Living relatives of Custer

[aktom]

According to a geneaology pdf on this site, Nevin Johnson Custer and Ann North Custer had several children.
Are there living descendants of this family?
I did read about Ken Custer in an article by Renee Flood, but have had no luck reaching him.
I am trying to contact a descendant if possible.
Thanks much.
Tom Stagg

[tubman13]

aktom,
Chip Custer was at the LBHA meeting in Lynchburg, VA in 2015. Contact the LBHA. Resembled Tom, to a great degree.
Regards,
Tom

[aktom]

Thanks, Tom. I am trying to get in touch with him.
TS

[wyton1]

Hi Tom

I own a coffee shop in Charleston, SC. I have a customer named Jim Custer who says he is a direct descendant of GAC. Says his maternal ancestor was one of Custer's indian girlfriends.

[tubman13]

I played softball with Johnny Custer, he claimed his great, great uncle George escaped the LBH and was living with Elvis. He left a body double at the battlefield ask Jim if they ate related?

[tubman13]

Sorry to be such a smart ass, but as I said before I did briefly meet Chip. You may reach out to Fred as he may be able to hook you up with the right person at the LBHA to put you in touch with Chip.

Love your town, especially a certain watering hole in North Charleston by a bridge and marina.

Regards,
Tom

[fred]

The Meotzi story is a bunch of bunk, kept alive and kicking by some gal named Gail Kelly-Custer... the last name probably tacked on via the wishful-thinking route.

There is absolutely no evidence-- short of expensive DNA testing-- linking George Custer to any progeny. And the Custer family-- alive and well-- bridle at the thought. "Jim Custer" could well be a descendant of the actual clan, but certainly not through any Indian maiden; he would have to trace it back directly through Nevin Custer or the father's siblings, the latter being less "direct."

More recent research believes Meotzi was pregnant before ol' George may have had a little fling with her.

Best wishes,
Fred.

[crzhrs]

Fred:

I'll play Devil's Advocate or pain-in-the-arse if you like.

Tom Custer was only recognized by his tattoos while GAC was supposedly laying in repose and hardly touched.

While many Cheyenne may have recognized both Custers after the battle they didn't know who they were fighting. After going over the battlefield it wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to recognize both Custers. Some say TC was brutally disfigured because of his treatment of Cheyenne Women, while GAC was hardly "touched" due to his "connection" to a Cheyenne woman.

I know there are stories or rumors of the Custers dallying with Cheyenne women but it wouldn't surprise me if TC was given special "treatment" by the Cheyenne for his abuse of their women while GAC was spared.

Then again, it's hard to believe GAC was not in a bad state after lying around in the sun, heat, insects, scavengers for a couple of days along with all the other dead on the battlefield not to mention battle wounds. Don't forget the wounds from gunshots which would have been ghastly (head and chest)

Then there's the treatment of Isiah Dorman who was "rudely" mutilated by the Sioux for being a traitor, Bloody Knife who was said had his head carried around by his braids by two Sioux women for being a mixed-blood (Sioux/Arikara) and others who had prior contact with the Indians in the LBH village.

Fred Girard had a bounty on his head by Sitting Bull and luckily escaped to live another day.

So . . . while it's hard to say why TC and GAC were found in different conditions it wouldn't surprise me if the Indians of the village once the battle was over went around and paid their final "tribute" to those who came to kill them or may have offended them in the past.

[locksley]

There were Custer descendants George A. Custer, 67, Retired Army Colonel , MONROE, Mich., May 20— George Armstrong Custer 3d, a retired Army colonel who vigorously opposed attempts to rename a national monument dedicated to his great-granduncle, died of a heart attack on Saturday at a hospital in Toledo, Ohio, He was 67 years old.

Colonel Custer, who lived in Pebble Beach, Calif., was visiting Monroe when he was stricken.

His great-granduncle, Lieut. Col. George Armstrong Custer, died with all 225 men in his command at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in southeastern Montana on June 25, 1876.

The great-grandnephew was an outspoken opponent of Federal proposals to rename Custer Battlefield National Monument to the Little Bighorn National Battlefield Park and to build a monument to the Cheyenne, Sioux and Arapaho Indians who fought Custer and his Seventh Cavalry.

Colonel Custer served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam before retiring in 1974. He earned eight air medals, the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret, three daughters and two sons.http://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/21/obituaries/george-a-custer-67-retired-army-colonel.html

[Diane Merkel]

Tom Stagg,

There are descendants spanning several generations, and some occasionally attend Custer-related events. I would hope you would leave them alone unless they invite an approach.

Diane

[cowgirle197]

Hey so I came among this and I know their is probably a bunch of living relatives of custer and I am related to custer on my dads side and my grandpa told me I'm am related to him from custers moms side of the family.

[ggeldersma1977]

Hello, I am Gabriel Geldersma. I am from Michigan and live in Illinois now. My great grandmother's name is Catherine Custer. George A. Custer didn't have any children and I am still trying to figure out how I related. My grandmother told me that I am related when I was young and showed me a book with the family tree in it, I don't know what happened to that book. I would really like to figure out how I am related and settle it. 

[kenny]

Sept 23, 2020 7:54:04 GMT -6 ggeldersma1977 said:

Hello, I am Gabriel Geldersma. I am from Michigan and live in Illinois now. My great grandmother's name is Catherine Custer. George A. Custer didn't have any children and I am still trying to figure out how I related. My grandmother told me that I am related when I was young and showed me a book with the family tree in it, I don't know what happened to that book. I would really like to figure out how I am related and settle it. 

There are rumors that George Custer suppose had 4 children. 3 girls and 1 boy. The oldest died when she was born in late 1863 or early 64, Catherine Custer born 1864, Eve Custer, born 1866 and Josiah(yellowbird)Custer born 1868 or 69.

The best thing to do to find out is you're a direct descendant of George Armstrong Custer and to proved that he and Elizabeth had children, is to ask the ancestor website for a DNA Kit.

[ggeldersma1977]

I recently found out how I am related to George A. Custer. He is my fourth cousin five times removed. I finally figured it out after about 30 years of wondering.

[noggy]

Nov 3, 2020 9:10:01 GMT -6 ggeldersma1977 said:

I recently found out how I am related to George A. Custer. He is my fourth cousin five times removed. I finally figured it out after about 30 years of wondering.

That`s pretty cool, I guess. How did you finally find this out?

All the best,
Noggy