Volume 9 , Issue 44

Charles N. Haskell, 1st Oklahoma Governor

"Charles Nathaniel Haskell (March 13, 1860 - July 5, 1933) was an American lawyer, oilman, and statesman who served as the first Governor of Oklahoma. Haskell played a crucial role in drafting the Oklahoma Constitution as well as Oklahoma's statehood and admission into the United States as the 46th state in 1907. Haskell is also remembered as a prominent resident of Muskogee, Oklahoma and helped to bring the city to prominence throughout Oklahoma.

Haskell married Lucie Pomeroy, daughter of a prominent Ottawa family, on October 11, 1881. Lucie Haskell died in March, 1888, leaving Haskell with three children: Norman, a Muskogee lawyer; Murray, a bank cashier; and Lucie. He married again the next year, this time to Lillian Gallup. Haskell would have three more children by his second wife: Frances, Joe and Jane." -- Wikipedia - Free Encyclopedia
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