Choate Prairie Cemetery  

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Choate Prairie Cemetery

West of Indianola, Oklahoma
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To visit the Choate Homestead page click here: Choate Homestead: A Vision in Time



NEW! 
Robert Lee Ross Born January 16, 1890 Died January 22, 1914
Photo taken November 1950
Standing at tombstone is sister
Willie Ross Franklin
Robert Lee Ross was born in Eastland County Texas
s/o Rev. Robert McClelland and Berthenia Ida Jane Lee Ross Submitted by: Tami Ramsey
Pickle, Maggie Unknown Died Nov. 3, 1999 Age 81 Mills F/H
Thomas, Billy R. Thomas Born Feb. 24, 1937 Died Jan. 10, 2002 Born in Choate Prairie.  S/O Eugene James and Arvie Epps Thomas.
Clark, Ona Thomas Born Mar. 30, 1918 Died Oct. 23, 2004 Born in Ulan, OK. D/O Eugene and Arvie Epps Thomas. W/O William Albert Clark (died June 2, 1995) Bishop Funeral Service
Woods, Geraldine "Jeri" June 9, 1933 Dec. 7, 2004 Born in Spring Hill. D/O Fred and Hattie Mae Sheppard Pryor.

Kindrick, Malinda Jane Slover Born Jan. 10,1856 Died Jan. 16, 1930 D/O Saunders & Mary (Martin) Slover

Married  Rufus Kindrick  (b. Nov. 17, 1845in prob. Alabama) about 1872.

Children: J.M.,  Emeline, Victoria, Maryan, & William.

Submitted by: Edsel E. Richmond


Helms, Mary J. 
(nee Mary Jane Eveline Vance)
Born 6-10-1853 Died 12-13-1899 Remember friends and 
strangers as you pass by 
As you are now, so 
once was I 
As I am now, so you 
will be 
Prepare for death and 
follow me. 
Born Washington Co. AR
D/O John Vance & Mary Ann (Holmes?) She was the last of 13 children.
1st marriage - Lewis Byrd Stafford (aka Bird Labon Stafford) 
M/O Charles Franklin, William Newton, Joseph Columbus, Jess Antwine
2nd marriage - Russel M. Helms, several children
Helms, Margaret  Born 7-10-1885 Died 9-15-1885 ~
Helms, Walter R.  Born 12-31-1889  Died 3-3-1894 Son of R.M. and M.J. Helms 
Gone to Rest 
Vance, Mary A.  Born 9-27-1811 Died 3-25-1889 May she rest in peace
(nee Holmes?)
W/O John Vance
Born TN
Photo pg. 4

