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Major General James Henry Carlton .... A book entitled "Major James Henry Carlton" by Aurora Hunt tells many intimate events about this important person, including the fact that his wife died at Ft. Gibson while he was stationed there. Pg 37

Ft. Gibson is the final resting place of the first Chief Justice of the first Supreme court of the Cherokee Nation - Chief Justice John Martin. ... John Martin was the ninth child of Susanna Emory, the granddaughter of Ludovic Grant. His father was Brigadier General Joseph Martin, ... He was a half brother to Richard Fields, Chief of the Texas Cherokees. He was born October 20, 1781. When he died at Ft. Gibson Oct 17, 1840, he was buried in his yard. ... first married Nellie McDaniel, and on her death married her sister, Lucy. ... part of his 17 children ... daughter Martha married G W Adair, father of William Penn Adair, for whom Will Rogers is named. Annie married Benjamin Franklin Thompson, son of John Martin Thompson. Susanna married Clement Vann McNair, the son of David McNair. Charlotte married Joseph Martin Lynch, the grandfather of Judge Joe Lynch of Stilwell. Jennie married John Adair Bell, and they were the parents of Lucien Burr (Hooley) Bell. Eliza married Franklin Adair; Nannie married Bluford West Alberty; Pauline married Robert Rogers; Rachel married Samuel B Bell; and Amelia married John B. Duncan. Pg 37 & 38

Mary Jane Ross photo on pg 43

According to William Elsey Connely in the Memoir of "Poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey", Lewis H Posey, father of Alex Posey, was born in 1841 in the vicinity of Ft. Gibson. His parents died when he was young, and he was raised by a Creek family living near Ft. Gibson. Pg 43 <complete>

Cherokee Advocate Mar 20, 1845 .... reported .... There were a number of houses of ill repute in the vicinity of the fort and on Mar 11, 1845 two Dragoons of Captain Nathan Boone's company were killed in a brawl at that of Polly Spaniard, the most notorious of the group. The following day the house was burned by a group of resentful soldiers, who were tried and acquitted at Little Rock. Pg 47

Captain Thomas S Jessup directs construction at Ft. Gibson ... begins Jul 17, 1845 ... on Garrison Hill above the old site. Pg 48

Milly Francis .... "one of the few women in history to have bestowed upon them a medal authorized by a special act of Congress". .... Milly Francis ... acted as a "Pocahontas". She said she was the daughter of Hillis Hadjo, called Francis the Prophet by the whites. She had intervened to save the life of Captain Duncan McRimmon in 1818. ... She was living in a state of destitution in the area of Ft. Gibson ... Congress awarded her a pension but it came too late ... by the time the money arrived she had died. Pg 49

Dr. Robert D Ross graduated from medical school in 1847 as evidenced by a large framed certificate that his grandson, Ross Kneeland, gave Earl Boyd Pierce to hang in the latter's office. This is the earliest record that is available of an American Indian's receiving a medical degree. Pg 51 <complete>

George W. Hughes, purported to be the first mayor of Ft. Gibson as well as of Tahlequah had some of the most stirring experiences in the annals of history. He was a participant in the famous Mexican Bean Incident and was one of four survivors out of 204 soldiers - members of Anderson's Volunteers. ... the incident was reported in the Ft. Worth Gazette in 1895 [the Mexican Bean Incident is told on pgs 51 & 52 & 53 Hughes involvement in the Mexican War is on pg 53] Upon his discharge after the Mexican War, Mr. Hughes came to Ft. Gibson where he met and married a Cherokee Indian girl, Mary Elizabeth Duncan McLaughlin, his former wife having died. ... Mr and Mrs Hughes moved to Tahlequah in 1874, and when the town was incorporated under the laws of the Cherokee Nation in 1886, he was elected the first mayor of Tahlequah, a position he held until his death Jan 29, 1899. Pg 54

Mrs. Hannah Worchester Hicks Hitchcock, a daughter of Reverend Samuel A. Worcester, who married Dr. D D Hitchock, a surgeon stationed at Ft. Gibson (who died of cholera while at Ft. Gibson) after her first husband was killed in the War Between the States, is quoted as saying ... [lengthy description of Ft. Gibson follows] pg 54

The influence of Colonel Loomis lingered after his departure from Ft. Gibson, as we have a reference in his biography in "Chronicles of Oklahoma", Vol. XX, page 252 of a letter directed to Reverend Daniel McManus, Post chaplain, Ft. Gibson C.N. as follows: "The Commanding General directs me to say that he deems it inexpedient to take up a collection of charitible or other purposes in the post chapel. The troops being compelled to attend church should be protected from a semi-compulsory contribution. All such persons as may be willing to contribute can very easily do so at their quarters. The General also directs me to say that the service, including the sermon, must in no case exceed one hour in duration". Pg 54 <complete>

Ned Bushyhead, brother of Chief D W Bushyead, went to California with a group of gold seekers in 1849. He remained in that state, settling in San Deigo and was chief of police of that city as well as sheriff of Sand Deigo County. Pg 55

Gideon gives an interesting account of Jerry Carson, whose father, Lindy Carson, was a brother to Kit Carson. Lindy Carson came to Indian Territory in "a very early day and died in California in 1849". Jerry's mother was America Monk and was born in Ft. Gibson in 1827. Jerry was born in Ft. Gibson April 15, 1846. He was educated in Indian Territory and had remained in the vicinity of Ft. Gibson up to the publication of Gideon's History of Indian Territory, "engaging in dealing in cattle". He had large holdings in farm and pasture lands with six hundred acres in cultivation. His wife, the former Lulu McCaughey, the daughter of John McCaughey died in 1893. Pg 55 <complete>

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