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the spring of 1894 he moved his stock of goods to Pawnee and located on the south side, where he lias since been successfully engaged in busi- ness. In the rear of the store is his operating- room and also a laboratory.
In Pawnee, Dr. Bagby married Miss Minnie E. Martin, a native of Jacksonville, Ill., and a graduate of the high school of that place. Prior to her marriage she was engaged in educational work. She is a daughter of Dr. Samuel L. Martin, and a sister of Mrs. Dr. G. H. Phillips, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. Our subject and his wife have one child, Helen.
As a Democrat, the doctor has taken quite an active interest in political affairs ; is a member of the county Democratic central committee. of which he was chairman at one time; and has also been a member of the territorial Demo- cratic central committee. He served as city treasurer one term, and in 1896 was the noni.nee of his party for county treasurer, but withdrew before the election. While at Stewartsville, Mo., he united with the Masonic fraternity. and is now a member of Pawnee Lodge No. 17, A. F. & A. M., of which he is past master; Tyrian Chap- ter No. 20, R. A. M .; and the Eastern Star Chap- ter. In. religious belief he is a Methodist. In manner he is pleasant and genial, and all who know him esteem him highly for his genuine worth.
R OBERT WESLEY MOORE. During the years of his activity Mr. Moore attained to considerable prominence in the localities in which his lot was cast, and so successfully were his affairs conducted that he amassed a fortunate amount of this world's goods. He was highly thought of as a man and citizen, and won the respect and confidence of all who came within the range of his kindly personality and honest business methods. A tragic death was meted out to him at the hands of an assassin, April 15. 1900, the name of the murderer being Frank Vandruff. At the ferry landing on the Arkansas river he was stabbed with a knife. and thus was terminated a long and useful life.
Mr. Moore was born in Piatt county, III .. No- vember 10, 1850, and was a son of Joseph Moore. His carlier vears were spent on his father's farm. and he had the usual country advantages of a common-school education. He carly displayed a special aptitude for agriculture, and the subse- quent years were devoted to the pursuit of that vocation. He was married. December 26, 1860, to Felicity Shutz, and of this union there were the following children : Maggie is married to Y. Wildman, has five children, and lives in Pawnee county; Oscar is twenty-six years of age and
lives with his stepmother on the home farm: Rhoda is the wife of Mr. Brewer, has three chil- dren, and is living in Illinois: Dora is now Mrs. Tague, has one child, and lives in Pawnee county; and Jessie, who is twenty years of age, is living at home. Mrs. Moore died February 12, 1882. Mr. Moore contracted a second mar- riage with Mary C. Miller, a daughter of Cham- bers and Sarah J. (Wildman) Miller, who died in Piatt county, Ill., where their daughter was born. To Mr. and Mrs. Moore were born, in Illinois, the following children: Robert R., Alma Cleo, and Bert W., who is eight years of age.
During his residence in Piatt county, Ill., Mr Moore was a farmer on a large scale, and owned a great deal of land. In 1894 he came to Okla- homa and bought the northwest quarter of sec- tion 9, township 22, range 6 cast, for which he paid $1,000. without any improvements. He at once proceeded to develop it to the best of his ability, and erected a fine house and con- venient outbuildings and good fences. He also leased more necessary land, so that his farm really comprised four hundred and twenty-five acres. Their crops have been unusually success- ful and are confined almost exclusively to corn and wheat. Indeed, it is said that there has never been a failure. During the last year of his life Mr. Moore's condition was further im- proved by the receipt of $1,150 from his step- mother's estate, and of forty acres of land from! the farm owned by his father in Illinois.
In politics Mr. Moore was affiliated with the Democratic party, and held many local of- fices in the localities in which he resided. While living in Illinois he was road commissioner for years. In religious circles he attained to great prominence, and exercised an extended influence for good. He was associated with the New Light Church, at Atwood, Ill., and his wife and the other children are now active church workers. Mr. Moore was also a member of the Anti- Horse Thief Association.
W ILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. A na- tive of Steuben county. N. Y., Mr. Har- rison was born in 1842, and is a son of Richard and Sarah (Bohall) Harrison, natives of the same county. The paternal grandfather was a farmer and a courageous soldier in the Revo- lutionary war. During his years of activity Rich- ard Harrison was a lumber dealer, and prose- cuted his occupation on the various rivers near where he lived. Until his son William was about fourteen years of age, the family lived in New York state. but in 1855 removed to Minnesota and settled in Lafayette, where the eller Har- rison conducted a sawmill. They later went to
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Columbus, and then to Lansing, Iowa, and while at the latter place the war broke out.
William Henry enlisted in the Civil war in Company B, Twenty-seventh Jowa Infantry, and served from 1863 until January 20, 1866. He participated in the battles of Banks River, Fort Donelson, Pleasant Hill, Old Oaks, Nashville, Mobile and Montgomery. Owing to the severe «train and vicissitudes of war, he suffered a great deal after his return home, and was af- dieted with a chronic stomach trouble. He eventually recovered, however, and for some time engaged in farming in his native state.
In February of 1868 Mr. Harrison was united in marriage with Louise D. Logan, of Scotch parentage, a daughter of James and Jane Logan, of Lansing, Iowa. They are the parents of the following children: Frank, a railroad man; Loma, the wife of Mr. Simmons, of Enid, by whom she has two children; Henry, Ira and Charles. The last two are at home. After his marriage, Mr. Harrison lived in Iowa and en- graged in the plastering business, which he had previously learned at Lansing, Iowa. He also owned a farm which he conducted in connection with the plastering business, and continued the combined interests for about eleven years. In Isto he removed to Labette county, Kans., and there remained until May of 1894, when he filed his claim in the territory on the northeast quar- ter of section 3, township 19, range 5 east. The claim is well improved; the buildings are in good condition, and he recently erected a fine 1wo-story stone residence, 17x29. There is a fine orchard, and the place is well fenced.
In politics Mr. Harrison is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lin- coln. He has since invariably voted the Repub- lican ticket. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Jennings, and is associated with the Baptist Church.
- AMES GARVEN SACKETT, a member of the well-known real estate firm of Mevers & Sackett, has been actively engaged in Different business enterprises since he settled in El Reno in the fall of 1890. He is very popular among his fellow-citizens and is a prom- ment Mason. Born at Newman, Douglas county, Ill., June 6, 1871, he is a son of James R. and Mary A. (Shaw) Sackett. His grandfather. William Henry Sackett, was a native of Penn- "Ivania and an early settler of Washington county. Ill., where he followed farming until his death. James R. Sackett was born in Wash- ington county, Ill., and settled near Newman, Ill., where he followed farm pursuits. In 1876 he removed to Mexia, Limestone county, Tex.,
where he engaged in farming and stock-raising. From there he moved to Clay county, Tex., in 1885, and in September, 1890, came to El Reno, purchasing a farm east of this city. Here he is now living, retired from active cares. His wife, Mary A., was born in St. Clair county, Ill., to which place her father, Henry Shaw, had moved from his native state of Tennessee. Her paternal grandfather came from Scotland and settled upon a plantation in Tennessee. The four children of James R. and Mary A. Sackett are Hannah, wife of I. H. G. Hulm; a dry-goods merchant of Weatherford, Okla .; Lizzie A., of El Reno; Robert I., a grain mer- chant at Yukon, Okla., and James G.
The boyhood years of James G. Sackett were passed principally in Texas, and his education was received in Trinity University in that state. In 1886, with his brother, he embarked in the cattle business in Clay county, where he fol- lowed ranching until he came to Oklahoma in the fall of 1800. One of his first moves after settling in El Reno was the purchase of a lot on Bickford avenue, where he built a store and he and his brother conducted a grocery in this building for four years, the firm name being Sackett Brothers. In 1894 he became cashier and bookkeeper for the Crowe Mercantile Com- pany and continued in that capacity for two years, after which he carried on a real-estate business until 1899. In the spring of that year he became a member of the firm of Meyers & Sackett, which carries on a real-estate, loan and abstract business, and engages largely in fire insurance, acting as agent for some of the best- known companies. This is the largest real- estate business in Canadian county.
Since coming to El Reno, Mr. Sackett has erected a number of substantial buildings, among them being the frame store in Bickford avenue, built in 1891 ; the brick store on Rock Island avenue, near Russell street, known as the Buse-Sackett block, built in 1893. and the fourth brick structure in the city; the large brick building on Bickford avenue, known as the J. G. Sackett block, built in 1898; and the office building occupied by the firm at No. 210 South Rock Island avenue.
