Life History

Notes

• I note that there is variation in census ages.
  
  These age reports yield a likely birth year as follows:
  Dawes 1898 age 67 born 1831
  Census 1900 age 55 born Aug 1844
  Census 1910 age 73 born 1836-7
  
  Fanny is also reported by a genealogy as included in the 1855 Choctaw Roll, Skullyville County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (no age reported).  The Chickasaw History reports that Frances (spelled Francis there) was born 15 Aug 1831, matching the Dawes roll age in 1898.  It is interesting that the two Dawes records and the Chickasaw History's exact date match, while the censuses are all different.  I will report her birth as the Chickasaw records show it.
  
  Frances (Fannie) had five marriages, and was widowed 5 times.  Sherman says she married her first husband, Samuel Hunter Cochran, about 1867.  Sam was born 10 October 1807 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, died 13 May 1884 in Indian Territory.  The Sherman genealogy reports one child from the Cochran marriage, William Hunter Cochran, born February 1868 in Indian Territory.
  
  This birth information comes from the 1900 census, which I transcribe below.  Sam Cochran is reported to have died in 1869.  Frances married again in 1871.  In January 1870 she hired Toliver Green as a farmer, securing a residence permit for him in Chickasaw Nation.  This was the start of a permanent residence for this Green family in Indian Territory and the State of Oklahoma.
  
  Chickasaw Nation work permits indicate that Frances Cochran (spelled Chockrain in the record) hired T Green (apparently Toliver Green) for one year as a farmer, which was the basis for a residence permit issued to Green.  In 1871, Frances married Toliver Green's son Daniel David.  The residence registration records were found by Jackson-Green researcher Kati Jackson Cain in Chickasaw Nation archives.
  
  Other names included in the registration of residence permits in 1869 and 1870 were several Jackson names, who are likely family members of Abraham Jackson, who married Toliver Green's daughter Talitha.  Other records place Abraham and other Jacksons and several members of this Green family in Chickasaw Nation during the US Civil War.  These residence permits for these families fills in one major gap in their timeline.
  
  "I have found permits for 'T. Green' and his license is issued under Francis (Colbert) Cochran, now we also know how Daniel Green and Francis Colbert met.  There's also a permit for a William Jackson.  He ended up married to a Chickasaw woman named Annie Donovan."
  --  Kati Jackson Cain, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins and Marion Mixon, 24 October 2015
  
  Permits  No 9  Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation Jan 13th 1870
  "This is to certify that T Green is duly employed by Mrs Frances Chockrain [Cochran] for one year from date.   As farmer.  Given under my hand, this day and date above written.
  Wm P Worthington District Clerk"
  
  Frances married her second husband Daniel David (Dan) Green on 8 October 1871, in Indian Territory.  I found the record of their marriage on the Chickasaw History website, which had intriguing information about the Colbert family tradition among the Chickasaws.
  
  "She married Daniel Green in Berwyn, Pickens Co., Chick Nation, IT, 8 OCT 1871. (Daniel Green is #26909.) Daniel was born circa 1848. Daniel died before 1879. Marriage records show his name as 'David' but Dawes records for his son give the father's name as 'Daniel'."
  --  Chickasaw History, Francis Colbert, http://www.chickasawhistory.com/colbert/i0026899.htm#i29612b (no longer online)
  
  They lived in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.  The area where they lived later became Love County, Oklahoma.  Dan died in 1878, so there is no census documentation of their marriage or family.  In the 7 years of their marriage, they had three children that are recorded by Sherman.  The names of the two boys are unusual and appear to include nickname forms of the first son's first name, Reddick.
  
  Reddick "Redie" Green
  Daniel Redric Green
  Minnie Lee Green
  
  The second son's middle name Redric also looks like a variation of Reddick.  But their birth dates are different, Reddick in Feb 1869 and Daniel on 1 April 1872.  A couple of other genealogies, that look like they all copied from each other, also report these three children.  Documentation is spotty on all these genealogies.  The Chickasaw History reports Redie (nickname for Reddick, or Redrick) Jackson Green, born about 1871, later than dates in the genealogies.
  
