Mary Susan Druscilla Deshazo^[1]

1858 - Aft 1905  (~ 48 years)

• Name	Mary Susan Druscilla Deshazo
  Born	Feb 1858	Eupora, Choctaw Co., Mississippi   [2, 3]
  	Her second marriage lists that she was about 30 years old.
  Gender	Female
  Census	8 Oct 1860	Choctaw Co., Mississippi   [4]
  Census	12 Aug 1870	Choctaw Co., Mississippi   [5]
  Census	Jun 1880	Clark Twp, Pike Co., Arkansas   [6]
  Residence	Feb 1888	Sebastian Co., Arkansas   [2]
  Census	9 Jun 1900	Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory   [3]
  	Address: Township 9 N
  	The 1900 census lists her as Susan Phillips and her children Frank and Larkin as Phillips, though they retained the name Tennyson. She is listed as widowed, born Feb 1858 in Mississippi. She had had 5 children, 4 of whom are still living. All of these facts match the rest of what we know about her already.
  Misc	21 Oct 1902	Stigler, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory   [7]
  	Rejected claim as member of Mississippi Choctaw Nation
  Died	Aft 1905	Arkansas
  Buried	Stigler, Haskell Co., Oklahoma
  	Address: formerly Stigler, Choctaw Lands, Indian Territory
  Person ID	I2521	Scott Dickson's Family
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Rev. John Walker Deshazo,   b. 11 Nov 1835, Alabama ,   d. 12 Jan 1918, Friendship, Crockett Co., Tennessee  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Phelps,   b. 1836, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 1890  (Age < 53 years)
  Married	Abt 1855
  Family ID	F809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John William Biggers Tennyson,   b. 22 Oct 1854, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi ,   d. 2 Jan 1885, Yell Co., Arkansas  (Age 30 years)
  Married	1874	Bankston, Choctaw Co., Mississippi
  Children	1. Viola Tennison,   b. 19 Jul 1875, Winona, Montgomery Co., Mississippi ,   d. 19 Aug 1970, Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas  (Age 95 years)   2. John William Tennyson,   b. 22 Feb 1877, Arkansas ,   d. 24 Oct 1923  (Age 46 years)   3. James Franklin Tennyson,   b. 21 Jan 1880, Arkansas ,   d. 18 Feb 1901, Arkansas  (Age 21 years)   4. Larkin Tennyson,   b. 1 Jan 1883, Arkansas ,   d. 3 Jan 1930, Muskogee Co., Oklahoma  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	James Franklin Phillips,   b. Abt 1858,   d. Bef 1900  (Age ~ 41 years)  [2]
  Marriage License	11 Feb 1888	Sebastian Co., Arkansas   [2]
  Married	12 Feb 1888	Sebastian Co., Arkansas   [2]
  Children	1. Ruth E. Phillips,   b. 5 Nov 1889, Sebastian Co., Arkansas ,   d. 10 Dec 1890, Sebastian Co., Arkansas  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Feb 1858 - Eupora, Choctaw Co., Mississippi Census - 8 Oct 1860 - Choctaw Co., Mississippi Census - 12 Aug 1870 - Choctaw Co., Mississippi Married - 1874 - Bankston, Choctaw Co., Mississippi Census - Jun 1880 - Clark Twp, Pike Co., Arkansas Residence - Feb 1888 - Sebastian Co., Arkansas Marriage License - 11 Feb 1888 - Sebastian Co., Arkansas Married - 12 Feb 1888 - Sebastian Co., Arkansas Died - Aft 1905 - Arkansas Buried - Address: formerly Stigler, Choctaw Lands, Indian Territory - - Stigler, Haskell Co., Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  Mary Susan Druscilla was 16 when she was married. The marriage to John W.B. Tennyson was not well thought of by either set of parents. To solve the problem of no consent, they sent a black man to the courthouse to get the marriage license. When he came back with it,they just crossed out the race, changed it to white, and got married.This marriage record has not yet been found, but it could be recorded as either black or white. Her first marriage could have been in Choctaw or Pontotoc Co, MS. After J.W.B. Tennyson died, she remarried to Mr. Phillips. He was not well liked by the first family and was regarded as a mean person by his stepchildren. Ref: [,1970,gm1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Descendants of John W. Tennyson. Unattributed typ. [S606] Arkansas County Marriages Index - 1837-1957, 27 May 2012; M.S. Tennisson to J.F. Phillips. [S737] 1900 US Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, IT, Township 9 N; ED 75; Page 6 A; Dwelling 97, Family 99; Susan Phillips. [S545] 1860 US Federal Census, Choctaw Co., MS, Township 20; page 270; dwelling 1940, family 1851; John W. Deshazo. [S627] 1870 US Federal Census, Choctaw Co., MS, Township 21 Range 10; page 15; dwelling 91, family 91; John W. Deshazo. [S598] 1880 US Federal Census, Pike Co., AR, Clark Twp, ED 125; p. 12; dwelling 80; William Tennisson. [S1538] Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914, 15 November 2019; Mississippi Choctaw, Rejected, Field No. R650, Susan Phillips.