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The History of Tulsa, Oklahoma A CITY WITH A PERSONALITY
TOGETHER WITH
A glimpse down the corridors of the past into Old Indian Territory, The Five Civilized Tribes, The Creek Nation, Tulsa Recording District and Tulsa County
How Oklahoma was Created and Something of the Builders of a Commonwealth
VOLUME III
SLOGAN
TULSA WILL
. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company Chicago - Tulsa 1921
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BIOGRAPHICAL
FRANK H. REED.
Frank H. Reed, a Tulsa lawyer who has won notable success in the oil indus- try, is the owner of a large number of oil producing tracts in the various oil fields of Oklahoma and has become widely known as a producer and investor. He was born in Geneva, Indiana, on the 20th of January, 1880, his parents being W. M. and Hannah (Tederick) Reed, the former a native of Indiana, while the latter was born in Ohio. The father during his active business career gained most favorable recognition as an editor and publisher. Mr. Reed's parents are both in Tulsa and are consistent and devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church. To them were born five children, one of whom has passed away.
Frank H. Reed obtained his education in the public and high schools of Morris, Illinois, where the family home had been established when he was a lad of nine years. Inheriting a tendency toward newspaper work, Mr. Reed started as a newsboy, then became a printer's devil in the office of the Morris Daily Sentinel and learned the printing trade, at the same time continuing his school work. At the age of nineteen he became identified with journalistic work as a writer for Chicago papers and as reporter on the Morris Daily Sentinel, soon rising to the position of city editor of that paper, which position he held for three years. It was his desire, however, to become a member of the legal pro- fession and with that end in view he devoted three years to the study of law at night, being admitted to the Illinois bar in February, 1902, when but twenty- two years of age. He was the youngest member of a class of seventy who were examined for two days by the Illinois supreme court. He began active practice at Morris, Illinois, where he remained until August, 1905, when he made his way to Wewoka, Indian Territory, a town which was then a typical frontier village but which later became the county seat of Seminole county, Oklahoma. Mr. Reed practiced his profession at Wewoka for nearly twelve years, and, al- though he limited his activities to Indian titles and their many complications, he soon built up a law practice of vast proportions. The versatile character of Mr. Reed is well illustrated by the fact that he gained a splendid knowledge of the language spoken by the Seminole Indians, and through his ability to converse with them in their own language and his straightforward business methods, he endeared himself to the Indian citizens to such an extent that he became the sole attorney of hundreds of them and confidential adviser to many of the lead- ing members and officials of the Seminole tribe. After moving to Tulsa, Mr. Reed abandoned his law practice and has devoted all of his time to his oil interests and the care of his extensive landholdings. He is a typical American product, having climbed the ladder from newsboy to wealth, being one of the largest land- owners in Oklahoma. His holdings are located in ten different counties and the number of his broad acres runs far into five figures. Besides his handsomely furnished oil offices in Tulsa, he maintains an office in Wewoka, Oklahoma, through which most of his land interests are handled.
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In 1904 Mr. Reed was united in marriage to Miss Isabelle Steep, of Morris, Illinois, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Steep. They now have two chil- dren: Edward, who was born April 26th, 1907; and Margaret, whose birth oc- curred June 9, 1918. They have a beautiful home at 1526 South Madison boulevard.
Mr. Reed is versatile, pleasant, agreeable, a good story-teller, a golf enthusiast and a popular member of the Country Club, the City Club and the Kiwanis Club. He is independent in politics and has never sought nor held public office. Fra- ternally he is identified with the Masons, having taken all the degrees. of both the York and Scottish Rite bodies. He is a member of Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Reed and his family are attendants of the Christian Science church.
Being public-spirited, Mr. Reed's name has become known in connection with philanthropic work of a varied character. He was the first man in Tulsa to suggest that the wealthy men of the city should build memorials by placing con- veniences and equipment in the city parks, he having erected the Frank H. Reed wading pools for children in Locust Park and in Admiral Park. A young man of splendid executive ability, forceful, resourceful and enterprising, he well deserves the prosperity which has crowned his efforts and which places him among the leading and influential citizens of Tulsa and the state of Oklahoma.
