I have been lurking for sometime, it's time I posted this. <<< Richard Rue Pulliam >>> - b.1812 Ky d. bur. m. Ann Smith b.1814 Va Came west on oxen team wagon with wheels made of slabs of tree trunks. Lived to 102, rode horse until 100. Didn't like wellwater, 1 mi. to spring. Never weighed more than 140 but very strong, never put on his back, ch: ** George W. b.1840 d. ? m. Nancy ch: 6? Sarah E. b.1864 Anna B. b.1866 Amanda b.1868 Alta E. b.1869 ** Fielding Sampson b.1843 d.1930 bur. Coyle,Ok. Came from Kentucky/Tennesee area. <<<<---- Surveyed and plotted townships of: Guthrie, Seward,Pleasant Valley,Coyle Perkins,Perry, Redrock,Langston,Edmond. With help of Bill Murray, located the first 5 colleges in OK. including: Alva,Stillwater,Edmond <<< Fielding S. Pulliam >>> b.1843 d.1930 bur. Coyle,OK m. Susan E. ??? 1st? may be error! m. Martha Ann Mitchell (raised 3 mi outside of Booneville,Boone Cty, Mo ))<<<--- ((sibs: Eliza,Elizabeth,Nancy,Steven,Tom,John,MarthaAnn)) State Senator in 2nd Territorial Legislature, 32nd degree Mason. member A.D.U.W Lodge Columbia,Mo. <<<--- Came to Ok April 22,1889 from Arkansas City,Ks., surveyed 1 month and then made claim 15 miles from Guthrie,no one wanted it because it was too far out, later became the Langston area. His family followed in the following February. He was a school teacher in the winter as well as a farmer & surveyor & civil engineer. Crack marksman, and his boys became exceptional marksmen. Ch: (possibly all born in Ark.City,Ks.)<<<--- * Maggie May: b.5-13-1881 d.6-19-1970 * Percy: shotgun b.1875 d.? m. Florence Elliot ch: Thelma,Ralph,Russell,Monta,Frank,Susie,Lois * Harry: rifle shooter b.1869 d. before m. (measles & spinal meningitis) * Earnest b.1877 d.1933 bur. Cushing,Ok <<<--- m. Leona Cahee ch: Gordon =========================================================================== I probably put too much info here-forgive me, I'm new at this. Hopefully someone will connect. Roger Howe