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Mr. Shedden turns to hunting and fishing for recreation. He is a member of the Petroleum Club and while in Gardner, Kansas, became a member of the Ma -. sonic lodge and the Eastern Star and afterward joined the Royal Arch chapter and Knights Templar Commandery at Great Bend, Kansas, while at Salina, Kan- sas, he became a member of the Mystic Shrine. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and he is ever most loyal to any canse which he espouses.
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Those who know him recognize that his promise is as good as his bond and that what he says he will do. He is dependable as well as energetic and by reason of his sterling qualities has been able to form associations that have brought him to the front in connection with the oil development of the country.
MAJOR CHARLES WILLIAM DALEY.
Major Charles William Daley of the inspectors general department of the Oklahoma National Guard and inspector of the police department of Tulsa, was born February 6, 1884, in New York city, his parents being Charles and Mar- garet (O'Neil) Daley, both of whom were natives of Ireland. After coming to the United States the father won prominence in athletic circles in connection with baseball, handball and other sports. He passed away in 1888.
Major Daley spent his early boyhood days in a convent school at West Chester, New York, there remaining to the age of eleven years. When twelve years of age he ran away from home and afterward attended St. Rose's school at Lima, Ohio. While in that state he served a term of enlistment in the Ohio National Guard. He was always fond of athletics, played football and boxed and became in time a professional athlete. In this connection he has traveled all over the United States. He has likewise always been a lover of horses and is a splendid rider and in 1904 was at the St. Louis Exposition with Zach Mul- hall's rough riders. At a subsequent period he went to Denver, Colorado, where he was a professional boxer, fighting at one hundred and thirty-three pounds. From the age of twelve years he has been dependent on his own resources and whatever success he has achieved or enjoyed is attributable entirely to his own capability. From Denver he came to Oklahoma and was engaged in the cigar business at Nowata from 1908 until 1911. In the latter year he removed to Tulsa, where he established and conducted business under the name of the C. W. Daley Cigar Company. His trade steadily grew and from time to time he estab- lished branches, having cigar stands at Third and Boston and in the Palace, the Daniel, Exchange National Bank, and the Cosden buildings. He is still actively engaged in the cigar business, enjoying an extensive patronage along that line.
When Company C, of the National Guard, was organized in June, 1916, he was the first man to enlist, but when the regiment reached Fort Sill, a physical disability prevented him from going farther. However, when the Home Guard of Tulsa was organized he was again the first man to enlist and served in the Home Guard as a private, as sergeant, as first sergeant and as sergeant major. The Home Guard was a training school for those who entered the Federal service and after the men who had been thus trained reached camp they made such excellent record that camp commanders from the various draft camps wrote letters of congratulations to the officers of the Tulsa Home Guard. The men in the latter organization served without pay and purchased their own equipment. While the draft was in force Major Daley, in spite of the fact that he had an extensive business to care for, was before the draft board and asked to be taken in place of young men who were working for him that had others dependent upon them. When B Company and C company of the Tulsa Home Guard were con- solidated Major Daley became a second lieutenant in February, 1918. When a company was raised and became a part of the second Regiment of the Oklahoma Guard, August 31, 1918, Major Daley was promoted to first lieutenant of Com- pany C of the Second Regiment Oklahoma National Guard. The 31st of Jan-
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uary, 1918, brought him promotion to the captaincy. In order to obtain his commission in the Second Regiment of the Oklahoma National Guard it was nec- essary for him, at his own expense, to undergo a dangerous and expensive opera- tion. All this time he had been engaged in the cigar business, but sold his various stands, save one, in order that he might give his time to military affairs. Ile was likewise one of the Four-Minute men and spoke on many occasions in order to in- form the public on the real issues of the war and the conditions brought about thereby. He raised and organized three companies at Tulsa, one each at Sapulpa and Claremore and for seven months was engaged on recruiting duty. On the 18th of August, 1920, he was promoted to the rank of major of infantry, com- manding the Second Battalion, but upon the recommendation of Adjutant Gen- eral C. F. Barrett and the examining board composed of regular army officers he was made a major in the inspectors general department of the Oklahoma National Guard. He has been very active in all affairs pertaining to the National Guard and was in charge of the guard while on duty in connection with the strikes in Coalgate and Henryetta. On the 4th of May, 1920, he was appointed inspector of the Tulsa police department, with the rank of assistant chief. His life has thus largely been given to public service and the value of his labor has been widely acknowledged.
