Anna (Kyle) Brown (abt. 1886 - 1921)

Born about 1886 in Osage Reservation, Indian Territory, United States

Died 21 May 1921 at about age 35 in Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Anna was Osage.

Wah-hrah-lum-pah "Anna" was born in 1886 to Jimmie and LIzzie Nekahesey in the Osage Nation, Indian Territory. Her roll number was 283.

Marriages:

1. Wah-tsa-tun-kah about 1899
2. Moh-shon John Kinny/Kenny about 1907
3. Otis "Oda" Brown about 1910

Anna was killed in May 1921 by two acquaintances, Byron Burkhart and Kelsey Morrison, as part of the plot to take the family oil wealth or "headrights".

Sources

• "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7VZG-5VMM : Tue Oct 03 10:42:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Wah-Hrah-Lum-Pah, 1901.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQR-PX4 : Fri Oct 06 20:19:03 UTC 2023), Entry for James Nekahesey and Lizzie Nekahesey, 1910.

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #31845551

• The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Osage Murders

• Wikipedia: Osage Indian Murders

• Grann, D., (2017) "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI." Doubleday, New York.

• Osage Indian Murders