Native American. Father William McCracken, a Cherokee, born Georgia and his mother Sara Bullett, a Delaware, born Kansas Territory.
J. W. MCCRACKEN
The present postmaster of Nowata is J. W. McCracken, who was born in the southern part of Nowata county, on the 29th of June 1875, a son of William and Sarah (Bullett) McCracken, the latter being a Delaware who came to this state from Kansas in 1869. The father was born in Georgia of Cherokee extraction and was for many years a farmer and stock raiser, achieving substantial success in that connection. For many years he was sheriff of Coowescoowee district and was noted for his vigilance and successful suppression of violators of the law at the time when lawlessness reigned supreme. He is now deceased hut Mrs. McCracken is living and makes her home in Coffeyville, Kansas.
In the acquirement of an education J . W. McCracken attended the public schools of the Cherokee Nation and later enrolled as a student in the Willie Halsell College at Vinita, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1895, receiving the degree of M. E. L . He immediately engaged in farming and stock raising eight miles southeast of Nowata and was active in that connection until 1905, when he moved into Watova and entered the mercantile business. He became one of the leading merchants of that community but in 1911, wishing to obtain better educational advantages for his children, he moved to Nowata and in that same year was appointed to the office of county assessor by Governor Lee Cruce. He held that office for seven years, retiring from that position at the termination of that time, and in 1919 he was appointed postmaster of Nowata, in which official capacity he is now active. He is conceded to be one of the representative citizens of Nowata and he is carrying out the duties devolving upon him as postmaster with an efficiency and capability which has won the utmost confidence and respect of his fellow citizens.
In 1895 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. McCracken to Miss Oneida Cooper and to their union five children have been born: Lillian; Horace, age twenty-one years, who is now attending the University of Oklahoma, where he is taking a course in pharmacy and will graduate in 1923; Zena; Irene; and Dixie. Mrs. McCracken is prominent in the club and social circles of the community and is conceded a model housewife and mother by her many friends.
Source: Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma, Volume 3; S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922; transcribed by Vicki Bryan.
J. W. MCCRACKEN
The present postmaster of Nowata is J. W. McCracken, who was born in the southern part of Nowata county, on the 29th of June 1875, a son of William and Sarah (Bullett) McCracken, the latter being a Delaware who came to this state from Kansas in 1869. The father was born in Georgia of Cherokee extraction and was for many years a farmer and stock raiser, achieving substantial success in that connection. For many years he was sheriff of Coowescoowee district and was noted for his vigilance and successful suppression of violators of the law at the time when lawlessness reigned supreme. He is now deceased hut Mrs. McCracken is living and makes her home in Coffeyville, Kansas.
In the acquirement of an education J . W. McCracken attended the public schools of the Cherokee Nation and later enrolled as a student in the Willie Halsell College at Vinita, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1895, receiving the degree of M. E. L . He immediately engaged in farming and stock raising eight miles southeast of Nowata and was active in that connection until 1905, when he moved into Watova and entered the mercantile business. He became one of the leading merchants of that community but in 1911, wishing to obtain better educational advantages for his children, he moved to Nowata and in that same year was appointed to the office of county assessor by Governor Lee Cruce. He held that office for seven years, retiring from that position at the termination of that time, and in 1919 he was appointed postmaster of Nowata, in which official capacity he is now active. He is conceded to be one of the representative citizens of Nowata and he is carrying out the duties devolving upon him as postmaster with an efficiency and capability which has won the utmost confidence and respect of his fellow citizens.
In 1895 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. McCracken to Miss Oneida Cooper and to their union five children have been born: Lillian; Horace, age twenty-one years, who is now attending the University of Oklahoma, where he is taking a course in pharmacy and will graduate in 1923; Zena; Irene; and Dixie. Mrs. McCracken is prominent in the club and social circles of the community and is conceded a model housewife and mother by her many friends.
Source: Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma, Volume 3; S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922; transcribed by Vicki Bryan.
