Tulsa, Oklahoma - History (part 9 of 10)

It was therefore with broad and valuable experience in life that Mr. Mitchell came to Tulsa and at once entered upon the task of developing the city. Here he not only became a prominent figure in business circles but was almost immediately called upon for public activity, having in the year 1904 - the year of his arrival - been selected as Tulsa committeeman in the delegation which went from Oklahoma to Washington for the purpose of advocating joint statehood. The decision of this committee was one of the influential factors in the deliberations of congress, which less than two years later enacted the statehood law for Oklahoma and the Indian territory. In 1906 Mr. Mitchell was elected mayor of Tulsa on the democratic ticket, filling the office for one term, and following the granting of a commission charter to the city by the state legislature in 1910, he was again chosen mayor and his personal influence was a strong factor in the equation that proved the success of the municipal experiment in Oklahoma. The example of Tulsa has since been widely followed and the commission plan of government is now largely used by the leading cities of the state. Upon all public questions Mr. Mitchell brought to bear the sound judgment and keen sagacity which he displayed in the management of his business interests. The latter were most varied and extensive and as a result thereof he was numbered among the capitalists of the state. He became identified with the Illinois Oil & Gas Company of Red Fork, which built a brick plant, using for fuel some of the abundant natural gas produced in that section. This brick was shipped in large quantities to Tulsa during the great building boom of the city and was also widely used in the construction of important buildings in many other cities of the state. The Central National Bank of Tulsa is likewise a monument to the efforts of Mr. Mitchell and other progressive business men who effected the organization in 1907. He became the vice president and one of the large stockholders in the Barnes Oil Company, which in 1909 sold its interests for seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the Prairie Oil & Gas Company. At one time he was the owner of the Galbreath Oil & Gas Company of Tulsa, which subsequently was sold to the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company. Mr. Mitchell was an associate of Robert Galbreath. who was the pioneer in the development of the famous Glenn pool, and throughout life he retained large holdings in the oil and gas producing companies of northeastern Oklahoma. His property holdings included valuable real estate in Kansas City, together with a half interest in the Mitchell and Barnes addition on Grand avenue in the city of Dallas, Texas, a property valued at two hundred thousand dollars. Moreover, Mr. Mitchell laid out and developed the suburb of West Tulsa, and his real estate holdings in Tulsa proper were extensive. In fact it is said that he owned more property in the city than any other one man and all who know aught of Tulsa's history credit him with a large share in the development, upbuilding and progress of the municipality.

On the 25th of February, 1886, Mr. Mitchell was married to Miss Alice M. Young, who was born in Greenfield, Missouri, and they became the parents of six children, two of whom died in infancy, the others being: Velva L., the wife or Ralph H. Shaw of Tulsa; Garland C, a business man of Claremore, Oklahoma; Young O., who is a graduate of the University of Kansas and is active in business circles of Tulsa; and Eudora, who was graduated from Fairmont Seminary and is now the wife of John H. Harvey of Tulsa.

The Mitchell home is one of the finest residences in the city, and Mr. Mitchell's joy in his success largely came through the opportunity that it gave him to provide liberally for his family and to extend a helping hand wherever aid was needed. His name usually headed the list of those who were contributing to the support of beneficial public projects and he was the promoter of many activities and interests which were of great value to the city. His was a genial nature and social disposition that enabled him readily to win friends, while their high regard was retained by reason of an upright life and the possession of all those qualities which make for strong friendship. He was prominent among those who promoted the Elks' home at Tulsa and was a past exalted ruler of Tulsa Lodge, No. 946, B. P. O. E. He also belonged to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and in 1885 became a Mason in Garrett Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Areola, Missouri. He was a member of the Consistory in McAlester and also of Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Tulsa. His active connection with the city dated back to the early days which read almost like a romance to those who have known only modern prosperity and conveniences here. He stood as a splendid representative of that class of substantial builders of a great commonwealth who have served faithfully and long in the enterprising west, having always done his full duty in establishing and maintaining the material interests of the state and in upholding its legal and moral status. When death claimed him July i, 1921, Tulsa realized that she had lost a true friend, one devoted to her interests. Friendliness was one of his marked characteristics and his royal welcome to strangers was the inducement that brought many to Tulsa in the early days.

Judge Albert C. Hunt

There are various reasons why Albert C. Hunt should be mentioned in a history of Tulsa. For a number of years he has been classed with the representative members of the bar of this state, especially in the field of civil law, and he is a splendid business man, efficient and thorough in all that he undertakes. Moreover, he is public-spirited to an eminent degree and everything that pertains to the public welfare is a matter of deep interest to him, his active support being given to all measures which he deems of direct value in promoting the progress and improvement of his city. There are few men that have the faculty of winning such true and enduring friendships as does Albert C. Hunt and the reason of this is perhaps found in the Emersonian philosophy that "the way to win a friend is to be one."

Judge Hunt was born in Clarksville, Arkansas, July 30, 1888, a son of W. T. and Mattie Hunt, and the eldest of seven boys. In April, 1895, he removed' with his parents to Wagoner, Oklahoma, and resided there continuously until January 1, 191 7, at which time he moved to Tulsa. He attended the public schools of Wagoner, passing through consecutive grades to the high school and afterward was a pupil for two years in the Missouri Military Academy of Mexico, Missouri, from which he was graduated in 1906, winning the scholarship medal offered the senior class. He next entered Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tennessee, for the study of law and won his LL. B. degree in 1909. In December of the same year he was admitted to the bar of this state and has since devoted his attention to the practice of law. During his college days he became a member of Malone chapter of Phi Delta Phi. With his admission to the Oklahoma bar Mr. Hunt engaged in the practice at Wagoner with his father, during which time he served four years as city attorney.

Upon locating in Tulsa in January, 191 7, Mr. Hunt became associated with Judge Owen Owen and they were partners under the firm name of Owen & Hunt at the time Judge Owen went on the district bench in January, 1919- Since that time Judge Hunt has been associated with his father, who moved to Tulsa in the early part of 1919 to engage in the practice of law, and they have devoted their attention principally to civil cases and corporation interests.

On May 9, 192 1, he was appointed by Governor Robinson district judge of the Twenty-first Judicial District of Oklahoma, composed of Tulsa and Pawnee counties, under the provisions of a bill passed by the 1921 legislature providing for two additional district judges for this district, and is now serving in that capacity and enjoys the distinction of being the youngest district judge in the state.

On the 24th of November, 1914, Mr. Hunt was married 10 Miss Essie Hayden, daughter of Clement Hayden of Choteau, Oklahoma^ who was a pioneer banker and leading citizen of that place. They have two children: Elizabeth Hayden and Albert C., Tr. The parents are members of the Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Hunt is serving on the board of stewards, and in the work of the church he takes active and helpful part. lie is a Mason, belonging to Petroleum Lodge, No. 474, A. F. & A. M.. and has also taken the degree- of the York and Scottish Rites, being a member of the commandery at Tulsa, the consistory at McAlester and of Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Country Club and of the City Club and is president of the Kiwanis Club. In this connection he recognizes fully the weighty responsibilities the office carries with it, both as to the welfare of the club and the advancement of the city, for Kiwanis is one of the leading civic organizations of Tulsa. He is meeting his responsibilities in a most capable and efficient manner and civic progress is being greatly promoted through his efforts. He takes the keenest interest in the general welfare and is a public-spirited young man in all that the term implies. Moreover, he brings splendid business principles to the solution of civic problems and enjoys to the utmost degree the confidence of all with whom he has had business or civic relations. He has always been a stalwart advocate of democratic principles and his position upon any vital question is never an equivocal one. He was the secretary of the Tulsa County Bar Association in 1920 and along strictly professional lines also has membership with the State and American Bar Associations. A man of high moral character and of splendid personal qualities he is loved and respected by all who know him and to an unusual degree he has the gift of making numerous and lasting friendships.

Robert C. Sharp

Robert C. Sharp, vice president of the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1874. His father, William J. Sharp, who was a well known lumberman, died December 21, 1918. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Martha Louise Cowden, is also a native of Pennsylvania and is still living. The family numbered four children, three of whom were daughters.

Robert C. Sharp, the only son, was educated in the public schools of his native county and in Westminster College. He afterward became claim adjuster for a company in New York city and when he had filled that position for several years he became interested in -oil and coal production in Pennsylvania and in other states. His identification with Tulsa dates from September, 1910, and since that time he has been active in oil production in Oklahoma. In 1917 he became interested in natural gas production and distribution and was elected to the vice presidency of the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, of which he is also a director. This company is a very large distributor of natural gas to many cities of the state, including Tulsa, and the business is now one of extensive and profitable proportions.

On the 22d of September, 1903, Mr. Sharp was married to Miss Josephine Parker, daughter of Henry J. Parker, one of the leading oil men of the United States, residing at Parkers Landing, Pennsylvania. The children of this marriage are: H. Parker, who is a graduate of the Peabody high school of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is now a student in Harvard University; and Martha Louise, who was born September n. 1907, and is attending school in Tulsa.

