EDGAR BENTON MARCHANT
Vol. 3, p. 1147-1148
A man who is variously distinguished in Aline and other Oklahoma localities is Edgar Benton Marchant; in law, in politics, in Masonic activities, he holds high rank as a citizen of ability. It will be of interest to review his ancestry and to trace the causes of his success
from stage to stage of his career.
Both parents of Mr. Marchant were persons of strong character and high ideals, his father being of French and his mother of Irish origin.
Abraham Marchant, the former, was a native of Fayette County, Ohio, and followed agricultural pursuits throughout his life. At the outbreak of the Civil war, he was in California and enlisted in Company G. of the Second California Cavalry. He died in service in 1861.
He was one of the five sons of William Marchant, a relative of the noted Marchant family of Rhode Island. Mrs. Abraham Marchant, the mother of our subject, was, like her husband, a native of Ohio, and on her mother's side a descendant of one of the old Virginia families.
Mrs. Marchant, nee Catharine LIMES, was when still a very young woman, a very ardent advocate of temperance. In 1866 she participated in one of the famous crusades against the liquor traffic. This courageous raid took place at Greenfield, Ohio, and is said to have been the first "slashing raid" ever made against the saloon evil.
All her life was devoted in generous measure to influence against the national curse of alcoholism and in favor of law enforcement of all kinds. Hers was a gallant fighting spirit, inherited perhaps from her Revolutionary great-grand-father, Jesse ROWE.
That noted gentleman used his pension money for the lofty purpose of buying material for the first Methodist Episcopal Church ever built in Fayette County, Ohio, buying the lumber for the same from the grandfather of the late Senator Foraker of Ohio. After the war between the states the widowed Mrs. Marchant was again married in later years.
Her second husband was Thomas GASKILL, of Wilmington, Ohio. He died in 1895. She survived him fifteen years, her worthy and efficient life closing at Aline,Oklahoma, on January 4, 1910.
The birth of Edgar Benton Marchant had taken place on March 23, 1858, in the log house which was the farm home of Abraham and Catharine Marchant.
Orphaned by the war, the lad early turned his mind to ways and means of procuring his own livelihood. For him, also, the newspaper route proved to be the first stage on the road toward success.
Greenfield, Ohio, was the locality in which he began his independent activities. And for him, too, the printer's office seemed the logical second step. He served an apprenticeship in the plant of the Highland Chief of Greenfield, his first salary being $1 per week.
At nineteen years of age young Marchant began to be attracted to the profession of law and proceeded to fit himself for that line of vocational activity.
In 1881 he removed to Kansas and in that same year he was admitted to practice in the Sunflower State. His bar examinations were passed at Kingman and he settled for practice at St. John, of the same state. For sixteen years Mr. Marchant continued in active practice, and held various successive offices of distinction.
For a time he was police judge of St. John; was deputy county attorney of Stafford County; and also served as assistant attorney general of Kansas for the special purpose of enforcing the prohibition laws of that state in Stafford County.
In 1893 Mr. Marchant took an active and prominent part in the opening of the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma, locating at Pond Creek, where for a time he continued his law practice, which he later carried on at Cleo, Oklahoma.
In 1894, business affairs called him back to St. John,
Kansas, and there he established the fraternity paper known as The Kansas Free Mason. This periodical was the official gazette of the Kansas Grand Lodge of Ancient free and Accepted Masons. The publishing offices of this paper Mr. Marchant in 1895 removed to Wichita, Kansas.
It is needless to remark in this connection that he was one of the leading Masons of the State of Kansas, having been master of the first Masonic lodge ever instituted in Stafford County. His was the honor of making the first Mason ever created such in that county.
To his adopted State of Oklahoma Mr. Marchant returned in 1900. At Cleo he continued his work as an editor and publisher, at this time establishing The Chronoscope at that place. In county and state politics he has always been a consistent republican and his newspaper policy has always been clearly defined as such.
In 1901 the Chronoscope was transferred by Mr. Marchant to Aline, which has since been the home of the paper. In 1907 he sold the plant and established his residence at Clinton, Oklahoma. There he gave invaluable service in the advertising and upbuilding of the town.
