I just recently became interested in my wife's genealogy. Her mother was a Redpath who was born and reared in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA.. My mother-in-law's grandfather, John George Redpath, emigrated in 1867 from the northern portion of Northumberland, England, into Pomeroy, Ohio, and eventually into OK while the area was still the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory - several years before Oklahoma became a state. He and his wife, Margaret Potts, whom he married in Ohio, had ten children to reach adulthood. Their second son, William Redpath, married Sula Gleason, who was part Choctaw Indian on her mother's side. The marriage took place in Mushulatubbe District, Choctaw Nation, I.T.

The mother, Sula, and the five children, two sons and three daughters, were members of the Choctaw Nation by blood line. William became a member of the Nation as an Intermarried White. I am fairly certain that the reference John V. Ridpath was given in the restaurant in Ardmore, OK, should have been Indians with the name of Redpath rather than Ridpath. But then, from what I have read on your site, what's the difference between Redpath, Ridpath, and Reidpath?

I don't know if John V. Ridpath received other comments on the McAlester Indian with the name Ridpath/Redpath, but it has been nearly three years since he posted the message. I hope he hasn't given up on getting a response to his newsletter message.

I am indebted to my wife's distant cousin, Valerie Glass, in Northumberland, England, for much information on John Redpath and his family and for recommending your site to me. I have found the Redpath genealogy and family history facinating as well as my wife's Choctaw genealogy which can be traced back to Chief Mushulatubbe in the late 1700's.