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Wagonmaster L H (Billy) Patterson arrived the Post ... Wagonmaster Gleason's ... pg 75

The Cherokee Tomahawk Mar 13, 1865 - At the residence of the bride's father on Tuesday, Mar 7, 1865, by the Rev Mr Willey, Mr G W Elliott to Miss Ann Kerr, all of Ft. Gibson C.N [Cherokee Nation]. No Cards. Another has been taken from the list of "old bachelors" and added to that of "Family men". While we deplore the loss of a friend, we concur in the many unanswerable arguments advanced by him to prove that the change was necessary. "Married folks" have gained a convent, and the writer has lost a bedfellow. May happiness ever attend the pathway of the young couple, and when age shall have dimmed their eyes and enfeebled their footsteps, may their love to each other be as fresh and pure as now. Baltimore papers please copy. Pg 76 <complete>

The Cherokee Tomahawk Mar 13, 1865 [Advertisments] selling hides ... A C Spillman, Captain 3rd Regiment. D H Ross & Co ... dealers in general merchandise ...J G Putnam & Co dealer in dry goods and groceries ... corner of Main & Broadway Streets ... G Putnam, S C Putnam .. cash paid for country produce ... pg 76

Alice Brown Davis, later to become Chief of the Seminoles, lived with her parents at Ft. Gibson during the War Between the States. She was appointed Chief of the Seminoles in 1922 by President Warren G Harding. Her bust - sculptured by Willard Stone is in the Indian Hall of Fame at Anadarko. Pg 77 <complete>

... "debating society" has been organized within the past month by Colonel Dole as president and Quartermaster Lazelere as secretary. Lieutenant Lazelere has relieved A W Robb as quartermaster on the first. .... inviation being given to the ladies. Pg 78

... the new graveyard ... "A plot of ground has been selected by the Cherokee authorities for a cemetery. It is on the eminence north and east of the fortifications ... An order was issued by Lieutenant William Gallaher as follows: "As the custom of burying deceased persons all over the town and camp, at Ft Gibson, has become a serious evil for the health of this command it is ordered that all interments take place in the public burying ground recently staked off by the Indian Authorities. The provost marshal is charged with the execution of this order." Pg 78

... Chief John Ross died August 1, 1866 ... pg 79

According to Gideon, "the first merchant after the Civil War was William C Dickson, whose site occupied a part of the ground now owned by Henry Eiffert (in 1901). A Mr. Cox erected a saddlery shop adjoining Dickson's store". It was also stated that Dr J B Howard was the first physician, having married Miss Cora, a daughter of William P and Mrs Mary J Ross. Mayor William Percival was one of the early merchants. He was the father-in-law of Dr J S Fuller, who was active in the practice of medicine at the turn of the century. A Spaniard named Theodore Valdiere-Brewster, established the first blacksmith shop after the Civil War. Gideon credits Mrs. Schrimpser with operating the first hotel after the War. Pg 80 <complete>

Elizabeth Schrimsher, generally called "Granny" Schrimsher was the daughter of Matthew Martin and Elizabeth Hunt Gunter Schrimsher. She operated an inn between Ft. Gibson and Tahlequah, which was the regular stopping place for stages traveling between these two places. According to a letter from William P Ross written Dec 2, 1864, it was used as a guardhouse for prisoners during the Civil War. She had three daughters - Elizabeth Alabama, who married Joseph Lafayette Adair, who was killed during the Civil War after which she married D W Bushyead; Mary American, who married Clement Vann Rogers; and Martha, who married Fred William Gulager. Pg 81 <complete>

Elizabeth Alabama Schrimsher married John Lafayette Adair, and John Martin Adair was born to this union. Mr. Adair was killed Nov 11, 1861 in the War Between the States and is buried near the old home place which was used as a hospital during the war. Henry Jollif is the present owner of the Adair Place and was kind enough to furnish the accompanying pictures. Mrs. Adair married D W Bushyead, who was twice elected Principal Chief of the Cherokees. She died Oct 30, 1882. Pg 82 <complete>

The Hicks Inn or Halfway House was in inn halfway between Gore and Tahelquah run by Evaline Linder Hicks, and aunt to of Mrs. Beatrice Berd Kerr. It was located 8 miles east of Ft Gibson on Manard Bayou. Pg 82 <complete>

Dr. D D Hitchcock, the post physician died of cholera in 1866, the result of his attending patients with the dread disease. He was married to Hannah Worcester .... his first wife was a sister of Hannah. ...Reverend Samuel A Worcester, who was missionary to the Cherokees living at Park Hill and was especially famous for translating and printing the Bible in Cherokee. Another daughter, Ann Eliza, was the wife of Missionary W S Robertson and the mother of Miss Alice Robertson. Pg 82

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