For two years he was secretary of the Commercial Club of Clinton and was one of the most enthusiastic "boosters" of that growing municipality. Indeed, it is said of him that it was through his activities that Clinton was placed upon the map in conspicuous letters.
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Online link Source:
http://www.oocities.org/~lauferworld/VirginandCometIII
"Mr. Basore followed up and iscovered that the August 9, 1907 issue of the CHRONOSCOPE announced that S. C.Timmons had taken over the newspaper from the Marchants and that they were no longer connected with the paper or with the Aline Printing and Publishing Company.
An article, another Change in Management of Paper which ran side-by-side with Edgar Marchant'sobituary notice in the CHRONOSCOPE, May 30, 1919, was signed by Frank Clark.
According to information in that issue, Timmons was the owner and Frank Clark was Editor and Publisher of the paper.
Finally, Mr. Basore noted that this new information "does not make Mr. Marchant's hoax any less a hoax."
In the obituary of Mr. Marchant it says, "In recent years, due to failing health, Mr. Marchant has lived a less active life at Aline and Cleo Springs where he has practiced law and contributed newspaper articles as a special feature writer."
Thus, Marchant founded the CHRONOSCOPE and brought it to the new town of Aline in 1901, sold it in 1907,and in 1910 his virgin and the Comet yarn must have been contributed as a "special feature."
First, perhaps I should make it clear in my defense that when I wrote in an earlier piece that Marchant was the editor of the CHRONOSCOPE in 1910 I was relying on the Alfalfa County HISTORY which plainly says, "They (The Marchants)were still publishing the weekly paper in Aline when Mr. Marchant died in 1919.Ellen sold the paper and worked as a reporter…" Clearly, this is wrong.
Second, two intriguing possibilities suddenly seemed to open.
When Marchant placed his story out of Aline from his old newspaper in 1910 the editor, Mr. Frank Clark, and probably the owner, Mr. Timmons, were aware it was a hoax and may have assisted in its distribution.
Would their descendants know anything about the matter?"
Vol. 3, p. 1147-1148
A man who is variously distinguished in Aline and other Oklahoma localities is Edgar Benton Marchant; in law, in politics, in Masonic activities, he holds high rank as a citizen of ability. It will be of interest to review his ancestry and to trace the causes of his success
from stage to stage of his career.
Both parents of Mr. Marchant were persons of strong character and high ideals, his father being of French and his mother of Irish origin.
Abraham Marchant, the former, was a native of Fayette County, Ohio, and followed agricultural pursuits throughout his life. At the outbreak of the Civil war, he was in California and enlisted in Company G. of the Second California Cavalry. He died in service in 1861.
He was one of the five sons of William Marchant, a relative of the noted Marchant family of Rhode Island. Mrs. Abraham Marchant, the mother of our subject, was, like her husband, a native of Ohio, and on her mother's side a descendant of one of the old Virginia families.
Mrs. Marchant, nee Catharine LIMES, was when still a very young woman, a very ardent advocate of temperance. In 1866 she participated in one of the famous crusades against the liquor traffic. This courageous raid took place at Greenfield, Ohio, and is said to have been the first "slashing raid" ever made against the saloon evil.
All her life was devoted in generous measure to influence against the national curse of alcoholism and in favor of law enforcement of all kinds. Hers was a gallant fighting spirit, inherited perhaps from her Revolutionary great-grand-father, Jesse ROWE.
That noted gentleman used his pension money for the lofty purpose of buying material for the first Methodist Episcopal Church ever built in Fayette County, Ohio, buying the lumber for the same from the grandfather of the late Senator Foraker of Ohio. After the war between the states the widowed Mrs. Marchant was again married in later years.
Her second husband was Thomas GASKILL, of Wilmington, Ohio. He died in 1895. She survived him fifteen years, her worthy and efficient life closing at Aline,Oklahoma, on January 4, 1910.
The birth of Edgar Benton Marchant had taken place on March 23, 1858, in the log house which was the farm home of Abraham and Catharine Marchant.
