Pat said: "My Great-grandfather was in Texas in 1880, but came to Oklahoma shortly after that. They lived in Braggs, Oklahoma. I found them either on the 1900 or 1910 census. His wife was SARAH PERRYMORE. Children; LONNY, CHARLOTTE MALINDA ( my grandmother) BEULAH, EVA, FANNY, and five other MOWERY that are unknown." ~~~~~~~~ Bingo! Prior to coming to Braggs, Indian Territory in 1891, John had lived 7 miles northeast of Clarksville, in Red River County TX. John's mother was Malinda (Gideon) Mowery, daughter of Francis Gideon. In his application John said that his grandfather; Francis Gideon was Cherokee, had been born & raised in NC and came to TX about 1840. But there was no evidence that anyone by the name of "Gideon" had ever been a citizen in the eastern nation, nor was anyone by that surname shown on the 1835 rolls of the eastern Cherokees. Francis Gideon had never been a resident/citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory. If he were Cherokee, then he had left the tribe prior to the 1835 Henderson Roll taken in the east, and never went into the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory and established his citizenship after his arrival in the west. One of the requirements for an applicant to be "readmitted to citizenship" (and included on the Dawes Roll) was that the applicant and/or their direct ancestor had to, at one time, been a RESIDENT/citizen of the (western) Cherokee Nation. Therefore- John and all of those who claimed through him were rejected. William was the oldest child listed by John- he was "age 24" in 1896 and married to Sarah- age 26. Their daughter was Stella, age 2. "Lonnie" was actually "Alonzo" (age 19), then Beula (age 16), Evea (age 12), Lottie (Charlotta? age 8) and (? could be Fannie- age 2). John had three witnesses, but they could only testify of living near them in TX and did not offer any evidence of Francis Gideon's prior residence with the tribe in NC. Hope this helps. :o) jc