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Henry Eddy Hand was born August 14, 1842, in Schenectady, N. Y., and when six years old accompanied his parents to Chicago, where the father embarked in the manufacturing business. He had just made a good start in the enterprise in the western metropolis of the (then) future, when he died, October 2, 1850, in Schenectady, while there on business. A great change thus came to his little son, Henry Eddy, who was obliged to begin the battle of life at the early age of twelve, when he had only received scanty preparation in the elementary branches of knowl- edge. He sold newspapers for some time, and then obtained a place as a "bundle-boy" in the dry-goods house of Potter Palmer. Later he was connected with the . Chicago & Northwestern Railroad offices in Chicago for five years, finally being chief clerk in the freight department, and afterward holding a position as cashier at Rock- ford, Ill., and agent of the company at Negaunee, Mich. For a period he then" clerked for a com- pany running steamships between Green Bay and Escanaba, Mich., and for a year was employed as a detective in Chicago and New York City by Allan Pinkerton. For years he was the agent of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway at Cherry Valley, Ill., and for fourteen years was that com- pany's agent at Dixon, Ill. He then resigned and went to Ishpeming, Mich., where he built the gas-works, and then became the manager and secretary of the business. Returning to railroad- ing, he served as agent at Long Pine, Neb., on a branch line of the Chicago & Northwestern, but only for six months.
In May, 1801, Mr. Hand came to Stillwater, where he engaged in the loan business, and then turned his attention more especially to the man- agement of lumber and hardware enterprises, in which he met with success. In October, 1894, he commenced his banking career by becoming the proprietor of the Citizens Bank, of Still- water, and soon he found it advisable to dispose of all of his other lines of business in order to at- tend to his constantly growing banking affairs. In August, 1897, in company with F. J. Wikoff. lic organized and incorporated the Citizens' Bank of Stillwater, himself becoming its president. June 19, 1900, this institution was converted into the National Bank of Commerce, Mr. Hand con-
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tinuing as president. It has a paid-up capital stock of $25,000, surplus $2,500, and is included in the Territorial Banking Association. A fine new building, situated at the corner of Main and Eighth streets, has been completed for the bank, and every modern essential to security, and con- venience of patrons and officials, are to be found here to-day.
In Cherry Valley, Ill., Mr. Hand married Miss Mary J. Howe, likewise a native of Schenec- tady, N. Y., and daughter of Maynard M. Howe, who was engaged in merchandising in that city, and later in Cherry Valley. The elder son of our subject and wife is Henry Maynard, secretary of the faculty of the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Stillwater; the younger son, Wilson H., a graduate of the Philadelphia Pharmaceuti- cal College, is engaged in the drug business here in Stillwater; Mary J. is the wife of W. R. McGeorge, a druggist; Ina Eddy Hand, the youngest of the family, is at home with her parents. They have a handsome residence, one of the finest in Oklahoma, located at the corner of Eighth and Lewis streets.
Holding high rank among the Masons, and highly esteemed by all, Mr. Hand is past master of Frontier Lodge No. 6, A. F. & A. M., and was initiated into the order at Dixon, Ill., where he took the Royal Arch and Knight Templar de- grees. He now holds an official position in Still- water Chapter No. 14, R. A. M., and also is a charter member of St. John's Commandery No 4, K. T., of which he was the first eminent com- mander. In 1896 he became a member of the Grand Commandery, being junior warden of the same for some time, and now is distinguished by being the Grand Generalissimo of the grand com- mandery of Oklahoma. He also is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, with the Modern Woodmen of America and with the Woodmen of the World. In his political faith he is an uncompromising Republican, devoted to the welfare of his party. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and was the prime mover in the work of establishing a mission church here, now being the senior warden of the board of officials.
F RANK M. GAULT, a prominent cattle. dealer and business man of Oklahoma City, is one of the oldest residents of the territory, and has witnessed its entire development and up- building. He settled in Choctaw. I. T., in 1877, and three years later took up his residence in what is now Oklahoma county. Of the sixty or seventy white men then in the territory, only about ten are now living here.
