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About Chief Thomas 'Te-ker-yer-ter' Williams
Tuscarora/Bear Clan
Chief Sachem of the Tuscaroras, 1887-1927
President of the Tuscarora Nation, 1890
- Succeeded John Mt. Pleasant as Chief Sachem of the Tuscaroras, 1887
- Son of Sampson Sr. and Lucy Johnson Williams
- Siblings: Chief Daniel 'Oh-geh-rah-u-reh-ru-ha-nah' ("Running Bear"); Ann; Sampson Jr.; and Louise Williams
- Married Lucinda Johnson
- Their children: Chief Eleazer, Hattie, Lizzie, Mariah, Minnie Gladys, Theodore, Laura, Thomas and Virginia Lena Williams.
- Played e flat cornet in the National Cornet Band of Tuscarora
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157176922/thomas-williams
New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK99-M2H : 8 March 2021), Thomas Williams, Lewiston, A.D. Tuscarora Indian, E.D. Reservation, Niagara, New York; citing p. 6, line 35, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 878,330.
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Chief Thomas 'Te-ker-yer-ter' Williams's Timeline
| 1854 |
July 12, 1854
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1877 |
September 17, 1877
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1879 |
1879
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Mount Hope Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1881 |
1881
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1883 |
1883
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1884 |
October 31, 1884
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1889 |
April 17, 1889
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Sanborn, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1892 |
1892
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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| 1927 |
April 15, 1927
Age 72
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Tuscarora Indian Reservation, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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April 1927
Age 72
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Mount Hope Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, United States
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