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In all of his cares and joys Mr. Campbell finds a true helpmate in his estimable wife, formerly Cynthia E. Carter. Their marriage took place in Johnson county, Mo., in 1886. She was born in Missouri, and is a daughter of Robert M. Carter, who was a native of Virginia, and was one of the pioneers of the western state. Five children were born to our subject and wife. namely: Mark, Ollie, Nora, Clinton and James W .. who died at the age of two years.
W ILLIAM R. BERRY. The ancestry of the Berry family is Welsh, the great- grandfather of William R. having come from Wales at an early day and settled in Vir- ginia. There the grandfather, Peter, was born. and his son, J. H., who became the father of Wil- liam R. His mother was formerly Rebecca Dy- erlev.
In 1838, when William R. Berry was two years old, he was taken by his parents to what was then Macon (now Putnam) county, Mo. There he grew to manhood, and received a fair educa- tion in the public schools, as well as excellent training as to the best way of managing a farm. At the age of twenty-one he received a teacher's
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certificate, but did not avail himself of the privi- lege. With commendable ambition, he decided to adopt the profession of the law as a means of livelihood, but his plans were frustrated by the breaking out of the war. For about six months he served in the Confederate army, and was at Springfield August 10, 1861, and at Lexington. Soon after taking the oath of allegiance he was commissioned captain.
After the war, Mr. Berry followed the tide of emigration westward, driving five ox-teams to California, where he worked in the mines of that state and Oregon. During the five years of this life he was fairly successful, and at the end of that time he returned to Missouri on horse- back, the journey consuming three months. With the money made out of his mining venture Mr. Berry purchased a steam mill, which he located in Putnam county, and which he ran about fifteen years, when he sold out and went into a mercantile business. At the end of five years about all he had gained from the deal was a variegated assortment of experience, the other men having collected the money. . He next went to Seward county, Kans., where he remained for six months, going thence to Garden City, that state, and taking up a homestead in Finney county, upon which he successfully carried on agricultural pursuits for six years.
In 1893 Mr. Berry made the run on the terri- tory, and located upon the claim where he has since lived. The land is now well improved, and a grove has been set out and an orchard. and a good house erected. In politics Mr. Berry is a Democrat, and while living in Putnam county. Mo., served as county judge for one year. In 1896 he was elected a member of the house of representatives, and was chairman of the com- mittee appointed to look into the matter of ap- propriations and general expenditures. He wielded a considerable influence while holding this position, and introduced several bills which have become laws.
Mr. Berry married Mary E. Petty, of Put- nam county. a daughter of J. J. and M. I (Piper) Petty. To Mr. and Mrs. Berry have been born four children, viz .: Mrs. Mary M. Thies, of Enid, who has one child; Elpha, who is now Mrs. Hudson, of Enid; Olivette and Don C.
D AVID DOUGLAS. Among the repre- sentative business men of Oklahoma City none is more deserving of representation in this volume than David Douglas, one of the most prominent architects and superintendents of construction in the territory. His keen dis- crimination, unflagging industry and resolute purpose are numbered among his salient char-
acteristics, and thus he has won that prosperity which is the inerited reward of honest effort.
Mr. Douglas was born in Dundee, Scotland, July 11, 1847, and is a son of James and Isabelle (Campbell) Douglas, also natives of that coun- try. His paternal grandfather, Alexander Doug- las, was a clock manufacturer, making all the parts of a clock by hand-work. The maternal grandfather, Maj. Duncan Campbell, was an offi- cer in the English army. All his family were in the military service, and he had one son who was a soldier in the Crimean war. Our subject comes of distinguished ancestry, being able to trace his descent from Black Douglas.
In 1850 the parents of our subject came to the United States and located in New York, where the father engaged in business as a watchmaker and jeweler until called from this life in 1884, at the age of eighty-one years. The mother died in 1882, at the age of sixty-seven. Both were earn- est members of the Presbyterian Church. In their family were ten children, five of whom are still living, our subject being next to the young- est. His only brother, Alexander, was a mem- ber of the Seventy-ninth New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war. He is now a resident of Greensburg. Kans., and has served as probate judge of Kiowa county for the past twelve years.
