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Dr. Mayginnes was married at Mound Valley, Kansas, to Miss Flora Augusta Hall, a daughter of William and Sarah Jane Hall, the former for twenty-five years a Methodist minister of New York. It was after his death that the family came to the west, settling in Mound Valley.
Dr. and Mrs. Mayginnes have become the parents of four children, to whom they have given good educational opportunities. In order of birth these are: Alpha Leona, who is a graduate of Baker University of Baldwin, Kansas, and is now the wife of Dalton Lane, who is with the Howard-Duffield Oil Company of Tulsa. Mr. and Mrs. Lane have six children: Arthur Hall, the second of the Mayginnes family, is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, which con- ferred upon him the LL. B. degree and he is, now attorney and certified public accountant with the Morgay Oil Company of Tulsa. He is married and has two children; Maryelva, a graduate of a girls school of Chicago, is the wife of Charles S. Bledsoe, an oil accountant of Tulsa, and they have one daughter, Betty; Helen Jeanette, who completes the family, is yet in school.
Dr. and Mrs. Mayginnes are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he aided in organizing. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and at all times he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, but has never been an aspirant for office. In many ways, how- ever, he has displayed his progressiveness and his public-spirited citizenship. his efforts being at all times an element in the city's growth, progress and improvement and today he is numbered among the honored and valued residents of Tulsa. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Tulsa
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Lodge, No. 71, A. F. & A. M .; Chapter No. 52, R. A. M .; and Trinity Com- mandery, No. 20, K. T. He is likewise a member of the City Club, the Tulsa Automobile Club and the Chamber of Commerce.
JAMES B. ROBINSON.
James B. Robinson, tank gauging engineer, who finds a profitable field of labor in Tulsa and the surrounding country, was born in St. Petersburg, Penn- sylvania, December 2, 1879, his parents being James and Sarah (Creech) Rob- inson, who had a family of eleven children, nine of whom are living. The father was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and in his childhood days came with his parents to the new world, the family home being established in Brooklyn, New York. He afterwards removed to Bradford, Pennsylvania, at an early day and continued a resident of the Keystone state until called to his final rest. The nature and interest of his activities outside of business were indicated in his connection with the Presbyterian church, the republican party and the Masonic fraternity. He stood loyally for whatever he believed to be of benefit to the community and when he passed away in 1898 his demise was the occasion of deep and widespread regret.
James B. Robinson, having attended the public and high schools of Brad- ford, Pennsylvania, continued his education in the practical school of experi- ence by becoming connected with the National Transit Company, which he rep- resented at Bradford, Pennsylvania, and with the Buckeye Pipe Line Company at Lima, Ohio. At Independence, Kansas, from 1904 he was associated with the Prairie Oil & Gas Company and in 1913 he came to Tulsa, where he has since operated in the oil fields. He is well known as a tank gauging engineer, with offices in the Exchange National Bank building. Both he and his brother Clarke, who is also an oil producer, are expert gaugers of pipe line runs. They do this work for the big oil corporations all over the United States and Mexico and have won a well merited reputation for expert ability in their chosen field.
In 1903 James B. Robinson was married to Miss Irene McCoy, of Lima, Ohio, who passed away January 1I, 1919. Their daughter Jane, sixteen years of age, is now a pupil in Mrs. Somer's school at Washington, D. C. Mr. Rob- inson is a Mason, belonging to Lima Lodge, No. 205, A. F. & A. M., and his life is further governed by the teachings of the Episcopal church, in which he formerly served as vestryman. He has social connections with the Petroleum Club, and the Country Club, and he is well known in these organizations, his genial nature and his kindly disposition winning for him popularity and the enduring friendship of many with whom he comes into contact.
GEORGE R. OSBORN, M. D.
Dr. George R. Osborn, a member of the medical profession in Tulsa, mak- ing a specialty in his practice of obstetrics and gynecology, was born in Perry, Iowa, February 17, 1875, his parents being Jonathan W. and Eliza Osborn, both of whom are natives of Laporte county, Indiana, and now reside in Hanna, Indiana, the father having put aside the active work of the farm, so that he is living retired. Some years ago he removed to Iowa, where for a long period
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he profitably carried on agricultural pursuits and then returned to Laporte county, taking up his abode in Hanna. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also of the Methodist Episcopal church. To him and his wife have been born eight children and theirs is a notable record, inasmuch as the family circle remains unbroken by the hand of death.
