U-tse-lv-nv-hi ‘Stephen’ Foreman

Stephen was a Cherokee man

Section 1: WikiTree

Biography

Stephen was born in 1807. He was the son of Anthony Foreman and Elizabeth.
He married (1) Sallie Riley. Their children were Austin, Ermina, Jeremiah, Susie, John Anthony, Stephen, Jennie, Archibald and Austin.
He married (2) Ruth Riley and they had Charles, Flora and Arminta.
He died in 1881. He is buried at Park Hill Cemetery in Park Hill, Oklahoma. [1]. Park Hill Cemetery was previously named Stephen Foreman Cemetery

Research Notes

Two sons named Austin, the one that died young isn't here yet.
In 1850 the Reverend translated the Gospel according to Luke into the Cherokee language.

Source: 00177/C. Cherokee Gospel of Luke. The Gospel According to Luke. Translated into the Cherokee Language. Park Hill, Oklahoma: Mission Press; Edwin Archer, Printer, 1850. @ https://bridwell.omeka.net/exhibits/show/harrison/item/833 and https://www.logcollegepress.com/stephen-foreman-18071881

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5208547 Source: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5208547/stephen-foreman: accessed 02 July 2023), memorial page for Rev Stephen Foreman (22 Oct 1807–8 Dec 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5208547, citing Park Hill Cemetery, Park Hill, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Debbie Bass (contributor 39457950).

• 1851 Drennen Roll:

10871 234 Stephen Foreman Tahlequah 75
10872 234 Sarah W. Forenan Tahlequah 75
10873 234 Austin W. Foreman Tahlequah
10874 234 Erminna N. Foreman Tahlequah
10875 234 Jeremiah E. Foreman Tahlequah 75
10876 234 Susannah Fareman Tahlequah
10877 234 John A. Foreman Tahlequah
10878 234 Stephen T. Foreman Tahlequah
10879 234 Jenny Lind Foreman Tahlequah
10880 234 Eli Spears Tahlequah 2800
10881 234 Geo. W. Choate Tahlequah

• Starr, Emmet, History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore, reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., originally published 1921, p. 363, 365.

See also:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8L6-M1N

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Foreman-2194
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Section 2: James Hicks @ Genealogy.com

STEPHEN U-TSE-LV-NV-HI FOREMAN, REV (JOHN ANTHONY2, JOHN ANTHONY1) was born October 22, 1807 in U-yu-gi-lo-gi, CNE [Floyd Co, GA], and died December 12, 1881 in Park Hill, OK.
He married (1) SALLIE WATKINS RILEY March 27, 1834 in Creek Path Mission, AL, daughter of JOHN RILEY and SUSAN WALKER. She was born Abt. 1814 in CNE [GA], and died August 06, 1861.
He married (2) RUTH RILEY March 27, 1873, daughter of LEWIS RILEY and NICEY MAXFIELD. She was born 1839, and died December 29, 1885.

• 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 234
• 1869 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 301 with 6 boys
• 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 690
• Biography: 1892, O'Beirne, Indian Territory, page 216
• Blood: 1/2 Cherokee (Candy's Creek Mission)
• Cause of Death: Stroke
• Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint (Susie Gourd)
• Detachment: October 10, 1838, 38-06 Old Fields/Stephen Foreman, as Asst Conductor

Letter from Stephen Foreman to Chief John Ross concerning replacement for H. Conrad dated 26 Sep 1838

• Education: January 08, 1828, Candy's Creek Mission School
• Elected: October 11, 1844, Justice of Supreme Court, Cherokee Nation
• Occupation: Minister
• Ordination: September 25, 1835, Presbyterian Minister
• Starr's Notes: D016; b:10/22/1807, d:12/12/1881, m'd:3/27/1834 Sallie W Riley d:8/6/1861
• Translation: U-tse-lv-nv-hi = Spirits

More About SALLIE WATKINS RILEY:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 234 as Sarah W Foreman

More About RUTH RILEY:

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Canadian, 160 (1896 page 326)
• 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 691 as Ruth Foreman

Children of STEPHEN FOREMAN and SALLIE RILEY are:

	i.	 	AUSTIN WORCESTER4 FOREMAN I, b. February 09, 1835; d. January 10, 1855.

