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The father of Major Hammer. Augustus W., was a native of Monongalia county, W. Va., and for many years he was actively engaged in railroading. During the Civil war he was in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as superintendent, and later he was employed by the Cleveland & Pittsburg and the Chesa- peake & Ohio Railroad. He departed this life in 1807, when in his seventy-ninth year. Po- liticaliv, he was a Whig and an abolitionist, and during the Polk and Clay campaigns he was an elector. Subsequently he espoused the cause of the Republican party. Religiously, he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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His wife, Naney, was a daughter of Amos Bun- ner. He was born in Albemarle county, Va., and was one of the early settlers in Cumberland county, Md., where he was engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and his wife, Elizabeth Mor- gan, was the granddaughter of General Morgan, of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Nancy Hammer died in 1853, and of her seven children only one is deceased. Harry, who served in the Fourth . Ohio during a part of the Civil war, and later was an adjutant of the Eleventh Tennessee, now resides in Cleveland, Wash. Frank resides in Fairview, Tex.
The major was born in Monongalia county, W. Va., September 23, 1835. He received a good education in the schools of Ohio, attending the academies at Senecaville and Bridgewater and Jefferson College. When his father emi- grated to Missouri in 1849 he had to leave school, and in the west he aided his father in his business until 1854, when the family returned to West Virginia. In 1855 the young man came westward again, and after staying a period in St. Louis he went to Independence, where he joined the expedition of Kit Carson and Cap- tain Clayton, who proceeded to relieve a train on the Santa Fe trail, near Fisher's Peak, where a desperate hand-to-hand conflict with the Chey- ennes and Comanches was engaged in. Later, a second fight with the redskins was had at a point about sixty miles east of the first encounter.
In 1856 our subject returned to his native state, and for the ensuing five years he served as a fireman and engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. When the war broke out he and eighty-six of his railroad comrades enlisted in Company B, Second West Virginia Infantry. He declined a commission under General Mcclellan, and with his company participated in the battles of Rich Mountain, Carrick Ford, the first victo- ries scored by the Union army. He also fought in the engagements of Greenbrier. McDowell and Strausburg. After the battle of Cross Keys, when he was an orderly sergeant, he was pro- moted to the first lieutenancy of his company, B, in recognition of his splendid service. for he had led a skirmishing line of eight compa- nies, and had thoroughly defeated his foes. He next took part in the second battle of Bull Run. and in the engagement of Slaughter Moun- tain, and the five days' fight along the Rappahan- nock and Fairfax. The brigade was then sent to the west, and our subject was placed on the staff of General Milroy, and had his headquarters in the Shenandoah valley until the invasion by General Lee. He was in command of four hun- dred cavalrymen at the battle of Bloody Run, and then participated in the terrific battle of Gettysburg. He then returned to his regiment
at Weston, W. Va., and when Captain Wilson of his company resigned, he was promoted to his vacated place. In August, 1863, he was trans- ferred to Company B, Fifth Regiment of West Virginia Cavalry, and made first lieutenant, commanding the squadron. He and his men were assigned to Averill's Cavalry, and at the battle of Rocky Gap he was wounded in the riglit leg, and received a scalp wound, which probably would have resulted in his death, had not the military insignia on his cap broken much of its force. After twenty days off duty he re- turned to his post, and after the battle of Droop Mountain he went on what was known as the Salem raid, one of the most reckless expedi- tions into the Confederacy, and, among otlier things accomplished by his men, railroads and supplies were destroyed upon every hand.
In January, 1864, Mr. Hammer was commis- sioned captain of Company B. Fifth West Vir- ginia Cavalry, and during that year he served with General Cook. He was present in the cam- paigns of Lynchburg and Cloyd Mountain, and joined Sheridan at Charleston. He took part in the battles of Shenandoah, Mount Jackson, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and throughout the campaign which was closed by the march to Pe- tersburg and finally by the surrender of General Lee. At the battle of Mount Jackson he was wounded again in the leg. He was brevetted major of his regiment by the governor of West Virginia, in acknowledgment of his daring and gallant service. After he had taken part in the grand review at Washington, he was sent to the western plains, where he met the Indians in several engagements, and at last succeeded in quelling them. He was mustered out of the gov- ernment service in November, 1865, at Leaven- worth.