Submitted by:Cathey Wright Jendeski

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the individual name to view just a single picture of the marker.
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Brown, Elem L. Born Sept. 8, 1881 Died Jan. 13, 1919 Photo pg. 1 starts here
Lewis, Elizabeth Born June 7, 1860 Died Dec 23, 1900 ~
W/O A.C. Lewis
Lewis, Andrew C. Born July 28, 1858 Died Nov 26, 1948 ~
"OUR BELOVED FATHER"
Johnson, Maggie N. Born Sept 14, 1879 Died Dec 21, 1900 W/O E.H. Johnson
Benson, Sarah E. Born Dec 26, 1838 Died Feb 11, 1901 ~
Adams, Tessa Born May 21, 1883 Died July 31, 1923 ~
Adams, Myrtle R. Born Aug. 8 Died Aug 17, 1909 ~
Daniels, Miss Katie Born Jan 15, 1877 Died Sept. 18, 1920 "A mound in the graveyard
A short and narrow bed
We can need beside it but
she is numbered with the dead."
Daniels, Hester L. Born Feb 19, 1844 Died March 9, 192 ~
Proctor, Hugh A. Born June 25, 1856 Died July 29, 1917 ~
Haney, Nancy Born Sept. 7, 1886 Died June 7, 1921 W/O W.H. Haney
"God in his wisdom has recalled the body, his love had given, and though
the body slumbers here, the soul is safe in heaven"
Day, L.P. Born Feb. 16, 1858 Died Jan. 16, 1922 ~
Whitfield, Mary J. Born May 25, 1847 Died Sept. 11, 1924 "She welcomed death as the fruition of her eternal hopes"
Sherrill, B.E. Born March 4, 1830 Died Feb 5, 1926 ~
Sherrill, Sarah Jane Born Nov 18, 1860 Died Sept 11, 1932 ~
Newman, Sarah Born Jan 15, 1885 Died Feb 9, 1919 Photo pg. 2 starts here
Newman, Fannie Born Aug 7, 1884 Died May 18, 1925 ~
Harshaw, Lelah Ann Born Feb 10, 1858 Died Apr 27, 1910 W/O E. Harshaw
Harshaw, Elija Born Jan 12, 1852 Died March 4, 1912 ~
Alley, Elsie Born Aug 3, 1880 Died Feb 14, 1907 W/O B.P. Alley
"She was: but words are wanting to say what; Think what a wife should be,
she was that."
Hamilton, Louisa Born Apr 30, 1856 Died Apr 10, 1900 "Sacred To The Memory of" pg. 2
Perkins, Jane F. Born Oct 22, 1825 Died Jan 16, 1893 W/O Geo. Perkins
Aged 69 years
Johnson, Sarah Born June 11, 1815 Died Aug 31, 1885 ~
Hamilton, Luticia Born April 18, 1828 Died March 1, 1883 ~
Lacy, John J. Born Died July 14, 1842 ~
Johnson, Josephine Born  Died June 28, 1887 "AGED 78 years
Gone but not forgotten"
Choate, Tennissee Born April 21, 1817 Died Dec 18, 1881 ~
Stuard, Annie Born July 13, 1857 Died June 16, 1883 ~
Choate, W. F. Born in the year of our Lord 1870, Feb 12 Departed Mar 9, 1910 "By His Wife Mary E."
Choate, Mamie G. Born Oct 12, 1892 Died May 13, 1916 W/O T.E. Choate
York, Mandy J. Born Feb 20, 1836 Died March 22, 1911 Photo pg. 3 starts here
W/O J.H. York
York, John H. Born Mar 16, 1837 Died Jan 16, 1917     Co E
3 GA CAV
    CSA
"Another link is broken 
In our beloved band;
A golden chain is forming
In a better land."
Choate, Geo. W. Born 1840 Died 1918 "At Rest"
PICKLE, Moman C.  Born Nov. 19 1877 Died July 2 1936 ~
PICKLE, Frank Edward Born Oct. 18, 1918 Died Aug. 6, 1973 OK SEAMAN 3C USNR WW II
PICKLE, Mary
PICKLE, H. J.
Born July 6, 1864
Born Sept. 21, 1862
Died Oct. 3, 1953
Died Feb. 29, 1936
~
HAMILTON, Nancy  N.
HAMILTON, THOMAS  J.
Born Mar. 18 1876
Born Dec. 4, 1869
Died Nov. 15 1942
Died May 8 1955
~
HUDDLESTON, Bob Taylor
HUDDLESTON, Alice Margret
Born Nov.  25, 1898

