 William was born on 30 October 1860 to John Lambert and Sarah Atkins Clark. Some records indicate he was born in Pennsylvania and some indicate Delaware. There is one genealogy tree record which has his middle name as Lawrence but a documented source for that could not be found. In 1870 the family is living in East Bradford, Chester County, Pennsylvania and in 1880 the family is in Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware. William's siblings listed in the census are Joseph D. (1859), Marcus H. (1865), Ella (Elizabeth) L. (1867), Thaddeus (1869), and Elwood G. (1871).
By 1900 the some of the family is in North Dakota. Assuming he filed when he arrived here the settlement for John and Sarah would be about 1898 in Township 134, Range 81, Section 4 in Morton County. In 1900 son Thaddeus was living with them along with son Elwood and his family.
About 1893 William married Elizabeth A. Murray. In 1900 they have two children but Elizabeth indicates in the census that they had three children with two surviving. The census only indicates the Reservation but they received a land patent for Township 134, Range 81, Section 28, just south of William's parents homestead, in 1909 with the assumption he homesteaded there in 1904. Other records indicates he was employed at Fort Yates, served as a Justice of the Peace, and was the second postmaster at Solen starting in 1911.
William and Elizabeth's children were: Gertrude, May Gladys, and Walter L. Gertrude died an infant in 1898, Walter was accidently killed in 1903. May married Ralph B. McDonald and they had at least three daughters; Wilma, Elizabeth Ruth, and June.
Elizabeth's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family Membes William was born in 1835 at County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. He enlisted, as a Private, on 4 September 1863 and reported to Company F, New York 17th Infantry on 13 October 1863. He was transferred to 48th Company, 2nd Infantry on 22 January 1864. William spent many years as a soldier involved in many military pursuits up through the Indian Wars. In the 1890 Veterans Census he is living at Fort Abraham Lincoln in Morton County. William died on 22 July 1893 of apoplexy in Fort Yates and is buried at St. Peters Catholic Cemetery. The Cemeteries of Sioux County records: "Co F 12th US Inf died at Ft. Yates, ND Jul 22, 1893 58yr 4mo 5da "To a faithful soldier who served his country for thirty years, this stone is erected by his comrades of Co. F 12 US Infantry"."
Burial.
John was an Indian agent for about twenty-five years at several stations but he did spend some time as the agent at Standing Rock Reservation in the late 1800's. He was born in Pennsylvania about 1839. On 2 November 1861 at Fort Snelling in Minnesota he enlisted as a Private in Company C,
Bracketts Battalion, Curtis Horse Regiment in Minnesota Cavalry. He also served for a time in Company K 5th Iowa Cavalry Regiment. He re-enlisted on 31 December 1863 and at the end of the Civil War he was discharged on 24 May 1866 at Fort Snelling. References have him as a Private, Full Corporal, Sergeant, and Major. He started drawing a Civil War Pension in Dakota Territory on 7 September 1889. John died on 9 November 1920 at St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.Click Picture for Larger View Thomas was born to Meets (Itkokipewin) (1851) on 5 May. Various records have different birth year from 1891 to 1894. He died in March 1962. Records do not indicate the death day and they surmise in South Dakota. No burial record could be found.
He was a Code Talker in World War I. From the Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service: "NECKLACE, THOMAS CROW. Army number 2,858,763; registrant,
Sioux county; born, Fort Yates, N. Dak., May 5, 1894, of American parents; occupation, car repairer; inducted at Fort Yates on April 20, 1918; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Headquarters Detachment, 175th Infantry, to Sept. 12, 1918; Company B, 338th Machine Gun Battalion, to discharge; overseas from Aug. 7, 1918, to June 4, 1919. Engagement: Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on June 15, 1919, as a Private."
Thomas married Alice (Has Horns) Horen (1898). Their other children included, at least, Thamer (1917), Thomas (1918), Christina (1921), Viola (1923), Andrew (1925), and Cerria (1929).
Louis was a Code Talker in World War I. This writer could find no record of his military service, and no record of birth, death, and burial.
His father and mother were Andrew (Kanghihala) (1860) and Sophia (Appearing Day, Anpetutaniya). Included in their family besides Louis were, at least, Joseph (1896), Eugene (1899), and Elizabeth (1902).
Louis married Philomine (Shooter) Sack. Their children included, at least, Henry (1932), Ursula (1936), Agatha (1939), and Saraphine Sophia.
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