The same winter he located at Assumption, Ill., where he began the study of law under the guidance of Judge Berse, and in 1868 was ad- mitted to the bar. When the railroad had been completed to Taylorville, Ill., he established an office there, and was made assistant to the prose- cuting attorney there. In 1872 he was appointed by President Grant to the place of United States land office agent at Independence, Kans .. but at the end of two years the office was abolished. He then engaged in regular law practice in La- bette county, Kans., where he dwelt until 1880. For the ensuing eight years he was president of Eddy Educational Institute, and practiced law, also, at Waco. Tex. In April, 1889. he came to Oklahoma City, and here he tried the first land case brought into the territorial courts. In June. 18go, he was appointed county probate judge by Governor Steele, and held this position until he saw fit to resign the post, in order to devote his entire time to his general practice.
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The major married, in Marion county, W. Va .. Miss Emma Miller, a native of that place, in which locality her father, a Connecticut man. liad settled at an early day. The eldest son of our subject an ? wife, Rev. A. W., is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in north- western part of Montana, and the next son. H. A., is a missionary at Fez, Morocco, Africa. Carl S., now at home, served in Company L, First Oklahoma Territorial Regiment, during the Spanish-American war. Mrs. Belle SoRelle resides in Whatcom, Wash .; Mrs. Lula Atwood lives in Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Nellie Den- ham, of this place, is the wife of one of the Rough Riders who took part in the severe San- tiago campaign in Cuba, and was wounded at an engagement at San Juan; Jessie, a trained nurse, is at Wichita, Kans., and Pearl is at home.
Politically, the major has been very active in the organization of the Republican party in this territory, and was president of the first terri- torial convention and a member of the first terri- torial committee here. He has been influential in the affairs of this city since he cast in his lot with our citizens, and has been a member of the board of education here, and also has served as attorney for the same. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of Grant Post, G. A. R. Religiously, he has been a trustee of the Congregational Church, and, besides having been superintendent of the Sunday-school here for eight years. he has been president of the Territorial Sunday-School Asso- ciation.
F RANKLIN HAUSHOLDER. Logan county ranks the subject of this article among its foremost agriculturists and pro- gressive citizens. He is of German descent upon the paternal side, his great-grandfather having been a native of Germany. The latter emigrated to the United States at an early period and his posterity thenceforward gave allegiance to this land. Our subject's grandfather Hausholder was born in Maryland, and his father, David Hausholder, was a native of Hagerstown, same state. The latter chose for a wife Rachel Stahl. whose birth had taken place in Pennsylvania and whose ancestors included a man who served as a cup-bearer to a king of England, believed to have been James II.
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Franklin Hausholder, born in Darke county, Ohio, August 28, 1854, is one of the ten children of David and Rachel Hausholder. Lewis R., Icelius and Newton are residents of Ohio. Moses, a prominent politician and lawyer of Cherokee, Kans., is a graduate of the Indian- apolis law school and since 1880 has been act- ively engaged in legal practice in Kansas, where
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he has won an enviable reputation as a profes- sional man. He was thrice elected to the state senate on the fusion ticket, and his name is now being brought forward as a candidate for con- gress. Commodore Hausholder, another brother, died in infancy. Francis M., who was a success- ful attorney, died at Noblesville, Ind., when he was about fifty-five years of age. Esther Anna is the wife of R. B. Cunkle, of Darke county, Ohio, and Mrs. Ella Lawdermilk resides in Bald- win, Kans., while a third sister, Luanna, who is unmarried, and at present is in North Carolina, was. so favorably known as an educator in the high schools of Altoona, Johnstown and Oil City, Pa., that the superintendency of the Pitts- burg schools was repeatedly proffered her. All of these children were born on the old home- stead in Darke county, where the father was a settler as early as 1833, and it was not until 1872 that the home was broken up, owing to the death of the mother, whose burial place was in Ansonia, Ohio.
The subject of this sketch remained in his native county until he was about twenty-five years old, and laid the foundations for his future success by the mastery of the varied details of agriculture. He was in the employ of the Victor Sewing Machine Company of Chicago for three years, and, having met with success in this line, he came to the west in 1880 and embarked in merchandising at Columbus, Kans. In con- nection with this, he was more or less exten- sively engaged in stock-raising, and for eight years apparently was prospering well, for he frequently had invested large amounts in farm and town lands. However, when he closed out his business, prior to his removal to Oklahoma. he found that his losses, by reason of credit customers, were great, and that the five hundred acres of farm lands and town property which he owned would bring only very low prices.
