be buried there. There is no positive proof that he is actually buried in this cemetery unless there is a marked headstone. It also lists his death in 1893, which was 42 years before Frank and Samantha died in 1935. This would make it very hard for Mr. Parsons to shoot and kill Frank and Samantha. Enos might have been Susan's slave. Susan Labadie was Frank's mother. This would have been more probable.
My Grandfather lives on the border of Washington and Osage Counties and there is a Cherokee Indian Cemetery behind his barn. There are several sandstone headstones which are unmarked but are obviously headstones. I am a Copan resident and I have been to the Labadie Mansion on several accounts. Nothing strange has happened. They did however meet an untimely death. It was on April 1st, 1935 that they died. A friend of mine and myself took the liberty of going to the Bartlesville Library to look at the microphish to see if we could find any stories or obituaries on Frank and Samantha. Indeed, we found that no murder was involved. There was a whole article on the tragic deaths of Frank and Samantha. They had many fireplaces in the mansion (hence all the chimneys). It was reported in the newspaper that both died of asphyxiation due to improper ventilation in the house. The legend is a myth. I can do research on Enos Parsons, but it would be hard to find out if he actually was a resident or what happened. I have heard that when people meet an untimely death, their spirits often linger between here and the afterlife. Maybe that is true. The only thing that I have seen is an orange glow of what appeared to be a lantern of some sort when I was standing on the road below the hill that the house’s remains are perched on. As far as the shots go, the property used to be guarded by “range riders” who were looking to scare off rambunctious teens. The road leading into the property is now gated and padlocked. My friend and I were going to make a venture up to the house on Halloween 2008, but they had people sitting at the gate. Oh, and there are also surviving relatives of the Labadies living to this day…they do not like to talk about the history and feel bothered by it. This is the hard core facts I and my friend have gathered.
While researching this I did find an interesting site. It lists all cemeteries in washington county, and also lists the names of the buried. If you scroll down, you will see that Enos Parsons is listed, but classified as "believed to be buried here". If a state run site states this, I think that it adds to the mystery. It truly is one of the best mysteries in the state.
Labadie Cemetery Site
And this is an interesting site regarding Frank Labadie's family tree.
Frank Labadie Family Tree
Thanks for the extra history on the place Kris. I never knew there were still some living relatives…
So, first of all, this place is not in Copan. It is on the west side of Bartlesville on the road to Barnsdall. My husband and I had a hard time finding it. We had a TON of personal experiences, as well as video with sound effects only that are proved not to be animal. The pictuers we took are so WOW. I can't explain. some spirits are reflections of the past, but there is one little boy fully aware that I was there. The series of pictures show them clearly. A little girl under a tree, two kids sitting on the grey stone wall you have to take stairs to get in (I didnt go in) Inside the stone was a little boy and an older man to his right (left in the photo) and a man in the distant background appearing to be in civil war dress. The little boy I saw for about a week after…many times a day. Also, we were in the dark from 12pm-6am and the sun came up and when we were leaving we got the video and pictures. We were making our way up towards the house and both heard this loud intense almost like merry go round music or something similar. I said, "Shit!" and I turned around full blast, tripped on a branch, got all bruised up, had to have ankle reconstruction. Anyway, we plan to go back soon. This place is hard to find.
the remainsof the house referred to as the labadie mansion reside nine miles west of copan. straight south of the crossbell { mullendore} ranch
Hi, i am from dewey ok, and i constantly visit copan. I have seen the labadie mansion countless times. Now a friend of mine is believe it or not…possessed. The police have called the school to warn the kids to avoid going up there. But that never stopped him. I know it sounds crazy…but something terrible is happening up there. I firmly believe that we have awoken Frank Labadie. If u have any more information please contact me. Thanks – Ashlee
She is totally right. I live in Copan and have ben out to the house millions of times. There is a crazy old man who lives out there and shoots at crazy teens who think the place is haunted. I have seen some wierd things out there and have heard some odd noises. But some people add on to the story, it is a scary place to go though. There are 3 unmarked headstones and they are still unknown today of whom is buried there.
I have grew up around here and the crazy man is not crazy i know him very well he just dont like kids going up there and throwing trash everywhere and tearing everything up if people was respectfull he wouldnt care and he would not harm anyone and its not a public place its private property.
Hi Tyler… does the gentleman who lives out there have a phone number that I could contact him to get permission to take some pics of the house. I do photography and would like to go out during the day and take some shots of it.