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CHARLES M. COPE
Vol. 5, p. 1839

An attorney of wide experience in practice both in this state and in
Kentucky, Charles M. Cope, formerly served as county attorney of
Osage County, has figured prominently in democratic politics in the
state, and enjoys a secure and substantial position in his profession
at Pawhuska.
A native of Kentucky, he was born in Menifee County, February 20,
1872, a son of Thomas T. and Ruth Ellen (TYRE) Cope. His parents were
also natives of Kentucky, and are now living at Jackson in that
state. His father has for more than forty years been a practicing
lawyer, and for sixteen years served as county attorney.

The second in a family of seven children, Charles M. Cope spent all
his younger career in Kentucky, and from that state came to Pawhuska
in 1907. He received most of his literary education in the S. P. Lee
Collegiate and Military Institute, from which he was graduated in
1899. His law studies were pursued under the direction of his father,
and in March, 1906, he was admitted to the Kentucky bar and practiced
for about a year in his native State, serving during that time as
attorney for a large coal company.
Since coming to Oklahoma Mr. Cope has found abundant employment for
his time and energies in a general practice.

For two years he served as county attorney of Osage County and
Governor Cruce appointed him county assessor for one year. In 1914,
he was a candidate before the democratic primaries for the office of
attorney general of the state, and his candidacy, while unsuccessful,
has served to familiarize his name among many remote sections of
Oklahoma.

Mr. Cope has attained thirty-two degrees in Scottish Rite Masonry,
being affiliated with the Consistory at Guthrie, belongs to the Blue
Lodge at Hominy, and is also a member of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. On November 4, 1908, he married Miss Edna
May VENUS, who was born in Texas.

Typed for OKGenWeb by by Connie Ardrey on Tues, 20 July 1999.

SOURCE: Thoburn, Joseph B., A Standard History of Oklahoma, An
Authentic Narrative of its Development, 5 v. (Chicago, New York: The
American Historical Society, 1916)