Sunday, January 13, 2002 Dorothy Mae BREEDLOVE,76, of Sallisaw, was born Aug. 12, 1925, in Sallisaw, to Joe WELCH and Ethel (LACKEY) WELCH. She died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002, in Fort Smith, Ark. She married Dr. James Walton BREEDLOVE on May 20, 1946. He preceded her in death on Mar. 27, 1994. LEE, MARVIN, KNIGHT Carolyn Ann FOSTER, 52, of Van Buren, Ark., died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2002, in Sallisaw. HURD, JOHNSON, WOOD, FOSTER, SUGGS, JONES, FOSTER, YANDELL, BARBER, Robert "Bob" GLENN, 81, of Sallisaw, was born Aug. 12, 1920, in Sequoyah County, to Robert GLENN SR. and Eula (BURNS) GLENN. He died Monday, Jan. 7, 2002. He married Gwendolyn June FAIR on Jan. 11, 1958. SINDLE, NELSON. Johnnie Lee LESSLEY, 67, of Tulsa, was born Mar. 8, 1934, in Blackburn, to Ural and Allie LESSLEY. He died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002, in Washougal, Wash. WRIGHT, TUCK, BIVER, HAMILTON, McINTOSH, SHELLEY, COLE Athene BRIGANCE SOWELL, 90, of Nesbit, Miss.,. died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2002, in American Transitional Rehab in Memphis.. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chesley SOWELL. WARD .

Van Buren Press Crawford County, Arkansas November 26, 1881 NO MARRIAGE AT ALL Fort Smith Herald: It may be of interest to those who contemplate entering the state of matrimony, via the "Green", to know that there is no law, save the common law of marriage, governing the marriage of whites in the Indian Territory. The only laws of the United States or the Territory in existence in the Indian Territory, are those governing the marriage of Indians, or whites to Indians or vice versa. Hence, such a marriage as that of yesterday is about as much marriage as if a couple stood up together, and said "We're ours. Let's be man and wife." Some of the "green' uns" will come to grief, someday, when they are called upon to show their credentials as to what authority they have for living together as man and wife. We notice they skip out as soon as they have "jumped the broomstick". The next session of the legislature ought to pass a law making it a penitentiary offense for any person claiming official capacity to perform the marriage ceremony in Arkansas, going to the Indian Nation to perform such ceremony, contrary to the laws of Arkansas. The laws of the state have been notoriously violated by so-called preachers at Fort Smith, for a long time. Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 501-369-2703

Am searching for anyone who has access to the obituaries in the Roland, Sequoyah Oklahoma newspaper dated November 3-5 2001 and is willing to e-mail me a copy of the obituaries for Clarence M. Kirby (born) 25 March 1914 and (died) Nov 3rd 2001 he was born in Kentucky and lived most of his life in Florida and moved to OK in the resent years. Thank You Dorothy Kirby Carroll [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. click here to reply http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CZB.2ACE/865.1.1 We are looking at turn of the century-about l905-l927. That is when my ancestors moved from Crawford County, Ar. to Sallisaw. They were Simon Joseph and Mary M. Hill Sutton. During that time, they took in a child named Amelia Jordan, daughter of Lindsey Jordan and mother ?Takey Youngpuppy? (sp) The mother was reported to have been at least part cherokee. Amelia Jordan is found on the Indian rolls (Dawes, I believe) as eith 1/2 or 1/4 Cherokee. Looking for family of said Jordans. Thanks for your inquiry. Carol [email protected]

Van Buren Press Crawford County, Arkansas August 6, 1881 INDIAN TROUBLES Little Rock Democrat: Dennison, Texas is in a furore of excitement owing to the arrival of Governor Overton, from the Indian Territory. A collision is expected between the Overton and Saunders factions. The trouble grew out of the management of the academy at Tishmingo, the school patronized by the aristocratic squaws, and of which Saunders was the principal. He is charged with being to promiscuous like. Last Friday Overton abused Judge Wood, at Dennison, for which he was arrested and fined. A large force of extra policemen and special deputy sheriffs are now on duty at Dennison. Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 501-369-2703

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. click here to reply http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CZB.2ACE/27.731 My mother is MaryJane Waldon Smith daughter of Eunice Mildred Shackelford and Claud Van Waldon (We have had a very hard time finding his family names). Eunice's father was John Washington Shackelford .Her mother Maud Ellen Pettit her mother was Emma Jean Faulkner her mother Aggie Brewer Guess(grand daughter to Sequoyah) Maud's father was Oscar Dunre Pettit. I have the Pettit family traced back to the 1600 Ema's father was Judge Franklin Faulkner. Would appreciate any information you may have and a price if you charge for this search . Thank You Peggy St.Clair. [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. click here to reply http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CZB.2ACE/870 Hi, Does any one have a cemetery book for Camp Creek Cemetery. I've been told that George Devaughn was buried there. I would like to know the dates of birth/death, if he's listed in a cemetery book. Would there be other Devanghn buried there also? I looked at the cemetery listing on your Sequoyah county page, and there was only 1 or 2 persons listed.. Any help would be appreciated in finding something on this person. Ola Mae [email protected]

