Delight Sargeant was the daughter of John Sargeant and Delight Bell. She was one of 10 children. She was a missionary teacher to the Cherokees in 1827 at Brainerd and Red Clay, GA. and on April 24, 1837 she married Elias Boudinot, born Gallegina Uwati (also known as Buck) Watie, son of Oo-Watie at Oothcaloga in the Cherokee Nation. He was killed in June 1839 by Cherokee opponents of the Removal Act of 1830 calling for all Indian people living east of the Mississippi River to be removed and sent west beyond the river. After the death of her husband, Delight, along with the children of her husband by his first wife, moved back to Vermont. She taught for a time at a young ladies school and did missionary work in Troy, NY for 20 years. She died February 21,1893 at age 92. Elias Boudinot buried at Worcester Mission Cemetery, Park Hill, Oklahoma.
Delight Sargeant and Elias Boudinot were married 24 April 1837 in Marshall County, Alabama.
Delight Sargeant and Elias Boudinot were married 24 April 1837 in Marshall County, Alabama.
Delight Sargeant was the daughter of John Sargeant and Delight Bell. She was one of 10 children. She was a missionary teacher to the Cherokees in 1827 at Brainerd and Red Clay, GA. and on April 24, 1837 she married Elias Boudinot, born Gallegina Uwati (also known as Buck) Watie, son of Oo-Watie at Oothcaloga in the Cherokee Nation. He was killed in June 1839 by Cherokee opponents of the Removal Act of 1830 calling for all Indian people living east of the Mississippi River to be removed and sent west beyond the river. After the death of her husband, Delight, along with the children of her husband by his first wife, moved back to Vermont. She taught for a time at a young ladies school and did missionary work in Troy, NY for 20 years. She died February 21,1893 at age 92. Elias Boudinot buried at Worcester Mission Cemetery, Park Hill, Oklahoma.
Delight Sargeant and Elias Boudinot were married 24 April 1837 in Marshall County, Alabama.
Delight Sargeant and Elias Boudinot were married 24 April 1837 in Marshall County, Alabama.
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