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Theodore Henry : Toad " BENTON

Theodore Henry : Toad " BENTON

Male 1880 - 1967  (86 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Theodore Henry : Toad " BENTON was born on 22 Sep 1880 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (son of Charles Henry BENTON and Mary Ann TURNBULL); died on 15 Mar 1967 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas.

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    Theodore married Onie D. FITZER on 9 Aug 1906 in Caddo, Blue County, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Onie was born in Dec 1888; died on 5 Oct 1961 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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    Children:
    1. Irene BENTON was born on 11 Jul 1907 in Oklahoma; and died.
    2. Cecil Fredrick BENTON was born on 19 Nov 1909 in Oklahoma; and died.
    3. Charles Wesley BENTON was born on 23 Aug 1911 in Oklahoma; and died.
    4. Bernice BENTON was born in 1914 in Oklahoma; and died.
    5. Ray Turner BENTON was born on 1 May 1916 in Oklahoma; and died.
    6. Woodrow BENTON was born in 1919 in Oklahoma; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Henry BENTON was born in May 1847 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; and died.

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    Charles married Mary Ann TURNBULL about 1877 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. Mary (daughter of Turner Brashears " Brashears " Sr. TURNBULL and Angelico " Jerico" PERKINS) was born on 22 Jan 1856 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died on 5 Feb 1917 in Bryan County, Oklahoma; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann TURNBULL was born on 22 Jan 1856 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (daughter of Turner Brashears " Brashears " Sr. TURNBULL and Angelico " Jerico" PERKINS); died on 5 Feb 1917 in Bryan County, Oklahoma; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.

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    Children:
    1. Charles Henry (Twin) BENTON was born on 14 Apr 1844 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; died on 12 Apr 1902 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma.
    2. Clemon Fleming (Twin) BENTON was born on 14 Apr 1844 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; died on 27 Mar 1902 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma.
    3. Mathis Hart BENTON was born in 1877 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died in 1898 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.
    4. Hepzibeh " Sissy " BENTON was born on 18 Sep 1878 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; and died.
    5. 1. Theodore Henry : Toad " BENTON was born on 22 Sep 1880 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died on 15 Mar 1967 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas.
    6. James Henry " Crow " BENTON was born in 1888 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died in 1961 in Oklahoma.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Turner Brashears " Brashears " Sr. TURNBULL was born on 6 Apr 1816 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw Nation-Mississippi (son of George TURNBULL and Sarah BRASHEARS); died on 2 Dec 1877 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.

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    • Name: Brashears
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    Turner married Angelico " Jerico" PERKINS in 1840 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Angelico was born in 1826 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1893 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Angelico " Jerico" PERKINS was born in 1826 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1893 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.

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    • Name: Jerico
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    Children:
    1. Leroy TURNBULL was born in Nov 1840 in Red River District, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died in Mar 1882 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.
    2. Simeon TURNBULL was born on 25 Dec 1843 in Red River District, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died on 11 May 1881 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.
    3. Daniel TURNBULL was born on 18 Jan 1844 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died in Mar 1871 in Blue, Bryan County, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.
    4. Melvina TURNBULL was born in 1849 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died after 1855 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma.
    5. Turner Brashears Jr. TURNBULL was born on 22 Nov 1851 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died on 2 Apr 1908 in Bryan County, Oklahoma; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.
    6. 3. Mary Ann TURNBULL was born on 22 Jan 1856 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died on 5 Feb 1917 in Bryan County, Oklahoma; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.
    7. Harriett (Twin) TURNBULL was born on 6 May 1860 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died on 6 May 1860 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
    8. Julia Ann (Twin) TURNBULL was born on 6 May 1860 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died on 28 Mar 1926 in Gerty, Hughes County, Oklahoma.
    9. Angeline " Andie " TURNBULL was born in 1864 in Mt. Pleasant, Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; died in 1897 in In Childbirth.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  George TURNBULL was born about 1791 in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (son of John TURNBULL and Chickasaw Woman); died in 1860 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Blue County.

