Life History

Notes

• Sina's first husband was Lysanders (sometiems sen as Lysanders) Trahern.  We know of one son they had, Douglas Tahernm reported as on her Choctaw memberhsip card (see below).  She divorced him in 1890
  
  Choctaw Nation Divorces
  Sina Trahern v Divorce Lysanders Trahern
  Present at the hearing:
  Robert Benton, District Attorney
  J E McBrayer
  John H Perry, High Sheriff of Gaines County
  Decree 7 May 1890 Mosholatubbee Court, Gaines County, Choctaw Nation
  Isseud by Circuit Judge Mitchell Harrison
  Certified Copy 18 January 1903
  Document on FamilySearch
  
  Sina actually married Ridgely Bond in Fort Smith, Arkansas, under US law before being divorced from Lysander Trahern under Choctaw law, on 4 September 1889.  By Choctaw law, she was still marrired to her first husband, Lysander Trahern.  The Choctaw court decreed a divorce for the first marriage on 7 May 1890, and Sina married Ridgely under Choctaw law on 101 May 1890.
  
  Arkansas Marriages
  Ridgely Bond, resident of Choctaw Nation, Age 37
  Sinai (Sina) Trahern, resident of Choctaw Nation, Age 26
  Marriage 4 September 1889 Ft Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
  Ceremony by Steve Grier, Justice of the Peace
  recorded 4 September 1889
  
  The day after the Choctaw court divorce decree, a marriage license was issied for Sina Trahern and Ridgely Bond to marry under Choctaw law.  Their ceremony was performed on 10 May 1890.
  
  Choctaw Nation Marriages
  Ridgly Bond, Whiteman [sic], United States
  Sina Trahern, Choctaw by Blood, Sans Bois, Choctaw Nation
  Marriage license issued 8 May 1890 Gaines County, Choctaw Nation
  Marriage ceremony 10 May 1890 by Mitchell harrison, Circuit Judge, 1st District, Choctaw Nation
  Document on FamilySearch
  
  In his 1902 interview for enrollment in the Choctaw Nation, Ridgleyreported the details of their 1890 marriage and residence in Choctaw Nation.
  
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  Ridgely Bond, Application for Enrollment in the Choctaw Tribe, Interview
  Choctaw #4606 Intermarried
  South McAlester, Indian Territory
  
  Page 1
  Rigely Bond, Past 50 years old
  P O Address Kintah, Choctaw Nation
  Resident of Choctaw Nation almost 25 years, lived here continuously
  Claiming Intermarried rights in the Choctaw Nation
  Choctaw wife, Sina Bond, Choctaw citizen
  Marriage ceremony performed in Gaines County, Choctaw Nation in 1890, under tribal laws
  Ceremony performed by Judge Harrison
  Both were residents of Choctaw Nation at that time
  Not married before that [But records show Ridgely & Sina were married under US law in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1889]
  Sina was previously married to D Trahern [Lysander Trahern, D Trahern was their son Douglas], maiden name Sina Colbert
  Divorce between Sina and Lysander Trahern obtained in a circuit court in Wilburton (The record shows the divorce hearing was held and the decree issued in Mosholatubbee District, Gaines County, Choctaw Nation, but the locale was not named)
  
  Page 2
  Ridely and Sina have lived together continuously since that 1890 marriage as residents in Choctaw Nation
  
  Chas Diffendaffer, sworn as stenographer to the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, reported that this is a full and tree copy of the proceedings
  Testimony sworn 28 December 1902
  Certificaton of this record sworn 6 January 1903
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  David "Dave" Colbert and Amy "Mamie" had the following children:
  Leonidas Colbert (#26898). He was listed as a resident in the census report on '1855' Choctaw Roll, Skullyville Co., Choctaw Nation, IT, NOV/DEC 1856.
  Jinsey Colbert (#26900). She was listed as a resident in the census report on '1855' Choctaw Roll, Skullyville Co., Choctaw Nation, IT, NOV/DEC 1856.
  Charles Colbert (#26902). He was listed as a resident in the census report on '1855' Choctaw Roll, Skullyville Co., Choctaw Nation, IT, NOV/DEC 1856.
  Francis Colbert was born 15 AUG 1831.
  Nathaniel A. Colbert was born circa 1851.
  Agnes Colbert (#29608) was born in IT circa 1859. She married John H. Piepgrass. See Choctaw Dawes card 4626. (John H. Piepgrass is #29609.)
  John was born circa 1856. John was the son of Rudolph Piepgrass and Marie. John enrolled nr Alderson, Tobucksy Co., IT for the Dawes Choctaw Roll on 7 SEP 1899 and appears on Dawes card number 4626.
  Agnes enrolled near Alderson, Tobucksy Co., IT for the Dawes Choctaw Roll on 7 SEP 1899 and appears on Dawes card number 4626.
  Sina Colbert was born 2 SEP 1862.
  --  Chickasaw History, "David 'Dave' Colbert, http://www.chickasawhistory.com/colbert/i0026896.htm
  
  Sina and Rigely and tall of Sina's chidlren, along with three wards were enrolled in teh Choctaw Natoin by the Dawes Commission.  Their 1896 registratoin was update and approved in 1903.
  