Dr. Osborn was educated in the public schools, passing through consecutive grades until he completed a high school course, and later spent a term as a student in the Valparaiso (Ind.) University. He then entered the University of Illinois as a medical student and won his professional degree upon graduation with the class of 1906. He practiced in Laporte, Indiana, from June, 1906, until January 6. 1918, when he was called to service in the United States army. While a rep- resentative of the profession in Laporte he became a member of the Laporte County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Association and the Ameri- can Medical Association. He joined the army in response to the country's need for medical officers in the World war and was stationed for a time at Fort Riley, after which he went overseas to France. Dr. Osborn entered the service with the rank of captain and was later promoted to the rank of major. He saw fourteen months' active service in the hospitals of Paris and other parts of France, being in the American Red Cross Military Hospital, No. 8, and also in Military Hospital, No. 3. his attention being devoted to surgical work. After the signing of the armistice he spent four months as a student in the Univer- sity of Paris School of Medicine and on the 28th of July, 1919, returned to the United States, receiving his discharge on the 13th of August following. He then came to Tulsa and through the intervening period his practice has steadily increased in volume and importance. While he has been a resident here for a comparatively brief period, his ability has made him one of the leaders of the profession and he is now successfully practicing, especially as a gynecologist and obstetrician. He belongs to the Tulsa County, Oklahoma State and Ameri- can Medical Associations. In 1921 he was elected to fellowship in the American College of Surgeons.
In 1895 Dr. Osborn was married to Miss Della Bunnell of Laporte, Indiana, and they became the parents of two children, Barbara and John A .. aged respectively fourteen and seven years. Dr. Osborn belongs to the Kiwanis Club of Tulsa and he is a Mason, having membership in the lodge at Laporte, Indiana. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has filled most of the chairs. While residing in Laporte he served as coroner for two terms and was county health commissioner for four years, but has never sought office outside the strict path of his profession. He belongs to the Christian church and the sterling worth of his character is attested by all who know him.
S. MILLER WILLIAMS, JR.
S. Miller Williams, Jr., one of the prominent engineering contractors of Tulsa, who has been identified with many large and important building pro- jects, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, July 3. 1887. His father, S. Miller Williams, Sr., was born in South Carolina and became a civil engineer, success- fully following his profession for many years, but is now living retired in Fort Smith, Arkansas. In early manhood he wedded Jane Pettigrew, who was born in North Carolina, and they became the parents of four children.
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S. Miller Williams, Jr., attended the public schools of his native state and afterward became a student in the Central high school of Kansas City, Mis- souri. Later he qualified for work along building lines and became a railroad contractor and also took up bridge work and engineering. His activities have steadily increased in extent and importance and in 1916 he came to Tulsa, where he organized the firm of Williams Brothers, his associate in the undertaking being David R. Williams. They have offices in the Kennedy building and are contractors for big construction work. They have been notably successful and from various parts of the country they have received important contracts for rig building for the construction of municipal works, water works and other public utilities. The brothers are familiar with every practical phase and detail of the business and also with the great underlying scientific principles of their work and are capable of handling most extensive projects of this character.
In 1915 Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Barnes of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a daughter of Thomas H. Barnes, who was United States district attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Mr. Williams belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Oil and Gas Association and his appreciation of the social amenities of life is indicated in his connection with the Automobile Club and with the Country Club, the latter a golf organization. There has been maintained in his career that even balance which comes from an adequate time given to recreation as well as to business. He has never allowed the one or the other to monopolize his interest and his forcefulness and his resourcefulness are recognized by all with whom he comes into contact.
JAMES MARION CHANDLER.