In politics Major Daley is a democrat when national questions and issues are involved, but at local elections casts an independent ballot and he put into effect civil service in connection with the police department. He belongs to the Catholic church and for his services in connection with raising funds for the building of the Holy Family church he was presented with a loving cup by Rt. Rev. Bishop Merschat of Oklahoma City. He also belongs to the Knights of Columbus and for four years was district deputy, but refused further advancement because of his military duties during the war. However, he has been one of the foremost workers in the Tulsa Council, holding every office in the local organization. He likewise belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the nature of his interest and activities is further indicated in the fact that he is a member of the Rotary Club, the City Club and the Chamber of Commerce.
Major Daley was married in Arkansas City, Kansas, to Miss Louise Emhoff and since 1911 has made his home in Tulsa, where he is widely known. He stands loyally by his convictions on any question, is a man fearless in defense of what he believes to be right and has always maintained high- standards of citizen- ship, while his service to his country during the World war at a sacrifice of his personal interests marks him one hundred per cent American.
JAMES M. BERRY.
In the year 1907, James M. Berry became one of the organizers of the Central National Bank of Tulsa, and has since been one of its officers, filling the position of vice president at the time of this writing in 1921. While the record of a successful business man is less spectacular than that of a political leader or a military commander, it is not the less essential and not the less valuable. Bank- ing institutions have been called the heart of the commercial body indicating the healthfulness of trade. The safe conservative policy ever followed by the Central National Bank has made it one of the strong financial institutions of Oklahoma and its continued growth and development is attributable in large measure to the business ability and sound judgment of Mr. Berry, who had
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devoted the major part of his time to banking since he made his initial step in the business world.
He was born in Giles county, Tennessee, December 27, 1861, and is a son of the Rev. Harrison and Margaret (Hudson) Berry. The mother passed away at the age of thirty-seven years. The father was born and reared in the state of Illinois, belonging to one of the old pioneer families there. He prepared for the medical profession and for a number of years engaged in practice in his native state. He afterward removed to Nashville, Tennessee, and became pub- lisher of a newspaper but eventually entered the ministry of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and continued a faithful preacher of the gospel for many years. He passed away at the venerable age of eighty-two, his memory re- maining as a blessed benediction to all who knew him. In the family were but two children, the elder son being William H., now residing in Aurora, Missouri.
James M. Berry after attending the public schools of Tennessee and Ken- tucky, continued his education in the Sulphur Well College of Metcalf county, Kentucky, and in 1878 took up the profession of teaching in the schools of Kansas. During 1879-80 he was a teacher in the schools of Anderson county, Kansas, and following his removal to Cherryvale, Montgomery county, he entered the employ of the Exchange Bank, with which he remained from 1881 until 1887, thus gaining his initial experience in connection with the banking business and laid the foundation for his later success. He afterward became a cashier of the First National Bank of Oswego, Labette county, Kansas, where he con- tinued until 1895 and then resigned to accept the position of cashier in the Bank of Seneca, Newton county, Missouri. He disposed of his interests in the latter state in 1906, and in the spring of 1907 became associated with J. G. McGannon in organizing the Central National Bank of Tulsa, then a small but growing town. With keen sagacity he recognized something of what the future had in store for the city and resolved to cast in his lot with the rapidly develop- ing place. He became a cashier of the new bank and in March, 1912, was chosen vice president. Throughout the intervening years he has given his atten- tion to administrative direction and executive control, being the real head of the bank, directing the policy that dominates its affairs. That this policy is a safe and conservative one and yet does not hamper progressiveness is indicated in the continuous growth of the institution, which is today recognized as one of the strong financial concerns of the southwest.