David Douglas was only two and a half years old when brought by his parents to America, the voyage being made in a sailing vessel and con- suming between two and three months. After a few years spent in New York City they re- moved to Brooklyn, where his father opened a store. Our subject was principally reared on Brooklyn Heights, and his education was ac- quired in the public schools of that city. In carly life he assisted his father in business and also made models. At the age of twenty-one he entered Cooper's Institute, New York City. where he studied architecture, thus becoming well fitted for his chosen profession. Subse- quently he was in the employ of his brother. a large contracter in Brooklyn and New York City, with whom he remained. four years.
In 1882 Mr. Douglas came west and first lo- cated in Wichita. Kans., where he worked at the carpenter's trade for about three years, and then went to Greensburg. Niowa county. the same state, which place at that time was only three months oldl. He engaged in business there as a contractor and builder two years and as an ar- chitect one year. In 1888 he removed to Ogden. Utah. where he practiced his profession for one year, and in 1800 went to Seattle, Wash .. just after the great fire, and remained there as an architect for sixteen months. On account of the damp climate he returned east, and was an archi- tect at Trenton, Mo., until coming to Oklahoma
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City in March, 1893. Here he has done an ex- tensive business, making the plans for all four schoolhouses, Advents' Sanitarium, high school, city building, the B. & M. building, and many of the best business blocks and some of the finest residences. He also made the plans for the city schools at Stillwater, Norman, Yukon, two at Edmond, and the Normal School at Edmond, also the Colored Normal School at Langston. He was not only the architect of these, but also superintendent of construction.
In Brooklyn, N. Y., Mr. Douglas was united in marriage with Miss Ida M. Birney, a native of New York City, and a daughter of Alfred Birney. She was educated at a convent in the metropolis. They have a pleasant home at No. 425 West Sixth street, Oklahoma. Politically Mr. Douglas is identified with the Republican party and socially affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic frater- nity. He is an active and prominent member of the Presbyterian Church, and is now serving as elder. He takes an active interest in promoting the welfare of his town, encouraging and finan- cially aiding all enterprises tending to benefit the public, and enjoys, in a high degree, the confidence and esteem of his fellow men.
J ACOB H. DAVIS. As a blacksmith and farmer, on the southeast quarter of section 14, township 22, range 5 west, Mr. Davis has been able to realize many of his expectations in regard to life in Garfield county. In company with many others, he began here at the bottom round of the ladder, and his success is attribu- table solely to his own unaided efforts. Septem- ber 16, 1893. he made the run from the south line, and located on his claim, and the first six weeks were spent under rather novel quarters. He purchased a cart, over the shafts of which he spread a blanket, which served as a roof, and on the ground below was spread another blanket. which filled all the requirements of a bed. This served as a residence pending the erection of a hut, which he put up in the fall, and which was IOXI2 feet in dimensions.
Mr. Davis was born in Kentucky April 18. 1860, and is a son of John M. and Eveline . (Grimes) Davis. In the fall of 1860 his parents moved to Appanoose county, lowa, where they rented land and lived until the fall of 1878. They then took up their residence in Ottawa county, Kans., where they still live, the happy possessors of a well-kept and remunerative farm. Mr. Davis received a fair education in the public schools, and lived with his father until about twenty-one years of age. As an independent venture he rented some land, which did not come up to expectations, in Ottawa county, Kans., and
so started in to work by the month. In 1888 hie undertook to learn the blacksmith's trade, serv- ing his apprenticeship at Fort Scott, in the shop of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, receiving for compensation $45 a month. In 1893 he severed his connection with the railroad company, and on September 16 of the same year made the run from the south line of Oklahoma and located upon the claim which is now his home. In March of 1894. at Lindsey, Kans., Mr. Davis married Eva Huntsinger, who was born in Indiana, and is a daughter of A. A. and Julia (Avery) Hunt- singer. She was taken to Ottawa county, Kans., by her parents when only six months old. and there received excellent educational advantages, culminating her study in the public schools by attendance at the normal school, and began to teach school at the age of eighteen years. Her parents are still living at Ottawa county. To Mr. and Mrs. Davis have been born two chil- dren: Warren Elmo, who was born October 6, 1895, and Irl Lakota, born January 5, 1898.
