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James Yancy Callahan

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James Yancy Callahan

Birth
Dent County, Missouri, USA
Death
3 May 1935 (aged 82)
Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA
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Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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US Congressman. Born on a farm near Salem, Missouri, he entered the ministry in 1880, plus engaged in agricultural pursuits, saw-milling and mining. He moved to Stanton County, Kansas, in 1885, served on the county register of deeds, (1886-89), then moved to Kingfisher, Oklahoma in 1892 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1897, he was elected on the Free Silver ticket to the Fifty-fifth Congress, serving until 1899. Not a candidate for renomination, he settled in Enid, Oklahoma and was the publisher of the Jacksonian newspaper until he retired in 1913. He died at age 82 in Enid, Oklahoma.
US Congressman. Born on a farm near Salem, Missouri, he entered the ministry in 1880, plus engaged in agricultural pursuits, saw-milling and mining. He moved to Stanton County, Kansas, in 1885, served on the county register of deeds, (1886-89), then moved to Kingfisher, Oklahoma in 1892 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1897, he was elected on the Free Silver ticket to the Fifty-fifth Congress, serving until 1899. Not a candidate for renomination, he settled in Enid, Oklahoma and was the publisher of the Jacksonian newspaper until he retired in 1913. He died at age 82 in Enid, Oklahoma.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6837522/james_yancy-callahan: accessed ), memorial page for James Yancy Callahan (19 Dec 1852–3 May 1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6837522, citing Enid Cemetery, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.