Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameAdeline W. Hodge 
Birth25 Dec 1866, Choska, Creek Nation, Indian Territory
Census9 Jun 1900, Corpus Christi, Nueces Co, TX
Memoroll#1662, pg 6
Census30 Apr 1910, Wagoner, Wagoner Co, OK
Memoroll#1277, pg 16
Census22 Jan 1920, Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK
Memoroll#1487, pg 16
Census8 Apr 1930, Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK
MemoED#82, pg 11
Death2 Mar 1972, Wagoner, Wagoner Co, OK
MemoRoss Nursing home
Burial6 Mar 1972, Vernon Cem, Coweta, Wagoner Co, OK
MemoSection 3, Block 105, Lot 2
FatherAlvin Twitworth “Thane” Hodge (1845-1919)
MotherMary Jane Burgess (1850-1935)
Misc. Notes
Listed as age 13 in the 1882 Creek census.
Listed as born 1869 in the 1900 census, 1868 on SSDI, and 1866 on FindaGrave, 1868 based on the 1882 Creek census.
After the death of her husband Adolphus Orcutt, she was remarried to Wiley A. Ledbetter (1872, AR) and is listed with him and 3 of her Orcutt children in 1920. Then as divorced in 1930. Living in Broken Arrow in 1935, when her mother died.
She was living in Coweta in 1962.
[Obituary]
Mrs. Adaline Orcutt, 106, a pioneer county resident, died Thursday night, March 2, 1972, in Wagoner Hospital. She had made her home in Coweta for about 40 years, but had been in Ross Nursing home, Wagoner, Oklahoma, for the last five years. Mrs. Orcutt was born in Indian Territory, December 25, 1865 at Choska, a Creek Indian settlement south of Coweta. She was the daughter of Alvin Twitworth Hodge and Mary Jane Burgess. Her father was an early day farmer and judge. He once owned a large part of the land on which the city of Tulsa was founded. She married, Col. A. D. Orcutt, a rancher and later a member of the first Oklahoma State Legislature, shortly before her 18th birthday. They moved to the Tulsa area before it was a town and the Orcutt cattle water hole was located at what is now Swan Lake, at 18th Street and Utica Avenue. It was known for years as Orcutt Lake. Mrs. Orcutt often told friends that "Tulsa was Papa's farm." Her mother was a full-blood Creek Indian and her Creek allotment included the site later known as the Barton Showground, at Admiral Boulevard and Trenton Avenue in Tulsa. Mrs. Orcutt learned three Indian languages as a girl and often served as an interpreter for the Rev. Robert Loughridge, first missionary in the Creek Nation. She often recalled to friends, a trip she, the missionary, and his wife made by horse and wagon to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on business. Recalling her early days, she remembered, "When the people poured in from Kansas, drawn by the ads in newspapers telling them they could buy land for next to nothing. When they got here, they didn't find the cheap land and they didn't find much to eat. So Papa killed 13 hogs and gave the meat to them." Mrs. Orcutt also is survived by a brother, David Hodge, who resides in California. She was the mother of Guy Orcutt and Mrs. Pearlie Backward, both of Claremore and former Tulsa residents. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 6, at the Mallett Funeral Home, with Rev. James L. Moore officiating. Burial was in Vernon Cemetery, Coweta, Oklahoma. Mrs. Orcutt was famous for her humor around the Ross Nursing Home right up to her final days.
Listed as born 1869 in the 1900 census, 1868 on SSDI, and 1866 on FindaGrave, 1868 based on the 1882 Creek census.
After the death of her husband Adolphus Orcutt, she was remarried to Wiley A. Ledbetter (1872, AR) and is listed with him and 3 of her Orcutt children in 1920. Then as divorced in 1930. Living in Broken Arrow in 1935, when her mother died.
She was living in Coweta in 1962.
[Obituary]
Mrs. Adaline Orcutt, 106, a pioneer county resident, died Thursday night, March 2, 1972, in Wagoner Hospital. She had made her home in Coweta for about 40 years, but had been in Ross Nursing home, Wagoner, Oklahoma, for the last five years. Mrs. Orcutt was born in Indian Territory, December 25, 1865 at Choska, a Creek Indian settlement south of Coweta. She was the daughter of Alvin Twitworth Hodge and Mary Jane Burgess. Her father was an early day farmer and judge. He once owned a large part of the land on which the city of Tulsa was founded. She married, Col. A. D. Orcutt, a rancher and later a member of the first Oklahoma State Legislature, shortly before her 18th birthday. They moved to the Tulsa area before it was a town and the Orcutt cattle water hole was located at what is now Swan Lake, at 18th Street and Utica Avenue. It was known for years as Orcutt Lake. Mrs. Orcutt often told friends that "Tulsa was Papa's farm." Her mother was a full-blood Creek Indian and her Creek allotment included the site later known as the Barton Showground, at Admiral Boulevard and Trenton Avenue in Tulsa. Mrs. Orcutt learned three Indian languages as a girl and often served as an interpreter for the Rev. Robert Loughridge, first missionary in the Creek Nation. She often recalled to friends, a trip she, the missionary, and his wife made by horse and wagon to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on business. Recalling her early days, she remembered, "When the people poured in from Kansas, drawn by the ads in newspapers telling them they could buy land for next to nothing. When they got here, they didn't find the cheap land and they didn't find much to eat. So Papa killed 13 hogs and gave the meat to them." Mrs. Orcutt also is survived by a brother, David Hodge, who resides in California. She was the mother of Guy Orcutt and Mrs. Pearlie Backward, both of Claremore and former Tulsa residents. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 6, at the Mallett Funeral Home, with Rev. James L. Moore officiating. Burial was in Vernon Cemetery, Coweta, Oklahoma. Mrs. Orcutt was famous for her humor around the Ross Nursing Home right up to her final days.
Spouses
Birth17 Aug 1846, Kentucky
Death14 Jun 1913, Estilline, Hall Co, TX
BurialOaklawn Cem, Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK
FatherDr Augustus Caulincourt Orcutt (1819-1875)
MotherMary Alice Crull (1824-1898)
Misc. Notes
First Battalion Nebraska Cavalry - Union
Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment Illinois - Union
Shot in the back at Hall Co, TX
[Obituary] Broken Arrow Ledger - Thursday, 19 June 1913, pg 5
A. D. Orcutt Dead
Colonel A. D. Orcutt who made Coweta his home for many years, died at Estilline Texas last Saturday June 14 and the remains were interred at Tulsa yesterday. Mr. Orcutt was a brother of S. E. Orcutt formerly of this place. He was born in Kentucky in 1845 and in 1874 moved to the present site of Tulsa. He was in the Civil War and for gallantry was promoted to a captaincy.
He was the first representative from Wagoner county in the legislature.
Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment Illinois - Union
Shot in the back at Hall Co, TX
[Obituary] Broken Arrow Ledger - Thursday, 19 June 1913, pg 5
A. D. Orcutt Dead
Colonel A. D. Orcutt who made Coweta his home for many years, died at Estilline Texas last Saturday June 14 and the remains were interred at Tulsa yesterday. Mr. Orcutt was a brother of S. E. Orcutt formerly of this place. He was born in Kentucky in 1845 and in 1874 moved to the present site of Tulsa. He was in the Civil War and for gallantry was promoted to a captaincy.
He was the first representative from Wagoner county in the legislature.
Marriage20 Dec 1883
ChildrenAlvin Hodge (1890-1964)