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JOHN W. ROBERTSON
Vol. 3, p. 975

John W. Robertson, county judge of McIntosh County, and a resident
of Eufaula, Oklahoma, since 1906, is a native son of the State of
Missouri, born there on his father's farm in Hickory County on May 4,
1856. He is the son of James A. and Mary J. (CUNDIFF) Robertson, both
of them Missourians by birth.

James A. Robertson was born in Jefferson County, Missouri, in 1818,
and he died in Hickory County, Missouri, in 1912. He was a farmer in
his native state all his days. His tastes and inclinations led him in
the direction of the ministry, and while he never gave up farm life,
he was an ordained minister of the Protestant Methodist Church and
was frequently heard in Missouri pulpits. His wife was born in
Jefferson County in 1825. After his marriage, and in the year 1853,
they moved to Hickory County and settled on a farm, where they spent
the remainder of their useful and highly exemplary life. To them were
born nine children, all of them living at this writing (1915). The
youngest born was John W. Robertson, of this review.

Mr. Robertson's young life was spent on the farm with his parents
and he attended the public schools as a boy, later spending a year in
Weanbleau (Mo.) Christian College. When he was nineteen years old
young Robertson went West, and he spent three years in Washington and
Oregon, there employed in various lines, and gathering a goodly fund
of experience in that time. He returned to his Missouri home then and
took up the study of law in the office and under the instruction of
his brother, who was then in practice in Springfield, Missouri. In
1894 Mr. Robertson had so well applied himself to his studies that he
was admitted to the bar, following which he settled in his native
county and engaged in practice on his own responsibility. Mr.
Robertson won recognition in the early days of his independent
practice, and he was elected to the office of county attorney of
Hickory County, in which position he served two terms. In 1906 Mr.
Robertson came to Oklahoma and established himself in business at
Eufaula, where he has since been engaged, and where he has gained a
position and standing commensurate with his abilities. He enjoys an
enviable reputation among the member of his profession hereabouts and
is prominent in citizenship, as well as in the legal field. A
republican, he has been an active member of the party, and in 1910 he
was elected county attorney for McIntosh County. In this office it is
not more than just to say that he has rendered conspicuous and worthy
service in the interest of the county. He declined a re-nomination,
though it was generally conceded that he would have been re-elected
had he cared to continue in the service. In 1914, however, Mr.
Robertson was nominated on the republican ticket for the office of
county judge, and was elected. he overcame a normal democratic
majority in the county, receiving something like 400 votes more than
did his democratic opponent. In his position as county judge Mr.
Robertson has already distinguished himself, and his reputation is
steadily advancing in professional circles.

Mr. Robertson was married in 1896 to Miss Ida A. AGEE, and to them
six children have been born: Roscoe E., Neva Nell, Mary Ruth, Mildred
and John W., Jr.

Mr. Robertson is a Master Mason, but has no fraternal affiliations
outside the various Masonic organizations in which he has membership.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Earline Sparks Barger, December 15, 1998.