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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02293 4589
A HISTORY
OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
BY
LUTHER B. HILL, A. B.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
E
GREAT SEAL
LA
1907
VOLUME II
V. 2.
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK
1909
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INDEX
A
Adams, Percival, 325.
Adams, Walter L., 225.
Adains, William D., 40.
Alford, Thomas W., 20. Allen, Eben N., 260.
Allen, George W., 5.
Allen, Luke D., 455.
Allen, Presley R., 268. Allen, Rufus W., 442.
Allen, Walter C., 310.
Ambrose, Wesley S., 253.
Anderson, Frank C., 85.
Anderson, John, Jr., 6.
Anglin, William T., 226.
Anthony, Charles R., 225.
Apollos, J. S. B., 428. Archer, John W., 408.
Arnold, James H., 171.
Arnote, James S., 240.
Aspinwall, William H., 389. Austin, Thomas J., 67. Aydelotte, J. M., I.
B
Bailey. DeRoos, 328. Bailey, John, 92.
Bailey, S. F., 49.
Bainbridge, William B., 329.
Baird, Melville B., 490.
Baird, William G., 308.
Baker, Henry G., 320. Baker, Pike, 23.
Ball Edward J., 173.
Barber, George C., 114. Barnes, Thomas J., 462.
Barnett, Joseph A., 252. Barrett, Henschel. 34.
Bass, Edward Y., 350.
Baugh, John H., 137.
Baum, Frank J., 179.
Bayhylle, Louis, 382.
Bayless, Morris F., 73.
Beard, Lyman F., 167.
Beatty, James L., 352.
Becker, Peter J., 209.
Beckett, Arthur L., 456.
Becotte, Peter, 55.
Bell, Jack, 478.
Bennett, J. Claude, 434.
Bennett, John E., 369.
Berryhill, Theodore, 214.
Berryhill, Thomas J., 431.
Biggers, Virgil R., 24.
Bilby, J. F., 132.
Bisbee, W. G., 130.
Black, Samuel, 360.
Blakeney, Benjamin B., 16.
Bolinger, H. A., 44.
Bonacker, Edward J., 418.
Bopst, Samuel O., 391.
Bowles, Rupert P., 290.
Bozarth, Jacob, 219.
Bradbury, John P., 220.
Bradfield, I. N., 136.
Bradfield, Pearl, 83.
Bradford, Walter C., 18.
Bradley, Edwin T., 427.
Bradley, W. R., 210.
Brady, W. Tate, 486.
Bragdon, Marshall L., 336.
Braley, Leonard A., 82.
Brandenburg. John B., 57. Brant, William H., 503.
Brenner, Harris H., 399.
Brewer, Robert P., 278.
Brown, George T., 41I. Brown, R. H., 352.
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INDEX
Bruner, Joseph, 212.
Brunson, David D., 227. Brunt, J. A., 210. Bryan, Milton, 13. Bryan, W. W., 496.
Buell, Dudley B., 280.
Buercklin, S. W., 426.
Bunce, Edgar H., 64.
Bunyard, William F., 193.
Burke, J. J., 90.
Burks, William G., 74. Butler, W. R., 35.
Bynum, James H., 277.
Bynum, Robert N., 493.
Byrd, Edward, 339.
Byrd, William L., 180.
C
Cade, Cassius M., II. Cade, William S., 4. Caldwell, A. G., 45.
Caldwell, J. W., 137. Calkins, Edward, 479.
Callahan, Benton, 207. Callahan, Samuel B., 322. Callaway, Asa B., 448. Callaway, James R., 71.
Cameron, Evan D., 104.
Cameron, John S., 233.
Cameron, William, 250. Cammack, Allen J., 6. Campbell, Charles M., 144.
Campbell, Wilbur D., 476. Campbell, Wilbur E., 474. Canard, Felix P., 223. Cannon, J. S., 21. Carr, E. W., 129. Carr, Henry M., 70.
Carr, Nelson F., 392.
Carr, William O., 337.
Carson, F. L., 14.
Carter, Charles D., 355. Carter, Dorset, 85.