  The Chickasaw History reports the second son as simply Daniel:
  "Daniel Green (#26910) was born in IT circa 1874. Daniel enrolled in Marietta, Pickens Co., Chickasaw Nation, IT for the Dawes Chickasaw Roll on 3 OCT 1898 and appears on Dawes card number 1615.(1716)"
  --  Chickasaw History, Francis Colbert, http://www.chickasawhistory.com/colbert/i0026899.htm#i26899 (no longer online)
  
  For a long time, I could not find any census record confirming the existence of the child reported in the genealogy as Daniel Redric.  The name Redric looked like an error or a variation for Reddick, his older brother's name.  I have found no documentation of a middle name of Redric that some of the genealogies have.  But in 1900 he is in his widowed mother's household as Dan Green.  In September 2010, I found census entries that appeared to match this reported child Daniel.  The 1910 and 1930 censuses report him, however, as Daniel G.
  
  Fannie also had a third husband, Charles Adams, in about 1879, according to a genealogy.  This is also reported by the Chickasaw History (no longer online).
  
  "She married Charles Adams circa 1879.  (Charles Adams is #26911.)  She married Dr. Theophilus H. East in Berwyn, Pickens Co., Chick Nation, IT, 13 MAY 1884.  They had no children."  [Other sources report two children Charles and Oliver.]
  --  Chickasaw History, Francis Colbert, http://www.chickasawhistory.com/colbert/i0026899.htm#i29612b (no longer online)
  
  Charles was born in Georgia (no other information known) who died sometime before 1884 when the Chickasaw History reports she married Theophilus East.  Other sources indicate the date was more like 1888.  But then, too, they were divorced then remarried.  See details below.  Theophilus was born about 1850 in Iowa.
  
  Charles abandoned Fannie in October 1880, according to testimony in her suit for divorce in 1881.
  
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  "Evidence taken in the divorce case of Francis Adams vs Charlie Adams."
  Date of testimony not stated on this document page; based on the last statement in the testimony, it would have been no later than 1 April, 1881.
  [Note:  The lines appear just as they are here with no punctuation.  Some letters are capitalized along in the sentence; I have not tried to duplicate these.  W M Dixon states he has been living there for five or six months, and his testimony indicates he was there at least in early October.  -- OBJ]
  
  Summary:
  Says he left her about the 1st of October 1880.  Based on the testimonies, her son by Charles Adams wasn't born before he left. So it must have been a short union in early 1880.
  --  Research by Kati Jackson Cain, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins and Marion Mixon, 17 November 2015
  
  Z T Thacker
  After being duly sworn deposeth and saith
  About the first of October AD 1880 Charlie Adams abandoned Mrs Francis Adams
  Q by Attny:  He has never returned since he left her
  Ans:  No not to my knowledge
  Attny:  He left her in this county
  Ans:  Yes sir
  Attny:  Where did he go when he left his wife
  Ans:  Reports say that he went to Big Mud Creek
  Attny:  Did him and his wife have any difficulty
  Ans:  None that I know of
  (signed) Z T Thacker
  
  W M Dixon
  After being duly sworn deposeth and saith
  About the first of October 1880 I was over at Mrs Adams putting up some hay and she sent for me to put her up some hay and she told me that Mr Adams had left her that is all I know
  Attny:  When he left her he also left his child
  Ans: I don't think the child was born then
  Attny:  You do not know of Mr Adams ever coming back since he left
  Ans: No sir I have been living there for five or six months but never have known him to return during that time
  (signed) W M Dixon
  
  Transcription by Orville Boyd Jenkins, 18 November 2015
  
  --  Research by Kati Jackson Cain, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins and Marion Mixon, 17 November 2015
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  Fannie married Dr Theophilus Wst in 1884.  Marriage license information from Chickasaw Nation shows Fannie and Theophilus East had two different wedding ceremonies, 13 May 1884 and 12 April 1888.
  
  The two ceremonies are recorded on the same page and record.  I found these transcriptions online in about 2008, but had not seen these documents myself until I found them posted by researcher Cindy Pannell in September 2010.  Theophilus East reported to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that there had been some irregularity (which he does not specify) with the first ceremony or recording and he and Fannie were remarried.  (See Notes for Theophilus East.)
  
