George Washington Luckey (abt. 1842 - 1900)

Born about 1842 in Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Arthur) Luckey — married 28 Jun 1869 in Oklahoma

Died 8 Feb 1900 at about age 58 in Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Died in the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma

"Mrs. George Luckey Dead." The funeral of George Luckey took place Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the residence of Henry Ballard in the city. D. B. Luckey, a brother of the deceased, arrived from Eureka Springs in time to attend the obsequies. The wife of the deceased passed away Friday morning of pneumonia, and her funeral will occur tomorrow. She has many relatives in Vinita and other parts of the Cherokee Nation, being an aunt of H. C. Ballard and of the Nidiffers, and belonged to one of the oldest families in the Cherokee Nation. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ from The Indian Chieftain (Vinita, Indian Terr.), vol 18 no 25, Thursday, February 15, 1900, page 4 of 4

• 1850 Census, Polk Co., TN 3rd Civil District, John SHIELDS, Marshal, 18 Sep

line 19 dwelling 344 family 348

1860 Census, Tyler Beat Town, Smith, Texas household 1442

Chronicles of Oklahoma vol. 6 no. 3, Sept 1928 "Intermarried Whites in the Cherokee Nation Between the Years 1865 and 1887" by A. H. Murchison, Okmulgee, Oklahoma pp 299-327 (page 313) No. 241 G. W. Luckey June 28th, 1869 Patcy Auther, Cherokee.