Caruthers, John, 202. Casey, Frank L., 88.
Casey, Wiley P., 442.
Castle, Manford B., 460. Cates, James C., 181. Chapell, Charles C., 61. Chase, Abel D., 140. Chase, Wilson A., 368. Chauncey, John, 38.
Cheney, Heman G., 371.
Childers, Daniel B., 415. Chitwood, Wiley Y., 175.
Christian, Lewis E., 238.
Christner, Fred W., 21.
Claremore Radium Wells Co., 496. Clark, Harry C., 263.
Clarke, Sidney, Jr., 8. Clayton, William H. H., 236.
Cline, Henry R., 488.
Clinton, Fred S., 416.
Cloud, H. L., 123.
Clower, Walter F., 298.
Cobb, Thomas S., 191.
Cochran, Albert G., 257.
Coffin, Austin M., 7. Collier, D. W., 427.
Collins, A. H., 428. Cone, Sam, 405.
Conaway, W. I., 40.
Connors, John P., 242.
Cook, Charles A., 317. Cook, Randolph, 59.
Cook, W. Albert, 492.
Cook, Wallace C., 209.
Cooper, William F., 439.
Cordell, S. A., 125.
Cordell, U. S., 59.
Cornelison, Albert S., 276.
Cossey, William A. L., 116.
Cox, Dalton E., 226.
Coyle, W. H., & Co., 425.
Crabtree, John S., 341.
Craig, Frank, 262.
Crouch, Charles S., 190.
Crowder, William E., 273. Cruce, Lee, 357. Crump, William B., 68.
Crutchfield, John K., 343.
Crutchfield, John W., 299. Culbertson, William T., 234. Culwell, Frank M., 161. Culwell, William A., 159.
Cummings, S. Edgar, 176.
Cunliff, Benjamin, 446. Cunningham, W. W., 30.
Curl, Joseph J., 393.
Cutler, Clinton E. B., 233.
D
Dalton, William T., 415. Davidson, Alexander A., 323.
INDEX
Davis, Albert J., 361. Davis, Albon C., 24. Davis, Cooper E., 231. Davis, Robert T., 300. Davis, S. O., 350. Davis, William B., 114. Davis, W. H., 126. Davis, W. M., 35I. Dawley, Caleb W., 258. Dawson, B. B., 60.
Dawson, William R., 370. Decherd, Nathan G., 157.
Decker, Samuel D., 126. Decker, Victor S., 126.
deGraffenried, Robert P., 322. Deibler, George H., 273.
DeLong, John F., 89. DeLozier, Joseph M., 215.
Dennis, John M., 194. Denton, Harry R., 334.
Denton, James C., 367. Derrick, William S., 163.
Dickerson, Harry C., 91.
Dickerson, Lorenzo D., 84.
Dickson, Thomas B., 348.
Dill, Ralph A., 459. Dill, William H., 204. Dingman, Ross B., 213.
Dixon, Robert J., 458. Dodd, William F., 294. Dotson, Tom D., 192. Douglas, Henry T., 4.
Dudley, John B., 88. Duffy, Charles J., 331. DuMenil, Arthur T., 383. Dunleavy, Michael F., 330. Dunn, J. W .. 351. Durant, William A., 284. Durfee, Ben, 270. D'Yarmett, Edward C., 388.
E
Earnest, Robert H., 272. Eaton, George W., 499. Eddleman, Alexis, 160. Edmister, Stanley C., 382. Edwards, Joe A., 74. Edwards, Thomas D., 282. Elliott, Edmond F., 370. Elliott, James F., 270. Elliott, L. C., 125. Ellis, William, 305.
Emmerson, H. S., 121. England, J. S., 48. Enloe, Benjamin A., Jr., 258. Erwin, F. B., 140. Evans, J. J., 132.
F
Fallis, W. H., 134.
Fannin, Fred H., 453.
Farmers' Store Co., 88.
Farnsworth, Jay, 317. Ferbrache, Harry S., 452.
Ferguson, J. D., 115. Findley, John A., 389.
