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Walkabout, Joseph
The following data is extracted from Biographies of the Cherokee Indians.
Joseph, son of Jennie (Hendricks) Walkabout was born near Tahlequah in 1880 and educated in that city. He married in Tahlequah in 1904 Mary Cordery, and they are the parents of: Jennie, Eliza and Josephine Walkabout. Mr. Walkabout is a splendid representative citizen, has been Deputy Sheriff of Cherokee County.
Gritts, Ned-One of the prominent men of Northeastern Oklahoma is Ned, the son of John B. and Charlotte (Allen) Gritts, who was born in 1877 near Stilwell. He married Nannie Chooie, and they were the parents of Genevieve, born August 23, 1899; Nicholas born February 10, 1903, and Nancy born in 1905. Mrs. Nannie Gritts died and Mr. Gritts married at Fort Worth, Texas in 1907, Miss Leah, the daughter of Wallace Haney. Mr. Gritts was educated at the Male Seminary and Presbyterian Mission, graduating the latter institution. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Independent of Odd Fellows fraternities. He was chief of police of Tahlequah from 1913 to 1917 and was deputy Marshall of Eastern Oklahoma from 1913 to 1919. He is a member of the Wolf Clan.
Source: Biographies of the Cherokee Indians
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