Leaving Arkansas City for Guthrie, Mr. Hans- holder arrived on the third train arriving there. April 22, 1880, and at once he proceeded to the eastern part of the town and located a lot. He bought a lot three days later for $100, and after holding it two days disposed of it for $600, and to-day the Dewey Building stands upon the site. He engaged in considerable speculation in real-estate for several weeks, sending all of the proceeds to his old home in Columbus, to settle his indebtedness. On the ioth of Angest he traded a small house and lot-all that remained to him out of the financial wreck at Columbus -for the quarter-section of land which he now owns and enltivates. It is located in section 1.4. township 16, range + west, and at the time that it came into his possession very little ground had been broken here. With characteristic en- ergy, he commenced making improvements, and
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the house, barns, fences and buildings are sub- stantial and well kept. Eighty acres have been reduced to a highi state of cultivation, and the orchard is exceptionally large and flourishing, there being one thousand cherry trees, two thou- sand pear trees, two thousand peach trees and four thousand apple trees. In addition to these, there are quince trees, a vineyard and many kinds of small fruits. In 1898 our subject pur- chased eighty acres of land on section 13, town- ship 16, range 3, about a mile and a half west of Guthrie, and here he has five thousand fruit trees in excellent condition.
The marriage of Mr. Hausholder and Bessie Dana, a daughter of L. D. Dana, of Columbus, Kans., was celebrated June 18, 1884. The father. who was a native of Ohio, and whose business in the west has been mainly that of stock deal- ing, is a distant relative of the well-known Charles Dana, of the New York Sun fame. The five children of our subject and wife are named. respectively, Glenn Dana, Hazel, Marie, Dale and Rachel. The eldest, Glenn D., is a promis- ing lad of fifteen years, and all of the children are receiving good educational advantages.
H ON. SAMUEL MURPHY, postmaster at Oklahoma City, has been closely identified with the workings of the Republican party and served as the first treasurer of Oklahoma Territory. He was born in Kingston, Madison county, Ark., January 31, 1845, and is a son of John and Perlenta (Davis) Murphy. He comes of Irish stock, and his great-grandfather, who was a native of that country, was an early set- tler of South Carolina and served in the Revo- lutionary war. John Murphy, the grandfather, who was born in South Carolina, and became a planter in Tennessee, served in the war of 1812. The Murphy family descends from Irish Prot- estant ancestors, who were always opposed to slavery. John Murphy's family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
John. Murphy, the father of our subject. was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and was a pioneer settler of Arkansas, going there when he was twenty years old and locating on a farmat Kings- ton, Madison county. He attained the age of sixty-two years. His wife, Perlenta Davis. who was born in Tennessee, descended from a family that came from Wales in an early day and set- tled in Virginia, but subsequently went to Ten- nessee. She died in Arkansas. Thirteen chil- dren were born to this marriage, nine of whom attained mature years. Five of the sons served in the Civil war, namely: Isaac, of the First Arkansas Infantry, who was poisoned from eat- ing food in a farmhouse at Johnson; John. of the First Arkansas Infantry, who was wounded
in battle, and now resides at Harrison, Ark .: Vincent W., who was orderly sergeant in Com- pany C, First Arkansas Infantry, and now re- sides at Harrison, Ark .; Samuel, of the Second Arkansas . Cavalry, and Alexander, of Hender- son, Mo., who served in the Fourteenth Mis- souri Infantry.
Without any educational advantages save such as could be secured by an attendance of a very few months in school, Samuel Murphy grew to manhood. In 1863 he enlisted as a pri- vate in Company A, Second Arkansas Cavalry, and was later made corporal. He participated in the engagements at Cheatham's Farm, near Harrison, Ark .; Jasper, Newton county, Ark .; Mudtown, Benton county, Ark., where he re- ceived a slight wound: Fayetteville, Washington county, Ark .; and Richland, Searcy county, Ark. From that time until the close of the war he was detached as clerk in Brigadier-General Phelps' headquarters, being mustered out at LaGrange, Tenn., in August, 1865. Going to Springfield. Mo., thence to Osceola, Mo., he ran a ferry-boat on the Osage river for one year, and afterward attended school near Golconda, Ill., for six months, through one winter, later entering Ewing Academy. After one term in that insti- tution, he engaged in teaching in Missouri and Arkansas for two years, and in 1870 taught in Flowermont Academy, near Benton, Tex., where he was principal one year.
