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JUDGE JULIUS C. FOLSOM
Vol. 3, p. 1308

In the death of Judge Julius C. Folsom, which occurred in 1914, one
of the oldest Choctaws passed away, having lived for eight-four
eventful years. Judge Folsom was the fourth child, and second son, of
the venerable Israel Folsom, who was the second son of Nathaniel
Folsom, a white man who married Ai-chi-ho-yo, daughter of Minko Poos-
Coos, brother of Mo-sho-la-tubbee, a descendant of a long line of
chiefs, and a member of the Hayoh-pa-tuk-lo clan. The grandfather,
Nathaniel Folsom, was a white man, born in Rowan County, North
Carolina, May 11, 1756, and his father is one of the New England
states. He came to the Choctaw Nation in 1775 and married two Choctaw
women, who bore him twenty-four children. David Folsom, the newly-
elected Choctaw chief, and Israel Folsom, father of Judge Folsom,
were sons by his marriage to a Choctaw princess. Israel Folsom
married Lovisa Nail and thirteen children were born to them: Lorinda,
who died in youth; Orilla, who married Lewis Garland and afterwards
Dolph Colbert; Ellis, who died in youth; Julius C.; Mrs. D. N. Robb;
Athenia, who married Jim Colbert, the father of Mrs. Michael Conlan
and Walter, Charles and Ben Colbert; Sophia, who married a Doctor
Moore; Lawrence, who died in infancy; Theodore F.; Alfred E., of
Caddo; Cr. I Wellington; Mrs. Bates, of Durant, Oklahoma; and Finis
E., of Caddo. Alfred E., Mrs. Bates and Finis E. are the only members
of this family of children now living.

Judge Julius C. Folsom was born January 17,1831, in Mississippi, and
came to the present Choctaw Nation in the first group of Choctaws
that came to the West. He was educated in the national schools, in an
academy at Hartford, Connecticut, and at Paris, Texas, and after
leaving school engaged in the mercantile business with his father. He
came to Atoka in about 1886. As a public servant he held the offices
of county clerk, representative, senator and county judge, and also
represented the Choctaws on the Dawes
Commission.

Judge Folsom was married three times, his first wife being Miss
Nettie Thompson, a daughter of Giles Thompson. Two children of this
marriage are now living: Don Juan, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and
Mrs. Tom W. Hunter of Hugo. The second marriage was to Miss Annie
Shapp, whose children are deceased. Judge Folsom was married the
third time in 1888 to Miss Hattie Coppland, the children of this
marriage being: Tephia, a 1915 graduate of Oklahoma Presbyterian
College for Girls, Durant; Orilla, and Julius C. Jr. Judge Folsom was
a member of the Presbyterian Church of Atoka. Fraternally he was
identified with Masonic fraternity, while his political allegiance
was given to the republican party.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Charmaine Keith, October 5, 1998.

[NOTE: Liz Hickson msith4@austin.rr.com wrote on 23 Sep 1999 - my
grandfather was Marshall ROWLEY, son of Harry G. ROWLEY, son of Henry
B. ROWLEY, who was married to Melvina Czarina WARD, daughter of
Elizabeth THOMPSON who was married to Joseph Henry WARD, who was the
daughter of Giles THOMPSON and Sarah WALL, daughter of Noah WALL and
Lucretia FOLSOM, who was the daughter of Nathaniel FOLSOM and Ai-Chi-
Ho-Yo (although I have seen her name spelled numerous ways. There was
always this rumor in our family about a Choctaw Princess and now I
know where it came from. I was trying to trace Nathaniel back in NC
and have been perusing the Rowan, NC list. You have cleared up quite
a bit for me in your article.]