Mr. Gault was born in Sullivan county, Mo .. March 30, 1859, and is the third in order of birth in a family of nine children, all of whom are still
living. His father, Hon. Edward J. Gault, is a native of Belfast, Ireland, and a son of Frank Gault, who brought his family to this country when Edward was a lad of eleven years, and first located in Philadelphia, Pa., but later removed to Madison, Wis., and finally settled in Appa- noose county, Iowa, where he engaged in farm- ing until his death. Edward J. Gault was reared in Philadelphia, where he learned the trade of a painter and decorator, remaining there seven years. On coming west he first located in Louis- ville, Ky., from there went to Madison, Wis .. and later to Appanoose county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming and cattle-raising. He sub- sequently spent four years in Sullivan and Put- nam counties, Mo., but at the end of that time returned to Appanoose county, Iowa, where he now resides. He owns eighteen hundred acres of land, and is now operating two coal mines upon his farm. He is a Knight Templar Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine, and is one of the most prominent Democrats in his section of the state. For one term he was a member of the house of representatives, and was a member of the state senate of Iowa for twelve years, having defeated Drake. The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden name of Sophia McClure, and was a native of Ohio, died in 1872. Her father, Thomas Mc- Clure, was born in Belfast, Ireland, and on his emigration to America settled in Ohio. Later he lived for some time in Illinois and Iowa. and finally located near Table Rock, Pawnee county, Neb., where he died at the age of eighty-four years. In religious belief he was a Presbyterian.
The public schools of Iowa afforded our sub- ject a limited education. On leaving home in 1876 he started for Tecumseh, Neb., but did not stop until reaching Colorado. On the 3d of Feb- ruary, 1877, we find him in Atoka, Choctaw Na- tion, where he engaged in the cattle business. In 1880 he came to Oklahoma, and made his headquarters at the old 7 C. ranch, but the win- ter of 1882-83 was spent in a camp adjoining the present site of Oklahoma City. He was here during the Creek Indian outbreak, and served as scout with the soldiers for ten days. By President Cleveland's order. in 1886. he was forced to leave, and went to Johnson, Chickasaw Nation, I. T., where he continued in the cattle business for about three years, making a spe- cialty of Herefords. He still has a ranch in Creek Nation. Returning to this territory. April 22, 1889. he took up a claim in the northern part of Oklahoma City, all within the corporation limits, but his title was contested and he did not receive his patent until November, 1896. In April, 1800, he laid out his first addition to the city, and has since laid out several others, hay- ing now fifty acres platted, upon which over
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thirty residences were erected inside of a year. He is still interested in the cattle business, and in 1893 shipped five thousand head of fattened stock to the city markets. He also has interests in mines in Old Mexico, near Purell, and in all his undertakings is meeting with good success. He is a man of keen discrimination and sound judgment, and of far more than ordinary busi- ness ability.
Mr. Gault was married, in Indian Territory, to Miss Minnie Stede, a native of Indiana, who died in Johnson, I. T., leaving one daughter, Frances, now in Monrovia, Cal. In Oklahoma City, in 1894, Mr. Gault was again married, his second union being with Miss Ollie Cramer, also a native of Indiana, by whom he has one child, Ruth. His idea in coming to Oklahoma City wasto give his children better educational advan- tages than the country schools afforded. The family have a beautiful home filled with works of art, and in all its appointments it reflects the culture and refinement of the inmates. In his political affiliations Mr. Gault is a Democrat.
C ORYDON CRAWFORD, the popular postmaster of Perry, has been the architect of his own fortunes from his early boy- hood, and deserves great credit for the pluck and perseverance he always has maintained, though many obstacles have ofttimes blocked his path- way. He assumed his present duties about two years ago, having been appointed by President McKinley, February 11, 1898. Owing much to his efforts, the local system has been simpli- fied and improved, and the office has been raised from the third to the second class. November I, 1900, free delivery of mail was instituted, two carriers and an extra man being employed in meeting this need of the appreciative public.