  Marriage Record
  Place: National Archives
  Location: Lebanon, IT
  Marriage Record of 1884, pages 71 and 130
  May 13th, 1884, T.H. East and Francis Adams was joined together in Holy Bonds of Matrimony by the Honorable County Judge of Pickens County C.N. Indian Territory.
  Abijah Colbert [Abijah Colbert, Fannie's uncle]
  Judge, P.C.C.N.
  
  Marriage Record
  Lebanon, Pickens, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory 189
  Author: Willis Dickerson, County Judge P.C.C.N.
  Place: page 71 & 130, Marriage Record
  12 April 1888
  "T.H. East and Francis Adams issued to the above names parties, by the County Judge, Pickens, C.N."
  Certificate of Marriage
  J. Willis Dickerson, hereby certify on the 12th day of April A.D.1888. I united in marriage T.H. East and Mrs. Francis Adams, the parties above named.
  Witness my hand, this 12th day of April A.D. 1888
  Willis Dickerson, County Judge P.C.C.N.
  
  Theophilus East and Frances Colbert were divorced in 1892:
  "Theophilus was divorced from Francis Colbert in Canadian Co., OT, circa 1892. ... he married Tessa M. Smithers in Chickasaw Nation, IT, 5 AUG 1897. Married under Chickasaw law & Marriage License"
  --  Chickasaw History, Francis Colbert, http://www.chickasawhistory.com/colbert/i0026899.h tm#i29612b
  
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  Fannie issued a sworn affidavit in 1897 about the details of her two marriage and separation form T H East.  She doe snot refer to the divorce that folliweed about a years at the separation in 1891.
  Affidavit by Francis East about her marriage and separation from Dr Theophilus East, witnessed by her nephew James Taylor Green, son of Jackson Green and Clarinda Barnett.
  First married to T H East 13 May 1884
  
  Married again due to some uncertainty as to the legality of the first marriage 12 April 1888, Willis Dickerson, County Judge of Pickens County, I T officiating.
  
  Lived together until June 1891.
  T H East built a house in Ardmore, and when he returned for her Francis refused to go with him.
  She attests that he never mistreated her or her children, was kind to her chidlren and tried to teach to read and write.
  
  Witnessed Taler (James Taylor) Green (nephew)
  
  Affidavit dated 10 February 1897
  
  --  Document courtesy of the research of Kati Jackson Cain, Jackson-Green genealogist, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 3 December 2015
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  In the 1898 Chickasaw census, Frances and Theophilus were reported.  Theophilus was added in the 1902 census to Frances' card with its earlier entries of 3 October 1898.
  
  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  Chickasaw Nation, Marietta, Census Field #1615, 25 Sep 1898, All Enrolled 1896 Pickens Co, p 26 (updates through 1902)
  1 Dawes' Roll #4315, Frances East, Age 67, Birth Abt 1831, 1/2 Chickasaw, Father David Colbert Dead Chickasaw, Mother Mamie Colbert Dead Chickasaw
  No 1 on Chickasaw Roll as Francis East
  Nos 1, 2 & 3 originally enrolled on Choctaw card # 336 and transferred to this card Oct 13, 1902
  2 Dawes' Roll #4316, Daniel Green, Age 24, Birth Abt 1874, 1/4 Chickasaw, 26 Father Daniel Green Dead Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  3 Dawes' Roll #4317, Charles Adams, Age 18, Birth Abt 1880, 1/4 Chickasaw, Father Charles Adams ---- Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  4 Dawes' Roll #648, Theophilus East, Age 50, Birth Abt 1848, Intermarried White, Father Alvis H East Dead Non-Citizen, Mother Jane East Dead Non-Citizen
  No 4 Enrolled by Department 1907, Transferred from Chickasaw Card No C-209
  Nos 1, 2 & 3 hereon approved by the Secretary of the Interior Mar 6, 1903
  No 4 hereon approved by the Secretary of the Interior Mar 4, 1907
  
