At that time, the Creek Nation was not allotted, and no citizen of the Creek Nation could give a legal lease. Therefore, he seemed to hide his discovery and went East. All who knew about the drilling of this well believed he had discovered oil, and was waiting for the time to come when he could regain the benefits of his discovery, and, when the lands in the Creek Nation were allotted, he could get a valid lease. He did return to Tulsa in 1895, and took a lease on the allotted lands of Mrs. J.C.W. Bland, and all of Dr. Bland's lots in Red Fork, and drilled the first and famous well in Red Fork, in the Creek Nation, five miles west of Tulsa.

During this time, there had been discovered oil at Bartlesville. Also, leases were secured from the Cherokee Nation by Cudahy and Edward Byrd near Chelsea, Indian Territory. Edward Byrd had secured from the Cherokee Nation an oil and gas lease on ten thousand acres of land in 1889, and drilled his first well in 1890, 36 feet deep, and discovered oil, and organized the U.S. Oil and Gas Company, and sold onehalf of this acreage to the Cherokee Oil and Gas Company, who drilled fortytwo shallow producing wells near Chelsea, before the Creek lands were allotted. This lease was held valid by Secretary of the Interior, Hitchcock, and is still producing. I think the Cudahy Lease, that was producing before the Cherokee Allotment, was also held valid by the Secretary.

During this time and a little afterwards, the Foster people secured a blanket lease for oil and gas over the entire Osage Nation, in the year 1896. A little of the history of this wonderful and turbulent lease, during the progress of oil development in the Indian Territory, I desire to narrate later.

With the shallow wells in the Cherokee Field, that were drilled by the Cherokee Oil and Gas Company, and the Cudahy people, and the wells that was drilled in Taneha, in 1892, by John Weeks, we have the first discoverers of oil in the Indian Territory.

Outside of the seepage of oil and the oil in water wells near Chelsea, I honestly believe John Weeks was the first man to discover oil in the Indian Territory, or the State of Oklahoma, and that he alone, from that knowledge, came and drilled the producing well in the lime at Red Fork, and is the real father and discoverer of producing oil in the Indian Territory.

Dr. J.C.W. Bland, at that time, lived in Red Fork, and gave a contract to John Weeks to drill for oil and gas upon his lots in Red Fork. He and Dr. Clinton may have agreed to finance John Weeks, but he did the drilling and discovered the oil.

I was called to Red Fork to visit Dr. Bland about ten o'clock in the morning. He was suffering very severely at the time, and he and I diagnosed his ailment as an attack of appendicitis, and concluded it was not an operative case, and laid our plan for treatment, which was to keep the Doctor very quiet, and use hot application over the region of pain. He was feeling some relief, and I was almost ready to depart, when one of the drillers rushed into the house, saying that they had struck oil and some gas. Of course, all feeling happy, with some excitement, we had a strong effort to keep Dr. Bland quiet, and to continue our applications.

A few minutes later, the other driller rushed it, saying the oil was flowing all over the rig. Just at this instant, the Doctor and myself forgot about the line of treatment, and both walked several hundred yards to see the well flowing. After watching the well a short time, the Doctor's ailment, without keeping quiet and without our applications, disappeared. Until this day, I do not know whether our treatment or the excitement cured his case.

The oil was spouting out of the ground, running off into an earthen tank. Dr. Clinton was soon on the ground, and we all were very busy in Red Fork, the new oil field, for several days.

In fact, I did not return back home to Tulsa for two or three days.

We could buy nothing else but town lots, as all lands were Indian restricted lands, and we proceeded to buy possessory rights on everything we could in the little village.

After the excitement was over, and I was returning home, I found I had bought and sold, and cleared several hundred dollars, and had several blocks left in Red Fork to lease to the incoming oil men, who were rushing to the scene from far off Beaumont, Texas. After my excitement and a few hours rest, I began to believe I was some "Oil Man", getting the "bug" and taste, and seeing the oil flow from the ground, I was inoculated with the view of making a fortune in the oil business, which I knew was not in the regular and legitimate M.D.'s profession.

