Our sincere appreciation to Tom DENARDO (#767) for being so giving of his time to go to the Floral Hills Cemetery to take photographs of Helen DARLING's grave marker and post them at her Find A Grave Memorial. THANK YOU, our family is grateful to you for fulfilling our photo request!
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Helen Marie was born January 26, 1905 in the Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; she was the fourth child of eight children born to Felix and Allie (DAVIS) LEE. Her birth was announced by the Marble City Enterprise newspaper (published Saturday, January 28, 1905) as follows: "Felix LEE, one of the boys employed by Southern Marble Company, was off duty yesterday on account of the arrival of a 12-pound baby girl at his home. Mother and baby are progressing nicely. Felix will probably be able to return to work at the quarry by Monday."
After the birth of four daughters and no sons, her parents decided to name their fourth baby girl after her father. At birth, they named her, "Felix Helen LEE". As a child and adolescent she was known by her nickname "Fox"; as a young woman she decided to use the name "Helen Marie LEE".
Helen Marie's seven siblings were: "baby girl" LEE (given name unknown; died on the third day following her birth), Lucilla Lillian, Myrtle Mildred, Kate Clifton (a.k.a. Cliff or Virginia), Bertha Alice (a.k.a. Barbara or Bertin), Cornelius (a.k.a. Bud or Jack), and Margaret (a.k.a. Maggie).
On November 16, 1907, President Theodore ROOSEVELT issued Presidential Proclamation 780 admitting joint statehood for Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory as the state of Oklahoma, the 46th state to enter the Union. Helen was born in Marble City, Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; after statehood, her birthplace became known as Marble City, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
Helen was of Cherokee and Caucasian descent. Under the Indian Removal Act, her paternal grandfather, Washington "Wash" LEE, was one of the thousands of Cherokees driven by force over the "Trail of Tears" from their Native American lands in the East during 1838/1839 to Indian Territory west of Arkansas. Wash began the trail with his parents and sister; he was the only one of his immediate family to survive the harsh journey.
Helen's paternal grandmother, Lydia Ann MUSGROVE, was born circa 1841 in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory to parents comprised of a Cherokee mother, Nancy TUCKER, and Caucasian father, William Alexander MUSGROVE. Nancy TUCKER had been among the Cherokees known as "Old Settlers"; they had relocated from their native lands east of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory prior to the Trail of Tears. William and Nancy met and married in the Cherokee Nation West circa 1839.
Helen's father, Felix, was born August 20, 1875 and raised in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation West (northern part of present-day Adair County, Oklahoma); he and his wife, Allie, lived in the Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; after statehood in 1907, the Cherokee Nation West became part of the area known as Northeastern Oklahoma.
In 1887, Congress adopted the Dawes Severalty Act. Under this act, tribes had to cede their tribal title of their communally held lands and accept the policy of allotments of land to individual members of each tribe. Native Americans had to prove their tribal heritage and their right to receive an allotment of land – many Native Americans could not qualify.
Felix LEE applied September 17, 1901 with the Dawes Commission for enrollment of himself and his daughter, Lucilla Lillian, as Cherokee Nation Citizens-by-Blood. On March 2, 1905, a tribal citizenship certificate was issued (formerly sole jurisdiction of the tribe) by the Dawes Commission to Felix after they determined he qualified to be admitted and enrolled on the Dawes Rolls as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation by blood and residence; Lucilla's certificate was issued May 19, 1905. Felix was able to enroll two more of his children, Myrtle and Felix Helen, with the Dawes Commission prior to an act of Congress on April 26, 1906 which closed the rolls on March 5, 1907; Myrtle and Felix Helen's Cherokee Nation tribal citizenship certificates were issued April 28, 1908.
On October 2, 1926, Helen Marie LEE and Gordon HERRING were married in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. They became the parents of one daughter, Louise Helen, and three sons: Leslie, Richard, and Lester. Gordon passed away from a lung abscess with emphysema and lobar pneumonia on March 12, 1937.
After the loss of her first husband, Helen married twice more: her 2nd marriage was to Henry Aaron RICKETTS in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on August 24, 1939; her 3rd marriage was to I. C. DARLING in Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma on July 23, 1949. Both marriages ended in divorce.
In 1970, Helen retired from the Gernes Garment Company, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri where she had been a presser. As a young woman, she had moved from Oklahoma to the Kansas City area to work; she lived there until her death.
