Person: Silver "Luddie" Dollar

• Oklahoma Allottee

  Kansas Allottee

  Treaty Reserve Recipient

  Myaamia Language Source

  Nationality: Myaamia
  Family Group: Billington-Dollar
• ID: 2684
  

  Gender: Female

  Date of Birth: Knw 02-16-1877
  Location of Birth: N/A

  Date of Death: Knw 10-22-1951
  Location of Death: N/A
• Biography/Notes:
  It is said that Silver Dollar received her name because she was born on “annuity day.” When the agent asked what name he should write down on the payroll, her father said “Silver.” Her mother owned a hotel in Miami, and that is where Silver met her husband, Otho ‘Doc' Lucas. They were married in 1900 and moved to her mother's allotted land, but Doc wasn't much of a farmer so they soon moved to Chetopa, Kansas. They welcomed their first child, Amber, in 1901, followed in quick order by Marie, Edward, Katherine, Ada Lucille, Mary, and Edna. Edward, their only son, died at just four months old, in 1905. They also lost their daughter Amber, son-in-law Adren Evans, and their grand- daughter Norma Jean Evans to a car accident in 1948. Silver Dollar was known for her good disposition and great laugh. She is remembered for her strong Christian faith, the generosity she showed to all, and for the long hair she always kept in a braid, but most of all for the love she had for her large family. She and Doc left a great legacy for the five children and twenty-one grandchil- dren that came after them.