Tulsa, Oklahoma - History (part 3 of 10)

The-son, Charles M. Hickey, after attending the Manhattan Academv continued his studies in the New York University and won his M. D. degree in 1897. He then entered upon practice in New York and made steady professional progress, but desirous of still further promoting his efficiency he went abroad in 1910 and studied in some of the leading medical centers of Europe. In 1918 he came to Tulsa, where he has since specialized in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Back of his success in this field lies abundant and comprehensive experience, for he was assistant surgeon of the Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of New York, attending ophthalmologist to the Misericordia Hospital of New York, chief of the eye clinic in St. Vincent's Hospital of New York, chief of the eye clinic in the Harlem Dispensary and was connected with the Otological Clinic, the New York Polyclinic and the

New York Post Graduate school. He studied the ear, nose and throat in the University of Vienna at Vienna, Austria, and in the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital in London, England. He is now a member of the Tulsa, the Oklahoma State and the American Medical Associations and belongs to the Medico-Legal Jurisprudence Society of New York.

Dr. Hickey was married in New York to Miss Janis Roberts Hopkins, a daughter of John Hopkins, who was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was a relative of Johns Hopkins, the founder of the famous Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore. Her father was a contractor and builder who carried on business in Philadelphia for many years. The religious faith of Dr. Hickey is that of the Catholic church. His interests concentrate, however, upon his profession and he is one of the eminent specialists of Tulsa.

James Max Gillette

James Max Gillette, a Tulsa capitalist who is numbered among her pioneer citizens, has been closely associated with activities and interests which have left their impress upon the history of the city, and no one rejoices more sincerely in what has been accomplished by the combined efforts of enterprising men. who within a comparatively brief period of twenty years have transformed Tulsa from a little village of a thousand inhabitants into a great metropolitan center, whose population numbers more than seventy-two thousand. Mr. Gillette was born on a farm in Lawrence county, Missouri, March 7, 1867. His father, William K. Gillette, was a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, and devoted his life largely to agricultural pursuits. He removed to Missouri soon after the Civil war, having previously served in the Union army. He died in 1908 and is still survived by his wife, who bore the maiden name of Ida Andrea and who is living in Tulsa. They became the parents of six children, two of whom have passed away.

James Max Gillette was educated in the schools of Missouri and his youthful experiences were those of the farm bred boy, his time being largely devoted to the work of the fields until he had attained his majority. He then turned his attention to the farm implement business in Carthage, Missouri, where he remained until 1892, then came to Tulsa and has since been very active in the upbuilding and promotion of the city. For years he was a leading merchant here, carrying a large stock of general merchandise and winning a very substantial patronage. He afterward turned his attention to the lumber trade and also became a well known figure in real estate circles and in connection with oil production. His holdings of Tulsa realty are very extensive and his investments have at all times been most judiciously and wisely made, while the rapid growth of the city has added greatly to the value of the properties he lias acquired. He was also one of the organizers of the Central National Bank and for many years served on its board of directors. He is' likewise the president of the J. M. Gillette Investment Company, handling extensive property interests, and is the president of the Max ( >il Company and of many other important business concerns. It has been said that every well balanced man has a hobby - an nutlet for his superfluous energy and enthusiasm. If this is true Mr. Gillette's hobby may be said to be the raising of pure bred cattle, fur he is lie possessor of line herds on his country place near Tulsa.

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Kansas, a daughter of one of the pioneers and early builders of Topeka, Kansas. Mr. Gillette belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and was formerly identified ivith its predecessor, the Commercial Club, of which he served as vice president. He belongs also to the Country Club and City Club and is likewise a member of the Petroleum Club. He is extremely public-spirited, keenly interested in everything that has to do with Tulsa's welfare and development, and, moreover, has been most charitable. While his business affairs have been crowned with success, the attainment of wealth has never been the sole end and aim of his life but has been a matter of gratification to him inasmuch as it has enabled him to extend constantly a helping hand where aid was needed. He is widely known for his philanthropy, but his benefactions are unostentatiously made and are the expression of his realization of the obligations which man owes to his fellowmen.

Tulsa, with its pulsing industrial and commercial activities leading to its marvelously rapid growth, has offered a splendid field for the professional man and among those active in the field of medicine and surgery in the city is Dr. William Gladstone Lemmon. who took up his abode here in 1914 and is now giving his attention largely to surgical practice. He was born in Honeywell, Kansas, July 15, 1885, a son of William W. and Matilda (Crowe) Lemmon. Both were natives of Indiana, the former born in Dubois county and the latter in Greencastle. The father served for three and a half years as a member of an Indiana infantry regiment during the Civil war and afterward studied medicine, being graduated from the medical department of the University of Indiana. He then practiced in Washington, that state, for a time, but in 1885 removed to Honeywell, Kansas, and after some years took up his abode in Indian Territory in 1898. He was very prominent in the early days as a factor in public affairs, as well as in the practice of his profession, and gave his support to the republican party. In 191 3 he removed to Texas and is now engaged in practice at Aransas Pass. He has long been a strong temperance worker, exercising a wide and beneficial influence in that connection, and he is a loyal member and supporter of the Methodist church. He is likewise numbered among those who consistently follow the teachings of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while in Masonry he has attained the Knights Templar degree.

Dr. William G. Lemmon, after mastering the branches of learning constituting the public school curriculum, attended the Kansas Agricultural College and still later the Oklahoma University, which conferred upon him the Bachelor of Science degree in 1907. During his college days he became a member of the Gamma Kappa Chapter of the Kappa Sigma and was also prominent in athletic events, being a member of the track team and president of the athletic association during his senior year. He afterward went east to Columbia University of New York city and was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1910. He has given special attention to surgery in his practice and is ex-house surgeon of the Post Graduate Hospital, New York. He has taken special postgraduate work and since 1914 has practiced surgery in Tulsa, save that from the 31st of May, 1918, to the 16th of March, 1919, he was connected with the medical department of the United States army, being assigned to duty with Base Hospital, No. 2, at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Dr. Lemmon votes with the democratic party, which he has supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. In Masonry he is connected with Delta Lodge, Xo. 425. A. F. & A. M., and with Indian Consistory, A. A. S. R., at McAlester. His has been an industrious life, with close attention to details and with wise use of every opportunity to promote his knowledge and advance his efficiency. He belongs to the .Tulsa, Oklahoma State and American Medical Associations and likewise has membership with the American Legion, following his World war service.

Fixis E. Riddle

Finis E. Riddle, junior partner in the firm of Linn & Riddle, attorneys at law of Tulsa, with offices in the Mayo building, has been a representative of the bar of this state for more than a quarter of a century. In fact he began practicing in Chickasha and Ardmore, in what was then Indian Territory, in 1894 and through the intervening period has continued an active representative of the profession, his ability enabling him steadily to climb toward prominence and success. He was born in Moore county. Tennessee, July 13, 1870. a son of Martin Van Buren and Theresa (Tucker) Riddle, who were also natives of Tennessee. The father devoted his life to the profession of teaching and was regarded as one of the capable educators of his native state. He was also an active and prominent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, in which he filled the office of elder, and he belonged to the Masonic fraternity. He married Theresa Tucker, a daughter of Dr. Tucker, and died in the year 1913, while the mother died in 191 1. In their family were ten children, nine of whom are living.

