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| − | Andrew Jackson Beale (b Mason County, Va. 1831 d Cynthiana, Ky. 1909). Beale was remembered by nearly all the early city biographers as a genteel southerner. He was no stranger to a fight however, having been a veteran of several of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles as an officer and a surgeon in the Confederate Orphan Brigade of Kentucky. After a hotly contested race between himself and prominent Oklahoma City citizen [[Henry Overholser]], Beale won by a margin of 13 votes. He served as mayor from November 27, 1889 - December 30, 1890. | + | Andrew Jackson Beale (b Mason County, Va. 1831 d Cynthiana, Ky. 1909) was the second mayor of Oklahoma City. Beale was remembered by nearly all the early city biographers as a genteel southerner. He was no stranger to a fight however, having been a veteran of several of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles as an officer and a surgeon in the Confederate Orphan Brigade of Kentucky. After a hotly contested race between himself and prominent Oklahoma City citizen [[Henry Overholser]], Beale won by a margin of 13 votes. He served as mayor from November 27, 1889 - December 30, 1890. |
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Andrew Jackson Beale (b Mason County, Va. 1831 d Cynthiana, Ky. 1909) was the second mayor of Oklahoma City. Beale was remembered by nearly all the early city biographers as a genteel southerner. He was no stranger to a fight however, having been a veteran of several of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles as an officer and a surgeon in the Confederate Orphan Brigade of Kentucky. After a hotly contested race between himself and prominent Oklahoma City citizen Henry Overholser, Beale won by a margin of 13 votes. He served as mayor from November 27, 1889 - December 30, 1890.