  The Colbert family genealogy that had all these details about Fannie reported that Theophilus and Fannie died the same year, 1910.  But this can't be right, since I found the 1900 census record for 1900 showing her as a widow named Francis East.  Perhaps the date of Theophilus' death was in 1900 (before the census) instead of 1910.  Or maybe she reported herself as a widow instead of divorced again?
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #2
  East, Francis J  Head Indian (1/2 Choctaw)  Female Aug 1844  55 Widow  Ind Territory Mississippi Mississippi Farmer  Owns Farm  Can read and write
  Adams, Oliver L  Son Indian (3/4 Choctaw)  Male Dec 1881  18 Single Ind Territory Texas Ind Territory Farm Laborer  Cannot read and write
  Green, Dan  Son Indian (3/4 Choctaw)  Male April 1872  28 Widow  Ind Territory Georgia Ind Territory Farm Laborer  Cannot read and write
  
  All those reported as Indian are designated as Choctaw.  Chickasaw History reports that they were first registered as Choctaw, then later switched their registration to the Chickasaw Nation.  The Colberts were Chickasaw, and came to Indian Territory from Chickasaw Nation, Mississippi, in the Removal.  The reporting here as Choctaws is probably due to the earlier registration in Choctaw Nation, before moving south into Chickasaw Nation.
  
  Another interesting aspect of this report is that both Oliver and Dan are reported as 3/4 Indian (whether Choctaw or Chickasaw).  But for that to be true, Daniel David Green, and Charles Adams as well, would have been full blood.  Adams could have been, coming from Georgia, but though Green came from Georgia, we have no information that would indicate he and his family, my lineal ancestors, were full blood Chickasaw, or as much as 1/2 or 1/4.  We do have some Cherokee in the line.  So I cannot account for this report, other than a math error on the part of the enumerator.  There is a similar discrepancy in fractions in the Cochran report below for Fannie's son William.
  
  Oliver would be a son of Charles Adams.  A genealogy reports 2 children of Charles and Fannie, the other son being Charles, born about 1885 also in Indian Territory.  Dan is, of course, the son of Daniel David Green.  Note that Dan has already been married and widowed.  This is confirmed in the 1920 census, where we are told that his marriage with Sarah Powell is the 2nd marriage for both.  There were apparently no children from Dan's first marriage, and I have no name for the wife, nor even a reference.
  
  Next door to Fannie and these two sons is another son, Hunter Wm Cochran.  This would be William Hunter, apparently the only child of Fannie's first marriage with Samuel Hunter Cochran.  As in Fannie's household, all those reported as Indian are designated as Choctaw.
  
  William is reported as 3/4 Indian (Choctaw, though in reality he is Chickasaw), even though his father was White!  So he is actually a 1/2 blood.  A greater error is made somehow with the children, who are reported as 7/8, even though their mother also is White!
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #1
  Cochran, Hunter Wm  Head Indian (3/4 Choctaw)  Male Aug 1844  32 Married 6 years Ind Territory Mississippi Ind Territory Farmer  Owns Farm  Can read and write
  Cochran, Carrie A  Wife White Female Aug 1877  22  Married 6 years 3 children/3 living Alabama Alabama Alabama Can read and write
  Cochran, Wilie D  Dau Indian (7/8 Choctaw)  Female Aug 1894  5 Single Ind Territory Ind Territory Alabama
  Cochran, Verda  Dau Indian (7/8 Choctaw)  Female April 1898  2 Single Ind Territory Ind Territory Alabama
  Wood, William Boarder White Male Aug 1871  28 Married 0 yrs Ind Territory Kentucky Missouri Farm Laborer  Can read and write
  Wood, Allie Servant  White Female Sept 1881  18 Married 0 yrs Ind Territory Kentucky Missouri Farm Laborer  Can read and write
  
  In 1902 there was an Indian census.  The census cards report the tribal affiliation, the Dawes roll number and the census card number.  Fannie, her children and grandchildren were registered.  The reports of percentage of Indian genetic heritage is more accurate.
  