After leaving the public schools Finis E. Riddle continued his education in an academy of Tennessee and afterward pursued a literary course in Holbrook's Xormal at Lebanon, Ohio. He took up the study of law in the office and under the direction of Judge Samuel A. Billingsley, and was admitted to the bar of Indian Territory in 1894. He located at Chickasha, where he remained for a quarter of a century and since that time he has practiced in Tulsa, where he has gained wide recognition as an able and resourceful representative of the legal profession. He belongs to both the Oklahoma State and American Bar Associations and enjoys the highest regard of his colleagues and contemporaries in the profession, for they recognize his allegiance to the highest standards and ethics, his course always indicating that while his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial, he realizes the fact that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. lie was appointed by Governor Cruce, to succeed Chief lustice Samuel S. Hays, resigned, on the supreme bench of Oklahoma in 1914, and is credited with writing a larger number of opinions than any justice mi the bench during the same period of time, llis work in the highest court in the state was highly commended generally by the bar throughout the state.

In [896 Mr. Kiddle was married in Miss Letitia Cloud, a native of Texas and a daughter of Isaac 1 loud <>f Alabama. They have become parent- of one daughter, Frances A., who has just completed five years of stud) in New York city. Mr. and Mrs. Kiddle are members <>f the Presbyterian church and they occupy .in enviable social position, the hospitality of the best home- of the city being freely accorded them. Mr. Riddle withholds his aid and cooperation from no plan nor measure which he deems of value in the upbuilding of the community and commonwealth and he ranks high among those who have done much to uphold the legal ami moral status of the state.

Dr. John T. Perry, junior partner in the firm of Perry & Perry, his associate being his brother, Dr. Marcus Lafayette Perry, was born in Greenwood, Arkansas, May 27, 1875, and when his public school course of study was over he entered the University of Arkansas and was graduated from the medical department with the class of 1906. He then located at Branch, Arkansas, where he engaged in general practice for seven years and on the expiration of that period established his home in Greenwood, where he became associated with his brother. Marcus L. Perry. In 1910 he went east for special work in the New York Polyclinic and on the completion of his studies there returned to Greenwood, Arkansas. He filled the position of county health officer in Sebastian county and was also local surgeon of the Midland Valley Railroad. During the World war he served as a member of the medical advisory board of Sebastian county. In September, 1919, he came to Tulsa, where he joined his brother. Dr. M. L. Perry, in general practice and the firm is recognized as a very strong one, the brothers presenting marked ability in their chosen life work.

There is, moreover, an added tie beyond that of brotherhood and of professional relations, for the two brothers married sisters. Dr. John T. Perry wedded Miss Lela Johnson, a daughter of Dr. James Johnson of Greenwood. Five children have been born of this marriage : Daniel L., who during the World war was at the Base Hospital at Corpus Christi, Texas, for one year was at West Point and is now pursuing a pre-medical course in Kendall College; Hugh is also a student in Kendall College and the younger sons of the family are Ralph, James Thomas and Fred. Mrs. Perry passed away in 1918. Since then Dr. Perry has wedded Miss Edith L. McCullough, a native of Arkansas and a daughter of William McCullough, a planter and merchant who has successfully carried on business at Alicia, Arkansas. To Dr. Perry's second marriage has been born a daughter, Nancy Louise.

Like his brother. Dr. J. T. Perry belongs to all the various medical societies and keeps in touch with the trend of modern professional thought and progress. He belongs to the City Club and gives his political endorsement to the democratic party. He is a Mason, faithfully following the teachings and high purposes of the craft and his life is actuated by his religious faith, manifest in his membership in the Second Baptist church, of which he is a deacon.

Colonel Lawrence King Cone

Colonel Lawrence King Cone, whose military title was won in connection with the World war and who for a considerable period figured prominently in the banking circles of Tulsa but disposed of his interests along that line in 1920, is now living retired. He was born in Lawrence. Kansas. April 21, 1869. His father, Titus K. Cone, served for nearly four years in the Civil war as a mem- ber of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry. He was born in Delaware, Ohio, March 28, 1836, and passed away in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, February 25, 1904, when about sixty-eight years of age. His wife, who was born in Findlay, Ohio, November 29, 1843, is living with her son Lawrence in Tulsa.

In the common schools of Kearney, Nebraska, Lawrence K. Cone pursued his education and after his school days were over he entered the employ of E. N. Porterfield, city engineer of Kearney, Nebraska, and county surveyor of Buffalo county. Colonel Cone was at that time a youth of sixteen years. He performed willingly and carefully all the tasks assigned him and worked his way upward, becoming assistant to Mr. Porterfield and remaining in his service for a period of six years. In 1892 he removed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to accept a position in the general office of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad Company. Again his fidelity and industry won him advancement and he was promoted from one position to another until finally he became chief traveling auditor. Later he went to Chicago, Illinois, in the same capacity for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. It was on the nth of March, 1905, that he arrived in Tulsa and in association with G. R. McCullough and A. E. Bradshaw organized the Bank of Oklahoma in 1908. This institution was later nationalized and then purchased the First National Bank, the two being consolidated under the name of the First National. Colonel Cone became the active vice president thereof and took a most helpful part in formulating the policy and shaping the development of the institution, which became one of the strong banks of the southwest. He remained an important factor in its control and growth until 1920, when he sold his interests in the bank and retired.

On the 4th of December, 1890, Colonel Cone was married to Miss Edith Maud Aitken of Kearney, Nebraska, who passed away, survived by two children : The older daughter, Leona K., is now the wife of Stanley F. Hisey, while Bethel D. is now Mrs. Don G. Roy. On the 15th of January, 1910, Colonel Cone was married to Kate P. McGeorge of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he has always studied the problems of the day to a point where he could support his position by intelligent argument but has never been an aspirant for public office. In 1909 he joined the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and in 191 1 became treasurer thereof. He has long occupied a prominent position in both financial and social circles and is one of the highly esteemed residents of Tulsa.

John Alfred Arnold

John Alfred Arnold, one of Tulsa's efficient public accountants, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1879, and is a son of H. Y. and Margaretta Gertrude (Logan) Arnold, who were also natives of the Keystone state. The mother was born at Little Washington, Pennsylvania. The father has throughout his life been active as an oil producer and refiner, and is now living retired at Tulsa. During the Civil war he served in defense of the Union, following the nation's starry banner on many a southern battle field. I fe has ever been a loyal adherent of Masonic teachings. To him and his wife have been born two children, the daughter being now Mrs. William Norris Long, living at Houston, Texas.

