His father was originally added by an edit to be Joseph H. "Joe" Edwards, FAG # 71832490.
Stephen D. C. Edwards was the son of Abraham Edwards and Minerva Fleetwood as per the his own testimony and the testimony of multiple family members including his mother and siblings. Stephen's own testimony is as follows:
Department of the Interior, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, Vinita, I.T., September 20, 1900.
In the matter of the application of Stephen D. C. Edwards for the enrollment of himself an children as Cherokees by blood and his wife as a Cherokee by intermarriage; being sword (sic) by Commissioner Needles, he testified as follows:
Q What is your name? A Stephen D. C. Edwards.
Q What is your age? A I am 46.
Q What district to you life 1n? A I live In Saline.
Q Are you recognized citizen of the Cherokee Nation? A Yes, sir.
Q What degree of blood do you have? A 1/4.
Q What is the name of your father? A Abraham Edwards.
Q Is he living? A No, sir.
Q What is the name of your mother? A Minerva Fleetwood.
Q Is she living? A No, sir.
Q What is the name of your wife? A Alice A. Edwards.
Q When did you marry? A In 1877.
Stephen D. C. Edwards married Alice Gill, daughter of William & Nancy Gill, in Missouri in 1877.
Stephen D. C. Edwards shot and killed his uncle Aquilla Fleetwood in September 1884. Sources: The Weekly Chieftain - 2 Oct 1884; Newspapers.com - The Coffeyville Weekly Journal - 22 Aug 1885; The Weekly Chieftain - 24 Dec 1885, etc.
Stephen D. C. Edwards was killed in a fistfight by 37 year old Paul Mitchell and his brother Claude. Paul Mitchell was a cousin of S.D.C. Edwards' son-in-law Henry Wimer. Source: Miami Daily News-Record, 07 Oct 1930, Tue, Page 6
Man Slays Aged Foe in Fist Fight
STRANG, Okla., Oct 7
Mayes county authorities early today were conducting a search for Paul Mitchell 37 years old, alleged to have fatally injured "Uncle" Steve Edwards, 76, as the result of trouble said to have been brewing in their respective families for several years. Officers said Edwards was struck four times by Mitchell yesterday while the latter's brother, Claude, held W. P. Brandon, a justice of the peace, who had attempted to intervene. Brandon said he heard Paul Mitchell tell the aged man, "I ought t. knock your head off," and had tried to prevent the young er man from striking Edwards. A cousin of the Mitch brothers, Henry Wymer, is Edwards' son-in-law, It was said trouble had been evident between the families for several years. Paul Mitchell returned to Strang recently after being away for six years.
Mitchell fled on foot. Claude Mitchell declared the killing was accidental. No charges were immediately filed.
Contributor:
Susan Bailey
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Plot number corresponds to the plat map for the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner, Maxine Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. [University that received taxpayer dollars for the program/product; thus presumed to be in the public domain] 1971, Volume 5, pp. 50-51. (Library of Congress No. A-304793, et al.)
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogical information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS)
Aug. 2021 update: I am informed that the set is now available on the Family Search website, but you have to be a member, and be signed in, to be able to access it under "Books."~
Stephen D. C. Edwards was the son of Abraham Edwards and Minerva Fleetwood as per the his own testimony and the testimony of multiple family members including his mother and siblings. Stephen's own testimony is as follows:
Department of the Interior, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, Vinita, I.T., September 20, 1900.
In the matter of the application of Stephen D. C. Edwards for the enrollment of himself an children as Cherokees by blood and his wife as a Cherokee by intermarriage; being sword (sic) by Commissioner Needles, he testified as follows:
Q What is your name? A Stephen D. C. Edwards.
Q What is your age? A I am 46.
Q What district to you life 1n? A I live In Saline.
Q Are you recognized citizen of the Cherokee Nation? A Yes, sir.
Q What degree of blood do you have? A 1/4.
Q What is the name of your father? A Abraham Edwards.
Q Is he living? A No, sir.
Q What is the name of your mother? A Minerva Fleetwood.
Q Is she living? A No, sir.
Q What is the name of your wife? A Alice A. Edwards.
Q When did you marry? A In 1877.
Stephen D. C. Edwards married Alice Gill, daughter of William & Nancy Gill, in Missouri in 1877.
