Great Great Grandpa was a Texas Ranger in 1837 and an Indian Agent for the Republic of Texas in the 1840s. He was also a Cherokee Indian.

Great Grandpa was an Irishman (born in Derry) who became a medical doctor. He practiced on the North side of the Red River in Indian Territory, which became Oklahoma in 1907.

Grandpa was a small time farmer/rancher in the Chickasaw Nation, which became Carter County Oklahoma.