Finnegan, Thomas E., 36. First National Bank of Sapulpa,
Fisher, Samuel R., 86.
Fitzer, James H., 279. Fooshee, George A., 230.
Foraker, William, 61. Ford, Philip M., 336.
Foster, John C., 451.
Fowler, Hosea L., 466.
Frame, William B., 148.
Franklin, William M., 361.
Freeman, W. Perry, 260.
Frier, George C., IOI.
G
Galbreath, Robert, 473. Galloway, G. R., 138. Galyen, R. H., 128. Gambill, John F., 328. Gardner, Richard O. C., 445.
Garrison, John S., 77. Garvin, Samuel J., 69. Gayle, Virginius, 365. George, John W., 221. German, William P. Z., 331.
Gilbert, J. F., 501. Gilliam, John O., 142. Gilroy, Edward, 115. Glen, Scott, 5. Goldsberry, John M., 345. Gooding, Marion E., 295. Gott, Alfred M., 373. Graham, John M., 377. Graham, W. Thomas. 465. Graves, Clarence, 346. Graves, C. G., 29. Gray, E. J., 50.
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INDEX
Greenan, Patrick, 227.
Griffice, James M., 221.
Grimes, Charles W., 494. Grimm, P. C., 116. Ground, Andrew M., 31. Guthrie, Charley E., 203. Gwinn, John H., 37.
H
Hagar, Robert H., 8.
Haines, Wiley G., 397.
Hall, Harry C., 413. Hall, Roger L., 400.
Hamilton, Andrew S., 445.
Hammett, A. Miller, 483.
Hammons, Jesse B., 440.
Hancock, Clement A., 285.
Hancock, Hubbard G., 244.
Hannah, R. H., 109. Hanraty, Pete, 254.
Harber, J. N., 440.
Hardy, Hugh, 431.
Hardy, John, 146.
Hardy, Reuben, 152.
Hardy, Summers, 165.
Hargis, Crockett C., 184.
Harlow, Charles T., 419.
Harman, Benjamin F., 201.
Harnage. Custis L., 342.
Harper, William R., 339- Harrell, A. C., 58.
Harris, Charles T., 198.
Harris, Robert M., 168.
Harris, Walter J., 67.
Harrison, John A., 247.
Harrison, Thomas F., 437.
Harrison, William M., 332.
Harvison, George D., 459.
Hatfield, J. W., 52. Hawley, S. De Zell, 479.
Jones, Henry C., 112.
Haworth, Clarence F., 18.
Head, Charles E., 266. Hebble, John A., 10.
Henderson, Charles W., 143.
Henderson, William E., 18.
Hendon, R. R., 63. Herrelson, Thomas W., 367.
Hester, George B., 320.
Hickey, James E., 385. Hicks, Bernard N., 222. Hicks. C. D., 118. Higgins, William, 390.
High, William C., 83.
Hinch, M. W., 374. Hinkle, John, 150.
Hinshaw, Elihu B., 289. Hocker, Edward D., 271.
Holland, Cicero L., 482.
Holloway, J. A., 62. Holloway, L. C., 35. Holm, Henry J., 385.
Honeycutt, John H., 27.
Hotchkin, Ebenezer, 447.
Howard, Rufus L., 62.
Howell, Dumont D., 371. Huddleston, Creed T., 205.
Huddleston, Frank, 181. Hudson, Napoleon C., 32.
Hughes, Tyre C., 412. Human, Jesse M., 292.
Huntley, William C., 445.
Hurley, John R., 256.
Hurt, Marvin C., 338.
Hyden, Whit W., 83.
Hysmith, Logan G., 309.
I
Iles. H. C., III. Irwin, George W., 333.
J
Jackson, Everett N., 347.
Jackson, William J., 87.
Jenings, Harry, 498.
Jenkins, Alexander W., 209.
Johnson, Harry, 15.
Johnson, William B., 149.
Johnston, J. H., 127. Johnsion, W. E., 47.
Johnstone, William, 393.
Jones, James E., 263. Jones, Jolin, 461.
Jones, John B., 229.
Jones Military Academy, 249.