RAYMOND CALVERT JOPLING.
Raymond Calvert Jopling, of the firm of Jopling & Whiteside, conducting a real estate, insurance and loan agency in Tulsa, has the quality of determina- tion and perseverance so necessary in the attainment of success. Actuated by a laudable ambition, he is making steady progress in his business career and is winning satisfactory results. He was born at Italy, Ellis county, Texas, April 28, 1891, and is a son of Benjamin L. and Leonore (Calvert) Jopling, both of whom were natives of Texas. The father was born in Tarrant county, near Fort Worth, his birthplace being Johnson Station, a military post, for his father, George W. Jopling, went to Texas with General Worth and established the military post at Fort Worth. He served as a soldier of the Confederate army during the Civil war. He also built the first cotton gin in Tarrant county and was one of the prominent and influential men of Texas in his day. He likewise owned the first house erected in the county, the construction work being done by the Indians. Benjamin L. Jopling became a cattleman and ac- quired extensive land holdings, devoting his entire attention to cattle raising for many years. He removed to Bellevue, Texas, and in 1908 came to Okla- homa, where again he continued to concentrate his efforts and attention upon the raising of cattle. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Raymond C. Jopling spent his youthful days in Bellevue, Clay county, Texas, where he attended the public schools and at sixteen years of age started out to provide for his own support. He is truly a self-made man, inasmuch as his success has come as the direct reward of industry, perseverance and integrity. In his boyhood his attention was given to cattle raising on the plains of Texas and he served as straw boss on the Bar X ranch in that state for two years. Ile then turned his attention to the banking business at Ryan, Oklahoma, becoming assistant cashier of the People's Bank & Trust Com- pany. a position which he occupied for four years. On the expiration of that
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period he entered the employ of the Waurika (Okla.) National Bank, where he spent two years. Because of impaired health he then returned to Texas and for a year was in charge of the pavilions of the Crazy Well Water Com- pany at Mineral Wells. He then started out as a public auditor in the Texas oil fields and in 1913 came to Oklahoma, establishing his home at Tulsa, where he was connected with Carr & French in the insurance business as general manager. In October, 1917, he removed to Wichita, Kansas, where he con- ducted business as a member of the firm of Jopling & Whiteside, general insurance agents, handling all kinds of insurance. It was in March, 1918, that he formed his partnership with C. B. Whiteside and their operations have covered Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Mr. Jopling had his initial experience as an insurance man when in Ryan in connection with the banking business. The firm of Jopling & Whiteside enjoys a liberal patronage and Mr. Jopling is also the president of the R. C. Jopling Company, real estate dealers, engaged in city building of medium-priced houses. They also conduct a real estate brok- erage business, having a department that handles real estate on commission. Thus the activities of Mr. Jopling have constantly broadened in scope and im- portance and the energy which has been back of his operations has been a most forceful factor in producing gratifying results. Mr. Jopling belongs to the Real Estate Exchange of Tulsa, also the state and national organizations.
In St. Louis, Missouri, July 20, 1917, Mr. Jopling was married to Miss Virginia Bell Wiet, a native of St. Louis, her father being a contractor there. One child has been born of this marriage, Raymond Calvert. During the World war Mr. Jopling was very active in support of many war measures and gave much time to the sale of Liberty bonds. His wife is very active in club circles and in church work. They both hold membership in the First Baptist church and Mr. Jopling is serving on its board. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party and he is much interested in its success. He belongs to the Lions Club, of which he is a past secretary; to the Automobile Club, having served on its first board of directors; to the City Club, of which he was one of the first six members; to the Elks Lodge, No. 946; to Delta Lodge, No. 425, A. F. & A. M .; to the Knights of Pythias; and to the Chamber of Commerce. All of these associations are indicative of the interests of his life and the trend of his thought and progress. His helpfulness is a valuable asset in many measures for the general good and he is interested in all those activities which feature in the material, social, intellectual and moral advance- ment of the community.
