Bios.Cherokee County,OK HASTINGS, William W. ======================================================================= USGenWeb NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ======================================================================= Posted by Terrill White in Nov2005 terrillwhite1978@aol.com William W. Hastings Reprinted from Tahlequah and the Cherokee Nation By C.W. “Dub” West 1978 The headline April 13, 1938 was HASTINGS MOURNED BY ENTIRE STATE. W.W. Hastings , one of Tahlequah’s famous citizens died April 8. 1938. He was born in Arkansas December 31, 1866. He moved with his parents to Beattie’s Prairie in Delaware District when he was 3 years old. He attended the Beattie’s Prairie Public School and graduated from the Cherokee Male Seminary in 1884 along with J.T. Parks and William P. Thompson. He and Mr. Thompson were classmates and roommates at Vanderbilt University, graduating from the Law Department in 1889. Upon graduation they formed a law partnership with E.C. Boudinot, continuing such until Mr. Boudinot’s death with the two resuming a partnership until statehood. Mr. Hastings married Miss Lula Starr in 1896 . Their home, one of the finest in the Cherokee Nation, was the center of a great deal of social life, as Mrs. Hastings was a gracious hostess. Mr. Hastings served the Cherokee Nation as Attorney General, Superintendent of Education, and was attorney for the Cherokee Nation in making up its final rolls, allotment of lands, and cases before the Court of Claims and the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the confidential advisor of the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation. He was elected to Congress in 1914, continuing for nine terms, interrupted only by the defeat of Miss Alice Robertson, the year of the Republican landslide in Oklahoma, retiring of his own volition in 1934. Congressman Hastings was an active member of the Committee of Indian Affairs and the Appropriations Committee and was one of the outstanding members of Congress. He was one of Tahlequah’s foremost business men, serving as a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank and as its president . He was buried in the Tahlequah Cemetery . More About WILLIAM WIRT HASTINGS: 1880 Census [CN]: Delaware, 1298 1890 Census [CN] 1: Saline, 204 1890 Census [CN] 2: Delaware, 759 [dup SA-204] 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 617, roll# 1788 1906-09 Miller roll: Tahlequah, OK, ap# 23624, roll# 13533 Biography: 1892, O'Beirne, Indian Territory, page 441 Blood: 1/32 Cherokee Burial: Tahlequah City Cem, Cherokee Co, OK Elected: November 24, 1891, Attorney General of the Cherokee Nation Graduation: 1884, Cherokee National Male Seminary Occupation 1: Abt. 1884, School Teacher at Ballard School, Delaware Dist, CNW Occupation 2: 1886, School Teacher at Sager School, Delaware Dist, CNW Occupation 3: 1890, Lawyer Residence: 1887, Nashville, TN Starr's Notes: D933 Children of WILLIAM and LULA STARR HASTINGS are: i. LUCILLE9 HASTINGS, b. 1899. More About LUCILLE HASTINGS: 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 617, roll# 1790 1906-09 Miller roll: Tahlequah, OK, ap# 23624, roll# 13535 Blood: 5/64 Cherokee ii. MAYME STARR HASTINGS, b. 1902. More About MAYME STARR HASTINGS: 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 1025m, roll# 1064m 1906-09 Miller roll: Tahlequah, OK, ap# 23624, roll# 13536 Blood: 5/64 Cherokee W.W. Hastings Medical Center was also named for Hastings and is a division of the Indian Health Service. Buried in block 11, lot 21, space 7.