Jones, Olin W., 79. Jones, Oliver P., 405. Jones, Walter W., 108. Jordan, John W., 380.
K
Keeler, George B., 383. Keene, Noah P., 3.
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INDEX
Kelley, W. R., 376. Kendall, Dan J., 99. Key, S. A., 124. Keys, J. A., 53. Kieff, John W., 495. Kight, Henry Tom, 354. King. James K., 223. Kirst. Charles, 22.
Kistler, Ernest L., 333.
Knebel, George L., 333. Kohlenberg, W. C., 107. Kroeger, Hans A., 444.
L
LaFlore, Charles, 282. Lain, John, 17. Laing, George H., 374. Lamb, Frederick D., 372. Land, John G., 338. Lane, John H., 337. LaRean, J. A., 56. Larsh, S. P., 47.
Latimer, James S., 307.
Lawhead, Joseph E., 436. Lawson, Eugene B .. 370. Lawson, John S., 75. Leahy, T. J., 398. Leahy, William T., 400.
Ledford. Moses M., 72. Lehnhard, Phil J., 211. Lewis, Fielding, 245. Lewis, Isaac O., 364. Lewis, Stephen R., 426. Lewis, Wesley, 55. Lightfoot, William W., 131. Lindsey, Lee W., 477. Lindsey, Lilah D., 478. Little, James C., 103. Little, William E., 183. Littleton, Isaac B., 51. Lombard, Albert, 407. Long, Edward T., 38. Long, James F., 454. Longendyke, Gross, 375. Looper, William E., 335. Love, Robert H., 155. Lowerre. George H., Jr., 334. Lowry, Henry G., 29. Lucas, Thomas L., 467. Lucas, Wilburn W., 195. Lumm, E. E., 131. Lyle, J. S., 62.
Lyon, J. I., 65. MI
Maben, William N., 12.
Mackey, Thomas W., 224. Maguire, James D., 91. Malone, Ebber L., 314. Maloney, W. P., 31.
Manning, H. C., 140.
Marr, Luther D., 408.
Marshall, Horace, 303.
Marshall, Reuben, 378.
Martin, A. D., 3. Martin, C. W., 139.
Martin, Hulina A., 178.
Martin, L. E., 113. Martin, S. M., 16.
Mason, Isaac R., 147.
Massey, John W., 353.
Mathews, Lee, 487. Mathewson, Frank M., 476.
Mathis, H. S., 501. Matlock, Stacy, 380.
Matthews, Sanınel B., 211.
Matthews, William S., 398.
Maytubby, Peter, 283.
McAlester, James B., 236.
McAlister, Charles H., 34.
McAlister, E. R., 39.
McAlpin, Edward A., 367.
McBrayer, John E., 450.
McCants, J. R., 199.
McCarty, Charles W., 485.
McClain, C. M., 86. McCoy, Alvah B., 288.
McCoy, Isaac, 106.
McCulley, William N., 202.
McCurtain, Benjamin F .. 300. McDaniel, Fred, 386. McFann, Harry H., 215. McGee, Robert W., 133.
McGruder, W. O., 58. McGuire, Bird S., 379.
McIntosh, J. W., 119.
McIntosh, Wilbur C., 206.
McKamy, J. L., 120. McKay, Robert J., 19.
McKinnis, George E., 21. McLauchlan, Dan, 232. McLaughlin, J. A., 129. McNary, W. H., 25. McQuown, Harry, 135.
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INDEX
Meek, David N., 500. Millar, John E., 432. Millard, Ret, 401. Miller & Shanks, 76. Miller, E. W., 47.
Miller, George L., 265.
Miller, James L., 77.
Miller, S. R., 51.
Million, Elmer C., 252.
Milner, J. C., 60.
Mitchel, George W., 219.
Mitchell, Joseph C., 406.
Mitchell, William B. M., 82.
Montgomery, William M., 33.
Moody, William E., 341.
Mooney, Jesse, 52.
Mooney, William E., 186.
Moore, A. Ross, 341.
Moore, Jud, 467.
Moore, William L., 372.
