Grahams

[Jimmy]

My mother is a Graham. I don't think it is the same family, but we also have ties to Wisconsin. My great great grandfather was Eli Saxton Graham, born in 1846 in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin. He was the son of Robert Francis Graham, born 1824 in Ohio and Josephine Isabella Mouton born 1828 in Cuba. Robert Graham was the son of Hugh Graham, born 1788 in New York. Hugh, Robert, and Josephine all owned land in Door County, Wisconsin from the 1840s. As far as I know, this branch of the family is not related to Indians, just Cubans. ;D

Hugh Graham (1788-1860s)


Robert Francis Graham (1824-1873)


Josephine Isabella Mouton (1828-1881)


Eli Saxton Graham (1846-1895)

[alexander graham]

earthw7 said:

I hope this help I have more on the Graham family

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[mikenorth]

A long while ago somebody was inquiring where in Minnesota the Graham and/or Arrow family originated. I replied with a post that the Arrows were part of Taopi's band, and that they came from a village on the south side of the Minnesota River, between Morton and Ft. Ridgely.

I have since learned that Stephen Arrow (Huntkamaza) and Francis Arrow (Wahinkpe) resided at Kaposia (now part of St. Paul) prior to the signing of treaties that resulted in their movement to the reservation along the Minnesota River.

In the book, "John P. Williamson, A Brother to the Sioux" Huntkamaza and Wahinkpe are specifically mentioned as champion lacrosse players from Kapiosia, with Huntkamaza's reputation in particular being known as far west as the Missouri River.

[hermin1]

Mikenorth:
thanks so much for the informtion. Welcome to our website. I hope you will return often.

[ziziwin]

Hello,
I'm trying to find out about land owned by Marie Jeanne (Mary Jane, Jennie)Buisson (she married John Cramsie who succeeded Jms McLaughlin as Ind. agent at Standing Rock)
She was b Dec 9 1851 Wabasha d Mar 11 1915 Standing Rock, Ft Yates ND
I believe the land she owned is in SD on Cheyenne River Rez.
How would I go about finding where this land is? ziziwin

[wakanhotain]

ZIziwin:
I didn't know Cramsie was also an Indian agent at Standing Rock.
He did succeed McLaughlin here at Spirit Lake (formerly Ft. Totten Rez, Devils Lake Rez). They were married to sisters as you know already.
Joanne Streifel, Address: General Delivery, Ft. Totten, ND 58335 is a grandchild of the Bussons (Sp?) Contact her.
Her mother rode in the lead car of the James McLaughlin's funeral procession.
Louie

[earthw7]

Major Cramsie was Standing Rock Indian Agent from 1895 to 1898 and was charged with " Artitary action as an agent" dont know what he did but was removed from office here.

[earthw7]

you would have to contact Cheyenne River land office to find that out but why would she own land on Cheyenne River it seems she would have land here on Standing Rock, her brother and sisters did

[hermin1]

Wazi: i believe you are in error re. 2 persons:
Iron Old Man's english Name was Joseph Graham, not James.( An experimet of Faith...." page 26).
The Sarah Graham,Sr.'s name was Hdyamani, and she married Mr. Dick and then Mr. Jones and she was Rev. Joseph Iron Old Man Graham's widow.

peacekeeper, Sarah Graham.Jr., aka Wakankoyakewin who was Sarah Graham,Jr, was not your ancestor.

it would help if you would have provided documentation for your information.

[emme]

A clarification to an old posting of Mary Jeanne (Jennie) Buisson married to Major John Cramsie, Indian Agent.
The post noted that Cramsie was charged with "arbitrary actions" by an Agent. He had succeeded Major James McLaughlin as Agent at Standing Rock Agency in 1895-1898.He never was popular with the citizens in sourrounding towns,like McLaughlin, and was very strict with government rules. Cramsie's "arbitrary actions" were largely political in nature--someone else wanted his job. In February 1897, five young Lakota from Standing Rock were accused of the sextuple murder of the Spicer family in Winona, ND. The trials went on through the summer, and in the fall of 1897, the North Dakota Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions. A masked band of vigilantes lynched three of the suspects in November 1897. Cramsie was excoriated in the press, particularly during the trials. They accused him of acting like a "Czar" when in fact, all the rules he implemented and upheld, were determined by the Indian Bureau in Washington, DC. The court reporter during the Spicer murder trials was none other than the business partner of the owner of Mandan, ND newspapers, who he recommended take Cramsie's position. He wrote numerous editorials criticizing Cramsie, who had in truth, tried very hard to keep liquor sales off the reservation. Extensive lobbying took place, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs summarily fired Cramsie. He asked to argue his case, but it was final. George Bingenheimer took over as Agent, as his partner had staged an effective smear campaign to oust Cramsie.
Phillip Wells, Army interpeter, and wounded at the Wounded Knee Massacre, interviewed in Eli Ricker's Voices of the American West, praised Cramsie's role as Agent, both at Ft. Totten and Standing Rock, saying he always looked out for the rights of the Sioux, and was not popular as a result.
Cramsie retired to St. Paul, where he and Jennie Buisson Cramsie, eventually passed away. He was never in the Indian Service again.