Stephen D. C. Edwards shot and killed his uncle Aquilla Fleetwood in September 1884. Sources: The Weekly Chieftain - 2 Oct 1884; Newspapers.com - The Coffeyville Weekly Journal - 22 Aug 1885; The Weekly Chieftain - 24 Dec 1885, etc.
Stephen D. C. Edwards was killed in a fistfight by 37 year old Paul Mitchell and his brother Claude. Paul Mitchell was a cousin of S.D.C. Edwards' son-in-law Henry Wimer. Source: Miami Daily News-Record, 07 Oct 1930, Tue, Page 6
Man Slays Aged Foe in Fist Fight
STRANG, Okla., Oct 7
Mayes county authorities early today were conducting a search for Paul Mitchell 37 years old, alleged to have fatally injured "Uncle" Steve Edwards, 76, as the result of trouble said to have been brewing in their respective families for several years. Officers said Edwards was struck four times by Mitchell yesterday while the latter's brother, Claude, held W. P. Brandon, a justice of the peace, who had attempted to intervene. Brandon said he heard Paul Mitchell tell the aged man, "I ought t. knock your head off," and had tried to prevent the young er man from striking Edwards. A cousin of the Mitch brothers, Henry Wymer, is Edwards' son-in-law, It was said trouble had been evident between the families for several years. Paul Mitchell returned to Strang recently after being away for six years.
Mitchell fled on foot. Claude Mitchell declared the killing was accidental. No charges were immediately filed.
Contributor:
Susan Bailey
----------
Plot number corresponds to the plat map for the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner, Maxine Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. [University that received taxpayer dollars for the program/product; thus presumed to be in the public domain] 1971, Volume 5, pp. 50-51. (Library of Congress No. A-304793, et al.)
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogical information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS)
Aug. 2021 update: I am informed that the set is now available on the Family Search website, but you have to be a member, and be signed in, to be able to access it under "Books."~
His father was originally added by an edit to be Joseph H. "Joe" Edwards, FAG # 71832490.
Stephen D. C. Edwards was the son of Abraham Edwards and Minerva Fleetwood as per the his own testimony and the testimony of multiple family members including his mother and siblings. Stephen's own testimony is as follows:
Department of the Interior, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, Vinita, I.T., September 20, 1900.
In the matter of the application of Stephen D. C. Edwards for the enrollment of himself an children as Cherokees by blood and his wife as a Cherokee by intermarriage; being sword (sic) by Commissioner Needles, he testified as follows:
Q What is your name? A Stephen D. C. Edwards.
Q What is your age? A I am 46.
Q What district to you life 1n? A I live In Saline.
Q Are you recognized citizen of the Cherokee Nation? A Yes, sir.
Q What degree of blood do you have? A 1/4.
Q What is the name of your father? A Abraham Edwards.
Q Is he living? A No, sir.
Q What is the name of your mother? A Minerva Fleetwood.
Q Is she living? A No, sir.
Q What is the name of your wife? A Alice A. Edwards.
Q When did you marry? A In 1877.
Stephen D. C. Edwards married Alice Gill, daughter of William & Nancy Gill, in Missouri in 1877.
Stephen D. C. Edwards shot and killed his uncle Aquilla Fleetwood in September 1884. Sources: The Weekly Chieftain - 2 Oct 1884; Newspapers.com - The Coffeyville Weekly Journal - 22 Aug 1885; The Weekly Chieftain - 24 Dec 1885, etc.
Stephen D. C. Edwards was killed in a fistfight by 37 year old Paul Mitchell and his brother Claude. Paul Mitchell was a cousin of S.D.C. Edwards' son-in-law Henry Wimer. Source: Miami Daily News-Record, 07 Oct 1930, Tue, Page 6
Man Slays Aged Foe in Fist Fight
STRANG, Okla., Oct 7
Mayes county authorities early today were conducting a search for Paul Mitchell 37 years old, alleged to have fatally injured "Uncle" Steve Edwards, 76, as the result of trouble said to have been brewing in their respective families for several years. Officers said Edwards was struck four times by Mitchell yesterday while the latter's brother, Claude, held W. P. Brandon, a justice of the peace, who had attempted to intervene. Brandon said he heard Paul Mitchell tell the aged man, "I ought t. knock your head off," and had tried to prevent the young er man from striking Edwards. A cousin of the Mitch brothers, Henry Wymer, is Edwards' son-in-law, It was said trouble had been evident between the families for several years. Paul Mitchell returned to Strang recently after being away for six years.
