Brgermeister (Oklahoma) - James Inhofe, Cassius McDonald Barnes, John Callaway Walton, Milton C. Garber, James S. Davenport, George B. Schwabe (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: James Inhofe, Cassius Mcdonald Barnes, John Callaway Walton, Milton C. Garber, James S. Davenport, George B. Schwabe, Robert Martin. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Cassius McDonald Barnes (August 25, 1845 - February 18, 1925) was an American Civil War soldier, lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 4th Governor of Oklahoma Territory. The son of Henry Hogan and Semantha Barnes, Cassius McDonald Barnes was born in Livingston County, New York on August 25, 1845. Barnes would spend the first few years of his life in New York, but his parent would later moved to Michigan. There he would attend both public school and the Wesleyan Church Seminary in Albion, Michigan. In 1861, the American Civil War broke out when Barnes was just 16 years old. Barnes joined the Union army as a volunteer soldier. Barnes's earlier experients in telegraphy earned him a position in the Military Telegraph and Engineering Corps of the Union army. Barnes would serve for the entire duration of the war. During his service, he would spend a portion of his enlistment as the secretary to Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon. Barnes would leave the army at the age of 20. After the conclusion of the war, Barnes moved to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1865. After eleven years as a private citizen, in 1876 Barnes, a Republican, moved to Ft. Smith, Arkansas where he accepted a position as Chief Deputy United States Marshal over the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. The year before, US President Ulysses S. Grant had appointed Isaac Parker as District Judge over that court. During Barnes's time in Arkansas, Barnes married Elizabeth Mary Bartlett of North Adams, Massachusetts, in Little Rock on June 4, 1868. Barnes would gain a friendship with the powerful Clayton family, most notably former Governor of Arkansas and (then) Senator Powell Clayton. Through his friendship with Clayton, Barnes was appointed, by Presiden...http://booksllc.net/?l=de