Mr. Sharp is today a man of wealth and liberal culture and the position of his family is one of high social standing. He belongs to the Country Club, the City Club and also to the Chamber of Commerce, being much interested in the plans and efforts of that organization for the city's benefit and upbuilding. He likewise belongs to the United Presbyterian church and is much interested in work for boys, being a director of the Boys' Home of Tulsa and of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association. His attitude is that of the big brother who recognizes the enticements and temptations that surround the youth and who endeavors in every possible way to safeguard the lad and develop the best and the strongest in him in preparation for the demands and responsibilities of life.

David Leslie Dobie

David Leslie Dobie, an oil producer of Tulsa, was born in Hayward, Wisconsin, November 19, 1887. His parents were David and Bella (Logie) Dobie. The father, who was born in Ontario, Canada, was a lumberman and land owner of northern Wisconsin, where he conducted important business interests. His religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church and he belonged also to the Masonic fraternity, loyally following its teachings. His political allegiance was given to the republican party until Woodrow Wilson became a candidate for the presidency, when he supported the democratic party. He died February 10, 192 1, at the age of sixty-five years and is survived by his widow, who is also a native of Ontario, Canada.

David Leslie Dobie enjoyed excellent educational privileges, being graduated from the University of Wisconsin with the class of 1910. He afterward attended the University of Oregon and won his Bachelor of Arts degree with the class of 191 1. For some years he resided in Superior, Wisconsin, but in 1916 came to Tulsa, where he has since practiced his profession as an oil geologist and is also interested in oil production. In fact he is familiar with various phases of the oil industry and his professional and business interests have been wisely conducted, bringing him substantial returns.

In 1914 Mr. Dobie was married to Miss Claire Keeley of Hudson, Wisconsin, a daughter of Daniel Keeley, one of the early settlers of this section of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Dobie have two children: Mary Belle, five years of age; and Elizabeth. The religious faith of the parents is that of the Episcopal church and they cooperate heartily in activities and efforts for the uplift of the individual and for public benefit as well. The liberal educational training which Mr. Dobie received along broad scientific lines well qualified him for the work which he has done as an oil geologist in the southwest and has made his opinions largely an accepted authority upon many questions relative to the oil fields of this section of the country.

Walter L. Dobie

Walter L. Dobie, an oil geologist, operating in the fields around Tulsa, was born in Superior, Wisconsin, December 17, 1888. His father, David Dobie. was of Canadian birth, coming from Ontario across the border into the United States. He devoted his attention to the lumber business and to real estate interests and his home was in Superior, Wisconsin, at the time of his death on February 10, 1921. The high principles which governed him in his relations with his fellowmen had their root in his membership in the Masonic fraternity and in the Presbyterian church. He married Bella Logjie, also a native of Canada.

Walter L. Dobie obtained a public school education and afterwards attended the University of Wisconsin, in which he completed his course by graduation with the class of 1915. winning the Bachelor of Arts degree, lie specialized on engineering and geology courses and for two years he did geological work for the state of Wisconsin. He afterward taught in the Rollo School of Mine.-, in Missouri for a year and in 1917 he came to Tulsa, being associated with Mowry Bates of Kentucky. He is now connected with his brother in the practice of his profession and he belongs to the American Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. He is constantly seeking to further acquaint himself with the scientific principles which underlie his profession and at the same time broad practical experience is bringing to him wide and thorough knowledge.

In August, 1919. Mr. Dobie was married to Miss Ruth Peter of Oregon, and since coming to Tulsa to make their home they have gained many warm friends, enjoying the hospitality of a large number of the attractive homes of this city.

Max A. Pishel

Max A. Pishel, an oil geologist with an extensive clientage, having since 1918 practiced his profession independently in Tulsa, was born in Thuringia, Germany, November 29, 1877, a son of Ferdinand and Louise (Uhlman) Pishel. The father was a brewer of Germany and never came to the United States.

Max A. Pishel pursued his education in the public schools of his native country to the age of fifteen years, when he crossed the Atlantic to the new world and has since made his own way in life. He resorted to various lines of work in order to obtain an education, for he was ambitious to promote his knowledge by further study and at length he entered the Iowa State College at Ames. Iowa, where he won the degrees of Mechanical Engineer and Bachelor of Science in 1906. Also during his college days he became a member of the Delta Upsilon. He afterward pursued postgraduate studies in the sciences at Freiburg, Saxony, Germany, specializing in geology and ore deposits. He then returned to America and became connected with the United States Geological Survey, working in that capacity until 1914 at various points in the west. In the latter year he was made geologist in charge of the north central Texas division of the Texas company and located the first deep oil well at Breckinridge. In 1916 he became associated with the Southwestern Petroleum Company as geologist and so continued until 1918, when he entered upon private practice, operating all over the mid-continent field, comprising some of the largest pools in the state, especially in the Osage, and he is interested in drilling and leasing properties. His comprehensive study and broad experience enables him to speak with authority upon questions relative to his profession and he is now a valued member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and of the American Institute of Mining Engineers.

In 1912, at Binghamton, New York. Mr. Pishel was married to Miss Emily Grace Treadway, who is a graduate of the Syracuse University of Xew York and who has taken postgraduate work at Columbia University. Prior to her marriage she was a successful teacher. Her parents were Charles B. and Mary Treadway, the former a traveling salesman, now living in San Diego, California, where he has retired from business. To Mr. and Mrs. Pishel have been born two children: Max Albert, whose birth occurred September 4. 1913; and Robert Gordon, born July 7, 1917.

Mr. Pishel is a member of the City Club and his wife is also well known and active in club circles, belonging to the Collegiate Club and the Pan-Hellenic Club.

Both are consistent followers of the teachings of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Pishel gives his political endorsement to the republican party. He has never had any occasion to regret his determination to come to America and make this country the place of his residence and the center of his interests, for he has here found excellent opportunities for advancement and in their utilization he has reached a creditable and satisfactory professional position, being now well known in connection with the oil development of the southwest.

Woodson E. Norvell

Though he is still a young man Woodson Easley Norvell figures as one of the oldest lawyers in continuous practice at the bar of Tulsa county, and he is not only one of the representative members of that bar, with specially high reputation as a constitutional lawyer, but he has also been prominent and influential in the affairs of the Masonic fraternity and for five years served as grand orator of the Masonic grand lodge of Oklahoma. A man of fine intellectual and professional attainments, a loyal and progressive citizen of Tulsa, and a lawyer who is an insistent observer of the unwritten ethical code of his profession, which he has honored by his character and services, he is eminently entitled to recognition in this history.

Mr. Norvell was born on a farm in Linn county, Missouri, on the 9th of August, 1880, and is a son of George H. and Lucy F. (Edgar) Norvell, both natives of Missouri and representatives of sterling pioneer families of Linn county, that state. George H. Norvell was not only one of the successful farmers of Linn county, Missouri, but was an influential figure in public affairs of a local order, as may be inferred when it is stated that he served thirty-two years as a member of the board of trustees of his township and for the greater part of this time was chairman of the board. Mr. Norvell gave four years of gallant service as a soldier of the Union in the Civil war, as a member of Company C, Eighteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry. With this command he participated in many of the important campaigns and battles of the war, and was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, but thereafter took part in the Atlanta campaign, including the historic siege directed by the Union forces against the Georgia metropolis. In later years he maintained a vital interest in his old comrades and perpetuated the more gracious associations and memories of his military career by his active affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he served several years as adjutant. Mr. Norvell continued his residence in Missouri until 1903, when he came to Tulsa, Oklahoma, acquired extensive land holdings in this section of the state and was successful and influential as a pioneer exponent of the real estate business at Tulsa. A man of fine personality and distinctive ability, he was the friend and confidant of many of the influential men of the city and county, his circle of friends being coextensive with that of his acquaintances, and his personal influence and well directed business activities have added definitely to the growth and progress of Tulsa along both civic and material lines. He was one of the highly honored pioneer citizens of Tulsa at the time of his death, on the 1st of July, 1919, and his widow still maintains her home in this city. He was a stalwart advocate of the principles of the democratic party and his religious faith was that of the Baptist church, of which Mrs. Norvell is a zealous member.