With that in mind, I wish to narrate modestly some of my experiences from that day on.

EARLY EXPERIENCES AND EFFORTS IN GETTING IN THE OIL BUSINESS

After seeing the oil flowing from the gusher at Red Fork, Indian Territory, and meeting and talking with many that rushed in from Texas, and seeing their actions during the excitement from the Beaumont Spindel Top and SourLake Fields, such men as Sharpe Brothers, J.S. McCullen, Dorcit Carter and many others, I caught the oil fever. With my brother, J.L. Kennedy, we proceeded to secure a lease upon some Osage Territory lying two or three miles north of the Red Fork Well. We immediately got in touch with our old friend and neighbor, T.J. Akins, Postmaster of St. Louis, and got him interested. He was quite prominent in National Politics, and in touch with the Department at Washington, D.C., and we soon learned that the Osage Nation, containing one and onehalf million acres, had been recently leased to a man by the name of Foster, for ten years, with the privilege of renewing for another ten years, and so our plan failed.

During the Red Fork excitement, a company by the name of HartfordOsage Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, had subleased from Foster, the Parent Company, a strip of territory parallel with the Creek Nation line, a mile wide, and extending to the 96th Meridian, and West of the Arkansas River, containing six thousand acres, more or less.

Their representative was soon on the ground to commence drilling a test well. I immediately managed to get an interest and some stock in the Company. They located and started drilling in the Country Club District, onehalf mile Northwest of the Southwest corner of the Osage Nation. After drilling to a depth of 1,300 feet or more, they encountered gas and oil. The gas was about five or six million cubic feet, and a five or ten barrel oil well. They drilled very slowly and with much difficulty, as they had to get all their material from Neosho, Kansas, which was the closet supply house at that time. They later started to drill another well, expecting to go only to the gas sand and produce gas for sale, as there was no market for oil at that time.

They at once proceeded to produce and furnish gas for commercial purposes to the Owen Brick Plant. We then applied for the gas franchise in the Village of Tulsa.

Our first well furnished plenty of gas for the Brick Plant, but the second well was practically a failure, and our third and fourth wells were both dry holes. Not being able to produce the gas at that time to furnish Tulsa under our franchise, we lost same.

During about this time, Guffey and Galey, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had subleased some 600 acres just north of our mile strip, and had discovered a large gas field, adjoining and North of our lease. They then stepped in and secured the franchise from the Village of Tulsa to furnish domestic gas, and proceeded to pipe the town at once, furnishing plenty of gas.

The OsageHartford Company, after drilling four dry holes, and losing the gas franchise, became discouraged and ceased operations. Most of the stockholders in this company were Yankees, all living in Connecticut, well to do, strong and conservative people. The President of the company was Patrick Garvin, of Hartford, Connecticut, the Secretary, a very capable and able man, was of the same locality. They decided they would not spend any more money, and would contract their territory.

About this time, I met and made the acquaintance of a man who was a partner of Jim Hamel and his brother Al, and who had drilled the famous SpindelTo gusher for Guffey and Galey a short time before. We then formed a partnership, and secured a contract from the OsageHartford Company, and proceeded operations on our first well, which had some gas, some oil and plenty of water. Our second well was as dry as a "powder house," our thirdwell as a producer of water that flowed out of the top of the casing, and our fourth well produced some oil, but we lost two strings of tools, and as we had no more, we had to quit drilling, as we had only the boiler left. My friends and partner, who had expected to drill in a gusher in our described wells, soon left for Texas from whence they had come, also leaving some debts unpaid. They had come to make their fortune with their tools and equipment, and some money, and I guess they returned without either. I know that my own experience in my vision of a gusher cost me a lot of sweat in the payment of my part of the expense, and had to be taken from my meager income from rents, cotton, corn and wheat. After resting for some time, at least until I got my debts paid and caught up with my losses, I made contracts with others, and continued to try and discover a gusher, all being practical failures for years. Yet, I have always had a run for my money. Often I felt so sure, and had such faith and confidence, I would scarcely let anyone in on my gamble, carrying the greater part of the expenses and hazards myself in drilling for a gusher, and trying to get rich over night. However, this gusher business and get rich stuff, I found costs too much grief and waste of time and sleepless nights, and I am satisfied that great many others have found the same experience in the oil game. After my experience in the oil business as heretofore described, during which time I became fast friends with W.A. Springer, I started anew and differently.

