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3 unusual facts about Fred S. Purnell


Fred S. Purnell

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

Purnell was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1933).


Fred S. Clinton

Young Fred was educated in the national schools of the Creek Nation then went off to study at St. Francis Institute in Osage, Kansas, Drury College (now Drury University) (Springfield, Missouri), Gem City Business College (Quincy, Illinois), and Young Harris College in Georgia.

As a financial partner with Dr. J. C. W, Bland, another early physician in the Tulsa area, he helped finance the drilling of the Sue A. Bland #1, the first oil well in Red Fork, which helped propel Tulsa into the ranks of a major American city in the early 20th Century.

Fred S. Jackson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress.

He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Eureka, Kansas.

Frederick Roberts

Fred S. Roberts (born 1943), professor of mathematics at Rutgers University

Landy Field, Geelong

To confirm a proper management structure of Landy Field (Riverside Reserve) the Geelong City Council entered into an agreement with the Geelong Guild Athletic Club Trustees (Bervin E. Purnell: President, Rudi Hochreiter Snr: Secretary, Wal Whiteside: Construction Engineer and Charles Harding: Committee Member).


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