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HOSE C. PERKINS
Vol. 3, p. 979-980

Years before the Civil War, when Indian Territory was an inviting
field of adventure, one Acey Yocham, a pioneer of Northern Arkansas,
traveled on horseback over the Five Nations and traded with the
Indians. He knew the leading men of the Nations and from them and
their people bought thousands of cattle. Mr. Yocham had been reared
at Yellville, Arkansas, which was originally settled by Indians,
probably of the Choctaw tribe, who emigrated into Indian Territory
after its organization.

A son of the pioneer Yocham, years later, became a resident of
Indian Territory and assisted in its development, and during his
lifetime Jefferson GARDNER, one of the great men of the Choctaws,
became governor. The latter was a man of foresight who had more
interest in the development of the Choctaw Nation than did many of
his people, and at Eagletown, one of the early villages of the
Nation, built a mansion for his home, an old colonial style structure
that stands today as one of the show places of McCurtain County and
as a monument to a man who realized that the tribal government and
the happy hunting grounds of the Indians were passing. It is probable
that Mr. Yocham and Governor Gardner were friends, which makes of
historical interest the fact that a grandson of Mr. Yocham, who came
when the tribal days had passed, wrote the abstract of title that
disposed of the Gardner homestead to Charles STILES, a merchant of
Eagletown. The governor had passed away and with him many of the
cherished ideals of his people, and while progressive white men were
occupying the lands the Indians once roamed over, the home of the
governor was not retained as a memorial to the tribe.

The young man who wrote the mentioned abstract was Hose C. Perkins,
of Idabel, manager of the Security Title Company, who located in
Oklahoma in 1911. A son and grandson of Mr. Yocham became soldiers in
the confederate army during the war between the states and were
killed in battle. A daughter, Nancy Yocham, became the wife of Henry
H. PERKINS, a native of Illinois who moved into Arkansas when a young
man. For a number of years Mr. Perkins has been a successful farmer
and stockman, for four years was sheriff of Marion County, Arkansas,
and in 1914 was elected a member of the Arkansas Legislature. He
helped to pass the bill providing for tick eradication, which was of
inestimable value to the livestock industry of the state, assisted in
defeating the Sawyer Bill, which would have permitted horse-race
gambling at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and had a leading part in making
the law that established state-wide prohibition in Arkansas, and
which went into effect January 1, 1916.

Hose C. Perkins is a graduate of the Yellville High School, and
after leaving that institution entered the abstract business in
Arkansas and continued it when he moved to Oklahoma in 1911. In
performing the duties of that business he has passed upon the titles
to many historic tracts of land in the old Choctaw country and in so
doing has been one of the factors in the development of a region held
for several generations intact for the Indians. He conducts a loan
and real estate business in connection with his title business, and
Herbert COKEY is associated with him in these different lines. Mr.
Perkins is well known in business circles of Idabel and the
surrounding country, and his reputation is an excellent one among his
associates.

Mr. Perkins was married at Yellville, Arkansas, in 1908, to Miss
Virginia E. COKER, daughter of Dr. J. M. Coker, who for thirty-five
years has been a practicing physician and surgeon at Yellville, being
also prominent in democratic politics of the state and a member of
the Arkansas Legislature. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Perkins, Bertha Alene, who is now five years old. Mr. and Mrs.
Perkins are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He
belongs to the Oklahoma Association of Title Men, and his fraternal
affiliations include membership in the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and the Woodmen of the World. His home is at Idabel.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Earline Sparks Barger, December 16, 1998.