Kiefer Family in the Creek Nation (Dawes)

Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org

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Mary Catherine "Mollie" Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, 6 June 
1860. She grew up in the area of Center township. Mary Catherine married Charles 
E. Kiefer in Buchanan County, Missouri, 8 November 1883. Charles Kiefer was born 
in Illinois 9 August 1860, the son of John and Margaret Nixon (Harris) Kiefer. 
In 1894, Charles and Mary Catherine went to the Creek Nation, where Mary 
Catherine's parents, George and Arianna Berryhill had moved earlier.

Mary Catherine (Berryhill) Kiefer and her children were put on the 1895 Omitted 
Creek Roll:


Broken Arrow
1895 Omitted Roll

	17. Mary Kiefer
	18. Cora Kiefer
	19. Emma Kiefer
	20. Malvinia Kiefer
	21. Benjamin Kiefer
	22. Carrie Kiefer


Mary Catherine (Berryhill) Kiefer and her children were put on the Final Rolls 
of the Creek Nation and given Creek Card No. 3892 and Dawes Roll No. 9965, but 
they were later stricken from the rolls. It was probably because they didn't 
move to the Creek Nation earlier.

Mary Catherine put in an application for citizenship and went before the 
Commission, but her case was rejected. I haven't found her application, or 
statements to support her claim, but I did find the following:


Application for Citizenship
Case 81 - Book C113 - Mary Kiefer
			1. Carrie Alice Kiefer
			2. Benj. Levi Kiefer
			3. Cora Kiefer
			4. Emma Lee Kiefer
			5. Malvinia Kiefer
			6. Mary C. Kiefer, et al - Rejected
			7. Stanford Kiefer


Charles and Mary Catherine Kiefer continued to live in the Creek Nation, and in 
1907 it became a part of the State of Oklahoma. In 1900 they were living in the 
Mounds area of Indian Territory. In 1910 they were living in Kellyville and two 
of their seven children had died.

Charles E. Kiefer died in Strickland, Oklahoma, in 1935. Mary Catherine 
(Berryhill) Kiefer died 6 December 1948 in Osceola, Missouri, and is buried in 
the Appleton Cemetery at Appleton, Missouri.


Martha Lee Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, 6 June 1864. She grew 
up in the area of Center township. Martha Lee married Smith Kiefer in St. Louis, 
Missouri, on 21 December 1887. Smith Kiefer was a brother to Charles E. Kiefer, 
who married Martha Lee's sister, Mary Catherine. Smith Kiefer was born in Logan 
County, Illinois, 8 July 1858.

Smith and Martha Lee Kiefer went to the Creek Nation, where Martha Lee's parents 
George and Arianna Berryhill had moved earlier. They settled in Mounds, Indian 
Territory, and Martha Lee received citizenship into the Creek Nation in October 
1890.

Following is Martha Lee (Berryhill) Kiefer's Creek Census Cards for herself and 
her children:


Dawes	Name		age	sex	DIB	Father	Mother
No.
	  Card No. 771  P.O. Kiefer  31 Aug. 1899
2514	Kiefer, Martha Lee	36	F	1/8	Geo W. Berryhill	Arie A.
2515	Annie E.	dau	 7	F	1/16	Smith H. Kiefer	No. 1
2516	Leroy R.	son	 4	M	1/16	Smith H. Kiefer	No. 1
2517	John D.	son	 2	M	1/16	Smith H. Kiefer	No. 1
2518	George D.	son	 1	M	1/16	Smith H. Kiefer	No. 1

	  Card No. 3690  P.O. Kiefer  8 Nov 1902
9686	Kiefer, Stella F.	 1	F	1/16	Smith H. Kiefer	Martha Lee

	  New Born Card 875  P.O. Mounds
825	Kiefer, Clarence Ebert	 1	M	1/16	Smith H. Kiefer	Martha Lee

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Martha Lee (Berryhill) Kiefer died in Osceola, Missouri, 25 November 1944. She 
is buried in the Appleton Cemetery at Appleton, Missouri.

The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants

This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before
her death in 1996. Her daughter Barbara gave me permission to put her
research online.

David Morgan