Thursday, June 7, 2012

Confirmation is Sweet

Recently I was looking around Find A Grave to see if I could find any more family information.  I came across a photo of my grandfather's great-aunt Elizabeth Hise.  It is the very first photo I've seen of anyone in his family.  My mother said there were photos, but what happened to them is a mystery.  What was so very sweet is that it's clear the woman had Native ancestry.

Here is a photo of her great-nephew Frederick Wilson:


Family lore said that half of Fred's ancestry was Native.  I was able to confirm Native ancestry on both sides of his mother Viola V. Hise's family.  Viola and Elizabeth's father Solomon Hise was clearly marked as part-white on the census records, although some people didn't agree.  I don't think they liked what I found.  They planted doubt in my mind, though, so I was very happy to find confirmation that I knew what I was doing.

Elizabeth Hise married Enoch Whitted 30 Oct 1851 in Rockville, Indiana.  Their children were:

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  1. My great great grandmother is Ivy Pearl Hise. She was born 1884 in Arkansas. I believe her father was Jonathan Hise. She married John Ross in 1900 Scott County Arkansas. John Ross was born 1878 in Arkansas. They all moved to Oklahoma in the 1900s. I believe this is the same Hise family. John and Ivy had a daughter Velma Mae Ross who is my great grandmother. She married Jesse Fallis Powell. He was born 1896 in Cravens OK. They had several children. Including my grandfather Everett F Powell born 1926 Hartshorn Oklahoma. Everett married Beatrice Elizabeth Connolly. They had several Children including my father Ricky F Powell born 1953 in Washington. I am Dianna Powell born 1986 in Washington. I was told Ivy Hise was Sioux and married in to the Cherokee blood line. This is all I have.

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