Woodson E. Norvell found the period of his childhood and early youth compassed by the wholesome and invigorating influence and associations of the home farm, and in addition to aiding in the work thereof he also found employment in sawmills in the old home section of .Missouri. At this stage of his career he attended school principally during the winter months and he relied upon his own resources in gaining his higher education. He completed a two years' course in the Missouri State Normal School at Chillicothe, and thereafter wa's for two years a student in the Presbyterian College at Brookfield, Missouri. In that place he began the work of preparing himself for his chosen profession, taking up the study of law in the office of the representative firm of Lauder, Johnson & Lauder. He came to Oklahoma territory prior to attaining his legal majority, and a few months after his twenty-first birthday he passed a successful examination and was admitted to the Oklahoma bar on the 27th of September, 1901, at Taloga, the present judicial center of Dewey county. At that place he served his novitiate in work of his profession, there he was active in political affairs and served as secretary of the democratic county committee. He continued in practice at Taloga until 1903, in August of which year he came to Tulsa and numbered himself among the pioneer lawyers of this section of the Indian territory. He has long controlled a large and representative practice, in which he has specialized on Indian titles and homicide defenses, and in the latter department he has attained to a statewide reputation.

At Taloga, Oklahoma, on the 7th of November, 1903, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Norvell to Miss Norma L. Ogan, a daughter of Gilpin and Phoebe (Farner) Ogan, representatives of old and influential families of Linn county, Missouri, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Norvell having served as p. member of one of the early sessions of the Missouri legislature. Gilpin Ogan was a farmer by vocation and was a young man at the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Norvell were childhood friends in Linn county, Missouri, and their youthful romance has been notable in its gracious permanency. Mrs. Norvell is prominent in connection with the representative social activities of her home city, both she and her husband were active in war work during America's participation in the great World war, and she was chairman of the reception committee which welcomed General Pershing on the occasion of his post-war visit to Tulsa. Mr. and Mrs. Norvell have two children : Lucille and George Eldon.

Mr. Norvell has continued his active part in political affairs, served several years as a member and secretary of the Tulsa county democratic committee, and represented the Creek-Tulsa district in the legislature during 1907-8. In this connection he had much to do with the formative legislation of Oklahoma and he was assigned to important house committees in the first session of the state legislature. He drafted the amendments that cut the excise tax to one-half of one per cent, and this percentage continued in force about ten years. He was active also in defining legislation in connection with oil production in Oklahoma, though at that time the state had only five counties in which oil was being produced. He continued in service as chairman of the democratic county committee of Tulsa county for three terms, but at the present time is not active in connection with practical political affairs. Mr. Norvell has twice served as master of Tulsa Lodge, No. 71, A. F. & A. M., and has been specially prominent in connection with Masonic affairs in the state, his service as grand orator of the Masonic grand lodge of Oklahoma having covered a period of five years, within which time he was orator at the laying of the corner stone of the state capitol, as well as of the Tulsa high school and other prominent buildings. He assisted in the organization of the Tulsa Law Library Association and served as chairman of its board of trustees. He is past president of the Tulsa County Bar Association, and in connection with the Masonic fraternity he is past patron of Tulsa Chapter, No. 133,

Order of the Eastern Star ; was vice-president in 1920 of the Tulsa Scottish Rite Society; is chairman of the library committee of the Masonic home at Darlington, Oklahoma ; has Scottish Rite affiliations with Indian Consistory, No. 2, at Mc- Alester ; and has a life membership in Akdar Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Norvell is a zealous and valued member of the Oklahoma State Historical Society, and in this connection he has been a close student of history in general and has gained authoritative knowledge of ancient history. He is a member of the Missouri Society of Tulsa, and in all respects has entered with characteristic earnestness and loyalty into the communal interests of his home city and state. He keeps to his high standard as a student of law, avails himself of the best in the literature of his profession, and since establishing his residence in Tulsa has taken a special course in the law department of the University of Chicago. One of his professional confreres who has known him long and well has given the following estimate of Mr. Norvell : "His success in his profession is primarily to be attributed to his perfect knowledge of the law and his unswerving fidelity to the just cause he consents to represent. He excels in constitutional law and he has been influential in the Masonic fraternity in Oklahoma since the territorial days. He has given twenty years of his life to Masonry, aided materially in establishing the first Masonic lodge at Tulsa, and served as master of this lodge (Tulsa Lodge, No. 65) prior to the admission of Oklahoma to statehood. He has contributed freely to the library of the Masonic Home at Darlington, and portions of the orations he delivered while serving as grand orator of the Masonic grand lodge of Oklahoma have been reprinted in the annual reports of many of the Masonic grand jurisdictions of the world."

John Samuel Davenport

John Samuel Davenport, president of Davenport-Warriner & Company, wholesalers of general merchandise at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and also senior partner in the firm of Davenport & Ratcliff, insurance, loan and bond agents, is a native of Kentucky, his birth having occurred in Kirkwood, Mercer county, on the 22d of October, 1876; his parents being John W. and Maude (McAfee) Davenport, both of whom were natives of Mercer county.

The father devoted the active years of his life to general farming and stock raising, which he has successfully followed ; and is also a director of the Bank of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He is likewise engaged in the implement, automobile, harness, and saddlery business under the firm name of The Harrodsburg Implement Company. He is one of the leading and substantial business men of Harrodsburg and that section of the state, his commercial, financial, and agricultural interests placing him in a position of prominence in business circles. He is also a recognized leader in the democratic ranks and for four years he filled the office of county judge. He is deeply interested in everything pertaining to the general welfare of his community and has at times been called on to fill various public offices of honor and trust. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. In 1898 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away at the age of thirty-two years.

John S. Davenport, one of a family of seven children, attended the public schools of Kirkwood, Kentucky, and also Daughters College at Harrodsburg, after which he spent two years as a student in Central University. During his college days he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and was active in athletic circles. His initial step in the business world was made in connection with merchandising at Kirkwood, Kentucky, where he continued for three years in his original position and then became bookkeeper with the Curry Grocery Company, a wholesale concern of which he later became credit man. After a time, in recognition of his capability, he was made secretary and treasurer of the Curry Grocery Company, which position he held for four years. In 1904 he came to Tulsa, then in the Indian territory, being connected with the Ratcliff-Sanders Company, wholesale grocers, and after eight months was made manager of the Tulsa branch. Later he was transferred to the Vinita branch, where he acted as manager for three years and returned to Tulsa in 1908. Here he became buyer and assistant manager at Tulsa, which was then headquarters of the business.

On the first of April, 1920, Mr. Davenport dissolved his connection with the firm and established a wholesale grocery business under the firm name of Davenport-Warriner & Company, of which he became president. This company handles various other lines of merchandise in addition to groceries and is conducting a profitable wholesale business in Tulsa and vicinity. When still with the Ratcliff-Sanders Company he became interested in the firm of Davenport & Ratcliff, who are Tulsa representatives of the Aetna Building & Loan Association, of Topeka, Kansas, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the United States. They also represent the Oklahoma Savings & Loan Association of Oklahoma City. From time to time in his business career Mr. Davenport has extended his business connections and is now vice president of the Field Stationery Company, and is also secretary and treasurer of the Tulsa Camera Record Company, of wdiich he was one of the organizers. His plans are carefully formulated and promptly executed and he readily discriminates between the essential and the non-essential in all business affairs. He is identified with many business organizations for the betterment of trade conditions. He belongs to the Traffic Club, to the Credit Men's Association of Tulsa, to the Oklahoma and also the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Associations. He is a member of the Tulsa, and the National Real Estate Exchanges, and is also a member of the Fire Prevention Association of Tulsa. His name is on the membership rolls of the Rotary Club, and he is an exemplary representative of Delta Lodge, No. 425, A. F. & A. M., while in Oklahoma Consistory, No. 1. at Guthrie he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He is also identified with the Chamber of Commerce, and gives earnest cooperation to all plans and measures of the organization for the benefit and development of Hie city.

On the 16th of October, 1901, Mr. Davenport was married in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to Miss Virginia Moore, a daughter of Mrs. Nannie B. Moore. To Mr. and Mrs. Davenport have been born three children : John Bacon, born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in July, 1903 ; Bowman McAfee, born in Vinita, Oklahoma; and Lillian Virginia, born in Tulsa.

Mr. and Mrs. Davenport are members of the First Presbyterian church, in the work of which they take active and helpful interest, Mr. Davenport serving as one of the elders of the church, as clerk of the session for the past nine years, and as superintendent of the Sunday school, while Mrs. Davenport is assistant superintendent of the primary department of the Sunday school. She has also been prominent in Women's Clubs in Tulsa, and is very active in support of educational interests. She belongs to the Adelphian Society and is also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, her eligibility to membership coming to her through the paternal line.

and in fact took a most earnest part in advancing all war drives and activties, doing especially good work in connection with the sale of Liberty bonds. In politics he has always voted with the democratic party, and has served as alderman of his ward, yet has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. He is active in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, and in fact there is no good work done in the name of charity or religion that seeks his aid in vain, and at all times the name of Davenport is associated with all those interests which are looking to the material, intellectual, social, and moral progress of the community.

Harry E. Bagby

Tulsa numbers among her prominent and progressive citizens Harry E. Bagby, who is associated with the Exchange National Bank in the capacity of special representative. He was born at Vinita, Indian Territory, his parents being Dr. Oliver and Mary (Miller) Bagby, natives of Missouri.

