RELEASE DATE: APRIL 29, 2007
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
This week we continue listing people employed at Oklahoma's well-known Chilocco school on June 30, 1894. The information may be found on page 518 of the ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1894 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895). Facts about each individual usually include his or her name, position, salary, sex, "color" (sic) (White or Indian), and date of "present" appointment.
Chilocco Training School:
NOLAN, Florence E., teacher, $600, female, white, 1 July 1893
OWEN, Catherine, stewardess, $600, female, white, 21 Aug 1893
OWEN, Trice S., farmer, $900, male, white, 21 Aug 1893
PAXTON, Annette A., assistant matron, #500, female, white, 1 July 1893
PAXTON, Emma F., assistant teacher, $600, female, white, 22 May 1894
PERKINS, J. S., physician, $900, male, white, 22 Dec 1893
PURDY, Frank, assistant shoe and harness maker, $240, male, Indian, 1 July 1893
PURDY, Lavora, sergeant, $60, female, Indian, 8 Sept 1893
ROBINSON, Albert, shoemaker, $600, male, white, 1 July 1893
SEAMAN, Emma A., cook, $600, female, white, 1 July 1893
SCOTHORN, W. A., engineer and fireman, $720, male, white, 1 July 1893
SCHUREMAN, George, gardener and dairyman, $600, male, white, 1 July 1893
SMITH, Ada, hospital cook, $180, female, Indian, 16 Aug 1893
TAYLOR, Bromet, herder and butcher, $120, male, Indian, 8 Sept 1893
THOMAS, Nancy, assistant cook, $180, female, Indian, 16 May 1894
Data about persons employed in Indian School Service by the Ponca Agency in Oklahoma 30 June 1894 appears in the same government publication. The information is found on page 537 of the ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1894.
Otoe Boarding School:
BROWN, J. B., principal teacher, $720, male, white, 2 June
1894
DEMING, Anna I., teacher, $600, female, white, 21 Nov 1893
FERGUSON, R. K., laborer, $480, male, white, 1 Oct 1893
KENNEDY, Minnie A., cook, $400, female, white, 1 July 1893
LONG, Ella, assistant laundress, $180, female, Indian, 12 Apr 1894
MCQUAIN, Mary, laundress, $400, female, white, 9 May 1894
MILLER, Annie, seamstress, $540, female, white, 16 Dec 1893
MILLER, H. H., industrial teacher, $800, male, white, 26 Feb 1894
SPAULDING, Kate O., assistant boys' matron, $600, female, white, 30 May 1894
STEBBINS, Georgiana, matron, $600, female, white, 1 July 1893
Ponca Boarding School:
ANSLEY, Bettie, matron, $600, female, white, 6 May 1894
ADAMS, Mattie L., teacher, $600, female, white, 2 Dec 1893
BARR, J. H., industrial teacher, $720, male, white, 1 Sept 1893
BARR, Willie, seamstress, $540, female, white, 1 May 1894
BLACK TONGUE, Bertha, assistant seamstress, $60, female, Indian, 1 Oct 1893
EILIFF, Jean S., teacher, $600, female, white, 14 May 1894
ELLIFF, Joseph D., superintendent, $1,600, male, white, 30 Oct 1893
FABER, Clara, assistant matron, $240, female, Indian, 1 May 1894
FIRE SHAKER, Florence, assistant seamstress, $180, female, Indian, 1 Sept 1893
HOBBS, Annie, laundress, $400, female, white, 1 July 1893
POOR, J. H., baker, $400, male, white, 20 Oct 1893
POOR, Maggie, cook, $400, female, white, 20 Oct 1893
PYBURN, Lou, teacher, $600, female, white, 9 Oct 1893
SMITH, William, laborer, $480, male, white, 1 Sept 1893
STATON, Allie, assistant laundress, $180, female, Indian, 14 Jan 1894
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Charles N. Ferguson, 811 South Market, Shawnee, OK 74801 is seeking information about the parents, siblings, and county of birth for Ambrose PRICE, born about 1856-1857 in Mississippi and died about 1900 in Marquez, TX. He is buried in Ten Mile Cemetery in Madison Co., TX. Ambrose married Martha Dovie FERGUSON on 25 Dec 1890 in Centerville or Madisonville, TX. Their children were Joe PRICE, b. in 1894 in TX; Robert PRICE, b. in 1892 in TX; and Henry PRICE, who died young. Some of Ambrose's cousins or nephews lived in Beckham Co., OK.