1. Jobe Joshua CHERRY - 983
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Birth Date: 5 February 1868
Birth Place: Texas
Death Date: 7 June 1931
Death Place: Texas
Burial Place: Carthage Texas
Oddfellows Cemetery
Notes:
He is buried in Oddfellows
Cemetery along with 6 or 7 of his children in Carthage.
Spouse: Erie Rosallee HUDSON
- 984
Birth Date: 9 December 1875
Birth Place: In Beaumont
Texas
Death Date: 10 October 1971
Death Place: In Beaumont
Burial Place: City Cemetery
Spouse Father: Henry Harrison
HUDSON - 1957 (1842-1933)
Spouse Mother: Martha
Elizabeth EAST - 1958 (1849-1893)
Spouse Notes:
She had a mild stroke in
February 1968 but recovered completely. She had a ruptured gall bladder when she was 95
and had surgery. She never recovered and died about two weeks after the surgery.
She was able to care for herself up until the time of the ruptured gall bladder.
She lived with Chrlie B. and Jewel for many years. Brenda Cherry Sullivan as
been kind enough to donate all this informtion and the information regarding Joshua
Cherry.
Marriage Date: 1 December
1892
Children:
Marcus Howard - 837
Charles B - 1194
Jesse - 1195
Barbara - 1196
Alice - 1197
TRAVIS LYNN - 2014
CLARA - 2015
LOIS - 2016
Claude B - 752
Travis Lynn - 9796
(2) 1.1 Marcus Howard CHERRY
Sr - 837
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Birth Date: 22 September 1913
Birth Place: In Logans Pt.
La.
Death Date: 14 October 1969
Death Place: Brookside
cemetery On 59 North Houston
Burial Place: Doctors
Hospital Houston Tx.
Occupation: Machinist
Education: Mason 32nd Degree Heights
Religion: Baptist
Notes:
Mr Cherry worked as a
machinist for WKM,and he was a 32nd Degree Mason with all rights,from a phone all
yesterday 6/2/1999. Mr.Cherry was a memberin good standing of the Woodland Lodge no.1157
on Sweetwater at I-45 and El Camino Road. Mr.Cherry was a nice man,he was always good to
me, Flora, and his grandchildren, there weren't many times that he didn't have a smile on
his face.
Mr.Cherry went to school in
Kilgore Texas and took Machine Shop,there is a vocational school.
Medical: Died of sugar
diabetes,bur he went into a coma and never came out of it. I believe Mr.Cherry was
murdered
Research:
Vocational Training Record
Kilgore Natl. Defense
Training School
Kilgore,Texas:
This is to certify that
Marcus Howard Cherry has satisfactorily completed vocational training at this schoolin the
units on the reverse side of this card. The Federal Security Agency, the U.S.Office of
Education and the War Department have issued this card.
Signature of school official
C.J.Mosley
8/29/1941 Supervisor
Engine Lathe Operator:
1941 Shop work covering use
of hand and bench tools; use of lathe for straight and taper turning and threading inside
and out, finish machining,filing and polishing, knurling, eccentric turning, precision
grinding in chuck and between centers; use of jigs, fixtures and special attachments.
Mathematics,lay out 75 and blue print reading as related to machine tool operation.
Units of training
(Preporatory-Extension) 13
School Years 12
Clock hours of training 14
Copy of this document copied
from original 5/16/1999,with Anna Lee
Cherry,copy in my possession.
Spouse: Anna Lee COLQUITT -
838
Birth Date: 18
Birth Place: 10/23/1917 In
Panola County Texas
Occupation: Sales Clerk Courtesy Booth
Education: Murvael High
School
Religion: Baptist
Spouse Father: John Franklin
COLQUITT - 985 (-1980)
Spouse Mother: Georgia Ella
Jean RITTER - 986 (1883-1963)
Spouse Notes:
Please support your lodge and
if you elect an officer,please take time out to support her. Make all your plans to be at
Lodge on Lodge night.Please plan your pleasure and other obligations on other nights other
than Lodge nights.
Pride is one of our
obligations.Dress your best.Look your best and work your best for harmony andfriendship....your
Lodge.
Don't forget to welcome
visitors when they arrive,and welcome each member before you seat yourself at work. Be
socialable after Lodge.Don't be in a hurry to rush out because we meet only once a week.
