Life History

Notes

• Ridgely Bond married Sina in Fort Smith, Arkansas, under US law on 4 September 1889.  By Choctaw law, Sina was still marrired to her first husband, Lysander Trahern.
  
  Arkansas Marriages
  Ridgely Bond, resident of Choctaw Nation, Age 37
  Sinai (Sina) Trahern, resident of Choctaw Nation, Age 26
  Marriage 4 September 1889 Ft Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
  Ceremony by Steve Grier, Justice of the Peace
  recorded 4 September 1889
  
  Sina obtained a divorce from Lysander in the Chrokee Circuit Cout on 7 May 1890, regularizing Sina's bigamous status.  The next day a marriage license was issued for Sina Trahern and Ridgely Bond to marry.  they were married two days last on 10 May 1890 under Choctaw law.
  
  Choctaw Nation Marriages
  Ridgly Bond, Whiteman [sic], United States
  Sina Trahern, Choctaw by Blood, Sans Bois, Choctaw Nation
  Marriage license issued 8 May 1890 Gaines County, Choctaw Nation
  Marriage ceremony 10 May 1890 by Mitchell Harrison, Circuit Judge, 1st District, Choctaw Nation
  Document on FamilySearch
  
  When Ridgely had his interview with the Dawes Commission in 1902 for is enrollment in the Choctaw Nation, the discussoin was about his marrige in 1890 to Sina Colbert.
  
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  Ridgely Bond, Application for Enrollment in the Choctaw Tribe, Interview
  Choctaw #4606 Intermarried
  South McAlester, Indian Territory
  
  Page 1
  Rigely Bond, Past 50 years old
  P O Address Kintah, Choctaw Nation
  Resident of Choctaw Nation almost 25 years, lived here continuously
  Claiming Intermarried rights in the Choctaw Nation
  Choctaw wife, Sina Bond, Choctaw citizen
  Marriage ceremony performed in Gaines County, Choctaw Nation in 1890, under tribal laws
  Ceremony performed by Judge Harrison
  Both were residents of Choctaw Nation at that time
  Not married before that [But records show Ridgely & Sina were married under US law in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1889]
  Sina was previously married to D Trahern [Lysander Trahern, D Trahern was their son Douglas], maiden name Sina Colbert
  Divorce between Sina and Lysander Trahern obtained in a circuit court in Wilburton (The record shows the divorce hearing was held and the decree issued in Mosholatubbee District, Gaines County, Choctaw Nation, but the locale was not named)
  
  Page 2
  Ridely and Sina have lived together continuously since that 1890 marriage as residents in Choctaw Nation
  
  Chas Diffendaffer, sworn as stenographer to the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, reported that this is a full and tree copy of the proceedings
  Testimony sworn 28 December 1902
  Certificaton of this record sworn 6 January 1903
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  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  Choctaw Nation, P O Sans Bois, Sans Bois County, Indian Territory, Census Field #4606, 1896, All Enrolled 1896, p 26 (updates through 1905)
  1 Dawes' Roll #12740, Sina Bond, Age 33 (b abt 1863) 1/2 Choctaw #577 Father David Colbert Dead Chickasaw, Mother ? Dead Skullyville Co
  2 Dawes' Roll #12741, Florence Bond, Dau Age 10, F (b abt 1876) 1/4 Choctaw #578 Father Ridgely Bond Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  3 Dawes' Roll #12742, May Bond, Dau Age 7 (b abt 1889) 1/4 Choctaw #579 Father Ridgely Bond Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  4 Dawes' Roll #12743, Bennett F Bond, Son Age 4 (b abt 1892) 1/4 Choctaw #580 Father Ridgely Bond Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  5 Dawes' Roll #12744, Wallace Bond, Son Age 11mos (b abt 1895) 1/4 Choctaw #?(581) Father Ridgely Bond Non-Citizen, Mother No 1
  6 Dawes' Roll #12745, Sidney Bond, Ward Age 11 (b abt 1885) 1/2 Choctaw #582 Father Wallace Bond  Dead Sans Bois, Mother Lily McGilbrary [sic] Dead
  7 Dawes' Roll #12746, Green M Bond, Ward Age 7 (b abt 1889) 1/2 Choctaw #583 Father Wallace Bond  Dead Sans Bois, Mother Lily McGilbrary [sic] Dead
  8 Dawes' Roll #12747, Nicholas Dyer, Ward  Age 17 (b abt 1879) full Choctaw #3513 Father Jim Dyer Dead Sans Bois, Mother Lucy  --- Dead Sans Bois
  9 Dawes' Roll #12748, Douglas Trahern, Son Age 17 (b abt 1879) M 1/2 Choctaw #11816 Father Lysander Trahern Skullyville, Mother No 1
  10 Dawes' Roll #12749, Martha Trahern, Dau Age 17 (b abt 1879) F 1/2 Choctaw #11816 Father Lysander Trahern Skullyville, Mother No 1
  11 Dawes' Roll #IW462, Ridgely Bond, Hus Age 47 (b abt 1892) M Intermarried White, Father George Bond ded Non-Citizen, Mother Rebecca A Bond Dead Non Cit
  
  No 4 on roll as Bennette Bond
  Evidence of marriage between No 1 & 11 filed Feby 14, 1903
  Evidence of divorce between No 1 & former husband filed Feby 14, 1903
  Approved by Secretary of the Interior 12 September 1903
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  "I know we have a little bit of Indian blood and this was never talked about when I was young. We were all taught to say we were white, even though we are not really that white. I was never taught about my indian blood, except that we are Choctaw and Chickasaw, we have a great ancestor Levi Colbert."
  --  Jenifer Johnson, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 9 May 2020
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Florence Bond Stidham [Florence Bond Bond]
  Birth 1 Jan 1890 San Bois, Oklahoma
  Father Ridgely Bond
  Mother Sina Colbert
  SSN 559127812
  29 Dec 1954 Name listed as FLORENCE BOND STIDHAM
  
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  Ridgely Bond
  Birth 15 Apr 1852
  Death 19 Mar 1918 (aged 65) Haskell County, Oklahoma, USA
  Burial San Bois Cemetery, Kinta, Haskell County, Oklahoma, USA
  
  Mr Ridgley Bond died at his home near Kinta Tuesday night at 8 o'clock after an illness of several months. Mr. Bond was a pioneer citizen of Haskell County and was well known throughout the entire country. He has always been an active worker in all things pertaining to the upbuilding of the country in general. Mr. Bond leaves a wife and family to mourn his death. The funeral took place at Sans Bois today and was attended by a large crowd of friends and relatives.
  State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla), Vol 13, No 6, Ed 1, Thursday, March 21, 1918
  
  Spouse Sina Colbert Bond 1862-1953
  Children:
  Sidney Charles Bond 1888-1945
  Bennett Forrest Bond 1895-1978
  Wallace F Bond 1898-1937
  
  Inscription Husband of Sina Bond
  
  Created by MillieBelle 5 Feb 2008
  --  Find a Grave Memorial 24420039, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24420039/ridgely-bond
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Arkansas Marriage Certificate
• 3. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 4. 1910 Federal Census, Haskell County, Oklahoma
  • 27 April, Kinta, District 84, page 22A, Hse #121, Fam #131
• 5. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 6. Choctaw Nation Marriage Records
• 7. Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 8. California Death Index, 1940-1997
• 9. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
• 10. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 11. 1940 Federal Census, Riverside County, California
  • 11 April, Banning, District 33-66, Page 11A, 440 North Haywood, Hse #219, Owns $2000
• 12. Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current