When she passed away on December 31, 1991, Helen had six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
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Helen Marie was born January 26, 1905 in the Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; she was the fourth child of eight children born to Felix and Allie (DAVIS) LEE. Her birth was announced by the Marble City Enterprise newspaper (published Saturday, January 28, 1905) as follows: "Felix LEE, one of the boys employed by Southern Marble Company, was off duty yesterday on account of the arrival of a 12-pound baby girl at his home. Mother and baby are progressing nicely. Felix will probably be able to return to work at the quarry by Monday."
After the birth of four daughters and no sons, her parents decided to name their fourth baby girl after her father. At birth, they named her, "Felix Helen LEE". As a child and adolescent she was known by her nickname "Fox"; as a young woman she decided to use the name "Helen Marie LEE".
Helen Marie's seven siblings were: "baby girl" LEE (given name unknown; died on the third day following her birth), Lucilla Lillian, Myrtle Mildred, Kate Clifton (a.k.a. Cliff or Virginia), Bertha Alice (a.k.a. Barbara or Bertin), Cornelius (a.k.a. Bud or Jack), and Margaret (a.k.a. Maggie).
On November 16, 1907, President Theodore ROOSEVELT issued Presidential Proclamation 780 admitting joint statehood for Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory as the state of Oklahoma, the 46th state to enter the Union. Helen was born in Marble City, Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; after statehood, her birthplace became known as Marble City, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
Helen was of Cherokee and Caucasian descent. Under the Indian Removal Act, her paternal grandfather, Washington "Wash" LEE, was one of the thousands of Cherokees driven by force over the "Trail of Tears" from their Native American lands in the East during 1838/1839 to Indian Territory west of Arkansas. Wash began the trail with his parents and sister; he was the only one of his immediate family to survive the harsh journey.
Helen's paternal grandmother, Lydia Ann MUSGROVE, was born circa 1841 in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory to parents comprised of a Cherokee mother, Nancy TUCKER, and Caucasian father, William Alexander MUSGROVE. Nancy TUCKER had been among the Cherokees known as "Old Settlers"; they had relocated from their native lands east of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory prior to the Trail of Tears. William and Nancy met and married in the Cherokee Nation West circa 1839.
Helen's father, Felix, was born August 20, 1875 and raised in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation West (northern part of present-day Adair County, Oklahoma); he and his wife, Allie, lived in the Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; after statehood in 1907, the Cherokee Nation West became part of the area known as Northeastern Oklahoma.
In 1887, Congress adopted the Dawes Severalty Act. Under this act, tribes had to cede their tribal title of their communally held lands and accept the policy of allotments of land to individual members of each tribe. Native Americans had to prove their tribal heritage and their right to receive an allotment of land – many Native Americans could not qualify.
Felix LEE applied September 17, 1901 with the Dawes Commission for enrollment of himself and his daughter, Lucilla Lillian, as Cherokee Nation Citizens-by-Blood. On March 2, 1905, a tribal citizenship certificate was issued (formerly sole jurisdiction of the tribe) by the Dawes Commission to Felix after they determined he qualified to be admitted and enrolled on the Dawes Rolls as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation by blood and residence; Lucilla's certificate was issued May 19, 1905. Felix was able to enroll two more of his children, Myrtle and Felix Helen, with the Dawes Commission prior to an act of Congress on April 26, 1906 which closed the rolls on March 5, 1907; Myrtle and Felix Helen's Cherokee Nation tribal citizenship certificates were issued April 28, 1908.
On October 2, 1926, Helen Marie LEE and Gordon HERRING were married in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. They became the parents of one daughter, Louise Helen, and three sons: Leslie, Richard, and Lester. Gordon passed away from a lung abscess with emphysema and lobar pneumonia on March 12, 1937.
After the loss of her first husband, Helen married twice more: her 2nd marriage was to Henry Aaron RICKETTS in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on August 24, 1939; her 3rd marriage was to I. C. DARLING in Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma on July 23, 1949. Both marriages ended in divorce.
In 1970, Helen retired from the Gernes Garment Company, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri where she had been a presser. As a young woman, she had moved from Oklahoma to the Kansas City area to work; she lived there until her death.
