Margaret Beaty Mulhausen
Jones, Oklahoma business owner and heritage advocate
Margaret Beaty Mulhausen was born June 23, 1912, in Oklahoma City. Her parents were James Leigh Beaty and Helen Lucille Gokey. Her ancestor Judge John L. Beaty arrived in Oklahoma City on April 22, 1889, and served as the first city attorney. The Beatys bought property at 13th and Klein in 1900 that remained in the family.
She attended Eugene Field kindergarten, Roosevelt when it opened at 9th and Klein, graduated from Classen High School in 1930, and attended the University of Oklahoma. With her husband she owned a cotton gin in Jones, Oklahoma, and operated Clar-Mar Lumber Co. in Jones for more than 40 years, along with rental properties in Oklahoma City and Jones.
Her father, James Beaty, served as Court Clerk and County Assessor of Oklahoma County. Her maternal grandfather, Charles Gokey, was a County Commissioner when the old courthouse and county jail were built on West Main in Oklahoma City.
She married Clarence O. Mulhausen on December 23, 1938. Clarence was born in Harrah, Oklahoma, on June 23, 1908, and later chaired the Oklahoma County Planning Commission for 30 years. Their children included Margaret Mulhausen McDonald of Jones and James Clarence Mulhausen.
She was active in First Christian Church (from 1945), the 1889ers Society, Oklahoma Heritage, the State and County Historical Societies, Kirkpatrick Center Colleagues, the Oklahoma Zoological Society, Town Hall, and community women’s organizations.
Source: Oklahoma County Historical Society biographic sketch form (scan provided by Steve Lackmeyer, September 2026).
