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Descendants of John Downing, Major
424.JONATHAN R5 WHITMIRE, JR (JONATHAN4, ELIZABETH3DOWNING, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born April 09, 1867, and died February 01, 1946.He married (1) MINNIE MCTIER Abt. 1886.She was born Abt. 1870.He married (2) FRANCES LENORA WILLIS April 1906.She was born February 13, 1885, and died June 13, 1974.
Notes for JONATHAN R WHITMIRE, JR:
Excerpts from a statement by Garland Whitmire, son of Jonathan Whitmire Jr, signed 10/14/1985;
"My father, Jonathan R Whitmire and Henry homesteaded 160 acres each at what was known as Oil Springs on the Illinois River 21 miles north east of the town of Tahlequah, Indian Territory.Here he proceeded to make his home.Father acquired a steam operated saw mill and proceeded to saw his own lumber and build his home. It was a 19 room hotel built of rough sawed lumber from the white oak timber that grew on the property.He put in a grist mill and would grind corn and wheat to make corn Merrill a flour.He bought one of the first steam operated thrashing machines in Indian Territory.It was a stationary machine called the Red River special.He would harvest grain and grind it into meal and flour for the surrounding neighborhood and take meal and flour or grain for payment.He would also saw hogs into lumber for neighbors and take lumber for his work of sawing it.He also had many head of cattle, horses and hogs.He had his brand registered and they all ran loose or wild as it was termed when as the territory was known as open range or free range for everyone's livestock.Every one in Indian Territory built a fence around their cultivated fields to keep the stock from entering the fields.Most of the fences were made from rails split from oak timber and was called rail fence.
"My father used to talk about their younger days when he and his brother Charlie, sister Sarah Jane and Charlotte were growing up.Dad had a large scar on top of his right foot.I remember asking him how he got it.He said when he was about 18 years old he and Charlie and some Indian friends went to an Indian stomp dance and they all got pretty drunk.He said he got on his horse and started kicking his horse in the sides and firing his pistol into the ground and somehow his foot got in the way.He said, "I just ruined a damn good pair of boots."He said the ball went clear through and out the sole of the boot.He said it was a 44 ball.It possibly was a cap and ball pistol.
"Father was living at Oil Springs in the late 1880s.He was married to an Indian girl about this time.I only heard him mention her first name.It was Minnie.They had one son named Frank.He said Minnie just had taken the boy and disappeared.He didn't see him again until he was about 14 and came and stayed a while with him, then left.
"Father put in for a post office around 1890.It was granted and Oil Springs was known a Whitmire, Indian Territory.He then applied for the justice of the peace position and obtained it.The post office ran until about 1915 or 1916.
"My father, Jonathan R. Whitmire lived at Oil Springs, Indian Territory and met and married my mother.Her name was Frances Leenor (sp) Willis.They were married in April of 1906 and lived at Oil Springs and raised their family there.