Harry E. Bagby acquired his early education in Vinita and at Springfield, Missouri, where he received preliminary training for his more advanced studies in the University of Missouri. He took up electrical engineering and was graduated in that course in 1906. During 1916 and 1917 he acted as secretary of the Oklahoma Bankers Association at Oklahoma City, where he resided for two years. He is vice president of the Farmers State Bank at Vinita and with J. A. Wise owns the controlling interest. In 1917 Mr. Bagby came to Tulsa, organizing the Tulsa Clearing House Association and managed it until February, 1920, when he went with the Exchange National Bank as special representative.

Mr. Bagby follows an independent course in politics, voting for the man he thinks best fitted for the office, without regard to party principles. He is fraternally identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Masons. He has closely applied himself to the mastery of all duties which have devolved upon him at the bank and thus his efficiency has been constantly promoted. He has thoroughly identified his interests with those of his community - in fact there is no more enthusiastic booster of Tulsa than he and he has already gained recognition as a leader in movements calculated to promote its welfare.

Edgar Alphonse De Meules

Edgar Alphonse de Meules was born in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, on the 18th day of August, 1880. His father, Alphonse James de Meules, was a member of one of the old French families of St. Paul. His mother, Catherine Linnemann, was of Holland and German lineage. His early youth was spent in the state of his birth. After attending both public and private schools of learning he entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. On August 5, 1903, he was admitted to the bar of the Indian territory, and thereafter practiced law in Muskogee until October, 1904, when he formed a law partnership with Mr. C. L. Thomas, now deceased, the firm style being Thomas and de Meules. In March, 1908, this partnership was dissolved upon the appointment of Mr. de Meules to the position of general attorney for the Midland Valley Railroad Company, with headquarters at Muskogee. He retained this position until

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August, 1914, when he resigned to associate himself in the general practice of law in Muskogee with Air. George S. Ramsey, under the firm name of Ramsey and de Meules. This firm succeeded the firm of Ramsey and Thomas, which was dissolved by the death of Mr. C. L. Thomas, Mr. de Meules' former partner, in July, 1914. Subsequently the firm became Ramsey, de Meules and Rosser. Mr. Malcolm E. Rosser entered the firm of Ramsey and de Meules in July, 1915, having previously served as district judge for the fifth judicial district for a number of years and also as a member of the supreme court commission. Later the firm was enlarged by the entrance of Mr. Villard Martin, the firm then being known as Ramsey, de Meules, Rosser & Martin.

Mr. de Meules at one time assumed an active interest in the politics of the state. He acted successively as chairman of the democratic central committee for the Seventy-sixth Constitutional Delegate District and as chairman of the first democratic county central committee for Muskogee county. In addition to the activities of his practice he has served as president of the Muskogee Bar Association for one term and as a member of the council of the State Bar Association for one term. He organized the Muskogee Law Library Association and served as its president for three years. By appointment of the supreme court of the state he is now a member of the Bar Commission of the State of Oklahoma.

In June, 191 1, Mr. de Meules was united in marriage to Miss Hazel Hamilton of Dubuque, Iowa. Three sons, Hamilton, Edgar Alphonse, Jr., and Ramsey, have been born of this union.

T. D. Cleage, a petroleum and construction engineer of the first class, who is conducting his professional interest as president of the firm of Cleage & Company of Tulsa, was born in Ouincy, Illinois, April 3, 1885. His father, Thomas L. Cleage, a financier, was born in Tennessee and is now living retired in St. Louis, Missouri. He married Miss Anna Mary Deaderick who was born in Virginia, and they became the parents of five children, four of whom are living. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church.

T. D. Cleage pursued his education in the schools of Little Rock, Arkansas, of Ouincy, Illinois, and of St. Louis, Missouri, and also attended the Christian Brothers College in the latter city, being graduated with the degree of Electrical Engineer as a member of the class of 1904. He dates his residence in Tulsa from 1916 and is now prominently known as a consulting engineer in the southwest, conducting his business as president of the firm of Cleage & Company. His professional rank is of the highest and he is widely known because of extraordinary inventive skill in casinghead plants and kindred lines. Following his removal to Tulsa, he was engineer for the Mid-Continent Gasoline Company, and a year later joined the employes of the Black Hawk Petroleum Company, also of Tulsa. It was in 1918 that he organized the present company with Carl C. Magee as vice president and F. R. Halliburton as secretary and treasurer. This company owns a number of gasoline plants in Oklahoma and conducts a general engineering business. Its output is sold under the name of Cleco brand of motor oils and includes the Cleco liberty aero for six, eight and twelve cylinder cars, the Cleco motor medium for four and six cylinder cars and the Cleco Ford special. The oil

In 1907 Mr. Cleage was married to Miss Eva Marguerite Farmer of St. Louis. They are well known socially and are numbered among the valued members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Cleage is a member of the Country Club and of the City Club, also of the Missouri Athletic Club of St. Louis, and fraternally is connected with Rose Hill Lodge of St. Louis, with the Scottish Rite bodies and with Moolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine Along professional lines he is connected with the American Association of Engineers. He is a very interesting conversationalist and equal to any social occasion, but is too busy to devote much time to society, clubs or politics. He is, however, a lover of music and is skilled as a violin player. An analyzation of his career as to the cause of his success brings to light the fact that he has ever been a tireless worker and never loses faith in anything he undertakes to do.

Nathan O. Colburn

Nathan O. Colbum, president of the First National Bank of Collinsville, belongs to -that class of men whose enterprise is at once felt in any community with which they become identified. His well formulated plans have been carried forward to successful completion and his energies have been a potent element in the development of the community in which he makes his home. A native of Henry county, Illinois, he was born June 15, 1863. of the marriage of Orlin and Levina J. (Lyon) Colburn, the former a native of the state of New York, while the mother was born in Ohio. The father went to Kansas from Illinois in 1869 and there took up land in Greenwood county, in the Osage strip. He cultivated and improved that property until 1875, when he removed to Eureka, Kansas, and there engaged in general merchandising, carrying on the business until 1903 or for a period of twenty-eight years. He then retired from active life but continued to make his home in Eureka until called to his final rest in August, 19 14, when he had reached the advanced age of seventy-eight years. His widow still occupies the old home in Eureka and has reached the age of eighty-three years.

Nathan O. Colburn was reared and educated in Eureka, being but six years of age when his parents removed to Kansas. In 1884 he accepted the joint agency of the Wells Fargo and the Adams Express companies at Eureka and at the same time worked for his father in the store, being thus engaged until 1891, when he resigned his position there and came to Oklahoma in the month of September. He located first on a claim five miles north of Chandler and opened a store in the town in April, 1892. There he remained in active business until 1902, and while he conducted his business along successful lines, he nevertheless had to face disaster when on the 30th of March, 1897, a cyclone swept away his store and his home, causing the destruction of goods to the amount of ten thousand dollars. Through the kindness of his creditors, however, who had come to know that his word was good and that he was to be relied upon under all conditions, he was able to open another store in the fall of that year, in which he put a stock worth twenty thousand dollars. He did an enormous business, building up his trade to mammoth proportions, and continued to conduct the store until the winter of 1901, when he sold the property at Chandler and came to Collinsville. In the meantime, or in 1898, he had disposed of his claim in that locality.

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William S. Edwards and Frank F. Johnson in the purchase of the Cherokee Bank, reorganizing it into the First National Bank, which they have since conducted, Mr. Edwards becoming the first president. He was succeeded by Dr. E. Place, while James M. Colburn became the third president and at his death was succeeded by Nathan O. Colburn of this review. The last named had become the first cashier of the bank and acting vice president. The bank is capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars, has surplus and undivided profits of an equal amount and deposits of three hundred and sixty thousand dollars. In 1909 a modern two-story bank building was erected, so that the business is well housed, and as the result of the capable management of the officers the institution has done an excellent business and is regarded as one of the strong financial concerns of the county. Mr. Colburn has also been one of the stockholders and the treasurer of the Collinsville Gas Company since 1905. Moreover, he has farming interests and also some oil interests and his investments have at all times been judiciously made.

In December, 1885, Mr. Colburn was married to Miss Minnie M. Sutton, daughter of John \Y. and Roxana E. (Hammond) Sutton, who were natives of Michigan and came to Oklahoma from Eureka, Kansas, in 1889. Her father was a farmer and stockman and afterward established his home in Collinsville, being among the first settlers of that town. His wife there opened the New York Store, a dry goods establishment, which she conducted for about fourteen years. She passed away in Kansas City, at the home of a daughter, in January, 1915, but the father is still living and yet makes his home in Collinsville. To Mr. and Mrs. Colburn have been born four children: Hazel, the wife of H. Clyde Bollman, the active vice president of the First National Bank; James O., who is cashier of the bank; Theresa, an actress of marked ability who is now with Robert B. Mantel in Shakespearean repertoire ; and Franqui, at home.

