1. Frederick Drummond was a Scottish-born American businessman and politician and the founding patriarch of the Oklahoma Drummond family.
15 Facts About Frederick Drummond
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Frederick Drummond was born on May 2,1864, in Ardrossan, Scotland, to Alexander Drummond and Henrietta Henry.
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Frederick Drummond's father was a lawyer and Frederick was one of 11 children.
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Frederick Drummond immigrated to the United States from Scotland in 1882 and lived in New York.
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Frederick Drummond moved to St Louis in 1884 and to Pawhuska, Oklahoma in 1887.
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In 1903, the Drummonds moved to Hominy, Oklahoma where Frederick founded the Hominy Trading Company after buying out the Price Mercantile Company.
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Frederick Drummond later operated a 3,000 acre ranch near Hominy with his son Cecil.
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Frederick Drummond was re-appointed to the school board for the following year.
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Frederick Drummond was a county commissioner in 1907 before statehood.
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In 1908, Frederick Drummond became the first mayor of Hominy and served for two years.
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Frederick Drummond was a Republican candidate for Osage County's 2nd county commissioner district in 1910, but he lost the election.
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Frederick Drummond would marry his wife, Addie Gentner of Coffeyville, Kansas on July 6,1890.
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One of their children, Conrad Hubert Frederick Drummond, died as an infant in 1910.
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Frederick Drummond was sometimes referred to as "Colonel" Fred Drummond.
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Frederick Drummond died on August 22,1913, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.