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VINITA, March 2.—Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Trott of Vinita, this
week celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. They
were married in this country, March 1, 1868. Trott’s parents
brought him with them from Tennessee, where they had spent
two years while on their way to Indian Territory with the
Cherokees on the journey west from Georgia.
Trott is a Civil war veteran, who served two years and was
in the battle of Pea Ridge.
Mrs. Scott’s parents were slaveholding Cherokees and during
the war, her father’s place, which was near the Arkansas
line, was occupied by Union soldiers. She and her mother and
brothers and sisters were held prisoners two days in one
room of the house. Her father had escaped two days before
the northerners’ arrival, and with what stock he could
handle, went to Texas, taking his slaves with him. As soon
as they were freed, the rest of the family joined him. They
returned to their old home place immediately after the war,
and it was here Mrs. Trott met her husband. Trott is 89
years old and Mrs. Trott is 76 years old.
From The Oklahoma, 3/3/1928
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