Work together,play together,and pray together.
Your Noble Grand
Anna Lee Simpson
Louise Reinicke Lodge #280
Installation of Officers
1 13 1976
Noble Grand
Anna Lee "Cherry"
Simpson
Vice Grand
Mamie Clement
Meetings
Each tuesday,8 P.M.
1073 Way St.
Houston,Tx. 77028
Prayer
The Lord is my shepard I
shall not want.
Motto
Do unto others as you would
have them do unto you.
Flowers
Talisman roses
Emblem
The stairs to the Stars
Colors
Pastels-Peach and White
Talisman
SHARE YOUR GLORY!
THERE IS NO PRJECT ON THIS
EARTH....
THAT YOU CAN DO ALONE.....
NO DEED,HOWEVER GREAT OR
SMALL.....
THAT YOU MAYY CALL YOUR
OWN...
FOR ALWAYS THERE IS SOMEONE
ELSE..
OR TWO OR THREE OR MORE...
WITHOUT WHOSE HELP YOU NEVERWOULD...
HAVE MADE SO HIGH A SCORE..
YOU MAY PUT OVER CIVIC
DRIVES..
OR THOSE FOR CHARITY..
BUT YOU ARE HELPED BY
VOLUNTEERS..
WHO WORKED SO WILLINGLY..
EXCLUSIVELY HELP...
IN WHAT YOU STRIVE TO DO..
IF JUST A SMILE OR FRIENDLY
WORD...
ONE MOMENT OF
TODAY...
YOU HAVE TO SHARE YOUR GLORY
WITH EACH BROTHER AND SISTER ALONG THE WAY
A TRUE FRIEND IS A BLESSING
WHAT MADE US FRIENDS LONG AGO
WHEN WE FIRST MET,WELL,I KNOW
THE BEST IN ME,THE BEST IN
YOU
HAILED EACH OTHER BECAUSE
THEY KNEW
THAT ALWAYS AND ALWAYS SINCE
THE WORLD BEGAN
OUR BEING FRIENDS WAS PART OF
GODS PLAN
THIS IS A WONDERFUL WOMAN AND
FRIEND BELIEVE ME IF YOU EVER KNOW ANNA LEE YOU MUST KNOW SHE IS A WOMAN OF HER
CONVICTIONS. SHE HELPED ME RAISE MY KIDS CHRISTINA, MARCUS, JEREMY, PATRICK,AND STEPHANIE.
THEY LOVE HER DEARLY AND I DO ALSO. MOM IS LIKE AN OLD OAK TREE STRONG, AND EVERLASTING.
SHE WAS A GOOD MOTHER AND WIFE.LONNIE SIMPSON WAS A NICE MAN,CLARENCE GEORGE WAS OKAY AND
MR. KEITH A DOLL.SHE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR EVERYBODY,IF EVER THERE WAS A SAINT IT HAS TO BE CALLED ANNA LEE.
Marriage Date: 17 October
1934
Marriage Place: Gary Texas
Children: Marcus Howard - 830
Travis Lynn Sr - 1006
Johnny Wayne - 1007
Barbara Nell - 1008
Marcus Howard CHERRY Jr - 830
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Birth Date: 28 February 1947
Birth Place: Orange Texas
Occupation: U.S.Armed Forces
Retired E-8 Stewart & Stevenson Houston
Te
Religion: Baptist
Notes:
S.S. # 461-70-779
From May 10 1963 to December
31 1984 U.S.Army
Co.A., 25th Aviation
Battalion
181st Assault Helicopter
Company
611 Transportation Company
September 1967-1984
Assisstant Security Manager,processing military intelligence information.top secret
Security Clearance with the SBI. Marcus spent a tour in Germany, Korea, Hawaii, South
America during the Iran Contra Affair, Viet nam. Marcus I believe did work for the CIA
during his stay in the Army, the Viet Nam War caused our break up he volunteered for duty
there. During the Iran Contra Affair Sgt Cherry was over the jungle, taking pictures of
our Army building Airfields.
Marcus is a good father he
loves his children and he is an honorable man. I will always hold a place in my heart for
him. He was a good soldier, upholding the red, white, and blue. Never once did he shriek
from dutykeeping in touch with his vow for honor. From Germany to Viet Nam wherever they
commanded him to serve he did it and did it well.
