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W. S. GRUBB is a representative of the trade interests of Enid as a dealer in coal, produce and grain, and his business affairs are capably conducted. He is now a partner of W. M. Randels in the grain trade but operates in coal and feed alone. From all parts of the country have come to Oklahoma the men who constitute its progressive citizenship. Mr. Grubb is a native of Delaware, his birth having occurred there an the 1st of February, 1861. He is a representative of the very old English family that came to the United States with William Penn and one of his cousins is the owner of a farm which has been in possession of the family from that early time to the present. His parents were Charles and Caroline (Smith) Grubb, the former also a native of Delaware and the latter of Pennsylvania. For same years, however, they lived in Illinois and in 1868 removed to Kansas, where the father carried on the occupation of farming in support of his family. To that field of activity he devoted his energies until called to his final rest in 1887, when he was fifty-one years of age. In politics he was an active Democrat and stalwart champion of the principles of the party but was not an office seeker.
     No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for W. S. Grubb in his boyhood and youth. He worked in the fields from an early age and when not busy with the plow or other implements of agriculture he embraced the opportunity of acquiring a good education in the public schools. He afterward engaged in farming far a time in southwestern Kansas and on arriving in Oklahoma in 1891 he settled in Hennessy, where he began his business career as a clerk in a store. In 1892 he went to Kingfisher, where he remained until the opening of the Cherokee strip and with the settlement of this district he came to Enid, arriving here on the 16th of September, 1893. He made the run from a town west of Hennessy, accompanied by his mother and sister. They traveled by wagon and succeeded in securing three claims sixteen miles west of the town. Not long after Mr. Grubb sold his claim and went into business with W. M. Newton, as dealers in feed, grain and coal. He was the first man to establish this line of business in the town, having a carload of goods awaiting him at North Enid, in order that he might open his stare when the strip was ready for settlement. On the death of his partner, Mr. Newton, W. M. Randels became his partner in the grain trade and the firm has since operated under the firm style of Randels & Grubb but Mr. Grubb is alone in his dealings in coal and feed. In both lines he is meeting with success, his business being now represented by a large figure annually. Tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose and a genius for devising the right thing at the right time are numbered among his salient characteristics.
     In 1891 Mr. Grubb was married to Miss Mattie Coke, a native of Iowa, and they now have three children, F. Darby, W. S. and Emma. Mr. Grubb belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and to the United Commercial Travelers. He was a member of the school board here far one term and a member of the city council far two terms. He stands high in the community commercially and socially. He possesses in substantial measure that quality of common sense which is so necessary to successful activity in business or in any other relation of life. He possesses considerable resolute purpose, courage and industry and he has demonstrated the truth of the saying that prosperity is not the result of genius but is the outcome of clear judgment and experience.

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NEWTON BURWELL is one of the foremost representatives of the real estate business in Enid and a citizen whose genuine personal worth has gained him the favorable regard of his fellowmen. He was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, August 1, 1836. His father, James Burwell, was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a young man removed to Ohio, where he resided until 1847, when he went with his family to Bluffton, Indiana, He was a cooper by trade and thus provided a maintenance far his wife and children. At the time of the Civil war, however, he

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joined the Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry and went to the front but died in the hospital during the progress of hostilities. His wife, who in her maidenhood was Sarah Norman, was a native of Virginia.
     Newton Burwell was in his ninth year when he accompanied his parents to Indiana and in the schools of Bluff ton he acquired his education. When it came time to make choice of an occupation or profession that he desired to make his life work, he determined to become a member of the bar and to this end studied law, in the Indiana State University, from which he was graduated in 1858, He then located for practice in Bluffton, where he remained for thirty-five years as an able member of the bar. Attracted by the opportunities of the rapidly developing southwest, however, he removed to Kingfisher, Oklahoma, in 1892 and there practiced for a short time but the following year he came to Enid at the opening of the strip and took a claim, upon which he resided for a number of years. All through that period he continued to engage in business in Enid. Gradually he drifted out of law into the real estate business and now handles farms, makes farm loans and has also negotiated a number of important realty transfers in the city. As a valuator of real estate he is always correct and accurate and few men have more comprehensive or thorough knowledge concerning the property interests in this part of the state.
     On the 31st of January, 1861, in Indiana, Mr. Burwell was married to Miss Josephine Hall, and unto them have been born six children: Mrs. Rena Calahan, who resides in Chicago; Alfred C., of Ardmore, Oklahoma; James B., a resident of Chicago; Norman B., of Dallas, Texas; and Bessie and Mary, at home.
     While in the university Mr. Burwell became a member of Beta Theta Pi, a Greek letter fraternity and in Enid he' has become a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to the Methodist church and is interested in all that pertains to the welfare of the city and its upbuilding, When he was a resident of Bluff ton two of his sons came to Oklahoma at the time of the opening of the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe territory and were so well pleased with the country and its prospects that they induced their parents and the others of the family to locate here that all might be together. It proved a fortunate move for Mr. Burwell for he has built up a good business here and the county has gained in him a reliable citizen who favors public progress in all lines of substantial improvement.