  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4062, Census Card
  Redie Jackson Green, Age 32, Birth Abt 1870, /4 Chickasaw
  Dawes' Roll #4063, Census Card #
  William Elvie Green, Age 12, Birth Abt 1890, 1/8 Chickasaw
  Dawes' Roll #4064, Census Card #
  Myrtle Emma Green, Age 22, Birth Abt 1880, 1/8 Chickasaw
  Tribal Affiliation Chickasaw By Blood
  
  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4315, Census Card #1615
  Frances East, Age 71, Birth Abt 1831, 1/2 Chickasaw
  Dawes' Roll #4316, Census Card #1615
  Daniel Green, Age 28, Birth Abt 1874, 1/4 Chickasaw
  Dawes' Roll #4317, Census Card #1615
  Charles Adams, Age 22, Birth Abt 1880, 1/4 Chickasaw
  Tribal Affiliation Chickasaw By Blood
  Charles Adams, Age 22, Birth Abt 1880, 1/4 Chickasaw
  Tribal Affiliation Chickasaw By Blood
  
  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4318, Census Card #1616
  Minnie Lee Thompson, Age 23, Birth Abt 1879, 1/4 Chickasaw
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4319, Census Card #1616
  Mamie Frances Thompson, Age 11, Birth Abt 1891, 1/8 Chickasaw
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4320, Census Card #1616
  Robert Lee Thompson, Age 9, Birth Abt 1893, 1/8 Chickasaw
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4321, Census Card #1616
  Emma Augusta Thompson, Age 5, Birth Abt 1897, 1/8 Chickasaw
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4322, Census Card #1616
  Jessie May Thompson, Age 3, Birth Abt 1899, 1/8 Chickasaw
  Tribal Affiliation Chickasaw By Blood
  
  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4323, Census Card #1617
  William Hunter Cochran, Age 34, Birth Abt 1868, 1/4 Chickasaw
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4324, Census Card #1617
  Willie Cochran, Age 7, Birth Abt 1895, 1/8 Chickasaw
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4325, Census Card #1617
  Vertis Cochran, Age 4, Birth Abt 1898, 1/8 Chickasaw
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4326, Census Card #1617
  Samuel T Cochran, Age 2, Birth Abt 1900, 1/8 Chickasaw
  Tribal Affiliation Chickasaw By Blood
  
  Chickasaw Roll, Citizens By Blood 1903
  Roll #4315  East, Frances 71 F  1/2  Census Card #1615
  Roll #4316  Green, Daniel 26 M  1/4  Census Card #1615
  Roll #4317  Adams, Charles 22 M  1/4  Census Card #1615
  Roll #4318 Thompson, Minnie Lee 28 F  1/4  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4319 Thompson, Mamie Frances 11 F  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4320 Thompson, Robert Lee 9 M  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4321 Thompson, Emma Augusta 5 F  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4322 Thompson, Jessie May 3 F  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4323 Chochran, William Hunter 34 M  1/4  Census Card #1617
  Roll #4324 Chochran, Willie 7 M  1/8  Census Card #1617
  Roll #4325 Chochran, Vertis 7 M  1/8  Census Card #1617
  Roll #4326 Chochran, Samuel T 2 M  1/8  Census Card #1617
  
  Thanks to Green family genealogist Jamie Pannell for two documents she procured for transactions by Francis.  A land allotment card and Power of Attorney she authorized for her son to represent her to get the allotment.
  
  Francis was applying for the allotment of her portion of the Chickasaw Nation lands in November 1903, when they were divesting the Nation and individualizing the former tribal communal land in preparation for the merger into a new state and assimilation of the Indian Nations into the general population.  This was a new policy of the US Federal government, already accomplished with the plains Indian reservations in the Unassigned lands just to the west of Chickasaw Nation, where the Oklahoma Territory had been proclaimed in 1899.
  
