PUFFER, Horace Cecil

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• Residence: 1950, Sacramento County, CA

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Worked as an aircraft mechanic for the Dept. Of Defense at McClellan AF B from 1966 to 1998.

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Horace married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PUFFER, Tracey Luree was born on 15 Apr 1966 in Sacramento, CA; and died.
2. Living

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• Residence: 1958, Del Paso Heights, CA

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According to the 1940 Federal Census he was a farmer

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Cecil married REMY, Carmel H. on 23 Jun 1942 in Caddo County, OK. Carmel (daughter of REMY, Sidney Clifton and CYPERT, Myrtle E.) was born on 18 Mar 1920 in Cement, OK; died on 2 Feb 1993 in Sacramento, CA; was buried in Sacramento, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Carmel also played guitar and sang. Her passion was music and dancing. Carmel died in 1992 of a stroke in Sacramento, CA. Cecil preceded her in death.

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• Residence: 1880, Chetopa, KS
• Residence: 1900, Kinnison, Cherokee Nation, OK

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George married RANDALL, Carrie D. on 20 Dec 1905 in Geer County, OK. Carrie (daughter of RANDALL, George D. and JOYNER, Emma) was born on 31 May 1879 in Baltimore, MS; died in 1958 in Comanche County, OK; was buried in 1958 in Fletcher, OK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1950, Lawton, OK

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Sidney married CYPERT, Myrtle E.. Myrtle was born on 16 Jan 1897 in Bear Creek, AR; died on 15 Oct 1968 in Sacramento, CA; was buried in Manteca, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1950, Sacramento County, CA

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• Ref#: 618
• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1865, Neosho, KS
• Arrival: 1878, Cherokee Nation, OK
• Residence: 1880, Chetopa, KS
• Arrival: 1884, Cherokee Nation, OK
• Residence: 1893, Cooweescoowee, Cherokee Nation, OK

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Civil War Veteran, Pvt, Co I, 16th and 9th KS Calvary.
He lived in the "old brewery in Chetopa, KS in the late 1860s and early 70s. "In his financial transactions, "Mug" always insisted in getting his money in gold, but no one ever knew "Mug" to spend any gold, so it is reasonably certain that the accumulated gold throughout a long series of years must have been considerable. An old fashioned iron kettle was full of it, according to rumor." In the late 1880s the family emigrated from the old brewery, where the family lived while making an effort to establish their right as members of the Delaware tribe of Indians. They were unsuccessful and eventually took their places as lessees of the land on which they made their home until the death of the entire family, except Andy. Several books are written about him and the gold he buried in the Kinnison Hills, OK.

Richard and his son, Henry M., are mentioned as "intruders" (on the Cherokee nation) and were paid money from the "United States Commission". The documents are part of a suit filed by the Goins family against the Cherokee nation which had denied them (the Goins) membership into the tribe.

Another story of "Mug" is that he sustained a wound to the face during the war (9th Regiment). He was discharged in Jun 1862 and had learned of the birth of twins to a James Ellis Harmon, from Missouri. Mug found the company Harmon was in and relayed the message.

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Civil War Veteran, Pvt, Co I, 16th and 9th KS Calvary.

He lived in the "old brewery in Chetopa, KS in the late 1860s and early 70s. "In his financial transactions, "Mug" always insisted in getting his money in gold, but no one ever knew "Mug" to spend any gold, so it is reasonably certain that the accumulated gold throughout a long series of years must have been considerable. An old fashioned iron kettle was full of it, according to rumor." In the late 1880s the family emigrated from the old brewery, where the family lived while making an effort to establish their right as members of the Delaware tribe of Indians.

They were unsuccessful and eventually took their places as lessees of the land on which they made their home until the death of the entire family, except Andy. Several books are written about him and the gold he buried in the Kinnison Hills, OK.

Richard and his son, Henry M., are mentioned as "intruders" (on the Cherokee nation land) and were paid money from the "United States Commission". The documents are part of a suit filed by the Goins family against the Cherokee nation which had denied them (the Goins) membership into the tribe.

Another story of "Mug" is that he sustained a wound to the face during the war (9th Regiment). He was discharged in Jun 1862 and had learned of the birth of twins to a James Ellis Harmon, from Missouri. Mug found the company Harmon was in and relayed the message.

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Arrival:
He and is family appear on the "Intruder Schedule 3, Census of Cooweesowee, Cherokee Nation", they are NOT American Indians, they arrived in 1884.

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He and is family appear on the "Intruder Schedule 3, Census of Cooweesowee, Cherokee Nation", they are NOT American Indians.

Richard married BOLTON, Margaret Ann on 14 Sep 1860 in Carthage, MO. Margaret (daughter of BOLTON, Uriah and SMITH, Lucinda) was born on 24 Apr 1842 in Overton County, TN; died on 10 Aug 1901 in Indian Territory, OK; was buried in 1901 in Welch, OK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Margaret Ann Clark
• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1865, Neosho, KS
• Residence: 1880, Chetopa, KS
• Residence: 1893, Cooweescoowee, Cherokee Nation, OK
• Residence: 1900, Kinnison, Cherokee Nation, OK

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She was born to Cherokee parents on Cherokee land in Tennessee and lived there. Her parents (Uriah Bolton/Lucinda Smith) were well known Cherokee Indians.  Her mother, Lucinda, never formally registered her children as members of the Cherokee Nation when they were forcibly moved (The Trail of Tears) to Oklahoma.

Despite overwhelming evidence of her Cherokee lineage, she fought a long and unsuccessful legal battle to become a bona fide member of that Nation.

The case files can be viewed on Ancestry.com in the "U.S., Citizenship Case Files in Indian Territory, 1896-1897" case file 040.

A modern (2000s) attempt to secure membership into the Cherokee Nation is ongoing by one of the Bolton descendants.

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Married:
The marriage record says her name is Margaret Ann Clark.

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PRIVATE, 41st AL INFANTRY, COMPANY 'C', 'PICKENS GREYS', CSA

George married JOYNER, Emma in 1867. Emma was born in Dec 1839 in Monroe County, MS; died after 1910 in Kiowa Country, OK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married HARRIS, Sarah Melvina on 27 Apr 1881 in OK. Sarah was born on 20 Dec 1865 in Bolivar, MO; died on 8 Dec 1931 in Cement, OK; was buried in Cement, OK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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