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J. D. MINTON, engaged in the abstract business in Enid, is one of the worthy citizens that Ohio has furnished to this state. His birth occurred at Bowling Green in Wood county, August 13, 1863, his parents being William H. and Sallie S. (Woodbury) Minton. The mother was a representative of an old Massachusetts family. Her father, the Rev. Benjamin Woodbury, was a Congregational minister and became one of the earliest residents of Wood county, Ohio. He took an active part in its material and moral development and as the years passed by left the impress of his individuality upon its progress. The father of our subject was born in Morris county, New Jersey, and in 1833 removed to Bowling Green, Ohio, with his father, Jacob Minton, who aided in establishing the history of the locality during its formative period, for at the time he located there there were few improvements made and the work of progress seemed scarcely begun. William H. Minton is still a resident of Bowling Green and is now in his eightieth year. In 1901, however, he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died at the age of sixty-nine years.
     J. D. Minton was afforded liberal educational privileges, supplementing his early mental discipline by study in the Oberlin (Ohio) College and in the State University of Ohio, remaining as a student in the latter institution for three years. He was reared to farm labor, early becoming familiar with the duties that fall to the lot of the agriculturalist as he tills his fields and cares for his crops. Thinking to find other pursuits more congenial than the farm, however, he decided to remove to the west and in 1884 became a resident of Caldwell, Kansas, There he engaged in the loan, insurance and abstract business as an employe in an office where he gained his experience in those lines, In September, 1893, he came to Enid at the opening of the strip and embarked in business on his own account in a small way. In the intervening years, however, his clientage has grown until his business is now a profitable one,
     In 1888, in Kansas, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Minton and Miss Miriam M. Lee, a daughter of W. D. Lee, of Caldwell of whom mention is made elsewhere in this,

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work. Unto them have been born three children: Harvey Lee, whose birth occurred May 1, 1893; Max Woodbury, who was born September 13, 1898; and Virginia A., born November 3, 1901.
     Mr. Minton is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and of the Royal Highlanders. He also belongs to the Presbyterian church. He is a typical American in that he is never too busy to be cordial and never too cordial to be busy.

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W. D. LEE, who is engaged in the insurance business in Enid, was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1839, a son of Martin E. Lee, a native of New York, who removed to Pennsylvania in 1835, where he remained until 1847, when he removed to Wisconsin and was there engaged in farming until the time of his death, which occurred in 1883. His mother bore the maiden name of Grace Stratton, and was also a native of the Empire state.
     W. D. Lee, whose name introduces this review was educated in the schools of Wisconsin, having accompanied the family on their removal to that state from Pennsylvania. He was reared to farm work, in which he was engaged until the inauguration of the Civil war when, with three of his brothers, he went to the front, serving in the navy on the Mississippi river. His eldest brother, C. E. Lee, also joined the navy, while William was a member of a Minnesota regiment and his youngest brother, J. M. Lee, joined a Wisconsin regiment. The two eldest are now living, William making his home in Corning, Iowa, while C. E. is a resident of Evansville, Wisconsin.
     Following the close of hostilities W. D. Lee resumed farming operations in Wisconsin until 1871, when he removed to Iowa and engaged in the lumber business in Corning for four years. He then removed to Caldwell, Kansas, where he was engaged in a similar trade until 1887, in which year he went to Kansas City, where he entered the field of insurance, being thus engaged until 1894, which year witnessed his arrival in Enid. He here engaged in the insurance business in partnership with his son-in-law, J. D. Minton, this relation continuing for four years, since which time Mr. Lee has been in business alone. He writes all kinds of insurance and has built up a large clientage in this particular line of work.
     Mr. Lee was married in 1863 to Miss Sarah Antoinette Tower, who was born in the state of New York. Their marriage has been blessed with three children: W. D.; Miriam, now the wife of J. D. Minton; and Earl R., who is acting as city clerk of Enid and who is mentioned elsewhere in this work.
     Mr. Lee is a Republican in his political belief and principles but takes no active part in the ranks of the party. His fraternal relations are with the Masons and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Since coming to Enid he has made many friends both in business and social circles and is meeting with very desirable success in the field of insurance.