Mr. Springer was, for years, Superintendent of Production for the Guffey and Galey Oil Producers, who had several thousand acres leased in the southeast portion of the Osage Reservation.

Mr. Springer had drilled most a hundred wells in the Osage Nation for them. We began to compare notes of our various experiences.

We concluded that, when the formation ran low, and the oil sand that, when the formation ran low, and the oil sand was low, it carried water; when the formation ran high, and the sand was high, it carried oil.

We then endeavored to find a high spot, geologically speaking, in the unleased land of the Osage Nation. This we proceeded to do without much money, making our headquarters at Hominy Post, known as Hominy, Oklahoma, spending many days and weeks, driving over the District, chasing rocks, limes, and sandstone formations, until we found, what we thought, was a geological high spot. This was in the early part of the year of 1912. Not being satisfied with our "rockhound" idea, we sent to West Virginia, and secured the best geologist, at that time. We made a contract with him to pay his expenses and salary, without any further consideration, to go over the ground for three weeks, that we thought was geologically high. He confirmed our opinion, and advised us what territory to select to cover, and where to drill.

We paid him a handsome fee, and he returned home.

With this information, we proceeded to lease a 4,800 acres tract, including our dome in the center. Complying with the Interior Department's Regulations for leasing Osage Lands, the same being advertised for the highest bidder, we succeeded in securing the lease we desired. The ups and downs, trials and tribulations before the approval of this lease were many.

The many incidents and coincidences we encountered cannot be described here. I wish only to mention the matter here, for these may be found, in full, in my scrapbook. Having paid the cash bonus bid for the lease, and making the bond required, the lease was approved by the Osage Council, and signed by the Principal Chief and the Secretary of the Interior. We both felt happy.

Having neither the nerve nor the finances to develop the lease, we negotiated with P.J. White and Harry F. Sinclair for one half interest for development. We made and developed the famous KennedySpringer Lease, Section Eight, Hominy Pool. We were producing several millions feet of gas and about ten thousand barrels of oil, flush production daily, when we sold our onehalf interest in the Lease to a New York Syndicate, the Morgan Interest, for Six Million and Fifty Thousand Dollars.

I wish to say again the tribulation and many interwoven schemes interlaced with this Lease before and after the sale, and during the time it was being developed and became valuable, are too many to describe here. I only wish to say now, it did not come easy, and was not kept easy, as all well know to suddenly make a financial success in a venture, brings grief and hardships connected therewith. I shall leave these incidents and coincidents at this period of my life at this point, and give my early history in Tulsa, which may be of more interest to narrate.

LEASING OF INDIAN LANDS IN EARLY DAYS

The discovery of oil in the Chelsea, Bartlesville, and Red Fork Fields and the Osage Nation, before the completion and division of allotments, and the passing of the Tribal Authority, gave grounds for graft and great injustice to the Indians. I have seen this graft and injustice going on in the passing of their lands and domain by methods, and in such a manner; it is a stain on American History, if the real facts were made known and a public record. The "Teapot Dome" and "Elk Hill" Scandals would be small affairs, if the real conditions that existed in the passing of oil rights and the Indian's land were made public, and comparisons were possible.

In the two above mentioned leases, they were to pay the Government large royalties, and to spend vast sums of money, and, after fulfilling their contracts, and giving the Government millions and royalty in oil, it then cancelled their leases, and confiscated or took back the property.

However, an irresponsible man, namely, A.B. Foster, a promoter, was granted a lease by the Government, the sole Guardian of the Indians, on 1,700,000 acres of land for ten years, with only the promise of drilling a few wells, carrying a renewal clause for another period of ten years. This was the immensely rich domain of the Osage Indians handled with reference to its richest treasurers, the oil and gas lying beneath its surface.