There is a Taylor that lives in Sallisaw area now that attends my uncles church. He has been in the area a very long time. His name is Orman Taylor. The home place is in an area that is called McKey. Maybe he could help if you went and talked to him. Sharon Beamer You can not find anywhere that God's Love is not Already There. Rom. 8:38-39 ----- Original Message ----- From: "GERENE LORD" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [OKSequoy] Chat is open > I would like to join your Chat ... > I went to the Chat Page and when I typed in the Name (as requested) it did > not work > I therefore need further instructions. > I need help to establish the relationship of James T. Stewart who > born in TN and is buried in Aikens Cemetery and Mary Ann Stewart Taylor b. > TN and died in > Scott Co AR and buried in Weeks Cemetery sometime after 1880 Census. She > was the wife > of Richard Taylor who died in 1915 and is also buried in Aikens > Cemetery..Richard & Mary Ann > were married in Meigs Co TN in 1851. > All of the Taylor children lived and married in Sequoyah Co. OK (Indian > Territory). > Also would like to find when Richard Taylor first arrived in Sequoyah Co > from Scott Co AR. > Thanks. > Gerene > > > > At 08:47 PM 2/16/02 -0600, you wrote: > >Informal OKGenWeb chat open now (9pm Oklahoma time). > > > >Bring your questions and we'll try to help. > > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/spinchat.htm > > > >Marti > > >

I would like to join your Chat ... I went to the Chat Page and when I typed in the Name (as requested) it did not work I therefore need further instructions. I need help to establish the relationship of James T. Stewart who born in TN and is buried in Aikens Cemetery and Mary Ann Stewart Taylor b. TN and died in Scott Co AR and buried in Weeks Cemetery sometime after 1880 Census. She was the wife of Richard Taylor who died in 1915 and is also buried in Aikens Cemetery..Richard & Mary Ann were married in Meigs Co TN in 1851. All of the Taylor children lived and married in Sequoyah Co. OK (Indian Territory). Also would like to find when Richard Taylor first arrived in Sequoyah Co from Scott Co AR. Thanks. Gerene At 08:47 PM 2/16/02 -0600, you wrote: >Informal OKGenWeb chat open now (9pm Oklahoma time). > >Bring your questions and we'll try to help. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/spinchat.htm > >Marti

Informal OKGenWeb chat open now (9pm Oklahoma time). Bring your questions and we'll try to help. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/spinchat.htm Marti

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. click here to reply http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CZB.2ACE/865 My grandparents, Simon Joseph and Mary M. Hill lived in Sequoyah County for about 20 years. I am trying to find relatives. Also looking for relatives of Amelia Jordan, daughter of Lindsey Jordan and his Native American wife, Takey. My grandparents apparently took her in. Would like to know if there is any familial connection. A young man named Jesse Sutton, died in Sequoyah County, possibly in Salisaw. Can anyone help me with these inquiries? I have searched all on line cemeteries without any luck. Thanks for any information or leads. Carol [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. to reply click here http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CZB.2ACE/864 Does anyone know anything about these families. Cora Gertrude Davis married J.E. Chandler, unknown, and had four sons before she died in 1913. Maud Davis married William Williams, about 1904, and lived in Muldrow in the 1910 census. They had two daughters then, Clara and Carrie. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. to reply click here http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CZB.2ACE/863 I'm looking for information (memories, photos or newspaper clippings) about the restaurant or diner operated by my grandparents in Marble City from around late 1914 until they moved to Bartlesville, Washington Co, OK in 1918. Their names were Leonard CUNNINGHAM and Nancy ADAMS CUNNINGHAM and they brought 5 kids with them from Arkansas in 1914, had another child (my mother) en route in Cherokee Co, OK and their last in Marble City in 1917. [email protected] Thanks!

Am seeking information on Robert Ledbetter,who served as Undersheriff with Sheriff V.S.Cannon in Muskogee County in the eaerly to mid 1930's,or Deputy Sheriff Cash Russ,same time period. Thank You,R.D.