Mr. Colburn is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken the consistory degrees at Guthrie, and has become identified with Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Tulsa. He also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically he is a republican and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but never seeks nor desires office as a reward for party fealty, preferring that his public duty shall be done as a private citizen. His wife is a member of the Episcopal church. They are both widely and favorably known in Collinsville, where they have long resided, their many friends entertaining for them the highest regard, while in social circles they occupy an enviable position.

Norris T. Gilbert

Since 1916 Norris T. Gilbert has been prominent in the financial circles of Tulsa as active vice president of the Producers State Bank. He has been in the banking business since 1901 and has closely applied himself to the mastery of all duties which have devolved upon him and thus his efficiency has been constantly promoted. He is a native of Kansas, his birth having occurred at Brookville, that state, on the 6th of December, 1879. His parents, J. M. and Martha Jane (Mayes) Gilbert are both deceased, the father having passed away on the 8th of July, 1908. at the age of seventy-five years and the mother on the 15th of September, 191 5, at the age of seventy-six years. The father, J. M. Gilbert, was a native of New York state and the mother of Pennsylvania, but at the close of the Civil war they removed to Kansas, where they secured a homestead, which the father operated until 1889. In that year he came to Oklahoma and engaged in farming near Stillwater for the remainder of his life. He was recognized as a representative agriculturist and his death came as a severe blow to the community. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served with a New York regiment from 1861 until the close of the conflict.

Norris T. Gilbert received his education in public schools of Stillwater, to which place he had removed with his parents in 1889, and in due time entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College, and was graduated in 1898. Three years later, or in iqoi, he entered banking circles and has followed that line of business ever since. In 191 6 he became associated with the Producers State Bank at Tulsa as active vice president, which position he is still holding to the complete satisfaction of the patrons and other officers of the bank. In addition to his financial undertakings Mr. Gilbert is interested in oil production and is a director of several oil and refining companies throughout the state.

In 1901 occurred the marriage of Mr. Gilbert to Miss Bennie Townsend of Stillwater and to them two children have been born : Yukola, a daughter eighteen years of age ; and Harold, sixteen years of age.

Fraternally Mr. Gilbert is identified with the Masons, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. In the line of his business Mr. Gilbert is a member of the Oklahoma Bankers Association, of which he was elected president in 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert reside at 15 17 South Elwood, and they are readily conceded representative and progressive citizens.

Henry Barton Martin

Henry Barton Martin, who has attained eminence as a representative of the Tulsa bar through the successful handling of some of the most important oil cases that have been heard in the state, was born in Lexington, Fayette county, Kentucky, February 8, 1872. His father, Henry S. Martin, was also a native of Fayette county, and is now living in Atchison, Kansas. He, too, became a lawyer and practiced for many years, but is living retired. He served as a private in the Confederate army and has always given his political allegiance to the democratic party, while his religious faith is that of the Christian church. He married Jane Miller, who was born in Kentucky, but has now passed away. Their family numbered four children, three of whom survive.

Henry B. Martin attended the University of Kansas, after completing his preliminary public school education, and was graduated from that institution with the Bachelor of Arts degree as a member of the class of 1887. He afterward took up the study of law in New York and was admitted to the bar. He entered upon active practice at Perry, Oklahoma, in 1893, and there remained for fifteen years, or until 1908, when he came to Tulsa, where he has since resided. Here he has handled many notable oil cases, representing some of the most important interests of this section. He is a recognized leader of the bar, possessing comprehensive knowledge of corporation law and particularly of the law applicable to oil and gas interests. He is preeminently a trial lawyer, often being employed by other lawyers to try their cases. He received one fee of fifty thousand dollars for trying a case and he excels in the presentation of his cases before a jury. He has tried cases in

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In 1902 Mr. Martin was married to Miss Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, a native of Iowa, and a daughter of A. E. Kirkpatrick. They have one son. Charles Ferrell, who was born April 11, 1905, and is now a high school pupil in Tulsa. He is a fine boy and an expert horseman, having inherited his father's love of horses, for Mr. Martin is the owner of some of the prize winning horses of Oklahoma, and is well known as a breeder of high class saddle horses. In this connection he owns a farm southeast of Tulsa, on which can be found some of the finest specimens of the noble steed in the country. He manifests a just pride in his farm and turns to it for recreation, but gives the major part of his attention to his law practice, which has constantly grown in volume and importance.

Charles Edward Buchxer

Charles Edward Buchner, general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association at Tulsa, has been identified with this great field of work since 1901 and has made steady progress in connection therewith. Born in Leavenworth. Kansas, he is a son of Charles A. and Emma M. (Wuerth) Buchner. The father was engaged in the milling business in Leavenworth, Kansas, at the time of his death in 1886, while the mother passed away in 1895.

At the usual age Charles Edward Buchner became a pupil in the graded schools, afterward attended high school and subsequently a business college at Leavenworth. He next entered the Northwestern College at Naperville, Illinois, and afterward became a student in Park College at Parkville, Missouri. He then attended the Young Men's Christian Association College in Chicago but in the meantime had made his initial step in the business world, being first employed in a bakery, while later he did law and court reporting. After qualifying for his present line he entered Association work in Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1901 as physical director and two years later became general secretary of his native city. In 1906 he was made physical director and assistant at Bisbee, Arizona, and afterward was promoted to general secretary. On the 6th of December, 1909, he came to Tulsa in charge of the Community Boys' Work, in the position of secretary, and in 191 5 was advanced to the position of general secretary of the Association in this city. He is a member of the Five Year Commission of the Board of the Young Men's Christian Association College in Chicago, Illinois, and is a member of the board of trustees of the University of Tulsa.

On the 5th of June, 1907, in Leavenworth, Kansas, Mr. Buchner was married to Miss Irene Jennette Hughes, a daughter of Mrs. A. L. Barnett of that city. Their children are: Charles E., born July 10, 1910; and Robert Earl, born March 14, 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Buchner are members of the Presbyterian church, in which he is filling the office of elder and is also teacher of the young business men's class. He belongs to the City Club and was one of the four organizers of the Tulsa Rotary Club, of which he served as president in 1919-20. He belongs to Tulsa Lodge, No. 71, A. F. & A. M. ; Guthrie Consistory, A. A. S. R. ; and Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Tulsa. During the period of the World war he served as campaign director, both local and state, for the Red Cross, was also on active duty at all issues of the Liberty Loan and on committees for War Savings Stamps and various relief funds. He was likewise a director of the United War Work for the state of Arizona, with the best record in the nation of two hundred and forty-eight per cent of the quota and the best record in the nation on achieving the quota first. He was likewise a Four-Minute speaker and took part in every activity for the support of the government. He is active in all law enforcement and his labors and his influence have been a potent power for good.

Dr. Fred A. Glass, a Tulsa surgeon connected with Home Hospital, was born in Booneville, Kentucky, March n, 1871, his parents being Dr. A. M. and Lucy (Herd) Glass, both of whom were also natives of Kentucky, while the grandfather in the paternal line was a Civil war veteran from Virginia, and was a surgeon in the Union army. The father was educated in the University of Louisville and in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland. For thirty-two years he practiced at Booneville, Kentucky, being one of the ablest members of the profession in that part of the state. The recognition of his ability led to the retention of his services in many of the leading households of Booneville and he was widely known there as "a loved family physician." He was also much interested in the general welfare and civic activity and was a most public-spirited citizen. His religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church and he died at Booneville in 191 7.

Dr. Glass, whose name introduces this review, attended the schools of Booneville and afterward continued his education in a preparatory school at Richmond, Kentucky. He next entered Center College at Danville, Kentucky, and won his Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation with the class of 1908. During his student days there he became a member of the Zeta Zeta Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity. On completing his more specifically literary course he took up the study of medicine, matriculating in the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1908 and winning his diploma and degree upon graduation with the class of 1912. He then spent three and a half years as interne, assistant resident surgeon and resident gynecologist in the Lakeside Hospital at Cleveland, Ohio, and gained that broad and valuable knowledge and experience which never comes as quickly in any other way as through hospital work.

Dr. Glass arrived in Tulsa in 191 5 and through the intervening period has devoted his attention exclusively to surgery, for which branch of the profession he is splendidly qualified. He is a fellow of the American Medical Association, a member of the Tulsa County Medical Society and of the Oklahoma State Medical Association and has read many valuable papers on surgical subjects before all these medical societies. He is now chief surgeon for the Home Hospital at Sand Springs, which has one hundred and fifty beds for patients and in connection with which there is maintained a training school for nurses. During the World war he could not be accepted in the army because of physical disability, but he gave most of his time to surgical work on drafted men, making the soldiers fit for active duty at the front. Aside from his professional interests he has extensive farm holdings and raises Jersey cattle and thoroughbred Shorthorns, Duroc hogs and Rhode Island red chickens, all of the finest breed, and the chickens are used at the hospitals, furnishing many an appetizing meal for the patients.