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C. H. SEXTON. The cities of Oklahoma are indicative of the signs of the times. Where would we find a city a half century ago that had been in existence no longer than has Enid which would have the improvements that are here found or would need a city engineer? Enid, however, is equipped with all of the modern conveniences known in city life and its improvements are on a par with those cities many times its age in the east. Mr. Sexton is filling the office of engineer and in this connection is rendering capable service, having been the incumbent since 1902. He was born in Illinois, January 18, 1847. His father, Edwin Sexton, was a native of Connecticut and in 1838 removed westward to Illinois, where he took up his abode and followed farming until his life's labors were ended in death sixty years later. He married Miss Katherine Winfield, a native of New York.
     C. H. Sexton was educated in the public schools of his native state and after completing his education he took up the study of architecture and engineering at home. For a short time he engaged in business as an architect and then turned his attention to bridge building on railroads. For sixteen years he was employed on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in charge of bridge and steel construction, after which he was made city engineer in Beardstown, Illinois. At that town he designed and superintended the construction of a steel bridge over the Illinois river.
In 1901 Mr. Sexton arrived in Enid and took charge of the bridge and building department of the Blackwell, Enid & Southwestern Railroad. After three months, however, he was injured and entered a private office as architect and engineer. In 1902 he was appointed to the position of city engi-

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neer and has since continued in this capacity. He has installed the water works and the sewer systems and in his present position has done excellent work for the city, being widely recognized as a most efficient officer.
     In 1867 occurred the marriage of Mr. Sexton and Miss Carrie Terwilleger, a native of New York. Their children are: Bernice, now Mrs. Allard; Carl, who is living in Illinois; and Ernest, who is with his father in the office. Mr. and Mrs. Sexton hold membership with the Methodist church and are widely and favorably known in Enid, the hospitality of many of the best homes being freely accorded them. Since starting out in life for himself Mr. Sexton has made steady progress in the calling which he has chosen as a life work and his efficiency and ability are recognized in his continuance in the office which he is now filling.

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W. B. SMITH. On the roster of county officials appears the name of C. W. Smith. Garfield county has been signally favored in the class of men who have usually occupied her official positions and is the present incumbent in the office of county treasurer, where he is found faithful and accurate in the discharge of his duties. He was born in Rock Island county, Illinois, on the 17th of March, 1864. His father, W. B. Smith, was a native of New Jersey and in 1856 removed to Illinois, settling in Rock Island county, where he followed the occupation of farming. At the time of the Civil war, however, he put aside all business and personal considerations and espoused the cause of the Union, becoming a member of the Twenty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served through the entire war, participating in many hotly contested battles and sharing in all the experiences which constitute the soldier's lot. He married Miss Frances M. Bishop, a native of Pennsylvania, and for many years they traveled life's journey together but in 1900 W. B. Smith was called to his final rest, being at that time sixty-seven years of age.
     No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for C. W. Smith in his boyhood and youth. He worked in the fields through the summer months and in the winter seasons acquired his education by attending the public schools. The occupation to which he was reared he made his life work in Illinois until he came to Oklahoma in 1901. He then purchased a farm in Sheridan township, Garfield county, comprising four hundred and sixty acres of land and with characteristic energy began its development and improvement, bringing the fields under a high state of cultivation and adding many modern accessories. He began farming on his own account when twenty-one years of age and has met success in his labors as an agriculturist.
     Mr. Smith, however, has been called to divide his time with the public service, for his fellow townsmen have recognized his worth and loyalty in public affairs and have sought his aid in the discharge of official duties. He served as township clerk and was later trustee for three years. In 1907 he was elected treasurer of the county, which position he is now filling. He is a Democrat and the county has a normal Republican majority so that his election is an indication of his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. He has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking but on the contrary his is the case where the office has sought the man. He is making a splendid record as county treasurer, having the work of the office carefully systematized and at all times is most loyal to the interest which he represents.
     In 1877 Mr. Smith was married to Miss Eulalie Rummery, a native of Muscatine county, Iowa, and they have one daughter, Clara, now Mrs. Hayes. Mr. Smith is identified with the Modern Woodmen and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has made many friends during his residence in this county and has gained an excellent reputation as a reliable business man and progressive citizen.

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J. M. FILLEBROWN, filling the position of clerk of the District court of Garfield county, at Enid, comes to Oklahoma from the middle west. He was born in Wisconsin, November 1, 1842, and is a son of W. C. and Ann M. (Read) Fillebrown, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Maine. Leaving New England, the father removed westward to Wisconsin about 1840, becoming one of the pioneer residents of that state, where he remained until his death in 1876.
     J. M. Fillebrown pursued his education in the public schools of Wisconsin and after putting aside his text-books entered upon his business career as a clerk in a store. He was thus employed until after the outbreak of hostilities between the north and the south, when he espoused the cause of the Union and joined the Fifth Wisconsin Battery of