John Alfred Arnold pursued his education in the Friends Central school of Philadelphia, and early in life took up the profession of accounting, lie has followed the business altogether for twelve years in Tulsa, having come to this city on the 7th of October, 1907. He is now the president of the John A. Arnold Company, accountants and auditors, with offices in the Mayo building. He has developed a high degree of skill in this field and his professional standing is enviable.

On the 12th of April, 1909, Mr. Arnold was married to Miss Ora Goodman, a native of Charleston, Illinois, and a daughter of William Goodman, one of the early residents of Tulsa. To Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have been born three children, Virginia Louise, eleven years of age ; John Goodman, aged nine ; and Isabelle Gertrude, four years.

Mr. Arnold has long been a stanch supporter of the republican party, giving his allegiance since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He belongs to the City Club and the Country Club of Tulsa, also to the Kiwanis Club, and is a Consistory Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Guthrie. The rules that govern his conduct are further indicated in the fact that he is a communicant of the Episcopal church, in which he is serving as vestryman and treasurer. His activities have ever had their root in worthy motives and high purposes and he has moved steadily forward to his objective, whether in the accomplishment of his business aim or in his efforts to assist in measures of public welfare.

Dr. Walter E. Wright was for many years actively engaged in the practice of medicine, but is now giving his entire attention to the supervision of his invested interests. A native of Missouri, he was born in Springfield, August 19, 1882. His father, J. P. Wright, was born in Washington county, Kentucky, and became a resident of Missouri in 1880. He, too, is a physician who did real service to mankind through active practice for many years. He is now living retired in Springfield, enjoying the high regard, confidence and goodwill of all who know him. He is a Confederate veteran of the Civil war, is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a loyal follower of the teachings of the Baptist church. He married Emma Washington, who was born in Ohio, and they became parents of three children.

Reared in his native city Dr. Walter E. Wright pursued a public and high school education, while spending his youthful days under the parental roof, and later attended Drury College of Springfield, Missouri, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree as a member of the class of 1901. He determined to engage in the practice of medicine, which was followed by all the members of his father's family, a number of whom became very prominent physicians. Accordingly he entered the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and won his M. D. degree with the class of 1906. During his student days he became a member of the Psi Chi. a medical fraternity. Not long afterwards he located in Tulsa for the general practice of medicine, but later specialized in pathological and X-ray work. In 1915 he built one of the largest pathological and X-ray laboratories in the southwest, which he personally conducted until his retirement from medical work in 1919. He carried his investigations far and wide into the realms of medical science and became a most capable and eminent physician of the southwest, being recognized as an authority on the line of his specialty. As the years passed, however, he made invest- ments which proved very profitable, and at the present time he is confining his attention and efforts to the management of his property holdings. He owns one of the largest and finest office buildings in Tulsa. During the World war he became a captain of the Laboratory Division of the Medical Corps.

In 1910 Dr. Wright was married to Miss Katherine Grigsby, a native of Nelson county, Kentucky, and a daughter of Beverly P. Grigsby, one of the pioneers of that locality. Dr. and Mrs. Wright have two children: Beverly, four years of age, and Katherine Willis, who is two years old. Dr. Wright owns a farm three and a half miles south of Tulsa, on which he is engaged in raising saddle horses and Jersey cattle.

Prestox C. West

Preston C. West, a brilliant but most unpretentious member of the Tulsa bar, practicing as senior partner in the firm of West, Sherman, Davidson & Moore, was born in Rodney, Mississippi, August 19, 1868. His father, Preston C. West, was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, and lived for many years in Arkansas, practicing the profession of medicine and surgery at La Grange. He became a member of the Confederate army during the Civil war and for a time was held as a prisoner of war. He married Winifred Wilcox, who was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and they became the parents of three children, two of whom are living: Preston C. and Gustavus W., the latter of Muskogee, Oklahoma. The father died in La Grange, Arkansas, November 21, 18S9. Preston C. West pursued his education as a student in the Southwestern Presbyterian University at Clarksville, Tennessee, from which he was graduated in 1888. Having thus laid, in his literary training, a broad and deep foundation upon which to build the superstructure of professional knowledge, he entered the University of Virginia as a law student but by reason of the unexpected death of his father did not attain his LL. B. degree though he had practically completed the law course before leaving the university. In July, 1890, he was admitted to the bar upon examination before the supreme court of Arkansas and practiced at Fort Smith, Arkansas, until June, 1897. In that year he took up his abode in Muskogee, where he opened an office, continuing in practice there for sixteen years or until 1913, when he was appointed assistant attorney general of the United States by President Wilson and went to Washington, D. C. There he continued until July I, 1014. after which he was solicitor for the interior department, resigning that position in February, 1916, at which date he came to Tulsa and has since been identified with the firm of West, Sherman, Davidson & Moore. This is a firm of able lawyers, occupying a commanding position at the Tulsa bar.

On the 20th of October, 18117, Mr. West was married to Miss Bessie Douglas Shelby of Fort Smith. Arkansas, a daughter of Winchester B. Shelby of Brandon, Mississippi. They have a foster daughter, Mrs. William S. Cochran of Tulsa, and the children of their marriage are: Gustavus W.. a cadet at the West Point Military Academy; and Winifred, thirteen years of age, who is attending the Eastman School in Washington. Mrs. West is very prominent in club and social circles of Tulsa and is an active worker in the Red Cross and the Anti-Tuberculosis Association. She organized all Red Cross hospitals, etc., in Tulsa county during the World war. Mr. West belongs to the University Club, to the Country Club and the Colonnade Club of the University of Virginia and the University Club of Washington, D. C. Fraternally he is a Mason, having membership in Muskogee Lodge, No. 28, A. F. & A. M and he belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a college fraternity. In the line of his profession he is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, the Oklahoma State Bar Association and the American Bar Association and is president of the State- Bar Association. He belongs to the Episcopal church, and for recreation and diversion he turns to hshing. Modest in demeanor, he is nevertheless recognized as a deep student and a representative member of the bar, honored by his colleagues and contemporaries in the profession by reason of his comprehensive knowledge of the law and his close conformity to the highest ethical standards of the profession.

William Andrew Hayes

William Andrew Hayes, an oil and asphalt producer who came to Tulsa in 191S, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, December 26, 1X70, his parents being Winfield Scott and Catherine (Hill) Hayes, natives of Yorkcounty, Maine, and of Canada, respectively.