	Notes for AUSTIN WORCESTER FOREMAN I:

• Emmet Starr's book "History of the Cherokee Indians" lists Austin Worcester Foreman twice in the children of Stephen & Sally Riley. The first born is shown as "dying without issue".

	More About AUSTIN WORCESTER FOREMAN I:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 234
• Starr's Notes: A021

	ii.	 	ERMINA NASH FOREMAN, b. January 15, 1837; d. June 02, 1858.

	More About ERMINA NASH FOREMAN:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 234
• Starr's Notes: A022

71. iii. JEREMIAH EVERETT FOREMAN, b. December 03, 1838, Illinois during Forced Removal; d. December 1864.

	iv.	 	SUSIE ELIZABETH FOREMAN, b. January 06, 1842; d. August 26, 1864.

	More About SUSIE ELIZABETH FOREMAN:

• 1851 Drennan roll: Tahlequah, 234
• Starr's Notes: A023

72. v. JOHN ANTHONY FOREMAN, b. June 10, 1844, Park Hill, OK; d. Aft. 1906.
73. vi. STEPHEN TAYLOR FOREMAN, b. September 24, 1848, Park Hill; d. January 30, 1891.
74. vii. JENNIE LIND FOREMAN, b. August 08, 1850, Tahlequah Dist, CNW; d. August 1911.

	viii.	 	ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER FOREMAN, b. August 09, 1853, Tahlequah Dist, CNW; d. February 10, 1877, Rogers Co, OK; m. ANNIE RUCKS; b. Abt. 1860.

	More About ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER FOREMAN:

• Burial: Stephen Foreman Cem, Cherokee Co, OK

75. ix. AUSTIN WORCESTER FOREMAN, DR, b. August 18, 1855, Park Hill, CNW; d. December 18, 1910, Vinita, Rogers Co, OK.

Children of STEPHEN FOREMAN and RUTH RILEY are:

	x.	 	CHARLES HODGE4 FOREMAN, b. November 08, 1873; d. September 26, 1889, while attending the Male Seminary.

	More About CHARLES HODGE FOREMAN:

• 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 692
• Starr's Notes: A861

	xi.	 	FLORA ELIZABETH FOREMAN, b. September 23, 1876, Park Hill, Tahlequah Dist, CNW; d. July 1916; m. AUSTIN J RIDER; b. January 15, 1871; d. Aft. 1906.

	More About FLORA ELIZABETH FOREMAN:

• 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 693
• 1890 Orphans [CN]: Cooweescoowee, 43 (Dr A W Foreman, gdn [older half-brother])
• 1894-96 O.S. payroll: Vinita, pg 326
• 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 3195, roll# 7877
• 1906-09 Miller roll: Talala, OK, ap# 4703, roll# 22440 as Flora E Rider
• Blood: 1/2 Cherokee
• Starr's Notes: A862

	More About AUSTIN J RIDER:

• 1880 Census [CN]: Cooweescoowee, 2400
• 1890 Census [CN]: Cooweescoowee, 3469
• 1894-96 O.S. payroll: Chelsea, OK, page 170~172, 246
• 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 4618, roll# 11093
• 1906-09 Miller roll: Talala, OK, ap# 4702, roll# 22439
• Blood: 1/4 Cherokee
• Starr's Notes: A011

	xii.	 	ARAMINTA ROSS FOREMAN, b. April 14, 1878, Tahlequah Dist, CNW; d. 1952.

