Old Tombstone Symbols

The Mississippi Genealogy & History web site has pictures and meaning of some of the old symbols that are shown on tombstones. Even though these symbols  are in Mississippi, I would suspect that they would be valid in other states as well.  Worth checking out.

Click on the link to view the symbols Tombstone Symbols.

Minor Changes Made

I have made some minor changes to the blog.  A new page was added and several now are listed as a sub-heading. Here are the changes:

The Poetry page is now a sub of the Guthrie Album. 

The Obituaries and Death Certificates pages are now a sub of the Cemeteries page.

So when you are looking at things be sure to see the sub-pages too.

Biographical Sketches of the Chickasaw and Other Tribes

What follows is a listing of the biographies featured in the Chickasaw and a few other tribes sections of the book “Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory” by H. F. O’Beirne. 

As in my earlier post, I apologize that the names are not in alphabetical order. However, you can do a search by pressing ”Ctl-F” to have the search box appear  and then just type the last name that you want to find.

Remember that just because the name and biography are in the list DOES NOT mean that a person is of Native American Heritage. 

At the bottom of the Chickasaw listing you will find a few sketches of the Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita, Caddo and Otoe Tribes. 

This completes the listing of the all the biographical sketches listed in this book.

  Good luck with your search!

Biographical Sketches-Chickasaw

William L. Cochran	James Harris Guy	William Perry Leeper
Newton Galloway Frazier	Abel Dustin Chase	Hon. Palmer S. Mosely
Milton Brown	Frederick T. Waite	A. W. Shelton, M. D.
John M. Webb	Walton James	Edward Shehon Burney
Wm. M.M. Kemp	John R. Surrell	Gov. Wm. Malcolm Guy
Joseph Saddler	J. H. Mashburn	William Talley
S. W. Wallace	William Thos.Shannon	Charles B. Campbell
Charles Hobart Heald	William Fox	W. G. Kimberlain
Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Baker	George R. Beeler	Joseph  H. Riley
Simon Kemp	J. F. Myers	John Franklin Gooding
Wiley Franklin Brown	Daniel Collins	Robert  L. Ream
Francis Joseph Fisher	James Dulin	Newton G. Wilson
Edward  Q. Franklin	Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Burks	William W. Cooper, M. D.
Rev. Colbert  E. Burris	Frank Colbert	Sanford Minor Mead
Charles E. Eastman	Judge B. W. Carter	Humphrey Colbert
J. H. Godfrey	Hon. Josiah Brown	Col. George W. Harkins
W. F. Laney	Gov. Wm. L. Byrd	Purcell Register
J. T. Henegar & Co.	H. T. Miller	W. A. Norman
Jourdan A. Smith	James Davison	George J. Wilson, M. D.
Charlie E. Betts	William McBride	Judge Thos. B. Johnston
W. H. Bacon	Dr. William Poyner	Everett P. Baker
A. H. Nuttall	Chas. M. Maxfield	James Allen Colbert
Hon. James M. Stovall	George W. Adams	Thomas J. Phillips
Judge Reuben Bourland	J. C. Worley	Henry T. Walker
Hon. Nelson Chigley	Giles W. Harkins, M.D.	Judge Robert L. Boyd
Hon. Lewis Keel	Joseph  B. Wilson	John H. Walner
Hon. Hogan Keel	Charles Collins	Perry Froman
Cicero A. Skeen	Amos R. Waite	Hon. Sam Paul
Isaac S. Wright	Montford  P. Johnson	Reagan W. Jennings
Edmund Turnbull	Thomas B. Thompson	C, L, Campbell
Felix R. Phillips	Alexander McKinney	J. Wesley Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Alexr. Rennie	Judge J. H. Franklin	John Henry Kenney
Hon. Holmes Colbert	Dr. H. F. Murray	Tipton Shirley Harris
John Rennie	John William Burks	Frank M. Fox
George A. Yarborough	Booker James	Wm. N. Price
Mrs. Eula (Colbert)  Myers	Hon. T. A. McClure	Willis B. Lowrance
Joseph M. Franklin	George H. Truax, M. D.	Mazeppa Turner
James M. Harris	William Hull	Edward Collins
Tandy C. Walker	J. H. Easton	C. E. Gooding
Sketches of the Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita, Caddo and Otoe Tribes
Granny Houston	Quanah Parker	Comanche Medicine Man
Ko-Mul-Tah, Kiowa Chief	John Wilson	Wild Horse
Cora Caruth	White Horse, Otoes Chief	Big Tree, Kiowa Chief

Biographical Surname List

What follows is a listing of the biographies  featured in the Choctaw section of the book “Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory” by H. F. O’Beirne. 

