James 'Downing' 'Oostek' HOOD & Lydia 'Liddie' BURNS

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Husband: James 'Downing' 'Oostek' HOOD [I15286]

Born: about 1832 in Cherokee Nation East ¹
Married: before 1851
Died: between 15 JUL 1876 AND 1878 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
Father: Sunday 'James?' DOWNING
Mother: Polly 'Polie' BLACKWELL
Spouses:

Wife: Lydia 'Liddie' BURNS [I15289]

Born: between 1812 AND 1824 in Tennessee ²
Died: 27 NOV 1894 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory ³
Father:
Mother:
Spouses: Charlie CHAMBERS

Children

01 (F): Emma 'Downing' HOOD [I15291]
Born: between 03 JUL 1851 AND 1855 in Canadian Dist., Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory ^{4 5}
Died: 04 JAN 1917 in Muskogee Co., Oklahoma ⁶
Spouses: Millard FILMORE; George 'Hilderbrand' HILDEBRAND

02 (F): Elizabeth 'Lizzie' 'Downing' HOOD [I15293]
Born: between 09 AUG 1853 AND 1857 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory ^{7 8}
Died: MAR 1920 in Muskogee Co., Oklahoma ⁹
Spouses: Daniel Jones FRAZIER, , Jr.

03 (M): John 'Downing' HOOD [I15290]
Born: between 05 JUL 1855 AND JUL 1861 in Near Webbers Falls, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory ^{10 11}
Died: 20 JAN 1912 in Muskogee Co., Oklahoma
Spouses: Mary Elizabeth FIELDS

04 (F): Ella 'Downing' HOOD [I15295]
Born: about 1866 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
Died: about 1892
Spouses: Unknown BRADSHAW

Additional Information

James 'Downing' 'Oostek' HOOD:

1806-1909 Miller Roll: 15 JAN 1907, #14732, #14733

Notes:

John 'Downing' Hood, (son of Sunday Dowing and Polly Blackwell) in his Miller Application, lists his grandparents as : Sundie Downing and Pollie Downing ne Blackwell. His daughter, Emma, states in her Miller Application that her father died July 15, 1878. John Hood states in his Miller Application that his father died July 15, 1876. After the death of his father, Sunday Downing, his mother remarried to an Unknown Hood. The Downing children then took the surname of 'Hood'. See his sister, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Hood's notes for further explanation.
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Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959
Name: James Hood
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1832
Residence Date: 1867
Residence Place: Canadian
Age: 35
Native American Tribe: Cherokee

Lydia 'Liddie' BURNS:

Buried: UNKNOWN, Filmore Cemetery, Webbers Falls, Muskogee Co., Oklahoma (Findagrave.com)

Notes:

1880 Cherokee Census, Canadian District
691, Hood, Lydia, A. White, age 56, Female
692, Hood, John, N. Cher., age 21, Male
'693, Hood, Ella, N. Cher., age 17, Female
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Lydia's daughter, Emma, states in her Miller Application that her mother was born in Tennessee and died in 1894. Her son, John, states in his Miller Application that his mother died in 1894.

Footnotes

Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959 [1966].
1880 Cherokee Census, Canadian Dist., Indian Territory [471].
Cemetery Records [1253].
Their Miller Application [2187].
1900 Census Records: Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation, (Oklahoma) [614].
Oklahoma, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008 [1974].
Their Miller Application [2187].
1880 Cherokee Census, Canadian Dist., Indian Territory [471].
Cemetery Records [1253].
1900 Cherokee Nation, Indian Ter. Indian Population Schedule (Oklahoma) [619].
Their Miller Application [2187].

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