Mr. Hayes obtained his education in the public schools of Massachusetts and also pursued special courses of study under private tutors. Later he attended lectures at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At fifteen, however, he began to provide for his own support as a railroad telegraph operator. He continued with the railroad company for about eight years, advancing from one position to another until at twenty-three he held an important official position at Boston. Laudable ambition prompted his preparation for more lucrative work and he took up special lines of study in English, civics, economics and belles-lettres. He then turned his attention to journalism and for some time was connected with newspapers and magazines in Boston and New York. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he enlisted in the First New York Volunteer Cavalry and served throughout the war with active service in Porto Rico. He was correspondent for a syndicate of New England papers and as such, he traveled over the United States, Alaska and Porto Rico, as a feature and special writer and was thus engaged until 1918, when he came to Tulsa, and has since been operating as an oil and asphalt producer. He is now the president of the Bunker Hill Oil Producing Company, the president of the International Asphalt Paint Manufacturing Company, which has a plant at Ardmore, and treasurer of the Polish-American Natural Asphalt Company, with a plant at Woodford, Oklahoma. He is also operating in the oil fields of Kansas and Louisiana and his business affairs have thus constantly broadened in scope and importance.

Mr. Hayes was married to Miss Julia Wilkins, a daughter of Major Gran: Wilkins, deceased, who was a member of the Signal Corps of the Confederate army during the Civil war and also a blockade runner. By profession he was an architect and structural engineer, engaged in business in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes have two children : Grant W. and Catherine. Mrs. Hayes lives in the east, with a country place in Connecticut and a city home in Xew York.

Mr. Hayes has membership in Delta Lodge, No. 425, A. F. & A. M., also in the Consistory, the Mystic Shrine. Saba Grotto and the Elks. He is a member of the Unitarian church and his cooperation is always freely given to any plan or project looking to the welfare and benefit of the community and the public at large. During his residence in the east he was a member of prominent clubs of Boston and New York.

The dental profession in Tulsa has many well equipped and thoroughly trained representatives who are qualified to do the most important work of this character and among the number is classed Dr. Percy Alexander Burhans, who was born in Lowell, Indiana, December 24, 1879. His parents, Alexander B. and Delia (Gregg) Burhans, were natives of the state of New York and in i860 removed to Indiana, where Mr. Burhans engaged in farming, but he died when he was a young man of about thirty-five years. Dr. Burhans afterward was adopted by his father's brother, J. A. Burhans, an attorney of Chicago, and attended the public schools of Hyde Park and also the manual training school. His professional education was acquired in the dental department of Northwestern University, which conferred upon him the D. D. S. degree in 1901. The same year he located for practice at Leedey, Oklahoma, where he continued until 1905 and then removed to Shawnee, Oklahoma. In the following year he became a resident of Geary and in 1908 took up his abode in Oklahoma City. In 1909. he came to Tulsa, where he has since engaged in general dental practice, and his efficiency has been promoted through postgraduate work in the Northwestern University of Chicago. He has membership in the Tulsa, Oklahoma State, Northern District and National Dental Societies.

In 1905 Dr. Burhans was married to Miss Adrienne McDonald, a daughter of J. H. McDonald, who for many years was city comptroller of Springfield, Illinois, and bank and state B. & L. A. examiner. Two children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Burhans: James A. and Mildred Ruth. Dr. and Mrs. Burhans have gained many friends during the period of their residence in Tulsa, covering twelve years, and enjoy the hospitality of many of the best homes of the city.

Orra E. Upp, of the Jansen-Upp-Meyer Manufacturing Company, manufacturing hotel and cafe equipment in Tulsa, and prominent in city building enterprises whereby the development and welfare of the city have been greatly promoted, comes to the southwest from Illinois, his birth having occurred on a farm in Knox county. December 4, 1873. His parents were Winfield Scott and Eva (Beach) Upp, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Illinois. The father engaged in farming in Illinois until 1876, when he removed to Kansas, residing there for a year, at the end of which time he returned to Illinois but again went to Kansas in 1885, settling at Arkansas City, where he engaged in general merchandising. He afterward removed to Purcell, Oklahoma, and opened the first store there with the building of the Santa Fe Railroad. He has long been actively associated with pioneer development on the western frontier and has made valuable contribution to the progress and improvement of the sections in which he has lived. In 1906 he came to Tulsa, where he entered the wholesale grocery business as a partner in the Britton-Upp Grocery Company, having the second wholesale grocery house of the city. For a considerable period he was on the road as a traveling salesman but is now concentrating his efforts and attention more largely upon office management and executive control. He is a member of all the Masonic bodies and is a faithful follower of the teachings of the craft.

Orra E. Upp was largely educated at Arkansas City and after completing his high school studies pursued a business course. When twenty years of age he began fanning at Lexington, Oklahoma, where he had a fine herd of Poland China hogs, his herd being the best in the vicinity. He also planted the first alfalfa ever grown in Oklahoma territory, bringing the seed from Colorado. In 1896 he established a grocery store at Lexington, called the Diamond Front Grocery, which constituted the foundation of the wholesale grocery establishment of O. E. Upp & Company at Purcell. In 1907 he came to Tulsa, where he was associated with the Britton-Upp Grocery Company, wholesale dealers, until 1909, when, together with his father Winfield S. Upp, he withdrew from the Britton LTpp Grocery Company and organized the Upp Grocery Company, wholesale grocers, of which firm Winfield S. Upp became president ; O. F. Upp, vice president and general manager ; and A. J. Rudd, secretary and treasurer. The business, by his wise management, increased very rapidly and the firm had salesmen all over the Tulsa trade territory. "Diamond U," and "Dog-on-good," were copyrighted trademarks, both carried through the entire line of groceries, consisting of a full line of food stuffs, condiments, teas and coffee.

During the war period Mr. Upp was appointed food commissioner for Tulsa county and he also acted as county chairman of the War Stamp committee. He took an active and helpful part in all war work, doing everything in his power to uphold the interests of the federal government and advance the welfare of the soldiers in camp and field. In 1918 he became one of the organizers of the Tulsa Warehouse Company, having the largest warehouse in Oklahoma - a fireproof concrete structure, with one hundred thousand square feet of floor space. Of this company he is the president. He also organized the Jansen-Upp- Meyer Manufacturing Company, wholesale jobbers, manufacturers of and manufacturers' agents for all kinds of hotel and cafe equipment. This is the only concern of the kind in the state and of this Mr. Upp is also the president. He was likewise one of the organizers and directors of the United Building & Loan Association. The interests with which he is allied are of an extensive and important character and have won him place among Tulsa's upbuilders and promoters. He is likewise chairman of the campaign field staff which is promoting a city-wide enabling campaign in connection with the holding of an exposition, in which connection he said: "No other project can compare with a permanent exposition in general benefits to the city."

These are but some of the phases of Mr. Upp's activity. Aside from enterprises directly established for the purpose of legitimately winning wealth he is identified with many concerns in connection with which the public is the direct beneficiary. He is serving on the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association and also of the Boys' Home. He was largely instrumental in promoting St. John's Hospital and there is no phase of real public service which seeks his aid in vain. He was a director for three years of the Rotary Club and has been the vice president and chairman of the board of directors. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and cooperates heartily in all of the plans and projects of that organization for Tulsa's upbuilding and benefit. He is a member of the City Club, while along fraternal lines he has connection with Tulsa Lodge. No. 71, A. F. & A. M., and he is past master of Lexington Lodge,

Xo. ii, Lexington, Oklahoma. He likewise belongs to the Royal Arch chapter, to the consistory at Guthrie and to Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has membership with the Elks Lodge, No. 946, and he gives his political endorsement to the republican party. He is a most earnest and active member of the First Baptist church and from 191 5 until 1921 has served as chairman of its board of directors and is a most active worker in the men's Bible class.

