Hi Rusty, Simon E. Lewis was supposed to be a nephew of Nancy Turnbull Bohanan w/o Jesse, d/o George, sister to Turner Sr., Catherine Turnbull (Simon Jones), Rebecca Turnbull Kemp (Reuben), Sarah Turnbull (don't know if she ever married) and John P. Turnbull. Simon was the principal attorney during the Dawes commission. He is in the rolls and in many of the pictures of this time, tall and thin, very distinctive. Once you have seen him he stands out. I have not been able to determine his connection to the Turnbulls, but I did write for and have his packet from the National Archives. I haven't looked at it in quite awhile, but he was divorced as I recall. The family I believe was mainly from around McAlester. Pittsburg county. I have assumed the connection must be on his mother's side, but the material in his packet didn't prove much. Unfortunately in a quick search I can't find it, but will try again after tomorrow. In lieu of that I just reread O'Beirne's account of Simon E. It seems he figured quite prominently in several ladies' lives; first being, May Hidebrand, a Cherokee, 2n. Eliza Striplin ("a white girl") divorce, then Julia Hunter (I think that name also figures in the Dwight's family, she died, then he married in1879 the widow of the late Benjamin Murphy and they had four children, oddly enough this Mrs. Lewis doesn't have a first name, but she is very Indian looking and their first born was Simon Frazier Lewis. Could be Frazier was Simon E.'s mother's maiden name and the Bohanan connection. Just speculation, but that name does figure prominently in the Bohanans. Since this book was written before the Dawes, Simon E. 's big part in that couldn't be mentioned. He was 1/8 Choctaw, which could mean his gg grandmother was full blood. Appears to have been pretty rich. As I recall there is at least one deposition in the packet, but I think it is for Simon Frazier--a divorce or marriage to a white. Again I will look for his packet when I have a little time. Frankie