[hermin1]

emms
Thank you so much for your information and Welcome to our website.

[Mitchell BigHunter]

Jul 17, 2006 14:48:59 GMT -5 wazi said:

I may have misspoken, I am only finding one son Tawasuota.

"The Dakota Grahams of Moody County" by JC Wade 2001-2002

In this final chapter, I will talk about the brother of the three sisters. he never lived in Moody County, but his descendents did; his name was Tawasuota, Many Hails.

In Charles Eastman's book, OLD INDIAN DAYS, he wrote in Chapter V, the Chief Soldier, the sad and tragic story of Tawasuota. In this account, Eastman writes that Tawasuota was a highly regarded warrior and that Little Crow had named him 'Taakicita', his Chief Solder. As such, when Little Crow decided to join and lead the Uprising in August of 1862, he told his Chief Solder to fire the first shot. This was done when Tawasuota shot and killed an unarmed white trader named James Lynd. Eastman relates how, directly after, Tawasuota anguished about the cowardly deed that he had committed. After the first day of the conflict, he began to look for his wife and two boys, but his mother told him that they had left with his mother-in-law and other Christian Indians for Faribault. After several more days of fighting, Tawasuota went to Faribault to find his family. This he did, and after a tearful goodbye left them and went to Canada. There he started a new family.

The two boys were known as James and William Jones. From records I have found, it would appear that the Jones name came from their mother's new non-Indian husband, James Christian Jones, and she took the name of Mary. Oral history says that both boys came to Flandreau, but I am not sure when this might have happened. James moved on back to Lower Sioux Agency in Minnesota where this story began, but again, I am not sure when this happened. James is listed in the 1886 Minnesota census at the age of 29, living with his mother Mary, age 52. A 1915 Minnesota census lists James with five children: William, dob 1891, Emma dob 1894, Joshua dob 1903, Howard dob 1906 and Posy, dob 1908. Other records show James; wife as Julia Bowers Jones and she did not die until 1949. I would guesss that the reason she was not listed on the Minnesota Indian census was because she was born in 1872 in Santee, Nebraska, and would be lsited on the Santee rolls.

My records show that there were two other choldren in this family: George St. Claire dob 1898 and Elroy Ambrose dob 1914. I knew two of these people, Howard and Elroy, and will say more about them later. The headstone for William is impressive with the following words, "In loving remembrance of Corp. Maurice W. Jones, Co. L. 136 INF 34th DIV. Born Mar 8, 1891, Died oct 24, 1918, at Camp Cody, Deming, N. Mex. A friend to his country and a believer in Christ."

I found William on the 1885 census at the age of 38 [this age seems too old to be consistent with the story told by Eastman] with a wife, Minidutawin, age 23. The 1886 census lists Minidutawin's English name as Ellen Jones and the couple have a child Herbert. The 1889 census lists the first child as Hobart and an unnamed baby boy. The 1890 census lists the first child as Hubart [but it could be a hurried Herbart] and the unnamed child is not listed. With the 1891 census we came back to Hobart and no other children.

[Mitchell BigHunter]

[Mitchell BigHunter]

Jun 10, 2020 22:29:28 GMT -5 Mitchell BigHunter said:

[Mitchell BigHunter]

A word for word translation of an article written by Enoch Appearing Cloud(Mahpiyahdinape) a famous person who was the son of Eagle Helps (Riggs translation). Note that it not an English language translation. The basis of the article is that Enoch is telling who is living and who died at Middle Butte (Birdtail Reserve, Virden, Manitoba), so it provides simply a list of names. Enoch eventually returned to the States and settled at Lake Traverse (Sisseton Reservation, South Dakota).