REDS DeFECTING
to ALLIED SIDE In GROWING NUMBERS
Saigon: South Vietnam said
today 14,393 Comuunist Soldiers and "shadow government" personnel have defected
to the allied side in the past three months because of the setbacks they had
suffered." The main reason for their decision to rally to the just national cause was
that they had found it impossible to endure the dangers and hardships of life in the
Communist ranks and sustain their repeated military and political setback", it said.
Among the defectors were 647 regular soldiers, 538 regional force troops, 9,046 guerillas
and 3,802 ploitical cadre or part of the Viet cong "shadow government" in Viet
Nam. Government spokesperson issued the
announcement as light fighting continued across South Vietnam,with no American losses
reported in Combat that Frdiay and this morning 145 Communist Soldiers. Military
spokeperson said US B52 stratofortresses flew six overnight raids, bombing from 29 miles
east of Saigon to 246 miles northeast of the capital in strikes against suspected guerilla
buildups...Eight towns and allied camps under rocket or mortar attack late Friday
and this morning,including the headquarters of a brigade of the US 25th Infantry Division
57 miles north of Saigon. No casualties were reported. Most of the fighting centered near
Mo Duc Village, 310 miles northeast of Saigon in the northern war zone.Spokesman said
South Vietnamese militiamen caught aplatoon of guerillas in an ambush there Friday night,
killing 20 against four of their own wounded...Later government troops beat off a small
ground attack and counted bodies of six North Vietnamese Soldiers afterwards, also near Mo
Duc at Cut Bank. There were no South Vietnamese losses...Closer to Saigon, some US
helicopter gunships provided searchlight illumination while others attacked a Communist
Unit in the Michelin Rubber Plantation during the night, killing 13 soldiers,spokemen
said.
I have a few old newspapers
and thought I might share some articles...Flora
NAVY NIPS Khe Sanh
Attack
Saigon (UPI) U.S.Navy pilots
broke up another North Vietnamese probing attack against the outer defenses of Khe Sanh,a
military spokesman disclosed today. Renewed fighting was reported at two areas along the
DMZ but there were no details. US
Spokesperson reported 542 Americans were killed and 2,191 wounded in Vietnam last week,
most of them in the fighting at Hue and near the DMZ. The figure was one short of the
heaviest toll of the war when 542 were killed in the week of Feb. 11-17. A spokesman said
the guerilla ground probe struck Wednesday three miles north of the main Khe Sanh Marine
base in the northwestern corner of South Vietnam. Size of the attacking force was not
disclosed and there was no report of casualties. The
spokesman said the last week another 2,191 U.S. servicemen suffered wounds in action.
Allied troops reported killing 3,849 Communists in the same week. U.S. forces suffered a record 543 men killed in
the week of Feb. 11-17. The spokesmen said that most of the 542 killed last week fell in
the battles along the North-South Vietnam border and in the former imperial capital of
Hue, 40 miles below the border.U.S.commanders reported Marines of the 3rd and 1st
Divisions today battling North Vietnamese invaders near the leatherneck border bastion of
Con Thien. High ranking American military
sources said the Communists apparently aim at pushing through the border defenses and once
more driving against Hue, scene of a 25 day battle last month, that was the bloodiest
battle of the war-More than 4,600 Communists were slain. Leathernecks supported by Army
helicopter gunships and artillery killed 91 Communists Wednesday in a series of clashes
below the northern border's DMZ. US Spokesperson said 15 Marines were killed. The North Vietnamese have up to 50,000 troops
poised in the border area for Hanoi's largest offensive of the war, according to the
intelligence reports said. The big push could come at anytime. At Khe Sanh,the surrounded
Marine fort anchors the western end of the allied anti-invasion line, Communist fire shot
down a US Air Force C123 Wednesday, killing all 48 persons aboard, American spokesman
said. Earlier the spokesmen said 49 men had been killed in the two engine transport's
fireball crash. US jet pilots Wednesday
flew 83 missions against the North Vietnam. Navy A6 Intruder pilots bombed the Red River
port inside Hanoi, 1.8 miles from the capital's center. The all weather jets also hit the
Van Dien battery plant seven miles south of Hanoi.
