Lillian (Alexander) Wyly (abt. 1880 - 1977)

Born about 1880 in Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Albert Sidney Wyly — married 13 Jun 1903 in Craig, Oklahoma, United States

Died Jan 1977 at about age 97 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Lillian was Cherokee.

Dawes Enrollee

Cherokee by Blood

Dawes Card Number

Lillian Alexander was born in 1880 in Indian Territory, United States. Her parents were Joseph Alexander, a white man, and Caroline Thompson, a Cherokee woman. ^[1] Her mother died shortly after she was born and her father remarried in 1883. The 1900 census recorded Lillian living with her father and step-mother in Fort Smith, Arkansas, ^[2] but her father stated on their Dawes application that she had previously "gone East to school" and was currently a teacher at the Cherokee Female Seminary in Tahlequah. She married Albert Wyly on June 13, 1903. ^[3] In 1910 they were living in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. ^[4] They did not have children.

Lillian was enrolled by the Dawes Commission as a Cherokee by Blood in 1902 ^[5] and was approved for a share of the Eastern Cherokee (Guion Miller) payment in 1911. ^[6] Lillian died in Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1977 ^{[7] [8]} and is buried at the Tahlequah Cemetery, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-07; NARA Series Title: Cherokee Census, 1880. Sequoyah, #12.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3XC-GP6 : accessed 5 November 2015), Lillian Alexander in household of J H Alexander, Upper Township Fort Smith city Ward 4, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States; citing sheet 6B, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,077.
3. ↑ "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:VXLN-7SD : 23 February 2021), A S Wyley and Lillian Alexander, 13 Jun 1903; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQY-MG9 : accessed 5 November 2015), Lilian A Wyly in household of Albert S Wyly, Tahlequah Ward 4, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 42A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,257.
5. ↑ Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1186, 93 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Cherokee by Blood, Card #1450
6. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims, Application #9250
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V964-ZM9 : 10 January 2021), Lillian Wyly, Jan 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ https://www.genealogybank.com/nbshare/AC01161130012538276511665325460 obituary
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5177833/lillian-wyly: accessed 9 October 2022), memorial page for Lillian Alexander Wyly (1880–1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5177833, citing Tahlequah Cemetery, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by R Burnett (contributor 47445819) .

• See also:
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1G-W3V : accessed 5 November 2015), Lillian Wyly in household of Albert Sidney Wyly, Muskogee Ward 4, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,478.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGN-HYV : accessed 5 November 2015), Lillian A Wyly in household of Albert S Wyly, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0034, sheet 12A, family 290, line 18, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 95; FHL microfilm 2,339,830.