Orphaned by the war, the lad early turned his mind to ways and means of procuring his own livelihood. For him, also, the newspaper route proved to be the first stage on the road toward success.
Greenfield, Ohio, was the locality in which he began his independent activities. And for him, too, the printer's office seemed the logical second step. He served an apprenticeship in the plant of the Highland Chief of Greenfield, his first salary being $1 per week.
At nineteen years of age young Marchant began to be attracted to the profession of law and proceeded to fit himself for that line of vocational activity.
In 1881 he removed to Kansas and in that same year he was admitted to practice in the Sunflower State. His bar examinations were passed at Kingman and he settled for practice at St. John, of the same state. For sixteen years Mr. Marchant continued in active practice, and held various successive offices of distinction.
For a time he was police judge of St. John; was deputy county attorney of Stafford County; and also served as assistant attorney general of Kansas for the special purpose of enforcing the prohibition laws of that state in Stafford County.
In 1893 Mr. Marchant took an active and prominent part in the opening of the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma, locating at Pond Creek, where for a time he continued his law practice, which he later carried on at Cleo, Oklahoma.
In 1894, business affairs called him back to St. John,
Kansas, and there he established the fraternity paper known as The Kansas Free Mason. This periodical was the official gazette of the Kansas Grand Lodge of Ancient free and Accepted Masons. The publishing offices of this paper Mr. Marchant in 1895 removed to Wichita, Kansas.
It is needless to remark in this connection that he was one of the leading Masons of the State of Kansas, having been master of the first Masonic lodge ever instituted in Stafford County. His was the honor of making the first Mason ever created such in that county.
To his adopted State of Oklahoma Mr. Marchant returned in 1900. At Cleo he continued his work as an editor and publisher, at this time establishing The Chronoscope at that place. In county and state politics he has always been a consistent republican and his newspaper policy has always been clearly defined as such.
In 1901 the Chronoscope was transferred by Mr. Marchant to Aline, which has since been the home of the paper. In 1907 he sold the plant and established his residence at Clinton, Oklahoma. There he gave invaluable service in the advertising and upbuilding of the town.
For two years he was secretary of the Commercial Club of Clinton and was one of the most enthusiastic "boosters" of that growing municipality. Indeed, it is said of him that it was through his activities that Clinton was placed upon the map in conspicuous letters.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Online link Source:
http://www.oocities.org/~lauferworld/VirginandCometIII
"Mr. Basore followed up and iscovered that the August 9, 1907 issue of the CHRONOSCOPE announced that S. C.Timmons had taken over the newspaper from the Marchants and that they were no longer connected with the paper or with the Aline Printing and Publishing Company.
An article, another Change in Management of Paper which ran side-by-side with Edgar Marchant'sobituary notice in the CHRONOSCOPE, May 30, 1919, was signed by Frank Clark.
According to information in that issue, Timmons was the owner and Frank Clark was Editor and Publisher of the paper.
Finally, Mr. Basore noted that this new information "does not make Mr. Marchant's hoax any less a hoax."
In the obituary of Mr. Marchant it says, "In recent years, due to failing health, Mr. Marchant has lived a less active life at Aline and Cleo Springs where he has practiced law and contributed newspaper articles as a special feature writer."
Thus, Marchant founded the CHRONOSCOPE and brought it to the new town of Aline in 1901, sold it in 1907,and in 1910 his virgin and the Comet yarn must have been contributed as a "special feature."
First, perhaps I should make it clear in my defense that when I wrote in an earlier piece that Marchant was the editor of the CHRONOSCOPE in 1910 I was relying on the Alfalfa County HISTORY which plainly says, "They (The Marchants)were still publishing the weekly paper in Aline when Mr. Marchant died in 1919.Ellen sold the paper and worked as a reporter…" Clearly, this is wrong.
Second, two intriguing possibilities suddenly seemed to open.
When Marchant placed his story out of Aline from his old newspaper in 1910 the editor, Mr. Frank Clark, and probably the owner, Mr. Timmons, were aware it was a hoax and may have assisted in its distribution.
Would their descendants know anything about the matter?"