  Power of Attorney assignment to William Hunter Cochran
  by Francis East of Marietta, Indian Territory
  for the purpose of representing her to procure a land allotment in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations.
  witnessed by W L Hagan and W E Kinnsey
  Signed by Her Mark
  Notarized 7 November 1903, Northern District in and for Southern District, Indian Territory
  
  Chickasaw Land Allotment
  Frances East
  represented by William Hunter Cochran under power of attorney
  Chickasaw Roll #4315
  "as such citizen is entitled to an allotment of the lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations equal in value to $1041.28."
  (issued at) Tishomingo, Indian Territory, 11 Nov 1903
  
  Thanks to Jamie Pannell also for finding a registered mail receipt signed by Frances.  Note that the postmaster has filled her name in the from with the normal feminine spelling of Frances.  But she has signed it in the masculine spelling.  Other records also spelled her name the same as a man's name Francis.  This probably indicates that she and her family spelled it Francis, rather than Frances as modern sensibilities might expect.  Note that her son William Hunter Cochran signed as her "agent" (representative).  Her signature on her assignment of Power of Attorney to William in 1907 indicates she could not sign, making her mark at her name written for her.
  
  Registry Return Receipt
  From Postmaster at Marietta IT
  Registered Letter  #41835 Issued Muskogee, Indian Territory
  Addressed to Frances East
  25 April 1907
  Signed Francis East by her agent William Hunter Cochran (son)
  Chickasaw Roll #4135
  
  In the 1910 census Fannie is living with her son Charles Adams.  The entry is curious.  They are the second family group in Hse #85.  The first family is a white family named Ross, whose head is reported as Renting.  But Fannie is reported as Owning.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma, 27 April, Washington Township, District 173, page 5A, Hse #85, Fam #86
  East, Francis Head F Indian 73 Widow OK MS MS Occupation "Own Account" Owns
  Adams, Charles Son M Indian 25 Single OK TX OK
  
  This age of Charles presents a problem, since this would make his born the year or the year after Fannie married Theophilus East, after Charles' father, Charles Adams Sr, had passed away.  So this is unclear.  This is also inconsistent with the age reported in the 1902 Indian Census, which puts his birth at about late 1880 or early 1881.  One source reports that Fannie had no children with Charles Adams.  Yet both his sons in these censuses here were born during the time after their marriage.  Fannie's age is off also, since she is only 2 years older than reported in 1902.  Age 73 in 1910 would make her born in 1837.  So we have Fannie's birth reported as 1831, 1844 and 1837.
  
  In the 1910 census Fannie and Charles and the hosting Ross family are living next door to Fannie's son D G Green and his wife Sarah Powell in House #85, with Sarah's parents also in that household.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma, 5 May, Washington Township, District 171, page 17A, Hse/Fam #314
  Green, D G Head M W 40 Marriage 2 Married 3 years [mar abt 1907] OK US US Farmer Owns Farm [b abt 1870]
  Green, Sarah Wife F W 28 Marriage 2 Married 3 years AR AR TN No Occupation [b abt 1882]
  Powell, A Father-in-Law M W 70 Marriage 2 Married 44 years TN TN TN Own Account [b abt 1840]
  Powell, Manervia Mother-in-Law M W 67 Marriage 1 Married 44 years [mar abt 1866] TN US US No Occupation [b abt 1843]
  
  "Theophilus was divorced from Francis Colbert in Canadian Co., OT, circa 1892"
  --  Chickasaw History, "Francis Colbert" http://www.chickasawhistory.com/colbert/i0026899.htm#i26899 (no longer online)
  
  The 1900 census reported Fannie not as Divorced, but as a widow.  Perhaps this was because she reverted back to her widow status that she had before she married Theophilus.  But they were divorced, not married.
  
  Theophilus testified in his 1904 interview with the Dawes Commission in regard to his citizenship in the Chickasaw Nation that Fannie had left him and they divorced in about 1892 in Canadian County, Oklahoma Territory.  The transcript reports that he provided papers, but they were included in the transcription.
  
  The Colbert family genealogy I found with all this great information reported that Theophilus and Fannie died the same year, 1910.  But death records report that Theophilus died in 1917 in Colorado, from complications during surgery.
  
  The name of her gravestone is spelled Francis, as are most of the documents during her life.
  
  Gravestone of Francis East, New Johnsonville Cemetery, Johnsonville, Oklahoma
  "Thy Will be done"
  Francis East
  Aug 15, 1831
  June 20, 1915
  "She was a fond mother and a friend to all."
  