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Light Artillery, with which he served in 1861. He served for three years with the army of the Cumberland in the middle west and participated in a number of important engagements, including the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and the Atlanta campaign, being discharged at Atlanta in 1864, after three years' army service.
     On leaving the army Mr. Fillebrown returned to Wisconsin, where he was employed for many years in connection with the drug business. In 1874 he removed to Fillmore county, Nebraska, and during the succeeding nine years was engaged in farming in that and Seward counties. He also extended his efforts to other lines of business.
In 1883 he organized a bank which was afterward incorporated as the Citizens Bank of Geneva. Ten years later he came to Oklahoma and took up a claim six miles southwest of Enid, making the run when the Cherokee strip was opened. Locating on a farm, he lived there until 1898; and in the meantime became recognized in the community as a man of sterling worth and capability. He was .appointed deputy county treasurer in 1898 and served for three years, after which he resigned and was appointed deputy county treasurer of Comanche county to assist the recently appointed treasurer of that county, the appointment coming to him because of his familiarity with the duties of the office. He continued to live in Garfield county, however, but discharged his duties in Comanche county until the work of the office was well systematized. In September, 1903, he was appointed deputy district clerk of the court of the fifth judicial district and at the election in 1907 was elected clerk of the District Court of Garfield county. His official record has at all times been above the suspicion of evil. He has been prompt, faithful and accurate in the discharge of his duties and has thus gained the confidence of his colleagues and the respect of the general public. In politics he has always been a stalwart Republican and gives loyal support to the party.
     In 1867 Mr. Fillebrown was married to Miss Ellen M. Bridge, a native of Wisconsin, who died in 1892. They have three children, Charles, Ned B. and Martha E. Mr. Fillebrown's fraternal relations extend to the lodge and chapter of Masons, to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and to the Grand Army of the Republic, and in days of peace he has been as loyal and devoted to the interests of his country as when he followed the stars and stripes upon southern battlefields.

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GEORGE P. RUSH, attorney at law in Enid, was born in Richmond, Missouri, on the 11th of December, 1856. His father, William M. Rush, was a native of Marion county, Missouri, and was the son of John Rush, a native of Kentucky, who was in charge of one of the first flatboats on the river. He belonged to one of the old pioneer families of the Blue Grass state. His son, William M. Rush; prepared for the ministry and devoted forty-one years of his life to preaching the gospel. His labors were far-reaching and effective. He was eloquent, earnest and zealous and his influence was of no restricted order. He strongly advocated the union of the Methodist churches North and South and in his ministrations he dropped many seeds of truth, which in time have borne rich fruit in the lives and characters of those with whom he came in contact. He died in 1885, at the age of sixty-one years, while his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Birch) Rush, a native of Missouri, died in 1868.
     George P. Rush acquired his more specifically literary education in Central College at Fayette, Missouri, and afterward took up the reading of law preparatory to becoming a member of the bar. He was admitted to practice in the courts of Missouri in 1879 and established an office at Albany, that state. Later he was located at Gallatin, Missouri, when his brother, William M. Rush, was appointed assistant United States attorney for the western district of Missouri. George P. Rush went to Gallatin to take charge of his business. Subsequently he and his brother removed to St. Joseph, Missouri, and as partners continued in the practice of law there with good success until 1893, when George P. Rush came to Enid. He was one of the pioneers here, arriving at the time of the opening up of the territory. Establishing an office in the newly organized town he has since been a prominent representative of its legal affairs.
     In 1880 Mr. Rush was married to Miss Nannie Cooper, a native of Missouri, who died in November, 1906, leaving a son, John, who is now a resident of California. Mr. Rush holds membership in the Methodist church and his life is in harmony with its principles. He is an advocate of all that is progressive in citizenship and withholds his support from no movement or measure cal-

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culated to prove of public good. His time, however, is principally given to his chosen profession and to an understanding of uncommon acuteness and vigor he added a thorough and conscientious preparatory training, and in his life work is constantly inspired bran innate, inflexible love of justice and a delicate sense of personal honor, which controls him in all of his relations. His fidelity to the interests of his clients is proverbial yet he never forgets that he owes a higher allegiance to the majesty of the law and his diligence and energy in the preparation of his cases as well as earnestness, sagacity and courage with which he defends the right, as he understands it, challenges the highest admiration of his associates.

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J. R. BAILEY. The rich agricultural district of Oklahoma furnishes excellent opportunity to the grain raiser and to him who places the products of the, fields upon the market. J. R. Bailey is now well known as a grain merchant of Enid, who for eight years has resided in the city. He was born in Springfield, Illinois, October 6, 1868, a son of J. I. and Minnie (Van Pelt) Bailey. The father was a native of Ohio and in early life accompanied his parents on their removal to Illinois. In the late '60s he removed to Iowa and is now residing at West Branch, that state. He qualified in early manhood for the practice of medicine and surgery and has attained more than local prominence as a physician, while a liberal patronage is accorded him, in professional lines.
     J. R. Bailey was educated in Iowa and Kansas, removing to the latter state in his boyhood days to live with his grandparents, Early in his business career he was in the employ of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad Company for eleven years as agent and operator in Kansas, his capability being indicated by the fact of his long retention in that service, for it is well known that the railroads demand unfaltering fidelity and ability on the part of their representatives.
     In 1899 Mr. Bailey came to Enid to accept a position of manager for the J. Rosenbaum Grain Company of Chicago, for the state of Oklahoma, including both Oklahoma and Indian Territory. This is a very extensive business, in which connection Mr. Bailey controls the largest exportations of grain in the state. He is also vice president of the Choctaw Mill & Elevator Company. Coming to this place he entered upon a position of executive control and has subsequently bent his energies to organization, to constructive efforts and to administrative direction. Possessing broad, enlightened and liberal minded views, faith 'in himself and in vast potentialities for development, inherent in his country's wide domain and specific needs along the distinct lines chosen for his life work, his has been an active career in which he has accomplished important and far-reaching results contributing in no small degree to the expansion and material growth of this section of the state and from which he is also deriving substantial benefits.
     In 1889 Mr. Bailey was married to Miss Minnie Keith, a native of Hiawatha, Kansas, and they have one daughter, Mildred. Mr. Bailey belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and other societies, and his fellow citizens recognize in him an enterprising, progressive man, who possesses a determined spirit that enables him to overcome all difficulties in his path, and while promoting his individual interests also advances the general welfare.

