OMAR E. NULL, of Arnett, is one of Oklahoma’s influential citizens who, for many years, was a leader in the political and civil affairs of this State, being prominently active both before and after it received the honor of Statehood. Mr. Null has been engaged in the abstract business since 1902 and has been steadily successful in this branch of endeavor. He came here first in 1894 when this section was still a territory, and he has aided considerably in building up the great commonwealth which is the pride of all its citizens. Mr. Null was born in Muncie, Indiana, May 23, 1862, son of George A. and Mary A. (Miller) Null, his father being a native of Ohio, and his mother born in Ohio, married again after his father’s death, in 1865. George A. Null was active for the entire period of his career in agriculture in Indiana. He and Mrs. Null were the parents of two children: 1. Omar E., of whom further. 2. Ollie, married Tobe Main, of Muncie, Indiana.
Omar E. Null was educated in the public schools of Indiana, the first school which he attended being known as the Null School because it was situated on his father’s land. It was a primitive, country school, and the pupils sat on rough, log benches. In 1877, Mr. Null’s stepfather took up a claim near Udall, Kansas, and the family resided there for some time. About 1885, Mr. Null rented a farm near Mr. Thompson married, September 6, 1905, Zella M. Hamrick, native of Indiana.
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