On his claim in the territory Mr. Davis has made great improvements, and has a three-acre orchard, in which are planted one thousand four hundred peach trees and other fruits in propor- tion. There are a hundred apple trees and a large number of grape vines. In con- nection with his farming interests Mr. Davis still continues to work at his trade. and has erected a shop on his farm. In politics he is a Republican, and voted for Blaine in ISS4. In local politics he has been quite active. and has served as a delegate to various conven- tions. He has also served as school director. Fraternally he is connected with the Ancient Order United Workmen, at Fort Scott.
- LASON L. CHANDLER. Previous to lo- cating on his claim in Garfield county, Mr. Chandler led a somewhat changeful life, his various occupations taking him into several parts of the country. A native of Dodge county, Wis .. he was born December 4. 1838, and is a son of John and Aurilla ( Hollister) Chandler. Until his nineteenth year he lived on his father's farm. and his life was not unlike that of other country- reared boys. He received a fair common-school education, and in later life learned much from observation and study. About 1857 he decided to be independent, and located near Emporia. Kans., remaining there until 1860, when he went to Colorado and settled in Center City and en- gaged in mining for about three years. .
Upon returning to Wisconsin Mr. Chandler remained until 1864. when he again sought the larger possibilities of the west, and engaged in mining in Montana. This venture proved to have been a wise one, for in sixteen months he
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cleared $10,000. He then returned to Wiscon- sin on account of his mother's health. While there he married Susan Ribble, and then went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and engaged in brick- making, but after a trial of three years decided that the experience had not been successful. He then went to Chicago and learned the carpenter's trade of his brother, who was a contractor in that city. At the same time the fortunes of the fam- ily were improved by the bakery and confection- ery business conducted by his wife. They did fairly well, and at the end of three years he went to Omro, Wis., and worked for a lumber com- pany for about two years. Thence he went to the northern peninsula of Michigan, and after a few years started a lumber yard at Coldwater. This proved to be satisfactory and he remained there for three years.
April 22, 1889. Mr. Chandler made the run to the territory and settled in Kingfisher, where he worked at the carpenter's trade, and assisted in the erection of many important buildings. He was the first man to get on top of the big mill, and worked on the hotel and opera house.
In 1893 Mr. Chandler located upon a claim in Garfield county, upon which he instituted va- rious substantial improvements and planted out a good orchard. At this writing he makes his home in Enid. In politics Mr. Chandler is a Republican, but not an office-seeker. During his residence in Kansas he was nominated for sheriff, but lost the election by six votes. To Mr. and Mrs. Chandler have been born three children, viz .: Edgar Dell, a dentist at Calumet, Mich., and a graduate of the Chicago Dental Surgery College, of the class of 1899: Lottie E., who is a teacher at Bakersfield. Cal .: and Caro- line, the wife of H. C. Clampett.
C. D. ARNOLD, M. D. Not alone among the citizens of El Reno, his home city. but throughout the entire territory of Okla- homa, Dr. Arnold is well and favorably known as a physician. His identification with the history of Oklahoma dates from high noon on the 22nd of April. 1880, when he arrived at Kingfisher. During the two succeeding years he conducted a general practice and a drug store in that place. In 1800 he was local surgeon for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, and for a time citizen-physician to the company of United States regulars stationed there. hi April, 1801, he came to El Reno, of which place he has since been a citizen and leading physician. In March, 1804. Gov. W. R. Renfrow appointed him territorial superintendent of public health, to fill the unex- pired term of Dr. J. A. Overstreet (resigned). The following year he was reappointed for the full term of two years, after the expiration of
which he was reappointed for another term. Knowing that the incoming administration would naturally desire territorial officials of its own party and selection, he sent his resignation to Governor Barnes early in April. 1897, sub- ject to his pleasure. The resignation was ac- cepted the latter part of the following August.
During the second administration of President Cleveland, Dr. Arnold was a member of the board of United States pension surgeons, and for some years has acted as medical examiner for a number of life insurance companies. When the Oklahoma Territorial Medical Association was organized in 1893, he was elected its first secretary, and in the following year was re- elected, and in. 1896 was chosen the fourth presi- dent of the society. During the same year he became a member of the American Public Health Association. He is a member of the American Medical Association and the American Association of Life Insurance Examining Sur- geons. It has been his aim to keep in touch with organizations calculated to advance him in his professional knowledge, and at the same time he has been a reader of all obtainable advanced medical literature.