My hope is this information will be of help to others. The book is no longer in print and obtaining a copy can be very expensive, if you can find one. I was fortunate to obtain a copy many years ago as a reprint.

I apologize that the names are not in alphabetical order. However, you can do a search by pressing ”Ctl-F” to have the search box appear  and then just type the last name that you want to find.

Remember that just because the name and biography are in the Choctaw section DOES NOT mean that person is Choctaw or for that matter of Native American Heritage. In fact, while typing this list I did notice that several people were listed as Cherokee and Chickasaw.

I will post the  Chickasaw list in the near future.  Good luck with your search!

John M. Hodges	Captain G. B. Hester	Wilson N. Jones
Allen Wright	Rev. Dickson Durant	Peter Intolubbe
Alfred A. Dunn, M. D	Arthur W. Davis	David Osborn Fisher
William Alberson	William G. Ward	Charles J. Maurer
William Bassett	Charles A. Bilbo	Joel H. Nail
Edward A. Bohannon	Thos. J. Manning, M. C.	Richard Smallwood
Morgan Durant	Mrs. Annie Smallwood	Richard C. Sacra
Samuel J. Garvin	Samuel F. Stewart	Julius James
H. A. Campbell	Wallace Jones	Hiram Leon McBride
Tollis H. Stark, M. D.	M. F. Myers	John Frinzell
T. B. Turnbull	Charles F. Stewart	Joseph Bradford Camp
Madison Bouton	B.F. Smallwood	Julius C. Hampton
T. J. Allen, M.D.	J. D. Lankford	Rev. William M. Davis
Rev. Franklin B. Smith	Dr. J. S. Lankford	Jackson Ellis
Rev. W. J. B. Lloyd	Dr. Lewis C. Tennent	C.B. Farrington
Rev. W.l  Butler	M. S. Montague	W. A. Durant
W. H. Ainsworth	F. E. Folsom	Daniel L. Garland
Oliver Thomas	James M. Stead, M. D.	Louis Crutchfield
Josiah Gardner	T. M. Lowrey	J. D. Doyle
Richard B. Boleman	William Noble	Judge J. C. Folsom
Don Juan Folsom	William Secor	H. M. Mize
Edmund A. Doyle	Willaim M. Sawyers	C. A. Hancock
Benjamin Dillard	William C. York	Dr. W. F. Haynes
Julius Haas	Joseph J. Hodges	D. C. Blossom
William H. Harrisson	Alexander Thompson	F. E. Shaffer
W. G. Williams	R. D. Burton	Judge George. M. Bond
Dr. W. M. Dunn, Sr.	Capt. Charles LaFlore	Allinton Telle
Judge Gabriel Burris	Capt. J. S. Standley	James W. Gardner
Campbell Frazier	B. F. Rodgers	Cyrus H. Kingsbury
Alfred Toole	James W. Stewart	Capt. Walker Martin
John T. Howell	J. W. Vail	Wm. A. Clark, M. D.
Napoleon B. Ainsworth	Rev. Calvin Robinson	T. D. Bell
Wiley Stewart	Judge Silas James	McKee James
Henry P. Ward	Charles A. Semple	Sam Muncrief
Butler S. Smizer	Calvin C.Perry	David Roebuck
Jerry Fulsom	Joe W. Everidge	Simon T. Dwight
Alfred Emerson Folsom	William Gardner	Martin Fisher
H. T. Jackman	Fritz Settell	Tom Collins
John M. Harrisson	Willie W.Jones	Alfred W. Folsom
W. T. Clarke	D. W. Hodge	Ellis H. Carnes
Davis Newton Milton	Solomon E. Hoteman	S. A. Connor, M.D.
Alonzo J. Harkins	Charles Ward	McKee F. Robinson
Jackson F. McCurtain	Judge G. W. Gardner	Thomas E. Oakes
Mrs. Jack McCurtain	Benjamin F. McKinney	J. L. Ward
Elias Rector Cheadle	David Bohannon	Thomas P. Howell, M.D.
Cornelius Jones	H. B. Rowley	James S. Cheadle
Henry Perkins	David A. Homer	J. McKinney Cobb
Robert Crowder	Joseph S.Nale	Albert P. Folsom
Henry Byington	Hon. W. W. Hampton	George A. Pate
Joseph B. Thompson	Henry C. Harris	Joseph Garland
Walter Scott Rogers	Michael C. Garland	Col. Coleman E. Nelson
Charles S. Vinson	Judge Alex. Durant	Columbus C. Erwin
John Grist Farr	Judge Jeff Gardner	Edmond McCurtain
John D. Wilson	Rev. B. J. Woods	Robert J.Ward
Joshua Billings Jeter	John P. Turnbull	F. C. Meadows
Lem W. Oakes	Josiah H. Bryant	Isham Walker
Rev. R. W. Officer	John E. McBrayer	John A. Cobb, M. D.
Rev. W. H. McKinney	John Bond	Jonathan J. Watkins
Benjamin Hampton	Joseph D. Lindsay	Amos Henry
Simon E Lewis	Rev. James L Keener	William G. Garland
G. W. Choate	A. M. Surrell	Hon. Chas. K. Winston
Rev. J. S. Murrow	Loring W. Frazier	LaFayette C. Harkins
Samuel L. Oakes	Jacob Jackson

