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WILLIAM H. ROESER
Vol. 3, p. 1213-1214

With residence and business headquarters in the City of Tulsa, Mr.
ROESER has achieved prominence and definite success in his
association with the oil-producing industry in this section of the
state, and he has been identified with this line of enterprise during
the major portion of his active career.

In the city of Marietta, Ohio, the metropolis and judicial center of
Washington County, William H. ROESER, of this review, was born on the
23d of March, 1875, and he is a son of William and Catherine
(HERSCHLER) ROESER, Jr., both of remote German ancestry and
representatives of families that were early founded in the United
States. William ROESER, Jr., was born in the City of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in 1850, and his wife was a native of Marietta, Ohio,
where she was born in the year 1855, her death having occurred in
1904. Of the six children the subject of this review is the first-
born and all of the others likewise are living except one who died in
infancy.

William ROESER, Jr., became one of the substantial farmers of Ohio
and was also one of the pioneers in the development of the oil
industry in that state, besides which he achieved prominence through
his active association with the turf affairs during the period when
horse racing was in its zenith in the United States. He was a true
lover of fine horses and for a number of years maintained an
admirable racing stable, from which he sent forth many fine standard-
bred horses to take part in leading turf events of the eastern
circuits, his stable becoming well known for its excellent records
and numerous track victories. He became an influential figure in the
development of the oil fields of the Buckeye State, his
identification with this industry having been initiated in the period
of its inception in Ohio, where he continued his operations until
1912, since which time he has been a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
where he has become largely interested in the same line of enterprise
and where he has contributed much to the furtherance of this
important industry. His political allegiance is given to the
republican party and he is affiliated with the Masonic Fraternity.

William H. ROESER is indebted to the excellent public schools of his
native city for his early educational discipline, which was there
effectively supplemented by a thorough course of study in Marietta
College, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the
class of 1894. He soon afterward became closely associated with his
father's business activities, and in this connection gave supervision
to the latter's leases of oil lands, besides following and giving
attention to his father's "string" of horses on the eastern circuits.
He finally, after gaining authoritative experience in the practical
workings in the oil fields of Ohio, removed to Beaumont, Texas, where
he assumed the responsible office of manager for the Texas District
Petroleum Company. His ambition soon led him to engage in oil
operations in an independent way, and he remained in the Lone Star
State until May, 1904, when he came to Oklahoma and became concerned
with oil operations in the field about Muskogee, later remaining for
a short time at Cleveland, Pawnee County. Upon leaving this place he
went to the City of St. Louis, Missouri, where he maintained his
business headquarters and was identified with operations in the oil
fields of Southeastern Illinois until 1911, since which year he has
been one of the aggressive, enterprising and successful figures in
connection with oil operations in Oklahoma, with residence and
business headquarters in the progressive City of Tulsa. His interests
in the local oil fields are varied and important, as he is a
stockholder in several oil companies, including the Tartar Oil
Company and the Katy Oil Company, of each of which he is general
manager.

Mr. ROESER is essentially appreciative of the admirable resources
and advantages of the state and city of his adoption and is known as
one of the loyal citizens and progressive business men of Tulsa.
Though he has manifested no desire to enter the turbulent current of
practical politics, he accords staunch support to the principles and
policies for which the democratic party stands sponsor and takes a
lively interest in public affairs of a local order. In the time-
honored Masonic fraternity, Mr. ROESER has received the thirty-second
degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in which his
affiliation is with Indian Consistory, at McAlester, this state. He
holds membership in Akdar Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine, in the same city, and his ancient craft
affiliation is still with Lodge No. 1, Ancient Free & Accepted
Masons, in his native City of Marietta, Ohio. He is also an
appreciative and popular member of Tulsa Lodge, No. 946, Benevolent &
Protective Order of Elks.

On the 6th of July, 1896, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. ROESER
to Miss Ethel CHAPIN, and they have two children. Like her husband,
Mrs. ROESER claims the historic old Ohio City of Marietta as the
place of her nativity, and she is the eldest of the five children
born to Leander and Adelaide (YOUNG) CHAPIN, both representatives of
staunch old colonial families in New England.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Jacque Hopkins Wolski, October 27, 1998.