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JOHN J. GAYMAN
Vol. 5, p. 1837

High personal character and solid attainments as a business man and
citizen have given John J. Gayman an important place in Lincoln
County, where for the past five years he has held the responsible
office of county treasurer. He was first elected to that position in
1910, and his present term expires in June, 1915. Mr. Gayman has been
identified with Oklahoma citizenship for many years, and he has
exerted his influence in many ways for the benefit of his home and
community. In 1905 he served in the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature.

John J. Gayman was born August 27, 1875, on a farm in Indiana, a son
of Isaiah Gayman, a native of Ohio. His father was reared in Indiana,
became an early settler in Indiana, and enlisted and served for three
years in the Union army as a member of the Eighth Indians Volunteer
Infantry. He married Sarah WILSON, who was descended from an Irish
family of County Antrim, Ireland. They were the parents of nine
children, eight of whom are living, as follows: Mrs. M. DRUMM of
Columbia, Missouri; Dr. S. E., a successful physician at Agra,
Oklahoma; Mrs. L. JOHNSON, of Monett, Missouri; W. K. of Edmond,
Oklahoma; John J.; Mrs. W. A. MOORE of Lincoln County; Mark, a
student in the University of Oklahoma; and Arthur, in business in
Little Rock, Arkansas. Isaiah Gayman brought his family to Lincoln
County, Oklahoma, many years ago and died there in 1901. He was a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and belonged to the
Christian Church. His widow is now living at Oklahoma City.

John J. Gayman grew up on a, farm, and there developed his physique
and gained his first lessons in honest toil. He received a public
school education, and from an early age took much interest in
republican politics attending as a delegate a number of county and
district conventions. · His constituents had special reason to be
proud of his services as a member of the Legislature. He was
connected with the passage of some of the best bills in that term of
the Territorial Legislature.

In 1901, in Lincoln County, Mr. Gayman married Miss Grace NEWELL,
who was born in Iowa and was reared and educated in that state and in
Kansas, a daughter of J. A. Newell. To this union have been born four
children, Ruth, Marion, John H. and Richard N.

Mr. Gayman has given much attention to Masonic, activities, is a
member of the lodge, chapter and Knight Templar Commandery. He and
his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Gayman is a man
of splendid stature and physical proportions, has a pleasing address,
and no one connected with official affairs around the
courthouse has more stanch friends.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Jeanne M. Misleh, 23 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).