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EDWARD CROSSLAND
Vol. 3, p. 1061

The present county attorney of Tulsa County has been engaged in the
practice of his profession in the City of Tulsa since 1910, is one of
the able and representative lawyers contributed to the Oklahoma bar
by the fine old state of Kentucky, and his success in his chosen
vocation has given him distinct prestige therein, the while his
ability and personal popularity are vouchsafed in his tenure of the
important office of which he is now the incumbent and the affairs of
which he is administering with unqualified circumspection and
efficiency.

Mr. Crossland is a scion of an old and honored family of the
Bluegrass State, and in his personality exemplifies the best
traditions and social amenities of that patrician old commonwealth.
His grandfather, Col. Edward Crossland, a native of Hickman County,
Kentucky, became one of the distinguished men of that state and a
leading member of its bar. In his native county he served several
terms on the bench of the County Court, after having previously held
the office of commonwealth's attorney, and he represented his
district in the United State Congress from 1872 to 1876. He was a
gallant soldier and officer in the Confederate service during the
Civil war, as colonel of the Seventh Kentucky Infantry, and during
the last year of the war he commanded the Kentucky Brigade, which was
a part of the forces under the distinguished General Forrest.

Edward Crossland, named in honor of his honored grandsire, was born
at Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, on the 24th of March, 1875, and
is the eldest of the seven children -- all living except one--of
Samuel H. and Martha (SMITH) Crossland both likewise natives of
Kentucky, the former having been born in Hickman County, near
Clinton, on the 7th of August, 1849, and the latter at Hopkinsville,
Christian County, on the 26th of February, 1852, her death having
occurred on the 10th of December, 1895. Samuel H. Crossland acquired
his higher academic education in Washington & Lee University, at
Lexington, Virginia, and thereafter was graduated in the Louisville
Law College, in the metropolis of his native state. Thereafter he was
engaged in the practice of his profession at Mayfield, Graves County,
Kentucky, until 1909, since which time he has been an honored and
representative member of the bar of the City of Paducah, that state.
He served one term as county attorney of Graves County, 1882-6, and
for one term was commonwealth attorney for that county. He is an
influential representative of the Kentucky contingent of the
democratic party and is affiliated with the Benevolent & Protective
Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias.

He whose name introduces this article is indebted to the public
schools of his native place for his early educational training, which
was supplemented by an effective course in West Kentucky College, and
in preparation for the profession that had been significantly
dignified and honored by the services of his father and grandfather,
he entered the law department of Central College, at Danville,
Kentucky, in which he was graduated as member of the class of 1900,
and from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws, the
president of the college at that time having been the distinguished
legist and statesman, Hon. J. Proctor KNOTT.

After his graduation Mr. Crossland was engaged in the practice of
his profession at Mayfield, Kentucky, until 1910, when he made a
judicious change by coming to Oklahoma and establishing himself in
practice in the City of Tulsa, where he soon built up a substantial
and representative law business and became specially well known as a
strong and versatile trial lawyer. At Mayfield, Kentucky, he had
served on the bench of the County Court of Graves County from
January, 1906, until January, 1910, his removal to Oklahoma having
occurred with in a short time after his retirement from this
position. Upon establishing his residence in Tulsa he was for a brief
interval associated in practice with Judge Conn LINN, later was
associated with the law firm of B. T. HAINER and H. B. MARTIN, and
finally he was appointed deputy county attorney, under Pat MALLOY.
His effective work in this subordinate position marked him as a most
eligible candidate for the office of county attorney, to which he was
elected in November, 1914, and in which is vigorous and able
administration is fully justifying the choice of the voters of the
county. It is scarcely necessary to state that Judge Crossland is
found arrayed as an uncompromising advocate of the principles of the
democratic party, and as a citizen he is definitely liberal, broad-
minded and progressive. In a fraternal way he is affiliated the
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias.

Judge Crossland has two children, Samuel H. and Sue H., and the
maiden name of his wife was Winifred BENNAN, she being a popular
factor in the representative social activities of Tulsa.

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