Bios of Charles D. Crotchett
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Charles D. Crotchett, manager of the Tulsa branch of the stock and
bond business of Houston, Fible & Company, and a well known figure in
financial circles of this section of the state, was born in Wyandotte,
Kansas, May 14, 1882, his parents being L. D. and Mary Jane (Cooley)
Crotchett. The father was born in Kansas and has devoted his life to
teaching, now making his home in Osage county of his native state. The
mother, who was born in Leavenworth county, Kansas, has passed away.
The family numbered three children.
 
   Charles D. Crotchett, reared in the Sunflower state, largely
acquired his education in the public schools of Topeka, after which he
became a telegraph operator, devoting a few years to that business. His
connection with Tulsa dates from June 6, 1917. He had formerly made his
home in Kansas City from the 28th of February, 1905, and has been with
the big stock and bond house of Houston, Fible & Company of Kansas
City, for a period of sixteen years. On the 6th of June, 1917, he was
sent to Tulsa as their representative and manager at this point, where
a very large business is carried on and he has gained many clients for
the firm during his residence here. Mr. Crotchett has been very
successful and popular in the management of the business and has made a
large acquaintance and won the support of many of the leading men of
Oklahoma. He is located in a fine suite of offices on the ground floor
of the First National Bank building of Tulsa and as the weeks pass his
clientele steadily increases.
 
   In 1901 Mr. Crotchett was married to Miss Anna Marie Kraemer of
Topeka, Kansas, and they have become the parents of two children: Anna,
who is attending the Missouri University; and Ruth. Mr. Crotchett
belongs to Petroleum Lodge, No. 474, A. F. & A. M., and is also a
Chapter Mason. He belongs to the Country Club, which indicates his
fondness for golf, which he makes his source of recreation. He likewise
is a member of the Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, South, and
his conduct is at all times governed by its teachings. Enterprise and
reliability are numbered among his marked characteristics and a
laudable ambition has carried him steadily forward, winning for him an
enviable place in the financial circles of his adopted city.