Pioneers and Early Settlers of Cleveland County, Oklahoma 1889-1925, Cleveland County Historical Society.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN MERKLE
by John A. Merkle
John Merkle was born July 19, 1846, in Wapokoneta, Ohio. He was raised on a farm and took up carpentry work at an early age. At eighteen he started two hitches in the army, first in the Ohio National Guard for one year then re-enlisted for the duration of the Civil War. His discharge mentioned that his company did distinguished service in the Valley of the Shenandoah, on the Peninsula, in the Operation on the James River, around Petersburg and Richmond, an in the Battle of Monocacy. The discharge paper was signed by Secretary of the Army, Edwin M. Stanton, and President Abraham Lincoln.
After the war he drifted West and stopped in Kansas where he took part in the many buffalo hunts; he was a skinner. The shot gun he used is now in the University of Oklahoma Museum of Science and History. After the buffalo hunts were over, he settled on a farm in Sedgwick County, Kansas, near Maize. He built the Starwano school house, and at a social gathering there met Priscilla Ann Stevens, who became his wife 22 November 1876.
After their first baby was born John went West and landed in Spokane, Washington. Here he got a job as a foreman of the bridge construction gang on the railroad. Priscilla followed him. She went to San Francisco by train and then had to take a boat to Washington. They lived in Spokane until three children were born. Later the family moved to a farm fifteen miles away to a little community known as Four Mound Prairie.
Oklahoma was our next stop. John had a brother living next to the river, west of Norman. He came in 1890 to visit him and bought a farm, then a mile and a half west of town. When Priscilla followed him with the kids, the trip from Spokane to Norman by train took over a week.
John immediately started to farm. He bought three horses, a wagon and farm implements, and a breaking plow, which is also in the Museum. We soon got some cows, and then sold milk and butter to the town dwellers.
Two children, Frank and Martha died in Washington. Four came on the trip to Oklahoma. Joe, the baby who had made the trip from Kansas to Washington and who played on the first Oklahoma University football team, died at 88 in 1965, at Maud. Fred, who also played football at the University, died at 91 in 1970 at Scottsdale, Arizona. The coach at that time was V. L. Parrington who was also a professor of English. John A. lives in Norman, and Clara Bowling in Pauls Valley. Bess O'Halloran, Cordell, was born after the family arrived in Norman.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN MERKLE
by John A. Merkle
John Merkle was born July 19, 1846, in Wapokoneta, Ohio. He was raised on a farm and took up carpentry work at an early age. At eighteen he started two hitches in the army, first in the Ohio National Guard for one year then re-enlisted for the duration of the Civil War. His discharge mentioned that his company did distinguished service in the Valley of the Shenandoah, on the Peninsula, in the Operation on the James River, around Petersburg and Richmond, an in the Battle of Monocacy. The discharge paper was signed by Secretary of the Army, Edwin M. Stanton, and President Abraham Lincoln.
After the war he drifted West and stopped in Kansas where he took part in the many buffalo hunts; he was a skinner. The shot gun he used is now in the University of Oklahoma Museum of Science and History. After the buffalo hunts were over, he settled on a farm in Sedgwick County, Kansas, near Maize. He built the Starwano school house, and at a social gathering there met Priscilla Ann Stevens, who became his wife 22 November 1876.
After their first baby was born John went West and landed in Spokane, Washington. Here he got a job as a foreman of the bridge construction gang on the railroad. Priscilla followed him. She went to San Francisco by train and then had to take a boat to Washington. They lived in Spokane until three children were born. Later the family moved to a farm fifteen miles away to a little community known as Four Mound Prairie.
Oklahoma was our next stop. John had a brother living next to the river, west of Norman. He came in 1890 to visit him and bought a farm, then a mile and a half west of town. When Priscilla followed him with the kids, the trip from Spokane to Norman by train took over a week.
John immediately started to farm. He bought three horses, a wagon and farm implements, and a breaking plow, which is also in the Museum. We soon got some cows, and then sold milk and butter to the town dwellers.
Two children, Frank and Martha died in Washington. Four came on the trip to Oklahoma. Joe, the baby who had made the trip from Kansas to Washington and who played on the first Oklahoma University football team, died at 88 in 1965, at Maud. Fred, who also played football at the University, died at 91 in 1970 at Scottsdale, Arizona. The coach at that time was V. L. Parrington who was also a professor of English. John A. lives in Norman, and Clara Bowling in Pauls Valley. Bess O'Halloran, Cordell, was born after the family arrived in Norman.