	More About ARAMINTA ROSS FOREMAN:

• 1880 Census [CN]: Tahlequah, 694
• 1890 Orphans [CN]: Cooweescoowee, 44 (Dr A W Foreman, gdn [older half-brother])
• 1894-96 O.S. payroll: Vinita, pg 326
• 1902-07 Dawes roll: card# 6141, roll# 14635
• 1906-09 Miller roll: Vinita, OK, ap# 11794, roll# 11524
• Blood: 3/8 Cherokee [1/2]
• Burial: 1952, Vinita Fairview Cem, Craig Co, OK

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of John Anthony Foreman I” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0013...
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Section 3: Emmett Starr

Foreman.
The descendants of Anthony Foreman, a Scotchman who married two full blood Cherokee wives.
11 Anthony Foreman. Susie Gourd and Elizabeth. A26
1112 John Foreman. Nannie Drumgoole nee Doublehead and Ruth Springston.
2 Catherine Foreman. James Bigby.
OK 3 Thomas Foreman. Susannah Brewer nee Fields.
4 Nannie Foreman. Bushyhead.
5 Sallie Foreman. William Hicks.
6 Richard Bark Foreman. and Rachel Seabolt.
7 Archibald Foreman. Aky Brewer and Theresa Kerr. A27
8 Elsie Foreman. James Spears.
9 Stephen Foreman. Sallie W. Riley and Ruth Candy nee Riley.
10 Edward Foreman. Minerva Kerr.
11 Mary Foreman. Thomas Barnes.
12 Alexander Foreman. Ruth Phillips * and Sarah Fields.

Source: Starr, Emmett. “History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore.” Warden Company, 1922.
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Section 4: OKGenWeb

John Anthony FOREMAN (1844-1920). One of the most prominent of the old families of the Cherokee Nation is represented by John Anthony Foreman now living quietly retired in Ramona in Washington County

The father of John A. Foreman was the Rev. Stephen Foreman (1807-1881), one of the most useful and earnest workers for the educational and religious advancement of the Cherokees. Rev. Stephen Foreman died at his home
at Park Hill near Tahlequah, December 8, 1882, in the seventy-fourth year of his life. A sketch of his career is a part of the history of the Cherokee Nation, and the following facts are gleaned from a sketch which appeared in the Cherokee Advocate at the time of his death.

Rev. Stephen Foreman was born October 22, 1807, at a place called Oo-you-gi-lo-gi about twenty-five miles northeast of the present site of Rome Georgia. His parents were Anthony Foreman, a Scotchman, and his wife, Elizabeth WATTY, a full blooded Cherokee. Anthony Foreman came among the Cherokees during or soon after the Revolutionary war as a trader, and died among them in 1817. Stephen Foreman was thus left at the age of ten in a country where the opportunities for gaining an education were very limited but there is ample evidence that he made more than the best of his opportunities. The first school he attended was in 1815 just after the Creek war. In later years he wrote about some of his experiences in gaining an education, and of this first school he says; "How long the school was kept or how much I learned,

I do not now recollect. Webster's spelling book and reader were my first school books and Burgess WITT was my teacher." In 1824 he attended the Mission School on Candy's Creek, walking three miles to attend that school as a day scholar. Later quoting his own words, "In 1826 I went by invitation of Mr. HOLLAND to live at the Mission and
while there, or before going there, I heard a Mr. CHAMBERLAIN preach, who was the first missionary I ever heard and through his preaching I was made sensible of sin and brought to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ." He attended the Mission School two years, and during the winter of 1828 went to New Echota and studied there under Rev. S. A. WORCESTER. He was afterwards in school in Prince Edward, Virginia, under Doctor RICE, and following the death of Doctor Rice in 1830 and acting on the advice of friends he entered in 1831 the Princeton
Theological Seminary in New Jersey, remaining there two years.

