Mingo is the Choctaw word for Chief
*** APUCKSHUNNUBBEE was one of the 3 GREAT MEDAL CHIEFS for the CHOCTAWS.**
He was DISTRICT CHIEF for the WESTERN DISTRICT [the Okla Falaya].
The two other Great Medal Chiefs were:
---Homastubbee, District Chief of the Northern District [the Okla Tannap]; died in 1809 and succeeded by his son Moshulatubbee;
---Pushmataha, District Chief of the Southern District [the Okla Hannali], who died on the same trip in Washington, D.C., and was succeeded by John Garland, then in 1929 by Nitakechi, a nephew of Pushmataha.
Apuckshunnubbee was succeeded by Robert Cole for several years, but Cole was challenged and unseated by 26-year-old Greenwood LeFlore on June 21, 1826.
***Original biography***
One of the most interesting people buried in the pioneer graveyard behind our KYGMC is the Choctaw Chief known to us as Mingo Apuckshunnubbe. He died from a fatal accident in October 1824, in Maysville.
He was traveling with several other chiefs and U.S. Army officers to Washington D.C. and had dinner at the famous Langhorne's Tavern on Front Street one evening. After dinner, Chief Apuckshunnubbe, one of three chiefs of the Choctaw Nation, walked outside to gaze at the Ohio River and missed his step, falling over the abutments of the road to the stone pavement below, a distance of 15-20 feet. The Chief received a life ending head injury & was buried in Maysville.
Recently our Research Librarian, Cay Chamness and Education Curator, Dr. James Shires assisted a visiting descendant of Chief Apuckshunnubbe with historical information from our library. His descendant, Mrs. Pat Hartman and her husband, Hugh, of San Antonio, Texas, came to Maysville to visit the burial site of her 4th Great Grandfather, Chief Tobaca Mingo Apuckshunnubbe, which was his Native American name.
*** APUCKSHUNNUBBEE was one of the 3 GREAT MEDAL CHIEFS for the CHOCTAWS.**
He was DISTRICT CHIEF for the WESTERN DISTRICT [the Okla Falaya].
The two other Great Medal Chiefs were:
---Homastubbee, District Chief of the Northern District [the Okla Tannap]; died in 1809 and succeeded by his son Moshulatubbee;
---Pushmataha, District Chief of the Southern District [the Okla Hannali], who died on the same trip in Washington, D.C., and was succeeded by John Garland, then in 1929 by Nitakechi, a nephew of Pushmataha.
Apuckshunnubbee was succeeded by Robert Cole for several years, but Cole was challenged and unseated by 26-year-old Greenwood LeFlore on June 21, 1826.
***Original biography***
One of the most interesting people buried in the pioneer graveyard behind our KYGMC is the Choctaw Chief known to us as Mingo Apuckshunnubbe. He died from a fatal accident in October 1824, in Maysville.
He was traveling with several other chiefs and U.S. Army officers to Washington D.C. and had dinner at the famous Langhorne's Tavern on Front Street one evening. After dinner, Chief Apuckshunnubbe, one of three chiefs of the Choctaw Nation, walked outside to gaze at the Ohio River and missed his step, falling over the abutments of the road to the stone pavement below, a distance of 15-20 feet. The Chief received a life ending head injury & was buried in Maysville.
Recently our Research Librarian, Cay Chamness and Education Curator, Dr. James Shires assisted a visiting descendant of Chief Apuckshunnubbe with historical information from our library. His descendant, Mrs. Pat Hartman and her husband, Hugh, of San Antonio, Texas, came to Maysville to visit the burial site of her 4th Great Grandfather, Chief Tobaca Mingo Apuckshunnubbe, which was his Native American name.
Mingo is the Choctaw word for Chief
*** APUCKSHUNNUBBEE was one of the 3 GREAT MEDAL CHIEFS for the CHOCTAWS.**
He was DISTRICT CHIEF for the WESTERN DISTRICT [the Okla Falaya].
The two other Great Medal Chiefs were:
---Homastubbee, District Chief of the Northern District [the Okla Tannap]; died in 1809 and succeeded by his son Moshulatubbee;
---Pushmataha, District Chief of the Southern District [the Okla Hannali], who died on the same trip in Washington, D.C., and was succeeded by John Garland, then in 1929 by Nitakechi, a nephew of Pushmataha.
Apuckshunnubbee was succeeded by Robert Cole for several years, but Cole was challenged and unseated by 26-year-old Greenwood LeFlore on June 21, 1826.
***Original biography***
One of the most interesting people buried in the pioneer graveyard behind our KYGMC is the Choctaw Chief known to us as Mingo Apuckshunnubbe. He died from a fatal accident in October 1824, in Maysville.
He was traveling with several other chiefs and U.S. Army officers to Washington D.C. and had dinner at the famous Langhorne's Tavern on Front Street one evening. After dinner, Chief Apuckshunnubbe, one of three chiefs of the Choctaw Nation, walked outside to gaze at the Ohio River and missed his step, falling over the abutments of the road to the stone pavement below, a distance of 15-20 feet. The Chief received a life ending head injury & was buried in Maysville.
Recently our Research Librarian, Cay Chamness and Education Curator, Dr. James Shires assisted a visiting descendant of Chief Apuckshunnubbe with historical information from our library. His descendant, Mrs. Pat Hartman and her husband, Hugh, of San Antonio, Texas, came to Maysville to visit the burial site of her 4th Great Grandfather, Chief Tobaca Mingo Apuckshunnubbe, which was his Native American name.
*** APUCKSHUNNUBBEE was one of the 3 GREAT MEDAL CHIEFS for the CHOCTAWS.**
He was DISTRICT CHIEF for the WESTERN DISTRICT [the Okla Falaya].
The two other Great Medal Chiefs were:
---Homastubbee, District Chief of the Northern District [the Okla Tannap]; died in 1809 and succeeded by his son Moshulatubbee;
---Pushmataha, District Chief of the Southern District [the Okla Hannali], who died on the same trip in Washington, D.C., and was succeeded by John Garland, then in 1929 by Nitakechi, a nephew of Pushmataha.
Apuckshunnubbee was succeeded by Robert Cole for several years, but Cole was challenged and unseated by 26-year-old Greenwood LeFlore on June 21, 1826.
***Original biography***
One of the most interesting people buried in the pioneer graveyard behind our KYGMC is the Choctaw Chief known to us as Mingo Apuckshunnubbe. He died from a fatal accident in October 1824, in Maysville.
He was traveling with several other chiefs and U.S. Army officers to Washington D.C. and had dinner at the famous Langhorne's Tavern on Front Street one evening. After dinner, Chief Apuckshunnubbe, one of three chiefs of the Choctaw Nation, walked outside to gaze at the Ohio River and missed his step, falling over the abutments of the road to the stone pavement below, a distance of 15-20 feet. The Chief received a life ending head injury & was buried in Maysville.
Recently our Research Librarian, Cay Chamness and Education Curator, Dr. James Shires assisted a visiting descendant of Chief Apuckshunnubbe with historical information from our library. His descendant, Mrs. Pat Hartman and her husband, Hugh, of San Antonio, Texas, came to Maysville to visit the burial site of her 4th Great Grandfather, Chief Tobaca Mingo Apuckshunnubbe, which was his Native American name.
Gravesite Details
Apparently grave is unmarked
