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Name of Judge
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Term of Service
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District
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Not Known
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1855
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Cooweescoowee
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Charles Coody Rogers
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1857
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Cooweescoowee
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John Lucien Brown
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1857
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Cooweescoowee
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Jackson Tyner
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1861
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Cooweescoowee
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Clement Vann Rogers
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1877
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Cooweescoowee
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Alexander McCoy Rider
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1879
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Cooweescoowee
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James Christopher McCoy
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1881
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Cooweescoowee
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John Anthony Foreman
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1883
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Cooweescoowee
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John Gunter Scrimsher
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1893
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Cooweescoowee
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Daniel Ross Hicks
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1867 & 1869
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Cooweescoowee
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Charles Coody Rogers
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1871,1873 & 1875
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Cooweescoowee
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Walter Adair Starr
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1885, 1887, 1889 &1891
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Cooweescoowee
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Walter Adair Starr
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1895 & 1897
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Cooweescoowee
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Benjamin Wisner
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1841
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Delaware
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James Kill
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1843
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Delaware
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James V. Hilderbrand
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1845
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Delaware
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David Kell
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1847
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Delaware
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William Cofee Woodall
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1871
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Delaware
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Unknown
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1873
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Delaware
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Isaac Turner
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1875
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Delaware
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Tomas Mitchell Buffington
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1889
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Delaware
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Born on October 19, 1855. Attended tribal schools and began farming. He was elected Principal chief in 1899. DC Gideon, Indian Territory, Descriptive Biographical and Genealogical.
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Dudley H. Tucker
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1891
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Delaware
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Joseph Lynch Ward
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1891
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Delaware
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Elian Mcleod Landrum
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1893
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Delaware
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Joseph Lynch Ward
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1895
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Delaware
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James Bonaparte Woodall
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1897
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Delaware
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Peter
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1849 & 1851
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Delaware
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George Owen
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1853 & 1855
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Delaware
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Luther Rice
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1857 & 1859
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Delaware
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Elowie Butler
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1867 & 1869
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Delaware
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Robert Fletcher Wyley
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1877,1879, & 1881 & 1883
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Delaware
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Joseph Lynch Ward
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1885&1887
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Delaware
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Coffee Blackbird
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1879
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Saline
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He served as Sheriff of Saline District, a representative in the National Council, a senator and a district judge.
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George Washington Scraper
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1881
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Saline
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Carter Daniel Markham
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1883
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Saline
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Born the son of Leroy and Elizabeth West Markham on May 9 1845. During the Civil war, his family took refuge in the Choctaw Nation, and he served in the Cherokee cavalry under Stand Watie. He married Mary Halfacre and Eliza Matthews. Markham was elected judge if Saline District in 1884 but was primarily a business man. He died in 1925. Mayes county historical society. Highlight of Mayes county.
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Henry Clay Ross
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1885
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Saline
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Born in the Cherokee Nation on November 2, 1848. The son of Lewis and Margaret Hilderband Ross. Educated in Mission Schools. Cherokee Nation and Nazareth Hall, North Hampton County Pennsylvania. In 1866 he returned to the Cherokee Nation and settled in Saline District. He married Elizabeth Campbell Rupe and Josephine Pettit daughter of Andrew Pettit. Ross died in 1905. Mayes Historical Society. Highlights of Mayes County.
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George Feeling
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1888
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Saline
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Served out the term of Coffee Blackbird.
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David Welch Ragsdale
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1889
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Saline
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Born in 1831 and died in 1912. He was elected judge of the Saline District for one term. Ragsdale. Was appointed postmaster at Rose in 1892. He was later elected to a term as Senator from Saline. When he died the Vinita Chieftain called him "one of the pioneer citizens the country.” He is Buried at Elm Grove Cemetery. See George W. Shirk, "First Post offices within Boundaries of Oklahoma." Chronicles of Oklahoma 26 (summer 48) 225; Vinita Chieftain September, 20, 1912.
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Edward Sylvester Adair
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1897
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Saline
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Son of Andrew & Annie Vann Adair, married Rebecca Baugh. A merchant at Chouteau, he began his career at Saline District as Sheriff in 1889, served a number of years as clerk and served one term as Judge. During the Later years of the century he operated a ferry across the Grand River. See Mayes County Historical Society. Historical Highlights of Mayes County.
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Bird Doublehead
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1843 &1845
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Saline
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David Rowe
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1855 &1857
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Saline
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Charles Wickliff
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1867 & 1869
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Saline
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First term as judge of Saline was District was in 1877-1879. He was re-elected as judge ten years later. He took office between February and May of 1889. He died a few months later at age 75. He is buried in Wickliff Cemetery.
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Saturday Vann
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1871 suspended
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Saline
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Coffee Blackbird
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1887 died
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Saline
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He served as Sheriff of Saline District, a representative in the National Council, a senator and a district judge.
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Charles Wickliff
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1888 died
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Saline
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Served previously in 1867 &1869
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Henry Clay Ross
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1891, 1893 &1895
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Saline
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Served previously in 1885
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Redbird Sixkiller
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6/6/1872
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Saline
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Joseph McMinn Starr
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1841
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Goingsnake
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John Foster
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1845
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Goingsnake
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Benjamin Vann
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1847
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Goingsnake
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Eli Murphy
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1849
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Goingsnake
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E.G. Smith
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1851
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Goingsnake
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Eli Murphy
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1853
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Goingsnake
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John D. Paxton
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1855
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Goingsnake
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Johnson Reese
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1857
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Goingsnake
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Wiley Glover Thornton
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1869
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Goingsnake
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Henry Crittenden
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1871
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Goingsnake
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Johnson Whitmire
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1873
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Goingsnake
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Nelson Terrapin
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1875
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Goingsnake
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Joseph McMinn Starr
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1877
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Goingsnake
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Jesse Redbird
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1885
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Goingsnake
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John Vigil McPherson
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1887
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Goingsnake
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Edward D. Foreman
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1889
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Goingsnake
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Adam Lacey
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1891
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Goingsnake
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John R. Crittenden
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1895
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Goingsnake
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John W. Holland
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1896
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Goingsnake
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Joseph Smallwood
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1897
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Goingsnake
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Pleasant H. Holland
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1993
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Goingsnake
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Moses Downing
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1843 died
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Goingsnake
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Johnson Robbins
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1859 & 1867
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Goingsnake
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James Lafayette Bigby
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1879, 1881, & 1883
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Goingsnake
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