Pioneers and Early Settlers of Cleveland County, Oklahoma 1889-1925, Cleveland County Historical Society.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN MERKLE
by John A. Merkle
John Merkle was born July 19, 1846, in Wapokoneta, Ohio. He was raised on a farm and took up carpentry work at an early age. At eighteen he started two hitches in the army, first in the Ohio National Guard for one year then re-enlisted for the duration of the Civil War. His discharge mentioned that his company did distinguished service in the Valley of the Shenandoah, on the Peninsula, in the Operation on the James River, around Petersburg and Richmond, an in the Battle of Monocacy. The discharge paper was signed by Secretary of the Army, Edwin M. Stanton, and President Abraham Lincoln.
After the war he drifted West and stopped in Kansas where he took part in the many buffalo hunts; he was a skinner. The shot gun he used is now in the University of Oklahoma Museum of Science and History. After the buffalo hunts were over, he settled on a farm in Sedgwick County, Kansas, near Maize. He built the Starwano school house, and at a social gathering there met Priscilla Ann Stevens, who became his wife 22 November 1876.
After their first baby was born John went West and landed in Spokane, Washington. Here he got a job as a foreman of the bridge construction gang on the railroad. Priscilla followed him. She went to San Francisco by train and then had to take a boat to Washington. They lived in Spokane until three children were born. Later the family moved to a farm fifteen miles away to a little community known as Four Mound Prairie.
Oklahoma was our next stop. John had a brother living next to the river, west of Norman. He came in 1890 to visit him and bought a farm, then a mile and a half west of town. When Priscilla followed him with the kids, the trip from Spokane to Norman by train took over a week.
John immediately started to farm. He bought three horses, a wagon and farm implements, and a breaking plow, which is also in the Museum. We soon got some cows, and then sold milk and butter to the town dwellers.
Two children, Frank and Martha died in Washington. Four came on the trip to Oklahoma. Joe, the baby who had made the trip from Kansas to Washington and who played on the first Oklahoma University football team, died at 88 in 1965, at Maud. Fred, who also played football at the University, died at 91 in 1970 at Scottsdale, Arizona. The coach at that time was V. L. Parrington who was also a professor of English. John A. lives in Norman, and Clara Bowling in Pauls Valley. Bess O'Halloran, Cordell, was born after the family arrived in Norman.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN MERKLE
by John A. Merkle
John Merkle was born July 19, 1846, in Wapokoneta, Ohio. He was raised on a farm and took up carpentry work at an early age. At eighteen he started two hitches in the army, first in the Ohio National Guard for one year then re-enlisted for the duration of the Civil War. His discharge mentioned that his company did distinguished service in the Valley of the Shenandoah, on the Peninsula, in the Operation on the James River, around Petersburg and Richmond, an in the Battle of Monocacy. The discharge paper was signed by Secretary of the Army, Edwin M. Stanton, and President Abraham Lincoln.
After the war he drifted West and stopped in Kansas where he took part in the many buffalo hunts; he was a skinner. The shot gun he used is now in the University of Oklahoma Museum of Science and History. After the buffalo hunts were over, he settled on a farm in Sedgwick County, Kansas, near Maize. He built the Starwano school house, and at a social gathering there met Priscilla Ann Stevens, who became his wife 22 November 1876.
After their first baby was born John went West and landed in Spokane, Washington. Here he got a job as a foreman of the bridge construction gang on the railroad. Priscilla followed him. She went to San Francisco by train and then had to take a boat to Washington. They lived in Spokane until three children were born. Later the family moved to a farm fifteen miles away to a little community known as Four Mound Prairie.
Oklahoma was our next stop. John had a brother living next to the river, west of Norman. He came in 1890 to visit him and bought a farm, then a mile and a half west of town. When Priscilla followed him with the kids, the trip from Spokane to Norman by train took over a week.
John immediately started to farm. He bought three horses, a wagon and farm implements, and a breaking plow, which is also in the Museum. We soon got some cows, and then sold milk and butter to the town dwellers.
Two children, Frank and Martha died in Washington. Four came on the trip to Oklahoma. Joe, the baby who had made the trip from Kansas to Washington and who played on the first Oklahoma University football team, died at 88 in 1965, at Maud. Fred, who also played football at the University, died at 91 in 1970 at Scottsdale, Arizona. The coach at that time was V. L. Parrington who was also a professor of English. John A. lives in Norman, and Clara Bowling in Pauls Valley. Bess O'Halloran, Cordell, was born after the family arrived in Norman.
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