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James Hugh Arrington (1904-1979) —
also known as James H. Arrington —
of Stillwater, Payne
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Jethro, Franklin
County, Ark., May 23,
1904.
Son of William H. Arrington and Laura T. (Fulks) Arrington.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; superintendent
of schools; oil drilling business; Oklahoma
Democratic state chair, 1940-46; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1942-60; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1948,
1952,
1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; Sigma
Nu; Lions.
Named to Oklahoma State University Alumni Hall of
Fame.
Died March 8,
1979 (age 74 years, 289
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Stillwater, Okla.
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Dewey Follett Bartlett (1919-1979) —
also known as Dewey F. Bartlett —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, March 28,
1919.
Son of David A. Bartlett and Jessie Bartlett.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
oil producer; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1962-66; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1967-71; defeated, 1970; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1973-79.
Catholic.
Died in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., March 1,
1979 (age 59 years, 338
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla.
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Charles Harrison Brown (1920-2003) —
also known as Charles Brown —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Coweta, Wagoner
County, Okla., October
22, 1920.
Democrat. Radio station
program director; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1957-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960;
oil executive.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Lions.
Died in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., June 10,
2003 (age 82 years, 231
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Curtis France Bryan —
also known as Curtis F. Bryan —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla.
Son of Vaughn R. Bryan and Bessie Lucas (France) Bryan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; oil
business; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956.
Unitarian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Alberter Chandler (1871-1953) —
of Vinita, Craig
County, Okla.
Born near Eucha, Delaware
County, Indian Territory (now Okla.), July 26,
1871.
Son of Burges G. Chandler and Annie (Gunter) Chandler.
Republican. Oil producer; farmer; real estate
business; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1917-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Vinita, Craig
County, Okla., June 22,
1953 (age 81 years, 331
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Vinita, Okla.
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Charles Francis Craver (1842-1925) —
of Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Franklinville, Gloucester
County, N.J., September
3, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1876.
Methodist.
One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment manufacturers;
invented
the first
successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain;
later, he was an oil producer based in Oklahoma.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., May 12,
1925 (age 82 years, 251
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla.
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Glenn Lee English, Jr. (b. 1940) —
also known as Glenn English —
of Cordell, Washita
County, Okla.
Born in Cordell, Washita
County, Okla., November
30, 1940.
Democrat. Oil and gas leasing; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1975-94; resigned 1994.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wirt Franklin (1883-1962) —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., March 22,
1883.
Son of John H. Franklin and Irene (Hudgins) Franklin.
Republican. Lawyer;
oil producer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1932,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died September
24, 1962 (age 79 years, 186
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Franklin and Irene (Hudgins) Franklin; married, August 5,
1902, to Mary Cecile Collyer (divorced 1922); married, June 29,
1923, to Virginia Doss. |
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Lorraine Michael Gensman (1878-1954) —
also known as L. M. Gensman —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.
Born near Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., August
26, 1878.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; Comanche
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1918-19; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma,
1924;
oil business.
Died in Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla., May 27,
1954 (age 75 years, 274
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Lawton, Okla.
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John William Harreld (1872-1950) —
also known as John W. Harreld —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.; Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., January
24, 1872.
Son of Thomas N. Harreld and Martha (Helm) Harreld.
Republican. Lawyer;
oil producer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1919-21; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1921-27; defeated, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., December
26, 1950 (age 78 years, 336
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Charles Nathaniel Haskell (1860-1933) —
also known as Charles N. Haskell —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Leipsic, Putnam
County, Ohio, March 13,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
oil business; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1928.
Died, of pneumonia,
in the Skirvin Hotel,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 5,
1933 (age 73 years, 114
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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James Marion Hewgley, Jr. (b. 1916) —
also known as James M. Hewgley, Jr. —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., November
8, 1916.
Son of James Marion Hewgley and Margaret (Corbett) Hewgley.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil
operator; mayor of
Tulsa, Okla., 1966-70.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 1970.
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Everette Burgess Howard (1873-1950) —
also known as Everette B. Howard; Everett B.
Howard —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., September
19, 1873.
Son of Addison A. Howard and Addie P. (Harreld) Howard.
Democrat. Lawyer;
oil and gas producer; Oklahoma
state auditor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1919-21, 1923-25,
1927-29; defeated, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in 1950
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Oliver Winfield Killam (1874-1959) —
also known as O. W. Killam; "King
Petrol" —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.; Grove, Delaware
County, Okla.; Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Lincoln
County, Mo., April 27,
1874.
Son of Winfield Killam and Katherine (Macgruder) Killam.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
merchant;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1915-18; oil producer; Presidential Elector
for Texas, 1956.
Died January
1, 1959 (age 84 years, 249
days).
Interment at Laredo
Public Cemetery, Laredo, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Harriet 'Hattie' Smith. |
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Ernest Whitworth Marland (1874-1941) —
also known as Ernest W. Marland —
of Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1933-35; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1935-39.
Owner and president of Marland Oil Company.
Died in Ponca City, Kay
County, Okla., October
3, 1941 (age 67 years, 148
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Okla.
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William Bliss Pine (1877-1942) —
also known as William B. Pine; W. B. Pine —
of Okmulgee, Okmulgee
County, Okla.
Born in Bluffs, Scott
County, Ill., December
30, 1877.
Republican. Farmer;
oil producer; manufacturer;
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1925-31; defeated, 1930; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1936.
Methodist.
Died in 1942
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Okmulgee
Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okla.
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Roy Joseph Turner (1894-1973) —
also known as Roy J. Turner —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Kendrick, Lincoln
County, Okla., November
6, 1894.
Son of Reason Turner and Etta Louise (Rogers) Turner.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; oil producer; rancher;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1947-51.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 11,
1973 (age 78 years, 217
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, and
for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot Dome scandal of
the 1920s.
The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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