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Margaret M. Hancock Ritchey Reed

I would like to know the tribe of Margaret M. Hancock Ritchey Reed, born about 1872 in Illinois. This picture was taken in Tulsa, OK about 1910.  She was supposedly 1/2 Cherokee, 1/2 Irish.  Her father was a full-blood indian named John Hancock.  Margaret divorced Joe Ritchie (Ritchey) abt. 1895 and married someone named Reed and raised 60-70 foster children.  She's my great-grandmother and I'm hoping to find out a little more about her. 

Most recently I have found more information on this woman, my great-grandmother. Her maiden name WAS Hancock, as stated. She married a Joseph Isaac RITCHEY in 1899 in Franklin, MO. Family story says that she married a REED, but I have found her in Lincoln County, OK in 1910 and 1920 with her daughter, Lillie May RITCHEY. Maggie was married to a Lee D. HUTCHINSON. (not REED). She had sons by a previous marriage and their last name was EZZELL, according to these 2 census records.