Interview #9295
Field Worker: Maurice R. Anderson
Date: November 17, 1937
Name: Mr. Perry High
Residence: Maysville, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: March 19, 1874
Place of Birth: Texas
Father: T.J. High, born in Texas
Mother: Mary Pachall, born in Texas
I was born in 1874 in Texas. I came from Texas to the Indian
Territory in 1905 and went into the drug business at a little place called Hewitt
in the Chickasaw Nation; now known as Wilson.
I stayed there one year and moved to Maysville hauling my things by wagon;
there were very few roads then. We just had to make our own roads. I went into
a partnership with Mr. Cook who at that time owned a drug store at
Maysville. There was lots of sickness in this part of the country at that time and
there were five doctors in the little town of Maysville.
I remained in the drug business until 1907 and at that time I went into
the hardware business. I was interested in church work and this caused me to sell
out my part of the drug business.
In 1908 I was ordained a Missionary Baptist preacher and have been engaged
in church work since.
I live in Maysville where I have lived since 1904.