Licensed to preach in 1833, Rev. Mr. Foreman took charge of the church at Candy's Creek in 1834, and labored there until the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia in 1838. At that time he acted as conductor of one of detachments of Cherokees in their removal from Georgia to the country set aside for them west of the Mississippi.
After reaching Indian Territory he labored as an evangelist at Honey Creek, Fairfield and Dwight Mission and in other places. From the beginning of 1834 until about the commencement of the war he was employed by the American Board of Commissioners for foreign Missions. During that time, besides preaching, he translated religious tracts and hymns with Mr. WORCHESTER and more especially was engaged in the translation of the Holy Scripture. His translation of the New Testament and parts of the Old, was subsequently printed by the American board of New York.

Besides his valuable work as a preacher, missionary and translator, Rev. Mr. Foreman filled many important offices in the Cherokee Nation, discharging his duties with constant fidelity. He was intensely patriotic and loyal to his people and their welfare, their advancement, the defence [sic] of their rights and the preservation of their nationality were special objects of his endeavors and zeal. With the exception of principal chief he filled almost every office in the gift of the Cherokee people. He was their delegate to Washington in 1846, and filled various offices in the councils of the nation for a number of years. He assisted in drawing up in 1839 and was one of the signers of the Cherokee Constitution, and afterwards translated it into the Cherokee language, together with most of the Cherokee laws. He was one of the first superintendents of public schools, and was identified from time to time in almost every capacity with the educational and other interests of the country. At the time of his death he was a member of the board of the Cherokee Insane Asylum. During the war he identified himself with that part of
the Cherokee Nation that chose Southern cause, and was then united with the Southern branch of the old school Presbyterian church, serving as its missionary until about January, 1878. Then owing to lack of funds the mission among the Cherokees was discontinued, though Mr. Foreman was allowed an annual sum of $250 for his support.
In the later years he built from his own means the church in Park Hill, and continued to preach the gospel there until the close of his eventful life.

The mother of John A. Foreman was Sally Walker RILEY, who was born in the old Cherokee Nation in Alabama and was married there. She was with her husband in the removal of the tribe to Indian Territory and her third child was born during that migration on the banks of the Mississippi River. That birth delayed the progress of the detachment for three days. She died at the old home at Park Hill in 1861, and had become the mother of ten children, namely: Austin W.; Ermina Nash; Jeremiah Evarts; Susan Elizabeth; John Anthony; Sarah, who died
in infancy; Stephen Taylor; Jenny Lind; Archibald Alexander; and A. W. Worcester. Rev. Stephen Foreman married for his second wife a cousin to his first wife, Ruth Riley CANDY, widow of Reese Candy. By her first marriage she brought him one child, Thomas Candy, and by her marriage to Rev. Foreman had three children; Charles Hodge; Flora wife of A. J. RIDER of Talala; and Araminta Ross, who was a teacher in the Choctaw Nation.

Source: Owens, J. (1998, October 28). JOHN ANTHONY FOREMAN. OKGenWeb.net. https://okgenweb.net/books/thoburn/bios3/foreman_john.txt Vol. 3, p. 1264, 1265, 1266
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Section 5: The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture

FOREMAN, STEPHEN (1807–1881).
A Cherokee Presbyterian minister and politician, Rev. Stephen Foreman was born near present Rome, Georgia, on October 22, 1807. He was a son of John Anthony Foreman, of Scotch descent, and his Cherokee wife Wattie or Elizabeth. Educated at mission schools, Stephen Foreman had abilities that were recognized by his teachers. Consequently, he attended Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and Princeton Theological Seminar in New Jersey, with support from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM).

The ABCFM employed Foreman in mission work, both before and after the Cherokees' removal to Indian Territory (present Oklahoma) in 1838–39. Translating documents and news into the Cherokee language was part of his job as assistant editor of the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper in 1829. Siding with Chief John Ross in opposition to removal, in 1836 Foreman was a Cherokee delegate to the U.S. government protesting the removal Treaty of New Echota. After he moved to Indian Territory in 1839, he helped Rev. Samuel A. Worcester translate the Bible into the Cherokee language.