Well, I have more hope you
all find something in these. I love America and the thought of all of those young men
dying always brings tears to my eyes. Flora
Research:
The Houston
Chronicle
The second wreck occurred
about 12:40 A.M. in the 2300 block of Turner Road. Robert Charles Koepen 21, of 2925
Sherwick, was killed when his car failed to make a turn and ran offt the road. The car
struck a tree, flipped over and came to a rest on its top after striking a second tree. A
passenger, Glenn Wayne Crump 21, of 37 De Boll, said Koeppen was showing him his new car
when the accident occurred. Koeppen was traveling about 70 miles an hour when he lost
control of his car, Crump said. Accident investigatot E.E Freytag said the speed limit is
30 miles per hour at the location of the accident. Crump was treated for minor injuries at
Heights Hospital and released.
I included this because Bobby
was really a nice guy and Marcus's best friend.
Spouse: Flora Jeanne NEWBY -
802
Birth Date: 12 February 1948
Birth Place: Dayton Tn Rhea
County
Occupation: Manager Clubs
Sports Bars
Education: North Harris
County College Tulsa Jr,college
Religion: Catholic
Spouse Father: George Allen
NEWBY - 53 (1921-1979)
Spouse Mother: Jeanne VARNEY
- 799 (1925-)
Spouse Notes:
I already had Christina
Athans when I met Marcus Cherry Jr.She was probably 3 months old. I was living at a
trailor on Crosstimbers Blvd. Since david and I were not getting along and I moved in with
my friend named Kay. I got a job at a place called Prince's Drive In on Jensen Drive in
North Houston. It was really a cool place you wore skates to take orders and deliver
food,the uniform was shorts whie shirt and a little blue jacket.The place was hot there
were always hot cars on the back lot and that's where I worked and I made good money.Mark
had a burgandy ford mustang,with chrome rims and glass packs. The car was equipped with a
three speed shifter and a holley four barrel. It was a 1965 1/2,a fast car. The guys,all
the really cool guys,came on the weekends,with all the fast cars. We closed at
midnight,until then everyone sat on the back row and watched all the cars show up to plan
our strategy for the evening. We sold long necks cokes malts and food,and of course we all
had a few beers, no one got drunk, I promise,just had a beer and waited for the cars to
show up so we could plan our nightly races.Bobby Copeland had a ford fairlane jet black
headers dumps holley four barrels, he had white pin stripes down the sides. He had a four
speed hurst shifter, it was really fast and he raced it often,just like everybody.We went
from Prince's on the Northside to the one downtown. None of the northsiders liked
southsiders,so they competed back and forth taking each other's money. $100 bucks a
quarter mile. We had to switch places all the time because of the cops so it was Holley
Hall,Lake Houston,or the New Airport. These guys went to Smiley High or Sam Houston and
everyone knew each other. Mark lived on Turner Drive then right off of Jensen.But we
alternated race places to keep from getting busted.
You know something really
bothers me about this campaign,it stinks. We as Americans should learn from War and the
reasons for it. I want to bring upsome points here. First, is Vietnam. Eisenhower offers
American Aid to support Ngo Dinh Diem on 10/23/1954. Of course the terminology was for
"humanitarian aid". Nearly 58,000 Americans died in that Campaign.W hen the
second World War ended they should have kept going.But they didn't.We have Communist China
and Russia to worry about. I liked Ike so do not get upset. You know the French owned
Vietnam for over a hundred years. I am sure they had quite a financial interest invested
in that country.But they wanted their country back,and it was a War that was not intended
to be won.M any important people in our Government and in businesses had vested interests
in the manufacture of planes and arms,s o they had to recoup their investments. The
philosophy "if we don't stop the Reds in South Viet Nam tomorrow they will be in
Hawaii and next San Francisco". Australian, French, British and American
troops,patriots the lot,died in that little country and the money lined someone's
pockets.The point is whoever decided to wage
the War knew a whole lot more about interests than we did. I have six cousins and a
husband there. My husband was never the same after that,and eventually we divorced,so that
War cost me and my children a lot of pain,and strife. I recall going to the Rice Hotel, in
fact I have a picture,and talking with George Sr, about his son's contribution, to the
Vietnam Campaign, and was met with a surly look and a hateful remark. I told him I did not
agree with their _____ policies and did not like Americans dying for nothing. Now during
the Iran-Contra Affair:
Is it true that the Cherokee
lived in log cabins ? That the white man
learned how to build log cabins from the Cherokee?
