Okfuskee, OK – History of Highland Cemetery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Donna Barnes Email address: okfuskee@losdos.org Date submitted: 5/16/1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by noncommercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files by noncommercial entities and libraries is encouraged. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: The Dill Collection, courtesy of the Okfuskee County Historical Society History of Highland Cemetery The first person buried in Highland cemetery was Mr. Jacob Scoffield, who had resided in Okemah only a short time. His death occured on May 15, 1904. Mr. A. B. Allen and the late Judge W.J. Lawrence located a strip of unallotted land and helped open the first grave. Prior to this time burials were made a Morse and Rock Creek cemetery. Prior to July, 1927, no record was kept of persons buried in cemetery. Only 60 graves remain unidentified (in 1940). We have the names of 28 people buried here whose graves are not identified. They are: Baby Clark, father George Clark. Baby Stephens, father John Stephens Baby Sweeten, father Samuel J. Sweeten Baby Landers, father Jim Landers Baby Musgrove, father Dock Musgrove Baby Marsh, father Will Marsh Baby Pratt, mother, Mrs. Pearl Pratt Baby Bloomer, father Sam Bloomer Baby Brinsfield, father Charlie Brinsfield Baby Bryant, father Frank Bryant Baby Ward, father Gene Ward Baby Ward, father Fisher Ward Baby Daniel, father John Daniel Baby Adkins, foster father E. B. Adkins Baby Stark, father N.J. Stark Baby Hynes, father John Hynes Baby Mills, father Will Mills Bobby Gene Smith, father A.M. Smith Lonnie Stout, died 1910 William Doty, died 1906 William Shoate, died 1914 Baby Capps, parents resided near town Baby Murry, has uncle named Rev. Jim Smith Amanda Webb and baby, has son named Vernon Webb ___ Wilson, died 1910 on Castle road ___Wilson, Mrs., died 1904, lived in southwest corner of Gibson's wagon yard. Her baby died two weeks prior to her death. Her mother was ____Miller. There is a head rock marked V.C.G., 1904. On another, A.D.M., and on another rock, J.A.L.