Remembering Cherokees Who Have Served - 2012a

  Corporal Hiawatha Tuggle

 1921 - 1943

Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Fisher Tuggle. 

Chilocco Indian School Class of 1940

180 Infantry Oklahoma

Killed in Action - WWII

Aaron Carey, my grandpa

1922 - 2002

Son of Dick and Nancy Fisher Carey.

Pvt - US Army - WWII

612th Tank Battalion 

Prisoner of War 

Bronze Star Medal

Mike Carey

1921 - 1971

Son of Dick and Nancy Fisher Carey.

Pvt - US Army - WWII

John Fisher Carey

1934 - 1978

Son of Dick and Nancy Fisher Carey.

US Marine Corps - Korea

Johnson Fisher Sr.

1844 - 1885

Son of Fisher Hatchet/Chopper and unknown wife.

3rd Regiment - Indian Home Guard

US Civil War - Union

David Tadpole, Jr.

1839 - 1900

Son of David Tadpole, Sr. and Elizabeth Downing.

3rd Regiment - Indian Home Guard

US Civil War - Union

  

Johnnie Martin Blanket

1941 - 2007

Son of Bill and Carrie Pumpkin Blanket.

Graduate Chilocco Indian School

Sgt - US Marine Corps - Vietnam

Purple Heart

George Pumpkin

1839 - Unknown

Son of Pumpkinpile.

3rd Regiment - Indian Home Guard

US Civil War - Union

Rev. Charley Carey

1919 - 2008
Son of Silas and Annie Cochran Carey.
WWII

Swimmer Rabbit

1921 - 1990

Son of William and Ella Swimmer Rabbit (Sullateskee)

PFC - US Army - WWII

PFC Mose Carey

1922 - 1945
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dude Carey
DOW - US Army - WWII
Enlisted into service November 14, 1942.
Wounded by artillery fire on April 14, 1945, on Hill 903,
in the battle against the Germans at Torre Iussi, Italy.

Robert L. Carroll

1926 - 2003
Son of Robert E. and Flossie Pitts Carroll
Pvt - US Army - WWII

Richard S. Snell

Son of Rachel and Alexander Snell.
US Army - WWII

 Bert Johnson Jr.

US Army

Levi Gritts Sr.

1923 - 2001
Son of Charles and Ollie Terrapin Gritts
US Navy - WWII - Korea

Jesse Swimmer

US Army - WWII

Thomas Snell

Son of Richard Sherman Snell and Alline Snell Bushyhead
US Navy - Korea

Charles W. Flint Jr.

Son of Pauline G. Kelly
US Army - WWII
65th Infantry Field Artillery

Donald Ray Carey

1930 - 1993
Son of Dick and Nancy Fisher Carey.
US Army - Korea

Bert Homer Johnson

Cpl - US Marine Corps
 

PFC Joe Tuggle

1922 - 1942
Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Fisher Tuggle.
PFC - US Army - WWII
120 Medical Regt Co B

Buddy Dean Vance

1938 - 1984
US Marine Corps - Korea

Dull Ho Downing

Unknown - 1863
Died in Service

3rd Regiment - Indian Home Guard

US Civil War - Union

Lewis Hawkins

Son of Tuwodi and Waleh
1st Cherokee Mounted Rifle Company I
US Civil War

Mike Carey 

Abt 1841 - 1901
Son of Dick and Kate Carey.
 3rd Regiment - Indian Home Guard

US Civil War - Union

Lewis Tabb

1st Cherokee Mounted Rifle Company K
US Civil War

Fisher Hatchet/Chopper

Died in Service
Indian Home Guard
US Civil War - Union

Askwater Ummerteskee

Son of Yonahquah and Polly
Indian Home Guard
US Civil War - Union

Eli Tadpole

Son of David Tadpole Sr. and Elizabeth Downing.
Died in Service
2nd Indian Home Guard
US Civil War - Union

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Matrilineal Monday - Polly's Granddaughters (Part 1)

Some of Polly's (other) granddaughters from the Tadpole, Pumpkin and Tuggle families.

Those are my thoughts for today.
Thanks for reading.

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Mappy Monday - A Family Cemetery

The cemetery that is closest to my heart is the Fisher Cemetery in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It has primarily been my mother's family cemetery since the mid 1800s and holds many of my Cherokee ancestors. I am related to a large percentage of the people buried there by either blood or marriage. I also have many direct ancestors buried there.

The cemetery was originally on the allotment land of my gg grand uncle, Moses Fisher. The cemetery was moved by the Corps of Engineers when the Fort Gibson dam was constructed.

Below are some pictures from Google Earth and Google Maps of the Fisher Cemetery. In the last picture, I have labeled where my direct ancestors are buried.

 

 

Ancestors and family buried in the above labeled areas -

Black - My great grandpa, Dick Carey, and his wife, my great grandma, Nancy Fisher Carey, along with several of their sons, Donald Ray, John F., Reed, and Millard (Monkey).

Red - My ggg grandparents, Dave Tadpole and his wife, Polly Vann Tadpole, as well as their daughter and my gg grandma, Darkie Tadpole Fisher. Their children Tiger Tadpole and Rose Tadpole Swimmer are also buried in this area as well as some of the daughters of Tiger.

Green - My gggg grandma, Peggie Dennis Pumpkin and her husband, George Pumpkin, as well as Peggie's sister, Annie Dennis Elliot.

Blue - My ggg grandparents, Johnson Fisher (Sr) and his wife, my ggg grandma, Sarah Woodward Fisher. Three of their children are also buried in this area - Daisy, Ben and Charlie Fisher, who all died as infants or toddlers.

Though I am related to many many more of the people buried in the Fisher Cemetery, it would be impossible to label and list them all in such a small picture. Hopefully this will give family looking for the final resting places of some of our ancestors an better idea where to look in the cemetery for those graves.

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Tombstone Tuesday - Peggy Pumpkin

Peggy Dennis Pumpkin

abt 1835 - 1904

My great great great great grandma, Peggy Dennis, was the daughter of Peter and Arley Dennis, Old Settlers of the Cherokee Nation. She married Redbird Woodward and they had three children; Elizabeth, James and Sarah. Only Sarah survived to adulthood. Later, Peggy married Gabriel Martin and they had a son named William Martin. After that union ended, Peggy married George Pumpkin (aka Pumpkinpile) and spent the rest of her life with him.

Peggy was listed on the Dawes Roll as Cherokee by Blood. She was originally buried in the Old Fisher Cemetery that was on land from her grandson's allotment. Later, the cemetery was moved due to the construction of Fort Gibson Dam and now Peggy rests in the new location of the Fisher Cemetery near her husband, George; her daughter, Sarah; and several of her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.

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Talented Tuesday - Another Little Tadpole Artist

Most people in our rather large, extended Tadpole family knows that there is a high percentage of descendants who are talented artists or craftsmen. My daughter is no exception. She hasn't been painting very long but I love her work. About a year ago, she painted a picture of our cousin, Jake Pumpkin. She was looking through some old family photos and said she wanted to paint him and asked me to tell her about him.


Jake, the son of Frank and Annie (Tadpole) Pumpkin, died in the 1940s, the victim of homicide. As my friend said, artists bring some of their feelings into their work and you can see a bit of sadness in the painting. Possibly, because my daughter knew Jake had been murdered, she carried a bit of sadness within her as she painted. I don't know really, but she was drawn to paint him and I think she did a wonderful job.

Those are my thoughts for today.
Thanks for reading.

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The Granddaughter

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