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a daughter of Charles Sontar, a contractor and builder of that city. Dr. and Airs. Glass have one child, a daughter, Mary. The parents are members of the Methodist church and Dr. Glass belongs to Delta Lodge, No. 425, A. F. & A. M., being numbered among the exemplary followers of the teachings of the craft. He greatly enjoys outdoor life, to which he turns for rest and recreation when professional duties permit.

Claude S. Tompkins

Claude S. Tompkins, secretary of the Mutual Oil & Gas Company of Tulsa, is among those farsighted and energetic business men who are concentrating their efforts and attention upon the oil development of the southwest and who by reason of their thoroughness, discrimination and undaunted energy are gaining a substantial measure of success. Mr. Tompkins was born in Millbrook, Xew York, May 10, 1876, and was one of a family of two children, the other one being deceased. The parents were John and Matilda (Traver) Tompkins, the former a native of Millbrook, New York, and a commission merchant, devoting his active life to that line of business. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity and that he attained high rank in the order is indicated in the fact that he became a member of the Mystic Shrine. His death occurred in 1916. His widow, also a native of the Empire state, is living in Tulsa.

Claude S. Tompkins after attending the private schools in New York, attended the School of Commerce of the University of New York and won the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science at his graduation with the class of 1899. He then started upon his professional career as a certified public accountant and continued active in that field of business until about four years ago, when he became associated with the Mutual Oil & Gas Company as its secretary. His attention and energies have since been concentrated upon the duties of the position and having familiarized himself with every phase of the business he has so directed his energies that his labors are a direct element in the attainment of the success which has come to the corporation.

In 1898 Mr. Tompkins was married to Miss Katherine Cunnane, a native of Ireland, and they have become the parents of a son, John Reginald, fourteen years of age, who is now in school. The parents are members of the Holy Family Parish of the Roman Catholic church and Mr. Tompkins is a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He also has membership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He manifests a keen interest in everything of public concern in the community and his cooperation can at all times be counted upon to further plans and measures for the general good.

Robert R. Lockwood

Robert R. Lockwood, president of the Sabine Oil & Marketing Company of Oklahoma, with offices in the Drew building of Tulsa, is one of the progressive young business men of the state. With most liberal educational opportunities, he qualified for the duties and responsibilities of life and since making his initial step in the business world his course has been characterized by steady advancement. He was born in Richmond, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1884. and is a son of Marcus L. Lockwood, deceased, who was one of the pioneers of the petroleum industry and one whose name is linked with all that is progressive and honorable in connection with the history of the oil fields of the country. Moreover, Robert R. Lockwood is descended from ancestry honorable and distinguished, the line being traced back to 1630, when Robert Lockwood came from England and cast in his lot with the colonists of Massachusetts. His great grandfather was one who aided in winning independence for the nation and afterward became identified with the pioneer development of western New York. From such stock Robert R. Lockwood sprung and his entire course has been in harmony with that of an honored ancestry. After completing a high school course in Jamestown, New York, he entered Yale College, continuing his studies there until 1907, and following the completion of his more specifically literary course he became a law student at Harvard and won the LL. B. degree in 1910. Returning to his home in Oklahoma, for in the meantime his parents had removed to this state, he was admitted to the bar here and entered upon the practice of law but soon became actively identified with oil interests in association with his father and is today a prominent figure in oil circles in the southwest, having succeeded his father in the presidency of the Sabine Oil & Marketing Company, one of the strong corporations operating in the mid-continent field. He is also a director of the Tulsa Loan & Savings Association and at all times manifests sound judgment and a progressive spirit that have brought about gratifying results.

In 191 1 Mr. Lockwood was married to Miss Frances Black of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a daughter of Joseph Black. They have three sons : Robert R., seven years of age; Marcus Lafayette; and Edward. Mr. Lockwood is a thirtysecond degree Mason and member of Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Tulsa Board of Education and takes a very active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the schools and the advancement of the educational standards of the city. In fact he supports all interests and activities which have to do with civic progress and improvement and his course has been marked by advancement at every point in his career.

Frank Steele Craver

Frank Steele Craver is an oil geologist of exceptional ability, who is operating extensively in connection with the development of the oil industry in the southwest as a member of the firm of Craver & Greene of Tulsa. From early manhood he has been identified with operations in oil and has been a most close and thorough student of the scientific principles which underlie the development of the oil fields. He was born in Grinnell, Iowa, August 6, 1877, and is the son of Charles F. Craver, whose birth occurred in Franklinville, New Jersey, and who devoted some time to the manufacture of headers and binders. He is now living in Tulsa, where he is connected with the oil business. He married Angeline Hambleton, a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, and thev became the parents of two sons, Frank S. and Arthur H., the latter now vice president of the Charles Noble Oil & Gas Company. The parents are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which Mr. Craver has taken an active and helpful part. He has now reached the age of seventyeight years but is still connected with business interests.

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and afterward attended the Harvey high school of Chicago. He then returned to Iowa and entered Grinnell College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1900 with the Ph. B. degree. Later he attended the Boston Institute of Technology and completed a course in mining engineering with the class of 11105. His college studies, however, were not continuous for in the interim he had entered business and from 1901 until 1903 was purchasing agent for the Austin Manufacturing Company of Chicago, and in 11)04 became a director of the Caney River Oil Company, filling that position until 1906. lie was then a member of the firm of Barry & Craver, oil producers, from 1907 until 1912. In the latter year he became head of the firm of Craver & Company, operators in oil, so continuing for about two years. He next was elected president of the Blackhawk Petroleum Company, operating in Oklahoma and Texas and continued in that connection for some time. He afterward formed a partnership with George J. Greene, under the firm style of Craver & Greene, who engaged in the general oil business, particularly in connection with the geologic phase. He is an oil geologist of exceptional ability and a most excellent general executive. In addition to his activities in the oil business, Mr. Craver has become an investor in various corporations and an active factor in a number of business undertakings. He has executed contracts for the paving of streets in St. Joseph, Missouri, and built the St. Joseph & Savannah Interurban Railroad and was secretary and treasurer of the Homestead Loan & Improvement Company of Kansas City. He is still identified with a number of important corporations. He first visited Tulsa in 1907 but for some years thereafter made his home in Kansas City, returning to Tulsa in 1914 to take up his permanent abode here.

In 1910 Mr. Craver was married to Clara L. Rosenow, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, a daughter of August Rosenow, at one time the proprietor of a sawmill at Stevens Point. Mr. and Mrs. Craver are parents of two children: Jean, six years of age ; and Junior, a little lad of three summers.

Mr. Craver is a member of the Tulsa Country Club, the Petroleum Club. University Clubs of Tulsa and Kansas City and the Quid Libet Club. He likewise belongs to the Sigma Chi and to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he finds recreation in hunting and fishing. His friends - and they are legion - think of him as a high class, cultured gentleman, and he enjoys a most enviablereputation as an oil geologist, his ability placing him in the foremost rank of his profession.

Robert Maxwell Moody

Robert Maxwell Moody is numbered among those who make up the personnel of the Exchange National Bank, the strongest financial institution of Oklahoma. Tulsa has numbered him among her citizens since 19 13, and recognizes in him one wdiose spirit of enterprise has brought him to a creditable position in financial circles, and will carry him farther toward the goal of ultimate success in later years. He is numbered among the substantial citizens whom Pennsylvania has furnished to the southwest, his birth having occurred in Titusville on the 25th day of January, 1883. His father, George O. Moody, was a physician, who was born in the state of Maine, and in early manhood prepared for the practice of medicine, to which he devoted his life. He was a soldier of the Union army, thus manifesting his loyalty to the federal government, and he was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church and of the Masonic fraternity. He married Miss Kingsland, a native of the state of New York, and they became the parents of three children.

Robert Maxwell Moody was educated in the public and high schools of Titusville, Pennsylvania, and in Cornell University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1905. His life has been devoted to the banking business, his initial step being made as an employe of a bank of Titusville. He remained with the institution in various capacities for fifteen years and gained broad and intimate knowledge of the business in its various phases. The opportunities of the growing southwest attracted him, however, and in 1913 he made his way to the rapidly developing city of Tulsa, where he became associated with the Exchange National Bank as chief teller. He was made assistant cashier in 1915 and has since occupied this position. He is also treasurer of the Exchange Trust company of Tulsa.

In January, 1907, Mr. Moody was married to Miss Jane Crosby, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Alonzo Crosby of Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Mr. Moody is well known in club circles, belonging to the New University Club of Tulsa, of which he is the treasurer, also to the Tulsa Country Club, and to the Kiwanis Club. Of the last named he is a charter member and was at one time its treasurer. Fraternally he is connected with Shepard Lodge, No. 413, A. F. & A. M. He stands very high in social and club circles, his strongly marked characteristics making for popularity wherever he is known. He is active in all civic and charitable matters, supporting every plan and measure for the general good, and was a most earnest worker in the liberty loan during the World war and in other war activities. His entire life has been actuated by a spirit of advancement and he has made the public welfare a matter of personal concern, as well as the advancement of his individual fortunes through his close personal application to business.