More, A. T., 502.
More, Conie, 502.
Morgan, George W., 12.
Morley, Samuel L., 249.
Mosier, Thomas, 40I.
Moulton, Severn D., 36.
Mowbray, George W., 480.
Murray, George, 146.
Murray, William H., 470. Myers, James A., 157.
N
Nash, W. G., 122. Neely, Albert, 293.
Nellis, George W., 381. Nelson, Flowers, 482.
Nelson, James D., 207.
Newberry, Joe, 169. Newell, D. M., 17. Newell, W. M., 87.
Newell & Jackson, 87.
Nichols, James M., 54. Nichols, Alexander, 430. Norris, Thomas T., 279. Norvell, George H., 417. Norwood, Frank H., 117.
O
O'Bannon, Samuel L., 201. Odle, James H., 3. Oglesby, James M., 347.
O'Neal, John C., 274. Oplinger, R. W., 109. Orcutt, A. D., 403.
Orcutt, S. Augustus, 41I. Orcutt, Samuel E., 414. O'Shaughnessy, Leo J., 224.
Overlees, Frank M., 391. Owens, John P., 178.
P
Paddock, John W., 33.
Palmer, Thomas L., 96.
Paris, William G., 46.
Parr, Mathew D., 385.
Partridge, Reuben L., 421.
Patrick, A. E., 43.
Patterson, J. C., 56.
Paul, William H., 80.
Peirsol, Joel E., 410.
Pendergraph, W. A., 134.
Pendleton, William S., 6.
Pennington, W. E., 58.
Penny, James M., 44.
Perdue, Asa L., 31I.
PerDue, William J., 497.
Perry, James R., 228.
Peters, Edward J., 9.
Petty, John T., 292.
Peyton, J. T., 39.
Peyton, Masterson, 324.
Phillips, John H., 210.
Pierce, George H., 94.
Pierson, S. T., 26.
Pitman, Leander G., 9.
Poland, William P., 154.
Ponder, A. V., 102.
Pool, Gus, 200.
Poole, Charles W., 340.
Porter, Pleasant, 316.
Pottawatomie County Medical Society, 14.
Potter, John G., 208.
Prowant, E. D., 139.
Prowse, Joe O., 28.
Q
Querry, Archibald R., 425. Querry, William, 424. Quillin, J. F., 28.
R
Ragon, Addran T., 369.
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INDEX
Ramsey, Charles B., 95. Ramsey, Remus B., 319. Randel, Daniel M., 331. Randolph, T. F., 220. Ratterree, Thomas N., 314. Ray, Oscar, 64. Ray, Walter L., 469. Rea, J. Ellsworth, 128.
Redpath, John, 267.
Reeder, Charles L., 412.
Reeves, Walter B., 433-
Reid, John C., 269.
Reid, John E., 363.
Reilly, William H., 304.
Reily, F. H., 55.
Reneau, Walter I., 489.
Renfro, Isaac C., 93.
Rennie, Albert, 78.
Reynolds, Edwin C., 215.
Rice, Edgar E., 22.
Rice, F. M., 138.
Richardson, Samuel O., 68.
Riddle, John W., 313.
Riggs, W. J., 10. Riley, John G., 177.
Riley, Rufus R., 374.
Riley, William B., 264.
Rinard, John D., 187.
Roberts, Abel H., 188.
Robertson, J. B. A., 130.
Robinett, George, 189.
Robinson, Allen N., 335.
Robinson, David, 298.
Rockett, Louis, 315.
Rodman, Charles, 32.
Roff, John C., 188. Rogers, Thomas L., 395.
Rogers, William H., 344.
Rollow, Thomas P., 70. Rose, James E., 162.
Ross, A. Frank, 286.
Ross, Samuel P., 276.
Royce, William H., 312. Rubey, Jesse W., 23. Rumley & Lawson, 75.
Rumley, James C., 75. Rushing, Gappa M., 297.
Russell, Fred C., 269. Rutherford, James B., 432.
S Sanders, Thomas C., 15.
Sapulpa, William A., 211. Sawyer, Charles L., 301. Schram, Sidney, 42.