CHARLES D. CROTCHETT.
Charles D. Crotchett, manager of the Tulsa branch of the stock and bond business of Houston, Fible & Company, and a well known figure in financial circles of this section of the state, was born in Wyandotte, Kansas, May 14, 1882, his parents being L. D. and Mary Jane (Cooley) Crotchett. The father was born in Kansas and has devoted his life to teaching, now making his home in Osage county of his native state. The mother, who was born in Leavenworth county, Kansas, has passed away. The family numbered three children.
Charles D. Crotchett, reared in the Sunflower state, largely acquired his education in the public schools of Topeka, after which he became a telegraph operator, devoting a few years to that business. His connection with Tulsa dates
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from June 6, 1917. He had formerly made his home in Kansas City from the 28th of February, 1905, and has been with the big stock and bond house of Houston, Fible & Company of Kansas City, for a period of sixteen years. On the 6th of June, 1917, he was sent to Tulsa as their representative and manager at this point, where a very large business is carried on and he has gained many clients for the firm during his residence here. Mr. Crotchett has been very suc- cessful and popular in the management of the business and has made a large acquaintance and won the support of many of the leading men of Oklahoma. He is located in a fine suite of offices on the ground floor of the First National Bank building of Tulsa and as the weeks pass his clientele steadily increases.
In 1901 Mr. Crotchett was married to Miss Anna Marie Kraemer of Topeka, Kansas, and they have become the parents of two children: Anna, who is attending the Missouri University; and Ruth. Mr. Crotchett belongs to Petro- leum Lodge, No. 474, A. F. & A. M., and is also a Chapter Mason. He belongs to the Country Club, which indicates his fondness for golf, which he makes his source of recreation. He likewise is a member of the Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, South, and his conduct is at all times governed by its teach- ings. Enterprise and reliability are numbered among his marked characteristics and a laudable ambition has carried him steadily forward, winning for him an enviable place in the financial circles of his adopted city.
CLYDE R. THURLWELL.
The splendid vitality of Tulsa as an industrial and commercial center has drawn to the city men of exceptional ability not only in general business admin- istration but also those representative of the best in. the various professions. Clyde R. Thurlwell is one of the men who is here upholding effectively the pres- tige of the legal profession, in which he controls a successful practice, with office headquarters in the Unity building, giving his attention largely to law business pertaining to land titles and to the handling of probate matters.
Mr. Thurlwell was born in McHenry county, Illinois, on the 8th of Septem- ber, 1880, and is a son of John and Ruth (Wilkins) Thurlwell, the former born near the city of Liverpool, England, and the latter in the state of New York. The father was a youth when he came to the United States, and in the early '50s became a resident of Illinois, where eventually he gained prestige as a successful contractor and builder.
The public schools afforded to Clyde R. Thurlwell his early educational discipline and in 1902 he was graduated from the law department of Valparaiso University, at. Valparaiso, Indiana. In the same year Mr. Thurlwell assumed a clerical position in a law office in the city of Chicago, where he gave a part of his time to stenographic work and where also he gained his initial experience in the practice of his profession. He continued his residence in the great western metropolis until 1908, when he came to Oklahoma and accepted the position of court stenographer or reporter at Okmulgee. Since 1911 he has been established in the practice of his profession at Tulsa, with naught of spectacular activity but with resourcefulness and discrimination in the handling of the very substantial law business which he has here built up. In politics Mr. Thurlwell supports men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment, irrespective of strict partisan lines. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and is an active member of the Tulsa County Bar Association.
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Mr. Thurlwell was twenty-eight years of age at the time of his marriage to Miss Clara Bramer, who was born and reared in the state of Wisconsin and who graciously presides in their pleasant home in Tulsa. They have no chil- dren.
NAT L. SANDERS.
