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At about age 16 he fought in the Civil War. He ran and staked off land in the Cherokee land rush. He had a small Plantation and a few slaves. He was 55 when his wife died. There were 12 children, 1 died at birth. He never remarried and raised the 11 children by himself.
(Born 09 SEP 1844 near Ramer, Montgomery County, Alabama; Died 23 JAN 1918 near Konawa, in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, buried in Old Violet Cemetery, Seminole County, Oklahoma). To find the cemetery, locate Konawa, Ok. Go west on HWY 39 approximately 1.7 miles. The cemetary is on the north side of the HWY and is hard to see from the road.
Christopher Oliver Amason married 16 NOV 1865 in Montgomery County, Alabama to Alfred Caroline "Collie" Lewis (Born about 1846 in Alabama; Died before 1900, probably in Texas).
At the time of the 1870 U.S. census, Christopher O. Amason's family, and his brother, Stanley Amason, were living in Milam County, Texas near Port Sullivan. Enumerated in the adjacent household was his brother, William T. Amason and family.
Christopher O. Amason's family was in Stephens County, Texas by the time of the 1880 census. Sometime before 1900, Christopher O. Amason's wife, Caroline "Collie", died. At the time of the 1900 U.S. census, Christopher O. Amason and his children were living in Travis County, Texas. Before 1910, the family had relocated to Avoca Township, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
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