Original Choctaw Enrollee #1339
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Rufus was born in Clear Creek, a small settlement in the southern part of the Choctaw Nation near present-day Valliant. He was married in 1903 at age 17 to Mattie Era Ellison. Their only child Clarence was born in 1904.
Rufus died at age 18, only a month after his sister Cleopatra and about two months before his mother, Nannie. He died from tuberculosis, leaving behind his young wife and a one-year old son.
He was original Dawes enrollee #1339 for the Choctaw Nation and one-half Choctaw blood.
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Rufus was born in Clear Creek, a small settlement in the southern part of the Choctaw Nation near present-day Valliant. He was married in 1903 at age 17 to Mattie Era Ellison. Their only child Clarence was born in 1904.
Rufus died at age 18, only a month after his sister Cleopatra and about two months before his mother, Nannie. He died from tuberculosis, leaving behind his young wife and a one-year old son.
He was original Dawes enrollee #1339 for the Choctaw Nation and one-half Choctaw blood.
Original Choctaw Enrollee #1339
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Rufus was born in Clear Creek, a small settlement in the southern part of the Choctaw Nation near present-day Valliant. He was married in 1903 at age 17 to Mattie Era Ellison. Their only child Clarence was born in 1904.
Rufus died at age 18, only a month after his sister Cleopatra and about two months before his mother, Nannie. He died from tuberculosis, leaving behind his young wife and a one-year old son.
He was original Dawes enrollee #1339 for the Choctaw Nation and one-half Choctaw blood.
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Rufus was born in Clear Creek, a small settlement in the southern part of the Choctaw Nation near present-day Valliant. He was married in 1903 at age 17 to Mattie Era Ellison. Their only child Clarence was born in 1904.
Rufus died at age 18, only a month after his sister Cleopatra and about two months before his mother, Nannie. He died from tuberculosis, leaving behind his young wife and a one-year old son.
He was original Dawes enrollee #1339 for the Choctaw Nation and one-half Choctaw blood.
Inscription
Dearest brother thou has left us
Here thy loss we deeply feel
But tis God that has bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal
