Background
Oskison, John Milton was born on September 21, 1874 in Vinita, Indiana Ty. Son of John and Rachel (Critenden) Oskison.
Oskison, John Milton was born on September 21, 1874 in Vinita, Indiana Ty. Son of John and Rachel (Critenden) Oskison.
Mother quarter blood Cherokee Indian). Master of Laws, Willie Halsell College, 1894. Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1898.
Studied at Harvard University, 1898-1899.
Exchange editor and editorial writer, New York Evening Post, 1903-1906. Special writer on, and associate editor of Collier’s Weekly, 1907-1910, financial editor, 1910-1912. Special writer for a syndicate of newspapers on financial topics.
Special writer on Indians for newspapers and mags. Winner Century Magazine’s prize competition for college graduates, 1898, with short story, Only the Master Shall Praise,” public January 1900. Winner of a Black Cat Prize, 1904, with story, The Greater Appeal.” Commissioned Second lieutenant Cavalry N.A., August 15, 1917.
First lieutenant Infantry N.A., January 3, 1918. Served with American Expeditionary Forces in France, April 1918-September 23, 1919. Discharged, September 23, 1919.
Author: Wild Harvest, 1925. Black Jack Davy, 1926. A Texas Titan, 1929; Vision Victorious, 1931.
Lone Rider, 1933; Brothers Three, 1935. Contributor short stories to mags.*‡.
Married Florence Ballard Day, of New York, October 21, 1903.; married second, Hildegarde Hawthorne, author, of New York City, July 16, 1920. Children: Helen Day, Oliver Day.