>> I can't say what buildings the Cherokees lived in, but the Swiss brought
the basic design of their log houses with them and this is where the New Englanders, etal,
learned how to build them. It was the easiest for settlers pushing away from
"civilization" to build on their own or with a few good hands. One thing we
learned in sociology is that ideas are not restricted to one group or another. It's entirely possible that two or more cultures,
thousands of miles apart, could independently look at a problem andconceive of the same
solution. Culture dispersion is one concept,
but not the only. More than likely each culture used refinements of a basic concept in
different ways. The Swiss faced the
horrendous Alpine winters and had to find a way to survive.
The winters were less severe in New England, but still bad enough. Adaptation to
each had to be made. The Cherokees may have lived in less severe winters and adapted even
more their own indendent method of building log cabins and as they moved further south,
even more refined log cabins. Southern "shotgun" houses are an African concept,
but again, I dare say any culture in the deep south or semi-tropical areas would have some form of this shotgun house. Captain John Smith reported on some near
Jamestowne in the "long houses" of the natives.
Shirley
So long ago
In every corner
A memory sits
And hangs around
The valiant soldiers
They came a'marchin
Bringing freedon home
She was hanging loose
Blowing in the wind
On the wings of doves
Came her dreams
Not knowing where to go
There are people here
and people there
In the night you can hear
them cry
Oh where does freedom go?
In the tiny villages
The cities high and tall
In the small valleys
Close to the streams.
Oh America,so beautiful
Please let our freedom ring
Our forefather's sit on high
In majestic places
what do they think?
While our people
ponder and rage over
The condition of our country.
Our silent prayers,
They can not be said out loud
We place our hand over our
hearts
And Pledge Allegiance to our
country
From one end to the other
There is strife and unrest
Unsure of what tomorrow can
bring
I say get down on our knees
And ask him please
For guidance and direction.
It is true
This land is your land
This land is my land
From sea to shining sea.
What went wrong?
Who is to blame?
Now what is the legacy
In the eyes of our mother
As she changes
With each season
The dissappointment is cast
For all of us.
The love of our fellow man.
Is sinking and slowly fading.
Into oblivion
We are all the same
Red is the color that flows
in our vains.
Is it not the same within us
all
We are born,and we die
It is what we venture forth
as a quest
To search for that dream
Called American.
For each us us
Are different
But we all came from the same
Seed.
Flora Newby
February 12 1998
3243 Old Chapel
Spring Texas 77373
281 353 4226
fnewby@ev1.net
Taps
We have all heard the
haunting melody of "Taps." It's the song that gives us that lump in our throats
and usually tears in our eyes. But do you
know the story behind the song? If not, I think you will be pleased to find out about its
humble beginnings.
Reportedly, it all began in
1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near
Harrison's Landing, Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow
strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellisombe heard the moans of a soldier who was
severely wounded on the field. Not knowing if
it was a Union or Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring the
stricken man back for medical attention.
Crawling on his stomach
through the gunfire, the Captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward
the encampment. When the Captain finally
reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the
soldier was dead. The Captain lit a lantern
and suddenly caught his breath and went numb with shock.
In the dim light he saw the face of the soldier.
It was his own son.
The boy had been studying
music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, the boy enlisted in
the Confederate Army. The following morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission to
give hisson a full military burial despite his enemy status. His request was only
partially granted. The Captain had asked if
he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for his son at the
funeral. The request was denied since the
soldier was a Confederate. But, out of respect for the father, they did say they could
give him one musician.
The Captain chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series of musical
notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of the dead youth's uniform. This wish was granted. The haunting melody, which
we now know as "Taps" used at military funerals, was born.
Day is done Gone the sun
From the lakes From the hills
From the sky All is well, safely rest.
God is nigh.
Fading light Dims the sight
And a star Gems the sky, Gleaning bright From afar,
Drawing nigh, Falls the night.
Thanks and praise, For our days,
Neath the sun, Neath the stars, Neath the sky,
As we go, This we know, God is nigh.
I, too, have felt the chills
while listening to "Taps" but I have never seen all the words to the song until
now. I didn't even know there was more than
one verse. I also never knew the story behind the song and I didn't know if you had either
so I thought I'd pass it along. I now have an
even deeper respect for the song than I did before.