Fraternally, Mr. Sackett was made a Mason at El Reno in 1893. He is past master of El Reno Lodge No. 7. A. F. & A. M. In 1895 he became a member of Keystone Chapter No. 9. R. A. M., and the following year identified himself with Ascension Commandery No. 3. K. T., of which he is senior warden; and in ISo7 he became a member of India Temple, N. M. S., of Okla- homa City. In the fall of 1898 he joined the consistory in Wichita. Kans. In 1800 he served as patron of Mistletoe Chapter No. 27. O. E. S .. at El Reno. In politics he has always sustained
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Republican principles. He is a charter member of the Republican club.
July 18, 1900, Mr. Sackett was united in mar- riage with Miss Sue Johnson, who was born in Illinois, received her education in Orange City, Iowa, and taught in the El Reno public schools for three years prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Sackett reside in their commodious resi- dence, corner of Cooney street and Hoff avenue, which Mr. Sackett erected in the summer of 1900.
J ESSE C. HARPER has been identified with the most substantial growth of Jennings. As a merchant, he has wisely foreseen the pos- sibilities of his adopted town, and has arisen to the emergencies of its promise and expansion. As a reliable citizen, he has evinced commenda- ble interest in all of the enterprises that are de- signed for its advancement to a position among the flourishing towns of the territory.
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To a degree Mr. Harper comes honestly by his ability in the mercantile business, his father hav- ing been interested in the same line of activity. A native of Buchanan county, Mo .. J. C. Harper was born in 1852, and is a son of Jesse C. and Sarah Ann (Ray) Harper, natives, respectively, of Indiana and Kentucky. Jesse Harper was a merchant during the years of his activity, and settled in Missouri about 1838. At first he con- ducted his business at Athens (now Aibany). and later went to St. Joe, where his son Jesse . was born. When the youth was three years of age, his young life was saddened by the loss of his father. His mother married again later, and he was taken to Kansas in 1858, where the family settled in Nemaha county, and where he re- mained until his tenth year. They then went to Worth county, Mo., where he was educated in the public schools, and where he entered upon an independent existence. As a farm hand he received $12 a month and expenses, and con- tinued this line of work for some time.
November 24. 1874. occurred the marriage of Mr. Harper and Martha J. Pearson, a daughter of Joshua and Maria Pearson, of Pottawatomie county, Kans. Seven children have been born to this couple, viz .: Della J .. William G., Gertie F., Jacob P., Charles E., Le Roy C., and Cora M. After his marriage, Mr. Harper changed his oc- cupation of farming to that of builder and con- tractor, which he engaged in for seven years in Lincoln county. A later venture was a transfer business, which was conducted after his return to Pottawatomie county, which was the result of a desire for an all-around change, owing to some- what impaired health. After five years he re- moved to Eureka Springs, Ark., and started a general merchandise store, and in three years
more had an interest in a saw-mill, which he ran until the opening of the strip.
Upon coming to Oklahoma, Mr. Harper lo- cated at once in Jennings. His ability found ready recognition, for he was immediately elected to the office of township trustee, and in this capacity, which he held for two years. assessed the township. In 1894 he began the general merchandise business which has since claimed his time and efforts, and which has been attended by such pronounced success, that he is at present preparing more extensive quarters, in the shape of a stone store, 25x80 feet in di- mensions. Mr. Harper has a stock of general produce, and is besides a cotton buyer on a large scale. Aside from the property on which the store is built, he owns a fine residence lot upon which is his home. It is a comfortable. com- modious structure, and a credit to the locality in which it is located.
In national politics Mr. Harper is a Populist. In religious circles the family are prominently identified with the interests of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are active and helpful workers in the same. Toward the erection of the church Mr. Harper was a generous con- tributor. and readily afforded valuable general assistance.
J OHN A. BURKHOLDER, the well-known merchant and postmaster of Jennings, was born in Carroll county, Ind., and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Barry) Burkholder, na- tives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The paternal grandfather was a farmer and born in Pennsylvania. At an early day he associated himself with the pioneers of Indiana, among whom his useful life was passed, and where he died at an advanced age.
