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JOSEPH J. HENKE, M.D.
Vol. 5, p. 1904

A physician and surgeon splendidly equipped for his work of curing
the sick, Dr. Joseph J. Henke has gained prestige throughout Caddo
County by reason of his natural talent and acquired ability in the
field of his chosen work. His professional career excites the
admiration and has won the respect of his contemporaries in a calling
in which one has to gain reputation by merit and long hours of
patient work.

At Westphalia, in Osage County, Missouri, occurred the birth of Dr.
Joseph J. Henke, a son of Henry H. and Mary (RADMACHER) Henke, the
former of whom was born near Osnabruck, Prussia, in 1848, and the
latter at Van Buren, Missouri, in 1853. As a young man the father
learned the trade of merchant tailor and located at Westphalia,
Missouri, where he is now living retired. He and his wife are the
parents of five children, as follows: Joseph J. is the subject of
this sketch; William is cashier of the Bank of Erick, at Erick,
Oklahoma; Charles is a mechanic and resides with his parents at
Wesphalia, Missouri; Annie, deceased, was the wife of Henry EICHOLZ,
a well-to-do property owner in St. Louis, Missouri; and Regina is the
wife of Andrew FENNEWALD, a dry-goods merchant at Westphalia.

After completing the prescribed course in the public schools of
Westphalia, Doctor Henke pursued a business course at St. Joseph's
College, at Teutopolis, Illinois, being graduated in that institution
in 1892. For two years thereafter he taught school in Osage County,
Missouri, and he then removed to Westphalia, Texas, where he was
engaged in teaching for the ensuing four years. In 1898 he was
matriculated as a student in the College of Physicians & Surgeons at
St. Louis and was graduated therein April 11, 1900, with the degree
of Doctor of Medicine. He took a post-graduate course in that
institution in 1903 and in 1915 did post-graduate work in the
Physicians & Surgeons College of St. Louis, Missouri. Immediately
after graduating he was an intern in Jefferson Hospital, St. Louis,
for one year, and he then located at Lindsay, Texas, where he
practiced for a year. In 1902 he came to Hydro and he has the
distinction of being the pioneer physician and surgeon in this place.
He controls a general medical and surgical practice and the large
patronage given him is the best evidence of the faith bestowed in him
by his fellow citizens. His offices are located on Broadway just off
Main Street and in connection with his life work he is a valued and
appreciative member of the Caddo County Medical Society, the Oklahoma
State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a
republican in politics and his religious faith coincides with the
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. It is interesting to note
that Doctor Henke, with others, established the Bank of Hydro, and
was for years a stockholder in that corporation.

October 29, 1901, in Waco, Texas, Doctor Henke married Miss Rose
Kleypas, a daughter of Bernard and Bernadine KLEYPAS, the former of
whom is now deceased and the latter of whom resides at Waco, Texas.
Bernard Kleypas was an officer in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

Doctor and Mrs. Henke became the parents of three children, the
oldest of whom, Bernard H., died at the age of six months; Mildred B.
was born November 17, 1906; and Joseph Reid was born November 15,
1911.

SOURCE: Thoburn, Joseph B., A Standard History of Oklahoma, An
Authentic Narrative of its Development, 5 v. (Chicago, New York: The
American Historical Society, 1916).

Typed for OKGenWeb by Peg Luce, April 2001.