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Martha T Track Quapaw

Birth
Oklahoma, USA
Death
25 Feb 1934 (aged 38)
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Thanks to FindAGrave member, Sandy Johnson (#46901707), for providing additional information on Nov. 10, 2013. This has helped in further research, shown below.
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Martha, also known as Wah-Ghe-Meh-Tah-Heh Track, was the daughter of:
Parents
Sig-Dah Track 1853 – 1913
Anna or Mes-Kah-Hin-Ka Thomson 1871 – 1934

Martha, age 18, married Jessie Quapaw, 18. Both were full blood Quapaw Indians (Native American).

In January 1920,
Jesse & Martha Quapaw, ages 23, owned a farm in Peoria, Ottawa Co, OK. Their children were Charles M., age 4 & 5 months & Elizabeth H., age 2 & 11 months.

On April 10, 1930,
Jesse & Martha, ages 34, were still on their farm located on Country Road in Peoria. Their children were Melvin, age 14; Audray, 9; Annabelle, 9; Edward, 3 years & 2 months; & Betty Lou, 1 year & 10 months. Their farm provided a living for them.

Some servants of mixed blood (Cherokee) were members of the household. One family included Rosa & John Beets, ages 32 & 38, & their children: Louise, 14; Ruth, 12; & Tony, 9. Another servant was Julia Robbins, age 49, mixed blood (Cayuga. Other members of the household (all mixed blood Cayuga) included Harold Rogers, 19; Escal Stewart, 18; Martin Smith, 9; & Mahdeena Smith, 7.
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News about Martha was published in the Miami Daily News Record on December 28, 1930.
Quapaw
"Mr. and Mrs. Victor Griffin and family, Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Slagle, Mrs. Martha Quapaw and family, and Mr. and Mr. Jim Reviard and infant daughter, Ardenia, returned home Saturday after a several weeks trip to Corpus Christi and San Antonia, Texas."

News about Martha's death

"Mrs. Martha Quapaw Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Martha T. Quapaw, 39-year-old wife of Jess Quapaw of the Devil's Promenade, died in a Joplin hospital early Sunday morning. Her death followed a long illness.

Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters, Audrey, Annabelle, Betty Lou and Jane Quapaw; two sons, Melvin and Edward, all of the home; her step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Buck Slagle of the Devil's Promenade; two sisters, Mrs. Victor Griffin of the Devil's Promenade and Mrs. Henry Hoffman of Miami.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Slagle home. Father George Aman of Miami will officiate.

Burial will be in the home cemetery under direction of the Cooper Undertaking company."

Miami Daily News Record
Monday, February 26, 1934
No dates on stone
Thanks to FindAGrave member, Sandy Johnson (#46901707), for providing additional information on Nov. 10, 2013. This has helped in further research, shown below.
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Martha, also known as Wah-Ghe-Meh-Tah-Heh Track, was the daughter of:
Parents
Sig-Dah Track 1853 – 1913
Anna or Mes-Kah-Hin-Ka Thomson 1871 – 1934

Martha, age 18, married Jessie Quapaw, 18. Both were full blood Quapaw Indians (Native American).

In January 1920,
Jesse & Martha Quapaw, ages 23, owned a farm in Peoria, Ottawa Co, OK. Their children were Charles M., age 4 & 5 months & Elizabeth H., age 2 & 11 months.

On April 10, 1930,
Jesse & Martha, ages 34, were still on their farm located on Country Road in Peoria. Their children were Melvin, age 14; Audray, 9; Annabelle, 9; Edward, 3 years & 2 months; & Betty Lou, 1 year & 10 months. Their farm provided a living for them.

Some servants of mixed blood (Cherokee) were members of the household. One family included Rosa & John Beets, ages 32 & 38, & their children: Louise, 14; Ruth, 12; & Tony, 9. Another servant was Julia Robbins, age 49, mixed blood (Cayuga. Other members of the household (all mixed blood Cayuga) included Harold Rogers, 19; Escal Stewart, 18; Martin Smith, 9; & Mahdeena Smith, 7.
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News about Martha was published in the Miami Daily News Record on December 28, 1930.
Quapaw
"Mr. and Mrs. Victor Griffin and family, Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Slagle, Mrs. Martha Quapaw and family, and Mr. and Mr. Jim Reviard and infant daughter, Ardenia, returned home Saturday after a several weeks trip to Corpus Christi and San Antonia, Texas."

News about Martha's death

"Mrs. Martha Quapaw Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Martha T. Quapaw, 39-year-old wife of Jess Quapaw of the Devil's Promenade, died in a Joplin hospital early Sunday morning. Her death followed a long illness.

Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters, Audrey, Annabelle, Betty Lou and Jane Quapaw; two sons, Melvin and Edward, all of the home; her step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Buck Slagle of the Devil's Promenade; two sisters, Mrs. Victor Griffin of the Devil's Promenade and Mrs. Henry Hoffman of Miami.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Slagle home. Father George Aman of Miami will officiate.

Burial will be in the home cemetery under direction of the Cooper Undertaking company."

Miami Daily News Record
Monday, February 26, 1934
No dates on stone


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