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  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  Choctaw Nation, P O Sans Bois, Sans Bois County, Indian Territory, Census Field #4606, 1896, All Enrolled 1896, p 26 (updates through 1905)
  1 Dawes' Roll #12740, Sina Bond, Age 33 (b abt 1863) 1/2 Choctaw #577 Father David Colbert Dead Chickasaw, Mother ? Dead Skullyville Co
  2 Dawes' Roll #12741, Florence Bond, Dau Age 10, F (b abt 1876) 1/4 Choctaw #578 Father Ridgely Bond Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  3 Dawes' Roll #12742, May Bond, Dau Age 7 (b abt 1889) 1/4 Choctaw #579 Father Ridgely Bond Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  4 Dawes' Roll #12743, Bennett F Bond, Son Age 4 (b abt 1892) 1/4 Choctaw #580 Father Ridgely Bond Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  5 Dawes' Roll #12744, Wallace Bond, Son Age 11mos (b abt 1895) 1/4 Choctaw #?(581) Father Ridgely Bond Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  6 Dawes' Roll #12745, Sidney Bond, Ward Age 11 (b abt 1885) 1/2 Choctaw #582 Father Wallace Bond  Dead Sans Bois, Mother Lily McGilbrary [sic] Dead
  7 Dawes' Roll #12746, Green M Bond, Ward Age 7 (b abt 1889) 1/2 Choctaw #583 Father Wallace Bond  Dead Sans Bois, Mother Lily McGilbrary [sic] Dead
  8 Dawes' Roll #12747, Nicholas Dyer, Ward  Age 17 (b abt 1879) full Choctaw #3513 Father Jim Dyer Dead Sans Bois, Mother Lucy  --- Dead Sans Bois
  9 Dawes' Roll #12748, Douglas Trahern, Son Age 17 (b abt 1879) M 1/2 Choctaw #11816 Father Lysander Trahern Skullyville, Mother No 1
  10 Dawes' Roll #12749, Martha Trahern, Dau Age 14 (b abt 1881) F 1/2 Choctaw #11817 Father Lysander Trahern Skullyville, Mother No 1
  11 Dawes' Roll #IW462, Ridgely Bond, Hus Age 47 (b abt 1892) M Intermarried White, Father George Bond ded Non-Citizen, Mother Rebecca A Bond Dead Non Cit
  
  No 4 on roll as Bennette Bond
  Evidence of marriage between No 1 & 11 filed Feby 14, 1903
  Evidence of divorce between No 1 & former husband filed Feby 14, 1903
  Approved by Secretary of the Interior 12 September 1903
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  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Florence Bond Stidham [Florence Bond Bond]
  Birth 1 Jan 1890 San Bois, Oklahoma
  Father Ridgely Bond
  Mother Sina Colbert
  SSN 559127812
  29 Dec 1954 Name listed as FLORENCE BOND STIDHAM
  
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  Sina Colbert Bond
  Birth 6 Sep 1862
  Death 29 Mar 1953 (aged 90)
  Burial San Bois Cemetery, Kinta, Haskell County, Oklahoma, USA
  
  Parents:
  David Colbert 1811-1887
  
  Spouses:
  Lysander Trahern 1851-1909
  Ridgely Bond 1852-1918
  
  Children:
  Isabelle Trahern McFerran 1882-1942
  Sidney Charles Bond 1888-1945
  Bennett Forrest Bond 1895-1978
  Wallace F Bond 1898-1937
  
  Created by MillieBelle 5 Feb 2008
  --  Find a Grave Memorial 24420045, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24420045/sina-bond
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Sources

• 1. Chickasaw History
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Arkansas Marriage Certificate
• 4. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 5. 1910 Federal Census, Haskell County, Oklahoma
  • 27 April, Kinta, District 84, page 22A, Hse #121, Fam #131
• 6. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 7. Choctaw Nation Marriage Records
• 8. Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 9. California Death Index, 1940-1997
• 10. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
• 11. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 12. 1940 Federal Census, Riverside County, California
  • 11 April, Banning, District 33-66, Page 11A, 440 North Haywood, Hse #219, Owns $2000
• 13. Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current