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JAMES A. VEASEY
Vol. 3, p. 1271-1272

Now one of the prominent members of the Tulsa bar, James A. Veasey
came to Oklahoma about a dozen years ago as one of the legal employes
[sic] connected with the Dawes Commission. After leaving that service
he set up as an independent lawyer at Bartlesville, and his
experience and ability have since brought him a successful place in
the law. Since coming to this state he has also identified himself in
a public spirited manner with local affairs.

He was born near Louisville, Kentucky, October 24, 1876, a son of
Joseph M. and Sarah (RODGERS) Veasey. James A. Veasey is a man of
liberal education, and graduated from the literary department of the
University of Michigan in 1900, and took his law degree from the same
institution with the class of 1902. Not long afterward he secured
appointment with the Dawes Indian Commission and came to old Indian
Territory, spending about six months at Tahlequah. He then removed to
Bartlesville in 1904, and took up the active practice of law. His
home was in Bartlesville until 1913, when he removed to Tulsa and
became associated with Roger S. SHERMAN and J. P. O'MEARA in the
prominent law firm of Sherman, Veasey & O'Meara. May 1, 1915, Mr.
O'Meara's place was taken by A. A. DAVIDSON. The firm handles a large
general practice and also represents several corporations,
principally oil and gas companies.

During his residence in Bartlesville Mr. Veasey served two terms as
city attorney, one term as president of the board of education, and
wherever possible has allied himself with the movements and
organizations that express the best life and ideals of the community.
Politically he is a republican. Mr. Veasey has affiliations with
Bartlesville, Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Bartlesville Chapter, R. A. M.
Calvary Commandery of the Knights Templar at Bartlesville, the Akdar
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Tulsa, and with Guthrie Consistory of
the thirty-second degree Scottish Rite. On November 23, 1904, Mr.
Veasey married Olive BOLEN, a native of Missouri. Their three
children are: Mary Elizabeth, Dorothy and James A., Jr.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Jean Owens October 30, 1998.