When she passed away on December 31, 1991, Helen had six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
Our sincere appreciation to Tom DENARDO (#767) for being so giving of his time to go to the Floral Hills Cemetery to take photographs of Helen DARLING's grave marker and post them at her Find A Grave Memorial. THANK YOU, our family is grateful to you for fulfilling our photo request!
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Helen Marie was born January 26, 1905 in the Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; she was the fourth child of eight children born to Felix and Allie (DAVIS) LEE. Her birth was announced by the Marble City Enterprise newspaper (published Saturday, January 28, 1905) as follows: "Felix LEE, one of the boys employed by Southern Marble Company, was off duty yesterday on account of the arrival of a 12-pound baby girl at his home. Mother and baby are progressing nicely. Felix will probably be able to return to work at the quarry by Monday."
After the birth of four daughters and no sons, her parents decided to name their fourth baby girl after her father. At birth, they named her, "Felix Helen LEE". As a child and adolescent she was known by her nickname "Fox"; as a young woman she decided to use the name "Helen Marie LEE".
Helen Marie's seven siblings were: "baby girl" LEE (given name unknown; died on the third day following her birth), Lucilla Lillian, Myrtle Mildred, Kate Clifton (a.k.a. Cliff or Virginia), Bertha Alice (a.k.a. Barbara or Bertin), Cornelius (a.k.a. Bud or Jack), and Margaret (a.k.a. Maggie).
On November 16, 1907, President Theodore ROOSEVELT issued Presidential Proclamation 780 admitting joint statehood for Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory as the state of Oklahoma, the 46th state to enter the Union. Helen was born in Marble City, Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; after statehood, her birthplace became known as Marble City, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
Helen was of Cherokee and Caucasian descent. Under the Indian Removal Act, her paternal grandfather, Washington "Wash" LEE, was one of the thousands of Cherokees driven by force over the "Trail of Tears" from their Native American lands in the East during 1838/1839 to Indian Territory west of Arkansas. Wash began the trail with his parents and sister; he was the only one of his immediate family to survive the harsh journey.
Helen's paternal grandmother, Lydia Ann MUSGROVE, was born circa 1841 in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory to parents comprised of a Cherokee mother, Nancy TUCKER, and Caucasian father, William Alexander MUSGROVE. Nancy TUCKER had been among the Cherokees known as "Old Settlers"; they had relocated from their native lands east of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory prior to the Trail of Tears. William and Nancy met and married in the Cherokee Nation West circa 1839.
Helen's father, Felix, was born August 20, 1875 and raised in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation West (northern part of present-day Adair County, Oklahoma); he and his wife, Allie, lived in the Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; after statehood in 1907, the Cherokee Nation West became part of the area known as Northeastern Oklahoma.
In 1887, Congress adopted the Dawes Severalty Act. Under this act, tribes had to cede their tribal title of their communally held lands and accept the policy of allotments of land to individual members of each tribe. Native Americans had to prove their tribal heritage and their right to receive an allotment of land – many Native Americans could not qualify.
Felix LEE applied September 17, 1901 with the Dawes Commission for enrollment of himself and his daughter, Lucilla Lillian, as Cherokee Nation Citizens-by-Blood. On March 2, 1905, a tribal citizenship certificate was issued (formerly sole jurisdiction of the tribe) by the Dawes Commission to Felix after they determined he qualified to be admitted and enrolled on the Dawes Rolls as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation by blood and residence; Lucilla's certificate was issued May 19, 1905. Felix was able to enroll two more of his children, Myrtle and Felix Helen, with the Dawes Commission prior to an act of Congress on April 26, 1906 which closed the rolls on March 5, 1907; Myrtle and Felix Helen's Cherokee Nation tribal citizenship certificates were issued April 28, 1908.
On October 2, 1926, Helen Marie LEE and Gordon HERRING were married in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. They became the parents of one daughter, Louise Helen, and three sons: Leslie, Richard, and Lester. Gordon passed away from a lung abscess with emphysema and lobar pneumonia on March 12, 1937.
After the loss of her first husband, Helen married twice more: her 2nd marriage was to Henry Aaron RICKETTS in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on August 24, 1939; her 3rd marriage was to I. C. DARLING in Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma on July 23, 1949. Both marriages ended in divorce.
In 1970, Helen retired from the Gernes Garment Company, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri where she had been a presser. As a young woman, she had moved from Oklahoma to the Kansas City area to work; she lived there until her death.