On the 23d of July, 1884, at Horse Cave, Kentucky, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Berry and Miss Maude Isabelle Murray. They became parents of five children, but two have passed away, William having died at the age of twenty years, while Harold died in infancy. The surviving members of the family are Ralph H., who is now assistant of his father in the bank; Robert G. and James K.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Berry hold membership in the First Presbyterian church to the support of which they contribute liberally, while in its work they take an active part, doing everything in their power to promote the growth of the church and extend its influence. Mr. Berry gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and keeps well informed on the question and issues of the day. He never neglects the duties of citizenship yet he never seeks nor desires public office, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs. He is one of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Tulsa and has cooperated in its well defined plans for the improvement of the city and the advancement of its civic standard. He supports many philanthropic and benevolent projects and during the World war was very active in all work
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that pertained to the welfare of the soldiers in camp and field. He served on many boards, and his labors were effective forces in promoting war activities. He belongs to various clubs and fraternal organizations and is widely known and popular. An unfailing courtesy is manifest in all his relations with his fellow- men, at the same time he is forceful and resourceful in all that he undertakes, moving steadily to his objective and accomplishing his end by methods that neither seek nor require disguise. His entire course has been a constructive one not only in the upbuilding of his own fortunes but in the business develop- ment of Tulsa.
CHARLES ROBERT PORTER.
Charles Robert Porter, the treasurer of the United States Compression Inner Tube Company, with factory and general offices in Tulsa, was born in Jackson- ville, Alabama, on the 3d of January, 1874. His father, John Montgomery Porter, was also a native of Jacksonville, and was well known in that state as a planter and sawmill operator. He faithfully followed the teachings of Masonry and was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church to the time of his death. He married Laura Van Zandt, who was born in Calhoun county, and they became the parents of five children.
Charles Robert Porter pursued his education in the Jackson State Normal School and in the University of Maryland, from which he was graduated in 1895, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He entered the manufacturing business in con- nection with D. W. Curry at Rome, Georgia, and became the president of the Porter Brothers' Farm Corporation of Cedartown, Georgia, owning a ranch of eight thousand acres in that state. He is now largely giving his attention to his ranch and orchard in north Georgia, also to his oil interests in Oklahoma. Since coming to Tulsa in 1918 Mr. Porter has also been interested in the oil busi- ness, and is now vice president of the McLann Oil & Gas Company, with hold- ings in Oklahoma and Texas. In fact he has become interested in many business enterprises, all of which have profited both by his cooperation and support, owing to his enterprise and progressive business methods, his wide vision and his keen sagacity in relation to business affairs. He owns control in the largest commer- cial apple orchard in the southeast, seven hundred acres in apples, besides the ranch, with whitefaced cattle and pure bred Duroc hogs. Porter & Davis are the largest planters in Lowndes county, Georgia, near Valdosta, Georgia. They raise peanuts, beans, hogs and cattle. Mr. Porter gives about half his time to manu- facturing and oil interests at Tulsa and the rest to the farms.
At the time of the Spanish-American war Mr. Porter responded to the coun- try's call for troops and joined the navy, being on active duty in the West Indies on the U. S. S. Puritan, and remained in the service until his military aid was no longer needed.
On the 16th of December, 1903, Mr. Porter was united in marriage to Miss Lula M. Curry of Rome, Georgia, the youngest daughter of D. W. Curry of that place. They have one child: David Curry Porter. Mr. Porter is well known in Masonic circles, belonging to Oostanela Lodge, No. 113, A. F. & A. M. He has taken the degrees of both the York and Scottish Rites and is a life member of McAlester Consistory and of Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The nature of his interests and activities are further indicated in the fact that he has mem- bership in the Chamber of Commerce of Tulsa, also United States Chamber of
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Commerce, and cooperates in all its activities for the city's advancement. He belongs to the Petroleum Club of Tulsa, to the Capital City Club of Atlanta, Georgia, and in all the various organizations with which he is connected enjoys the highest regard of his associates. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. Aside from his club and lodge connections he finds recreation and diversion in his agricultural and horticultural pursuits. He loves farming and apple culture and had made wonderful success along those lines. He is a high type of a southern gentleman and of the alert, progressive business man, and Tulsa counts him a valued addition to her citizenship.
