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the opening of Oklahoma, when he went to Kingfisher county, but, finding no suitable loca- tion, he drifted south, and early in May, 1889. settled in Oklahoma City, where he practiced for one year. Later, at Alderson, he practiced at the mines as local physician for the Choctaw Coal & Railway Company for one year, and in 1891 was appointed national physician for the Seminole Indians. He served as such for four years, and then, resigning, went to Durant, Choctaw Na- tion, and engaged in general practice until 1899, when he sold out. First in St. Louis, and then in New York, he took post-graduate courses, and in March, 1900, took a trip through Col- orado. Returning to Oklahoma City, as offer- ing the best opportunity for professional work, he has since continued here.
In Omaha, Neb., Dr. Holland was united in marriage with Mrs. Irene (Hendricks) Taflinger, who was born in. Scott county, Ind., and they have a daughter, Rhea Owen. By the former marriage of Mrs. Holland there is a son, Oliver Taflinger. Fraternally the doctor is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is connected with the Texas Medical Associa- tion, the Indian Territory Medical Association and the Oklahoma Medical Association. He was one of the original organizers of the first medical society in the territory, which was the Oklahoma City Medical Society.
H. W. NEWMAN, M. D. In his capacity of resident physician at the Ponca agency, Kay county, Dr. Newman has not only been honored by official approbation, but has, as well, gained the appreciation of all who come within the radius of his skill. A native of Pen- dleton county, Ky., he was born in 1866, and was educated at the academy, and prepared for the junior year at Centre College. At an early age he determined to devote his life to the med- ical profession, a calling for which he has shown decided aptitude, and for which he seems to be qualified by disposition and ability. His training was received at the Medical College of Ohio, in Cincinnati, from which he was graduated after a three years' course in the class of ISSS.
As a preliminary, Dr. Newman became physi- cian for the Norfolk & Western Railroad in West Virginia, and in 1892 returned to his old home in Falmouth, Ky. While there he took the examination for the Indian service, and. having proved his qualifications, was assigned to duty at the San Carlos Agency in Arizona. This order was later rescinded, and substituted by his appointment as physician for the Poncas and Tonkawas at Ponca Agency. December I, 1893, he entered upon his responsibilities, and has since resided at the agency. Wishing to
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mittee that passed on the merits of those pupils who desired to enter the state university under the Rollins Aid Fund. In this capacity he was associated with the leading educators of the time, and it is needless to say that the ideas gained at the time have been inculcated into his methods of education.
The financial depression of 1873 brought dis- aster to Mr. Pulliam, who, unfortunately, lost the greater part of the accumulation of years. Although possessing one hundred and forty acres of land, even his homestead was given to satisfy creditors.
Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Pul- liam, four grew to maturity: Harry came to Oklahoma with his father in 1889, died in May of 1898, at the age of twenty-seven years; Percy married Florence Elliott, has one child, Thelma, and is a farmer in Woods county, Okla .; Earnest married Leona Cohee, and lives near his father; and May is now a teacher near Guthrie. Mr. Pulliam cast his first presidential vote for McClellan, in 1864. At Guthrie, in 1890, he helped to organize the Populist party in Oklahoma, and at that time was appointed chairman of the territorial committee. In the fall of 1892 he was elected councilor from the Ninth District to the second legislative assembly for a term of two years. He was the only Popu- list elected to the council, and served on three committees. He assisted in the organization of the house, and served as president pro tem., and as such signed the first bill passed by that legislature. He drew up, introduced and se- cured the passage of the bill known as Road Bill No. 85, which was fought by a prominent Republican in both houses.
In connection with the various other interests which have occupied his time and attention, Mr. Pulliam has been engaged in teaching nearly all the time, and taught one of the first schools under the federal appropriation, at Camp Rus- sell. He has taught three terms in his own dis- trict, having previously taught in every district in the township but one. He was reared in the Missionary Baptist Church, and now he and his family claim allegiance to this organiza- tion. He has long been a deacon, having been ordained at Big Creek Church, Carroll county, . Mo., in 1884. In 1874 he became a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, at Rocheport, Mo., and at Carrollton, Mo., filled all of the offices except receiver. He is also identified with the Masons, at Perkins, Lodge No. 37, and is a member of Guthrie Chapter No. 6. R. A. M .; and is an eighteenth-degree A. S. R. M.
