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Charlotte Caroline <I>Ritter</I> Bayless

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Charlotte Caroline Ritter Bayless

Birth
Monroe County, Mississippi, USA
Death
3 Aug 1930 (aged 86)
Ashland, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Ashland, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Charlotte married:
1. Jacob Dudley Cody
Sep 15, 1859 Itawamba Coounty, Mississippi
2. George Washington Bayless
Jul 31, 1869 in Sanford Coounty, Alabama
Sanford County, AL now Lamar Co. AL

Chorlotte Bayless applied for a widow's pension for Jacob Dudley Cody Feb 1, 1928 while living in Arpelar, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Her requst for widow's pension was effective Jan 1, 1928 and granted Feb 2, 1928. On this same card she is repoted deceased Aug 3, 1930 as a stop payment from the war department.

Bureau of Indian Affairs
1896 Dawes applications
Filed: page No. 16 Date: Mar 12 1892
Tribe: Cherokee
Application Number: 852

CHARLOTTE BAYLESS (Formerly Cody, nee Ritter). On her application, Charlotte states she is 1/2 Cherokee Indian and 1/2 white. She states she inherited Indian Blood from her mother Jane (Young) Ritter who came from Middle Tennessee to Alabama at an early age and married a white man named Everitt Ritter. Jane Ritter died in Alabama in 1879, the same year Charlotte moved to Indian Territory. Charlotte states Elizabeth Loggins, mother of Major C. Loggins, 34, and Delila E. Perse, is her sister. Charlotte signed the application on September 3, 1896. Witnesses: Major C. Loggins, 34, and Delila E. Peirce, 38, both state Charlotte Bayless is the sister of their mother, Elizabeth Loggins, and daughter of Jane Young who married Everitt Ritter. Witnessed in Sallisaw, I.T., September 3, 1896.

Charlotte lists her family as follows:
Charlotte Bayless age 52
E. R. Cody 35, son (note: E. B. Cody)
James E. Bayless 26, son
Mary A. Purchett 24, daughter (note: Prickett)
Thomas Bayless 19, son
Essie Bayless 16, daughter (note: Iris Estella Bayless)
Louisa Bayless 13, daughter
Sarah Bayless 10, daughter
plus one grandchild
Charlotte married:
1. Jacob Dudley Cody
Sep 15, 1859 Itawamba Coounty, Mississippi
2. George Washington Bayless
Jul 31, 1869 in Sanford Coounty, Alabama
Sanford County, AL now Lamar Co. AL

Chorlotte Bayless applied for a widow's pension for Jacob Dudley Cody Feb 1, 1928 while living in Arpelar, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Her requst for widow's pension was effective Jan 1, 1928 and granted Feb 2, 1928. On this same card she is repoted deceased Aug 3, 1930 as a stop payment from the war department.

Bureau of Indian Affairs
1896 Dawes applications
Filed: page No. 16 Date: Mar 12 1892
Tribe: Cherokee
Application Number: 852

CHARLOTTE BAYLESS (Formerly Cody, nee Ritter). On her application, Charlotte states she is 1/2 Cherokee Indian and 1/2 white. She states she inherited Indian Blood from her mother Jane (Young) Ritter who came from Middle Tennessee to Alabama at an early age and married a white man named Everitt Ritter. Jane Ritter died in Alabama in 1879, the same year Charlotte moved to Indian Territory. Charlotte states Elizabeth Loggins, mother of Major C. Loggins, 34, and Delila E. Perse, is her sister. Charlotte signed the application on September 3, 1896. Witnesses: Major C. Loggins, 34, and Delila E. Peirce, 38, both state Charlotte Bayless is the sister of their mother, Elizabeth Loggins, and daughter of Jane Young who married Everitt Ritter. Witnessed in Sallisaw, I.T., September 3, 1896.

Charlotte lists her family as follows:
Charlotte Bayless age 52
E. R. Cody 35, son (note: E. B. Cody)
James E. Bayless 26, son
Mary A. Purchett 24, daughter (note: Prickett)
Thomas Bayless 19, son
Essie Bayless 16, daughter (note: Iris Estella Bayless)
Louisa Bayless 13, daughter
Sarah Bayless 10, daughter
plus one grandchild

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She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother, and a friend to all



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