Schreiner, E. William, 255.
Scott, Hugh, 402.
Scott, Samuel J., 48.
Sequichie, Joseph R., 347.
Seran, W. L., 205.
Settle, William E., 71.
Severs, Frederick B., 216.
Sewell, N., 45. Shackelford, Theodore, 197.
Shanks, James S., 77.
Sharp, John F., 85.
Shaw, Walter W., 343.
Sheets, Ernest L., 88.
Shelton, John L., 30. Shumake, George W., 54.
Shunatona, Richard, 109.
Simmons, John H., 172.
Simmons, Newton H., 171.
Simpson, Marion J., 117.
Sims, W. F., 13. Skeen, Cicero A., 170.
Sleeper, David L., 491.
Slover, A. P., III.
Slover, Thomas H., 98.
Smiley, Thomas E., 411.
Smith, Arthur P., 206.
Smith, David M., 218.
Smith, John B., 291.
Smith, Robert, 329.
Smith, Thomas E., 78.
Smith, Thomas J., 182. Smith, William J., 349.
Smithett, George A., 330.
South, Philip W., 433.
Southgate, George M., 41.
Sparks, Albert, 352.
Spaulding, George A., 463.
Speer, Lafe, 213. Spencer, Denton, 441.
Spencer, Richard V., 347.
Spragins, John B., 353.
Stalnaker, A. E., 378.
Stanfield, John H., 334.
Starritt, George A., 158.
Stearns, Frank P., 2. Steel, G. M. D., 26.
Steel, Robert E., 464. Stemmons, Jaquillain M., 342. Stephens, Hiram, 338.
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Stephenson, Albert A., 435. Stewart, Thomas A., 386. Stigler, Joseph S., 457. Stilwell, Mortimer F., 387. Stocker, C. S., 449. Stone, Samuel W., 304. Stong, Harry G., 355.
Strickland, Isaac H., 443.
Sutton, Fred R., 394.
Swain, Orlando, 217.
Swink, William W., 468. Swords, Joseph F., 105.
T
Talbot, Lucy, 460.
Talley, Haskell B., 418.
Tansel, Alvarado, 119.
Taylor, James P., 143.
Taylor, Yerker E., 81.
Tea, George H., 135. Teitzel, W. B., 136.
Ten Thousand Club, 79.
Thackery, Franklin A., 25.
Thomas, Joe L., 185.
Thompson, Frank L., 49.
Thompson, Merrel L., 251.
Thompson, S. J., 122.
Thompson, William H., 156.
Threadgill, Colin M., 348. Throckmorton, J. I., 425.
Tilden, Ivan L., 337.
Tillotson, James A., 425.
Tilly, William T., 326. Toole, John O., 2.46. Townsend, Robert M., 65.
Trigg, Joseph M., 19.
Trimmer, Jo F., 66.
Truscott, L. K., 504. Tull, William L., 366. Turlington, M. M., 200. Turman, William S., 218.
Turner, Clarence W., 334.
Turner, Edward B., 98.
Turner, James W., 43.
Turner, Mazeppa T., 97. Twiggs, Jay W., 72.
U
Utterback, Harvey, 376. - Van Leuven, Bert, 366.
Varnum, W. F., 196. Vernon, William N., 281. Vulgamore, Jesse J., 30.
WV
Wagner, Howard A., 19.
Wagner, Theodore D., 75.
Walker, Charles E., 306.
Walker, Harry, 396.
Walker, John A., 14.
Walker, Lafayette, 225.
Walkley, Henry C., 485.
Wall, Vernon C., 94.
Ward, William H., 345.
Washington, Jeremiah C., 358.
Watts, Lee, 118.
Weaver, Charles I., 371.
Weaver, S. J., 57.
Webb, John I., 166.
Webster, Clay J., 103.
Wells, R. B., 121.
Whale, Stephen A., 296.
Wheeler, Monroe, 153.
Whisenhunt, Andrew B., 344.
Whistler, Sarah, 112.
White, Jackson C., 346.
White, James M., 248.