Born in Hardin county, Ky., in 1845, Dr. Ar- nold received his education, primarily, in the common schools of his community, and subse- quently in Cecilian College. at Cecilian, Ky., and Salem College, at Garnettsville, Ky. He commenced the study of medicine in 1867. under his brother-in-law, Dr. William Madderra, but. lacking money to pay expenses of two years in a medical college, he became a candidate for the office of county surveyor, to which he was elected. This and other efforts enabled him later to continue his medical studies under Dr. C. Z. Aud of Cecilian, Ky., as preceptor. He graduated with honorable mention for general proficiency, from the medical department of the University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., in 1876. He practiced medicine in his native county, also at Pine Level. Ala .. and Big Spring, Ky. From the latter place he came to Oklahoma at the opening of the territory, and since then his life history has been identified with the growth and progress of this thriving country.
Dr. Arnold was fourth in a family of eight children, six of whom are living, those besides himself being as follows: Mrs. E. J. Richardson, of White Mills. Ky .: W. T. Arnold, of Calhoun, Ky .: Mrs. Adaline Moseley. of Louisville, Ky .: W. P. Arnold. of Nacogdoches. Tex .: and T. G. Arnold, of Beeville, Tex., who received the degrees of A. B., LL. B. (1800), and LL. U. (1891), from Columbian University. Dr. Ar- nold's grandfather, Richard Arnold, came from England, and early in the last century died near what is now Glenville, Gilmer county, W. Va.
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Richard's son, John C., was born in Rocking- ham county, Va., in 1812, and in 1837 migrated to Hardin county, Ky., where he married Lu- cretia Morrison in 1839. He .died at the old homestead in 1865; his wife, who was born in Hardin county, Ky., in 1818, died in 1852.
The paternal grandmother of Dr. Arnold was Mary (Davis) Arnold. His maternal grand- mother, Elizabeth, was born in her father's In- dian fort or blockhouse (where Elizabethtown, Ky., now stands), in 1791 and died in 1868. She was the daughter of Samuel and Margaret Hay- craft. Samuel's father. James, was the son of Cap- tain Haycraft, who commanded an English vessei that landed at one of the ports of Virginia in 1740. The Haycrafts originated in Wales. James Haycraft and his wife died in early life, leaving three sons, Samuel, Joshua and James, who were reared by Colonel Neville, a wealthy Virginian. The three brothers joined the Amer- ican army during the Revolutionary war, and served until the winter of 1779-80, when they migrated to what is now Elizabethtown, Hardin county, Ky. They were among the very first settlers in all that portion of the district of Ken- tucky. On their way from Virginia they met a family also going to Kentucky, having moved from Pennsylvania. A daughter of this family, Margaret Van Meter, and Samuel Haycraft mar- ried at Pittsburg, Pa .. he wearing his soldier's uniform at the wedding. From Pittsburg they all continued together to Kentucky. In the spring of 1780 Samuel Haycraft located land where a part of Elizabethtown now stands. There he built a log fort to protect them against the Indians. He named his place Cave Spring,- and as such it is known to-day. He served his county of Hardin (then as large as the state of Delaware) as sheriff, judge of the court of quar- terly sessions, assistant judge of the first circuit court in the county, member of the state's gen- eral assembly in 1801 and 1809, and delegate to the first state constitutional convention at Dan- ville, Ky., in 1792. Of his wife's family, the Van Meters, there are to-day numerous representa- tives in Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois.
Samuel Haycraft. Jr .. brother of Elizabeth Morrison, was born in his father's fort at Cave Spring in 1795. and died in 1880, within one- half mile of the place where he was born, hav- ing spent liis eighty-five years of life on the land his father had located in 1780. In 1818 he mar- ried Sarah Brown Helm. He was clerk of the county and circuit courts of Hardin county from 1816 to 1857, and from 1858 to 1865 served as state senator.
The maternal grandfather of Dr. Arnold was Isaac Morrison, born in New Jersey in 1785. His father. David Morrison, was a captain in the American army from 1776 until 1783. Soon after
the close of the Revolutionary war he settled in what later became known as Hardin county, Ky., establishing his home in a valley . near Nolynn Creek, where he died early in the last century. His son, Isaac, soon after his father's death, settled on other land near by, where he died in 1862, aged seventy-seven years.