In 1895, Mr. Upp was married in Lexington, Oklahoma, to Miss Lucy Harness, a daughter of W. T. Harness, who was the owner of the first fruit farm in Oklahoma, near Lexington, this being a model farm of Cleveland county. He came in with the "run" and through the intervening period has developed his agricultural and horticultural interests. He had eighty acres planted to apples, ten acres planted to peaches and five acres to grapes, and in addition he cultivated and improved farm land in the production of various crops and was regarded an authority on fruit culture in his part of the state. He was well known as a supporter of democratic principles. Mrs. O. E. Upp died March 30, 1920, and is survived by four of their eight children : Edith Scott, Harness, Jewell and Jesse. Mr. Upp served as a member of the school board for several years and has always been interested in the cause of education, regarding it as one of the nation's bulwarks. A spirit of progressiveness has actuated him at every point in his career and his keen insight and indefatigable energy have made him a dynamic force in the city's development and upbuilding along material, intellectual, social, civic and moral lines.

The birthplace of Dr. Niceus Walker Mayginnes, a physician and surgeon of Tulsa, was on a farm in Henry county, Missouri, and his natal day was April 29, 1856. His parents were Samuel and Mary (Stewart) Mayginnes, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. In young manhood the father became a resident of Henry county, Missouri, and at the outbreak of the Civil war was compelled to leave the state because of his sympathies for the Union cause. He then went to Olathe, Kansas, where he organized and became captain of a company of the Thirteenth Kansas Cavalry and with that command he was on active duty with the Union army until the close of hostilities. In 1868 he returned to Henry county, Missouri, but in 1869 removed to Mound Valley, Labette county, Kansas, where he engaged in farming very successfully. He not only won prosperity through the careful management of his agricultural interests, but was also active in public affairs and filled various local offices. In fact he was regarded as one of the leading men of his community and did not a little to influence public thought and opinions. He belonged to the Universalist church and brought up his family to observe and respect the Sabbath. To him and his wife were born eight children, a daughter and seven sons, of whom Dr. Mayginnes is the fourth in order of birth, while the youngest of the family is Dr. P. H. Mayginnes, practicing with his brother in Tulsa. The father departed this life in Mound Valley, April 27, 1900.

Dr. Mayginnes obtained a common school education while spending his youthful days on the home farm, during which time he worked in the fields through the summer months and attended school in the winter season. He afterward entered the University Medical College of Kansas City and was there graduated in 1884 with the M. D. degree. For a year thereafter he engaged in practice at Mound Valley and then went to Atlanta, Kansas, where he resided for six years, giving his attention to his professional duties. In 1S91 he removed to Stillwater, Oklahoma, and was not only engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, but also became prominently identified with political interests and civic affairs. He was likewise one of the organizers and the vice president of the First National Bank of that place and also aided in organizing the State Bank at Ripley. He became a representative of the public health service and his labors along many lines contributed in substantial measure to the growth, development and progress of the community in which he lived. In 1902 he went to Boulder, Colorado, and spent a year in recreation there.

It was in 1903 that Dr. Mayginnes came to Tulsa as one of the pioneer physicians of this city and in 1904-5 he served by appointment as a member of the board of medical examiners of Indian Territory. He likewise became one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Tulsa and for five years served as vice president of the institution. He was very active in the Commercial Club and did everything in his power to assist that organization in the development of the city, in the extension of its trade relations and in the promotion of high municipal standards. He took a helpful interest in educational affairs and was a member of the school board for more than ten years. He also became the vice president and one of the directors of the Liberty National Bank, which he aided in organizing and in various ways he assisted in laying broad and deep the foundation upon which has been built the present progress and prosperity of the city. Throughout the intervening years, too, he has continued successfully in the practice of medicine and surgery and has held various offices, including that of president, in the Tulsa Medical Society. He became one of the organizers and charter members of the Oklahoma State Medical Association and is a member of the American Medical Association. He was chairman of the medical advisory board during the World war and the district covered by the board to which he belonged was the largest in the United States.

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 conferred upon him the LL. B. degree and he is, how 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, however, 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

Lodge, Xo. 71, A. F. & A. M. ; Chapter No. 52, R. A. M.; and Trinity Commandery, 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, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1879, his parents being James and Sarah (Creech) Robinson, 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 Bradford, Pennsylvania, continued his education in the practical school of experience by becoming connected with the National Transit Company, which he represented 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 11, 1919. Their daughter Jane, sixteen years of age, is now a pupil in Mrs. Somer's school at Washington, D. C. Mr. Robinson 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.

Dr. George R. Osborn, a member of the medical profession in Tulsa, making 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 (if whom are natives of Laporte county, Indiana, and now reside in llanna. Indiana, the father having put aside the active work of the farm, so that he i^ living retired. Some years ago he removed to Iowa, where for a long period 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 representative of the profession in Laporte he became a member of the Laporte County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Association and the American 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 University 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 American Medical Associations. In 1921 he was elected to fellowship in the American College of Surgeons.

In 1895 Dr. Osborn was married to Miss Delia 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., one of the prominent engineering contractors of Tulsa, who has been identified with many large and important building projects, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, July 3. 1887. His father, S. Miller Williams, Sr., was born in South Carolina and became a civil engineer, successfully 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.

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, Missouri. 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 W. and Nancy (Allison) Chandler, were also natives of that county and in young manhood the father became a Methodist minister attached to the Nashville (Term.) 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 lie was employed for four years and later he occupied a clerkship in a mercantile 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 hue at Tyler. Texas, his identification with that rail- road covering four and a half years, during which time he won steady promotion ami at the time of leaving the Cotton Belt was chief clerk to the superintedent. He was afterward with the Frisco Railroad at Forth Worth, Texas, and served as chief clerk, as car accountant, as train master and as superintendent 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 constantly developing and expanding and he has gained a creditable position in the commercial circles of his adopted city.

Air. Chandler was married at Nashville, Tennessee, to Miss Daisy Williamson, 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, Colorado, 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. lie is likewise identified with Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Tulsa. Lie 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.

