Children
Edna Earlle PYLE b: 24 Aug 1888 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma .
Omer Levin PYLE b: 12 Jun 1890 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
Eula Bess PYLE b: 20 Jun 1892 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma .
Howard Bailey PYLE b: 12 Nov 1894 in Richmond, Fort Bend, Texas.
Bryon Burford PYLE b: 4 Sep 1896
Lela Belle PYLE
William F. Semple was born at Caddo, Indian Territory, on March 16, 1883. His parents were Charles Alexander Semple and Minnie Pitchlynn. His maternal g-g-grandfather was Major John Pitchlynn, a former officer in the Colonial Army. General George Washington appointed Major Pitchlynn as Official Choctaw Interpreter and he was present at the signing of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. Major Pitchlynn was married to Sophia Folsom. To this union was born Peter P. Pitchlynn.
Chief Semple attended Jones Academy during his youth. In 1907 he graduated from Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia with a degree in law.
After he returned to Oklahoma he set up a law practice in Durant, Oklahoma specializing in land titles. He was elected to the House of Representatives during the second session of that body. Later he was appointed District Attorney for the Choctaw Nation. He also served as Council for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
President Woodrow Wilson appointed William Finley Semple as the Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation in 1918. He served in that capacity until 1922.
The wife of Chief Semple, Clara Petty Semple, died on June 11, 1966. William F. Semple passed away in 1969. They are both buried in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
father is
John Thomas Petty Sex: M Birth: 29 DEC 1859 in Spring Valley, Webster Co., MS Death: 21 DEC 1933 in Caddo, Bryan Co., OK Burial: Gethsemane Cem., Caddo., OK
his Father: James Madison Petty b: 1 SEP 1823 in SC Mother: Sophronia Ridgeway b: 1832 in Camp Springs, AL
mother is Marriage 1 Annie Belle Bertram b: 29 MAY 1872 in Rock Hill, KY
Married: 19 JAN 1887 in Honey Grove, Fannin Co., TXChildren
Clara Sophronia Petty b: 14 FEB 1889
Robert Bonner Petty b: 30 SEP 1890
J. Carl Petty b: 29 JUL 1892
Rosa Mae Petty b: 5 JUL 1894
Hazel Petty b: 4 NOV 1902
Left for TexArkana as a young man to work in the Oil Industry Reported in Reason's Blade newspaper obit.as having relocated toTulsa, Oklahoma.
Father: Byron N Hutchins b: 3 Sep 1844 in Freeport (Now Wayne), Wood Co., OH Mother: Ida O. Sage b: Sep 1855 in OH
Children
Frank P. SEMPLE b: 1881
William F. SEMPLE b: 1883
Charles B. SEMPLE b: 1885
Peter SEMPLE b: 1887
Julia Maurine SEMPLE b: 1894
Abbie Y. SEMPLE b: 1894
Annie R. SEMPLE b: 1900
1860 Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH, USA Note: Alexander Semple, 57, Dentist, born PA; Mary, 47, born PA; dau Julia, 24, at home, born OH, dau Mary, missionary teacher, born OH ; dau Emma, 20, at home, born OH; day Margaretta, 18, student, born OH; dau Hattie, 14, born OH; son Charles, 11, born OH; dau Fannie, 11, born OH.
a dentist
Children
William F. Semple b: 1832 in Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH, USA
Julia Semple b: 1835 in OH, USA
Mary J. Semple b: 17 JUL 1836 in Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH, USA
Emma Semple b: 1839 in OH, USA
Margaretta Semple b: DEC 1844 in Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH, USA
Charles Semple b: 1848 in OH, USA
Fannie Semple b: 1848 in OH, USA
Hattie Semple b: SEP 1848 in Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH, USA
John Semple had three brothers and one sister: their names were William, Alexander, Samuel and Mary. Mary married Admiral Graves, a resident of north of Ireland, and was connected with the royal family. John Sample was second cousin to George the third. Admiral Graves was commander-in-chief of the marine forces of England, being appointed by the king on account of his connection with the crown through his wife. Admiral Graves was sent from England with a large fleet in [p.241] the time of the revolution to relieve Cornwallis at the battle of Yorktown, but he arrived one day too late, as Cornwallis had been taken by General Washington. Admiral Graves returned with his fleet to England. He was owner of old Castle-Dawson with its elegant parks and hunting grounds. John Sample's wife's maiden name was Margaret Whiteside, a resident of Belfast, Ireland. Her brother [more likely her nephew], James Whiteside; was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, the highest gift of the queen. He was a nobleman. At the age of 16 Margaret Whiteside married a young man named William Thompson, also a resident of Belfast. They had three children, John T., William T. and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson immigrated to America while their children were quite young and settled in Philadelphia, where Mr. Thompson died not long after his arrival. In a few years after his death his widow married John Sample, of the same city. He was a merchant. The issue of this marriage was seven children, viz: Ann, Margaret, Sarah, Eliza, Alexander, Jane and Martha. John Sample died in Pittsburgh, .Pa., in 1829; his wife died in 1850 [should be July 11, 1851], in Kentucky, whilst on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Martha Wheeler [the 1850 U.S. Federal Census for Grant County, Kentucky list her living with the Wheelers, age 80, and born in Ireland]. Jane married Rev. G. M. Hair, both of whom are deceased. Eliza married Rev. Samuel Hair, whose death is noted elsewhere. His wife, at this date (1893) is still alive, and resides at No. 4417 Lake avenue, Chicago. Martha married John T. Wheeler [should be John "D" wheeler], now deceased; his wife survives him and resides in Chicago. Alexander was long a resident of Steubenville, Ohio, where he was regarded as one of the most distinguished dentists in that profession."