Dr. Arnold married Maggie A. Kerfoot, daughter of John S. Kerfoot, of Long Grove, Kv., now of El Reno, Okla. He has one child, Miss Lula Arnold, aged twenty years.
B. R. ELLIOTT. Although a resident of his present community only since September, 1897, nevertheless Mr. Elliott should be classed among the substantial and progressive farmers of Oklahoma county. He was born in Pulaski county, Mo., and is a son of Archie El- liott, who was a native of Tennessee, and who died in 1854. Archie Elliott received his early schooling in his native town, and for many years taught school. By his marriage to Miss Mary Randolph he had three children, of whom our subject is the only one now living.
Our subject was practically reared in Mis- souri, and when a youth of eighteen years en- tered the Confederate army, being in the Tenth Missouri Infantry. On the 4th of July, 1863, he was taken a prisoner at Helena, Ark., and for eight months was confined in the prison at Alton, Ill., and for a year at Fort Delaware. At the time of his capture he was sergeant. After the close of the war he spent a year in Missouri, after which he went to Fort Worth, Tex., where he followed stock-raising and farming, but in Sep- tember, 1897, he sold out and purchased his pres- ent farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is located two and one-half miles northeast of Oklahoma City. He has an orchard containing one thousand and twenty apple trees, five hun- dred peach trees and a large number of cherry and pear trees: also a vineyard of three and one- half acres, and all kinds of small berries, which he markets. He carries on general farming and stock-raising to a large extent, but makes a specialty of raising small fruit and garden truck. His farm is constantly undergoing improve- ments, and is one of the best in Oklahoma town- ship.
Mr. Elliott was united in marriage with Miss Harriett R. Cate, a native of Texas, and they are the parents of eight children, who were named as follows: Carroll R., who resides in Fort Worth, Tex .: Belle, the wife of M. W. Hoven- kamp; John B., a stenographer, residing at Fort Worth, Tex .: Mittie, the wife of Adolphus War- ren: Joseph HI .: May: Frank and Earl. While residing in Texas Mr. Elliott served from 1876 to 1882 as deputy sheriff, and during that period
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he had many an exciting chase after criminals. He was put in office by the Democrats, and has always been a member of that party. Religiously he is deacon and an active worker in the Baptist Church, of which his family are also members. He is a member of Oklahoma Lodge No. 3, A. F. & A. M., and has served as high priest in the Royal Arch Chapter. He also belongs to the Woodmen of the World, and is a policy holder in the Mutual Benefit Insurance Com- pany of Texas.
E DWARD B. FAIRCHILD. The possibili- ties of Oklahoma were great, as its first settlers firmly believed, but, even in their fondest dreams, they did not overestimate the valtie of its most fertile sections. A vast, rich fruit belt has been opened up, and the whole country, especially the great west, is thereby enriched. Edward B. Fairchild, a pioneer in horticulture, and one of the most enthusiastic citizens of Oklahoma, is a member of the Ter- ritorial Horticultural Society, in whose organi- zation he was influential, and for a year he served as its vice-president. He has spared no labor nor means in developing and testing the re- sources of this region for fruit-growing, and his experience has proved invaluable to his fellow citizens.
Stanley B. Fairchild, father of our subject, came from good old New England ancestry, his forefathers having removed to New York state from Connecticut. His birth took place in the Empire state, and there he spent his entire life. He was one of the first to introduce the industry of grape-growing into Steuben county, N. Y., and for two-score years he was numbered among the leading horticulturists of the state. Though he successfully raised all kinds of fruit, he gave special attention to grapes, and manufactured the products of his vineyard into wine. In 1862 he sold four thousand gallons of wine made from the grapes raised in his vineyard. For some years. he also was interested in a furniture fac- tory at Hammondsport, N. Y. Respected by a large circle of acquaintances, he was summoned to his reward about fifteen years ago. To him- self and wife, Mrs. Myra (Smith) Fairchild, three children were born, but only Edward B. and Smith Fairchild survive.
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The birth of our subject occurred December 31. 1842, in Steuben county, N. Y., and from his childhood he has been familiar with the fruit- growing business. From his twelfth year until the death of his father they were associated in the same occupation. Personally he owned eighteen acres of fine vineyard, situated in the most productive fruit belt of New York state, and for several years he dealt, more or less, in vine-
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