Family
Oldham was the brother-in-law of James Philip Eagle (1837-1904), governor of Arkansas 1889-1893, who married Oldham's sister Mary Kavanaugh Oldham in 1882. William K. Oldham's younger brother Kie Oldham (1869-1916) served as James Eagle's private secretary while he was governor, gathered an important collection of documents about Arkansas' Civil War history, and was a prominent lawyer, working primarily as an advocate for Indian tribes. Kie also served in the Arkansas state senate, in 1907 and 1908-9; in 1907 Kie and William were both in the legislature, representing the same county as representative and senator.
Oldham married Lillian Munroe (1870-1957) in 1894; they had two children, William Kavanaugh Oldham (1896-1950) and Lillian Oldham (b. circa 1898).
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