Informal OKGenWeb chat open now (9pm Oklahoma time). Bring your questions and we'll try to help. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/spinchat.htm Marti

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. click here to reply http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CZB.2ACE/147.167.354 I'm looking for information on a Alice Morton who married John B. Mills. Alice was born about 1852 in Arkansas. they had a son, James Morton Mills who married a Comstock. Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated. [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. click here to reply http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CZB.2ACE/408.1 upper camp creek cem is really at liberty, ok. was there to get pictures for my husbands cousins in calif just a few weeks ago before the snows started...hope this helps [email protected]

In a message dated 02/07/2002 6:37:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << The life of a deputy marshal in the Indian Nation is not pleasant >> Thank you for sharing. I also have an ancestor who was a deputy Marshal in Western Arkansas working under "hanging" Judge Parker. He married a Cherokee lady. Your story gives some insight. Thanks. Sheila James K.P. PEMBERTON - deputy marshall 1889 and served in Union army married: Mary HINDMAN

I believe I have seen some items on him as well! Very interesting indeed! Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 501-369-2703 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:11 AM Subject: Re: [OKSequoy] September 14, 1875 Van Buren Press > In a message dated 02/07/2002 6:37:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << The life of a deputy marshal in the Indian Nation is not > pleasant >> > > Thank you for sharing. I also have an ancestor who was a deputy Marshal in > Western Arkansas working under "hanging" Judge Parker. He married a Cherokee > lady. Your story gives some insight. Thanks. Sheila > > James K.P. PEMBERTON - deputy marshall 1889 and served in Union army married: > Mary HINDMAN >

I have the old newspapers from Crawford County and there is a lot of Indian Territory news in it. I am compiling all these items like this or any genealogical nature into books! So glad you enjoy them! Thank you for your wonderful encouragment. Fran Alverson Warren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralston, Mary Ann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:39 AM Subject: RE: [OKSequoy] September 14, 1875 Van Buren Press > Where do you find such things, I love them! > > Mary Ann Ralston > Peace Harbor Hospital > 541-997-2460 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fran Warren [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 8:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OKSequoy] September 14, 1875 Van Buren Press > > > Van Buren Press > Crawford County, Arkansas > > September 14, 1875 > THE ODD EXPERIENCE OF AN ARKANSAS DEPUTY MARSHAL > > Captain George W McIntosh was a brave officer, fighting on the Confederate > side during the great struggle. The commanded the First Arkansas battery and > did efficient work with it. Sprung from the old Scottish stock that never > knew fear, the captain, while affable and peaceable in disposition, has the > reputation of being a man of dauntless courage. When General Fagan was > appointed United States Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas, > Captain McIntosh who had served under him during the war was appointed a > deputy marshal. The life of a deputy marshal in the Indian Nation is not > pleasant, and he who accepts such service takes his life in his hands as it > were, and courts death at every step. It requires men of strong nerve to > undertake this service. Such a man Capt. McIntosh has the reputation of > being. The captain is not exactly a puritan in religious observances. > Nevertheless the following incident shows his moral qualities. > > On a wild night in the winter the captain was among the mountains of the > Choctaw Nation. The cold was fast benumbing his limbs and he began to fear > that he would never see the dawn. There were visible no signs of human > habitation, not a gleam of light gladdened his eyes or dispersed the gloom > around him. On through the darkness and the storm he rode. Eight, nine and > ten o'clock came, and in the distance, he beheld the red gleam of > fire-light. He pushed on, was soon at the cabin. It was the habitation of an > Indian. He knocked on the door. An Indian of unprepossessing appearance > opened the door. He spoke to him, asked him for shelter for the night. He > received no reply. He told the Indian he was ready to perish from the cold, > and was answered by a grunt. But he was not discouraged. There was a fire > and comfort within and he pressed forward to the hearth, on which the > glowing coals were scintillating. He sat down by the fire. There were four > or five ill-looking aborigines sitting around. He felt uneasy and kept his > hand upon his weapon. Not a word had any of them spoken. After a while an > old man, who was apparently the head of the establishment, rose and brokenly > pronounced the word "supper, " and pointed in the direction of a table in > the only other apartment of the house. Still holding his pistol in his hand, > the captain proceeded to seat himself at the humble table of his Indian > host. > > The old man sat down, and when all were seated he devoutly bowed his head, > raised his hands, and in the soft language of the Choctaws invoked the > blessing of God upon the little group. > > "I never felt so good in my life", said the captain, "as at that moment when > the old man with bowed head and uplifted hands besought the Almighty to > bless and protect him, and all gathered about his board. My apprehension and > suspicion vanished instantly. I arose, unbuckled my belt, laid my pistol > aside and felt perfectly secure, and that night slept soundly." > > The old man was a Christian but could not speak English. The attitude of > supplication conquered the captain's suspicion. > > Fran Alverson Warren > P S* I am so thankful that some things NEVER change! >