Never heard of Cherokees
being allied by blood to Powhatans in Virginia? We are part of the historic "Arkansas
Cherokees; or the Cherokee Nation West" yet to be re-recognized by the federal
government.
THE SOVEREIGN AMONSOQUATH TRIBE OF CHEROKEE
"Caretakers of the
Cherokee People"
(Quote is from Brown, John
P.Old Frontiers: The Story of the Cherokee Indians from the Earliest Times to
the Date of Their Removal to
the West, 1838 - A masterly account of this peculiarly gifted Indian nation
and of the white frontier
confronting it, by an author thoroughly prepared to do his subject justice. Illus. LC
74-146379 Kingsport, Tenn. 1938 - ISBN: 040502830X)
A Traditionally-minded
Chickamauga Tsalagi People
O'siyo! Chilugi, or Welcome
to The Official Online Home of the The Sovereign Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee...led by a
tripartite governing body consisting of Principal Chief, Elders, and General Council under
a written constitution... 4253 persons on the Cherokee Nation Rolls as of 1924 were
Pocahontas descendants!
see:MISSION STATEMENT
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basis. SEDS implements this policy of committing the Federal Government to foster
self-determination and self-governance for Native American people, and promotes
consultation and increased Tribal authority in the administration of Federal funds."
Spouse Medical
Happy New Year to all of you
out there in Cyber Land. I have some information regarding the Smith Family that Fred
Salter sent me but any new additional is always appreciated
I have this listed in my Newby File and would like additional info regarding the
Newby Family. I have that they all were originally in Va. so I just want to know whether
anyone has a connection for me past John. They must have been involved in some way during
the RW and I would like to file for my DAR under my father's side of the family. I have:
John Newby Lunenburg Va,no wife listed as of
yet I do have 3 sons, John, Asa and Soloman,
can someone shed some light on his origin. I do believe that it is Ralph but if some one
else can tell me I appreciate it.
Soloman was in pittsylvania County Va and he married Willey Wilkes. Their son was Abel Newby Va, he married Elizabeth Hands. Now I have a story
regarding Abel being killed by Pleasant Brady does anyone have any info regarding this
story.I know it happened in Tennessee I believe. Now their son was Elisha Newby he married
Tabitha Thurman her father is listed as Frederick Walter Thurman I want to trace
this lineage back because I believe the Thurman family was also in the RW. Their son Riley
Vincent Newby married Ruthey Eliz Thurman and I
would like to find out more regarding her.She died under strange circumstances.Does anyone
have the story behind her death. I have been lead to believe that she had an affair with
Red Swafford and that is why she died,but their son is my grandfather John Riley Newby and
he married Flora Mae Perry so if any of you
have info please share it with me. Flora Newby in
Spring Texas
Smudging aka smoke
To my understanding,a
"smudging" to the Plains Indian Tribes is not the same thing it would be to a
Tsalagi. We only burn cedar needles,not the wood as it is too sacred to burn to drive out the AniSgina (evil spirits) or to help protect
from the Dida:hnese:sgi (our term for witches).It is sometimes used in conjunction with
the recitation of an i:gawe:sdi or sometimes simply by itself.
Sage is mostly used in other
regions and in other people's ceremonies or ways.These days many of our tsalagi people
have been influenced by other nations and have adapted to it and use it during
prayers,etc..to my knowledge,this is more of a personal thing and not part of any
traditional tsalagi ceremony.
The Peace Pipe
What I have learned of the
pipe in our tradition is that it was one of the sacred items, it was made of whitestone,
and had 7 stem holes. It was not used in Council Meeting. The Pipe was not passed, but the
7 Representatives of the Clans sat around it. The Pipe was stolen a long time ago.
Since then I have heard of
different types of adaptions, but wouldn't call them tradition. I do know is that Fire is
a sacred aspect.Tobacco, pleasing to the Spirits,and there is a way to remake their
tobacco. But, these practices must be studied and learned and not taken to lightly.
Traditionally,only certain people could make the fire, only certain people knew how to
remake the tobacco. These were the traditions.I have heard that personal pipes were
carried. From the old writings,even I would attempt to do them. I would suggest that you
speak with an Elder,who knows of the Indian Ways.