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 democrat 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 determined 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 Arkansas 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 Chicago, 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 Arkansas, 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 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, Xo. 71, A. F. & A. M., and to Oklahoma Consistory, No. I, 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 occupies 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 perpetual 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 honorable 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 nevertheless 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 Queenstown. 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 i860 he removed to Lewis county, New York, where he purchased and improved a farm, devoting his attention to its further development and operation until 1900, when he retired and removed to Watertown, New York. Mis 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 11.. Joseph 11.. Mrs. D. O. McCormick, who died April 0. 1021, Mrs. George Harmon. Edward J.. Mrs. Fred Wheeler, and Mrs. Thomas Murphy. In Tulsa the father continued to make his home 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. W. 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 teachings. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brennan were consistent members of the Catholic church and their sterling worth of character gained for them the highest respect, 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 entirely 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 190S, when he removed to Tulsa that he might more actively engage in the oil business in this rich field. He was very successful in Pennsylvania, however, and still owns oil stock there which pays big dividends.

On coming to Tulsa Mr. Brennan became actively identified with oil interests 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 judiciously 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 judgment in real estate matters. His advice in this particular is often sought by prominent men of the city. He ha,s 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 knowledge 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

On the 7th of February, 1904, Mr. Brennan was united in marriage to Miss Tane F. McCaulev. 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. 191 7, aged seventy, in Pittsburgh, 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 Benedictine school of Atchison, Kansas; Kathleen, who is pursuing her studies in Ursuline Academy, in Paola. Kansas; Edward, better known as Ned, the baseball 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 determined 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.

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 Pennsylvania, September 11, 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 successful 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.

Dr. Dillon, of this review, after obtaining a common and high school education at Bolivar, New York, spent three years as a student in Duquesne College and then went abroad, traveling over Europe for a year. A modern philosopher has said that a year's foreign travel is equal to a four-year college course, and in this manner Dr. Dillon greatly broadened his knowledge and added to his experience. Upon his return to his native land he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1910 and during his college days he became a member of the Phi Beta Pi, connected with the Alpha Theta Chapter. For eighteen months he was an interne in the Philadelphia General Hospital known as Blockely Hospital and also assistant chief physician in the Contagious Diseases Hospital of Philadelphia. He entered upon the private practice of his profession in Etna, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, and in 1917 he took postgraduate work in the Lying-in-Hospital of New York, specializing in the study of obstetrics and internal medicine. In the fall of 1917 he went to Tulsa, where he has. since practiced and has made a specialty of internal medicine. In 1919 he was a postgraduate student at Harvard on internal medicine and likewise did special work in physical diagnosis and laboratory diagnosis in Boston. In 1920 he again did special work in internal medicine in the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland. He is thus continually broadening his knowledge and promoting his efficiency in his chosen field through broad reading, study, research and investigation. Moreover, he keeps in touch with the trend of professional progress through the proceedings of the Tulsa Medical Society, the Oklahoma State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He is also well known as a contributor of special papers to the medical societies and to the literature of the profession.

In 1914 Dr. Dillon was married to Miss Louise Detzel of Erie, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Frank J. Detzel, president of the Erie Trust Company. Dr. and Mrs. Dillon have three daughters : Mary Louise, Katherine Coody and Elizabeth Ann. Mrs. Dillon is very prominent socially, being a recognized leader in the social and club circles of Tulsa. Dr. Dillon belongs to the Catholic church and to the Knights of Columbus and is also identified with the Chamber of Commerce, the Tulsa Country Club, the Kiwanis Club and the Universitv Club.

Leslie Eugene Abbott

Prominent among the energetic, farsighted and successful business men of Tulsa is Leslie Eugene Abbott, the president of the Halliburton-Abbott Dry Goods Company. A man of well balanced capacities and powers, he has long occupied a central place on the stage of action and his labors have found culmination in the development of the finest dry goods store in the city in which he makes his home. Mr. Abbott was born in Pendleton county, Kentucky in 1867, a son of A. J. and Mary A. Abbott. He acquired a common school education and no special advantages came to him through the period of his boyhood and youth. Farming occupied his attention when he was not occupied with the duties of the schoolroom and he early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. As the years passed there awakened in him an ambition to engage in some other occupation than that of tilling the soil and eventually he turned toward mercantile pursuits. He has been identified with the Halliburton-Abbott Dry Goods Company since 1916 and as president is bending his efforts to administrative direction and executive control. He has always employed the most constructive methods in the conduct of the business, keeping in close touch with the trade and with the market from which he draws his stock. The business has steadily grown and developed and today their establishment is the leading store of Tulsa, beautiful in its arrangement, attractive in the line of goods carried and in every way a credit to the city. The results achieved have been gained through indefatigable industry and persistency of purpose.

In Concordia, Kansas, on the 29th of December, 1892, Mr. Abbott was married to Miss Mae Scott and they have become parents of four children : Leslie Scott, who married Winnie O'Donnell and has two sons, four and two vears of age ; Frank Wilton, who is a graduate of the Tulsa high school of the class of 1 921 ; Dorothea, attending high school; and Marjorie, who is a pupil in the grades.

Mr. and Mrs. Ahbott are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Abbott belongs also to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs, while in Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is also connected with the Eastern Star. He belongs to the Advertising Club, to the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a director, and to the City Club. These associations and membership connections indicate the breadth of his interests and the rules which govern him in the varied relations of life.

Fred W. Kopplin

The determined purpose and definite self-reliance which enabled Fred W. Kopplin to provide the means for completing his professional education have proved equally effective in connection with his development of a substantial and representative law practice in the city of Tulsa, and he is one of the successful and valued members of the bar of Tulsa county. He was born at Warsaw, Wisconsin, on the 20th of November, 1873, and is a son of Rev. August H. and Sophia (Oldenburg) Kopplin, the former of whom was twelve years of age when he accompanied his parents on their immigration from Germany to the United States, the family home having been established in Wisconsin in the pioneer period of the history of that commonwealth. The Oldenburg family is likewise of German lineage and has pioneer distinction in Wisconsin, the mother of the subject of this review having been born at what is now the city of Green Bay, that state. Rev. August H. Kopplin gave fifty-two years of earnest and consecrated service as a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, he having been for a number of years a member of the Chicago conference in Illinois and also having labored long and effectively as a minister of his church, in the state of Wisconsin. He is now living at Green Bay, Wisconsin, and his wife is deceased. Of their ten children Fred W. of this review, is the first born.

