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About Chief Eleazer Williams
Chief of the Tuscarora (a First Chief) from 1939-1966.
Rakuwa:nen
- Hereditary Chief of the Tuscarora Nation's Turtle Clan; inherited from his uncle, William Williams
- Rakuwa:nen, a First Chief of the Tuscarora
- His parents were Thomas and Lucinda (Johnson) Williams.
- First married Myrtle Thompson (she attended the Iroquois Indian School- Lewiston, Niagara, NY)
- Eleazer and Myrtle had 20 acres of land which they farmed and raised chickens and pigs.
- Practiced herbal medicine and developed treatments for several ailments, including arthritis. Grew the herbs he used in healing.
- He married Amelia Chew and they had Theodore Curtis Williams.
- Attended Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle Pennsylvania: entered the school on September 2, 1898, and departed on December 4, 1902.
- https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/student_files/eleazar-williams...
- https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/docs-ephemera/...
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56937950/eleazer-williams
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Chief Eleazer Williams's Timeline
| 1877 |
September 17, 1877
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1921 |
October 6, 1921
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1930 |
April 6, 1930
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1933 |
March 18, 1933
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1966 |
February 1966
Age 88
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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February 1966
Age 88
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Mount Hope Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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