Every line of commercial and industrial activity has its representatives in Tulsa and the united efforts of the business men of the city have led to the rapid development and upbuilding of a great metropolitan center, which within the present century has grown more than seventy-two fold. James Marion Chandler is identified with the business interests of the city as a member of the Price Sand Company. His life story had its beginning in Marshall county, Tennessee, where his birth occurred December 22, 1873. His parents, John WV. and Nancy (Allison) Chandler, were also natives of that county and in young manhood the father became a Methodist minister attached to the Nash- ville (Tenn.) circuit. He enlisted in the Civil war, becoming a captain of infantry in command of a company raised in Wilson county, Tennessee. He was active in the ministry and was also a practicing physician. He died at Green Brier, Robertson county, Tennessee, July 4, 1888.
James Marion Chandler spent his boyhood days on the home farm near Nashville, Tennessee, and acquired a public school education there. When a youth of fifteen he began clerking in a confectionery store in Nashville, where he was employed for four years and later he occupied a clerkship in a mer- cantile brokerage establishment in the same city for two years. He next spent three years at Hillsboro and at Greenville, Texas, conducting a brokerage business, handling groceries and specializing in feed and flour. He afterward turned his attention to railroad interests, becoming a clerk in the superintendent's office of the Cotton Belt line at Tyler, Texas, his identification with that rail-
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road covering four and a half years, during which time he won steady promo- tion and at the time of leaving the Cotton Belt was chief clerk to the super- intedent. He was afterward with the Frisco Railroad at Forth Worth, Texas, and served as chief clerk, as car accountant, as train master and as superin- tendent through the period from 1902 until 1916. He then left the Frisco road and removed to Tulsa, where he is now secretary and treasurer of the Price Sand Company, president of the O. K. Sand Company and president of the Glazed Cement Pipe Company. His business interests are thus con- stantly developing and expanding and he has gained a creditable position in the commercial circles of his adopted city.
Mr. Chandler was married at Nashville, Tennessee, to Miss Daisy William- son, a daughter of George Williamson, who in early life was a farmer and afterward became proprietor of a sawmill. Three children have been born of this marriage: Claude W., a department store manager at Trinidad, Colo- rado, and Annelle and Eloise, who are at home. The religious faith of the parents is that of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Chandler is well known in Masonic circles, belonging to Petroleum Lodge, No. 474, A. F. & A. M .; Tulsa Chapter, No. 52. R. A. M .; Trinity Commandery, K. T .; and Oklahoma Consistory, No. 1, A. A. S. R., of Guthrie. He is likewise identified with Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Tulsa. He has membership in the Rotary Club and the City Club and is watchful of all those interests which point toward upbuilding and progress for the town as well as those which point to individual success He has made good use of his time and opportunities as the years have passed and step by step he has advanced, each forward step bringing him a broader outlook and more important business connections.
MARCUS LAFAYETTE PERRY, M. D.
Dr. Marcus Lafayette Perry, engaged in general practice in Tulsa as senior partner in the firm of Perry & Perry, was born near Troy, Alabama, June 25, 1870, his parents being John H. and Elizabeth (Rowe) Perry, both of whom were natives of Alabama, where the father followed the occupation of farming till January 1, 1872. He then removed to Arkansas and died in Sebastian county, that state, in 1876. He was a Baptist in his religious faith and a demo- crat in his political views.
Dr. Perry, whose name introduces this review, spent his youth as a farmer boy, working in the fields and attending the district schools, but at length deter- mined to follow some other pursuit and turned to the study of medicine. He was admitted to practice in the Indian Territory and in Arkansas and it was after he was married and had a family that he entered the University of Arkan- sas at Little Rock as a medical student, being there graduated with the class of 1906. In 1911 he took up further study in the Post Graduate Hospital of Chi- cago, specializing in the treatment of diseases of women and children. For a time he practiced in Greenwood, Arkansas, in connection with his brother and in 1915 removed to Tulsa, where he has remained. His ability is attested by the liberal practice here accorded him and his success is most gratifying.
