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From: "Robin Wallace" <>
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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 07:52:22 -0800
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----- Original Message -----
From: "bernie moore knowles" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Buffalo, Bookout and Langston - Jean


> Jean
>
> I'm with Marsha on the Buffalo family. I can not imagine the surname
being
> anything but Indian. Someone may prove me wrong........but, they would
have
> a hard time of it.
>
> This is the line of Kathryn Langston's, I believe and she may tackle me on
> this one. But, I just think that there was a faction of the Old Settlers
> that did not migrate on into Indian Territory and the Buffalo family may
be
> one of those.
>
> I show that the Sarah Buffalo, daughter of Isaac died in Marion
> Co..........on Lee's Mountain........in 1925. Her Langston husband, Caleb
> Smith had predeceased her in 1886, so she lived almost forty years as a
> widow. Think that she ever remarried?
>
> Would be interesting to know about the area of Lee's Mountain. Reminds me
> on the book, "The Education of Little Tree," you know?
>
> What I think that Marsha was referring to is that Nancy Bookout died young
> acirca 1874 and she was married to William Buffalo, a son of Isaac's. The
> Buffalo infant, also named Sarah Rhoda (born late 1873) was raised by her
> Buffalo grandparents, I believe.
>
> Note that Nancy Bookout had been married the first time to Jehoiada Jesse
> Langston and he had left her a widow in 1869. This is where Lucious
> Langston comes in, I think........through their son; William "Henry"
> (b1865).
>
> 1880 Sharp Co., Arkansas census:
> 83A 41 7 7 Buffalo Isaac W M 68 Married Farmer NC NC NC 83A
> 42 7 7 Buffalo Rhoda W F 67 Wife Married Keeping house TN
> NC NC
> 83A 43 7 7 Buffalo William W M 35 Son Married Widowed
Farmer
> TN NC TN
> 83A 44 7 7 Buffalo Sarah W F 7 Granddaughter
> 83A 45 7 7 Billings Henry W M 21 Laborer/No Relation Single Hired
> to work on farm Partially Disabled
>
> Note: Can you believe the census taker enumerated them as White?
Amazing.
>
> Anyway, this infant; Sarah Rhoda Buffalo (b1873) also married a Bookout,
per
> my records. Have any idea who he was? I know that per Carroll Hayden,
she
> is buried in the Wiseman Cemetery as a Bookout.
>
> Interesting, isn't it?
>
> Sure makes you wonder how many White emigrants married Indians circa
> 1825-1840, in early Izard Co., doesn't it?
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks for your post.
>
>
> Bernie Moore-Knowles
> Phoenix, Arizona
>
> "I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you to
> question my honesty." ........Will Rogers
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean Mayfield Cuevas" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:13 AM
> Subject: [ARIZARD-L] Re: {not a subscriber} Langston and Indians (Bernie)
>
>
> > Bernie and others interested,
> >
> > Marsha Boles brought up a point that I may have over-looked and some of
> you
> > must have been discussing at a point in the past regarding Indian
> > connections and the LANGSTONS.
> >
> > I went into my FTM files and found this old message from Belva (are you
> > still on the list Belva?)
> >
> >
> >
> > Bernie,
> > I think it is probable that Rhoda and Sara Buffalo are one & the same
> person.
> > I haven't seen the census. It's only info that Lucius Langston sent
me
> in
> > 1980. He was 81 at the time and may have confused the name. He said
> after
> > her mother, Nancy, died the decision was made the let the children go
live
> > with their relatives. Ezekiel was about 14 and went out on his own.
> Lucius
> > father, Henry, went to live with his uncle John Henry Bookout, a brother
> to
> > their mother. William went to live with his uncle Francis M. Bookout,
> > another brother of their mother and Absolum went to live with his aunt,
> Mary
> > Ann Crouch. She had married William Howard Crouch. Later on Absolum
> went
> > to live with his cousin, James D. Bookout (my grandfather) who was
living
> > with Sam Cochran.
> >
> > The little 9mo old girl went to live with her grandparents, Isaac and
> Rhoda
> > Buffalo so that makes sense. Maybe he just got confused about the name.
I
> > know nothing about the Buffalo name, however Lucius said there were a
lot
> of
> > Indians around Little Strawberry Creek at the time. Sure wish I"d had a
> > chance to talk to Lucius in person before he died.
> > Belva
> >
> > Can you guys recall a conversation regarding this family of BUFFALOS and
> > their Indian heritage?
> >
> > Thanks for anything that you can job my memory with today!
> >
> > Oh, and isn't it rather telling, Bernie, when I totally forgot about
> > Jefferson Davis being President of the Confederacy?? ! :( I wonder
if
> > that family were loyal to the CSA?
> >
> > Jean
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 02:31 PM 3/8/02 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Jean,
> > > My 2 cents:
> > >Strictly from memory, as I lost skads of files in Nov 2001. Didn't some
> > >Langston marry into a Indaian lady? Her mother and child's names were
> Rhonda
> > >or Roda Buffaloe. Can't remember who's who now Believe her father was
> Isaac
> > >Buffaloe. Isaac's daughter (?) married a Langston and when she died
the
> > >daughter ended up living with the grandparents and he Langston father.
> > > As I say, from memory! If I am, oh please correct me.
> > >Marsha Boles
> > >
> > >Memphis - 71, cloudy, and waiting for thunder storms tonight.
> >
> >
> >
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