No cash bonus or rental was paid, and only a small ten per centum royalty was given the Indians, while the "Teapot Dome" and "Elk Hill" Leases carried large royalties, from forty to sixty per centum. I wish to ask, how any one man, without bond or responsiACbility, could develop 1,700,000 acres of land in ten years. Also, I want to say that this Lease produced one hundred per centum more oil than either the "Teapot Dome" or "Elk Hill" Leases.

Did the Government cancel this Lease for the ignorant Indian as it did the above mentioned Leases? No! This Lease ran for ten years, and was again renewed to an irresponsible party, without bond and no increase in the royalty, allowing an irresponsible party to sublease same to the actual developer for onesixth royalty, taking the difference between the onesixth and onetenth as his revenue, simply because he owned the Lease.

This Mr. Foster held this territory of the Indians for twenty years, never taking a gamble himself, just sitting still, and enjoying a luxurious income.

This Lease was one of the greatest in all the world, and since the expiration of that Lease, has produced millions of barrels of oil, and makes the "Teapot Dome" and "Elk Hill" Leases, in comparison, small indeed. The "Teapot Dome" and "Elk Hill" Leases carried heavy penalties beside the royalties, while the Osage Nation received nothing but graft, and the passing of their lands, in the early history of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma.

Of course, this is water gone under the bridge, and the public and the world will never know the injustice as it really existed in the passing of the land and oil rights of the Indians, while much to do was made over the "Teapot Dome" and "Elk Hill" Leases, well known scandals.

PERSONAL MESSAGE TO MEMBERS OF TULSA PIONEER ASSOCIATION                                     SEPTEMBER 17, 1936

This 17th day of September, 1936 is the fortyfifth anniversary of my arrival in Tulsa, Indian Territory as a country doctor.

In continuous residence since that time I recall my thirtieth anniversary celebration with the old pioneers at a barbeque dinner on September 17, 1921.

At that time the Tulsa Association of Pioneers was organized of those persons who had lived in Tulsa and vicinity for 30 years.

Since thin these pioneers have incorporated the association and have a permanent organization of one thousand or more that includes the old pioneers of Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory and their descendants who now live in Tulsa and vicinity.

They have erected a monument marking the grounds where they first met and organized the association.

May their hope come true, not only for holding an annual picnic and festivities in June each year, but also for arranging to celebrate for fortysixth anniversary September 17, 1937. In the Autumn when the season furnishes bountiful supplies of all the good things necessary for a real barbeque. Not only old fashion meats but added Oklahoma watermelons, cantaloupes, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, cucumbers, peaches, apples, and all good things to eat produced by Oklahoma soil. Wound up with the best Tulsa ice.

Not being able to aid or attend the last annual picnic, I wish to express my regrets and give my heartfelt wishes to all members.

Respectfully,

S.G. Kennedy

A SKETCH OF DR. S.G. KENNEDY83

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY OF A DISTINGUISHED CAREER

It has been the history of Tulsa, as it is in all communities where so much wealth has been rapidly created and found, that a great many of those, who have reaped a rich harvest, have either dissipated their accumulations, or have invested the same in other Cities and States.

Tulsa has, however, been fortunate in having several citizens, who have garnered their wealth here, made their investments, and retained their interests in the City and State being so kind to them.

None of her citizens, who have made an outstanding success, has been more loyal to Tulsa than has Doctor Kennedy. Having made a signal success, and having, with his fortitude, constancy, foresight and ability, amassed his fortune in and from Tulsa, he has taken his well earned and toilmade largess, and has made permanent improvements in Tulsa, which will last as long as it shall be a city, and will forever be a memorial to the whole State of Oklahoma.

He started, at the very beginning of his professional and civic life, and succeeding business career, in this community, and has continued until now, and will ever continue to aid in every way he could and can, the upbuilding and progress of our City. He has always had an unbounded confidence in this City, and has pinned to that confidence investments as large and substantial as any one has ever made. He has always had an everlasting faith in the future and destiny of Tulsa, and he has made everlasting investments, which will stand and remain as everlasting monuments to his faith in his City, and as a permanent contribution to its prosperity, past, present and future.