On his return to Arkansas, Mr. Murphy studied law for one year, and was admitted to the bar in 1874 at Harrison, where he prac- ticed until 1876. He then took up the senior year in the law department of the University of Michigan, and was graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1877. Returning to Harrison, Ark., he engaged in successful practice until 1889. when he came to Oklahoma City. He served in the capacity of deputy internal revenue collector and as postmaster of Eureka Springs, Ark. As there was no law business at Oklahoma City, he bought and located a claim just out of the city limits, now known as Murphy's claim, and has since resided there. His property became in- volved in litigation, which continued for seven years, and at the end he was left with only forty acres, but he succeeded in getting the most valuable part of the property. In 1891 he was appointed treasurer of the territory by Governor Steele, and was reappointed by Governor Seav. He also served ten months under the adminis- tration of Governor Renfrow, but resigned, owing to a change of administration. In July. ISOS, he was appointed postmaster of Oklahoma City by President MeKinley, and has since effi- ciently filled the position.
In Cass county, Mo., Mr. Murphy was united in marriage with Miss Delilah Floyd, who was
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5 m and died in the state of Arkansas. One I was born to them, Anna, the wife of Henry . Werholser, of Oklahoma City. At Ann Arbor, Mich., Mr. Murphy married Miss Louise Berry, native of Yorkshire, England. Four children have been born to them: Mrs. Pearl Griffith, vi Hot Springs Ark .; Paul, who graduated from the high school with the class of 1000; clyde and Hazel. Mr. Murphy is a Republican :" politics. In 1876 he refused the nomination for member of congress on that ticket in the Fourth District of Arkansas, as he wished to enter the University of Michigan at the time. Four years later he received the nomination for the same office, and although defeated at elec- tion, he greatly reduced the usual Democratic majority. In 1890 he received the nomination for the legislature of Oklahoma, but declined to run. Upon the organization of his party in the territory, he served on the committee. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public.
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L. LOCKHART. Through his untiring .. efforts, incessant hard work and close ap-
plication to duty, Mr. Lockhart has come to be numbered among the most progressive and enterprising of the agriculturists in Cooper township, Kingfisher county. When he arrived in the territory in 1892, at the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation, he had little to depend upon save his own ability and future efforts. His original claim was located on the northeast quarter of section I, township 17, range S, and he at once began to improve the land until it was all under cultivation or pas- ture. A good orchard was set out. and a vine- vard, and numerous kinds of small fruits were given every opportunity to develop. In 1895 an addition was made by the purchase of the north- west quarter of section 32. township 18, range 7. which has been improved and fenced, and is used for general farming and the raising of corn. Yet another addition was made in 1897, when Mr. Lockhart purchased the northwest quarter of section 6, township 17. range 7. In all. he is the owner of four hundred and fifty acres, two hundred and ten of which are under cultivation. and devoted to the raising of wheat and corn and general farming. The remaining land is used for the large herds of horses and cattle, a branch of industry to which Mr. Lockhart gives much study and attention. He owns several shares in the Farmers' elevator at Kingfisher, an institution which has been of great benefit to the surrounding agriculturists.
Born in Gratiot county, Mich., on a farm not iar from Maple Rapids, Mr. Lockhart is a son of Samuel Lockhart, of Ohio, who settled in
Michigan about 1854, and is now living in Mis- souri. His son grew to manhood in Hancock county, Ill., and came west to Nebraska in 1880, remaining in Nuckolls county for one year. He subsequently lived for three years in Brown county, Kans., three years in Sumner county, and one year in Decatur county, later go- ing to Furnace county, Neb., and then re- turning to Sumner county, remaining there until the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation.