Foreman was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation and held offices as executive council member and clerk of the Cherokee National Senate. He was the Cherokee Nation's first superintendent of education, filling that position from 1841 to 1843. His first wife, Sarah Watkins Riley, died in 1860; he married Ruth Riley Candy in 1873 and lived at Park Hill in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, until his death on December 8, 1881.

Students and faculty at Park Hill Mission, including Mrs. Stephen Foreman and Miss Rodine, 1880s
(1716, Alice Robertson Collection, OHS).

Source: Anna Eddings, “Foreman, Stephen,” The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FO021
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Section 6: Lynda Foreman; the Foreman Family: Genealogy.com

Rev. Stephen Foreman (Anthony2, John Anthony1) was born October 22, 1807 in Oo-you-gi-lo-gi, Floyd County, Georgia, and died December 08, 1882 in Park Hill, Indian Territory.
He married (1) Sarah Walker Riley March 27, 1834 in Creek Path Mission, Alabama, daughter of John Riley and Susan Walker. She was born 1814 in Cherokee Nation, Georgia, and died August 06, 1861 in Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.
He married (2) Ruth Riley March 27, 1873, daughter of Lewis Riley. She died Unknown.

REV. STEPHEN FOREMAN's father dying while Stephen was eight or nine years old was thrown, to a great extent, on his own resources. Being very industrious, however, and exhibiting a good deal of ambition, his friends aided him in procuring an education. During his youth he worked pretty hard, and spent such money as he could accumulate on his schooling. Dr. Worcester, the celebrated Presbyterian missionary, took him in charge in his eighteenth year and gave him a classical education. Stephen then went to Richmond, Virginia, and there attended college for some years, after which he completed his education at Princeton, New Jersey, and was soon authorized and licensed by the Presbyterian Board to preach the gospel among his own people.
For many years Rev. Stephen Foreman was associated with Rev. S.A. Worcester, and during the lives of these illustrious men they translated the New Testament from the English to the native Cherokee language.When the Cherokees were removed from their old homes in Georgia Rev. Stephen was given charge of 500 of their number, whom he conducted safely to the new country about the year 1837 and 1838.
During his lifetime Rev. Foreman filled in turn almost every public office but that of chief, but he was especially devoted to religious and educational matters, and was the first superintendent of public schools ever appointed in the Cherokee Nation.After the Civil War he took charge of the missionary field discontinued by the Presbyterians, and out of his meager and hard earnings erected a church at Park Hill Mission which cost him $800.Not only did this philanthropic gentlemen erect a fine house of worship, but he erected a temple of Christianity in the hearts of the people.

Notes from GenRef, Inc. & Oklahoma Historical Society p 216-217.
"While the body of Stephen Foreman was laid to rest in the west, it is fitting that a monument to him was raised in the east where his long career had it's beginning.In the present city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, the old Brainerd Mission Cemetery is a small island of serenity surrounded by a modern shopping center.The most conspicious marker in the cemetery is to the memory of Stephen Foreman.It is a tablet wich reads:
"He Labored With the Cherokees and Walked With God"

• Born Oct. 22, 1807, in the Cherokee Nation near the present side of Rome, Georgia, of Scotch-Cherokee parentage.
• Died December 8th, 1881, at Park Hill, Indian Territory, and is buried in the Stephen Foreman Cemetery there.
• A gentleman of the old Southern type, a scholar of much culture and learning, a writer of prominence.
• Educated College of Richmond, VA and Princeton Theological Seminary.
• Licensed to preach Sept. 23, 1835 by Union Presbytery, Tennessee.
• Served 'Old Nation' as associate editor of the Cherokee Phoenix.
• Translated into Cherokee the New Testament and part of the Old, also many tracts and hymns.
• Worked with the missionaries at Brainerd and preached for forth-six years among his people.
• Had charge of a train of wagons at the removal of the Cherokees, 1838.
• Organized Cherokee National Public School System and was first superintendent of education west of the Mississippi River.
• Elected to the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation Oct. 11, 1844, Executive Councillor, 1847-1855, and held many places of trust and honor.
• Established first Presbyterian Church at Tahlequah.

