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J. CLEETUS ENLOW
Vol. 3, p. 1268-1269
Book has photo

During a residence of seventeen years in Oklahoma Mr. Enlow has
attained distinction as a lawyer of solid ability, and has a man of
high ideals has done much constructive work both through his
profession and as an author to mould the life of his new country.
Since coming to Oklahoma his home has always been at Woodward, but he
is well known all over the western part of the state.

Born in Western Union, Doddride County, West Virginia, September
27,1876, he is a son of Henry J. Enlow, who was born in Ohio and
served as a Union soldier during the civil war. After the war he
removed to West Virginia, where he met his life companion, Sonor D.
STOUT, whose father was a wealthy land holder in that state. Both
Henry J. Enlow and his wife were well educated, and had a part in
making West Virginia what it is today. From this union sprang a
family of eight children, five boys, and three girls, fourth among
them being the Woodward lawyer.

Mr. Enlow's earlier life was spent in the valleys and among the
hills and rocks of the rich and picturesque State of West Virginia.
He became familiar with the mountaineer's customs and ways, out of
which environment many men famous in the United States have risen. No
doubt in such surroundings he got his greatest vision of a true life.
He attended the country school and before fifteen years of age had
completed all the common school branches, including algebra and Ray's
higher arithmetic. One year later he had secured a certificate to
teach school in his home county. Being too young to teach, he entered
college at Salem, West Virginia, continued his education at
Fairmount, subsequently took a thorough business course, and began
the study of law in the State University at Morgantown.

It was not with a definite design as to permanent residence that Mr.
Enlow came to Oklahoma in 1898. His object was to visit his brother,
W. M. Enlow, who was then in what is known as Harper County,
Oklahoma. However, so impressed was he with the country that filed on
a homestead and became a resident. On leaving his home town of West
Union, West Virginia, he purchased a through ticket to Woodward,
Oklahoma, and the first acquaintance that he made there was Lawyer C.
W. HEROD, ex-receiver of the United States Land Office at Woodward.
Becoming interested in the young man, Mr. Herod introduced him to the
different business men, among them Col. Temple HOUSTON, Oklahoma's
greatest criminal lawyer and son of the famous Sam Houston, the Texas
soldier and statesman. Colonel Houston, recognizing many good
qualities in the young West Virginian, and learning that he was a law
student, voluntarily offered him the use of his entire law library,
of which gracious proffer Mr. Enlow made the best advantage and
remembers Mr. Houston's kindness with lasting gratitude. Continuing
the study of law with Colonel Houston's books and profiting much by
his advice, in less than one year he passed a most satisfactory
examination, and was admitted to practice law in Oklahoma.

Since then Mr. Enlow's has been a very successful business career,
and while he has interests in other states, he has contributed
largely to the upbuilding of Oklahoma in a political, religious and
financial way, and was monumental in helping to frame the present
laws of the state. He is an Oklahoma booster, has a intimate and
exact knowledge of the state's resources, and through a personal
influence and pen has done much to attract the best class of people
to this portion of the Southwest. As a writer Mr. Enlow has
contributed many articles of interest to the press of Oklahoma and to
outside magazines, and has written two very interesting books titled
"Brownie, an American Slave," and " Law and Patriotism" besides the
volume entitled "Unraveling Childhood."

Mr. Enlow met Miss Julia L. RUSSELL, daughter of Pressley J.
Russell, one of Oklahoma's earliest and leading merchants, who has a
definite claim to the gratitude of many people through his active
assistance in helping the poor settlers to hold their claims in
Western Oklahoma. On August 20, 1900, Mr. Enlow and Miss Russell were
married, and since then Mr. Enlow has had no thought of returning to
his old home state of West Virginia. To their union were born four
children, three sons and one daughter, as follows: Russell Cleetus,
born in 1902; Henry Dallas, born in 1904; Ralph Vernon born in 1906;
and Alice Lueleta, born in 1908.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Jean Owens October 25, 1998.