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    FROM LESA FROMMER:
    George married a fullblood Choctaw, giving him a definite tie to the Choctaws. Some speculate she may have been a daughter of Apuckshenubbe, Chief of the Western district in Mississippi with a relationship to Tobaca also a chief of the western division. Her name was thought to be Sarah, a member of the Lobutcha Clan. George was a signer of the Treaty of Doaks Stand in 1820, the first attempt at the Choctaw removal, and was listed as being a recipient of land under Article 14 of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit in 1830. He helped enumerate the Choctaws who would also qualify, and in one reference he is described as a "well educated half breed who knew his people well." He also had a brother William who achieved status as a Choctaw Captain. William died in 1830 from a drowning accident near his home in Grenada, Mississippi (His son Captain Anthony Turnbull came to Indian Territory as well as his son, Sam and a daughter Felicity Long Turnbull Reynolds). In the famous Choctaw Chief Peter P. Pitchlynn's personal papers at Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa is the original of the Choctaw Constitution made June 1834 at "Turnbull's Stand" on Jack's Fork of the Kiamichi. This site is thought to be Anthony Turnbull's trading post where the old military road from that ran from Ft. Smith to Horseprairie crossed the Kiamichi River. As Captain, Anthony brought one of the earliest groups in the removal in 1832. Contrary to most of the other Turnbull's who were mainly Presbyterian, Anthony established one of the early Methodist Mission Churches in the Scullyville area.

    According to the Choctaw Emigration Records, George Turnbull and his family of ten plus the nine slaves arrived at Red River, Indian Territory December 12, 1833 after having left Mississippi in October. His son Turner arrived the next day with his unnamed wife. This marriage was annulled in 1864. The youngest of the clan was his brother John P., a baby of 3 months when the trip began. The fact that one so young endured the trip is amazing in and of itself when so many died along the way.

    George was an old man when he arrived in Indian Territory, first locating in the Red River District. It is believed his Sarah may have died here in about 1845. About this time he seemed to have moved close to his son Brashears. Because the name Brashears occurs so often in the Turnbull family, although still unproven, it is thought there was some connection with another great Mississippi trader Turner Brashears. There is justification for believing there is a tie. From the name stand point none of the children, generation after generation, seem to be named by casual decisions. Every name can be traced to some close previous ancestor. Both George Turnbull and Turner Brashears were frequently in the same place at the same time. Some researchers believe they may have been brothers-in-law. Just to complicate matters a little more there were actually two Turner Brashears in the Choctaw Nation at this time when Turner Brashears Turnbull Sr. was born. The other was a famous Choctaw translator.

    Copies of church records reflect George joined the Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Mission church in 1845. It was established in 1844 by his son Brashears and Jerico, who were in a group of six families which moved up the Clear Boggy to help found the Presbyterian Mission that was named Mt. Pleasant, Tomahushi. This was only about two miles from where Turner, Jr., more than forty years later, was to build his big house at the edge of the prairie. According to best estimates and unlike most of the other Turnbull men, George lived to be almost one hundred years old. In the 1855 Choctaw Census he is shown as a head of house, living alone. His will was filed January, 1860 in Atoka. A microfilm copy is in the State Historical Society archives. In it, he acknowledges his son Turner (Brashears) for caring for him in his old age at great personal and financial sacrifice and leaves him 1/3 of total monies of his estate. In all George apparently had seven other children who came to Indian Territory with him and Sarah. Also surviving at the time of his death were Nancy Turnbull Bohanan, Catherine Turnbull Jones, Sarah Turnbull and John P. Turnbull. Another daughter, Rebecca Turnbull Kemp, was already deceased. Many of their descendants are on the rolls. Although a great deal is known of George's life, no one knows where either his Sarah or he is buried. Since he died before the Turnbull cemetery was established, his grave could be close to Mt. Pleasant. The remains of a slave cemetery are still there or it could be in one of several overgrown somewhat abandoned cemeteries in the area. Considerable effort has been expended to find where George and Sarah came to rest.

    George married Sarah BRASHEARS about 1814 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw Nation-Mississippi. Sarah (daughter of Robert Turner " Turner " BRASHEARS and "Jane" Hotioka APUKSHUNNUBBEE) was born about 1791 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw Nation-Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Sarah BRASHEARS was born about 1791 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw Nation-Mississippi (daughter of Robert Turner " Turner " BRASHEARS and "Jane" Hotioka APUKSHUNNUBBEE); and died.

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    1. George TURNBULL was born before 1816 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw Nation-Mississippi; and died.
    2. 6. Turner Brashears " Brashears " Sr. TURNBULL was born on 6 Apr 1816 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw Nation-Mississippi; died on 2 Dec 1877 in Blue County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; was buried in Turnbull Family Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma.
    3. Nancy TURNBULL was born about 1818 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi; died after 1860 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.
    4. Katherine TURNBULL was born about 1820 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi; and died.
    5. Rebecca TURNBULL was born about 1824 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi; and died.
    6. Sarah TURNBULL was born about 1828 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi; and died.
    7. John P. TURNBULL was born on 21 Jul 1833 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw Nation-Mississippi; died on 8 May 1894 in Goodland, Kiamitia County, Indian Territory, Oklahoma.