The public schools of the Badger state afforded to Fred W. Kopplin his preliminary education and in furthering his higher academic training he attended Baldwin University and the German- Wallace University at Berea, Ohio, his studies having been directed toward preparing himself for the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, in accord with the wishes of his father. He finally decided, however, that he was not called to the work of the ministry and upon his return to Wisconsin he obtained a clerical ' position in the post office at Baraboo. Within a short time he was advanced to the position of railway mail clerk on the Chicago & North Western Railroad, his work in this capacity being undertaken primarily for the purpose of earning funds to enable him to prosecute his studies in the law department of the University of Minnesota, his wife being his earnest helpmeet during this period and encouraging him in his laudable ambition. While serving as railway mail clerk on a night run Mr. Kopplin attended the law school of the University of Minnesota during the day, and his close application enabled him successfully to complete the prescribed curriculum, with the result that he was graduated as a member of the class of iqoS. Soon after thus receiving his degree of Bachelor of Laws he came to Tulsa, where in 190S he became associated with the law firm of Wrightsman, Bush & Johnson, but in the following year he opened an office and engaged in the independent practice of his profession, in which his success has been unequivocal, as shown by the broad scope and importance of his well established law business at the present oil fields and in 1913 came to Oklahoma, establishing his home at Tulsa, where time. He has specialized to a degree in commercial and corporation law and in this department was very active during the earlier period of his practice at Tulsa. Mr. Kopplin considers his profession worthy of his undivided fealty and of him it has been said that "he is a lawyer first, last and all the time." He was retained as a member of the original staff of counselors for the Retail Merchants Association of Tulsa, and his clientage at all times has been of a representative order. He is vice president of the Montezuma Oil Company and also of the Tulsa Decorating Company, which is one of the oldest business concerns of Tulsa. He was a prominent figure in placing the affairs of the Retail Merchants Association upon a substantial basis, and at all times he has shown loyal interest in the civic and material welfare and progress of his home city.

Mr. Kopplin has been an appreciative student of the history and teachings of the Masonic fraternity and is actively affiliated with both the York and Scottish Rite bodies, in the latter of which he has received the thirty-second degree, in Oklahoma Consistory, No. 1, at Guthrie. At Tulsa his York Rite affiliations are as here indicated: Tulsa Lodge, No. 71, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons ; Tulsa Chapter, No. 52, Royal Arch Masons ; and Trinity Commandery, No. 20, Knights Templars. He holds membership also in Akdar Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Tulsa, Saba Grotto No. 52, M. O. V. P. E. R.. and he was one of the organizers of the Shrine band, from which he retired as soon as it became self-supporting.

At Harvard, Illinois, in 1897, occurred the marriage of Mr. Kopplin to Miss Mary Rogers, who was born and reared at that place and who is a daughter of D. P. and Augusta Rogers, both natives of Illinois, where the respective families were founded in the pioneer days, the Rogers family having removed from the state of New York to Illinois at an early period. D. P. Rogers became the owner of valuable farm property in Illinois, and in early days was there extensively engaged in the feeding of cattle, in which connection he drove many cattle overland from Texas to his Illinois farm. Mr. and Mrs. Kopplin have no children.

A visit to the well equipped dental offices of Dr. John B. Hawkins indicates at once his prominence, efficiency and high standing in the profession. His practice is very extensive and of an important character and has grown steadily during the period of his residence in this city. He came to Oklahoma from Mississippi, his birth having occurred in Flora, that state, December 28, 1881. His father, George Ben Hawkins, was also a native of Mississippi, where he owned and conducted a plantation. He belonged to the Baptist church and died in that faith in the year 1914. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Shirley, is still living in Mississippi. By her marriage she became the mother of eight children, seven of whom survive.

Dr. Hawkins was accorded liberal educational opportunities. He attended the Mississippi College at Clinton, Mississippi, and afterward became a student in the Vanderbilt University, in which he pursued his dental course, winning his professional degree upon graduation with the class of 1906. He then located for practice in Texas, where he remained for two years and about 1910 he came to Tulsa. He now has a very large practice and splendidly equipped offices in the Mayo building. He is a constant student of everything that bears upon his profession and has introduced the latest appliances for the care of the teeth and the most scientific methods in their employment. His efficiency is attested not only by his many patients but also by his professional brethren.

In 1904 Dr. Hawkins was united in marriage to Miss Edna Love and they have become the parents of a son, George Ben, now six years of age. Dr. Hawkins belongs to Tulsa Lodge, No. 71, A. F. & A. M.. and has likewise taken the degrees of the York Rite, while with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine he has crossed the sands of the desert, being connected with Akdar Temple, and is a member of the Patrol. He likewise has membership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His religious faith is that of the Christian church and he belongs to the City Club. He also has membership in the Tulsa County, Oklahoma State and National Dental Associations and is now serving on the state dental examining board. While his professional interests make heavy demands upon his time and energy he is much interested in agricultural pursuits and is the owner of a very fine farm property, finding great pleasure in supervising its further development and improvement.

Percival Emera Magee

Percival Emera Magee, lawyer and oil producer, is prominent among the energetic, farsighted and successful business men, whose activities are not only advancing their own fortunes but are upbuilding the state and whose records have been particularly helpful to the development of Tulsa, where he located in 1906. He was born in Waukon, Iowa, January 16, 1885, and is a son of John C. and Jane (Cole) Magee. The father was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, and the mother's birth occurred in Lawrence county. New York, her father being C. C. Cole. John C. Magee became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and for many years was active in connection with the Upper Iowa conference, serving as the presiding elder for some time. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is now living in California. His wife passed away in Tulsa in 1916. They were the parents of seven children. It was in 1909 that the Rev. Mr. Magee brought his family to Tulsa, where he organized the Grace Methodist Episcopal church and also the Orcutt Methodist church and thus made valuable contribution to the moral progress and development of this community.

Percival E. Magee obtained his early education in the public schools of Iowa and in the Cedar Falls high school, from which he was graduated in 1901. He afterwards attended the Iowa State Teachers College, in which he completed his studies in 1004, and then entered the Upper Iowa University, from which he was graduated in 1906. Years afterward Professor William Arnold Shanklin, now president of the Wesleyan University of Middletown, Connecticut, wrote of Mr. Magee: "1 came to know him intimately while he was a student in Upper Iowa University, while I was president there. lie was graduated from the university with honors in rgo6. Throughout his college course he gave evidence of both oratorical and forensic ability, representing his alma mater on a number of occasions in these lines. I have met Mr. Magee several times in the past half dozen years and have found that the promise of his development which his undergraduate days gave has been amply fulfilled. He is one of the leaders of the men of his generation in his community."

Following the completion of his university course Mr. Magee came to Tulsa, on the 16th of June, 1906, and was admitted to the bar in the following year. He then took up the practice of law which he successfully followed for three years and on the expiration of that period became vice president of the Hill Oil & Gas Company, so continuing until 1916, when the company sold to the Cosden Company. He has made for himself an equally creditable name in oil and financial circles, having been chairman of the board of the Union National Bank up to January 1, 192 1, when it merged with the First National Bank of Tulsa. He finds ready solution for intricate and involved business problems and his knowledge of the law is of immense benefit to him in this connection. Progressiveness and enterprise characterize his career and he has made for himself a creditable position among the oil men of the state and in the banking circles of Tulsa.

In 1908 in West Union, Iowa, Mr. Magee was married to Miss Lillian Green, a daughter of Thomas L. Green of that place. They have become parents of three children: Jane Ellen, seven years of age; Mary, aged three; and Patricia, who is in her first year.

