Stephens Co. OK - Passmore Cemetery ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Patti Davis tabby@cableone.net http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/1308/OKLA.html ==================================================================== PASSMORE CEMETERY Stephens County Oklahoma Additonal History See Volume 1, Number 4 , October, 1986. Pages 183, 184 Historical Information found in WPA Interviews, Volume 57 pages 202, 203 From Warren D. Morse Field notes. January 21, 1937 Genereal information: Passmore Cemetery was founded in 1898 by Passmore and aba ndoned in 1900 when a new cemetery was started. The present owner of the property is W. L. Sw anson of Velma, Oklahoma. There are approximately 10 to 12 graves with none being marked and the area gro wn up in trees. It is in Section 13, T1S-R5W. "The Passmore Cemetery was used until 1900. Passmore's wife was about the first person buried there. The cemetery was used by Velma people. There is nothing left t o show there was a cemetery there. It is grown up into trees. The markers and inscriptions are rotted down." Mr. D. N. Doak gave the information concerning the cemetery. He sat up in Passmore's home with Mrs. Passmore's corpse. (END) Copeland, Isaacs 11-24-1893 8-12-1900 son of W. F. and S. E. Copeland Copeland, Joseph J. 10-25-1887 2-15-1901 Copeland, Edward G. 6-30-1873 2-28-1901 Copeland, Cecil 8-28-1903 10-29-1905 son of b. S. and Cammie Copeland Hewett, Margaret E. 9-5-1850 8-9-1902 wife of George Cosper Graham, Gilbert 1-19-1901 12-3-1901 son of Jess and Nellie Graham Graham, Rob H. 3-18-1905 2-27-1906 son of Jess and Nellie Graham Graham, Garland 2-22-1908 3-13-1908 son of Jess and Nellie Graham Gray, Arrington 1-23-1841 3-3-1898 husband of Emmaline Gray Gray, Della M. 5-12-1876 2-27-1899 daughter of A. E. Gray Hopkins, Fannie L. 9-14-1891 10-18-1900 daughter of J. C. and R. A. Hopkins Hopkins, Gertie Lee 2-26-1903 4-30-1903 daughter of J. C. and Rona Hopkins Leachman, Millie M. 12-3-1886 6-10-1899 son of M. C. and M.A. Leachman Lambert, Infant 12-21-1905 12-23-1905 son of A.A. and Grace Lambert Long, William J. 1-15-1890 11-15-1893 son of F.M. and C.J. Long Little, Izetta 10-15-1891 2-14-1892 daughter of C. G. and M.A. Passmore Little, Otto 2-18-1904 8-19-1908 Child of T.J. and P.Little Little, Audie 8-17-1906 8-19-1908 Child of T.J. and P.Little Long, Nancy E. 7-9-1884 4-21-1895 daughter of F.M.and C.J. Long Morrison, W. F. 1-26-1840 11-22-1893 Morrison, S. E. 2-18-1862 3-8-1894 Osborne, Charles 6-15-1900 6-21-1900 son of Burr and Gertrude Osborne Passmore, Jessie G. 3-4-1894 9-?-1894 son of C.G. and M.A. Passmore Passmore, David G. 3-12-1881 11-29-1895 son of Bryand and Eliza Passmore Passmore, Eliza 3-11-1843 12-20-1895 Pogue, John 6-4-1828 4-19-1889 Masonic Emblem on stone Palmer, Mattie 2-4-1868 3-26-1899 wife of J.E. Palmer Child of J. A. and Farritt Sellors 8-25-1888 11-13-1889 Sellers, Eliza J. 8-14-1854 2-21-1902 wife of J.R. Sellers Tate, Louisa V. 10-?-1857 2-?-1892 Tate, Sidney 2-?-1892 8-?-1892 (Unmarked Grave) Watkins, Louisa S. 3-10-1841 3-13-1902 wife of Fred Watkins List was compiled after much of the cemetery was destroyed in 1969. Compiled by Opal Williams, Ratliff City, Oklahoma and submitted by Donald F. Scott, Velma, Oklahoma Note from Patti Adkins Rochette Moore, Martha Lovell Aug 6, 1898 Jan 8, 1902 Oklahoma Terr. Chickasaw Nation (Garfield co.) Pickens Co. Buried in Passmore Cemetery Parents: McDowell, Minnie Frances b. 1876, Lamar Co. Tx. Moore, Charles Addinton b. 1866, Hardin Co. Tn