William Talley-Chickasaw

William Talley was born in 1850 in Charleston, South Carolina. He moved to St. Paul’s Valley in the Chickasaw Nation in 1872.  After arriving to St. Paul’s Valley, he worked in the freighting business, which was very profitable. William was employed by the U.S. government carrying goods from Caddo, Indian Territory, to the Indian Reservation at Fort Sill. William drove cattle in 1877 from Erin Springs to Colorado and Wyoming, remaining in the territory for two years. In 1879, William settled on the Washita River, Indian Territory and secured his Indian right by Marrying Agnes Chigley. She was the daughter of Senator Nelson Chigley, one of the most progressive of the full-blood Chickasaws. William and Agnes had four children: Fannie, William, Nelson, TomPerry and Suda Bell, the oldest being eight years and the youngest three years. Agnes died February 16, 1888 at the age of twenty-six.  William had eight hundred acres under fence.

[src.} Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Choctaws and Chickasaws, Vol. 1; by H. F. O’Beirne

Henry Perkins-Choctaw

Henry Perkins was born in December, 1841 in Blue County. He was the oldest son of Judge David Perkins who was of the Hyah-pah-tuk-kalo clan and his mother’s maiden name was Lucas. 

Henry’s many accomplishments included being a member of the Light Horse,  County Judge for Blue county in 1852 and 1886 and Representative at the Council in 1874. In 1867 appointed Judge of Election also, was Deputy Sheriff for seven years and County Clerk for three terms. Henry attended neighborhood school but did not speak English until he started dealing with renters and farm hands. 

He married Mary Fry, a Choctaw, no children from this union. After Mary died, he married Emily Hampton and they had two children, Alice and Edia. When Emily died, he married thirdly, a Miss Ramsey and had no issue from that union.

In 1862, he joined Sim Folsom’s regiment and served as Sergent of Company J during the latter part of the war and in 1865 started farming and stock-raising.

He was an honest and good-natured man who was well thought of in the county.

David Perkins, Henry’s father was a Christian and a member of the old school Presbyterians and was an elder in his church when he died in 1886.

[src.} Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Choctaws and Chickasaws, Vol. 1; by H. F. O’Beirne

J. McKinney Cobb-Choctaw

J. McKinney Cobb (Choctaw) was born in 1846 near Doaksville and was a son of James Cobb. He completed his education at the Spencer Academy. In 1871 he married Jane Chigley, the sister of Honorable Nelson Chigley.

Mr. Cobb left the Choctaw Nation because of an argument where he shot and killed a Jobe Wilson on June 2, 1877 in self-defense. The case was tried by Justice Vinson at the Push-ma-ta-ha court grounds in August, 1866 and was dismissed.

Mr. Cobb served the Choctaw brigade during the war and in 1869 was elected Sheriff of Kiamichi county, Choctaw Nation. The following year he was elected a member of the House of Representatives, which he held for three years. In 1899 he became Permit Collector.

[src.} Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Choctaws and Chickasaws, Vol. 1; by H. F. O’Beirne