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Title
Margaret
Grey-Eyes
Solomon
Photograph
Subject
American Indians in Ohio
Ohio Women
Immigration and Ethnic Heritage
Place
Upper Sandusky (Ohio)
Wyandot County (Ohio)
Kansas City (Kansas)
Description
Margaret
Grey-Eyes
Solomon
(1816-1890)
shown
in this
4
"
x
6
"
(10.16
x
15.24
cm)
photograph
, was a
member
of the
Wyandot
tribe
who
was
relocated
to
Kansas
and
later
returned
to
live
in
Upper
Sandusky
,
Ohio
.
Margaret
was
born
near
Owl
Creek
,
which
is
believed
to be in
present-day
Marion
County
,
Ohio
. Her
father
was
Squire
Grey-Eyes
, a
man
of
British
and
Indian
ancestry
. Her
family
lived
on the
Grand
Reserve
, the
twelve-by-nineteen
square
mile
reservation
in what
is
now
known
as
Wyandot
County
. She
attended
the
first
school
on the
reservation
,
established
by
missionary
John
Stewart
. With the
help
of
James
Finley
,
Stewart's
successor
,
Mission
Church
was
built
in
1824
.
Soon
afterwards
,
Margaret
Grey-Eyes
joined
the
church
and her
father
became
deacon
of the
mission
.
Margaret
married
David
Young
, an
American
Indian
schoolmate
, in
early
1833
.
Ten
years
later
, the
government
relocated
the
664-member
Wyandot
tribe
to
Kansas
City
,
Kansas
. They were the
last
tribe
to
leave
the
Ohio
Valley
. On
July
12
,
1843
,
Margaret
,
David
, and their
children
left
Ohio
with the
tribe
.
Margaret's
family
suffered
many
hardships
in
Kansas
.
Two
children
succumbed
to
illness
and
David
died
of
consumption
(tuberculosis)
. In
1860
Margaret
married
John
Solomon
,
who
was
sheriff
of the
Wyandot
tribe
in
Wyandot
County
,
Ohio
prior
to the
relocation
to
Kansas
.
Five
years
later
they
returned
to
Upper
Sandusky
,
Ohio
with their
family
.
John
Solomon
died
in
1876
.
Margaret's
work
in the
Wyandot
community
earned
her the
nickname
"
Mother
Solomon.
" She
sang
at the
rededication
of the
Wyandot
Mission
Church
after
its
restoration
in
1889
, and she was the
only
member
of the
Wyandot
tribe
who
was
able
to
attend
the
service
. She also
visited
Kansas
again
more
than
once
before
her
death
in
August
1890
.
Date of Original
1880
circa
Collection
Margaret
Grey-Eyes
Solomon
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Wyandot County Historical Society
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om360_1004106_002.tif
Image Height
1502
Image Width
1003
File Size
466.154 KB
Format
picture
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