EDGAR BENTON MARCHANT
Vol. 3, p. 1147-1148
A man who is variously distinguished in Aline and other Oklahoma localities is Edgar Benton Marchant; in law, in politics, in Masonic activities, he holds high rank as a citizen of ability. It will be of interest to review his ancestry and to trace the causes of his success
from stage to stage of his career.
Both parents of Mr. Marchant were persons of strong character and high ideals, his father being of French and his mother of Irish origin.
Abraham Marchant, the former, was a native of Fayette County, Ohio, and followed agricultural pursuits throughout his life. At the outbreak of the Civil war, he was in California and enlisted in Company G. of the Second California Cavalry. He died in service in 1861.
He was one of the five sons of William Marchant, a relative of the noted Marchant family of Rhode Island. Mrs. Abraham Marchant, the mother of our subject, was, like her husband, a native of Ohio, and on her mother's side a descendant of one of the old Virginia families.
Mrs. Marchant, nee Catharine LIMES, was when still a very young woman, a very ardent advocate of temperance. In 1866 she participated in one of the famous crusades against the liquor traffic. This courageous raid took place at Greenfield, Ohio, and is said to have been the first "slashing raid" ever made against the saloon evil.
All her life was devoted in generous measure to influence against the national curse of alcoholism and in favor of law enforcement of all kinds. Hers was a gallant fighting spirit, inherited perhaps from her Revolutionary great-grand-father, Jesse ROWE.
That noted gentleman used his pension money for the lofty purpose of buying material for the first Methodist Episcopal Church ever built in Fayette County, Ohio, buying the lumber for the same from the grandfather of the late Senator Foraker of Ohio. After the war between the states the widowed Mrs. Marchant was again married in later years.
Her second husband was Thomas GASKILL, of Wilmington, Ohio. He died in 1895. She survived him fifteen years, her worthy and efficient life closing at Aline,Oklahoma, on January 4, 1910.
The birth of Edgar Benton Marchant had taken place on March 23, 1858, in the log house which was the farm home of Abraham and Catharine Marchant.
Orphaned by the war, the lad early turned his mind to ways and means of procuring his own livelihood. For him, also, the newspaper route proved to be the first stage on the road toward success.
Greenfield, Ohio, was the locality in which he began his independent activities. And for him, too, the printer's office seemed the logical second step. He served an apprenticeship in the plant of the Highland Chief of Greenfield, his first salary being $1 per week.
At nineteen years of age young Marchant began to be attracted to the profession of law and proceeded to fit himself for that line of vocational activity.
In 1881 he removed to Kansas and in that same year he was admitted to practice in the Sunflower State. His bar examinations were passed at Kingman and he settled for practice at St. John, of the same state. For sixteen years Mr. Marchant continued in active practice, and held various successive offices of distinction.
For a time he was police judge of St. John; was deputy county attorney of Stafford County; and also served as assistant attorney general of Kansas for the special purpose of enforcing the prohibition laws of that state in Stafford County.
In 1893 Mr. Marchant took an active and prominent part in the opening of the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma, locating at Pond Creek, where for a time he continued his law practice, which he later carried on at Cleo, Oklahoma.
In 1894, business affairs called him back to St. John,
Kansas, and there he established the fraternity paper known as The Kansas Free Mason. This periodical was the official gazette of the Kansas Grand Lodge of Ancient free and Accepted Masons. The publishing offices of this paper Mr. Marchant in 1895 removed to Wichita, Kansas.
It is needless to remark in this connection that he was one of the leading Masons of the State of Kansas, having been master of the first Masonic lodge ever instituted in Stafford County. His was the honor of making the first Mason ever created such in that county.
To his adopted State of Oklahoma Mr. Marchant returned in 1900. At Cleo he continued his work as an editor and publisher, at this time establishing The Chronoscope at that place. In county and state politics he has always been a consistent republican and his newspaper policy has always been clearly defined as such.
In 1901 the Chronoscope was transferred by Mr. Marchant to Aline, which has since been the home of the paper. In 1907 he sold the plant and established his residence at Clinton, Oklahoma. There he gave invaluable service in the advertising and upbuilding of the town.
