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Buffington John Ross (Cooie)

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III: · Page 8.3
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Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 8.3
Material type
Article (Photograph / Image)
Date
1972
Description
Family history of John Ross Buffington, who was a pioneer of the Indian Territroy. They were Cherokee Nation natives and came to Indian Territory after the Indians were moved in 1838. He attended the Cherokee Nation Seminary in Telequah, Oklahoma. He had a sister who ended up marrying a Chocotaw Indian.
Author or creator
Mary Buffington
Publication or source
Chronicles of Oklahoma the spring edition
Subjects and names
Buffington, John Ross, Cooie, Cherokee, Pioneer, Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation, Telequah, Oaklahoma, Seminary, Chocotaw

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