Born Dec.  30, 1902

Died Oct. 26, 1989

Died Jan. 7, 1977

Father

Mother
 

DANIEL, Mr. R. H. Born  Jan.  29, 1861 Died Nov.  26 1923 Photo pg. 4 starts here
DANIEL, A. C. Born Mar. 28, 1870 Died July 27, 1926 W/O R. H. Daniel
SPEAR, Nancy L. Born 1857 Died 1943 ~
SPEAR, A.J. Born 1851 Died  ~
HEIFNER, Sarah L. Born April 12, 1830 Died Feb 10, 1901 ~
PORTER, H. L.  Born 1851 Died 1928 ~
PORTER, L. D. 
PORTER, C. D.
Born Mar.1, 1923
Born Nov 30, 1923
Died Mar. 11
Died No Date on marker
Double
SWEETEN, Elburt Born Dec. 6, 1879 Died Jan. 18 1902 ~
BRITTAIN, Wm. L Born April 18, 1831 Died Jan. 21,  1892 ~
PEARSON, Mrs. S. E. Born Oct. 1, 1838 Died May 4, 1911 W/O W. H. Pearson
AGE
78yrs. 7 mo. 27 days
WICE, Norman Born Nov. 11, 1895 Died Dec.18, 1917 ~
WICE, Robert Born July 15, 1864 Died Mar. 28, 1918 ~
BYINGTON, Harriet E. Born Dec. 7, 1858 Died Mar. 7, 1892 W/O P. J. Byington
CAPEHART, Francis Born Mar. 9, 1849 Died Mar. 7 1892 W/O J. M. Capehart
Ross, M. E. ~ Died April 17, 1904 Age 55 yrs.
Pearson, Mrs. S. E.  Oct. 1, 1838 May 4, 1911 Age 78 yrs. 7 mo. 27 days
Wife of W. H. Pearson
Jonnie Ott
A. Louis Ott
Dec. 6, 1898
May 10, 1889
June 27, 1974
June 24, 1972
Double Monument
Ott, Docie Feb. 9, 1863 Oct. 12, 1915 Wife of Louis Ott
Walters, Millard  F. Dec. 15, 1887 Dec. 27, 1916 S/O M. F. & Deliah Walters
Wells, Argie E. Sept. 9, 1882 Feb. 14, 1906 D/O M. F. & Deliah Walters
Walters, Linnie Sept. 8, 1893 Feb. 15, 1906 D/O M. F. & Deliah Walters
Walters, Deliah July 30, 1859 Feb. 20, 1906 W/O M. F. Walters
Isom, H. T. Sept. 9, 1872 Oct. 31, 1915 ~
Isom, Anna  1877 1950 ~
CHOATE
Francis L. (Fechtel)
Ben P.
Feb. 16, 1906
Aug. 23, 1903
Mar. 23, 1994
Jan 22, 1992
Double stone
Choate, Eliza 1833 1912 W/O G. W. Choate
York, Lula A. (Fordice) Aug. 22, 1879 Sept. 22, 1905 W/O G. W. York
York, Alice J. (Choate) Jan 11, 1873 Mar. 11, 1902 W/O G. W. York
D/O  George W. & Eliza Choate
CHOATE
Lois Edens
George  Rudolph
June 24, 1898
Nov. 24, 1894
Jan. 20, 1994
Nov. 16, 1985
Double Stone
Above names submitted with photos of respective graves.
Submitted by:William Blanchard

Anthone, Susan (Mays) Born July 15, 1861 Died Oct. 26, 1939 W/O Thomas J.
Barlow, Lela (Mays) Born Sept. 8, 1899 Died Aug. 18, 1930  -
Brown, Martha J. (Staton) Born June 17, 1854 Died June 15, 1939  W/O John T. Brown
Bynum, Ester (Mays) Born Dec. 28, 1884 Died Aug. 27, 1931  -
HARSHAW
Aaron E. 
Martha L.
No dates No dates DOUBLE
Ketchum, Reba Sept. 1, 1913 Aug. 22, 2000 Born in Indianola
D/O Alvie and Louiza
DeAubrey Prater Bumpus
W/O Paul Reece Ketchum (dec.)
Married: Nov. 26, 1927, in Indianola
M/O James Edward Ketchum  (dec.) and William Carroll Ketchum (dec.)
Mason, Neva Coreen Unknown Unknown Unmarked grave. D/O Gertie Mason
Mays, Cleo Born Jan. 1909 Died Mar. 1917 S/O C. P. & Ora
Mays, Lucy  - Died Oct. 11, 1920  -
Mays, Thomas J.  Born May 22, 1857 Died May 25, 1914 H/O Susan Anthone
Smalley, Ella Mae Blanch Born 7-17-1909 Died 7-27-1910 Daughter of E.H. Smalley & Hester Dickens
 Swift, Laura Ann Born 1913 Died 1977 W/O Fred Swift
Vaughan, Archibald Dodson
Tombstone Photo
Born 7 Mar. 1854 Died 12 Jan. 1907 S/O Stephen C. & Amanda Napier Vaughan: H/O Ellen Parker and Mannisy? McDaniels
Vaughan, A. D. No Dates   Footstone with intials
Vaughan, Cotnar Born 21, Dec. 1898 Died Aug. 1907 S/O John Lafayette & Leona Aden Vaughan
Vaughan, Eva McCarty Age 23  - Beloved wife of J.L. Vaughan. (Triple)
Submitter's: Vivian Sternenberg

Jo White

L. Thomas

Lisa Evans

Jerry Fink



 
Wiles, John Willis  Born Sept. 14, 1894 Died Feb. 1, 1977 Born in Mena AR
Wiles, Mallie O. (Rayburn)  Born Nov. 6, 1906 Died Jan. 13, 1994 W/O John Wiles
Born in Logan Co., KY
Morley, Dovie W. (Wiles)  Born July 21, 1932 Died Feb. 21, 1999 D/O John and Mallie Wiles
Born in Pittsburg, Co., OK
Submitted by daughter/sister  in-law,
Louise Wiles




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