In memory of the great Cherokee who did so much for his people along lines of religion, education and good fellowship, this tablet is lovingly dedicated by his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren."
September 21, 1938
Notes from Journal of Cherokee Studies, Volume II, No. 2 Spring 1977 by E. Raymond Evans

• Burial: Park Hill Mission Cemetery (formerly Stephen Foreman Cemetery
• Cherokee Name: Oo tsa lah nuh hi
• Drennen Roll: 1851, #234 Tahlequah
• Education: Candy's Creek Mission School
• Elected: October 11, 1844 Justict of Supreme Court of Cherokee Nation, 1847 Executive Councilor, 1855
• Exectutive Councilor, 1867 Clerk of the Senate
• Fact 1: Associate Editor 'Cherokee Phoenix'
• Fact 2: 1841, First Superintendent of Education in Cherokee Nation
• Graduation: Princeton Theological Seminary
• Occupation: September 23, 1835, Ordained Presbyterian Minister

More About Sarah Walker Riley:

• Drennen Roll: 1851, #234 Tahlequah
• Marriage: March 27, 1834, Creek Path Mission, Alabama

More About Ruth Riley:

• RUTH RILEY was a widow when Stephen Foreman married her.
• She is a cousin to Sarah Walker Riley, Stephen Foreman's first wife.
• Marriage: March 27, 1873

Children of Stephen Foreman and Sarah Riley are:

	90	i.	 	Austin Worcester4 Foreman, born February 09, 1835 in Cherokee Nation East; died November 1854 in Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.

	Notes for Austin Worcester Foreman:

• AUSTIN WORCESTER FOREMAN was the first born and was educated in Massachusetts.He returned home to Park Hill and was killed one January night in 1855 in a tragic hunting accident.This death of this promising young man deeply affected his parents, and when their last child was born in August of the same year they named him Austin Worcester Foreman after his dead brother.
• Drennen Roll: 1851, #234 Tahlequah

	91	ii.	 	Ermina Nash Foreman, born January 15, 1837 in Cherokee Nation East; died June 02, 1857.

	Notes for Ermina Nash Foreman:

• ERMINA NASH FOREMAN was educated in the Cherokee schools and at Mt Holyoke, Massachusetts, where she finished in 1854. Her education completed, Ermina returned home to become a teacher.She devoted her life to her pupils and was highly regarded by all who knew her. Her career was abruptly cut short when she was stricken with the dread disease called "consumption."Her mother took her to Texas, hoping that the change of climate would help, but it was to no avail. Ermina died in June, 1859, at the age of twenty-two.
• Drennen Roll: 1851, #234 Tahlequah

+ 92 iii. Jeremiah Evarts Foreman, born December 03, 1838 in Clear Creek Camp, TRAIL OF TEARS, State of Illinois; died December 1864 in Cherokee Camp at Sulphur Springs, Texas.

	93	iv.	 	Susie Elizabeth Foreman, born January 26, 1842 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; died 1866 in Cherokee Camp at Sulphur Springs, Texas.She married Charles Rogers, Jr.; born January 09, 1842; died July 28, 1879.

	Notes for Susie Elizabeth Foreman:

• Susie & Charles had no children by this marriage.
• Drennen Roll: 1851, #234 Tahlequah

+ 94 v. John Anthony Foreman, born June 10, 1844 in Park Hill, Tahlequah District, Indian Territory; died Aft. 1920.

	95	vi.	 	Sarah Ann Foreman, born October 10, 1846 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; died Abt. 1846 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.

• Fact 1: Died in Infancy

+ 96 vii. Stephen Taylor Foreman, born September 24, 1848 in Park Hill, Indian Territory; died January 01, 1891 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.