John B. Brown

John B. Brown, an oil producer of Tulsa, member of the firm of McFann & Brown, who are very successful in their chosen field of labor, was born on a farm in Taney county, Missouri, October 28, 1880, his parents being James and Mattie (Evans) Brown, who were likewise natives of Taney county, where for many years the father followed the occupation of farming. The parents have now passed away and of their three children one has departed this life.

John B. Brown obtained a public school education in Missouri and in Texas and in 1900 came to Oklahoma, purchasing farm land in Tulsa county. He still has important agricultural interests, owning a very large farm whereon he raises twenty-five thousand bushels of wheat each year as well as a big amount of cotton and other crops, his land being most carefully and scientifically tilled, so that splendid results accrue. In 1916 he came to Tulsa, primarily to give his children better educational advantages, and here became interested in the production of oil, in which business he has met with substantial success as a partner in the firm of McFann & Brown. Mr. Brown has also been largely interested in cattle, owning a large ranch in Tulsa county.

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In 1906 Mr. Brown was married to Miss Lela L. Posey of Texas, and they have three children : Connie Lee, John Benjamin and Arkile Lee. Quiet and unassuming in manner, yet forceful, capable and resourceful, Mr. Brown commands the respect and confidence of all who know him. He has won success and his pleasure therein comes from the opportunities it enables him to place before his family, for his interest centers in the welfare of those of his own household. As an agriculturalist and as an oil producer, however, his position in Oklahoma is one of prominence.

Howard William Jewell

Howard William Jewell, an active figure in the club life of Tulsa, popular with an extensive circle of friends and well known in business circles as the superintendent of the Bradstreet Mercantile Agency at Tulsa, was born in Goodland, Kansas, February iS, 1896. His father, Clayton Byron Jewell, was born in Topeka, Kansas, and devoted many years of his life to railroad service, becoming identified with the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Superintendent of the Mexican Central Railroad. He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the First Presbyterian church of Topeka and he passed away in that faith in April, 1907. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Carrie N. Jewell, is still living. They were parents of two sons, the younger being Earl Glen, a resident of Kansas City.

Howard William Jewell was educated in the schools of Benton, Missouri, and in the Kansas City manual training high school, after which he attended the English College and Ames College of Iowa, from which he was graduated with the class of 1920. He started out upon his business career as an employe of the Simplex Spreader Manufacturing Company, with offices in the Traders building of Kansas City, having charge of the factory and acting as manager of the office for a short time. He was connected with Bradstreet in Kansas City for four months and was then made superintendent of the Tulsa branch, in which position he continues, well qualified by previous business experience and adaptability for the position which he is now filling. Mr. Jewell is a Veteran of Foreign Wars. He has had three years' military experience and was a second lieutenant of the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Field Artillery on the Mexican border and afterward went overseas, going to France with the Thirty-fifth Division. He was on the battle front and was wounded. He returned to America on the 21st of February, 1919, with a most creditable military record. His religious faith is that of the Christian church. He turns for recreation to athletics and to horseback riding, being very fond of horses. He is a popular young man, highly regarded in business and social circles, prominent in club life and with a host of friends.

Pat Malloy

Pat Malloy, a lawyer and orator of distinguished ability, is now the general counsel of the Constantin Refining Company, one of the largest corporations of this character in the world. In a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability he has steadily worked his way upward to the position of leadership in which he is now found. Mr. Malloy is a native of Iowa, his birth having occurred in Salix, January 7. 1885, his parents being John and

Kate (Gibbons) Malloy. He pursued his education in St. Joseph's Academy of Salix, Iowa, and in Notre Dame University of Indiana, from which he was graduated. At the present writing, in 192 1, he is president of the alumni association of the university.

Having carefully prepared for a professional career, Mr. Malloy was admitted to the bar of Oklahoma on the 20th of February, 1908, and entered at once upon the active practice of his profession. He served for two terms as county attorney of Tulsa county, being elected to the position on the democratic ticket. He won high praise from the bench in the prosecution of a murder trial and the defendant was afterward granted a new trial on the ground that the jury returned a verdict under the spell of Mr. Malloy 's argument rather than upon facts based in the evidence. Leading lawyers of this section of the country claim that it was the greatest speech ever delivered in the west.

Mr. Malloy is largely a self-educated as well as a self-made man. He was left an orphan at the age of fourteen years, both his father and his mother meeting death in a cyclone at Salix, Iowa, which also carried off two of his brothers and a sister. Though early thrown upon his own resources, he has wisely used his talents and his opportunities and step by step he has advanced. Following his admission to the bar his progress has been continuous, notwithstanding that advancement at the bar is proverbially slow. He has ever prepared his cases with great thoroughness and care and every statement that he makes is made in a convincing way that leaves no doubt as to the correctness of his position nor as to the logic of his conclusions. He is now the general counsel for the great Constantin Refining Company, one of the largest in the world, and is displaying in corporation practice ability equal to that which he early manifested in connection with criminal law.

On the 5th of October, 1910, Mr. Malloy was married to Lenore Harrington of Sioux City, Iowa, and they have become parents of two children, John and Pat. aged, respectively, seven and five years. Mr. Malloy was for two years state deputy of the Knights of Columbus of Oklahoma and for many years has been national delegate from this state. Fraternally he is also connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and has been called to all parts of the middle west to deliver addresses at memorial services and on other public occasions. He seems never at a loss for a word and always to have chosen the right word, being a most fluent speaker and one who at all times carries conviction to the minds of his hearers.

Harold Roy Gruber

The industrial interests of Tulsa find a worthy representative in Harold Roy Gruber, who is the secretary and treasurer of the Muskogee Tool Company. He was born in Elk City, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1878, a son of Jacob and Emma (McClelland) Gruber. The father is now living in Ranger, Texas, and is associated with the Muskogee Tool Company. His wife, who was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, passed away in 1909. In their family were six children, five of whom are living.

Harold Roy Gruber attended the schools of Elk City, Pennsylvania, and took up the work of rig building when fifteen years of age, becoming familiar with the work of constructing tank lines and other industrial activity that has to do with the oil business and the construction of machinery. From the 1st of

June, 1899, until January, 191 1, he was with the Oil Well Supply Company, and on the 3d of February, 191 1, he made his way to the southwest, removing from 'West Virginia to Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was chosen secretary and treasurer of the Muskogee Tool Company on the nth of January. 191 1, and filled that position until December, 1912, at which date he became connected with the Interstate Pipe & Cordage Company, remaining as one of its officials until the 1st of May, 1916. He then became active with the Muskogee Tool Company, manufacturers of drilling and fishing tools for oil, gas and artesian wells.

On the 2d of December, 1909, Mr. Gruber was married to Miss Grace Buchanan, who was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Russell F. Buchanan, upon whose father's farm was developed the first well in the Bradford oil field. Mr. and Mrs. Gruber have become parents of a daughter, Emily, born September 19, 1909.

Mr. Gruber is .well known in Masonic circles, belonging to Sistersville, West Virginia Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Chapter. No. 27. R. A. M.. of Sistersville. West Virginia ; Mountain States Commandery, No. 14, K. T. ; and Bedouin Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Muskogee, Oklahoma. He also has membership with the United Commercial Travelers. He is very active in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association and is a most public-spirited citizen, giving earnest support to every plan and measure for the public good. Those who know him, and he has a wide acquaintance, recognize in him a most successful business man, whose well directed interests have brought him substantial prosperity and they also name him as a popular citizen by reason of his genial nature and cordial disposition and his fidelity to high standards.

Allan R. Shaw

Since August. 1919, Allan R. Shaw has been attorney for and vice president of the Oklahoma Central Oil Company with offices at 206 Cosden building, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has been associated with that concern since its organization in

Born on the 6th day of September, 1888, at Lima, Ohio, he was the son of Thomas R. and Fannie H. (Halladay) Shaw. His parents were both born in that state, where his father was a prominent member of the legal profession until about 1896, when he engaged in the oil business and has been an independent operator since that time. He is now operating in the Wyoming fields and is making his home in Denver. Mrs. Shaw passed away November 23, 1918.

The public schools of Lima, Ohio, afforded Allan R. Shaw an education and after graduating from the high school there he entered the University of Michigan, remaining two years, when he became a student of the University of Kansas, graduating in law from that institution with the class of 191 1. He then commenced the practice of his profession in Kansas City, Missouri. Removing to Tulsa, he became associated, three years later, with the legal department of the Southwestern Petroleum Company, in which connection he continued until May, 1918, when he entered the employment of the Emergency Fleet Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi. He was enrolled at the last officer's training camp at Camp Fremont, California.

