From the Enid, OK county probate records, Vernon Leroy Meek was adopted.
Meek, Vernon Leroy, Adoption, case #57, June 2 189?
He is not enumerated with the family in 1900, but does appear in the 1910 census.
Father:Henry Harrison MEEK (b. 26 AUG 1853, IN - d. 15 NOV 1917) Mother:Mary Elizabeth MUMMA (b. 17 NOV 1856, Dover, OH - d. 7 OCT 1910, Enid, Garfield Co., OK)