Stonewall Oklahoma

Aleck Brown, Chickasaw

The case of Aleck Brown et al. v. Chickasaw Nation involved the application for enrollment of Aleck Brown and Sibbie (or Seber) Johnson as Chickasaw citizens by blood. Both applicants were children of Temene (or Tamena), a full-blood Chickasaw woman whose other children were listed on the final Chickasaw rolls. Despite evidence of their Chickasaw ancestry and residency, the Dawes Commission denied their enrollment on February 26, 1907, citing their absence from tribal rolls. The decision was upheld by the Department of the Interior on March 4, 1907, despite arguments that they were entitled to recognition under tribal law.

Myhand, Florence Parnell Slaughter Mrs. – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon Florence Parnell Slaughter Myhand, 84, of Halfway, died March 30, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas. Florence was born on Jan. 30, 1919, at Stonewall, Okla., to James A. and Hattie E. Word Parnell. In 1936, she married Wayne L. Slaughter. They had three children. In 1948, the family moved to El Paso, Texas, where she would make her home for the next 49 years. Florence worked and was the manager of the William Beaumont branch of the State National … Read more