Mrs. Mary Willison, of Gibson Station, was born at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, September 17, 1851, a daughter of William Thompson and Nancy (Drew) Mackey, both of whom are dead, and in 1879 was married to James Dandridge Willison, a son of James Dandridge Willison, of Virginia, and Catharine (McIntosh) Willison, a daughter of Chief McIntosh and a sister of the well-known Colonel D. McIntosh.
She acquired her early education in the public schools at Fort Gibson and in other District schools, and completed her studies at St. Ann's Academy, at Fort Smith Arkansas. After leaving school she taught school near Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, and at Webber's Falls and Texanna, Cherokee Nation, until her marriage. She is the owner of some of the finest land in the Territory, having four hundred acres, which she devotes to corn and cotton, and two hundred and forty acres which she devotes to stock raising, making an aggregate of six hundred and forty acres. Her family residence was destroyed by fire, and in 1894 was replaced by her present residence, which is one of the largest and most costly in the Territory.
(Gideon, D.C. "History of Indian Territory" Descriptive, Biographical and Genealogical, with a General History of the Territory. New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901.)
She acquired her early education in the public schools at Fort Gibson and in other District schools, and completed her studies at St. Ann's Academy, at Fort Smith Arkansas. After leaving school she taught school near Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, and at Webber's Falls and Texanna, Cherokee Nation, until her marriage. She is the owner of some of the finest land in the Territory, having four hundred acres, which she devotes to corn and cotton, and two hundred and forty acres which she devotes to stock raising, making an aggregate of six hundred and forty acres. Her family residence was destroyed by fire, and in 1894 was replaced by her present residence, which is one of the largest and most costly in the Territory.
(Gideon, D.C. "History of Indian Territory" Descriptive, Biographical and Genealogical, with a General History of the Territory. New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901.)
Mrs. Mary Willison, of Gibson Station, was born at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, September 17, 1851, a daughter of William Thompson and Nancy (Drew) Mackey, both of whom are dead, and in 1879 was married to James Dandridge Willison, a son of James Dandridge Willison, of Virginia, and Catharine (McIntosh) Willison, a daughter of Chief McIntosh and a sister of the well-known Colonel D. McIntosh.
She acquired her early education in the public schools at Fort Gibson and in other District schools, and completed her studies at St. Ann's Academy, at Fort Smith Arkansas. After leaving school she taught school near Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, and at Webber's Falls and Texanna, Cherokee Nation, until her marriage. She is the owner of some of the finest land in the Territory, having four hundred acres, which she devotes to corn and cotton, and two hundred and forty acres which she devotes to stock raising, making an aggregate of six hundred and forty acres. Her family residence was destroyed by fire, and in 1894 was replaced by her present residence, which is one of the largest and most costly in the Territory.
(Gideon, D.C. "History of Indian Territory" Descriptive, Biographical and Genealogical, with a General History of the Territory. New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901.)
She acquired her early education in the public schools at Fort Gibson and in other District schools, and completed her studies at St. Ann's Academy, at Fort Smith Arkansas. After leaving school she taught school near Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, and at Webber's Falls and Texanna, Cherokee Nation, until her marriage. She is the owner of some of the finest land in the Territory, having four hundred acres, which she devotes to corn and cotton, and two hundred and forty acres which she devotes to stock raising, making an aggregate of six hundred and forty acres. Her family residence was destroyed by fire, and in 1894 was replaced by her present residence, which is one of the largest and most costly in the Territory.
(Gideon, D.C. "History of Indian Territory" Descriptive, Biographical and Genealogical, with a General History of the Territory. New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901.)
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