At the beginning of the campaign of 1900 in Oklahoina, Mr. Pulliam was chosen by the Fusion forces chairman of the campaign com-
mittee of Logan county, and assisted in scoring a victory for most of their ticket, in spite of the odds arrayed against it. He is now deputy county clerk, having been appointed by one of the successful candidates on that ticket, J. B. Dobson, a neighbor and long-time friend.
M RS. JENNIE M. JONES was especially well known to the members of the Wom- an's Relief Corps, in which she served as department president of Oklahoma for some years, and until the time of her death. Coming to Oklahoma at the time of its opening, she set- tled, with her husband, Daniel W. Jones, on a farm in Cimarron township, Kingfisher county, afterward removing to the immediate vicinity of Dover, where her death occurred.
As Miss Jennie McDonald, she was in girl- hood known and loved by relatives and friends in the city where she resided, Peoria, Ill. She was a sister of Douglas and Alexander McDon- ald, Mrs. Lizzie Hanlon, Mrs. J. J. Higgins and Mrs. J. Kelly, all of whom reside in Peoria county. She was born in New Orleans, La., September 24, 1849, and August 15, 1879, she became the wife of Mr. Jones, with whom she spent a number of years on ranches in the Indian Territory, and then accompanied him to Kan- sas, making her home there until Oklahoma was opened. Her death occurred August 10, 1894, and, besides her husband, two sons were left to mourn her loss, E. D. and Benajiah M.
Upon the death of Mrs. Jones, the following order was issued from the headquarters of the Woman's Relief Corps of Oklahoma:
"The Woman's Relief Corps of Oklahoma is called upon to bear the great loss of our be- loved sister and department president, Jennie M. Jones, who died at her home near Dover, August 10, 1894. A noble woman, full of energy. with heart and mind devoted to the great princi- ples of our order, is gone, and in assuming com- mand of the department as senior vice-presi- dent, I hereby order that all the corps of this department drape their charters in mourning for the period of ninety days, in respectful remem- brance of our deceased sister.
"(Signed) EMMA C. POMEROY, "Senior Vice-President.
"Perry, Okla."
From an article written at the time of the death of Mrs. Jones, we quote the following: "The announcement of the death of Jennie M. Jones of Oklahoma will carry great sorrow to the hearts of many friends throughout this ter-
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ritory and many states. Her death is not a sur- prise to many who have known of her condition for the six or eight weeks past, for it has been a hard fight with her during the whole of this time to keep back the grim monster. At last she had to yield to his power, and now ail that is mortal of her has been consigned to the cold, dark grave, beneath the sod of the valley on the banks of the Cimarron river.
"It is not my intention to write anything con- cerning the life of this noble woman, for an eulogy on her life is not needed; but I feel an irresistible impulse to say something concerning her; for in her death not only her loving hus- band and two affectionate boys and near neigh- bors feel her loss, but the whole country feels that the loss sustained is a general one. As president of the Woman's Relief Corps of this territory, the members know best as to how she discharged the duties devolving upon her. One of her most prominent characteristics, the one that made her character most strong and most admirable to all good people, was her outspoken manner in defending the weak against injustice. Her sympathy for the unfortunate of all classes, her ability to make herself pleasant in any com- pany, and make those around her feel that it was good to be in her presence, have contributed to make her popular.
"Though she is gone never to return; though her sparkling eyes and smiling countenance will nevermore beam, nor the cordial shake of her hand be felt, her influence will live in the mem- ories of all through life."
E DWARD WILLIAM DISCHER, a suc- cessful contractor and builder, has been located in Oklahoma City since April, 1898. He was born in Monroe, Mich., November 7, 1860, and is a son of Joseph and Mary A. (Zed- nick) Discher. His father was born in Wur- temberg, Germany, and at an early age learned the trade of a butcher. He came to America when a young man and settled in Monroe, Mich., where he engaged in the butcher business. After his marriage he located on a farm in Monroe county, twelve miles from Monroe, and has made his home on this property for over fifty years, being now over seventy years of age. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religious attachment a Catholic. He married. Mary A. Zednick, who was born in Bryn, Germany, and is now living. She is a daughter of Vincent Zednick, a native of Bohemia, who followed the trade of a butcher. He was married in Germany, and later brought his family to America, following his trade in Monroe, Mich., until the time of his death, at the age of eighty-eight years. Mrs. Discher is his only child.