GEORGE S. RAMSEY.
George S. Ramsey, attorney at law of Muskogee and Tulsa, early evinced extraordinary ability as a lawyer-fine perception, excellent memory and great industry, and with these qualities as a foundation he has built a substantial super- structure of success in his chosen profession. He was born in Viola, Tennessee, August 18, 1874, a son of George W. and Elizabeth (King) Ramsey, both natives of Warren county, Tennessee. George W. Ramsey was a farmer by occupation and at the time of the Civil war served with the Confederate army. He belonged to the Christian church and died in the year 1912. His widow is still living and makes her home in Muskogee, Okla. In their family were four children, three of whom survive.
George S. Ramsey obtained his early education in the common schools and pursued his law studies in the office and under the direction of Captain George WV. Cross, being admitted to the bar in 1896 at Manchester, Tennessee. He opened an office in that city and there continued in practice until January, 1905, when he removed to Muskogee. There he formed a law partnership with N. A. Gibson and on the dissolution of that firm in 1908 he became senior partner in the firm of Ramsey & Thomas. This connection was maintained until the death of Mr. Thomas in 1914, after which the firm of Ramsey & de Meules was formed. This developed into the firm of Ramsey, de Meules, Rosser, Martin & King, the firm now (1921) being Ramsey, de Meules, Rosser & Martin, a combination of law talent recognized as preeminent in oil circles. Mr. Ramsey has made his home in Muskogee since coming to Oklahoma. His law work is characterized by great earnestness, by clearness of statement and by logical deduction. He possesses a broad vocabulary and is a fluent and forceful speaker-in fact those who know him well always mention his splendid attainments and the possession of almost all the qualifications of a great lawyer. Called to Tennessee in 1917 to deliver the principal address before the Tennessee Bar Association, he is said to have read one of the finest legal papers ever heard in that state. He belongs to the Muskogee Bar Association, the Oklahoma State Bar Association and the Ameri- can Bar Association. In 1904 while residing in Tennessee he was nominated by the republican state convention for judge of the court of appeals and led the ticket.
On the 30th of November, 1898, Mr. Ramsey was married to Miss Earline Young, who died in 1918, leaving a daughter, Margaret, seven years of age. On the 4th of January, 1920, Mr. Ramsey wedded Frances Frierson, a native of Ten- nessee. He has membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and also in the Muskogee Town and Country Club, for while practicing in Tulsa, he
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retains his residence in Muskogee. Mr. Ramsey is a most congenial companion. His conversation is always enlivened by wit and apt anecdote and reminiscence. He is a wide reader, keeping well informed on all questions of general interest, and is familiar with the best literature, while his professional standing places him among the eminent lawyers practicing at the Oklahoma bar.
CLARENCE B. DOUGLAS.
