Steve Simons

Steve was a full-blood Cherokee man

Biography:
Born between 1860 and 1873, Steve was the son of a Creek man and a Cherokee woman, he does not remember the name of his mother, but he recalls that his mother's parents were said to be both Cherokee and considered himself a full-blood Cherokee.

Steve partnered with a Cherokee woman named Cateya who left him after the birth of their daughter Nellie. Nelli spent her time between her father's farm near Marble, Sequoya district, IT, and her mother's place in the Illinois district.

According to the Canton Indian School records, Steve was admitted on September 29, 1917, and there is no diagnosis on record.

In the letter dated February 17, 1934, from Dr. L.L. Culp to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Steve was admitted from Muskogee, IT (probably by the commissioner of the Five Tribes?). He died at the Canton Asylum on October 8, 1917, and was buried in the Canton Hiawatha Cemetery tier 1 plot 88

His profile is part of the The Canton Asylum One Place Study.

Research Notes:
-The 1880 Cherokee roll was examined, and the name of the applicant Steve Simons, was found and identified thereon at page 719, # 1163, Sequoyah District;
-The 1880 Cherokee roll examined and the name of the mother of Nellie Simons found and identified thereon as Cateya Simons, at page 719, # 1160, Sequoyah District;
-The 1896 Cherokee roll was examined, and the name of the applicant Steve Simons found and identified thereon at page 973, #4, Illinois District;
-The 1896 Cherokee roll was examined, and the name of Nellie Simons was found and identified thereon at page 903, # 1795, Illinois District;
-Steve was NOT in the 1918 Canton male census
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Sources:

1902 May 12 - "Oklahoma Applications for Enrollment to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVJ4-8ZP : Sun Mar 10 08:24:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Steve Simons, from 1898 to 1914, pg. 2, line xx, Dawes application interview with David M. Faulkner, interpreter, Commission of the Five Civilized Tribes

1917 Oct 1 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=676, line 38, census of the Asylum for Insane Indians School

1917 Oct 8 - "South Dakota, Grave Registration Records, 1940-1941", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CY84-N86Z : Sat Mar 09 13:53:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Steve Simons, no image
Name Steve Simons
Sex Male
Age 45 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1872
Death Date 9 October 1917
Event Type Burial
Event Place Presho, Lyman, South Dakota, United States
Cemetery Indian Asylum

1917 Oct 8 - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14493968/steve-simons: accessed April 7, 2024), memorial page for Steve Simons (unknown–8 Oct 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14493968, citing Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400).

1917 Oct 8 - Hilton, M. (Ed.). (2023, July 10). Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians Historical Marker. Historical Marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=183486 Photo by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 10, 2023, courtesy of HMdb.org

Walkkas 1-21-17 · Steve Simons 10-8-17 · James Two Crows 11-26-17

1917 Oct 8 - “Online Cemetery Search.” Apps.sd.gov, apps.sd.gov/dt58cemetery/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2024.
First Name Last Name Death Date Lot Number Block Number City County Name
STEVE SIMONS 10-09-1917 1 2 CANTON LINCOL INDIAN ASYLUM