Mr. Lockhart was married, in 1882, to Mehita- ble Edwards, of Brown county, Kans., and a daughter of Abram Edwards, a large landowner and farmer of Sumner county, Kans., who owns half a section of land, and is extensively engaged in stock-raising. To Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart have been born eight children: Harry, Lawson, John, Walter, Ethel, Annie, Warney and Clifford. Mr. Lockhart was for several years a member of the Farmers' Alliance. His efforts in Oklahoma have been attended by unusually good results, and he is a self-made man in the broadest sense of the word. Of a generous and thoughtful turn of mind, he has been instrumental in advancing many interests of his town and county, and. among other undertakings, has contributed largely towards the building of bridges over Cooper creek and the Cimarron, and has in many other ways evinced his willingness to advance the public good. He is accounted a model of industry, and may be found busily engaged on his well-kept farm at all times of the day, and until late into the evening. He richly deserves his success, and the high estimation in which he is held by his brother agriculturists.
E. MARTIN. In the prime of life and use- 1. fulness, Mr. Martin is ranked with the pro- gressive agriculturists of Garfield county, in whose affairs he has taken an active part during the entire period of his residence here. In sum- ming up his career in a few words, he is entitled to be termed a model citizen, for though he neg- lects his own business affairs not a whit, he maintains a patriotic interest in his community and country, doing everything within his power for the welfare of his fellow-men.
Our subject's paternal grandfather, J. C. Mar- tin, was born in Indiana, and in 1839 he settled in Wapello county, Iowa, thus becoming one of its pioneers. Later lie removed to Lucas county. same state, and passed his last years in Jef- ferson county, his death occurring when he was in his eighty-ninth year. ITis son, J. C., father of I. E. Martin, also was a native of Indiana and a farmer by occupation. For about three years he served in the Federal ariny, as a private of the Thirty-second Iowa Infantry. He owned and
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carried on farms in Lucas and Jefferson, coun- ties, Iowa, and in 1887 went to Garland, Colo., where he dwelt for a short time. Then, joining our subject, he operated a farm (which he still owns) situated three miles east of Hennessey, Kingfisher count;
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I. E. Martin 's one of the eight children born to J. C. and Susat. (McCoy) Martin. The mother was born in Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Aaron McCoy, who was a native of Virginia, and an early settler in Pennsylvania, and later of Wapello county, lowa. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. One of our subject's brothers. John, is deceased, his death having occurred in Enid, Okla. Another brother, J. C., is engaged in farming in this county, and William is carry- ing on a farm in Colorado. The four sisters survive.
The birth of I. E. Martin took place in Cbari- ton, Lucas county, Iowa, September 12, 1860. He spent the years of his youth in the pursuits common to the farmers' boys, and at the same time succeeded in acquiring a liberal public- school education. After leaving the high school he commenced working as a clerk, and, carefully saving his earnings, made the "first hundred dollars," which noted financiers say is the be- ginning of a young man's fortune.
In 1885 Mr. Martin went to Colorado, where he invested his funds in an improved ranch near Garland, and for four years following he was successfully occupied in raising cattle. In 1889 he sold out at good advantage. and re- moved to Oakland, Cal., where he conducted a livery business for a year and a half. Then, re- turning to his native state, lie carried on a livery business at Fairfield, Iowa, subsequently re- siding in Harper county, Kans .. for a year.
Seven years ago, when Garfield county was opened to settlers, Mr. Martin was one of the multitudes who made the race for a homestead. Starting at the southern line, he rode a distance of seventeen miles, and secured a claim west of Enid. Improving the property in many ways, he is still making his home on the place, and has made a great success of the enterprise. He pur- chased an adjoining tract and. after selling thirty acres to the city, still retains four hundred and fifty acres here. Besides this, he owns a quarter-section of fine land at a point about twelve miles east of Enid. He has dealt exten- sively in cattle, horses and hogs, keeping a num- ber of full-blooded Herefords and some stand- ard-bred horses. At Enid he owns and conducts stockyards, where he makes a business of feed- ing cattle. He owns the well-known fine horse. "Black Crook." which has a record of 2:22 !. One of the organizers of the Garfield .County Fair Association, he is acting at this time a: one of its trustees.
In the fraternities, Mr. Martin is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In his political standing, he is a Republican. He enjoys the distinction of having been the first man married in Garfield county, the cere- mony having been performed October 22, 1893. His bride, then Miss Florence Wise, is a native of Warsaw, Ind. She is well educated and is a member of the Christian Church.
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