Whitesel, Jerome, 164.
Whitmore, B. F., IIO.
Whittaker, H. S., 39.
Wiggins, John T., 100.
Wilcox, C. E., 133.
Williams, Benjamin F., Jr., 90.
Williams, Benjamin F., Sr., 90.
Williams, Boone, 230.
Williams, H. M., 123.
Williams, Owen E., 53.
Williams, William J., 10I.
Willis, N. P., 50.
Winn, Levin C., 454.
Wisdom, Dew M., 327.
Wisdom, J. Fentress, 326.
Wisegarver, William S., 66.
Witten, William W., 217.
Wood, James I., 243. Woodring, George F., 388.
Woodward, Charles A., 296. Woodward, Herbert E., 404. Wooley, William L., 220.
Worley, Charles F., 81. Wright, James C., 462. Wright, Walter E., 495.
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Wrightsman, Charles J., 421. Wyatt, Marion G., 384. Wyman, F. W., 107. Wyrick, W. Sherman, 174. Y Yargee, John I., 410.
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Yeager, Peter J., 419. Yeates, John W., 81. Young, A. H., 63.
Z
Zoeller, Hildebrand, 423.
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HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. M. AYDELOTTE. One very important chapter in the history of Shawnee is the career of its wealthiest and most enterpris- ing citizen, J. M. Aydelotte. October 4, 1898, when Shawnee was a village, he came here. Possessing the character that begets confidence, he soon took the lead in some undertakings of great importance to the town and had little difficulty in securing the capital needed to finance them. One of the largest industries of the city is the Shawnee Cotton Oil Company, of which Mr. Ayde- lotte is and has been president since he es- tablished the business in 1898. This was the first factory for cotton seed oil in this vicin- ity, and remembering the foremost position of Shawnee among the cotton centers of Ok- lahoma, it is readily understood why the business has had such an important bearing on the business welfare of the city. The cotton industry was in its infancy in Okla- homa when the factory was built, and re- ceived in this way a stimulus that was very needful for its future development. Mr. Ay- delotte was also builder of the Shawnee com- press, in 1904, which during its second year pressed 66,000 bales, and thus increased Shawnee's position as a great cotton market.
In 1903, when the upheaval in the city government of Shawnee occurred, resulting in the removal of the mayor and five coun- cilmen, the man designated by the citizens as chief executive of the city to undertake the work of civic cleansing was J. M. Aydelotte. During the partial term for which he was elected, he made the specifications for the first paving the city had, and the contract was carried out by his successor in office. Furthermore, he reorganized the city gov- ernment, and the most substantial part of Shawnee's progress as a civic community dates from his first term as mayor. It was during that time that the Santa Fe Railroad was brought to Shawnee, an event that ranks Vol. II-1.
second in importance to the construction of the first railroad to this town. He was one of the commissioners appointed to buy the right of way and make the contract for the railroad to enter the city. At that time the population of Shawnee was five thousand, and the rapid increase since that date must be partly attributed to this additional rail- road.
In 1905 Mr. Aydelotte was elected to a full term as mayor of Shawnee. When he entered office the city's financial condition demanded immediate attention. The city treasury was empty, and city warrants were selling at a discount. It is one of the high tributes that have been accorded his admin- istration as mayor to point to the fact that when his term was up in 1907 that the city treasury had a balance of $29,000. But it is possible to indicate many other additions to Shawnee's municipal improvement dur- ing this time. The city hall was built, three fire stations were erected and equipped, and $165,000 worth of contracts were left for sewers and the extension of the water works. The bonds that were sold to cover these im- provements commanded a premium of four per cent. The M. K. & T. Railroad, which had proposed a line some ten miles south of Shawnee, was induced to build through this city, largely as the result of the persua- sion and efforts of Mayor Aydelotte. The Chamber of Commerce, which has recently taken so energetic a part in promoting the city's improvement, was organized as a re- sult of his efforts, and he is one of its most active and efficient members.