Mitchell fled on foot. Claude Mitchell declared the killing was accidental. No charges were immediately filed.
Contributor:
Susan Bailey
----------
Plot number corresponds to the plat map for the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner, Maxine Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. [University that received taxpayer dollars for the program/product; thus presumed to be in the public domain] 1971, Volume 5, pp. 50-51. (Library of Congress No. A-304793, et al.)
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogical information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS)
Aug. 2021 update: I am informed that the set is now available on the Family Search website, but you have to be a member, and be signed in, to be able to access it under "Books."~
Stephen D. C. Edwards was the son of Abraham Edwards and Minerva Fleetwood as per the his own testimony and the testimony of multiple family members including his mother and siblings. Stephen's own testimony is as follows:
Department of the Interior, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, Vinita, I.T., September 20, 1900.
In the matter of the application of Stephen D. C. Edwards for the enrollment of himself an children as Cherokees by blood and his wife as a Cherokee by intermarriage; being sword (sic) by Commissioner Needles, he testified as follows:
Q What is your name? A Stephen D. C. Edwards.
Q What is your age? A I am 46.
Q What district to you life 1n? A I live In Saline.
Q Are you recognized citizen of the Cherokee Nation? A Yes, sir.
Q What degree of blood do you have? A 1/4.
Q What is the name of your father? A Abraham Edwards.
Q Is he living? A No, sir.
Q What is the name of your mother? A Minerva Fleetwood.
Q Is she living? A No, sir.
Q What is the name of your wife? A Alice A. Edwards.
Q When did you marry? A In 1877.
Stephen D. C. Edwards married Alice Gill, daughter of William & Nancy Gill, in Missouri in 1877.
Stephen D. C. Edwards shot and killed his uncle Aquilla Fleetwood in September 1884. Sources: The Weekly Chieftain - 2 Oct 1884; Newspapers.com - The Coffeyville Weekly Journal - 22 Aug 1885; The Weekly Chieftain - 24 Dec 1885, etc.
Stephen D. C. Edwards was killed in a fistfight by 37 year old Paul Mitchell and his brother Claude. Paul Mitchell was a cousin of S.D.C. Edwards' son-in-law Henry Wimer. Source: Miami Daily News-Record, 07 Oct 1930, Tue, Page 6
Man Slays Aged Foe in Fist Fight
STRANG, Okla., Oct 7
Mayes county authorities early today were conducting a search for Paul Mitchell 37 years old, alleged to have fatally injured "Uncle" Steve Edwards, 76, as the result of trouble said to have been brewing in their respective families for several years. Officers said Edwards was struck four times by Mitchell yesterday while the latter's brother, Claude, held W. P. Brandon, a justice of the peace, who had attempted to intervene. Brandon said he heard Paul Mitchell tell the aged man, "I ought t. knock your head off," and had tried to prevent the young er man from striking Edwards. A cousin of the Mitch brothers, Henry Wymer, is Edwards' son-in-law, It was said trouble had been evident between the families for several years. Paul Mitchell returned to Strang recently after being away for six years.
Mitchell fled on foot. Claude Mitchell declared the killing was accidental. No charges were immediately filed.
Contributor:
Susan Bailey
----------
Plot number corresponds to the plat map for the canvass and survey from the American Indian Institute; "Our People And Where They Rest," James W. Tyner, Maxine Tyner and Alice Tyner Timmons, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. [University that received taxpayer dollars for the program/product; thus presumed to be in the public domain] 1971, Volume 5, pp. 50-51. (Library of Congress No. A-304793, et al.)
Their information (including any diagrams or maps) is given here as a historical reference and is presented "as is." Their book, like many such cemetery listing compilations, may contain errors. As with any genealogical information, this is merely a "source" and should be considered as such. It falls upon the end-user to verify the accuracy. See their map for use as a quick locator tool for graves here. The set of books are available at many Oklahoma libraries. Once freely available for online viewing, the OPAWTR volumes can now be accessed only at a LDS Family History Library, a partner library, or a Family History Center. (LDS)
Aug. 2021 update: I am informed that the set is now available on the Family Search website, but you have to be a member, and be signed in, to be able to access it under "Books."~
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