His outstanding contribution has been, and is, the Kennedy Building, standing at the corner of Fourth and Boston, not the tallest, but one of the largest, and one of the most scrupulously constructed; kept and maintained buildings in the Southwest, and even in the Country at large, and the whole world.

No building in Tulsa has a deeper tinge of romance than has this monument that the Doctor has contributed to his well beloved City. It stands on the site on which, at first, was erected his little home, after he was married to Agnes Lombard, where he struggled in his career as a physician in his early days here, giving up his profession, however, in 1907, and devoting himself thereafter to the large private business interests he had already developed in the midst of his active practice as a doctor.

With the City growing, he removed from this spot into what was then a very rural neighborhood, his present home, and the business section continued to expand and encroach and encroach.

Finally, after several years, the Kennedy Building, as it now stands, in the year 1919, was completed by Doctor Kennedy, a solid and enduring badge of his faith in, and love for, his City, Tulsa, where he had so long gauged his career with its rapid growth, content to be a part of this great and growing community.

Cities are not made by buildings alone, and cities cannot be made by men alone, but every great and permanent city must have both the buildings and the men. That Tulsa has had, and we believe its supply will never cease.

Towering as one of Tulsa's monuments and institutions, beginning with a little frame home, and finally metamorphosing into the splendid Business and Office Building, as the Kennedy Building now is, there are woven in the warp and woof of the history and progress of Tulsa, the beautiful livethreads and impulses of Doctor Kennedy as he has dreamed, thought and wrought for his beloved City, Tulsa. To him the fairest and proudest of all the Cities rearing their proud heads in all this land.

(Written in 1938)

In order to include some of my father's accomplishments, activities and endeavors not mentioned in his Memoirs and to establish the high respect he earned in the community, I am adding two articles to this book:

1. A reprint of the biography included in the "History of Tulsa, Oklahoma" written by C.B. Douglas, published in 1921.

This was a period when my father was most active in all the affairs of the community. It was the year he and his brother Dr. J. L. Kennedy held the barbeque that led to the formation of the Tulsa Association of Pioneer.

2. The obituary for my father, appearing on the front page of the Tulsa World on September 28, 1941. A similar obituary appeared on the front page of the Tulsa Tribune on September 29, 1941. The heading read "Chimes That He Gave Church Ring Out Dr. Kennedy Requiem." This article listed the names of the 122 honorary pallbearers named for the funeral. Included were his many pioneer friends, outstanding business leaders, distinguished local and national political figures and other associates he had known and worked with during his lifetime.

It seems appropriate to include these two articles to reveal more of the facets of my father's character and to give added substance to his personal memoirs.

Colonel Joe E. Kennedy

SAMUEL GRANT KENNEDY, M.D.

Dr. Samuel Grant Kennedy was born on a farm near Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, on the 9th day of June, 1865, his parents being Allen B. and Matilda E. Gilmore Kennedy, who were natives of Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively. Allen B. Kennedy was a small child when he went with his parents to Missouri in 1830.

His father died soon afterward and in 1833 the widowed mother with her children moved to Cedar County, Missouri, settling near Sack river. Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. Kennedy spent their last days in Oklahoma, where the father died at the venerable age of eightyfour years, in 1910, and the mother reached the age of seventyone years and passed away in 1913. The father gave his allegiance to the whig party until its dissolution and then joined the ranks of the new republican party, which he continued to support until his death. He was a strong supporter of the Union during the Civil war and his devotion to two of the nation's most eminent men is shown in the fact that he gave the names of Lincoln and Grant to two of his sons.

Dr. Samuel Grant Kennedy, who was fourth in order of birth in a family of eleven children, was educated in the public schools of Cedar County and in the high school at Stockton, before entering the Southwest Baptist College at Bolivar, Missouri. When his college course was completed he resumed work on the home farm, having early become familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and cultivating the fields through previous vacation periods. In 1888 he resumed his studies, matriculating in Ozark College at Greenfield, Missouri. While still pursuing his education there he became a teacher in the schools of the state and followed the profession from 1886 to 1889. Eventually he entered the Kansas City Medical College, from which he graduated in 1898 with the M.D. degree.