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WILLIAM H. HILLS, who has attained a creditable position as a member of the Enid bar and has also been a factor in municipal affairs, serving now as a member of the city council, was born October 6, 1869, at Crawfordsville, Indiana. His father, Francis Eugene Hills, was a native of Xenia, Ohio, and in 1850 became a resident of Indiana, where he engaged in the manufacture of woolens. His father, Darwin T. Hills, was a pioneer woolen manufacturer in that state and Francis E. Hills continued in the same line of business until 1876, when he went to Kansas City, Missouri where he engaged in the general contracting business until 1893. That year witnessed his arrival in Oklahoma and he settled in McKinley township, Garfield county, where he owns one of the finest farms in this part of the state. He built the first house erected in Enid and has been closely identified with the material progress and development of the county. He is a prominent Republican and has been in every convention of the county. He served his country as a member of Company I, Eleventh Indiana Infantry under General Lew Wallace, the regiment, being known as the Wallace Zouaves and was mustered out at Fort McKinley in 1865. He took part in many important engagements, his discharge papers showing thirty-eight battles in which

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he participated. In early manhood he wedded Nannie Campbell, who was born in Washington county, Indiana, and died in Kansas City in 1885. Captain Hills is a well known and popular citizen, much respected by all with whom he has come in contact either through business or social relations.
     William H. Hills was educated in Liberty, Missouri, and after leaving school was employed with the Armour Company in Kansas City in various capacities. At one time he was foreman of one of the leading departments and was given charge of the lard refinery. He devoted three years to night study in Kansas City School of Law and in 1902 was graduated therefrom. After passing the examinations in a most satisfactory way he was admitted to practice in all of the courts of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. He has been a resident of Enid since 1902 and opening a law office here began to practice. In 1903 his ability led to his selection for public office and he was appointed assistant county attorney under H. J. Sturgis. In 1904 he was appointed city attorney to fill the unexpired term of H. J. McKeever. In his presentation of his cause he is always forceful and logical and his deductions are sound and convincing. He prepares his cases with great thoroughness and care and while giving to each point its due prominence he never loses sight of the important point upon which the decision of the case finally turns.
     In 1906 Mr. Hills was elected a member of the city council and has been a most enthusiastic, zealous worker on the board of aldermen. He is deeply interested in the city's improvements, in paving and other progressive work and in fact no member of the council has done more to advance the work of municipal improvement than has Mr. Hills. He has prepared all the papers, has fought for the city paving in the courts and has been equally determined in his advocacy of other measures whereby Enid is now profiting. The city has no more enthusiastic worker toward beautifying and improving it than Mr. Hills and he certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished in this respect. Opposed to anything like misrule in municipal affairs he stands for law and order and never has he been known to sacrifice the general welfare to the party nor the interests of the community to personal aggrandizement. In politics he is a stalwart Republican and is always willing and ready to work for his party because of his firm belief in its principles. He is an excellent campaign speaker, vigorous, logical, effective and aggressive and is so thoroughly informed on the questions and issues of the day that he is ever able to support his position by intelligent argument.
     In 1896 Mr. Hills was married to Miss Elsie Lundgren, a native of Illinois, and they now have one daughter, Florence, who was born June 29, 1901. Both. Mr. and Mrs. Hills are prominent socially, having a large circle of warm friends in the community. Mr. Hills belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and other fraternal organizations. He is recognized, in the community as a most successful lawyer and is now practicing in partnership with Carl Kruse. They have an extensive and distinctively representative clientage and Mr. Hills well deserves his. success, as it has been honorably won. Those who know aught of his career know that he is a man of action rather than of theory and while others discuss ways and means he is engaged in the execution of well defined plans.