Edward William Discher is the second in a family of twelve children, and was reared on the farm, learning the trade of a carpenter when a boy. He attended the public schools and as- sisted his father until 1880, when he entered the Northern Indiana Normal School, and took a course in stenography and typewriting in that institution, graduating in 1882. After six months at home he spent three months in Detroit, and located in Kansas City during the "boom" days. He held a position as stenographer and book- keeper for three months, then went to New Mexico, where he followed his old trade as a carpenter in the bridge and building department of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. He was with that road eight years, his district being from Albuquerque to Barstow, Cal., a distance of nine hundred miles. After his mar- riage he settled in Albuquerque, and followed his trade two years, at the end of which time he removed to Mount Vernon, Ill., entering the shops of the Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company as a contractor. For eight years he continued to manufacture cars there. During that time over ten thousand freight cars were built, and an average of seven hundred and fifty men employed. He was very successful in the business, but his health failed and he was obliged to give it up. He came to Oklahoma City in April, 1898, and has since been engaged in con- tracting and building here. He has met with good results and has put up some very fine buildings, including the residences of Dr. J. G. Street, Mrs. Allison, four for Mr. Blakeney, and the Empire Steam Laundry.
At Albuquerque, N. M., Mr. Discher was united in marriage with Edna Allington, who was born in Peoria, Ill., and is a daughter of Ed- ward and Lizzie Allington, both natives of Eng- land. Her father was born in Staffordshire, and upon coming to this country first located at New York, and then at Peoria, Ill. He was a black- smith by trade, and was foreman in the railroad shops there eleven years. He next moved to Albuquerque, where he spent two years in the shops of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, and then returned to Illinois. He is now a resident of Oklahoma City. Fraternally Mr. Discher is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. St. Joseph's Catholic Church re- ceives his loyal support. In politics he supports the principles advocated by the Democratic party.
1. B. LEVY, one of the leading merchants and business men of Guthrie, is proprictor of the Bee Hive clothing store, which is patron- ized largely by the citizens throughout this sec- tion of the county. Mr. Levy was born in Chi-
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cago, Ill., September 27, 1858, and is a son of Louis and Pauline (Schiller) Levy. His father was born in Neustadt, Germany, and after his marriage came to this country in 1848, settling in New York City. In 1851 he removed to Chi- cago, Ill., where he engaged in business as a clothing merchant until 1895, when he died at the age of sixty-nine years. He married Pauline Schiller, who was born in Krutterschein, Ger- many, and now resides in Chicago. Four chil- dren were born to them, namely: Mrs. H. Lew- insohn, of Chicago; I. B., our subject; James, who lives in Chicago; and Mrs. H. Herbst, of Chicago.
Reared in Chicago, Mr. Levy received his ed- ucation in the public and high schools there, of which he is a graduate. In 1878 he settled in Newton, Kans., and clerked in a clothing store until 1882, when he established a similar line of business in Kingman, Kans. He continued in that town until 1890, and was also interested in the drug business there for a few years. In the fall of 1890 he located in Guthrie and opened the Bee Hive clothing store on Second street, where he continued until 1894, and then opened the Levy Bee Hive clothing store at No. 122 West Oklahoma avenue. The store is 25×100 feet in. dimensions and is stocked with a com- plete line of men's and boys' clothes, gents' fur- nishings, etc. In his business enterprises he has been prospered. An enterprising citizen, and deeply interested in the development of the city, he was one of the incorporators of the Guthrie Commercial Club, and served on the first board of directors. Since coming to Guthrie he has erected a residence at No. 722 Cleveland ave- nue.
At Emporia, Kans., in 1892, Mr. Levy was united in marriage with Serena Goodhart, who was born in Paducah, Ky., and is a graduate of Osage Mission convent in Kansas. They have one daughter, Bertha Lillian. Fraternally Mr. Levy is a member of Guthrie Lodge No. 2, A. F. & A. M .; Oklahoma Consistory No. 1; and India Temple, N. M. S., of Oklahoma City. Identified with the Knights of Pythias, he is past chancellor, and served as representative in Kansas and Oklahoma a number of times. The Order of Elks, and United Workmen, also num- ber him among their members. In politics he is a Democrat.
A LEXANDER SANDERSON. Into the life of Mr. Sanderson has been crowded much of interest, change and undertaking that lend breadth and solidity to an existence reaching out beyond the three-score and ten indication.
Born in Brown county, Ohio, June 1, 1829 he comes of an old and distinguished family, that located in Illinois in 1850. His father, John Sanderson, was a native of Pennsylvania, and died in 1833. His mother, Rebecca (Barrett) Sanderson, was born in 1801 and died in 1884. After her husband's death, she was married to David Henderson, who died in Ohio. She had three sons and two daughters, of whom Thomas, Mary and Sarah are dead; James is a farmer living in Henderson county, Ill.