For two years he was secretary of the Commercial Club of Clinton and was one of the most enthusiastic "boosters" of that growing municipality. Indeed, it is said of him that it was through his activities that Clinton was placed upon the map in conspicuous letters.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Online link Source:
http://www.oocities.org/~lauferworld/VirginandCometIII
"Mr. Basore followed up and iscovered that the August 9, 1907 issue of the CHRONOSCOPE announced that S. C.Timmons had taken over the newspaper from the Marchants and that they were no longer connected with the paper or with the Aline Printing and Publishing Company.
An article, another Change in Management of Paper which ran side-by-side with Edgar Marchant'sobituary notice in the CHRONOSCOPE, May 30, 1919, was signed by Frank Clark.
According to information in that issue, Timmons was the owner and Frank Clark was Editor and Publisher of the paper.
Finally, Mr. Basore noted that this new information "does not make Mr. Marchant's hoax any less a hoax."
In the obituary of Mr. Marchant it says, "In recent years, due to failing health, Mr. Marchant has lived a less active life at Aline and Cleo Springs where he has practiced law and contributed newspaper articles as a special feature writer."
Thus, Marchant founded the CHRONOSCOPE and brought it to the new town of Aline in 1901, sold it in 1907,and in 1910 his virgin and the Comet yarn must have been contributed as a "special feature."
First, perhaps I should make it clear in my defense that when I wrote in an earlier piece that Marchant was the editor of the CHRONOSCOPE in 1910 I was relying on the Alfalfa County HISTORY which plainly says, "They (The Marchants)were still publishing the weekly paper in Aline when Mr. Marchant died in 1919.Ellen sold the paper and worked as a reporter…" Clearly, this is wrong.
Second, two intriguing possibilities suddenly seemed to open.
When Marchant placed his story out of Aline from his old newspaper in 1910 the editor, Mr. Frank Clark, and probably the owner, Mr. Timmons, were aware it was a hoax and may have assisted in its distribution.
Would their descendants know anything about the matter?"
Vol. 3, p. 1147-1148
A man who is variously distinguished in Aline and other Oklahoma localities is Edgar Benton Marchant; in law, in politics, in Masonic activities, he holds high rank as a citizen of ability. It will be of interest to review his ancestry and to trace the causes of his success
from stage to stage of his career.
Both parents of Mr. Marchant were persons of strong character and high ideals, his father being of French and his mother of Irish origin.
Abraham Marchant, the former, was a native of Fayette County, Ohio, and followed agricultural pursuits throughout his life. At the outbreak of the Civil war, he was in California and enlisted in Company G. of the Second California Cavalry. He died in service in 1861.
He was one of the five sons of William Marchant, a relative of the noted Marchant family of Rhode Island. Mrs. Abraham Marchant, the mother of our subject, was, like her husband, a native of Ohio, and on her mother's side a descendant of one of the old Virginia families.
Mrs. Marchant, nee Catharine LIMES, was when still a very young woman, a very ardent advocate of temperance. In 1866 she participated in one of the famous crusades against the liquor traffic. This courageous raid took place at Greenfield, Ohio, and is said to have been the first "slashing raid" ever made against the saloon evil.
All her life was devoted in generous measure to influence against the national curse of alcoholism and in favor of law enforcement of all kinds. Hers was a gallant fighting spirit, inherited perhaps from her Revolutionary great-grand-father, Jesse ROWE.
That noted gentleman used his pension money for the lofty purpose of buying material for the first Methodist Episcopal Church ever built in Fayette County, Ohio, buying the lumber for the same from the grandfather of the late Senator Foraker of Ohio. After the war between the states the widowed Mrs. Marchant was again married in later years.
Her second husband was Thomas GASKILL, of Wilmington, Ohio. He died in 1895. She survived him fifteen years, her worthy and efficient life closing at Aline,Oklahoma, on January 4, 1910.
The birth of Edgar Benton Marchant had taken place on March 23, 1858, in the log house which was the farm home of Abraham and Catharine Marchant.
