George Beidler, First Postmaster of Oklahoma City

Civil War Veteran-Union Army
2nd Lieut. Cos. B, F & S, 106 Illinois Inf.
Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862
Discharged July 12, 1865
Grant Post #1 GAR 

1890 Oklahoma Territory Census

BEIDLER	FRANK X.	IL	Oklahoma	483
BEIDLER	GEORGE A.	PA	Oklahoma	381

Smith's First Directory

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Last Name	First Name	Note or Other Name	Page

Beidler	Frank X.		S231
Beidler	George A.	Beidler, G. A.	S120

Name:	Geo A Beidler
Home in 1900:	Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Age:	58
Birth Date:	Mar 1842
Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Race:	White
Ethnicity:	American
Gender:	Male
Relationship to head-of-house:	Head
Father's Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Spouse's name:	Arline
Marriage Year:	1874
Marital Status:	Married
Years Married:	26
Residence :	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory
Household Members:	Name Age Geo A Beidler 58 Arline Beidler 43 Bernice E Beidler 8

Name:	George A Beidler
Age in 1910:	68
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1842
Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Relation to Head-of-house:	Head
Father's Birth Place:	Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place:	Pennsylvania
Spouse's name:	Arlina
Home in 1910:	Oklahoma City Ward 2, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Marital Status:	Married
Race:	White
Gender:	Male

Name:	George A Beidler
Home in 1920:	Oklahoma City Ward 3, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Age:	77 years
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1843
Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Relation to Head-of-house:	Head
Spouse's name:	Arline
Father's Birth Place:	Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place:	Pennsylvania
Marital Status:	Married
Race:	White

Mrs. Bernice B. Hughes, 84, of 601 NW 7, died Thursday in her home.  Services are pending with Hahn-Cook Street & Draper Funeral Home.  She was born in Middletown, Pa., and came to Oklahoma City in 1889.  Her father was G. A. Biedler, Oklahoma City's first postmaster.  She was a member of the First Methodist Church, Kiwanis Ladies, Hospitality Club, the :89er's", and a charter member of Fidelis chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.  Survivors include a duaghter, Mrs. Frances B. Cook, 609 NW 7, and a granddaughter, Mrs. R. E. Harpster, 1828 Dorchester Pl.  Source: Daily Oklahoman

Name: Geo C Beidler Home in 1900: Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Age: 22 Birth Date: Mar 1878 Birthplace: Penn Race: White Ethnicity: American Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Penn Mother's Birthplace: Penn Spouse's name: Mabel A (Baker) Marriage Year: 1899 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 1   Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory

Name: George C Beidler Age in 1910: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relation to Head-of-house: Head Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Mabel A Home in 1910: Rochester Ward 14, Monroe, New York Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age George C Beidler 32 Mabel A Beidler 29 Lucy A Baker 49 William F Baker Jr. 22 Guy C Baker 9

Name: George Beidler Home in 1920: Rochester Ward 4, Monroe, New York Age: 41 years  Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relation to Head-of-house: Boarder Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Marital Status: Divorced Race: White Sex: Male Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes

Name: George Chase Beidler Home in 1930: Rochester, Monroe, New York Age: 52 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relation to Head-of-house: Head Race: White

The first postoffice in Oklahoma City:  Drawing made from original photograph and printed in Leslie's Monthly, 1889. G. A. Beidler stands in front and his son Chase, with rifle, stands at left.  At extreme left is R. Lin Beidler, brother of the postmaster.
Source of Info: Daily Oklahoma April 23, 1939 Page 92

George A. Beidler, City's First Postmaster, Is Dead

George A. Beidler, 79 years old, an eighty-niner and Oklahoma City's first postmaster died Monday night at his home, 601 West Seventh street.  The story of old territorial days, which he never grew tired of telling, reads like a chapter from a history of Oklahoma.  George Beidler saw Oklahoma City first as a frontier army post, then a crude pioneer village, nestled between the Santa Fe track, Oklahoma's fir railroad, and a bend in the Canadian river. He lived to see it become the metropolis and capital of a new and presperous state.  Oklahoma City's first postoffice was a log cabin which he purchased at a total cost of $5, which stoood in a location about fifty yards west of the Santa Fe tracts on Main Street.  It later was replaced with a small frame structure which Mr. Biedler built.

Chose City Over Guthrie

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