Alexander Sanderson led an uneventful ex- istence until 1861, when, with several companies of soldiers, he departed from Galesburg. Ill., for St. Louis, where he enlisted in the Fifty- ninth Illinois Infantry as a private. He was pro- moted to be second sergeant in October, 1861; first sergeant, in 1862; second lieutenant, in Jan- uary, 1863; and in October, 1864, he received a commission as first lieutenant, on which he wrote "Not accepted," and returned the same to the adjutant-general of Illinois. In December, 1864, he refused a commission as captain, and in February, 1865, he again refused to accept a captain's commission. After being mustered out of the service, he was given a complimentary captain's commission. His war experiences were of a most interesting nature, and included par- ticipation in the battles of Pea Ridge, Perry- ville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and through the whole Atlanta cam- paign, which lasted ninety-two days, and during which they were under fire the entire time. After the siege of Atlanta, he came back with Thomas' army and engaged in the battles of Frankfort and Nashville. Not content with all this expe- rience, he joined the Fourth Army Corps and went to Texas, and reached the Rio Grande, but when Maximilian was killed France with- drew the troops from Mexico. Soon afterward he was mustered out at Springfield and returned to his home in Illinois, his discharge dating Jan- uary 13, 1866.
May 31, 1850, Mr. Sanderson married Cin- dilla Edwards, who died in March, 1863. She left two children: Luella, now Mrs. Edward Pease, who resides in Crawford county, Kans .: and Oscar, who married Alice Foster and is a farmer and stock-raiser in Colorado.
January /16, 1866, Mr. Sanderson married Esther E. Foster, of De Kalb county, Ill. Her family came originally from Ohio, and settled in Illinois in 1835. Of this union there are six children: Anna is the wife of Joseph Cowley, and is a music teacher living in Crawford county, Kans .; Arthur W. married Minnie Goodnight, has two children, Edith and Alex., Jr., and lives in Crescent township, Logan county, Okla .; Lucy is married to C. B. Fail, has two children, Gladys and Elizabeth, and lives in Crescent
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township; Frank W. married Vonnie Good- night, and has one son, Frank, Jr .; Con A., the youngest son, is at home, and works his father's farm; Zella, the youngest daughter, is also at home.
After his marriage, Mr. Sanderson went to Missouri from Illinois, and remained there for three years. Next he settled in Crawford county, Kans., where for nineteen years he engaged in agriculture. On the memorable 22nd of April, 1889, he made the run to the territory, settling on the southwest quarter of section 5, township 17, range 4, Logan county. At the time of pre- emption the land was heavily timbered, but out of disorder has come a farm that has no superior in the township. For completeness of detail, finish and scientific management, it resembles some of the very old and wealthy farms of the east. The timber has given place to beautiful orchards and vineyards, and barns and out- houses. There are one thousand peach trees, six hundred and forty apple trees, and ninety plum trees. In 1897 Mr. Sanderson bought the northeast quarter of section 7, township 17, range 4, which is also improved and under a high state of cultivation.
In politics Mr. Sanderson is a Republican, his first presidential vote having been cast for Scott. He has been justice of the peace in Crescent township for two years. A Mason of high degree, he has belonged to the order for forty years, having joined in Knoxville, Ill. He assisted to organize Crescent Lodge No. II, A. F. & A. M., at Crescent City, and was the secretary from 1892 until 1899. He is also a member of the Anti-Horse Thief Association. He and his family are members of the Christian Church.
JOHN W. SHARTEL, who has been a most important factor in establishing the unwrit- ten or common law of Oklahoma Territory as it is to-day recognized by the judiciary, is a citizen of Oklahoma City and has attained wide prominence in the practice of his profes- sion. In addition to a very large clientage, he is general attorney for the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad.
