Nowata Co., Oklahoma - Bio for H. K. Stierwalt
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MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA:
Including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee,
Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig,
and Ottawa. Vol. II.

by John D. Benedict

1922
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago 
Page 487

H.K. STIERWALT 

H.K. Stierwalt, who for many years has been engaged in farming in
Nowata county, is now living in Nowata where he is active in the
conduct of a grocery business. A native of Indiana, he was born on
the 22d of August, 1862, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Stierwalt, both
of whom are deceased. For many years the father was successfully
engaged in farming in Neosho county, Kansas, and his demise, in
1907, came as a severe blow to his many friends in the community.
Mrs. Stierwalt died when her son, H.K., was an infant. 

When eight years of age H.K. Stierwalt removed to Neosho county with
his father, and he resided in that county until 1890, when between
Christmas and New Year’s day he came to Indian Territory and located
on the Verdigris river, six and one-half miles east of Delaware. He
engaged in farming there for thirty-two years and then moved to his
present home of six hundred acres, eight miles northeast of
Delaware, where, until recently, he has engaged in farming on an
extensive scale. He has three hundred acres under cultivation,
raising high grade cattle in addition to corn, wheat, barley, etc.,
and his modern country home and one-hundred-ton capacity barn are
among the best in the county. When he first came to Indian Territory
Mr. Stierwalt leased land and afterward purchased in amounts of ten
and twenty acres, until he owned six hundred acres. He also, on
locating here, had to pay fifty cents each month for the privilege
of working. Until recently he has resided on the farm, but deciding
that he is now too old to undertake the proper cultivation of the
land he has moved into Nowata and established a grocery business.
He owns three dwellings in Nowata and makes his home on the East
Side of the town. Mr. Stierwalt has many friends in this community
and the success of his business is assured. 

On the 23d of November, 1884, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
Stierwalt to Miss Amanda Evans, a native of Indiana, and a daughter
of Joseph and Sarah Ann (Moore) Evans. Her mother was born in Ohio
and the father in North Carolina. To the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Stierwalt eight children were born: The eldest child, Laura,
married John Drisckill and they are both deceased. They are
survived by three children, Johnnie, fourteen years of age, William,
eleven and Carl, five; Charlie H., who is thirty-three years of age,
married Miss Sada Mills of Missouri, and they are the parents of
three children, Eva, Glenn and Mabel; Minnie, who is deceased,
married Otto H. Arning and became the mother of three children,
Carrie, Alfred, and Elmer; Harry Lee, twenty-eight years of age,
married Miss Mattie Bell Little and they have two children,
Gertrude and Earl; Roy Vincent, twenty-six years of age, is married
to Etta Turnbough, and is the father of two children, Mildred and
Roy; Claude Arthur, aged twenty-four years, is married to Nina
Sequichie, and has two children, Claude and Esther; Sarah Elizabeth
is the wife of Frank Oder and has one son, Paul Emerson; the
youngest member of the family, Lucy Bell, is the wife of Otto H.
Arning, whose first wife was her sister Minnie. 

Since age conferred upon Mr. Stierwalt the right of franchise he
has been a stanch supporter of the democratic party, and the
principles for which it stands. He is alive to the duties and
responsibilities, as well as the priveleges, of citizenship and
his aid may always be counted upon by the furtherance of any
movement he deems essential to public development and
improvement. 

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