Charles LaFayette Reeder

Charles LaFayette Reeder was born on July 6, 1862, in Appanoose County, Iowa. His father, Philander Reeder, was a physician, and Charles would also become a physician. He married a woman named Jessica in 1886.^[1] In 1890 he moved to Tulsa, Indian Territory, and was one of the first practicing physicians in the city. He co-founded the city's first hospital and was later the seventh Mayor of Tulsa from 1905 to 1906.^[2] He was a member of the Democratic Party.^[3] He died on December 20, 1926, in St. Louis.^[1]