| Birth: | 1848, USA | | Death: | 1939, USA | 
Born in Indian Territory; Wife of Frank Milligan. Dau. of Moses and
Mahala Fields; grddtr.of Chief Richard Fields, Jr. & Jennie Buffington, Cherokee Nation. Her father's Maysville (Arkansas) inn on the Military Road,was the setting for high level parley between Genl. Stand Watie CSA, and the Union General Buell and staff attempting peaceful exchange of prisoners after the Neosho battle, and during the Civil War strife. etc. Both Watie's and Buell staffs and soldiers stood down during this. Sophronia, in her memoirs, remembered the tension as being very high; she never forgot it. The family finally fled to another town for safety. She returned to Maysville with her mother; the Fields' hotel had been burned down.The family rebuilt a home and stores which she and her mother managed for years.
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Parents:
Moses Fields (1803 - 1855)
Mahala Cadle Fields (1812 - 1890)
Spouse:
Franklin Pierce Milligan (1852 - 1933)
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Moses Fields Cemetery
Jay
Delaware County
Oklahoma, USA |
Created by: Patricia Mechling
Record added: Sep 30, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 5069428 |
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