William Penn Boudinot (1830-1896) 1829/1830 - William Penn Boudinot, third child born to Elias and Harriet Ruggles Gold Boudinot, was aptly named for an old friend of his father. Elias, who was the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, had followed with interest his friend, Jeremiah Evarts series of twenty-four essays written for the National Intelligencer, on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American Indians. Jeremiah had used the pseudonym, "William Penn." The child so aptly named would follow in the footsteps of his father and Jeremiah Evarts.

15 Aug 1836 - William was just a young boy of six or seven years old when his mother died.

22 June 1839  Park Hill, Oklahoma - At the age of ten his father, Elias, was murdered.

09 Dec 1845, Washington (CT) – In a letter written by Elinor Boudinot to Elizabeth Webber. William was 14 years of age when he lived in Philadelphia, PA engraving with one of his cousins. He enjoyed the business he was in. He spent time between Washington, CT and Philadelphia, PA, as he states in a letter dated 1848 to his Uncle Stand Watie. He was doing well in the engraving business but blamed poor eyesight and health for not pursuing the business. I believe it was his hearts desire to go back to his home in the Cherokee Nation. Elinor Boudinot, William’s sister. Elizabeth Watie Webber, sister to his father, Elias. p. 21 Cherokee Cavaliers

16 Sep 1847 . Washington, CT – In a letter from D. B. Brinsmade to Stand Watie, “William I have placed in Cornwall under a fine instructor hope he will do well. “I hope you will write William and encourage him to persevere and get a good education. He will have to use economy in order to make his money hold out which I hope he will.” D. B. Brinsmade was William’s uncle in law who was married to William’s aunt, Mary Wakeman Gold. Stand Watie was brother to William’s father, Elias.

26 Apr 1848, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Letter written by William P. Boudinot to Stand Watie.

13 Mar 1850 Fort Smith, Arkansas -  Letter from William Penn Boudinot to Stand Watie.

1851 Cherokee Nation West In accordance with an act of council of October 4, 1839 it was stipulated that "The Clerks of the National Committee and Council shall each receive three dollars per day while in service." The Clerks of the Senate were: 1851. William Penn Boudinot.

26 Apr 1848 – 1853 Sometime between 26 Apr 1848 – 1853 William Penn Boudinot had a marriage/relationship with Eleanor “Ellen Reese” his first cousin once removed. I have found no marriage record for them. They were the parents of one daughter, Emma Inez Boudinot born 1850/1851. http://www.loosahatchiegrass.com/NinaWatieAllenSpringer.3.html I have posted a copy of the Eastern Cherokee Supplement Application # 7810 filled out by my great great aunt, Nina Watie Allen Springer, sister to my great grandmother, Sarah Almedia Allen Berry. She list her grandparents as Wm. P. Boudinott and Ellen Reese. Her application was approved.

1853 Park Hill, Indian Territory (now Cherokee Co., OK) - William married Caroline Matilda Rogers Fields, daughter of Thomas Fields and Nannie Rogers Downing. Caroline was educated at Dwight Mission School. They were the parents of Margaret, Elias Cornelius (1854-1896), Richard Fields (1896), Thomas (1858-1862), Eleanor Margaret (1861), Henry French (1863-1885), Francis "Frank" Josiah (1866), and Caroline Mary (1872-1895).

1853 Cherokee Nation West In accordance with an act of council of October 4, 1839 it was stipulated that "The Clerks of the National Committee and Council shall each receive three dollars per day while in service." The Clerks of the Senate were: 1853. William Penn Boudinot.

1855 Cherokee Nation West In accordance with an act of council of October 4, 1839 it was stipulated that "The Clerks of the National Committee and Council shall each receive three dollars per day while in service." The Clerks of the Senate were: 1855. William Penn Boudinot.

1857 - Senators from the Flint District, Cherokee Nation 1857 William Penn Adair and William Penn Boudinot

1862 -1863 Cherokee Nation West - The first Confederate Cherokee "convention" was in session for eleven days during August 1862 at Tahlequah; the second and final session was from May 2 2nd to June 1, 1863 near the mouth of Coody Creek in Canadian District. The officers were: Principal Chief: Stand Watie. William Penn Boudinot, Secretary of Convention Stand Watie was William's uncle, brother of Elias Boudinot.

1867 Apr 9 Webber Falls, Cherokee Nation (now Muskogee County, Oklahoma) - Letter from W. P. Boudinot to Stand Watie

1870 - Editors of the Cherokee Advocate. Elected every two years by National Council, Cherokee Nation William Penn Boudinot 1870

1876 - Editors of the Cherokee Advocate. Elected every two years by National Council, Cherokee Nation. William Penn Boudinot 1876

1879 Jan 15 - Maryville Index (Maryville, Blount Co. TN) January 15, 1879 Mr. Boudinot, a prominent member of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, was in town yesterday, and called at this office. He is attending to business concerning the removal to the Indian Territory of that portion of the Nation which remains in North Carolina. He is also connected with the Cherokee Advocate, a paper published by the Cherokee Nation at Tahlequah, Indian Territory.

1885 - Delegates to Washington. Authorized by article six, section three of the Constitution of the Cherokee Nation 1885. William Penn Boudinot, John Chambers and John Schrimsher.