J. A. Burkholder was reared to agricultural pursuits, and passed the years of his youth on his father's farm. His educational advantages were the best proenrable in the district schools. and he early displayed traits of industry and thrift. When seven years of age he lost his father, and when twenty-one years of age began to shift for himself. In 1872 he sought the larger possibilities of the far west, and in the mining camps of Arizona increased his knowl- edge of the world, and fortified himself for the responsibilities that were to come. He subse- quently lived for a time in Kansas, going thence to Texas, and eventually coming to Oklahoma in 1892. For a year he remained near Oklahoma City and engaged in farming, and in the fall of 1803 came to Jennings, settling on the north- cast quarter of section 20, township 20, range ; cast. This claim has since developed into a remunerative venture, and, although still in the
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possession of Mr. Burkholder, is rented out to other parties.
After three years of farming, Mr. Burkholder opened a general merchandise store, and in 1897 was appointed postmaster by President McKin- ley, which position of trust he has since con- timed to hold. In May of 1882, Mr. Burkholder was united in marriage with Hallie Heriott, of Missouri. Of this union there have been three children, Elile E., Mabel, and Ethel. The chil- dren are all attending school at Stillwater.
Mr. Burkholder's political preferences are with the Republican party, although he enter- tains extremely liberal views regarding the po- litical issues of the country. Fraternally he is associated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Indiana, and with the Guthrie Con- sistory of Masons and the Blue Lodge at Paw- nee. Mrs. Burkholder and her oldest daughter are members of the Presbyterian Church, and ardent workers in the same. Mr. Burkholder is esteemed for his many desirable traits of mind and character, and for his invariable interest in the public welfare.
O. A. GILBERT. In his capacity as post- master of Cleveland, Mr. Gilbert has verified the estimation in which he has been held by the community at large, and won more than ever the confidence and esteem of his fellow townsmen. A native of Kewanee, Henry county, Ill., he was born in 1866, and is a son of O. A. and Fannie Gilbert, the former of whom was a farmer during the years of his activity. For a few years also he engaged in manufac- turing, but seemed to have a special aptitude for developing to the fullest the latent qualities of the soil.
The boyhood days of O. A. Gilbert were spent on his father's farm at Green River, Ill., and his surroundings were such as to develop the best traits of his character. He early displayed a fondness for study, which was fostered at the public schools, and further developed at the Normal school. Subsequently, for several years. he applied his agricultural knowledge in the management of the home farm, and in 1889 sought the larger possibilities of Oklahoma. With the thousands of others also in search of improved conditions, he made the run at the opening, and secured the claim on section 2. township 14, range 4 west. After improving the farm he sold out and removed to Edmond, Okla. As clerk in a drug store he spent some time, and then went to Stillwater, where he entered npon an independent venture in the same line of occupation.
After an experiment covering a year and a half, Mr. Gilbert came to Cleveland and built a
frame store which was opened April 1, 1894. This proved to be an unfortunate venture, for the structure was lost through fire, and the owner's worldly possessions were diminished to the extent of about $2,500. Nothing daunted, Mr. Gilbert's optimism and faith in the future were sufficient to warrant his best efforts at reparation, and he erected a fine stone store 25x50 feet in dimensions.
For the last three years Mr. Gilbert has held the responsible position of postmaster of Cleve- land, and in the catering to the best interests of the community he is ably seconded by Mrs. Gilbert, to whose valuable assistance and faith- ful application he attributes not a little of his success. Mrs. Gilbert was formerly Eva A. Powell, a daughter of J. A. and Barbara A. Powell. She was educated in the public schools, and is a graduate of the high school at the county-seat of Rice county, Kans. Her mar- riage with Mr. Gilbert occurred in 1893, and since that time she has won the esteem and affection of all who have come within the range of her kindly and interesting personality. The store over which Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert preside is a credit to themselves and to the town in which it is located.
Mr. Gilbert is a director and stockholder of the Bank of Cleveland. In political affiliation he is associated with the Republican party, and has held several offices within the gift of the people. He has been a justice of the peace and a notary, is at the present time a committee- man, and is city councilman from the second ward. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias at Stillwater. He is a registered pharmacist. Mrs. Gilbert is an active worker in and member of the Christian Church.