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C. S. MCCLELLAN is connected with lumber interests in Enid but his time and attention are largely occupied with the management of the business of the Oklahoma Automobile Company; which was incorporated in June, 1906, and of which he is now secretary as well as manager. He is a native of Kansas. his birth having occurred in Junction City on the 18th of November, 1866. His parents are A. S. and Jane (McKinley) McClellan, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Illinois. It was in the year 1854 that A. S. McClellan went to Kansas with his father, O. S. McClellan, who was one of the pioneers of that state. At the period of the Civil war he put aside all business and personal considerations and enlisted in defense of the cause in which he believed, serving until the close of hostilities. He then returned to Kansas, where he still makes his home. His wife was a relative of President William McKinley. Their son, George B. McClellan holds the important office of secretary to the representative from Honolulu and has done much active work for the Hawaii Islands. He is a college graduate and a young man of brilliant prospects and abilities. His familiarity with Hawaii led to his selection as

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manager of the central committee which made a trip to the Islands and brought to the knowledge of American law-makers an understanding of conditions there which has resulted beneficially for these colonial possessions.
     The boyhood days of our subject were spent in Kansas and at the usual age he was sent as a student to the public schools, while later he was offered the opportunities of attending a business college at Wichita. He thus qualified for a commercial career and for eight years was engaged in merchandising in his native state. On the expiration of that period he became connected with the lumber trade at Bluff City and in 1888 came to Enid. Here as manager he also represented the Long-Bell Lumber Company for a year. This is one of the most prominent companies known to the lumber trade of the country, operating extensively through the west and southwest. After twelve months however, Mr. McClellan turned his attention to the lumber business on his own account and organized and incorporated the Enid Lumber Company, with which he still retains financial connection, although his brother, L. B. McClellan, is now active manager, while C. S. McClellan is giving his time and energies to the management of the interests of the Oklahoma Automobile Company, which was incorporated in June, 1906, and of which he has since been secretary and manager. It is represented entirely by local capital arid a large business has been built up in the sale of automobiles.
     In community affairs Mr. McClellan has made himself felt as one whose efforts are tangible assets in the city's development and progress. He served for five years as a member of the school board, or until elected a member of the city council in 1906, in which position he is exercising his official prerogatives in support of many measures of progress and reform. His political endorsement is given to the Democracy. He is pleasantly situated in his home life, having been married in 1895 to Miss Nannie B. Moore, a native of Missouri. Unto them has been born a son, George Russell. Mr. McClellan is identified with the Masonic fraternity and the United Commercial Travelers. His connection with any undertaking insures a prosperous outcome of the same, for it is in his nature to carry forward to successful completion whatever he becomes associated with. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business and in his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods, which have won for him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen.

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A. E. STEPHENSON, in the control of municipal affairs in Enid is one of its most prominent and enterprising citizens and in discharging the duties of mayor he brings to bear in the performance of his official duties the same thoroughness of system and care which are manifest in the control of his private business interests. He is well known
here as a representative of industrial and financial circles, being the owner of much valuable property here and is also interested in a milling enterprise which has constantly expanded until it is one of the leading concerns of this part of the state. Mr. Stephenson was born in Iowa on the 3d of April, 1874. His father, B. O. Stephenson, was a native of New Hampshire and on leaving the east removed to Iowa, establishing his home there during the pioneer epoch in its history. He married Amanda Emmons, a native of New York, and both have now passed away, the father having died in 1901 at the ripe old age of eighty-eight years, while the mother departed this life in 1897.
     A. E. Stephenson at the usual age became a student in the public schools of Iowa and mastered the branches of learning which constituted the curriculum, so that he was well qualified for the onerous duties that devolved upon him when he entered business life. He was first employed in a bank in Corning, Iowa, where he remained for a year and a half and believing that the southwest had an excellent future before it he removed to Hennessey, Oklahoma, in 1893, before the opening of the strip. There he secured a position in a bank, continuing there until 1898, when he purchased an interest in a bank at Medford, Oklahoma, where he continued for a year. On the expiration of that period he sold out and removed to Enid, where he purchased a controlling interest in the Garfield County Milling Company and is still engaged in this business, which has proved a profitable investment, owing to his capable direction and the excellence of the product which he places on the market. In 1906 he began the erection of the Stephenson building, which is one of the finest office structures in the territory and would be a credit to any of the older states. When he arrived in Oklahoma

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he was practically without capital but he brought to bear upon his business affairs a spirit of enterprise and determination which has enabled him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles and work his way steadily upward. The Stephenson building, which is a modern office structure five stories in height with basement, stands as a monument to his skill and enterprise.
     In 1896 Mr. Stephenson was married to Miss Anita M. Smith, a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a daughter of W. Z. Smith. They have three children, Ada, Walter and Lois. The family is prominent socially and the circle of their friends broadens constantly as the circle of their acquaintance increases. Mr. Stephenson belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He gives his political allegiance to the Republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, so that he is ever able to support his position by intelligent argument. In April, 1907, he was elected mayor of the city and to the discharge of his duties has brought the same spirit of improvement and progressiveness that have characterized him in his business career, so that the city has already benefited by his efforts in its behalf. Without invidious distinction he may be termed one of its foremost residents and although yet a young man he has attained a measure of success which many a man of twice his years might well envy.. In his vocabulary there is no such word as fail and his life proves that perseverance, industry and opportunity are the salient elements of success. He has utilized every advantage that has offered for the upbuilding of his own fortunes and at the same time has recognized the rights of others, being never known to take advantage of the necessity of a fellowman in a business transaction. On the contrary his record is characterized by straightforward dealing which has made him one of the most honored as well as one of the most prosperous residents of the city.

