Rufus Bell (abt. 1886 - 1914)

Ancestors

Biography

Dawes Roll# 2425 - card Mississippi Choctaw 879^[1], card Mississippi Choctaw MCR 5168 and card Mississippi Choctaw 322

Rufus was born about 1886 in Winston, Mississippi, the son of Harges Bell and Sallie Choctaw. Rufus passed away 7 Jan 1914 in Love, Oklahoma. He is buried at the McAlister Cemetery, Carter County, Oklahoma.^[2]

The sources listed from the “Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907” show the Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Land Allotment Jacket for Five Civilized Tribes, application for allotment affidavit, Choctaw Citizenship Certificate. ^[3][4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives, Dawes Commission; Choctaw Roll card Mississippi 879, line 1
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17815906/rufus-bell: accessed February 18, 2024), memorial page for Rufus Bell (unknown–7 Jan 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17815906, citing McAlister Cemetery, Carter County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Nancy Bull Waller (contributor 47637509).
3. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6119-3BX?cc=1390101&wc=MXHT-R2S%3A967439601%2C967542901 : 17 October 2016), Mississippi Choctaws > No. 2410-2427 > image 315 of 406; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
4. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6119-QR6?cc=1390101&wc=MXHT-R2S%3A967439601%2C967542901 : 17 October 2016), Mississippi Choctaws > No. 2410-2427 > image 318 of 406; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
5. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6119-74P?cc=1390101&wc=MXHT-R2S%3A967439601%2C967542901 : 17 October 2016), Mississippi Choctaws > No. 2410-2427 > image 336 of 406; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.

• "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." . FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXLT-9VG : 23 February 2021), Rufus Bell and Ada Tubber, 20 Jul 1909; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQB-QDD : Thu Oct 05 04:43:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Rufus Bell and Edith Bell, 1910.