Good morning Sandi, I am confused (so what's new?)... About 1839 Margaret Hall was married to William L. Moncrief. This bio indicates a Margaret Hall was married to Sam Moncrief in 1871. Do you know whether these Margaret Halls are somehow related? If Sylvia is right, and we end up Irish... does that mean I can't wear a skirt anymore? John ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandi Carter To: MONCRIEF-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 12:29 PM Subject: [MONCRIEF-L] SAM MONCRIEF Posted on: MONCRIEF Biographies Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/m/o/MONCRIEF/biographies?read=12 Surname: HALL, MONCRIEF, MOSS, STOWE ------------------------- LEADERS AND LEADING MEN OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY SAM MONCRIEF [Choctaw] This gentleman was born at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1851, his father and mother being both Choctaws. When a child his parents moved from the old State and settled at Fort Arbuckle, while Sam was sent early to school at the Chickasaw Male Academy, Tishomingo. Until his marriage in 1871 he spent the time looking after his father's stock, but soon embarked in his own interest in the vicinity of Fred, west of Purcell, where he has seven hundred head and a farm of eighteen hundred acres under cultivation. His first wife, Margaret Hall, dying in 1883, he married John Stowe's widow, Josephine Moss, who unfortunately died in 1889, leaving him in charge of a family of four children - Mary Jane, Walter Lee, Georgia and Sammy, the oldest of whom is sixteen years. Mr. Moncrief has had much experience with the wild Indians while residing at Fort Arbuckle, and lost many a hoof through the agency of these midnight marauders. He remembers his father and a party of his friends pursuing and killing nine of their number, three of whom fell to the share of Moncrief, Sr., who riding upon them with a doublebarrel shotgun loaded with buckshot, made sure of his game. Mr. Moncrief has an extensive claim to be adjusted by the Indian Depredation Committee. ==== MONCRIEF Mailing List ==== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi> ============================== Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. http://pml.rootsweb.com/ Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.