	97	viii.	 	Jenny Lind Foreman, born October 08, 1850 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; died Unknown.She married Charles McClure McClellan; died Unknown.

• Drennen Roll: 1851, #234 Tahlequah

	98	ix.	 	Archibald Alexander Foreman, born August 09, 1853 in Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; died 1886 in Died Without Issue. He married Annie Rucks Abt. 1872 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; died Unknown.

• Marriage: Abt. 1872, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma

+ 99 x. Austin Worcester Foreman, Sr., born August 18, 1855 in Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; died December 18, 1910 in Vinita, Rogers County, Oklahoma.

Children of Stephen Foreman and Ruth Riley are:

	100	i.	 	Infant Daughter4 Foreman, born Abt. 1874; died Unknown.

	101	ii.	 	Charles Hodge Foreman, born Abt. 1875; died October 10, 1889 in Died Without Issue.

• CHARLES HODGE FOREMAN died while attending Male Seminary in 1889 at the age of 15.

	102	iii.	 	Flora Elizabeth Foreman, born September 23, 1876 in Park Hill, Tahlequah District, Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation; died July 1916.She married Austin J. Rider; born January 15, 1871 in Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation; died Unknown.

• Degree of Blood: 1/2 Cherokee Indian

	103	iv.	 	Araminta Ross Foreman, born Abt. 1878; died Unknown.

• ARAMINTA ROSS FOREMAN wrote the following in 1940 about her father.

"A few persons are still living who knew him and they remember him as a leader, peacemaker, and adviser to his people; as a kindly, benevolent man and as a true and loyal friend; as not having an enemy and not having anything against his good name.He loved his home and worked about the place keeping it in repair, making it more comfortable, and beautifying yard and gardens with shrubs and flowers.He had a large orchard in which were apple, peach and pear trees.Just inside the picket fence and around three sides of the garden berry vines of different sorts were planted.A picket fence separated the garden from a small peach orchard and in each was a grape arbor.In his last years he spent much time in his garden and he could be found sitting in the shade of the grape arbor, in contemplation, reading or greeting his friends and neighbors.He was loved and respected by all and was lovingly called 'Uncle Stephen' by most of the community.He was a familiar figure to all as he rode about the countryside on his white horse, keeping his various appointments.He always carried his saddlebags on his right arm when he dismounted.
His duty, whatever its nature, was discharged with faithfulness and impartiality.With regard to the various government offices he filled, he said that he was known as a religious and not a political man, that he had never taken time to promulgate his sentiments on political matters, neither had he taken pains to conceal them; and that so far as a course or act was concerned he would 'hew up exactly to the line' as he had always done as a private citizen."

• Census: 1909, Card #6141
• Dawes Roll: #14635
• Degree of Blood: 3/8 Cherokee Indian
• Miller Roll: #11794
• Residence: Vinita, Oklahoma

Source: Foreman, Lynda S. “User Home Page Book: The Foreman Family: NGS Quarterly Report of John Anthony Foreman I.” Genealogy.Com, 15 Feb. 2004, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/f/o/r/Lynda-S-Foreman/BOOK-0001/0004-...
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Section 7: The Cherokee Advocate

Obituary
Contributed for the Cherokee Advocate (unknown author L. D.?)

Source: (1881, December 23). Biography of Rev. Stephen Foreman. Cherokee Advocate , pp. 2–2. V. 6, issue 34
Transcribed:

DIED.: At his residence at Park Hill Cherokee Nation I. T. on the 8th of December 1881, Rev. Stephen Foreman in the seventy-fourth year of his age. His sickness began October 25th, with paralysis in the hand and partial loss of speech which gradually grew worse until the whole left side of his body become paralyzed. On the 2nd, of Dec., he had another slight stroke after which he continued to sink until the end came. He was born Oct., 22nd, 1807 at a place called Oo-you-gi-lo-gi, about 25 miles north-east of what is now Rome, Georgia,

His father’s name was Anthony Foreman—a Scotchman. His mother was a full-blooded Cherokee- her name was Wattie, or Elizabeth. Anthony Foreman came among the Cherokees during, or soon after the Revolutionary War, as a trader, and having died in 1817 he left his son Stephen in a country which at that time afforded no very great advantages for acquiring an education. Yet we fine (from consulting his papers) that although quite young at that time, he nevertheless availed himself of such opportunities, as were within his reach to improve his mind.