Dr. M. L. Perry was married to Miss Anna B. Johnson, a native of Arkan- sas, and a daughter of Dr. James E. Johnson, a physician of Greenwood, Arkansas. Dr. and Mrs. Perry have become parents of four sons : John Claude, who was in the Base Hospital at Atlanta, Georgia, during the World war and
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is now in the medical department of the University of Oklahoma; James Sidney, who is pursuing a pre-medical course in the Tulsa College; Marcus Lane, who is studying for the ministry in Tulsa College; and Bruce, who completes the family. The parents are members of Emanuel Baptist church and Dr. Perry is a faithful follower of Masonic teachings, belonging to Tulsa Lodge, No. 71, A. F. & A. M., and to Oklahoma Consistory, No. 1, at Guthrie. He is likewise a member of the Mystic Shrine and belongs to the Automobile Club, while along strictly professional lines he is connected with the Tulsa County, Oklahoma State and American Medical Associations. The firm of Perry & Perry occu- pies a prominent position in professional circles and the interests of the two brothers have been closely associated for many years.
EDWARD J. BRENNAN.
The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments but rather to leave a per- petual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen. Throughout Tulsa, Edward J. Brennan is spoken of in terms of admiration and respect. His life has been so varied in its activities, so hon- orable in its purposes, so far-reaching and beneficial in its effect that it has become an integral part of the history of the city and has left an impress upon the annals of the state. In no sense a man in public life, Mr. Brennan has never- theless exerted an immeasurable influence on the city of his residence through his business activity, which has been wisely directed along lines contributing to general progress and improvement, while at all times he stands for those forces which make for the uplift of the individual and the betterment of the community along the lines of civic progress. Moreover, he has been most active in those departments which ameliorate hard conditions of life for the unfortunate, for he is a man of most benevolent spirit and of great liberality. In business circles he is rated as a real estate dealer and an oil producer.
Mr. Brennan was born in Lewis county, New York, March 20, 1867, and is a son of Edward J. and Ann ( McDermott) Brennan, both of whom were natives of Ireland, the former born in Waterford and the latter in Queens- town. The father was educated in a Catholic college at Waterford, Ireland. They came to America when young people, the father crossing the Atlantic when about twenty-five years of age, while the mother was younger. Edward J. Brennan, Sr., settled first in Canada, where he remained for a few years, following civil engineering there. In the '50s he came to the United States and settled on a homestead near the city of Rochester, cultivating his land there as a general farmer and also carrying on stock raising. About 1860 he removed to Lewis county, New York, where he purchased and improved a farm, devot- ing his attention to its further development and operation until 1900, when he retired and removed to Watertown, New York. His life was one of intense and well directed activity and his success was the direct result and reward of his earnest, persistent and honorable labor. Step by step he advanced as the years passed until in later life he was enabled to put aside business cares. After residing for some time in Watertown, New York, he removed to Tulsa in 1908, in order to be near his children: Philip H., Joseph H., Mrs. D. O. McCormick, who died April 9, 1921, Mrs. George Harmon, Edward J., Mrs. Fred Wheeler, and Mrs. Thomas Murphy. In Tulsa the father continued to make his home
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until his death, which occurred on the 19th of March, 1920, when he had reached the remarkable age of one hundred and two years. His wife passed away in 1912. Mr. Brennan was never very active in politics in this country, although much interested in politics when a resident of Ireland. To him and his wife were born fourteen children, ten of whom are living. Besides those living in Tulsa are: Charles H., who is in the coal business in Pennsylvania; Mrs. M. WV. Corcoran of San Mateo, California; Mrs. Leon Wood of Copenhagen, New York; and Mrs. Dennis Carrol of Barnes Corners, New York. This worthy couple endeavored to inculcate high principles into the minds of their sons and daughters and reared a family who have indeed been a credit to their teach- ings. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brennan were consistent members of the Catholic church and their sterling worth of character gained for them the highest re- spect, confidence and goodwill of all who knew them.
Edward J. Brennan, whose name introduces this record, was reared and educated in Lewis county, New York. He there attended the district schools and remained at home until he reached the age of seventeen years, when he started out to provide for his own support. Since then he has depended en- tirely upon his own resources and is truly a self-made man. He went first to Ridgeway, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the jewelry business for three years. He next turned his attention to the gas and oil business and later accepted a position as manager of a large gas company, continuing to act in that capacity until 1908, when he removed to Tulsa that he might more actively engage in the oil business in this rich field. He was very successful in Pennsyl- vania, however, and still owns oil stock there which pays big dividends.