Clarence B. Douglas was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, October 19, 1864, a son of George B. and Margaret Ann Douglas. He was married to Annie Van Syckle at Cosmopolis, Washington, in 1889. He moved to Texas in 1876 and in 1884 came to Indian Territory, where he lived until 1889, when he went to Washington Territory, remaining there until 1893. In the latter year he returned to Ardmore, Indian Territory, a city founded by his father. He followed the profession of architecture until 1896 and was then admitted to the bar of the Southern District of Indian Territory. He was elected delegate to represent the white people of Indian Territory before congress by seventeen mass conventions, representing towns. Indian nations, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory. During the period from 1893 to 1907, covering thirteen years, he was active in the battle for statehood for Oklahoma. He was with the Dawes Commission in the United States Indian Service at Muskogee in 1900, 1901 and 1902. In 1902 he purchased the "Muskogee Daily and Weekly Phoenix," the only Associated Press paper in Indian Territory, of which he was the editor and publisher for six years. He organized and was captain of Company A, Indian Territory Volunteer Mili- tia, Muskogee, I. T. He organized and was elected colonel of the First Regiment of Indian Territory Volunteer Militia and organized the first military company of Tulsa in 1905. Mr. Douglas was the republican nominee for the United States senate in the first session of the Oklahoma state legislature, being the unanimous choice of all the republican members of the house and senate. He served on the staff of Governor Cruce for four years with the rank of colonel. He served as president of the Indian Territory Press Association and was the first national committeeman from the state of Oklahoma in the National Editorial Association. He was given important commissions by Chief Pleasant Porter, of the Creek Nation; Chief Tom Buffington, of the Cherokee Nation : Chief John Brown, of the Seminole Nation; Chief Douglas Johnson, of the Chickasaw Nation, and Governor Green McCurtain, of the Choctaw Nation, and has held important commissions from Governors C. M. Barnes, Tom Ferguson and Frank Frantz of Oklahoma Territory and from Governors Haskell, Cruce. Williams and Robert- son of Oklahoma since statehood. At Muskogee he organized the first Indian congress ever held and was formally adopted by the Pueblo Indians into their tribe and given the title of Honorable Chief, with the Indian name of Oshotawa- Chemushata, meaning "man with hair on his face from the east." He came to Tulsa in 1916 as managing director of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. For three years he served as president of the State Association of Commercial Exec- utives. He is the author of "Prominent Men of Indian Territory." "A Book O' Verse" and numerous magazine articles on Indian Territory and Oklahoma. During the World war he was a member of the Tulsa County Council of Defense, food administrator for Tulsa county, president of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Council, captain of the American Protective League, publicity director for the Third Liberty Loan, member of the Four-Minute men and chairman of the Tulsa
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Vigilance Committee. He is a member of the Tulsa Advertising Club, the Rotary Club, the Lions' Club, the Automobile Club, the City Club and the Tulsa-Ozark Club. For four years he was national councilor from the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce to the United States Chamber of Commerce and is now president of the Tulsa County Historical Society and editor of The Tulsa Spirit.
THOMAS JEFFERSON HARTMAN.
Thomas Jefferson Hartman was born at Roaring Springs, Blair county, Pennsylvania, November 23, 1874, being so named by his father, who was a re- publican in politics as was also Thomas Jefferson Hartman until discussing free silver and protective tariff with his father resulted in a change in his politics. In 1879, when a little lad of five years, he accompanied his parents on their removal to Mitchell county, Kansas, where the family lived in a sod house without a floor and were obliged to fight fleas, bedbugs, prairie wolves and rattlesnakes. The following year they made their way to Cass county, Missouri, where Thomas J. Hartman began his education at the little red schoolhouse. He suffered all the ills that a child is heir to and was vaccinated for smallpox.
In 1882 the Hartman family removed to Linn county, Kansas, on the Marais des Cygnes river, where Thomas learned to swim, fish, and shoot a squirrel's eye out with an old patch ball rifle. There he first learned that he would rather go to school than grub stumps and pile brush on the farm. In 1892 he came with his parents to Oklahoma, his father's principal assets at that time consisting of cight children and some live stock. Thomas Jefferson was then eighteen years of age and felt that he should begin to earn his own living. He left the family fireside and informed the president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Still- water that the world owed him a living. While earning it he graduated from the college in 1898-after he had learned exactly how many copper cents it took to make a silver dollar. He was a member of the board of regents and treasurer of the college from 1901 until Oklahoma was admitted to statehood in 1907. He entered the banking business in 1899, organized the Producers State Bank in 1915 and was president of the Oklahoma Bankers Association in 1912 and 1913. He is a member of the State Banking Board and also a member of the executive committee of the American Bankers Association and a member of the adminis- trative committee of that organization.
Mr. Hartman is also very active in civic affairs and a director of the Chamber of Commerce. He has been very successful as a hunter, having trophies of nearly every kind of hig game to be found on the American continent, and it is generally conceded that he is one of the most widely known men in Oklahoma.
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