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VERNON W. WHITING, receiver for the Loewen estate, has been a resident of Enid since 1893. He was born in Iowa, February 10, 1870. His father, G. W. Whiting, was a native of New York and in 1865 removed westward to the Hawkeye state. He had just previously served his country as a soldier of the Civil war, being at the front throughout the entire period of hostilities, in which he had met all of the experiences that fall to the lot of the soldier. He married Emma Pritchard, a native of Iowa, and died in January, 1904.
     Vernon W. Whiting was a young lad when his parents removed with their family to Nebraska and there he pursued his early education and also took a course in the Lincoln Business College. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1890 and thinking of find a favorable field far professional activity in the new but rapidly developing territory of Oklahoma, he made his way to this section, settling first at Kingfisher. There he engaged in practice for a year in partnership with J. B. Ferguson and in 1891 was appointed chief clerk of the United States land office at that place. In 1893 he made the run to Enid and in the new state entered upon the practice of law, in which he continued for five years. On the expiration of that period he became chief clerk of the land office here and occupied the position for two years. He then resigned and accepted the appointment of deputy United States marshal at Guthrie. In 1905 he was appointed postmaster of Enid but later resigned to accept the office of clerk of the district court, which he filled until the territory was admitted to the Union. On the day he resigned he was appointed receiver far the Loewen estate and is now occupying this position. His official service has at all times been characterized by unfaltering loyalty and zeal in the discharge of his duties. He was secretary of the Republican territorial committee for five years and is recognized as one of the prominent representatives of his party in the state. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention held June 16, 1908, at Chicago, Illinois, from the First Congressional District of Oklahoma.
     In September, 1897, Mr. Whiting was married to Miss Helen Voorhees, a native of Kansas, and they have ,two children, Fred and Freda. Mr. Whiting belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is an intensely active man, alert and energetic and a representative citizen of the new state, possessing that spirit of determination and energy which is accomplishing such wonderful results. He is methodical and systematic and so marshals the working forces that the best results are achieved.

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[page 462]   R. A. KENT, a dealer in coal at Enid, was born in Pennsylvania, his natal day being [page 463]   January 22, 1864. His father, Harrison Kent, and his mother, Jane (Phillips) Kent, were also natives of the Keystone state. In 1864 they removed with their family to northern Missouri, where the parents spent their remaining days.
     R. A. Kent was educated in the public schools, in Novelty College and in Greene City (Missouri) College. He afterward engaged in teaching for one term but later went to Colorado, where he remained until the Cherokee strip was opened up. He then made his way to Harper county, Kansas, in order to make the run. He has been a resident of Garfield county since October, 1893, at which time he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land where the town of Breckinridge now stands. This he improved for a time but after three years sold it to Frisco Town Site Company. He was also proprietor of a store at Carroper for a time and likewise filled the position of postmaster there. He afterward removed to Breckinridge, where he also conducted a general mercantile establishment and again filled the position of postmaster.
      Since 1905 Mr. Kent has been a resident of Enid and here engaged in the coal, feed and implement business. He has a well appointed establishment and finds a ready sale for his products. His business methods are strictly honorable and have gained for him the confidence and good will of his fellowmen, for he has never been known to overreach another in a business transaction.
     Mr. Kent was married in 1887 to Miss Emma L. Bailey, a native of Missouri, and they now have eight children, five sons and three daughters, all of whom are yet living. Mr. Kent belongs to the Masonic lodge, to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Modern Woodmen of America, and is true to the teachings of these organizations which are based upon mutual helpfulness and brotherly kindness. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party and in 1907 was elected a member of the city council of Enid, so that he is now associated with those who are in control of its municipal affairs. His prosperity is well deserved, for in him are embraced the characteristics of an unending integrity, unabating energy and industry that never flags.

