Burial Date: May 27, 1926
Cooper Funeral Home, Miami Oklahoma
Obit: Location:
Miami News Record, Miami Oklahoma
May 26, 1926
Benjamin Quapaw, third chief of the Quapaw Indian Tribe and one of the wealthiest members of the tribe, died at 11:00 o’clock last night, May 25,1926, at Miami Oklahoma Baptist hospital. Death followed an operation. Chief Quapaw, who was well known among both white men and Indians, was 70 years old, according to records at the Quapaw Indian Agency; but close friends of the Indian believe he was at least five years older. He was born in Indian Territory and had lived nearly all his life on the Quapaw Reservation in Ottawa county Oklahoma. He owned a fine large home east of Devil’s Promenade.
Chief Quapaw was On Board of Chiefs
White men, who were friends of the Indian, today paid high tribute to his memory. "He was a fine old man,” white men who knew him said, “and one of the greatest characters among Indians in this part of the country. His honesty and integrity were above reproach. His word was as good as gold.”
Chief Quapaw was a full blood Quapaw, and had been on the board of Chiefs of the Quapaws for years. Chief Quapaw had gained his wealth from lead and zinc on his Quapaw allotment. He was the owner of valuable mining lands, among which was a half interest in the Smith-Davis Ritz lease of 50 acres, southwest of Cardin Oklahoma, which sold at auction a few months ago at the Quapaw Agency to the Kansas Exploration Company for a bonus of $105,000, with a 12½ per cent royalty to the landowners.
Benjamin Quapaw, because of his valuable mineral lands, frequently was involved in litigation. A few months ago he and John Beaver, second chief of the tribe, obtained in the Federal District Court of eastern Oklahoma, an injunction restraining the state auditor from collecting an inheritance tax from them upon the estate which had been owned by See-Sah Quapaw. The state appealed to the United States Supreme Court, but the high tribunal held the Inheritance Tax Law of Oklahoma did not apply to the restricted allotments of Quapaw and Beaver.
Chief Quapaw is survived by his widow, Mrs. Agnes Quapaw and small daughter Jean Ann Quapaw. Although married several times, Jean Ann is his only surviving child. His funeral will be at 11 o’clock Thursday morning at Benjamin Quapaw’s home, where his body was taken following his death. Services will follow the regular tribal customs. Burial will be in the family plot on his farm home.
Submitted by SjM No. 147239593
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Cooper Funeral Home, Miami Oklahoma
Obit: Location:
Miami News Record, Miami Oklahoma
May 26, 1926
Benjamin Quapaw, third chief of the Quapaw Indian Tribe and one of the wealthiest members of the tribe, died at 11:00 o’clock last night, May 25,1926, at Miami Oklahoma Baptist hospital. Death followed an operation. Chief Quapaw, who was well known among both white men and Indians, was 70 years old, according to records at the Quapaw Indian Agency; but close friends of the Indian believe he was at least five years older. He was born in Indian Territory and had lived nearly all his life on the Quapaw Reservation in Ottawa county Oklahoma. He owned a fine large home east of Devil’s Promenade.
Chief Quapaw was On Board of Chiefs
White men, who were friends of the Indian, today paid high tribute to his memory. "He was a fine old man,” white men who knew him said, “and one of the greatest characters among Indians in this part of the country. His honesty and integrity were above reproach. His word was as good as gold.”
Chief Quapaw was a full blood Quapaw, and had been on the board of Chiefs of the Quapaws for years. Chief Quapaw had gained his wealth from lead and zinc on his Quapaw allotment. He was the owner of valuable mining lands, among which was a half interest in the Smith-Davis Ritz lease of 50 acres, southwest of Cardin Oklahoma, which sold at auction a few months ago at the Quapaw Agency to the Kansas Exploration Company for a bonus of $105,000, with a 12½ per cent royalty to the landowners.
Benjamin Quapaw, because of his valuable mineral lands, frequently was involved in litigation. A few months ago he and John Beaver, second chief of the tribe, obtained in the Federal District Court of eastern Oklahoma, an injunction restraining the state auditor from collecting an inheritance tax from them upon the estate which had been owned by See-Sah Quapaw. The state appealed to the United States Supreme Court, but the high tribunal held the Inheritance Tax Law of Oklahoma did not apply to the restricted allotments of Quapaw and Beaver.
Chief Quapaw is survived by his widow, Mrs. Agnes Quapaw and small daughter Jean Ann Quapaw. Although married several times, Jean Ann is his only surviving child. His funeral will be at 11 o’clock Thursday morning at Benjamin Quapaw’s home, where his body was taken following his death. Services will follow the regular tribal customs. Burial will be in the family plot on his farm home.
