2850. Sudie (Susan?)⁷ Durham (Charlotte 'Lottie'⁶ McLaughlin, Amanda⁵ Burney, Judge David Calhoun⁴, Margaret 'Peggy'³ Allen, Susan 'Susy'² Colbert, James Logan¹)⁽⁹⁸⁶⁵⁾ (#8) was born in Woodville, Pickens Co., Chickasaw Nation, IT 18 SEP 1886.⁽⁹⁸⁶⁶⁾ Sudie died 14 SEP 1974 in Denison, Grayson Co., TX, at 87 years of age. Her body was interred 16 SEP 1974 in Woodville Cemetery, Marshall Co., OK.⁽⁹⁸⁶⁷⁾

She married John Porter Armstrong in AR?, 1906.⁽⁹⁸⁶⁸⁾ (John Porter Armstrong is #7.) John was born in Union District, Mason Co., WV, 22 SEP 1885.⁽⁹⁸⁶⁹⁾ John was the son of Andrew Jackson Armstrong and Jane King. John died 6 JUN 1974 in Denison, Grayson Co., TX, at 88 years of age. His body was interred JUN 1974 in Woodville Cemetery, Marshall Co., OK, Woodville Cemetery. Conflicting evidence states that John was born in Union District, Mason Co., WV, 22 SEP 1884.⁽⁹⁸⁷⁰⁾ He was listed as a resident in the census report in Benton Twp., Fulton Co., AR, 16 JUN 1900. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Odell Twp., Marshall Co., OK, 7 MAY 1910.⁽⁹⁸⁷¹⁾ John's occupation: Farmer in Denison, Grayson Co., TX, before 1974. THE SIX YEAR MYSTERY My mother, Dora (Deloris) Louise JONES Armstrong, related to me a conversation she had with my Aunt Mabel (Mabelle) ARMSTRONG Middaugh, not long after she had married my father, Mickey Homer ARMSTRONG, concerning my grandfather, John Porter ARMSTRONG. It seems, as was told to my mother, that sometime during the early childhood of Mabel, (the oldest daughter of John Porter), he went to work, (as a manager of a large grocery store?), one day and after the day was done he simply disappeared for about six years. Supposedly, no one knew where he went or what he did. Then one day he suddenly reappeared on their door step like he had never been away. Now my grandmother, Sudie DURHAM Armstrong, was a very fiesty and headstrong woman and a half-blooded Chickasaw Indian to boot, so it is a wonder that after all that time she even let my grandfather in the front door. Yet, the children never heard one word said about the incident and my grandfather just took up where he had left off six years before. It is assumed, that because of my grandmother's reaction, or lack of reaction, that she must have know where he had been, but as no explanation has ever been given, it is a mystery to this day. (As best mother can remember, this disappearance took place either in the six year period before my father's birth or just after it.) _________________ Armstrong Oral Tradition as told to Kerry ARMSTRONG by Dora (Deloris) Louise JONES Armstrong, 31 MAY 1991.

She was given an allotment on the Native American Annuity Payroll in Berwyn, Pickens Co., Chick Nation, IT, 1896. Sudie enrolled in Woodville, Pickens Co., Chickasaw Nation, IT for the Dawes Chickasaw Roll on 30 SEP 1898 and appears on Dawes card number 845.⁽⁹⁸⁷²⁾ Sudie's occupation: Housewife in Denison, Grayson Co., TX, 1906 - 1974. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Odell Twp., Marshall Co., OK, 7 MAY 1910.⁽⁹⁸⁷³⁾ Sudie was listed as a member of Denison First United Methodist in Denison, Grayson Co., TX, 1974. Her funeral was held in Woodville Cemetery, Marshall Co., OK, 16 SEP 1974.⁽⁹⁸⁷⁴⁾ According to the Chickasaw Roll, Woodville, Pickens Co., (now Marshall Co., OK), Indian Territory, of 1897 - 30 SEP 1898, (approved by the Secretary of the Interior's Office 12 DEC 1902), Sudie Durham was a half blooded Chickasaw Indian. Her father being a non-citizen, (i.e., not a citizen of the Chickasaw Indian Nation - he was a U.S. citizen). She is Dawes' Roll# 2489.

She attended school at Bloomfield School, Panola County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 29 Aug 1899 - Spring 1906, when she graduated. Sudie Durham's Chickasaw Dawes Land Allotments: SE NW; Lot 1, Sec. 26, T7S-R6E, 79.80 acres. W NW Sec. 26, T7S-R6E, 80 acres (homestead).

Sudie (Susan?) Durham and John Porter Armstrong had the following children:

+ 3727 i. Mable 'Mabell' Virginia⁸ Armstrong was born 4 NOV 1906.

3728 ii. Hallie Nokomis Armstrong (#81) was born in OK 19 NOV 1909.⁽⁹⁸⁷⁵⁾ Hallie died 8 MAR 1915 in OK, at 5 years of age.⁽⁹⁸⁷⁶⁾ Her body was interred March 1915 in Woodville Cemetery, Marshall Co., OK. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Odell Twp., Marshall Co., OK, April 1910.⁽⁹⁸⁷⁷⁾

+ 3729 iii. Woodrow Wilson Armstrong was born 14 NOV 1912.

+ 3730 iv. James Allen Armstrong was born 20 MAY 1916.

+ 3731 v. 'Mickey' Homer Durham Armstrong was born 20 SEP 1919.

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