Osage County, Oklahoma, Cemeteries: A.J. Powell Cemetery, History and Legend Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Emma Pitts repeater99@yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hominy Cemetery The A. J. Powell Cemetery (formerly Hominy Cemetery) is located 1 mile north of Hominy, OK on Highway 99. It was established about 1912 when several Hominy businessmen bought the parcel of land in the southeast corner of Township 22N Range 8E Section 25 in Osage County. Prior to 1912 burials were made in the old Indian cemetery located on the Osage Reservation in Hominy or in private cemeteries on ranches throughout Osage County. There are 127 Sections in the Hominy Cemetery. Some large sections have as many as 100+ but the average is 60. Each section has 20 lots with larger sections having 40 lots. Some of the older sections have 7 to 8 people buried in each lot. Today sections hold 4 persons per lot. Transcription of the Hominy Cemetery began in June of 2000 with corrections and additions still being made. There are still rubbings to be done on older stones weathered and unreadable. There are several sections which lie in a depression and are not in use at this time. All sections not in use are noted in the record. There are many large monuments in the Osage portion of the cemetery which need to be seen to be appreciated. Every trip to Hominy should include a drive through this portion. Many of the small stones of babies are so worn that they cannot be read. One monument has the Lord's Prayer inscribed in the Osage Language (Section 45A). The Osage portion has suffered much damage, some monuments are shattered, partially missing and many stones with pictures have been defaced or torn away. LEGEND: Names are spelled as inscribed on stones; dates are noted if miscarved. Misspellings and different placements from city funeral records are noted. Some shortened names are included in ( ) if shown in funeral records. Names with just burial dates have no stones and are taken from written records from the funeral records on file at the City of Hominy. Stones with names of living on them usually have the birth date and [ ]. Some people already have their stones set in place. Double names on stones -maiden and/or married are referred, i.e. DOE Jane SMITH -Smith will be also listed -SMITH Jane see Doe FR is Funeral Records -which may spell names differently or show married/maiden names or DOD for different dates of death as shown on tombstones or written funeral records. Fst-before military records means that there is also a main stone (single or double). Infants buried with mothers are included if noted in Funeral Records. Indian burial sites have (pole) signifying a pole is erected which allows the person's spirit to escape into the sky. Pictures are noted; if missing and/or defaced. Handmade sandstone tombstones are noted. Tombstones that have several names noted as double, triple and referrals back to other names on stone. Roadway 67/78 are noted which means the burial plot is located in the unused roadway between Sections 67 and 78. These roadways were closed to vehicular traffic. Inscriptions are included. Some are lengthy and placed at the end of the record on the section. Osage names are written in capitals as they are on the tombstones.