Orphaned by the war, the lad early turned his mind to ways and means of procuring his own livelihood. For him, also, the newspaper route proved to be the first stage on the road toward success.
Greenfield, Ohio, was the locality in which he began his independent activities. And for him, too, the printer's office seemed the logical second step. He served an apprenticeship in the plant of the Highland Chief of Greenfield, his first salary being $1 per week.
At nineteen years of age young Marchant began to be attracted to the profession of law and proceeded to fit himself for that line of vocational activity.
In 1881 he removed to Kansas and in that same year he was admitted to practice in the Sunflower State. His bar examinations were passed at Kingman and he settled for practice at St. John, of the same state. For sixteen years Mr. Marchant continued in active practice, and held various successive offices of distinction.
For a time he was police judge of St. John; was deputy county attorney of Stafford County; and also served as assistant attorney general of Kansas for the special purpose of enforcing the prohibition laws of that state in Stafford County.
In 1893 Mr. Marchant took an active and prominent part in the opening of the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma, locating at Pond Creek, where for a time he continued his law practice, which he later carried on at Cleo, Oklahoma.
In 1894, business affairs called him back to St. John,
Kansas, and there he established the fraternity paper known as The Kansas Free Mason. This periodical was the official gazette of the Kansas Grand Lodge of Ancient free and Accepted Masons. The publishing offices of this paper Mr. Marchant in 1895 removed to Wichita, Kansas.
It is needless to remark in this connection that he was one of the leading Masons of the State of Kansas, having been master of the first Masonic lodge ever instituted in Stafford County. His was the honor of making the first Mason ever created such in that county.
To his adopted State of Oklahoma Mr. Marchant returned in 1900. At Cleo he continued his work as an editor and publisher, at this time establishing The Chronoscope at that place. In county and state politics he has always been a consistent republican and his newspaper policy has always been clearly defined as such.
In 1901 the Chronoscope was transferred by Mr. Marchant to Aline, which has since been the home of the paper. In 1907 he sold the plant and established his residence at Clinton, Oklahoma. There he gave invaluable service in the advertising and upbuilding of the town.
For two years he was secretary of the Commercial Club of Clinton and was one of the most enthusiastic "boosters" of that growing municipality. Indeed, it is said of him that it was through his activities that Clinton was placed upon the map in conspicuous letters.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Online link Source:
http://www.oocities.org/~lauferworld/VirginandCometIII
"Mr. Basore followed up and iscovered that the August 9, 1907 issue of the CHRONOSCOPE announced that S. C.Timmons had taken over the newspaper from the Marchants and that they were no longer connected with the paper or with the Aline Printing and Publishing Company.
An article, another Change in Management of Paper which ran side-by-side with Edgar Marchant'sobituary notice in the CHRONOSCOPE, May 30, 1919, was signed by Frank Clark.
According to information in that issue, Timmons was the owner and Frank Clark was Editor and Publisher of the paper.
Finally, Mr. Basore noted that this new information "does not make Mr. Marchant's hoax any less a hoax."
In the obituary of Mr. Marchant it says, "In recent years, due to failing health, Mr. Marchant has lived a less active life at Aline and Cleo Springs where he has practiced law and contributed newspaper articles as a special feature writer."
Thus, Marchant founded the CHRONOSCOPE and brought it to the new town of Aline in 1901, sold it in 1907,and in 1910 his virgin and the Comet yarn must have been contributed as a "special feature."
First, perhaps I should make it clear in my defense that when I wrote in an earlier piece that Marchant was the editor of the CHRONOSCOPE in 1910 I was relying on the Alfalfa County HISTORY which plainly says, "They (The Marchants)were still publishing the weekly paper in Aline when Mr. Marchant died in 1919.Ellen sold the paper and worked as a reporter…" Clearly, this is wrong.
Second, two intriguing possibilities suddenly seemed to open.
When Marchant placed his story out of Aline from his old newspaper in 1910 the editor, Mr. Frank Clark, and probably the owner, Mr. Timmons, were aware it was a hoax and may have assisted in its distribution.
Would their descendants know anything about the matter?"
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