Tryphena (Terrell) Adair (1871 - 1935)

Born 12 Jan 1871 in Tahlequah District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Martin Adair — married 31 Mar 1903 in Craig, Oklahoma, United States

Died 3 Mar 1935 at age 64 in Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Excerpt of bio from Findagrave.com:
Tryphena "Phene" Terrell Adair was the daughter of Aaron Terrell and Annie E. Woodall Terrell Hendricks. She had two brothers: William "Ross" Terrell and Andrew Terrell who died at the age of 10. Her mother Annie Woodall Terrell later married Franklin Hendricks; her half-brothers and sisters are: George William Hendricks, Richard F.B. "Robert" Hendricks, Susanne "Susie" or "Sood" Hendricks Cordrey; Mary "Mollie" Hendricks Owens, and Della Hendricks who died at the age of 7.

Her first marriage was to S. T. Bell, c.1890.^[1]

In Tahlequah, OK, on March 31, 1903,^[2] she married John Martin Adair who served with the Rough Riders and was an uncle of Will Rogers. They had no children. She was 1/4 Cherokee.

BURIAL
Hendricks Cemetery
Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA
PLOT 88, SEE Tyner's Plat Map in "Our People And Where They Rest," Vol. 3

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 16, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1241845. Tuphine Bell, b.Jan 1871 @IT OK, d/o A E Hendricks (widow, b.Dec 1852 IT), w/o E T Bell (b.Jul 1856 NY), m.10yrs; mother of 0 (none).
2. ↑ Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995; Tryphenia Terrell age 27 & John M Adair age 42. Film Number 001290309

• Find-A-Grave

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Parkhill, Cherokee, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1244; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1375257. Triphena Adair, b.1870 OK, race: Indian (Native American); w/o John M Adair (52), m.6yrs; both parents b.OK

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Park Hill, Cherokee, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1451; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 20. Triphenia Adair, b.1880 OK, race: white; w/o John Adair (58); occ.: none; both parents b.OK

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Park Hill, Cherokee, Oklahoma; Roll: 1897; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 2341631. Tryphena Adair, b.1872 OK, race: Indian (Native American); h/o Tryphena Adair (58), Age at First Marriage: 33 (c.1903); Mother's Birthplace: Cherokee

• Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian and Pioneer Historical Collection, 1937; Foreman, Grant, ed. Indian Pioneer History Collection. IPH 1–40, microfilm, 40 rolls. Indian Archives Division, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. "Tryphena Terril, wife of John M. Adair, s/o John Lafayette Adair (d.1859) & Elizabeth Alabama Scrimpture..."

• Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914; The National Archives at Fort Worth; Fort Worth, Texas; Enrollment Cards, 1898-1914; NAI Number: 251747; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Record Group Number: 75. "Triphenia Bell age 30 of Cherokee Tribe, d/o Aaron Terrell (Saline Dist.) & Annie E Hendericks (Tahlequah Dist.); Field Number: 2112, Dawes Enrollment Number: 5481"