Mr. Crawford is a worthy scion of two estima- ble old southern families. His paternal grand- father removed from Virginia to Kentucky at an early day, and his maternal grandfather, Mr. Shaw, a native of the last-mentioned state, was a very early settler in Edgar county, Ill., as four- score years ago he commenced tilling the prairie at Paris, the county seat of that county. In fact, he and his son-in-law. J. B. Crawford, were em- ployed in the laying out of a major portion of Paris, and there he and his wife. Elizabeth, passed their last years. Three of their sons, Major E. P., Albert and Corydon Shaw, were soldiers in the Union army during the Civil war. Major Shaw, who served with that rank in the army, recently died at Paris, aged eighty- four years: Corydon Shaw's life was a sacrifice upon the altar of his country; and Albert Shaw (lied at his home in Charleston, Ill. Another brother, Rev. Harvey Shaw, a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, died at McPher- son, Kans.
James B., father of Corydon Crawford, was born near Louisville, Ky., and located in Edgar county, Ill., in his early manhood. As previously stated, he aided in the work of laying out Paris, and from 1835 until his death was a merchant and banker of that place. He died at Jackson- ville, Ill., when in his fifty-sixth year. His. widow, Mrs. Mary J. (Shaw) Crawford, was born in Paris in 1820, and thus was one of the earliest inhabitants of that portion of the state. Though now four-score years old, she is in the possession of all her faculties, and is remarkably keen and interesting in conversation. She is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is well informed on all of the current topics of the period. She is now making her home with her only son, our subject, and is cheered also by the fact that one of her daughters, Mrs. Mary Ervin, lives in Perry. The other, C. E., is the wife of Rev. T. A. Parker, pastor of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church of Taylorville, III.
Corydon Crawford was born in Paris, Ill., June 7, 1852, and was a mere child when death deprived him of his father. At ten years of age he left home and came to the west, making the long journey to Topeka, Kans., by way of the Missouri river as far as Leavenworth, and thence by stage to his destination. For about fifteen years he was employed as a clerk in the local stores, and in the meantime attended the public school for a period. Then he entered the employ of the old Topeka "Commonwealth," a daily newspaper, now known as the "Capitol," and attended chiefly to the circulation of that jour- nal for three or more years. Subsequently he was engaged in railroading with the Santa Fe system for about ten years.
On the 16th of September, 1893, Mr. Crawford came to Perry, prepared with a building all planned and cut out, ready to put together, and with him were four carpenters, who accompa- nied him from Wichita. They had the building up in a remarkably short time, and thus the first finished structure in this place was the little restaurant which Mr. Crawford opened for busi- ness on Monday, September 18, and operated for a year. He then embarked in the grocery business on the south side of C street, but was too generous and accommodating to his cus- tomers and the enterprise was not a paying one. In 1895 he became deputy to Sheriff John A. Hansen, and resigned at the end of a year or so. Going to Cripple Creek, he erected a build- ing and again embarked in business, and within a twelfthmonth a disastrous fire swept away all of his worldly fortune, his loss being total. Re- turning to Perry, he soon was made a candidate for the office of postmaster, and though there
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were twelve other candidates in the field, the vic- tory fell to him. He is active in the ranks of the Republican party, is a member of the Perry Commercial Club, and is connected with the order of the Woodmen of the World.
D RS. S. N. and E. A. MAYBERRY. Of English descent, Drs. Mayberry were born in New Sharon, Iowa, May 7, 1867, and May 24, 1872, respectively, and are sons of George W. and Mary J. (Marrow) Mayberry, natives of Ohio. The paternal grandfather, Richard, was born in England, and, upon mi- grating to America, cast his fortunes with the early settlers of Ohio. His son, George W .. in due time removed from his native state to New Sharon, Iowa, where for many years he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a valiant sol- dier in the Civil war, and served in the For- tieth Iowa Regiment. During the latter part of the service he was detached from the regular routine and acted in the capacity of hospital steward. After the war he continued to farm, but eventually drifted into the hardware business for a time, subsequently locating near Hutchi- son, Kans., where he returned to his old occu- pation of farming. In 1899 he resigned from the postmastership of Andale, Sedgwick county, and located on a farm in Garfield county, Okla., where he has since resided. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife is the daughter of Edward Marrow, a native of Ohio, who died in Indiana. Mrs. Mayberry is still living, and is the mother of four sons and three daughters, all of whom reside in Okla- homa.