The parents are members of the First Methodist church, in which Mr. Magee is serving as a trustee. He held close to the faith of his father, whose contribution to the moral progress of this community was definite and virile and who is honored wherever he is known and most of all where he is best known. Mr. Magee of this review is a member of the Masonic fraternity, has taken the degrees of chapter and commandery, belongs to the Consistory at McAlester, Oklahoma, and Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine, while his political allegiance is given to the republican party. There is no organization or phase of activity with which he becomes identified that his labors do not constitute a resultant factor in the attainment of its purposes. With a good education as a foundation for his success he has builded wisely and well and as the architect of his own fortunes has reared a superstructure that is most admirable.

Cass A. Mayo

Cass A. Mayo is a dynamic force in the commercial circles of Tulsa. His success is one of the notable achievements accomplished in the business development of the state of Oklahoma. Starting with a meager capital in 1902, through great business acumen and wonderful application he has built up the largest enterprise of the kind in the state, having here a furniture establishment which would be a credit to any city in the Union. His position is one of equal prominence in connection with civic affairs and in all matters pertaining to the upbuilding of Tulsa his attitude is one of generous support and leadership. Mr. Mayo was born in Randolph county, Missouri, June 27, 1878. His father, John Allen Mayo, also a native of Randolph county, was born in 1842, and has followed the occupation of farming as a life work, but is now living retired, making his home in Clifton Hill, Missouri. He married Emma Birch, who has passed away. In the family were five children, all of whom are living. The father is a member of the Baptist church and his well-spent life has gained for him the respect, confidence and goodwill of all who know him.

souri. His early advantages were such as most boys enjoy, and he started out in the business world with no special opportunities, but was the possessor of energy and ambition. For four years he was connected with real estate and banking in Dallas, Texas, and his close application, his determination and his progressive business methods brought to him a fair measure of success during that period. Seventeen years ago he came to Tulsa and established a furniture business which is today the oldest of the kind in the city and one of the leading enterprises of this character in the southwest. In the business he is associated with his brother John D. and the firm of Mayo Brothers is well known throughout this section of the country. They carry a most extensive line of goods and their establishment would be a credit to a city of much greater size. In addition to his mercantile interests Cass A. Mayo is a director of the Central National Bank and a director of the United States Inner Tube Compression Company. With his brother he has been associated in the erection of two splendid ten-story office buildings, which are magnificent structures, adding greatly to the architectural beauty of the city. The operations of Mr. Mayo in the real estate field have added materially to his fortunes and have constituted a most important element in the improvement of Tulsa.

In 1908 Mr. Mayo was married to Miss Allene Taylor of Salisbury, Missouri, a daughter of Allen Taylor, and they have become parents of two children, Virginia and Cass A., Jr., aged respectively ten and four years. Mr. Mayo finds his recreation in hunting and greatly enjoys a trip into the open. He is active as a member of the First Baptist church and has given most generous support to large philanthropic enterprises. Tulsa's civic development is a matter dear to his heart and he stands loyally for every interest which has to do with the upbuilding and improvement of the city in any way. His life record should serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others, showing what could be accomplished through intelligently directed effort. Opportunity has ever been to him a call to action and in the field of enterprise his labors have been so wisely and judiciously directed that success in notable measure has come to him and with it an untarnished name.

Arthur Neyylin

Arthur Newlin, a clear thinker and strong executive, who is now the vice president and secretary of the Exchange Trust Company of Tulsa, has won for himself a creditable and enviable position in the financial circles of the state. He is a western man by birth, training and preference and in his life exemplifies the spirit of progress and enterprise that has been a dominant factor in the rapid upbuilding of the west. His birth occurred on a farm near Wetmore, Kansas, May 29, 1886, his parents being James and Rachael Ann (Grubb) Newlin. The father was born in Pennsylvania and devoted his life to the occupation of farming. Moreover, he supported his father's family while his brothers went to war in defense of the Union from 1861 until 18(15. He helonged to the Masonic fraternity, loyally following its teachings, and he passed away May 2j. 1916. His wife, who was born in Indiana, belonged to one of the pioneer families of Kansas and they were married in the Sunflower state. To them were born ten children, all of whom are living.

Arthur Newlin, the ninth in order of birth, was educated in the district schools of Brown county, Kansas, to the age of thirteen years and afterwards attended the Wetmore high school, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1906. Later he was a student in the Atchison Business College, in 1906-7, completing a course in stenography, bookkeeping and banking. He afterward became identified with the oil business as a representative of the Gypsy Oil Company and of the Gulf Pipe Line Company, serving a year in their general offices, after which he was advanced to the finance and accounting departments and so continued to serve for another year. In 1910 Mr. Newlin became connected with The Exchange National Bank of Tulsa, Oklahoma, being appointed to the position of assistant cashier on the 22d of May, 191 1. In the same year he was also appointed secretary to the president and continued thus to serve until the 1st of November, 1916, when he resigned his position to become secretary and treasurer of the Sperry Oil & Gas Company, a subsidiary company of the Oklahoma Producing & Refining Company. His attention was directed to his duties in that connection until August 1, 1918, when he resigned and became identified with the Exchange Trust Company, at the time of its organization. At the annual meeting held on the 1st of January, 1920, he was elected vice president and secretary of the Exchange Trust Company and is so serving at the present time, bending his efforts to administrative direction and executive control. His knowledge of the banking business is comprehensive and thorough and his efforts are an important element in the continued success of this corporation.

On the 12th of August, 1912, Mr. Newlin was married to Miss Mary Mc- Kinley, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a daughter of John and Clara A. McKinley, the former now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Newlin have one son, Arthur John, born September 16, 1916. Mr. Newlin belongs to the Petroleum Club, the Country Club and the Kiwanis Club. He is likewise connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His wife, who is a graduate of the Tulsa high school and of Kendall College of Tulsa, now Tulsa University, continued her musical education in the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and is a prominent figure in the musical circles of the city. Both Mr. and Mrs. Newlin are members of the First Presbyterian church and in social circles they occupy a most enviable position. Mr. Newlin finds interest and recreation in stock raising and his diversion is obtained through golf, baseball and hunting. He is keenly interested in all that pertains to Tulsa's welfare and upbuilding and has become the treasurer of the Home Building & Loan Association, whereby many of his fellow townsmen have been assisted in obtaining homes of their own. He is always interested in everything that pertains to the welfare and progress of his adopted city and gives generous support to many projects for the public good.

William C. Steger

A man whose advancement has been the result of his own ability and well directed efforts, William C. Steger is not only an influential exponent of the real estate business in the city of Tulsa but is also known as one of its most loyal, liberal and public-spirited citizens. He was born on a farm in Franklin county, Kentucky, and the date of his nativity was August 8, 1SS0. He is a son of J. W. and Mahala (Browner) Steger. The father gained precedence as one of the leaders of agricultural industry in Franklin county, later became manager of a large plantation in Shelby county, Kentucky, and passed the closing years of his life in Carter county, that state, as did also his wife, both having been