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JAMES M. GIVENS
Vol. 3, p. 1296

During a residence of more than twenty years at muskogee, James M.
GIVENS through his profession as a lawyer, through his influence as a
public leader and good citizen, has done much to promote the local
welfare and make Muskogee one of the leading cities of the Southwest.
Mr. GIVENS is now engaged in a successful practice as a member of the
firm of ZEVELY, GIVENS, & STOUTS.

Of an old Kentucky family, James M. GIVENS was born February 14,
1860, in Webster County, Kentucky, a son of John W. and Margaret
(ROSS) GIVENS. His father was a planter, a tobacco buyer and a banker
in Webster County, but not long after the birth of James the family
moved to Providence, Kentucky. In that town James M. GIVENS acquired
his early education, and later attended Center College at Danville,
Kentucky, where he was graduated in the literacy course in 1889. He
then took up the study of law under private tuition, and was admitted
to practice at Madisonville, Kentucky in 1891.

In 1892, Mr. GIVENS came to Muskogee, Indian Territory, and since
that date has been a member of the local bar. In 1893, President
Cleveland appointed him to the office of United States attorney for
Indian Territory. In this position he remained four and a half years,
and did some valuable work at a time when the federal attorneys in
Indian Territory had all the responsibilities that are now divided
between a large number, of local, state and federal officers. This
was Mr. GIVENS' only important public office in Oklahoma, and for the
past seventeen years he has been engaged in active private practice.
The firm ZEVELY, GIVENS, & STOUTS is one of the strongest legal
combinations In Muskogee and its offices are in the Arkansas Building.

Mr. GIVENS is a loyal democrat, and at different times has
manifested considerable interest in the welfare and success of that
party. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and also a member of the Mystic
Shrine, and belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
having been the first district deputy of that order in Indian
Territory.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Annajo Limore, Adair County, Oklahoma, October 5, 1998.