This was originally posted on July 2, 2014.
I hated to write this post because I didn’t want to bring Herbert’s life to an end so soon. However, I know there is more information concerning him that I just haven’t found yet. I guess it never really ends, right?
As mentioned in a previous post, Herbert and Carrie had their last (known) child, Ramona, in 1930. However, she was not born until after the initial enumeration of both the US Indian Rolls or the US Federal Census (as opposed to the date they were completed and marked) of the same year.
1930 US Indian Roll, Comanche, Numbers 5400-5405
Yernipcut (Herbert Nahperche), male, 38 years of age, Comanche
Hendrix, Carrie, female, 36 years of age, Wichita
Yernipcut, Philip, male, 10 years of age, Comanche
Yernipcut, William H., male, 8 years of age, Comanche
Yernipcut, Winifred, female, 6 years of age, Comanche
Yernipcut, Frances Elizabeth, female, 3 years of age, Comanche
1930 US Federal Census, East McKinley Township, Caddo County, Oklahoma
Yernipcut, Herbert, head of household, male, 36 years of age, full-blood, laborer at Kiowa Agency
Yernipcut, Roderick, son, male, 9 years of age, full-blood
Yernipcut, William, son, male, 7 years of age, full-blood
Yernipcut, Winifred, daughter, female, 6 years of age, full-blood
Yernipcut, Elizabeth, daughter, female, 2 11/12 years of age, full-blood
1931 US Indian Roll, Comanche, Numbers 4215-4220
Yernipcut (Herbert Nahperche), male, 39 years of age, Comanche (not to side reads “married to #427 on Wichita Roll)
Yernipcut, Philip, male, 11 years of age, Comanche
Yernipcut, William H., male, 9 years of age, Comanche
Yernipcut, Winifred, female, 7 years of age, Comanche
Yernipcut, Elizabeth Frances, female, 4 years of age, Comanche
Yernipcut, Ramona Marie, female, 1 year of age, Comanche
1932 US Indian Roll, Comanche, Numbers 4292-4297
Yernipcut (Herbert Nahperche), Herbert, male, 40 years of age (1892), Comanche
Yernipcut, Philip, male, 12 years of age (1920), Comanche
Yernipcut, William H., male, 10 years of age (1922), Comanche
Yernipcut, Winifred, female, 8 years of age (1924), Comanche
Yernipcut, Elizabeth Frances, female, 5 years of age (1927), Comanche
Yernipcut, Ramona Marie, female 2 years of age (4/2/30), Comanche
1933 US Indian Roll, Comanche, Numbers 4388-4393
Yernipcut (Nahperche Herbert), Herbert, male, 41 years of age (1892), Comanche
Yernipcut, Philip, male, 13 years of age (1920), Comanche
Yernipcut, William H., male, 11 years of age (1922), Comanche
Yernipcut, Winifred, female, 9 years of age (1924), Comanche
Yernipcut, Elizabeth Frances, female, 6 years of age (1927), Comanche
Yernipcut, Ramona Marie, female, 3 years of age (4/2/30), Comanche
In addition to the land patent granted in 1926, Herbert had two land patents issued in 1933, both found in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
The last census that Herbert appears on is the 1934 US Indian Roll, with notation concerning his death.
1934 US Indian Roll, Comanche, Numbers 4491-4496
Yernipcut (Nahperche Herbert), Herbert, male, 42 years of age (1892), Comanche (notation “Died December 31, 1935”)
Yernipcut, Philip, male, 14 years of age (1920), Comanche
Yernipcut, William H., male, 12 years of age (1922), Comanche
Yernipcut, Winifred, female, 10 years of age (1924), Comanche
Yernipcut, Elizabeth Frances, female, 7 years of age (1927), Comanche
Yernipcut, Ramona Marie, female, 4 years of age (4/2/30), Comanche
1934-36 Deaths Occurring, Kiowa, Comanche & Apache Reservation, Oklahoma
Yernipcut, Herbert, died December 31, 1935, 43 years of age, cause of death pneumonia
Appearing in the Daily American-Democrat on Tuesday, December 31, 1935 (as well as the following day in The Anadarko Tribune):
Veteran Indian Service Man Dies
Herbert Yernipcut, Mail Messenger, Is Victim of Pneumonia.
Herbert Yernipcut, 43, mail messenger for the Kiowa Indian Agency for several years, ended a long record of Indian service when he died at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning in the Kiowa hospital at Lawton, where he was taken Saturday night. Death was attributed to pneumonia.
Yernipcut, Comanche Indian, entered the Indian service at Fort Sill about 20 years ago, and 11 years ago was transferred to the agency here.
He was born in Cotton county, and attended a government Indian school in Pheonix (sic), Ariz.
Surviving him are his wife and five children all of the home address. The are Winifred, Elizibeth (sic), Ramona, William, and Roderick.
Funeral Services are planned for 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the first Baptist church, with interment following in the Wichita cemetery. Rev. William Cornel, Holdenville missionary, will be assisted in the services by Rev. James C. Gray, pastor. The Anadarko Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The body was returned home Tuesday mornuing (sic) and will lie in state at the funeral home until time for the services.
Herbert Yernipcut is interred at Rock Spring Cemetery, Gracemont, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
It is obvious to me that he was much-respected and very well liked, considering how often throughout his life he was mentioned in the newspapers, as well as an obituary appearing within hours after his death.