Mr. Shartel was born near Meadville, Pa., May 1, 1862, and is descended in the sixth gen- eration from Bernard Scherdel. The family name was originally spelled Scherdel, later changed to Schertel, then Shartle, and finally changed by our subject's father to Shartel. John Shartel, the great-great-grandfather of our sub- ject, was born in 1738. The next in line of de- scent is Daniel Shartel, who was born August 15, 1776." He laid out the town of Shartlesville. Berks county, Pa., where he built and operated
the Shartle Furnace. John Shartel, the grand- father of our subject, was born at Shartlesville, Pa., but in 1827 settled near Meadville, in the Holland Grant, where he bought and clearel a farm. He was the father of D. E. Shartel, who was born at Meadville, Pa., and engaged in farming near that place. The latter served as corporal in the One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil war. In 1866 he removed to Novelty, Knox county, Mo., but in 1873 went to Wauneta, Chautauqua county, Kans., and engaged in farming. For several terms he served as county superintend- ent of schools, then as editor of the Sedan Lance, after which he returned to his farm near Sedan. In politics he was formerly a Repub- lican, but is now a Populist. He married Mary Wiley, who was born at Rushville, Ind., and is a daughter of Wilford Wiley, a native of Ken- tutky. The family is of Irish extraction, and at an early date settled in Virginia, and later in Kentucky.' Seven children, all of whom are living, blessed this union, namely: C. M., a broker of Nevada, Mo .; John W .; Mrs. Nora Williams, of Newkirk, Okla .; Ella, the wife of T. B. Ferguson, editor of the Republican at Watonga, Okla .; Dora, wife of G. W. Fin- ley, of Sedan, Kans .; Mark, who lives in Kan- sas; and Vernie, who is at home.
John W. Shartel was reared in Missouri and Kansas, and received his preliminary cducation in the district schools. He then taught school until he was of age, receiving a second-grade certificate at the age of twelve years, in 1874. He began teaching in the fall of 1877, in Chau- tauqua county, Kans., and continued there until the fall of 1881, when he entered the Kansas Agricultural College, at Manhattan. From that institution he was graduated in- 1884, with a degree of B. S. Before going to college he had read law at home, and continued his readings during his college course. He then went to Topeka, Kans., where he studied with the firm of Welch, Lawrence & Welch, and in June, 1885, was admitted to the bar. He continued in that city until July 1, 1886, then returned to Sedan, Kans., where he engaged in practice. In the (all of 1886 he was elected county attorney on the Republican ticket, and served in that capacity until January, 1889, when he declined to be a candidate for re-election. Continued to care for a large practice there until July 1, 1890, he then formed a partnership with William P. Hackney and Henry E. Asp, the firm name being Hackney, Asp & Shartel, which continued until the fall of 1890, when Mr. Shartel pur- chased the interests of his partners and contin- ued alone at Winfield, Kans. Subsequently he took into the business Charles L. Brown and J. R. Cottingham, the firm name being Shartel,
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Brown & Cottingham, and they practiced at Winfield and Arkansas City. This firm existed until March 1, 1892, when Mr. Cottingham moved to Guthrie, Okla; Mr. Hackney returned to Winfield and became a member of the firm, the title becoming Hackney, Shartel & Brown. In December, 1892, our subject left the firm and located at Guthrie, Okla., where he formed a partnership as a member of the firm of Asp, Shartel & Cottingham. They commanded a large practice there and continued together until October, 1898, when Mr. Shartel withdrew and came to Oklahoma City, where he became local attorney for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. He continued in that capacity until January, 1900, when he resigned. In Novem- ber, 1899, he was appointed general attorney for Oklahoma of the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad, and continues as such. He also has a large general practice, and is located at No. 120 Grand avenue.
March 24, 1888, Mr. Shartel was united in marriage with Effie Woods, who was born at Scales Mound, Ill., and is a daughter of Curtis Woods, who settled in Randolph, Kans., in 1869. She graduated from the Kansas Agricultural College in 1886, with the degree of B. S. They have two children: Burke and Kent. Mr. Shar- tel is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Territorial Bar Association, of which he was president two years, and the Com- mercial Club. Religiously he is a Presbyterian. In political affiliation he is an unswerving sup- porter of the Republican party.
J JOSIAH BITTNER. It is doubtful if any of the pioneers of the flourishing town of Cush- ing, with its fertile surrounding country, and thrifty, enterprising farmers, have been more closely identified with this especial nook of prom- ise than has Mr. Bittner. As one of the firm of Bittner & Alles, proprietors of the Cushing Roller Mills, he has been a developing medium of substantial proportions, and rendered possible the raising of enormous quantities of corn, wheat, cotton, cattle and hogs. It is estimated that as the immediate results of their well-con- ducted enterprise, a half million butsheis each of corn, wheat and cotton are annually raised in the vicinity of its operations, and for weeks at a time from one hundred and fifty to two hun- dred hogs a day are marketed. The machinery comprising the mill was secured at great ex- pense and under discouraging natural disadvan- tages, being hauled over a roadless and bridge- less country for a distance of fifty-five miles. The boilers and engines were brought from Sa- pulpa," and it was often necessary to grade the road, and to use block and tackle, to puil the
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