  "Far left tombstone of John William Thompson (husband of Minnie Lee Green Thompson Jones). Middle tombstone of Francis Colbert East (mother of Minnie Lee Green Thompson Jones). Far right presumed tombstone of 2nd husband Claude Jones. The name and dates are hand scribed and very faint but at the time I could make out the name Jones and maybe what looked like a "C". The date has to be before 1935-36 as Minnie moved west to Calif around that time. This has to be Claud Jones' marker."
  --  Cindy Pannell, Comment on an Ancestry Photo, New Johnsonville Cemetery, Marietta, McClain County, Oklahoma, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22836742/person/1386484846/fact/77353838878
  
  Francis Colbert Green East
  Birth Aug 15, 1831 Chickasaw County, Mississippi
  Death Jun 20, 1915 Oklahoma
  Spouses:
  Samuel T Cochran (1813 - 1869)
  Daniel David Green (1844 - 1878)
  Children:
  Samuel T Cochran (1866 - 1886)
  Tory E Thornton (1870 - 1886)
  Reddick J Green (1872 - 1906)
  Minnie Jones (1874 - 1938)
  Rosebud Green (1876 - 1876)
  Robert Louis Green (1877 - 1877)
  Emma A Green (1878 - 1892)
  Burial New Johnsonville Cemetery, Byars, McClain County, Oklahoma
  Created by Oklahoma Grave Walker Feb 25, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #48772176, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48772176

Sources

• 1. Gravestone of Frances Colbert Green East, New Johnsonville Cemetery, McClain County, Oklahoma
• 2. Chickasaw History
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  • 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4315, Census Card #1615
• 5. 1903 Chickasaw Roll, Citizens By Blood
• 6. 1910 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
  • 27 April, Washington Township, District 173, page 5A, Hse #85, Fam #86
• 7. Ancestry Trees
  • L Sherman, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=1153794&pid=-1984798304
• 8. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #2
• 9. Millennium Files, Ancestry.com
• 10. Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 11. Chickasaw Nation Archives
• 12. Kati Jackson Cain
• 13. Gravestones of Oklahoma
• 14. 1910 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
  • 14 May, Marietta City, District 171, page 24A, Hse/Fam #18
• 15. 1920 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
  • 24 April, Hickory Township, District 129, page 4B, Hse/Fam #70
• 16. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 17. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #1
• 18. Ancestry Trees
  • Powell Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12163053/family/familygroup
• 19. Gravestone of Reddick Jackson Green, Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, Love, Oklahoma
• 20. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 2 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #2
• 21. Ancestry Trees
  • Cindy Pannell, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22836742/person/1310328755
• 22. Gravestone of Tory E [Green] Thornton, Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, Love, Oklahoma
• 23. Ancestry Trees
  • Colbert, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2862548&id=I467&ftm=1
• 24. 1930 Federal Census, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
  • 17 April, Eagle Township, near Broken Bow, District 3, page 15B, Hse #312, Fam #324
• 25. 1910 Federal Census, McClain County, Oklahoma
  • 2 May, hopping Township, District 185, page 2A, Hse/Fam #7
• 26. 1930 Federal Census, McClain County, Oklahoma
  • 15 April, Moncrief Township, District 8, page 8B, Hse #121, Fam #126
• 27. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 13 June, Township 4, North Range 2E, District 134, page 22B, Hse #13, Fam #14
• 28. Gravestones of California
• 29. California, Death Index, 1905-1939
• 30. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 31. Gravestone of Rosebud Green, Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, Love, Oklahoma
• 32. Gravestone of Robert Lewis Green, Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, Love, Oklahoma
• 33. Ancestry Trees
  • Cindy Pannell, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22836742/person/1310328528
• 34. Gravestone of Emma A Thornton, Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, Love, Oklahoma
• 35. Love County Burials
  • Name: Name: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/love/cemeteries/list2.txt;;
  • Lakeview Cemetery
• 36. Ancestry Trees
  • Sherman, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1153794/person/-1984798304
• 37. OKGenWeb
• 38. Marriage License
  • Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Marriage Record, page 71 & 130
• 39. Marriage License
  • Lebanon, Pickens County, Indian Territory, Marriage Record, pages 71 & 130
• 40. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  • 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4317, Census Card #1615