Native American. Father William McCracken, a Cherokee, born Georgia and his mother Sara Bullett, a Delaware, born Kansas Territory.
J. W. MCCRACKEN
The present postmaster of Nowata is J. W. McCracken, who was born in the southern part of Nowata county, on the 29th of June 1875, a son of William and Sarah (Bullett) McCracken, the latter being a Delaware who came to this state from Kansas in 1869. The father was born in Georgia of Cherokee extraction and was for many years a farmer and stock raiser, achieving substantial success in that connection. For many years he was sheriff of Coowescoowee district and was noted for his vigilance and successful suppression of violators of the law at the time when lawlessness reigned supreme. He is now deceased hut Mrs. McCracken is living and makes her home in Coffeyville, Kansas.
In the acquirement of an education J . W. McCracken attended the public schools of the Cherokee Nation and later enrolled as a student in the Willie Halsell College at Vinita, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1895, receiving the degree of M. E. L . He immediately engaged in farming and stock raising eight miles southeast of Nowata and was active in that connection until 1905, when he moved into Watova and entered the mercantile business. He became one of the leading merchants of that community but in 1911, wishing to obtain better educational advantages for his children, he moved to Nowata and in that same year was appointed to the office of county assessor by Governor Lee Cruce. He held that office for seven years, retiring from that position at the termination of that time, and in 1919 he was appointed postmaster of Nowata, in which official capacity he is now active. He is conceded to be one of the representative citizens of Nowata and he is carrying out the duties devolving upon him as postmaster with an efficiency and capability which has won the utmost confidence and respect of his fellow citizens.
In 1895 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. McCracken to Miss Oneida Cooper and to their union five children have been born: Lillian; Horace, age twenty-one years, who is now attending the University of Oklahoma, where he is taking a course in pharmacy and will graduate in 1923; Zena; Irene; and Dixie. Mrs. McCracken is prominent in the club and social circles of the community and is conceded a model housewife and mother by her many friends.
Source: Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma, Volume 3; S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922; transcribed by Vicki Bryan.
J. W. MCCRACKEN
The present postmaster of Nowata is J. W. McCracken, who was born in the southern part of Nowata county, on the 29th of June 1875, a son of William and Sarah (Bullett) McCracken, the latter being a Delaware who came to this state from Kansas in 1869. The father was born in Georgia of Cherokee extraction and was for many years a farmer and stock raiser, achieving substantial success in that connection. For many years he was sheriff of Coowescoowee district and was noted for his vigilance and successful suppression of violators of the law at the time when lawlessness reigned supreme. He is now deceased hut Mrs. McCracken is living and makes her home in Coffeyville, Kansas.
In the acquirement of an education J . W. McCracken attended the public schools of the Cherokee Nation and later enrolled as a student in the Willie Halsell College at Vinita, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1895, receiving the degree of M. E. L . He immediately engaged in farming and stock raising eight miles southeast of Nowata and was active in that connection until 1905, when he moved into Watova and entered the mercantile business. He became one of the leading merchants of that community but in 1911, wishing to obtain better educational advantages for his children, he moved to Nowata and in that same year was appointed to the office of county assessor by Governor Lee Cruce. He held that office for seven years, retiring from that position at the termination of that time, and in 1919 he was appointed postmaster of Nowata, in which official capacity he is now active. He is conceded to be one of the representative citizens of Nowata and he is carrying out the duties devolving upon him as postmaster with an efficiency and capability which has won the utmost confidence and respect of his fellow citizens.
In 1895 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. McCracken to Miss Oneida Cooper and to their union five children have been born: Lillian; Horace, age twenty-one years, who is now attending the University of Oklahoma, where he is taking a course in pharmacy and will graduate in 1923; Zena; Irene; and Dixie. Mrs. McCracken is prominent in the club and social circles of the community and is conceded a model housewife and mother by her many friends.
Source: Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma, Volume 3; S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922; transcribed by Vicki Bryan.
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