"One source said that he thought Dallis Dunigan was also buried here."∼William Landon "Billy" Dunegan Jr was born on March 15, 1855 in Kent, Newton County, Missouri to William Landon Dunegan Sr. and Sydney Caroline Mayfield. Billy met Minta Ann Richards while living in Fannin County, Texas. They married on November 15, 1881 in Fannin County, Texas. Billy and Minta had two children, Edmond Dodd was born August 5, 1883 in Elwood, Fannin, Texas. In 1885 the family moved across the Red River into Indian Territory, Wade community, where their daughter Minta was born in 1886.
During this time, the Dawes Commission was enrolling eligible Indian and assigning roll numbers, which entitled them to receive free land allotments. In order to receive this land they had to live in and be a citizen of the Choctaw Nation. Minta died in 1886 before they could get enrolled. After Minta died, Billy's brother Dallas and his wife Lucinda (Herndon) Dunegan took the two children into their home to raise as Billy was a US Deputy Marshal in the Indian Territory for Judge Isaac Charles Parker and traveled extensively.
On July 24, 1887 Billy married again to Frances Nelson in Caddo, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Mitchell and Nancy Nelson, and was half Choctaw. Billy and Frances had one son, William Nelson "Willie" Dunegan born January 19, 1889 at Wade. Frances died in 1889, probably from complications of childbirth or illness. Billy left his son "Willie" in the care of his acquaintance Mrs Alabama M (Hamilton) Fuller, also from Fort Smith, Crawford, Arkansas as he was still a US Deputy Marshal.
Billy first appeared before the commission of the Five Civilized Tribes on September 7, 1896 to ask for enrollment in the Nation as a white citizen by intermarriage to Frances Nelson. He appeared before the commission again in August of 1899, and again on November 19, 1902, where he went to Atoka to appear before the Commission for an oral examination. He received his letter of approval on July 1, 1902. His allotment was for 320 acres in Wade and 40 in Atoka. On the Dawes Final Roll of the Choctaws, roll #3383, William L. Dunegan is enrolled as an intermarried/white and his son Willie N. is listed as 1/4 Choctaw. In 1905 Billy finally received the promised 360 acres from the Commission of Five Civilized Tribes. This land is known today as the Sangster place (80 acres) a 1/2 mile west of Wade. The Ed Dunegan place (80 acres) with adjoining property lines to the south. The 40 acres in Atoka went to his daughter Minta Ann.
Billy often took the ferry across the Red River to conduct business in Bonham, Ladonia and Honey Grove, Texas. One of the ferry operators was a man by the name of Israel Journey. He and Billy became good friends, which is how he came to know his third wife, Pearl Cynthia Journey. Pearl and Billy married a short time later on August 19, 1904 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. They had a daughter born the following year. Her name was Mamie Agnes Dunegan, born on July 2, 1905 at their home in Wade.
Before his daughter Mamie was born, he learned he had Tuberculosis. Billy made a Will dividing his property and possessions among his wife Pearl and his four children. Billy died on January 24, 1906 and is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery near Wade. He has a Woodman of the World headstone. Mamie was only six months old when her father died.
Research and Biography by: T E Lacey
During this time, the Dawes Commission was enrolling eligible Indian and assigning roll numbers, which entitled them to receive free land allotments. In order to receive this land they had to live in and be a citizen of the Choctaw Nation. Minta died in 1886 before they could get enrolled. After Minta died, Billy's brother Dallas and his wife Lucinda (Herndon) Dunegan took the two children into their home to raise as Billy was a US Deputy Marshal in the Indian Territory for Judge Isaac Charles Parker and traveled extensively.
On July 24, 1887 Billy married again to Frances Nelson in Caddo, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Mitchell and Nancy Nelson, and was half Choctaw. Billy and Frances had one son, William Nelson "Willie" Dunegan born January 19, 1889 at Wade. Frances died in 1889, probably from complications of childbirth or illness. Billy left his son "Willie" in the care of his acquaintance Mrs Alabama M (Hamilton) Fuller, also from Fort Smith, Crawford, Arkansas as he was still a US Deputy Marshal.
Billy first appeared before the commission of the Five Civilized Tribes on September 7, 1896 to ask for enrollment in the Nation as a white citizen by intermarriage to Frances Nelson. He appeared before the commission again in August of 1899, and again on November 19, 1902, where he went to Atoka to appear before the Commission for an oral examination. He received his letter of approval on July 1, 1902. His allotment was for 320 acres in Wade and 40 in Atoka. On the Dawes Final Roll of the Choctaws, roll #3383, William L. Dunegan is enrolled as an intermarried/white and his son Willie N. is listed as 1/4 Choctaw. In 1905 Billy finally received the promised 360 acres from the Commission of Five Civilized Tribes. This land is known today as the Sangster place (80 acres) a 1/2 mile west of Wade. The Ed Dunegan place (80 acres) with adjoining property lines to the south. The 40 acres in Atoka went to his daughter Minta Ann.
Billy often took the ferry across the Red River to conduct business in Bonham, Ladonia and Honey Grove, Texas. One of the ferry operators was a man by the name of Israel Journey. He and Billy became good friends, which is how he came to know his third wife, Pearl Cynthia Journey. Pearl and Billy married a short time later on August 19, 1904 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. They had a daughter born the following year. Her name was Mamie Agnes Dunegan, born on July 2, 1905 at their home in Wade.
Before his daughter Mamie was born, he learned he had Tuberculosis. Billy made a Will dividing his property and possessions among his wife Pearl and his four children. Billy died on January 24, 1906 and is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery near Wade. He has a Woodman of the World headstone. Mamie was only six months old when her father died.