Name Changes:
All the Indian Children that
were sent to the "White Man's School's" were given "English-American
Names" by the teachers by making a list of white mans names on the chalk board and
having each child go up and point to a name (boys boys
name,girls girls names). Upon
'pointing' out the name the teacher would then write the name on paper and pin it to their
clothing,and from that day forward, they had to go by that name,extreme punishment was
rendered if they spoke or used their Indian Names. The children were forbidden to use
their native tongue. Some of these children were forced from their homes to live in the
white man's world', all in the name of civilizing them.
Cherokee Legends:
The Red Bird is the
Suns,daughter. The Suns daughter died, so the Sun refused to shine. Seven men were sent
back to get the Suns daughter from the Ghost Land and told to put her in a box,but be sure
not to open it for any reason.Well,they got her put her in the box,and were tricked into
opening it. She had turned into a Red Bird and flew away. So this is why we cannot bring
back anyone who has died. They must go to Ghost Land and cannot return to us.Because the
Suns daughter wasn't brought back properly.
The Red Bird
As for the Red Bird I was
told that when the Red Bird comes to you, you are to tell it your troubles and the
Red Bird will carry them
away.. or ease your troubles..He in turn sings them away.
My friend Calvin Little Bear Creek Indian Chief Sapulap Oka. shared this with
me:
That the world was full of
Indian People and all the Clans shared the same sky and the Mother Earth.It is
taboo for Indians to
intermarry, and once a Cherokee is mated, that is their only mate for their life time. If
they intermarry it is considered incest. There was plenty of wild game to hunt,the earth
is full of many good things to eat, fruits and mushrooms, that came into with the seasons.
The hide is used for clothing and for housing also. There is Peace throughout the Lands of
Plenty because of this many tribes became abusive and glutiny fell throuhout the Lands.
The Great Spirit, God, was very unhappy with his people and pleaded with them to quit what
they were doing.To no avail,it didn't stop. A great fog fell upon the world and peoplewere
very afraid,they could not find each other, only the people of their tribes.as the fog
cleared away the people are scattered to the winds,and as the fog cleared and the people
are with the animals, The Great Spirit called the People by the names of the animals, and
they could not speak. So after that the Clans were identified with their soul mate the
animal. Like the Bear Clan, Skink Clan, The Antelope Clan etc.
Jesus
Some of the Cherokee Clans
tell a story,of a man who came over from accross the oceans and talked of many spiritual
things. He lived among the Cherokee People for awhile. One day he told the People that he
had to go back to the land from whince he came. He told a tale that his own people would
kill him by way of crucixition but not to be upset. This was something that had to be. The
man told the Tsalagi People that one day their cousins would come from accross the land
from where he was going and that they should take thses people in,welcome them,and take
care of them.
The Cherokee have a story of
a flooding,and "prophets",and they call their Deity the "Great
Spirit", but those things didn't define them as "Christians". They had no
concept or idea of Christ's teachings until the European settlers arrived. So, while they
were essentially a moral and spiritual people, Christ like in theirways, they don't fit
the essential criteria to being a "Chrisitan".
The Cherokee had a
matrilineal societ,a social system in which their descent was traced strictly through
their mothers side of the family.In the Cherokees matrilineal kinship system a person
received this clan for life,and his only knismen were those who could be trced through
her, that is her mothers mother,mother's sister and, most important,and powerful man in
the child's life, the mother's brother. This socail structure baffled white people.
The Clan provided many
important functions including child care for orphans and the destitute, hospitality for
visiting clan members from other towns and most important, the avenging of wrongs
committed against Clan members.
Clan membership was essential
to one's existance as a human being within a Cherokee Society because of the protection of
the kinship system. Since Clan's were divided into white or peace Clans or red or war Clans,a Cherokee Clan determined a persons
official political assignment and his role in society. Kinship through the Laws of the
Clan,governed social relationships, dictated possible marriage partners, designated
friends, designated enemies and regulated behavior through a system such as which kinsmen
had to be respected and with which kinsmen one could be intimate.