More About JONATHAN R WHITMIRE, JR:
1880 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 2124
1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 594
1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 6940, roll# 16560
Blood: 1/4 Cherokee
Burial: Sierra View Memorial Cem, Marysville, CA
Emigration: Abt. 1938, To California
Occupation: 1890, Farmer
More About FRANCES LENORA WILLIS:
Burial: Sierra View Memorial Cem, Marysville, CA
Child of JONATHAN WHITMIRE and MINNIE MCTIER is:
| i. | FRANK6 WHITMIRE, b. Abt. 1886. |
Child of JONATHAN WHITMIRE and FRANCES WILLIS is:
| ii. | GARLAND6 WHITMIRE, b. January 18, 1920; d. March 26, 1999; m. MARIECE BARROW; b. December 01, 1918; d. March 1969. |
| More About GARLAND WHITMIRE: Burial: Sierra View Memorial Cem, Marysville, CA |
| More About MARIECE BARROW: Burial: Sierra View Memorial Cem, Marysville, CA |
More About STEPHEN WHITMIRE:
1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 713
1869 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 16 with 1 woman, 1 boy & 0 girls
More About QUE-DI SHELL:
1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 358 as Quatey
1880 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1366 as Quatie Redbird
1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1707 as Quaty RedBird
1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 8627, roll# 20005 as Quatie Redbird
1906-09 Miller roll: Christie, OK, ap# 11217, roll# 22208 as Quitie Redbird
Aka (Facts Pg): Quatie Corntassel
Blood: Full Blood Cherokee
Children of STEPHEN WHITMIRE and QUE-DI SHELL are:
| i. | GEORGE6 WHITMIRE, b. 1872; d. Aft. 1906. |
| ii. | JOHNSON WHITMIRE, b. 1874; d. Aft. 1906. |
More About CHARLOTTE CORNELIA WHITMIRE:
1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 713
1880 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 2084 as Charlotte Wright
1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1772 as Charlotte Wright
1894-96 O.S. payroll: [Res blank], page 314 as Charlotte Wright
1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 408, roll# 22472 as Charlotte Wright
1906-09 Miller roll: Adair Co, OK, ap# 1848 as Charlotte Wright
Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
More About JOHN ROSS WRIGHT:
1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 450
1880 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 2083
1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1771
Occupation 1: Bet. 1880 - 1890, Farmer
Occupation 2: 1872, Sheriff of Going Snake District (during Proctor/Beck dispute)
Children are listed above under (187) John Ross Wright.
427.CHARLES LEVI FAUGHT5 WHITMIRE (GEORGE WASHINGTON4, ELIZABETH3DOWNING, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born April 14, 1849, and died Aft. 1906.He married PALMYRA PHILLIPS, daughter of ELIJA PHILLIPS and SIDNEY CRITTENDEN.She was born 1856, and died Aft. 1902.
More About CHARLES LEVI FAUGHT WHITMIRE:
1851 Drennan roll: Going Snake, 713
1880 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 2068
1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 998
1894-96 O.S. payroll: [Res blank], page 314
1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 324, roll# 986
1906-09 Miller roll: Proctor, OK, ap# 2420, roll# 29056
Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
Occupation: 1890, Farmer
More About PALMYRA PHILLIPS:
1880 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 2069 as Elmire Whitmire
1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 999 as Palmira Whitmire
1894-96 O.S. payroll: Going Snake, OK, page 149~151, 248, 249 as Palmy Whitmire
1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 324, roll# 987 as Palmyra Whitmire
Blood: 1/8 Cherokee
Children of CHARLES WHITMIRE and PALMYRA PHILLIPS are:
| 931. | i. | IDA MAY6 WHITMIRE, b. 1873; d. Aft. 1906. | |
| 932. | ii. | LAURA BELLE WHITMIRE, b. 1875; d. Aft. 1906. | |
| iii. | ELLIS WHITMIRE, b. 1877. |
| More About ELLIS WHITMIRE: 1880 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 2072 1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1002 |
| iv. | ANDREW WHITMIRE, b. 1880; d. Aft. 1906. |
| More About ANDREW WHITMIRE: 1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1003 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 324, roll# 988 1906-09 Miller roll: Proctor, OK, ap# 26234, roll# 29055 Blood: 5/16 Cherokee |
| v. | JAMES WARREN WHITMIRE, b. 1883; d. Aft. 1906. |
| More About JAMES WARREN WHITMIRE: 1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1004 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 324, roll# 989 1906-09 Miller roll: Proctor, OK, ap# 24683, roll# 29072 Blood: 5/16 Cherokee |
| vi. | NOAH WHITMIRE, b. 1886; d. Aft. 1906. |
| More About NOAH WHITMIRE: 1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1005 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 324, roll# 990 1906-09 Miller roll: Pryor Creek, OK, ap# 28171, roll# 29075 Blood: 5/16 Cherokee |
| vii. | JACK WHITMIRE, b. 1888. |
| More About JACK WHITMIRE: 1890 Census [CN]: Going Snake, 1006 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 324, roll# 991 Blood: 5/16 Cherokee |
| viii. | WILLIE WHITMIRE, b. 1892. |
| More About WILLIE WHITMIRE: 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 324, roll# 992 Blood: 5/16 Cherokee |
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