Dr. Kennedy's identification with Oklahoma dates from the opening of old Oklahoma, April 22nd, 1889. In company with his brother, Dr. James L. Kennedy, he located in Tulsa in 1891 as a practicing physician. Tulsa was at that time a frontier village with a population of not more than one hundred and fifty people, the town at that time centering around its one little hostelry, the Owens Hotel, its commercial establishments consisting of two general stores, a modest hardware store and a drug store.

Therefore, from practically the very beginning of Tulsa, Dr. Kennedy has been identified with its upbuilding and development.

As the years passed he met all of the hardships and privations incident to the practice of a pioneer physician. It was not an unusual thing for him to drive from thirtyfive to sixty miles for a single visit and his ability made his services of the greatest value. Alleviating pain and encouraging his patients by his own optimism, it is no wonder that he became the loved family physician of many households throughout Tulsa and the surrounding country. He continued in active practice for a number of years and in 1898 he and his brother erected the first brick building in the city, using it for office purposes. From time to time they made investment in property, which with the rapid growth of Tulsa has become very valuable. In 1907 Dr. Kennedy retired from active professional work in order to give his attention to outside business interests which he had acquired and which were making larger and more extensive demands upon his time and energies. He became connected with the development of the petroleum fields of Oklahoma and his keen sagacity enabled him to make large and wise investments, not only in Oklahoma oil land, but in other property holdings, until his real estate aggregated thousands of acres. In 1919 he erected the Kennedy Building, which is the largest and finest office building in the State, its situation being at Fourth and Boston Streets. It stands as a monument to the enterprise and ability of the owner, who in every way has been a most progressive and valued citizen.

During his active professional days, Dr. Kennedy became one of the organizers of the Oklahoma Territorial Medical Society and took a most helpful and influential part in promoting its objects and later in transforming it into the present Oklahoma State Medical Association. He was likewise a charter member of the Tulsa County Medical Society and is identified with the American Medical Association. For ten years he served as a member of the board of the United States pension examining surgeons for Indian Territory. He was also one of the organizers of the Oklahoma Banking Company and for several years served as its president.

On the 30th of September, 1896, Dr. Kennedy was married to Miss Agnes Lombard, who was born in California and passed away March 29th, 1912, survived by their seven children: James A., Forest L., Thelma., Cordelia Ann, Samuel G., Joseph E., and Minnie.

In politics Dr. Kennedy has always been a stanch republican.

He belongs to Tulsa Lodge, No. 71, A.F. & A.M.: to Oklahoma Consistory, A.A.S.R. at Guthrie, and to Akdar Temple of the Mystic Shrine in Tulsa. He has ever been a loyal follower of the teachings and purposes of the fraternity and is an active supporter of many benevolent and charitable projects. He is generous almost to a fault but has continually extended a helping hand where aid is needed and has long been an active supporter of all public movements for the general good. Great indeed have been the changes which have occurred since his arrival in the Indian Territory. Tulsa has grown from a tiny hamlet to a city of seventytwo thousand population, and with the work of improvement and advancement the name of Samuel Grant Kennedy is inseparably associated.

TULSA SUNDAY WORLD

TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY

SEPTEMBER 28, 1941

DR. KENNEDY DIES; ILL SIX YEARS

Funeral Plans Incomplete for Pioneer Tulsan; 76 Years Old

Death, Saturday ripped a colorful page from the story of Oklahoma's past when Dr. Samuel Grant Kennedy, 76 year old

rancher and oil magnate, died at his home, 630 North Osage, after six years of ill health.

Several times in the past two years, Doctor Kennedy was in and out of Tulsa hospitals. Several weeks ago he suffered a

relapse from age complications. He never rallied, his condition becoming critical late Friday night. He died shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday. With him at the time of his death were his widow, seven children, grandchildren and other relatives.