G EORGE W. SUTTON, M. D., banker, physician, politician, and a reliable and substantial citizen, has been identified with the best material and intellectual growth of Cleveland, from the inception of this promising and progressive town. A native of Ohio county, Ind., Dr. Sutton was born in 1843, and is a son of Joshua and Sarah (Wells) Sutton.
The early life of Dr. Sutton was on the tin- eventful order, and was not unlike that ex- perienced by many other farmers' sons, who are trained to an appreciation of the dig- nity and usefulness of an agricultural life. An element of interest was intro- duced into his existence when the war broke out, and he fought for his country as a member of Company E, Fiftieth Indiana In- fantry, which was mobilized at Seymour, Ind. The company participated in numerous battles, including those of Pine Bluff, Shiloh, and Little
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Rock. In 1863 the doctor secured permission to return to his home, and upon arriving there organized Company I, One Hundred and Thirty- ninth Infantry, of which he was captain, and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. They disbanded and were discharged during November of 1864, at Indianapolis, Ind.
Upon returning to his home after the cessa- tion of hostilities, he decided to devote his ener- gies to a mastery of the science of medicine, and with this in view began to study at the Cin- cinnati Medical School, from which he was grad- uated in 1867. For the three following years he made practical application of his knowledge acquired, in his home town, and in 1868 removed to Lyon county, Kans. From 1881 to 1884 he served as a member of the legislature for Lyon county, where he was a successful practitioner until 1889. He was at this time honored with the appointment of post surgeon of the Osage Nation, the position extending over a period of four years. At the opening of the Cherokee strip in 1893, he came to the site of Cleveland with R. W. Dunlap and others of an equally en- terprising nature, and organized the town which has since realized to such a large extent, the expectations of its promoters. His interest was substantially manifest from the first, for he erected a commodious and comfortable resi- dence, and was associated with the various enterprises that are the heralds of future pros- perity.
In 1894 Dr. Sutton erected the bank building, and organized the Bank of Cleveland, of which he was made president, with W. T. Titten, cashier. Since then the doctor has combined his professional and banking interests, to the satis- faction of himself, and the community which is benefited by his exertions. In his professional work he is in partnership with Dr. C. W. Bal- lainc.
In 1871 occurred the marriage of Kate King to Dr. Sutton. Mrs. Sutton is a daughter of Dr. King, of Lyon county, Kans. Of this union there are three children. Birdie is now Mrs. Frank Bucher, of Bartlesville, I. T., and has three children. Mr. Bucher is cashier of the First National Bank of Bartlesville. of which G. W. Sutton is president, and which was or- ganized in the spring of 1900. Fred R. is now located at Los Angeles, Cal., as surgeon of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad: and Lela is living at home.
In national politics Dr. Sutton is a Republican and has been prominently identified with the undertakings of his party. His first presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln, and he served as a member of the first territorial legis- lature. Fraternally he is associated with the Masonic order, and joined the organization in
the early 'zos, at Neosho Rapids, Kans. At the present time he is a member of the chapter at Pawnee, and Pawnee Commandery No. 7, K. T. He is a regent of the Territorial University. With his wife, he is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a generous contributor toward the same. Dr. Sutton and the territorial treasurer, Mr. Thompson, organ- ized the Arkansas Valley National Bank at Pawnee, in 1895, and he is now serving as the president.
J JOHNSON ADAMS, deceased, was for a time one of the leading business men and honored citizens of Pawnee, where he lo- cated on the 16th of September, 1893. He was a native of Jasper county, Mo., and the youngest child of Johnson and Violet (Gilstrap) Adams, carly settlers of that county, who are now de- ceased. There our subject was reared to agri- cultural pursuits and for a time followed farming. Learning the butcher's trade he was engaged in the meat business at Zincite, Mo., until his re- moval to Pawnee. Here he opened a market and carried on business as a member of the firm of Adams & Manning until his death, which occurred February 17, 1896, when he was forty- three years of age. He was a wide-awake. ener- getic business man, who generally carried for- ward to successful completion whatever he undertook, and his upright, honorable course in life gained for him the confidence and high re- gard of those with whom he came in contact either in business or social affairs. In his po- litical views he was a Republican.
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