Research and Biography by: T E Lacey
"One source said that he thought Dallis Dunigan was also buried here."∼William Landon "Billy" Dunegan Jr was born on March 15, 1855 in Kent, Newton County, Missouri to William Landon Dunegan Sr. and Sydney Caroline Mayfield. Billy met Minta Ann Richards while living in Fannin County, Texas. They married on November 15, 1881 in Fannin County, Texas. Billy and Minta had two children, Edmond Dodd was born August 5, 1883 in Elwood, Fannin, Texas. In 1885 the family moved across the Red River into Indian Territory, Wade community, where their daughter Minta was born in 1886.
During this time, the Dawes Commission was enrolling eligible Indian and assigning roll numbers, which entitled them to receive free land allotments. In order to receive this land they had to live in and be a citizen of the Choctaw Nation. Minta died in 1886 before they could get enrolled. After Minta died, Billy's brother Dallas and his wife Lucinda (Herndon) Dunegan took the two children into their home to raise as Billy was a US Deputy Marshal in the Indian Territory for Judge Isaac Charles Parker and traveled extensively.
On July 24, 1887 Billy married again to Frances Nelson in Caddo, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Mitchell and Nancy Nelson, and was half Choctaw. Billy and Frances had one son, William Nelson "Willie" Dunegan born January 19, 1889 at Wade. Frances died in 1889, probably from complications of childbirth or illness. Billy left his son "Willie" in the care of his acquaintance Mrs Alabama M (Hamilton) Fuller, also from Fort Smith, Crawford, Arkansas as he was still a US Deputy Marshal.
Billy first appeared before the commission of the Five Civilized Tribes on September 7, 1896 to ask for enrollment in the Nation as a white citizen by intermarriage to Frances Nelson. He appeared before the commission again in August of 1899, and again on November 19, 1902, where he went to Atoka to appear before the Commission for an oral examination. He received his letter of approval on July 1, 1902. His allotment was for 320 acres in Wade and 40 in Atoka. On the Dawes Final Roll of the Choctaws, roll #3383, William L. Dunegan is enrolled as an intermarried/white and his son Willie N. is listed as 1/4 Choctaw. In 1905 Billy finally received the promised 360 acres from the Commission of Five Civilized Tribes. This land is known today as the Sangster place (80 acres) a 1/2 mile west of Wade. The Ed Dunegan place (80 acres) with adjoining property lines to the south. The 40 acres in Atoka went to his daughter Minta Ann.
Billy often took the ferry across the Red River to conduct business in Bonham, Ladonia and Honey Grove, Texas. One of the ferry operators was a man by the name of Israel Journey. He and Billy became good friends, which is how he came to know his third wife, Pearl Cynthia Journey. Pearl and Billy married a short time later on August 19, 1904 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. They had a daughter born the following year. Her name was Mamie Agnes Dunegan, born on July 2, 1905 at their home in Wade.
Before his daughter Mamie was born, he learned he had Tuberculosis. Billy made a Will dividing his property and possessions among his wife Pearl and his four children. Billy died on January 24, 1906 and is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery near Wade. He has a Woodman of the World headstone. Mamie was only six months old when her father died.
Research and Biography by: T E Lacey
During this time, the Dawes Commission was enrolling eligible Indian and assigning roll numbers, which entitled them to receive free land allotments. In order to receive this land they had to live in and be a citizen of the Choctaw Nation. Minta died in 1886 before they could get enrolled. After Minta died, Billy's brother Dallas and his wife Lucinda (Herndon) Dunegan took the two children into their home to raise as Billy was a US Deputy Marshal in the Indian Territory for Judge Isaac Charles Parker and traveled extensively.
On July 24, 1887 Billy married again to Frances Nelson in Caddo, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Mitchell and Nancy Nelson, and was half Choctaw. Billy and Frances had one son, William Nelson "Willie" Dunegan born January 19, 1889 at Wade. Frances died in 1889, probably from complications of childbirth or illness. Billy left his son "Willie" in the care of his acquaintance Mrs Alabama M (Hamilton) Fuller, also from Fort Smith, Crawford, Arkansas as he was still a US Deputy Marshal.
Billy first appeared before the commission of the Five Civilized Tribes on September 7, 1896 to ask for enrollment in the Nation as a white citizen by intermarriage to Frances Nelson. He appeared before the commission again in August of 1899, and again on November 19, 1902, where he went to Atoka to appear before the Commission for an oral examination. He received his letter of approval on July 1, 1902. His allotment was for 320 acres in Wade and 40 in Atoka. On the Dawes Final Roll of the Choctaws, roll #3383, William L. Dunegan is enrolled as an intermarried/white and his son Willie N. is listed as 1/4 Choctaw. In 1905 Billy finally received the promised 360 acres from the Commission of Five Civilized Tribes. This land is known today as the Sangster place (80 acres) a 1/2 mile west of Wade. The Ed Dunegan place (80 acres) with adjoining property lines to the south. The 40 acres in Atoka went to his daughter Minta Ann.
Billy often took the ferry across the Red River to conduct business in Bonham, Ladonia and Honey Grove, Texas. One of the ferry operators was a man by the name of Israel Journey. He and Billy became good friends, which is how he came to know his third wife, Pearl Cynthia Journey. Pearl and Billy married a short time later on August 19, 1904 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. They had a daughter born the following year. Her name was Mamie Agnes Dunegan, born on July 2, 1905 at their home in Wade.
Before his daughter Mamie was born, he learned he had Tuberculosis. Billy made a Will dividing his property and possessions among his wife Pearl and his four children. Billy died on January 24, 1906 and is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery near Wade. He has a Woodman of the World headstone. Mamie was only six months old when her father died.
Research and Biography by: T E Lacey
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
