Most of his records show the spelling of his name to be Odus but his tombstone shows it to be O'Dus. He was a member of the Chickasaw Nation Indian tribe and recorded on their rolls as a "full blood" with roll # 101.
The Chickasaw Nation Marriage records at the Anadarko, Oklahoma courthouse shows Odus married Mollie C. Burris when both were 22 years of age. They married on 5/29/1898. However, their actual marriage certificate shows her name to be "Mamie C. France" and is so recorded in Collins' Indian tribal membership paperwork where he states she is his wife and the mother of their son Cecil. Collins also swore in writing that they married on 7/16/1897. It also states they were both 20 years old and the minister who married them was a Calvin Robinson. His Indian files sometimes refer to his wife as "Marie" and as "Mollie".
His US Department of the Interior Indian files show that on 11/17/1903 he married a Choctaw woman named Mrs. Anna Jefferson.
Collins' headstone shows he was a U.S. Indian Policeman. They served in the Indian territory prior to statehood under the direction of the US Marshal and Judge Isaac Parker out of Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He had several relatives also in law enforcement who would lose their lives in the line of duty from 1900 through about 1930.
Father of the following children:
Cecil Cline Collins 5/2/1897 -
The Chickasaw Nation Marriage records at the Anadarko, Oklahoma courthouse shows Odus married Mollie C. Burris when both were 22 years of age. They married on 5/29/1898. However, their actual marriage certificate shows her name to be "Mamie C. France" and is so recorded in Collins' Indian tribal membership paperwork where he states she is his wife and the mother of their son Cecil. Collins also swore in writing that they married on 7/16/1897. It also states they were both 20 years old and the minister who married them was a Calvin Robinson. His Indian files sometimes refer to his wife as "Marie" and as "Mollie".
His US Department of the Interior Indian files show that on 11/17/1903 he married a Choctaw woman named Mrs. Anna Jefferson.
Collins' headstone shows he was a U.S. Indian Policeman. They served in the Indian territory prior to statehood under the direction of the US Marshal and Judge Isaac Parker out of Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He had several relatives also in law enforcement who would lose their lives in the line of duty from 1900 through about 1930.
Father of the following children:
Cecil Cline Collins 5/2/1897 -
Most of his records show the spelling of his name to be Odus but his tombstone shows it to be O'Dus. He was a member of the Chickasaw Nation Indian tribe and recorded on their rolls as a "full blood" with roll # 101.
The Chickasaw Nation Marriage records at the Anadarko, Oklahoma courthouse shows Odus married Mollie C. Burris when both were 22 years of age. They married on 5/29/1898. However, their actual marriage certificate shows her name to be "Mamie C. France" and is so recorded in Collins' Indian tribal membership paperwork where he states she is his wife and the mother of their son Cecil. Collins also swore in writing that they married on 7/16/1897. It also states they were both 20 years old and the minister who married them was a Calvin Robinson. His Indian files sometimes refer to his wife as "Marie" and as "Mollie".
His US Department of the Interior Indian files show that on 11/17/1903 he married a Choctaw woman named Mrs. Anna Jefferson.
Collins' headstone shows he was a U.S. Indian Policeman. They served in the Indian territory prior to statehood under the direction of the US Marshal and Judge Isaac Parker out of Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He had several relatives also in law enforcement who would lose their lives in the line of duty from 1900 through about 1930.
Father of the following children:
Cecil Cline Collins 5/2/1897 -
The Chickasaw Nation Marriage records at the Anadarko, Oklahoma courthouse shows Odus married Mollie C. Burris when both were 22 years of age. They married on 5/29/1898. However, their actual marriage certificate shows her name to be "Mamie C. France" and is so recorded in Collins' Indian tribal membership paperwork where he states she is his wife and the mother of their son Cecil. Collins also swore in writing that they married on 7/16/1897. It also states they were both 20 years old and the minister who married them was a Calvin Robinson. His Indian files sometimes refer to his wife as "Marie" and as "Mollie".
His US Department of the Interior Indian files show that on 11/17/1903 he married a Choctaw woman named Mrs. Anna Jefferson.
Collins' headstone shows he was a U.S. Indian Policeman. They served in the Indian territory prior to statehood under the direction of the US Marshal and Judge Isaac Parker out of Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He had several relatives also in law enforcement who would lose their lives in the line of duty from 1900 through about 1930.
Father of the following children:
Cecil Cline Collins 5/2/1897 -
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Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Marriage, Citizenship and Census Records, 1841-1927
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Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
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