Dr. S. N. Mayberry received his education in the public schools and at Garfield University, Wichita, Kans., studying in the latter institution until his junior year, when he discontinued his connection with the university to take up the study of medicine. Resolved to acquire the best possible instruction, and having no ready means of meeting the price of his tuition, he taught school, and in this way raised the neces- sary funds. In 1890 he entered the University Medical College of Kansas City, Mo., where he remained for a year, and then changed to the College of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Louis, from which he was graduated in 1803, carrying off the highest honors of his class. As a stipple- mentary experience he took a special course on the eye and car, under Tiffany, of Kansas City, and practiced for a short time in the hospital of that city. .
November 26, 1803. Dr. Mayberry located at Waukomis, Okla., and was the first physician to recognize the possibilities of the embryo town. During two years' residence there he was a mem-
ber of the county committee on insanity. In 1895 he lived at Mount Hope, Kans., in 1896 took a post-graduate course in Kansas City, and in 1898 came to Enid. His ability has been sub- stantially recognized by various appointinents, among them being that of county physician of Garfield county, city physician, member of the board of health of Enid, and surgeon for the Blackwell, Enid & Southwestern Railway Com- pany. He has an extended and lucrative prac- tice and is accounted one of the most progressive and reliable physicians of the town.
Dr. Mayberry was united in marriage in Gar- field county, March 29, 1894, with Jennie An- derson, a daughter of George W., and a sister of W. M. Anderson, of Enid. Of this union there have been two children, George, who died at the age of sixteen months, and Ruth. While entertaining liberal views regarding the politics of the administration, Dr. Mayberry believes in the principles of the Republican party. Frater- nally he is variously associated, and belongs to the Masonic order, with which he became asso- ciated at Andale, Kans., was past master of Hope Lodge, and belongs to the Wichita Consistory. He is also connected with the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Ancient Order of United Work- men, the Fraternal Aid, the Select Knights, L and G Fireside, and the Sons of Veterans. An active member and worker in the Christian Church, he contributes generously toward its maintenance.
Dr. Ed A. Mayberry received his education in the public schools at Wichita, Kans., and the Atchison Business College. After leaving school he took up the study of telegraphy, and was em- ployed for a year as manager of the Postal Tele- graph Company at Atchison, Kans., during which time he attended the business college at nights at that place. On leaving there he was employed on the Santa Fe Railway. at Newton, Kans., and other places, leaving this company to accept a position as dispatcher on the Mis- souri, Kansas & Texas Railway, which he re- signed to enter a medical college. He attended the St. Louis College of Physicians and Sur- geons one year, and the University Medical Col- lege at Kansas City. Mo., two years, graduating from the latter institution. During his junior year at Kansas City he was elected house stir- geon for All Saints' Hospital, and remained there until he graduated. Dr. Mayberry is a member of the Masonic order, of the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. He was married July 16, 1899, to Miss Clara Etta Little. of Carthage, Mo.
Hle located at Mount Hope, Kans., after grad uating, remained there one year, and then lo- cated in Joplin, Mo., where he practiced until
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August 11, 1900. He then formed a partnership with his brother, and came to Enid, Okla., at which place he and his brother are two of the leading physicians.
B. L. APPLEWHITE, M. D. The profession of medicine is ably represented in Potta- watomie county by Dr. Applewhite, who has received the substantial appreciation and pat- ronage of a large part of the community in which he resides. His popularity is justified by his skill as a practitioner and his masterful handling of intricate and seemingly hopeless cases. Much is to be ascribed also to his faith in the best tenets of medical and surgical science, and to the spirit of progress which stimulates continual investigation along the lines of his chosen work.
Dr. Applewhite was born in Carroll county. Miss., July 27, 1841. To a certain extent he in- herits his ability and special aptitude for medical practice, his father having devoted his years of activity to the same calling. His parents, Dr. E. R. and Eliza (Lee) Applewhite, lived on a farm in Mississippi, where the former had a large country practice. The son remained at home during his younger .days and received excellent educational advantages. Otherwise his life was at that time uneventful, and the first happening of interest was the breaking out of the war. As a loyal son of his state, he enlisted in Company A, Twelfth Mississippi Infantry, which was re- organized after twelve months, and he went into Company H. After a year of service as a pri- vate, he became a non-commissioned officer. He was in the army of northern Virginia, under Robert E. Lee, and participated in all of the important battles in which his regiment was en- gaged. He was wounded in front of Richmond when Jackson attacked McClellan's left flank, and returned to his home to recuperate. Upon his return, a few days after the battle of Manas- sas, and was later at Gettysburg, Antietam, Ap- pomattox, Petersburg, and many minor skir- mishes. August 4, 1864, he was captured during · the attack to recover Colonel Thomas' regiment, at which time the entire regiment surrendered. He was sent to Fort Lookout and detained until a short time before the fall of Richmond.
