Born on Dec 17, 1851 to Lucinda Wasser Beaver William Allison Oakes passed away on Mar 5, 1923, at the age of 71 and was buried in Tobias Cemetery in Tobias, Nebraska, United States. William Allison Oakes was married to Minerva Elmira Rachau Oakes and had 8 children: William Fredrick Oakes, Emmett Alvin Oakes, Celia Edna Oakes Manners, Effie Mae Oakes Sprenkle, Charles Leroy Oakes, Inez Flossie Oakes Polage, Ray Oakes, Harley Ernest Oakes.