Delora Belle (Ward) Carter (1870 - 1955)

Born 7 Jan 1870 in Coodys Bluff, Nowata, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Franklin Carter — married 29 Sep 1891 in Boatman, Mayes, It

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1955 at age 85 in Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Delora Belle Ward was born on 7 January 1870, in Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. She married Henry Franklin Carter in 1891, in Indian Territory. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 17 November 1955, in Mayes, Oklahoma and was buried in Bryan Chapel Cemetery, Boatman, Mayes, Oklahoma.

• Residence 1900: Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory ^[1]
• Burial: Bryan Chapel Cemetery, Boatman, Mayes, Oklahoma ^[2]
• Entry at Family Search: ^[3]

Note

Delora (Ward) Carter was a 1/2 blood Cherokee Indian. She and her sister met up with two young men Henry F Carter and Frank Baker who were [the] best of friends and had left Ft Wayne Indiana and come to the Indian Territory to seek their Fortune. In time the inevitable happened and the boys married the sisters. When the government ordered accounting of all the indians in the territory (Indian Rolls) the edict was that anyone 50% or great of indian blood [incorrect] was eligible for certain privileges, but also under strict government control along with their family by marriage. Frank and Henry were in no way inclined to place themselves under this kind of subjections [?], sothey persuaded their wives to lie and register on the roll as less than 50% indian blood. She once said of her daughter-in-law (Mabel Carter), "You are as dear to me as any daughter that I had and maybe just a little bit closer". Delora never had a cook stove. She always cooked outdoors or in the fireplace in the home.

(Information provided by Mabel Carter/1997)

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSR2-RPZ : accessed 1 October 2021), Delora B Carter in household of Henry F Carter, Township 20 N. Range E., Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 24A, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,845.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61144696/delora-belle-carter
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/9VMB-3C1