The first school that he attended was in the year 1815, just after the Creek war. He says,”How long the school was kept, or how much I learned I do not now recollect. Webster’s Spelling Book and Reader were my first school books and Burgess Witt was my teacher.” The next school he attended was the Mission School on Candy’s in 1824, which was taught by Mr. William Holland. He walked three miles and attended this school as a day scholar during a part of 1824. Afterwards he says, “In 1826 d through his preaching I was made sensible of sin and brought to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” He studied at this school two years. Afterwards during the winter of 1828, he went to New Echota and studied under Rev. S.A. Worcester. From there he went to school at Prince Edward’s Virginia under Dr. Rice.

After the death of Dr. Rice in 1830, by the advice of friends he went in 1831 to Princeton New Jersey Theological Seminary where he remained for two years. He was licensed to preach in 1833, and afterwards took charge of the church at Candy’s Creek in 1834, where he labored until the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia in 1838, at which time he took a prominent part in the removal of his people- acting as conductor of one of the detachments.

After reaching this country he labored as an evangelist, preaching at Honey Creek, Fairfield and Dwight Missions and other places, as circumstances would permit. He was in the employ of the A. B.C.F.M. from the beginning of 1834 until near the commencement of the late war, during which time besides preaching, he was engaged in translating religious tracts and hymns with Mr. Worcester, under the care and direction of the American Board, and more especially in translating the Holy Scriptures. This important translation of the New Testament and parts of the Old was completed and subsequently printed by the American Board in New York.

In addition to the varied and extensive work that Mr. Foreman performed in the church, he filled many important offices in his Nation, the duties of which he always discharged with constant fidelity and unswerving loyalty to his country. It may be said of him that he was intensely patriotic. Always for his people. There could be pleased upon his acts, but one interpretation-their welfare, their advancement-the defense of their rights and the preservation of their Nationality. With the exception of Principal Chief, he filled almost every office, in the gift of the Cherokee people. He served as a delegate to Washington in 1846. He filled various offices in the Councils of the Nation for a number of years. He was one of the signers of our Present Constitution, which he assisted in drawing up in the year 1839, and afterwards translated into the Cherokee language together with most of the present Cherokee laws.

He was one of the first Superintendents of public schools and was identified from time to time in almost every capacity with the educational and other interests of the country. At the time of his death he was a member of the Board of the Cherokee Insane Asylum. During the War of the Rebellion Mr. Foreman united with the Southern Branch of the old school Presbyterian Church and in that church he served as a Missionary until about January 1878, when for the lack of funds and owing to the advanced age of Mr. Foreman the Ex-committee of the Board decided to discontinue the Mission among the Cherokees and to allow Mr. Foreman an annual sum of $250 to go towards his support. In these last years of his ministry he built a church at Park Hill out of his own funds where he preached the Gospel and finished the work the Master gave him to do.

Thus closed the eventful life of one who has passed from his labors on earth to his reward in Heaven. The funeral services were held in his church at Park Hill and he was buried there with the old Missionaries, where he will rest with them till the resurrection morn. He leaves a wife and children to mourn their loss, and a vast circle of friends who will miss “The old man of the mountains” now that he is gone.
Servant of God well done,
Rest from thy loved employ,
The battle fought, the victory won,
Entered thy Master’s joy.

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Section 8: Further Reading:
1. Ross Foreman, M. (1940). Reverend Stephen Foreman, Cherokee Missionary. Chronicles of Oklahoma, 18(3), 229–242. @ https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1827452/m1/16/zoom/?...