J. M. Aydelotte was born in Princeton, Indiana, January 31, 1862, a son of Oscar N. and A. J. (Redburn) Aydelotte the former a native of Covington, Kentucky, and the latter of Maryland. The public schools of Indiana and a commercial school at Lexing- ton, Kentucky, supplied him with his edu-
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cational equipment, and in 1881 he moved to Clarkesville, Red River county, Texas, with a capital of one hundred dollars and clerked in one of the large stores advancing himself and where he gained his experience in mer- chandising and the cotton business which later proved of value when he came to Shaw- nee. Besides the many large interests with which he has been identified, Mr. Aydelotte is vice president of the Shawnee National Bank, and is president of the Cotton Oil Company at Ada, and president of the Com- monwealth Oil Company at Cushing, Okla- homa. It is said that Mr. Aydelotte pays more taxes than any other resident of Potta- watomie county. One of the enterprises of public interest to which he has recently giv- en attention is a new railroad line northeast from Shawnee to open up a new section of the state. He has made a survey and organ- ized a company for carrying out this plan. In politics he is allied with the Democratic party, but is more concerned with practical, honest government than with the workings of party politics. He is a prominent member of the Masonic order, being connected with the Shriners Temple at Oklahoma City and with the Consistory at Guthrie. He is past district deputy of the Elks. He married in 1903 Miss Mabel D. Dennie of Mt. Vernon, Missouri.
FRANK P. STEARNS, the efficient mayor of Shawnee, Oklahoma, is in his present posi- tion giving the utmost satisfaction to the general public. He was born in Paris, Maine, and comes of English ancestry, the family having been founded in America in 1630 by Isaac Stearns, who came from Eng- land with Governor Winthrop and settled in Waltham, Massachusetts. William Stearns, the great-grandfather, settled in Paris, Maine, in 1291, and was a pioneer farmer and lumberman of that district. The grand- father, who also bore the name of William, and the father, S. P. Stearns, and Frank P. were also born in Paris, Maine, and William Stearns, a brother of Frank P., occupies the old Stearns homestead in Paris, which was located by the great-grandfather one hun- dred and thirty years ago.
. The father, S. P. Stearns, was a prominent farmer and stock-raiser in the Pine Tree state and took an active part in the work of the Baptist church, of which he was a mem- ber, while fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Ex- Governor Stearns of Florida was an own
cousin of S. P. Stearns. His wife bore the maiden name of Isabel Partridge, and was also a native of Maine.
As above stated, Frank P. Stearns was born in Paris, Maine, the date of his birth being October 5, 1862. He was engaged in farm work during his youth and also taught school at the early age of sixteen years. He later pursued a course of study for two vears in Colby University at Waterville, Maine. In 1883 he left the east and removed to Kansas, being for two years engaged in the cattle and grain business in Chapman, that state. He then took up his abode in Dighton, Kansas, where he was engaged in the grain and real estate business, while for one year he was editor of the Dighton Her- ald. It was during his residence there that he was also elected county superintendent of schools, to which office he was re-elected. He was an ardent Republican and served as chairman of the county central committee, while in 1888 he was candidate for state andi- tor but met defeat. In 1893 Mr. Stearns re- moved to Oklahoma, settling in Kingfisher, where he engaged in the grain trade for a time but in September of that year located a claim near Enid, and while at Enid was a member of the first board of education and instrumental in starting the first school. He remained on his claim until November, 1894, when he came to Shawnee and estab- lished a general mercantile enterprise, build- ing the first store in the new town, a sub- stantial structure fifty by sixty feet on Main street, which is still owned by him. He also engaged in the building and contracting business here, employing fifty men. In 1896. however, he disposed of his mercantile interests as his other business interests claimed his full time and attention, as he was city treasurer at that time. He also engaged in the real estate business and built many houses in Shawnee, doing also an insurance business. In 1898 he was appointed by President Mc- Kinley to the position of postmaster and in this office he discharged his duties with fidelity and capability, thereby winning the good will and confidence of those with whom he came in contact. In 1905 he was elected a member of the board of education and served there three years. In 1907 he was elected mayor of the city and is the present incumbent of the office. In this connection he has advocated many improvements and reforms and the entire community has none
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