After his return home, Mr. Applewhite suf- fered greatly from the effects of the war, and was incapacitated for nearly a year. His father, who had in the meantime continued his practice, had accumulated a large supply of cotton, which was worth fifty cents a pound, but the son had practically nothing. Being of an independent and ambitious nature, he began to look around for a means of support, and, pending permanent arrangements, engaged as a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He also continued the studies
in which he had been interested before the break- ing out of the war, and in 1866 entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, and after one ses- sion removed to southern Mississippi, where he successfully practiced his profession for twelve years. While there he was married, in Marion county, with Mrs. Rebecca Warren, and of this union there were no children.
In 1872 Dr. Applewhite removed to Cooke county, Tex., and located in Dexter. In 1879 he entered the University of Louisville, and was graduated the following year. Soon after his graduation his wife died in Texas. After the expiration of twelve years, Dr. Applewhite mar- ried Olive Rice, who was born in Greene county, Mo., and to them have been born three children: Gardner H., who is now a sophomore in the University of Oklahoma, at Norman, and is en- gaged in the study of medicine; Maggie R., and Nannie Olive. Dr. Applewhite continued to live in Texas and the Indian Territory until 1892, when he came to Oklahoma and home- steaded a farm two and a half miles from Te- cumseh, and entered upon the practice which has been so successfully conducted.
In national politics Dr. Applewhite is a Dem- ocrat. Though interested in all of the under- takings of his party, he is nevertheless not an office-seeker. He is a member of the Territorial Medical Association, and is city health officer of Tecumseh.
P ETER R. BARBER. This worthy citizen of Edmond is a descendant of sterling old New England patriots. His parents, Theo- doric M. and Mary Jane (McEachron) Barber, were natives of New York state, and the latter, as her name indicates, was of Scotch extraction. The father was in thorough sympathy with the Union when its foundations were threatened, and twice volunteered his services as a soldier. but on account of physical disability was rejected both times.
About 1866 T. M. Barber settled in Michigan, where he was occupied in farming about three years. He then went to Iowa and gave his at- tention to like pursuits until 1878, when he re- turned to Michigan and embarked in the lumber trade, running a saw-mill several years, or until the timber in his locality had been exhausted. Later he owned and managed two farms in Mont- calm county, same state, and is yet actively en- gaged in the cultivation of the soil.
Peter Reynolds Barber was born in New York state April 1, 1865, and in infancy was taken to Michigan. When in his fifteenth year he com- menced working in a saw-mill, and spent five years in that line of business. On his father's farm he learned the practical methods of agri-
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culture, and, upon reaching his majority, went to Iowa, where he was employed on a farm five years, in the meantime laying aside a certain amount of money each year, with a view to es- tablishing a home of his own. In 1891 he re- turned to Michigan, and was united in marriage with Lois J. De Wolf, a native of that state. She is a daughter of Joseph and Emma (Bush) De- Wolf, natives of Ohio and Connecticut, respect- ively, and of old American colonial ancestry. Two children bless the union of our subject and wife, namely: Norva I. and Helen M.
For several years subsequent to his marriage Mr. Barber was numbered among the farmers of Michigan, and, by strict attention to business, succeeded in amassing a competence. In Feb- ruary, 1890, he came to Oklahoma, and in May of the same year purchased the livery interest formerly owned by J. R. Taylor, late of Edmond, and the business is now conducted by Barber & Dawson. Mr. Barber has succeeded in increas- ing his patronage, and, by his courtesy and de- sire to meet the wishes of the public, has won its good will. He buys and sells horses extensively, and boards and looks after animals, as desired. Recently he also has supplied customers in this city with ice, and is building up a good business in that direction. Upright and fair in all his dealings, he deserves the prosperity which now attends him, and his future career here is bright with promise.
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