Nat L. Sanders, postmaster of Broken Arrow, is well known throughout . Tulsa county as one of its substantial citizens. Coming to this county before the town of Broken Arrow was a reality he realized the many advantages it offered and engaged in a variety of pursuits connected more or less closely with the development and improvement of the county and the establishment of the town in which he is now residing. Like many other prominent men of Tulsa county Mr. Sanders is a native of another state, his birth having occurred in Greenville, Texas, on the 16th of March, 1864, a son of Charles B. and Viola (Polk) San- ders. The maternal grandfather was a cousin of the well known James K. Polk, eleventh president of the United States and the grandparents on both sides located in Arkansas in 1829 and 1830. Charles B. Sanders was born in Hunts- ville, Alabama, and his wife in Huntsville, Arkansas. In 1849 the father crossed the plains to California but later returned to Huntsville, Arkansas, where he engaged in the stock business until about 1863, when with his family he removed to Greenville, Texas. Upon the outbreak of the Civil war his sympathy was with the south and he enlisted in the Confederate army, serving under General Price throughout the conflict. After the close of hostilities he moved his family back to Madison county, Arkansas, and there purchased land which he operated for many years. This old home place is still in possession of the family. In addition to farming he conducted a hotel in Huntsville for several years and likewise bought and sold stock. In every undertaking in which Mr. Sanders was active he won success. He died in September, 1898, at the age of seventy-two years, financially independent. Mrs. Sanders lived until 1911, when her demise occurred at the age of seventy-four.
In the acquirement of an education Nat L. Sanders attended the schools of Huntsville, Arkansas, and later entered the State University at Fayetteville, from which he was graduated in the required time. After putting his text- books aside he accepted a position as clerk in a Huntsville store and was active in that capacity for fourteen years, the entire time being spent in the employ of one man. In 1893 he received the appointment as collector of internal revenue for nine counties in northwestern Arkansas, the appointment having been made by President Cleveland, and for four years and nineteen days he was active in that capacity. He then became cashier of the Madison County Bank at Hunts- ville, but in 1901 tendered his resignation and came to Indian Territory, build- ing a store and cotton-gin six miles south of where the town of Broken Arrow now stands. For nineteen months he was active in the operation of those interests and upon the establishment of the town of Broken Arrow removed his buildinigs there and became active in the development and improvement of that place. He was among the first to buy property there and after six years spent in the conduct of his old store he purchased a new building and engaged in the mercantile business for four or five years, when he was elected county com- missioner. He then disposed of his business and realized a substantial amount on the sale. He was on the board that built the present county courthouse and
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after serving in that capacity for two years was in July, 1913, appointed post- master by Woodrow Wilson. He has served for eight years in this connection and has won the confidence and respect of the entire community. As stock- holder and director of the Arkansas Valley State Bank of Broken Arrow he is prominent in financial circles and is likewise one of the directors of the Farmers Cooperative Grain Company. He is a stockholder in the Tulsa Light Corpora- tion and is the owner of a valuable farm property near Broken Arrow, on which two small oil wells have been located. He has always taken a great interest in the growth of his community and has invested in a good deal of good business and residence property.
In December of the year 1884 Mr. Sanders was united in marriage to Miss Lutie Berry, and to them five children have been born: Ruth, who is the wife of H. L. Hollmsworth of Broken Arrow; Hugh B., who is now farming after serving for eight years as county treasurer; Belle, who is the wife of T. F. Jamison, manager of the Farmers Union Grain Company of Coffeyville, Kansas ; Julian B., who resides at home where he is engaged in the real estate business, and Amy C., the wife of H. E. Barnard, a merchant of Broken Arrow. Mrs. Sanders is widely known in the community where she is conceded a model house- wife and mother.