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J. P. MARSHALL. The business interests of the progressive city of Enid find a worthy representative in J. P. Marshall, who is now dealing in lumber. His methods are such as will bear closest investigation and scrutiny and he places his reliance upon fair dealing, regarding a reputation for commercial integrity as the best advertisement. Born in Leavenworth, Kansas, on the 4th of March, 1867, he is a son of J. P. and Ruth (Houston) Marshall, the former a native of Kittanning, Pennsylvania; and the latter of Ohio. The year 1857 witnessed the arrival of the father, in Kansas. This time he took up his abode in Leavenworth. It was a period of great unrest in the state when the district was much agitated over the slavery question but he established his home there and became identified with agricultural interests, continuing active in business in Leavenworth for many years. He passed away in 1894 at the age of fifty-five.
     J. P. Marshall pursued his education in the schools of Leavenworth and then entered the employ of Thomas A. Garrigues, a lumber merchant, with whom he continued for eight years, during which time he gained a thorough knowledge of the business both in principle and detail. He found it congenial and resolved to engage in trade in the same line on his own account. In the fall of 1893 he arrived in Oklahoma, settling first in Perry but after two months he removed to Enid and became connected with the Alexander Lumber Company, with which he was associated for five years. In 1899 he organized the Enid Lumber Company, in which he is associated with the McClellan Brothers. He has been president of the company from the beginning and its success is attributable largely to his efforts. He is a man of keen discrimination and sound judgment and his executive ability and excellent management have brought to the concern with which he is connected a large degree of success. The safe conservative policy which he inaugurated commends itself to the judgment of all and has secured to the company a patronage which makes its volume of trade of considerable magnitude. The fact that the city is growing and that building operations are extensive makes an excellent market in lumber, and the enterprising and honorable business methods which Mr. Marshall has followed have secured to him a very liberal patronage.
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They have one child, Octavia, and they lost a daughter, Ruth. The children were twins, the date of birth being August 7, 1890, and Ruth died on the 25th of October, 1904.
Mr. Marshall is a member of the Woodmen of the World. He gives his political allegiance to the Republican party and has been a member of the school board for twelve years, while for seven years he has been secretary of the board. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend and in community affairs he is always progressive, standing not only for individual advancement but also for public welfare in matters of both political and moral progress.

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M. M. CALLAWAY. In a review of Oklahoma's history from early territorial days it will probably be found that she owes her prosperity in .larger measure to her stockraising interests than to any other source of income, although her business interests are now developing rapidly and are becoming most varied in character. M. M. Callaway is numbered among those who are still actively interested in live stock. He was born in Greene county, Missouri, on the 9th of August, 1847, and has always been identified with the southwest. His parents were R. S. and Viola (Trousdale) Callaway, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Natchez, Mississippi. It was in the year 1844 that the father removed to Missouri, becoming one of the pioneer residents of that state, where as a farmer and stockman he conducted a successful business for many years. He died in 1902 at the advanced age of eighty-three years, having long survived his wife, who passed away in 1881, at the age of sixty-three years.
In early life, after acquiring a public school education, M. M. Callaway began business as a dealer in horses and mules and has continued in the same line for over forty years, operating extensively, in Kansas, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma. He is one of the best known stockmen in the .state and wherever known is respected for his good qualities. his business determination and diligence and his sound judgment. He left Missouri when twenty years of age and lived for twenty years in Wichita, Kansas, controlling his live stock operations from that point. He then came to Enid on the opening day of the Cherokee strip and homesteaded three miles west of Enid, where he lived for one year, handling stock there. In 1894, however, he took up his abode in the town and has since been engaged in the feed and sale business.
     In 1904 Mr. Callaway was elected county commissioner and filled the office so acceptably that in 1907 he was re-elected for another term. In politics he is a Democrat, popular in the party ranks and is an efficient incumbent in the office.
Mr. Callaway was married December 15, 1867, to Miss Elizabeth R. Burford, a native of Missouri, and unto them have been born five children: Lena, now the wife of James Brown, of Springfield, Missouri; Mary E., the wife of Harry Brown, also of Springfield; Charles, Ben and Lillie.

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A. J. JONES, who in the practice of law manifests the same spirit of industry and progressiveness which constitutes success in industrial and commercial lines, is practicing in Enid. He was born in Kentucky, May 19, 1861, his parents being William and Eliza Ann (Kelley) Jones, the former a native of Tennessee and the latter of Kentucky. The father was of English descent and removed to Kentucky when a young man, becoming identified with its farming interests. There he carried on business until his demise, which occurred in 1885.
     A. J. Jones was a student in. the public schools in early boyhood and afterward attended the State Normal School at Glasgow, Kentucky, from which he was graduated, thus gaining a broad and liberal general knowledge to serve as a foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning. His first step after completing his education, however, was to engage in teaching but with a desire to become a member of the legal profession he devoted his leisure hours outside of the schoolroom to the study of law with Gov. Preston H. Leslie as his preceptor. He was much with the Governor, who largely assisted him with his studies and later he entered his office as a regular law student. It was subsequent to this time that his preceptor became governor of Montana. After thorough preliminary reading Mr. Jones was admitted to the bar in 1882 and began practice at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. At the opening of the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe country, he came to Oklahoma and established a law office at Kingfisher in partnership with M. J. Kane, now on the supreme bench. In 1893 he came to Enid and the following year closed his office in Kingfisher, since which time he has given his undivided attention to his profes- [page 465] sional duties here and his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial. While he is ever watchful of the cases entrusted to him he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law and his presentation is always clear, forceful and logical, so that there is no doubt as to his position. His political allegiance has always been given to the Democracy and he is one of the active workers in its ranks in Enid. While living at Medicine Lodge he served as prosecuting attorney but he has no political ambitions at the present time, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his constantly growing' business in legal lines.