On coming to Tulsa Mr. Brennan became actively identified with oil inter- ests here and has drilled many wells in Oklahoma. He is now drilling wells at Wagoner, this state, and has become prominently known as owner of oil properties and as an oil producer. Mr. Brennan has studied the business from every possible standpoint and his investments have therefore been most judi- ciously made. Into other fields he has also extended his efforts. Seeing the great possibilities in the growth and advancement of Tulsa, Mr. Brennan in 1909 engaged in the real estate business, purchasing forty acres of what is now one of the best residential sections of the city. He platted this and sold it off in city lots. The purchase was made at two dollars and seventy-five cents a front foot and today the property is worth seventy dollars per front foot. The section is known as Morningside and here in 1910 Mr. Brennan erected a fine modern residence at 1601 Newport avenue, where he has since resided. Mr. Brennan has also built and sold a good many residences in Tulsa. He also owns four hundred acres adjoining the city of Tulsa which he intends to plat. In 1914 he platted the Swan Park addition to the city of Tulsa and in 1910 he platted the Brennan & Reed addition to the city of Tulsa. One of the most prominent business men of the city said that Mr. Brennan has done as much for Tulsa as any other one individual on account of his sound business judg- ment in real estate matters. His advice in this particular is often sought by prominent men of the city. He has displayed equal insight in connection with the oil business, with which he has been identified since 1892. It was by reason of his farsightedness as to the future of the oil industry that he located in Tulsa and in all of his undertakings he has been very successful. His knowl- edge of the oil and gas business and of the area of the productive belt in the mid-continent field prompted his heavy investment in property adjacent to Tulsa, figuring it would be the New York of the southwest in the oil industry. He thinks that on account of the number of productive sands on Vol. III-7
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the mid-continent field they will be drilling wells here one hundred years from now.
On the 7th of February, 1904, Mr. Brennan was united in marriage to Miss Jane F. McCauley, a daughter of Hughie and Mary ( McDonald) McCauley, the former a native of Ireland and the latter a native of England, pioneers of Pennsylvania. Her father died in December, 1917, aged seventy, in Pitts- burgh, and the mother now makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Brennan, who have become the parents of five children: Paul, who is attending the Benedic- tine school of Atchison, Kansas; Kathleen, who is pursuing her studies in Ursuline Academy, in Paola, Kansas; Edward, better known as Ned, the base- ball fan of the family, a pupil in the Sacred Heart school of Tulsa; Leo, also attending the Sacred Heart school ; and Jane, four years of age. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and Mr. Brennan is identified with the Knights of Columbus, while his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. He is a most earnest worker and supporter of the church and has devoted much time thereto, while his contributions to Catholic schools and churches have been most liberal. He donated twenty acres of valuable land for the building of Sacred Heart College and Academy conducted by the Benedictine Sisters in Tulsa and wherever he can extend a helping hand to a fellow traveler on life's journey he does not hesitate to do so. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is deter- mined in their execution, and his close application to business and his excellent management have brought to him the high degree of prosperity which is today his. Moreover, it has been so worthily won and so honorably used that the most envious cannot grudge him his success.
CHARLES ALOYSIUS DILLON, M. D.
Dr. Charles Aloysius Dillon, who in his practice in Tulsa is largely confining his attention to internal medicine, was born at Chicora in the oil fields of Penn- sylvania, September II, 1878, his parents being Daniel Joseph and Margaret (Kelley) Dillon, the former a native of Philadelphia, while the mother was born in North Oakland, Pennsylvania. In early life the father engaged in the meat business in the Keystone state, but followed the trend of development in the oil fields and became a resident of Bolivar, New York. He was quite success- ful in whatever he undertook and became a man of prominence in the community in which he lived. His religious faith was that of the Catholic church and his political support was given to the democratic party, while in civic affairs in his community he was an influential factor.
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