Eliza Jane FriendAge: 62 years1855–1917
- Name
- Eliza Jane Friend
- Given names
- Eliza Jane
- Surname
- Friend
 Birth | November 17, 1855 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Ollie Addison Gann June 22, 1882 (Age 26 years) |
 Marriage | William Allen Gann — View this family January 28, 1885 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ollie Addison Gann — Patsy Ann Patty — View this family May 1, 1904 (Age 48 years) |
 Death | November 29, 1917 (Age 62 years) |
| Family with William Allen Gann |
| husband |
William Allen Gann Birth: April 9, 1860 19 23 — Webster Co, MO Death: December 21, 1937 — Wagoner Co, OK |
| herself |
Eliza Jane Friend Birth: November 17, 1855 — Dallas Co, MO Death: November 29, 1917 — Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK |
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Marriage: January 28, 1885 — Dallas Co, MO |
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-3 years son |
Ollie Addison Gann Birth: June 22, 1882 22 26 — Dallas Co, MO Death: April 13, 1960 — Wagner Co, OK |
| Note | From William Charles Gann, Tulsa, OK. From Bonnie Bilky, 3614 S Olympia, Tulsa, OK 74107 3/16/96 Marriage recorded in Family Bible. According to Edith Grace Gann Jarman, a granddaughter, Eliza Jane was half-Cherokee, the child of a white father, James Friend, and a full-blood Cherokee mother. Her father was killed on the Trail of Tears. This fact would tend to indicate that Eliza Jane was proud of her heritage and had the courage to admit it. It was not "fashionable" in the West for those Indians who could pass as "white" to admit their ancestry. Her death certificate indicated she was white. Robert Miles ran from Missouri because he stabbed a man in a barroom fight. He abandoned Eliza Jane and two sons, Will and Robert Miles, who evidently remained with relatives. He went to Denison, Texas and remarried. She met William Allen Gann, fell in love and had two children. When Miles was located, she divorced him and married William Allen Gann. She died of a strangulated hernia. |
| Note | From Dorretta Moore Marriage date in LDS Records, Dallas Co., MO -- Marriages |