When she passed away on December 31, 1991, Helen had six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
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Helen Marie was born January 26, 1905 in the Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; she was the fourth child of eight children born to Felix and Allie (DAVIS) LEE. Her birth was announced by the Marble City Enterprise newspaper (published Saturday, January 28, 1905) as follows: "Felix LEE, one of the boys employed by Southern Marble Company, was off duty yesterday on account of the arrival of a 12-pound baby girl at his home. Mother and baby are progressing nicely. Felix will probably be able to return to work at the quarry by Monday."
After the birth of four daughters and no sons, her parents decided to name their fourth baby girl after her father. At birth, they named her, "Felix Helen LEE". As a child and adolescent she was known by her nickname "Fox"; as a young woman she decided to use the name "Helen Marie LEE".
Helen Marie's seven siblings were: "baby girl" LEE (given name unknown; died on the third day following her birth), Lucilla Lillian, Myrtle Mildred, Kate Clifton (a.k.a. Cliff or Virginia), Bertha Alice (a.k.a. Barbara or Bertin), Cornelius (a.k.a. Bud or Jack), and Margaret (a.k.a. Maggie).
On November 16, 1907, President Theodore ROOSEVELT issued Presidential Proclamation 780 admitting joint statehood for Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory as the state of Oklahoma, the 46th state to enter the Union. Helen was born in Marble City, Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; after statehood, her birthplace became known as Marble City, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
Helen was of Cherokee and Caucasian descent. Under the Indian Removal Act, her paternal grandfather, Washington "Wash" LEE, was one of the thousands of Cherokees driven by force over the "Trail of Tears" from their Native American lands in the East during 1838/1839 to Indian Territory west of Arkansas. Wash began the trail with his parents and sister; he was the only one of his immediate family to survive the harsh journey.
Helen's paternal grandmother, Lydia Ann MUSGROVE, was born circa 1841 in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory to parents comprised of a Cherokee mother, Nancy TUCKER, and Caucasian father, William Alexander MUSGROVE. Nancy TUCKER had been among the Cherokees known as "Old Settlers"; they had relocated from their native lands east of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory prior to the Trail of Tears. William and Nancy met and married in the Cherokee Nation West circa 1839.
Helen's father, Felix, was born August 20, 1875 and raised in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation West (northern part of present-day Adair County, Oklahoma); he and his wife, Allie, lived in the Cherokee Nation West, Indian Territory; after statehood in 1907, the Cherokee Nation West became part of the area known as Northeastern Oklahoma.
In 1887, Congress adopted the Dawes Severalty Act. Under this act, tribes had to cede their tribal title of their communally held lands and accept the policy of allotments of land to individual members of each tribe. Native Americans had to prove their tribal heritage and their right to receive an allotment of land – many Native Americans could not qualify.
Felix LEE applied September 17, 1901 with the Dawes Commission for enrollment of himself and his daughter, Lucilla Lillian, as Cherokee Nation Citizens-by-Blood. On March 2, 1905, a tribal citizenship certificate was issued (formerly sole jurisdiction of the tribe) by the Dawes Commission to Felix after they determined he qualified to be admitted and enrolled on the Dawes Rolls as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation by blood and residence; Lucilla's certificate was issued May 19, 1905. Felix was able to enroll two more of his children, Myrtle and Felix Helen, with the Dawes Commission prior to an act of Congress on April 26, 1906 which closed the rolls on March 5, 1907; Myrtle and Felix Helen's Cherokee Nation tribal citizenship certificates were issued April 28, 1908.
On October 2, 1926, Helen Marie LEE and Gordon HERRING were married in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. They became the parents of one daughter, Louise Helen, and three sons: Leslie, Richard, and Lester. Gordon passed away from a lung abscess with emphysema and lobar pneumonia on March 12, 1937.
After the loss of her first husband, Helen married twice more: her 2nd marriage was to Henry Aaron RICKETTS in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on August 24, 1939; her 3rd marriage was to I. C. DARLING in Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma on July 23, 1949. Both marriages ended in divorce.
In 1970, Helen retired from the Gernes Garment Company, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri where she had been a presser. As a young woman, she had moved from Oklahoma to the Kansas City area to work; she lived there until her death.
When she passed away on December 31, 1991, Helen had six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
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