Edward Guthrie Spilman

Background

Spilman, Edward Guthrie was born on January 5, 1855 in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. Son of Edward M. and Eliza Comyn (Day) Spilman.

Education

Graduate Culpeper Academy, Jeffersonton, Virginia, 1874. Studied law in father’s office, 1874-1876.

Career

Morton (wife of Hari Singh Gour Wygant, United States of America). Taught private school while studying law. Admitted to Virginia bar, 1876.

Register of the United States Land Office, Devils Lake, North Dakota, 1888-1891, at Kingfisher, Oklahoma, 1893-1897.

In private practice, 1897-1907. Assistant attorney general of Oklahoma, 1907-1913.

As register at Devils Lake presented data to members of Congress and initiated movement which resulted in passage, March 2, 1889, of bill to repeal timber culture law and permitting commutation or purchase of these lands. Among first to advocate law, which went into effect May 17, 1900, making Oklahoma lands free to homestead settlers.

Delaware Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists, Saint Louis, 1904.

Compiler of a digest of the reports of Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals. State librarian of Oklahoma, April 1915.

Achievements

• Edward Guthrie Spilman has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member State Council Defense, Oklahoma, during war period.

Connections

Married Christiana Morton Sloan, October 24, 1884.

Father:

Edward M. Spilman

Mother:

Eliza Comyn (Day) Spilman

Spouse:

Christiana Morton Sloan