Tulsa has known and there was a Tulsa then the pioneer since he settled here in 1891. But he knew Tulsa better than it knew him, for the next 25 years his medical practice ranged over the entire territory.

Then, however, he entered the oil business and thereby built a fortune which, for the most part has been invested in real estate since that time.

But his fortune was gained only after encountering the same hardships which harassed other earlyday settlers. His father and mother migrated to Stockton Mo., from Tennessee shortly after the close of the Civil war. (Ed.noteIt was actually 1830)

With them came two sons, Samuel Grant Kennedy and James Lincoln Kennedy, who were to notch their names deep into the scrolls of early day history here.

Doctor Kennedy received his education in the public schools of Cedar county, Missouri, and in 1884 entered Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, Mo. Two years later he enrolled in Ozark College, at Greenfield, Mo., and taught school while completing his class work.

IN THREE STATE RUNS

He attended Kansas City Medical college and when Oklahoma was opened to settlement in 1889, he was among thousands who rode into the new territory to stake claims.

Again in 1891, when surplus lands belonging to the Sac and Fox Indians were opened to settlement, he again participated in the run, and when the Cherokee strip was opened two years later, was among the thousands present there.

Both brothers, Sam and Jim, as they were know, came to Tulsa's future doorsteps in 1891, both settling down as practicing physicians.

Doctor Kennedy married Miss Agnes Lombard in 1896 and to them were born seven children. She died in 1912.

When Tulsa was incorporated in 1898, Dr. S.G. Kennedy was a member of the committee of nine which appeared before Federal Judge William R. Springer at Muskogee.

QUIT MEDICINE IN 1908

For many years Doctor Kennedy and his brother, who died about 15 years ago, practiced medicine and participated in farming and cattle raising. In 1898 they constructed Tulsa's first brick building. Doctor Sam retired from the practice of medicine in 1908.

He was an earlyday member of the Tulsa town council and a member of the first water board for directing the Spavinaw project, a thing he had urged as early as 1908. He had been one of the organizers of the Oklahoma Territorial Medical Association, now the Oklahoma State Medical Association. He served as president of the board for the United states pension examining surgeons for Indian Territory.

However, with all this, his flow of wealth was yet to come.

It was with the late W.A. Springer, who induced him to join him in acquiring land in the Osage county that his fortune was made.

DISCOVERED INDIAN LAND

Through Doctor Kennedy the land, remote from other producing territory, was put up for sale by the Indian agency. Doctor Kennedy put in his bid for acreage and got it. Then the problem of getting the land developed finally was "sold" to an oil company which put up the money.

In 1913 the first oil well was drilled, but was of small production. Later came big wells, some producing as much as 15,000 barrels daily.

A total of over 140 wells were drilled only nine dry holes.

In 1917 Doctor Kennedy and Springer sold their half interest for $6,000,000 All gained in the short span of four years.

In 1919 real estate again entered Doctor Kennedy's realm of endeavors and he acquired the Kennedy building, at Fourth and Boston, the site of his former home.

MUCH FARM LAND

Aside from that property, he owned hundreds of acres in the Country Club district, including a golf course. He was owner of nearly 10,000 acres of farm land in Oklahoma and Missouri.

Since he acquired the Kennedy building, most of his financial efforts have been relegated to real estate properties. He married Jessie Webber in 1926. She survives him.

Other survivors include the seven children, Mrs. Ross Gwillam and Mrs. Kenneth (Minnie) Mansion, both of Houston, Texas; James A., Lee and Samuel G. Kennedy, Jr., and Mrs. A.Y. (Thelma) Boswell, all of Tulsa, and Capt Joe E. Kennedy, attached to the army finance department at Sheppard field, Wichita Falls, Texas.

His death did not come as a surprise, previous relapses making apparent he could not survive his illness.

The body was taken to the Stanley and McCune funeral home where funeral plans are incomplete.

His interest in Tulsa's welfare led to his membership in the Tulsa club, the Tulsa Country club, the Masonic order, of which he was a Thirtysecond degree Mason and a Shriner.

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