James Yancy Callahan
James Yancy Callahan was
born in Dent county, Missouri, December 19, 1852. He was reared
on a farm and educated in the common schools and he has been a farmer
most of his life.
In 1885 he moved to
Stanton county, Kansas, where he lived until 1892, when he moved to
Kingfisher county, Oklahoma. While living in Kansas he served
two terms as register of deeds. Mr. Callahan now lives (1908) at
Enid, where he is engaged in business.
In 1896, Mr. Callahan was
nominated for Congressional delegate from Oklahoma. Mr. Callahan
was elected by a plurality of less than fifteen hundred.
Source: A
History of Oklahoma by Joseph B. Throburn and Isaac M.
Holcomb, Doub and Company San Francisco 1908.