If a member of a Clan needed
help in any manner,his Clan would take care of him,and if a Clan member was injured or
killed by a member of another Clan, his Clan was responsible for revenge. No such thing as
a fued would evolve, because it was understood among all Clans that revenge would be taken
in the event of an injury or death,and the recipient Clan of the revenge usually
considered it justified. The type of revenge could be determined by the Clansmen who were
selected to carry it out. There were often times when the Clan of the offender would
perform the revenge on a selected member of their Clan to eliminate the possibility of an
innocent sufferer.
When a Clan membr was
visiting other nearby or distant towns, he was still considered family,and the Law of
Blood revenge held true in any location. The Clans were considered close family, and they
were the ideal unit for revenge since they considered themselves related as brothers and
sisters.
Marcus Cherry
Flora Jeanne Newby:
Marriage Date: 1967
Marriage Place: January In Houston
Children: Marcus Matthew -
839
Jeremy Kevin - 840
Patrick Shannon - 887
Stephanie Michelle - 888
Christina Lynn"(Athans) - 3163
(4) 1.1.1.1 Marcus Matthew
CHERRY NEWBY - 839
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Birth Date: 6 November 1967
Birth Place: In Houston At St.joseph's
Occupation: Pool Cleaner
Education: Associate Science
Degree In Criminology 1999
Religion: Catholic
Veteran U.S.Army
(4) 1.1.1.2 Jeremy Kevin
CHERRY NEWBY - 840
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Birth Date: 13 January 1969
Birth Place: Darnell Army
Hospital Ft.hood,tx.
Occupation: Drug Counselor
Working with Parolee’s
Education: Tomball Community
College Sam Houston Business Psychiatry
Religion: Catholic
His wife:
Spouse: Nicole Dawn RAMSEY -
841
Birth Date: 30 July 1973
Occupation: Accountant
Education: Sam Houston
University Accounting
Religion: Methodist
Spouse Father: Darywn RAMSEY
- 842
Spouse Mother: Rhonda Kaye
WHEELER - 843
Marriage Date: 22 January
1993
Children: Alexis Nicole - 844
Drake Taylor - 845
Zachary Garrett - 846
(5) 1.1.1.2.1 Alexis Nicole
CHERRY NEWBY - 844
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(5) 1.1.1.2.2 Drake Taylor
CHERRY NEWBY - 845
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(5) 1.1.1.2.3 Zachary Garrett
CHERRY NEWBY - 846
My next son and his family:
) 1.1.1.3 Patrick Shannon
CHERRY NEWBY - 887
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Birth Date: 30 June 1970
Birth Place: St.joseph's
Hospital Dr. Gottlieb
Occupation: Constable
Precinct #4
Education: College
Religion: Catholic
Spouse: Jennifer Rose BONEY -
889
Birth Date: 28 November 1973
Birth Place: Eastway General
Houston Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Education: 11th Grade Beauty School
Religion: Pentacostal
Spouse Father: John BROUSSARD
- 890 (1950-)
Spouse Mother: Jackie BONEY -
891 (1954-)
Marriage Date: 19 December
1993
Children: Patrick Ashley -
892
Natalie Rose - 893
) 1.1.1.4 Stephanie Michelle
CHERRY NEWBY Stevie - 888
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Birth Date: 9 December 1971
Birth Place: In Killeen Texas
Darnell Army Hospital
Occupation: Hair Desser
Education: G.e.d.
Religion: Catholic
Spouse: Christopher SLANKER -
895
Birth Date: February 1969
Spouse Father: Bill SLANKER -
1224
Spouse Mother: Cindy BAXTER -
1225
Marriage Date: 1989
Marriage Place: Tulsa
Oklahoma
Children: Jessica - 896
(5) 1.1.1.4.1 Jessica SLANKER
- 896
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Birth Date: 26 May 1989
Birth Place: Tulsa Oklahoma
4) 1.1.1.5 Christina
Lynn"(Athans) CHERRY - 3163
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Christina Is Marcus's Step
Daughter However She Is Considered his Daughter
Children Follow Seperately Flora Newby
Spouse: David WINDHAM - 4412
Children: Victoria - 13235
Jennifer - 13236
Jacob - 13237
Madeline - 13238
Natasha - 13239
Hats
off! to Flora Newby, 3243 Old Chapel, Spring Texas
77373.
Pho. 281 353 4226 Email newby@ev1.net
P.S. I do genealogy for a
living, and try to always do a thorough investigation. God bless you. Flora