In 1871 at age 19 Nannie married Benjamin Franklin Byrd, brother to William Leander Byrd, chief of the Chickasaw Nation. Nannie and "Frank" Byrd settled in Stonewall. It was at least ten years after the Civil War before conditions in the Chickasaw Nation returned to anything like the people had known before the war. It was during that period that Stonewall came into existence.
In 1868 the first Stonewall store was opened. B.F. BYRD and J.M. PERRY purchased the old store around 1882 and operated it for four or five years before selling out. Tragically, Nannie passed away in 1872 shortly after giving birth to her only child, a daughter, Nannie Byrd, who would grow up to marry Clark Wasson, a successful polititian and member of the Oklahoma legislature. They settled in Antlers and raised seven children.
Links to her sister's and brothers' memorials:
Hattie Wilson Locke
William Ward Wilson
John D. Wilson
Edward H. Wilson
Raphael F. Wilson
In 1871 at age 19 Nannie married Benjamin Franklin Byrd, brother to William Leander Byrd, chief of the Chickasaw Nation. Nannie and "Frank" Byrd settled in Stonewall. It was at least ten years after the Civil War before conditions in the Chickasaw Nation returned to anything like the people had known before the war. It was during that period that Stonewall came into existence.
In 1868 the first Stonewall store was opened. B.F. BYRD and J.M. PERRY purchased the old store around 1882 and operated it for four or five years before selling out. Tragically, Nannie passed away in 1872 shortly after giving birth to her only child, a daughter, Nannie Byrd, who would grow up to marry Clark Wasson, a successful polititian and member of the Oklahoma legislature. They settled in Antlers and raised seven children.
Links to her sister's and brothers' memorials:
Hattie Wilson Locke
William Ward Wilson
John D. Wilson
Edward H. Wilson
Raphael F. Wilson