The political allegiance of Mr. Sanders is given to the democratic party, he having firm belief in the efficacy of the principles of that party as factors in good government. Fraternally he is a Mason, in which order he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and the Shrine and he likewise holds membership in the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen of America and Woodmen of the World. His religious faith is that of the Pres- byterian church, of which organization he was at one time trustee. During the World war Mr. Sanders took an active and prominent part in all local war drives and he received a medal from the post office department for the sale of stamps. His son, Julian B., served as regimental sergeant major but did not get across to France. For many years he has been a resident of Tulsa county and his labors have brought about the settlement and development of various districts. He has thoroughly identified his interests with those of his community and there is no more enthusiastic booster of Broken Arrow than he, having already gained recognition as a leader in movements calculated to promote its welfare.
ERNEST B. HUSTON.
Ernest B. Huston, while treasurer of the Sinclair Oil & Gas Company, one of the largest corporations of this character operating in Oklahoma, has also found time and opportunity for activity along other lines that have been of marked benefit to the state in the support of high principles of American man- hood and citizenship. Mr. Huston comes to the southwest from New England, his birth having occurred at Newton, Massachusetts, August 5, 1876. He is a son of Danicl D. and Emma (Orchard) Huston, the former a native of Maine, while the latter was born in England. They became the parents of two children, the brother of Ernest B. being William D. Huston, now living in Boston, Massa- chusetts. The parents have departed this life.
Ernest B. Huston, having attended the public schools of his native city until he had completed the high school course there, started out in the business world
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as an employe in a dry goods store of Boston, in which he remained for a brief period. He then turned his attention to the insurance business in Boston, in which he won notable success, but the opportunities of the growing west attracted him and in 1904 he made his way to Independence, Kansas, where he con- tinued for nine years, having charge of the financial interests of the Sinclairs at that place. The year 1911 witnessed his arrival in Tulsa and through the intervening period he has been financial man for the Sinclair interests and his official position is that of treasurer of the Sinclair Oil & Gas Company. He thus controls very large and important interests, for the corporation is one of the foremost operating in the oil fields of Oklahoma. One who has known him long and well says of him: "In a business way he has always acted in a most straightforward, considerate and upright manner, and I have always regarded him as a man of the most sterling integrity. He has that fortunate and happy, although uncommon, human faculty of being able to see the other man's side of the argument as well as his own, and it certainly helps in this busy world of high strung humanity." Mr. Huston is ever painstaking in handling details, is an excellent organizer and an indefatigable worker. These qualities have been strong elements in the attainment of his success, bringing him to the prominent and creditable position which he occupies in connection with one of the chief industries of Oklahoma.
In October, 1907, Mr. Huston was married to Miss Alice Chandler, a daugh- ter of Joseph Chandler, a pioneer settler and prominent resident of Independ- ence, Kansas. They have become parents of one son, Donald E., born Noven- ber 2, 1915.
Mr. Huston is a member and elder of the First Presbyterian church and is also serving as assistant superintendent of the Sunday school. He has never neglected his religious duties but performs them in a way befitting a true Ameri- can Christian, being thoughtful of those in distress and charitable to those who have needed kindly assistance. He is one of the directors and the vice president of the Tulsa Young Men's Christian Association and his generous sup- port is given to all movements that tend to promote moral progress. He seeks the best in literature and keenly enjoys everything of an instructive or educa- tional nature. A member of the Rotary Club, he was active on its board and as one of its officials. Fraternally he is a Mason and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a Knight Templar and Shriner. The friends ยท of his youth and early manhood as well as those of his later years speak of him in terms of the highest regard because of the life that he has lived and the high standards which he has pursued. His position as a business man is today a very important one in Oklahoma, but he is equally a dynamic force in the advance- ment of those interests which make for the upbuilding of the community and the commonwealth and for the uplift of the individual.
HULETTE FUQUA ABY.
Hulette Fuqua Aby, senior partner in the firm of Aby & Tucker, attorneys of Tulsa, was born in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, January 15, 1879. His father Samuel H. Aby, was a native of Copiah county, Mississippi, and spent much of his life at Crystal Springs. He became a newspaperman and was publisher of a paper for many years. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
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