On the 4th day of June, 191", occurred the marriage of Mr. Shaw to Oreta Elizabeth Moore, a daughter of John T. and Lou ( Rankin ) Moore, the former

Since age conferred upon Mr. Shaw the right of franchise he has been a stanch supporter of the democratic party. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Tulsa and fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Delta Lodge, Xo. 425, and Indian Consistory, No. 2, at McAlester. Mr. Shaw is a member of the Tulsa City Club and the University Club and he is likewise a member of the Alpha Tau Omega college fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw reside at 1601 South Detroit avenue. In his professional and business" connections he has won the confidence and respect of many and has won for himself a host of friends.

Alfred C. Spitznagel

Alfred C. Spitznagel, proprietor of the Tulsa Stove & Foundry Company at Sand Springs, was born in Peoria, Illinois, June 17, 1865, a son of Alfred C. and Catherine (Rehil) Spitznagel, natives of Canada.

Alfred C. Spitznagel attended school at Peoria, Illinois, and graduated from the Dudley Polytechnic Institute in 188S. For ten years he was superintendent of the Woods, Evertz Stove Company at Springfield, Missouri, as well as stockholder in the company, but in 1912 severed his connections with them and came to Tulsa county, where he erected a modern stove factory and foundry, covering four acres of land and located at Sand Springs. He engages in the manufacture of stoves, a general line of castings, gray iron, brass, bronze and aluminum, and his business is of extensive proportions, covering the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Texas. The demand is constantly increasing and the plant employs more than seventy people. Mr. Spitznagel is a stockholder in the Atlas Life Insurance Company and the Tulsa Structural Steel Company.

On the 25th of January, 1888, occurred the marriage of Mr. Spitznagel to Ricka Becker and to them seven children have been born : Grover C, Keith P., Hazel, Opal, Esther, Claudine and Electa.

Mr. Spitznagel gives his political endorsement to the republican party but has never sought personal preferment, devoting his whole attention to the upbuilding of his business interests. Fraternally he is a Mason, being a Shriner and having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and he is likewise a Knight of Pythias. He is a man of strong character, sound judgment and thorough practical information and these qualities, combined with an unswerving integrity, have brought about his present-day success. He takes an earnest and unselfish interest in public affairs and any movement for the promotion of the general welfare is assured his stanch support.

Arthur B. Honnold

Tulsa, with her pulsing industrial activities and growing commercial interests, is constantly drawing to herself men of marked ability in professional lines. Especially in connection with the operation of the oil fields there has come splendid opportunity for the able lawyer, because of the many involved and complex problems that have had to do with the corporation interests here represented. In this connection Arthur 1',. Honnold has made for himself a creditable name and place as a member of the firm of Mason & Honnold. He was born on a farm in Edgar county, Illinois. July 12. 1876, a son of Benjamin and Alice 1 Hallock) Honnold, the former a native of Ohio, while the latter was hern in (dies county, Illinois. The father removed to Illinois when a lad of twelve years and afterward went with his family to Kansas. He devoted the greater part of his life to farming, but at the time of the Civil war responded to the country's call for aid and served with the Union army. He was a member of the Baptist church and also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He passed away in 1910, while his wife survived for a decade, her death occurring in March, 1920. They had a family of seven children, four of whom are living.

Arthur B. Honnold attended the public and high schools of Winfield, Kansas. later acquiring a university education and being admitted to practice law in H)02. He spent the most of his boyhood and youth in the southwestern part of the Sun- -flower state. He entered upon active practice in Pottawatomie county, Oklahoma, and later practiced in Oklahoma City and also in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1917 be came to Tulsa, where he has remained, being now a member of the well known firm of Mason & Honnold. In 1908 he became widely known as the author of Honnold's Oklahoma "Justice," now in its second edition. lie has since made many other valuable contributions to the literature of the profession, and in 1917 his Workmen's Compensation was published in two volumes by the Vernon Law Book Company. His investigations and researches have been broad and deep, while his opinions carry weight and authority to all who read his works. He is today not only known as the author of many legal volumes and regarded as a deep and thorough student of law, but is widely recognized as a foremost practitioner.

Mr. Honnold is married and has a son, Wallace H., who is now a student at the West Point Military Academy; and a daughter, Ruth. His wife was Miss Georgia Wallace.

Politically Mr. Honnold is a democrat, and fraternally a Mason, Elk and a Knight of Pythias. He is interested in all those forces which promote higher intellectual standards and which uphold the legal and moral status of the community and country, and has cooperated in many forces and projects which have been of public benefit and interest.

Tames Kell Wilson

James Kell Wilson, a man of much ability and an energetic and hard worker, has made steady advancement in his business career until his position is an important one in connection with the oil interests of Oklahoma, for he is now the president of the Stanhope Petroleum Company of Tulsa. He was born in Mount Pleastant, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1890, his father being the Rev. H. S. Wilson, a Presbyterian minister, whose birth occurred at Tidioute, Pennsylvania. He is still an active representative of the Presbyterian clergy, being now pastor of a church in York, Pennsylvania. He married Nancy Long and they became the parents of two children, James K. and Warren H., the latter still residing in the Keystone state.

James Kell Wilson became a pupil in the public schools of Mount Pleasant, at the usual age, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, after which he attended Monmouth College and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1912.

Early in his business career he became identified with the Hope Natural Gas Company of West Virginia, with which he remained for seven years, engaged in both office and field work at Clarksburg, West Virginia. Later he became identified with the Hope Construction & Refining Company of Oklahoma, coming to this state in 1917, at which time he made his way to Bartlesville. Since then he has removed to Tulsa and at this writing is the president of the Stanhope Petroleum Company, a leasing production corporation. He is a very energetic young man, and while a comparatively new man in the oil business here, is highly regarded and is accounted one of those whose future seems bright with promise by reason of what he has already achieved. Mr. Wilson belongs to the Petroleum Club and fraternally is connected with Herman Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M., loyally following the teachings and purposes of the craft. Already he has won a creditable name and place in Tulsa's business circles and his future career will be well worth watching.

Identified with financial affairs of broad scope and responsibility, Fitz S. Hurd, president of the First National Bank of Broken Arrow, is one of the representative citizens of Tulsa county. He was born in Grantville, Kansas, June 26, 1867, a son of Adam C. and Elizabeth (Enochs) Hurd, the former a native of New York and the latter of Ohio. In 1857 the father removed to Kansas, where he engaged in the lumber business until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Fifth Kansas Cavalry and served for about four vears. At the close of hostilities he ran a ferry on the Kansas river near Topeka but in 1872 retired from that line of work and bought two hundred and ten acres of land in Jefferson county, which he has improved and continues to operate at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Mrs. Hurd passed away in March, 1882.

Fitz S. Hurd was reared and educated in Grantville, Jefferson county, Kansas, and remained under the parental roof until reaching man's estate, when he engaged in the creamery business. For two years he followed that work in Stockton, Kansas, and then removed to Meriden, where for eight years he devoted his entire attention and energy to learning every phase of the business. His ability won him constant promotion and after working as butter maker for some time he became manager of the creamery at Meriden. Desiring a broader field in which to work he then removed to Kansas City, remaining there for two years and achieving more than a substantial amount of success. In December of the year 1902, he came to Tulsa county and locating in Broken Arrow was quick to see the possibilities for the growth and development of that community. At the time of his arrival there was not much of a town, for a few settlers had just started it in October of that year and the railroad was not built through until July, 1903. However, Mr. Hurd realized the opportunities it offered, purchased land on which the First National Bank now stands, went back to Kansas City, where he bought supplies and then returned to his adopted state. He did not enter his old line of business there but organized the Traders & Planters Bank, which was reorganized in 1904 as the First National Bank. He held the office of cashier of the First Bank and also of the First National Bank until 1916, when be was made president of the institution, an office in which his executive ability has been well demonstrated. The First National Bank has a capital of twenty- five thousand dollars, a surplus of twenty thousand and deposits of three hundred thousand. The success of the bank seemed assured from the start and the business became so extensive that in 1910 a new and more modern building was erected. The building is beautifully appointed and contains up-to-date offices, which are rented to lawyers and other business men. The son of Mr. Hurd, Fitz C, is vice president of the institution and G. B. Chenoweth is cashier. In addition to his financial associations in Broken Arrow, Mr. Hurd is director of the Arkansas Valley State Bank and he owns considerable valuable farm property in Tulsa county. He is likewise interested in oil production and receives a substantial income from investments in certain reliable companies.

On the 8th of January, 1890, occurred the marriage of Mr. Hurd and Miss Nancy Crandall and to them three children have been born: Fitz C, whose birth occurred on the i"th of November, 1890, and of whom further mention has already been made in this review; Ruth, born in October, 1892. now the wife of Carden Green of Dallas, Texas; and Paul R., born in July, 1895. now a resident of Breckinridge, Texas, where he is engaged in contracting and building.