Submitted by SjM No. 147239593
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Burial Date: May 27, 1926
Cooper Funeral Home, Miami Oklahoma
Obit: Location:
Miami News Record, Miami Oklahoma
May 26, 1926
Benjamin Quapaw, third chief of the Quapaw Indian Tribe and one of the wealthiest members of the tribe, died at 11:00 o’clock last night, May 25,1926, at Miami Oklahoma Baptist hospital. Death followed an operation. Chief Quapaw, who was well known among both white men and Indians, was 70 years old, according to records at the Quapaw Indian Agency; but close friends of the Indian believe he was at least five years older. He was born in Indian Territory and had lived nearly all his life on the Quapaw Reservation in Ottawa county Oklahoma. He owned a fine large home east of Devil’s Promenade.
Chief Quapaw was On Board of Chiefs
White men, who were friends of the Indian, today paid high tribute to his memory. "He was a fine old man,” white men who knew him said, “and one of the greatest characters among Indians in this part of the country. His honesty and integrity were above reproach. His word was as good as gold.”
Chief Quapaw was a full blood Quapaw, and had been on the board of Chiefs of the Quapaws for years. Chief Quapaw had gained his wealth from lead and zinc on his Quapaw allotment. He was the owner of valuable mining lands, among which was a half interest in the Smith-Davis Ritz lease of 50 acres, southwest of Cardin Oklahoma, which sold at auction a few months ago at the Quapaw Agency to the Kansas Exploration Company for a bonus of $105,000, with a 12½ per cent royalty to the landowners.
Benjamin Quapaw, because of his valuable mineral lands, frequently was involved in litigation. A few months ago he and John Beaver, second chief of the tribe, obtained in the Federal District Court of eastern Oklahoma, an injunction restraining the state auditor from collecting an inheritance tax from them upon the estate which had been owned by See-Sah Quapaw. The state appealed to the United States Supreme Court, but the high tribunal held the Inheritance Tax Law of Oklahoma did not apply to the restricted allotments of Quapaw and Beaver.
Chief Quapaw is survived by his widow, Mrs. Agnes Quapaw and small daughter Jean Ann Quapaw. Although married several times, Jean Ann is his only surviving child. His funeral will be at 11 o’clock Thursday morning at Benjamin Quapaw’s home, where his body was taken following his death. Services will follow the regular tribal customs. Burial will be in the family plot on his farm home.
Submitted by SjM No. 147239593
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Cooper Funeral Home, Miami Oklahoma
Obit: Location:
Miami News Record, Miami Oklahoma
May 26, 1926
Benjamin Quapaw, third chief of the Quapaw Indian Tribe and one of the wealthiest members of the tribe, died at 11:00 o’clock last night, May 25,1926, at Miami Oklahoma Baptist hospital. Death followed an operation. Chief Quapaw, who was well known among both white men and Indians, was 70 years old, according to records at the Quapaw Indian Agency; but close friends of the Indian believe he was at least five years older. He was born in Indian Territory and had lived nearly all his life on the Quapaw Reservation in Ottawa county Oklahoma. He owned a fine large home east of Devil’s Promenade.
Chief Quapaw was On Board of Chiefs
White men, who were friends of the Indian, today paid high tribute to his memory. "He was a fine old man,” white men who knew him said, “and one of the greatest characters among Indians in this part of the country. His honesty and integrity were above reproach. His word was as good as gold.”
Chief Quapaw was a full blood Quapaw, and had been on the board of Chiefs of the Quapaws for years. Chief Quapaw had gained his wealth from lead and zinc on his Quapaw allotment. He was the owner of valuable mining lands, among which was a half interest in the Smith-Davis Ritz lease of 50 acres, southwest of Cardin Oklahoma, which sold at auction a few months ago at the Quapaw Agency to the Kansas Exploration Company for a bonus of $105,000, with a 12½ per cent royalty to the landowners.
Benjamin Quapaw, because of his valuable mineral lands, frequently was involved in litigation. A few months ago he and John Beaver, second chief of the tribe, obtained in the Federal District Court of eastern Oklahoma, an injunction restraining the state auditor from collecting an inheritance tax from them upon the estate which had been owned by See-Sah Quapaw. The state appealed to the United States Supreme Court, but the high tribunal held the Inheritance Tax Law of Oklahoma did not apply to the restricted allotments of Quapaw and Beaver.
Chief Quapaw is survived by his widow, Mrs. Agnes Quapaw and small daughter Jean Ann Quapaw. Although married several times, Jean Ann is his only surviving child. His funeral will be at 11 o’clock Thursday morning at Benjamin Quapaw’s home, where his body was taken following his death. Services will follow the regular tribal customs. Burial will be in the family plot on his farm home.
Submitted by SjM No. 147239593
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