1888 - Editors of the Cherokee Advocate. Elected every two years by National Council, Cherokee Nation. William Penn Boudinot 1888

1898 Apr 12 - Fort Gibson Post, Saturday April 12, 1898 STATEMENT OF FACTS. Concerning the Whereabouts of Col. Wm P. Boudinot. Col W. P. Boudinot went from Fort Gibson on 13th of March with F J Boudinot, his son, to Kansas City for the purpose of taking treatment for the morphine addiction. The next heard of him was by letter written from East St. Louis, Ill., to his son, Frank Boudinot, in which he said he was not satisfied with the method pursued at the institution at Kansas City, and that he was going somewhere else - that he would return when cured and not before. He also promised to write to his son again soon. That letter was dated the 15th of March, 1898. The next, and last, heard from Col. Boudinot was a letter to Frank Boudinot, mailed at Chicago, Ill, on April 8th, 1898, saying that he was not doing so well, that his absence would be for indefinite time, and asking his son to so state to the curious. Not liking the tenor of the letter Frank Boudinot went to Chicago to the hotel where Col Boudinot wrote he had been stopping for some time. He was not known at the hotel at all, neither could he be located in the city. That is the extent of the knowledge his son has of him at the present time, and he asked The Post to so state for the information of those who, from curiosity or other motives would ask questions.

Mary Scott Gordon Interview March 31, 1937 Indian Pioneer Papers "William Penn Boudinot was another refugee on the Red River during the war. One time he had to go to Texas after supplies. His overcoat was worn out, so he cut a hole in a blanket and put it over his head. is clothes were very shabby. He drove his wagon all day, and in the evening drove facing the sun. Late that evening he stopped at the house and asked the lady if he might stay all night. The lady told him that her husband had not come in yet, but that he might put up his team and come in. He put his team in the lot and went in and sat down in the parlor. The daughter and her beau came in, and a little later the daughter's friend and her beau came. They had a large piano in the room which they had hauled from the north. They all tried to play in by rounds and couldn't. One of the girls, thinking that she would be making fun of the visitor asked him to play. Boudinot, got up and asked her which she preferred, a new tune or an old one. He had some new music in his pocket, and got up and started to playing. They were really astonished. When the father came in he asked Boudinot his name. He told him W. P. Boudinot. The man asked if his brother was Elias Cornelius Boudinot. They didn't know how to act when they found out who he was, and that they were being entertained by a man who had played and sung for thousands at a time over the United States. After that W. P. Boudinot was a welcome guest at their home anytime. My oldest daughter married W. P. Boudinot's son. She was fourteen and he was nineteen. He only lived two years after they married." Oklahoma Federation of Labor Collection, Interview with Mrs. Raymond Gordon, Vol. 35, Interview ID: 1162 p. 37 Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Helen's Note: Mary's daughter, Elizabeth Jane Starr, married W.P. Boudinot's son, Henry French Boudinot (1863-1885). Elizabeth was the great granddaughter of Charles and Nellie McCoy Reese. Henry French Boudinot was the great grandson of Susannah Reese and David Watie. Susannah Reese and Charles Reese were brother and sister. So, that would make Charles Reese the great uncle of Henry.

James S. Buchanan Carl Sherwood Interviewers April 20, 1937 Indian Pioneer Papers Boudinot Cemetery This place has been known for years as the Boudinot cemetery, but in reality it was founded by the original owner, John Brewer about 1840. In later years this property was owned by a man by the name of Dambach, pronounced, "Dumbaw", who was a German. In 1869 Wm. Penn Boudinot traded a place that he had improved on Big Greenleaf Creek to Mr. Dambach for the Brewer place upon which this burial ground is situated. Mr. Boudinot retained this property and made it his home until 1883, when with his family he moved to Tahlequah. The original Brewer burial plot is about fifty feet square with a native stone wall inclosure about four feet high. There are twelve graves inside of the inclosure. This burial plot is located about one hundred fifty yards east of No. 10 highway, three miles north of Braggs and is visible from the highway. About one hundred yards south of the burial ground can be found the remains of the foundation, basement and fireplace of the Old Brewer, or Boudinot home. I was informed by Mrs. Elinor Meigs, daughter of William Penn Boudinot, that when she was a very little girl, she was present and listened to the conversation between her father and Mr. Dambach when her father traded places with Dambach and came in to possession of the Brewer property in 1869. The tomb of Thomas F. Brewer is beautiful. It was constructed from native stone by a stone mason by the name of Potts. One of the graves here is that of George M. D. Starr, father of Elizabeth Jane Starr who married William Penn Boudinot's son, Henry French Boudinot. The description is as follows: Marble column about four feet high with following inscription on square base: George M. D. Starr, born October 10, 1844. Died August 26, 1886. "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God". (Inside of inclosure) There are spelling errors, but I typed it the way it was written. ~Helen Oklahoma Federation of Labor Collection, Vol. 11, Interview ID: 6258, pp. 401-402, p.406 Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

Indian Pioneer History - S-149 October 15, 1938 Winifred M. Clark - Stories. Braggs, Oklahoma excerpt: "There were some peculiar characters around Braggs in the early days. William Penn Boudinot, a half blood Cherokee and descendant of Elias Boudinot, lived with his son Dick in a log cabin three miles northeast of Braggs. This old man would ride into town, hitch his pony to the rack in front of Patrick's store, do a little trading, then he would walk back home. Some one, going that way at night, would take the pony home to the Boudinot cabin. this happened many times. He finally disappeared very mysteriously." Oklahoma Federation of Labor Collection, Braggs, Vol. 18, Interview ID 13924, pp.236-237, Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

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