Tushpa was a full-blood Choctaw boy of only 10 years of age when he and his mother, Ishtona, and his father, Kanchi, were among those forcibly marched from Mississippi to Indian Territory. His father, Kanchi, drowned on the march while trying to save children in a raging river.
Tushpa came from Mississippi with the first delegation of Choctaws in 1832. When he grew up, he settled near Skullyville, the original Choctaw settlement at a steamboat landing on the Arkansas River. He lived there until the Civil war broke out and then enlisted in the command of General Douglass H. Cooper. He fought through the war with only minor injuries, and when the war was over, he returned to Skullyville and resumed his life as a ranchman. Tushpa was a man of a deeply religious nature, and was a devout member of the Methodist Church.
It was in Skullyville that he met Lucy McDonald, born in Texas, the daughter of Scottish parents Alex and Catherine McDonald. who had come into the territory prior to the war. Mr. McDonald operated a blacksmith shop at old Skullyville. He married Lucy in 1869 and they subsequently had five children:
James Culberson born 1870; Roll# 6722
Elijah W. Culberson born 1874; Roll# 7829
Sophia Culberson born 1878; Roll # 6723, later ward of her brother Elijah
Jacob Culberson born 1881; and died pre-enrollment on Oct 8th 1901
John Anna Culberson born 1884; Roll# 6725, wife of John Pruitt Lee.
Lucy Evans lived until about 1906. She re-married to a man named Evans. She was enrolled as an inter-married white (Dawes census card #2324) after first being denied citizenship #D515. She received the patents to her allotted lands (within Chickasaw Nation) about Dec 1905.
Tushpa came from Mississippi with the first delegation of Choctaws in 1832. When he grew up, he settled near Skullyville, the original Choctaw settlement at a steamboat landing on the Arkansas River. He lived there until the Civil war broke out and then enlisted in the command of General Douglass H. Cooper. He fought through the war with only minor injuries, and when the war was over, he returned to Skullyville and resumed his life as a ranchman. Tushpa was a man of a deeply religious nature, and was a devout member of the Methodist Church.
It was in Skullyville that he met Lucy McDonald, born in Texas, the daughter of Scottish parents Alex and Catherine McDonald. who had come into the territory prior to the war. Mr. McDonald operated a blacksmith shop at old Skullyville. He married Lucy in 1869 and they subsequently had five children:
James Culberson born 1870; Roll# 6722
Elijah W. Culberson born 1874; Roll# 7829
Sophia Culberson born 1878; Roll # 6723, later ward of her brother Elijah
Jacob Culberson born 1881; and died pre-enrollment on Oct 8th 1901
John Anna Culberson born 1884; Roll# 6725, wife of John Pruitt Lee.
Lucy Evans lived until about 1906. She re-married to a man named Evans. She was enrolled as an inter-married white (Dawes census card #2324) after first being denied citizenship #D515. She received the patents to her allotted lands (within Chickasaw Nation) about Dec 1905.
Tushpa was a full-blood Choctaw boy of only 10 years of age when he and his mother, Ishtona, and his father, Kanchi, were among those forcibly marched from Mississippi to Indian Territory. His father, Kanchi, drowned on the march while trying to save children in a raging river.
Tushpa came from Mississippi with the first delegation of Choctaws in 1832. When he grew up, he settled near Skullyville, the original Choctaw settlement at a steamboat landing on the Arkansas River. He lived there until the Civil war broke out and then enlisted in the command of General Douglass H. Cooper. He fought through the war with only minor injuries, and when the war was over, he returned to Skullyville and resumed his life as a ranchman. Tushpa was a man of a deeply religious nature, and was a devout member of the Methodist Church.
It was in Skullyville that he met Lucy McDonald, born in Texas, the daughter of Scottish parents Alex and Catherine McDonald. who had come into the territory prior to the war. Mr. McDonald operated a blacksmith shop at old Skullyville. He married Lucy in 1869 and they subsequently had five children:
James Culberson born 1870; Roll# 6722
Elijah W. Culberson born 1874; Roll# 7829
Sophia Culberson born 1878; Roll # 6723, later ward of her brother Elijah
Jacob Culberson born 1881; and died pre-enrollment on Oct 8th 1901
John Anna Culberson born 1884; Roll# 6725, wife of John Pruitt Lee.
Lucy Evans lived until about 1906. She re-married to a man named Evans. She was enrolled as an inter-married white (Dawes census card #2324) after first being denied citizenship #D515. She received the patents to her allotted lands (within Chickasaw Nation) about Dec 1905.
Tushpa came from Mississippi with the first delegation of Choctaws in 1832. When he grew up, he settled near Skullyville, the original Choctaw settlement at a steamboat landing on the Arkansas River. He lived there until the Civil war broke out and then enlisted in the command of General Douglass H. Cooper. He fought through the war with only minor injuries, and when the war was over, he returned to Skullyville and resumed his life as a ranchman. Tushpa was a man of a deeply religious nature, and was a devout member of the Methodist Church.
It was in Skullyville that he met Lucy McDonald, born in Texas, the daughter of Scottish parents Alex and Catherine McDonald. who had come into the territory prior to the war. Mr. McDonald operated a blacksmith shop at old Skullyville. He married Lucy in 1869 and they subsequently had five children:
James Culberson born 1870; Roll# 6722
Elijah W. Culberson born 1874; Roll# 7829
Sophia Culberson born 1878; Roll # 6723, later ward of her brother Elijah
Jacob Culberson born 1881; and died pre-enrollment on Oct 8th 1901
John Anna Culberson born 1884; Roll# 6725, wife of John Pruitt Lee.
Lucy Evans lived until about 1906. She re-married to a man named Evans. She was enrolled as an inter-married white (Dawes census card #2324) after first being denied citizenship #D515. She received the patents to her allotted lands (within Chickasaw Nation) about Dec 1905.
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