Lulu M. Hefner

Lulu M. Hefner

Lulu M. Hefner (or Heffner, b. August 9, 1874) was a Cherokee businessperson from Nowata, Oklahoma.

She is known as the first woman to drill a producing oil well on her own property, and the first female oil operator in Oklahoma. She was active in the civic and social affairs of the Nowata community. Her initial business in Nowata was the town's first millinery store.

Lula May, the daughter of James Marion and Annie Henrietta (Prather) Tittle was born August 9, 1874, and educated at Vinita, Oklahoma and the Cherokee Female Seminary. She married John Emory Heffner at Lenapah, Oklahoma on December 29, 1892. They had four children: Roy Emory, born March 13, 1903, Edith Lena, born December 18, 1905; Helen K., born October 2, 1905 and Ruby L., born January 20, 1907.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Starr, Emmett (1921). History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends and folk lore. Oklahoma City: The Warden Company. Retrieved 2014-09-02.


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