Thomas Mitchell Buffington (1855 - 1938)

Born 19 Oct 1855 in Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emma L Gray — married 29 Dec 1896 in Muskogee, Indian Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1938 at age 82 in Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1855 in the Cherokee Nation to Ezekiel Buffington and Louisa Newman. He married twice. First to Susan Woodall. Second to Emma L. Gray. They had a house full of girls: Lucille, Sue Nell, Maxine, Marie and Margarite.

He served as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1899 until 1903. He previously served as the the mayor of Vinita, Oklahoma where he retired to and died in 1938. He is buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Vinita.^[1]

Source

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Chief Thomas Mitchell Buffington (19 Oct 1855–11 Feb 1938), Find A Grave: Memorial #9911996, citing Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .

• "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP6-SWTX : 4 November 2017), T M Buffington and Emma Gray, 29 Dec 1896; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRK-TJX : accessed 23 August 2019), S M Buffington, Township 25 N. Range 20 E. Vinitia town, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 32A, family 82, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,843. With Lucille, Sue Nell and a servant.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7N-2YJ : accessed 23 August 2019), Thomas M Boffington, Vinita Ward 2, Craig, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 30A, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1249; FHL microfilm 1,375,262.

Thomas M Boffington Head Male 52 Oklahoma

Enma L Boffington Wife Female 38 North Carolina

Lucile Boffington Daughter Female 13 Oklahoma

Suenell Boffington Daughter Female 11 Oklahoma

Maxine Boffington Daughter Female 9 Oklahoma

Marie Boffington Daughter Female 6 Oklahoma

Margarete Boffington Daughter Female 4 Oklahoma

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9H-61D : accessed 23 August 2019), T M Buffington, Venita Ward 2, Craig, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 17, sheet 14B, line 64, family 335, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1458; FHL microfilm 1,821,458. Same 5 daughters as 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7Z-N8D : accessed 23 August 2019), Thomas M Buffington, Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 3B, line 63, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1899; FHL microfilm 2,341,633.

Thomas M Buffington Head Male 74 Oklahoma

Emma L Buffington Wife Female 59 North Carolina

Margaurite Buffington Daughter Female 22 Oklahoma

Buffington Jack Null Daughter Female 25 Oklahoma

Ross E Null Son-in-law Male 27 Missouri

• Starr, Emmet, History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore, reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., originally published 1921p. 315. Book, History of the Cherokee Indians
• Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 17, No. 2, June, 1939, Chief Thomas Mitchell Buffington and Chief William Charles Rogers, by John Bartlett Meserve