Scullin, Murray County, Oklahoma
Contributed by Dennis Muncrief [mudman@cableone.net].
Total Records = 29. Registered March, 2000.
My g-grandmother is the oldest known person buried there being born
in 1848. The stone is new as there was vandalism of some of the stones
years ago and those families that could afford it put new stones back.
Those families that were long dead or moved away never replaced the
stones. So there are countless unknown and unmarked graves. The
community grew up around the old Frisco Railroad siding known as the
Scullin siding. The community had a population of about 1,000 in 1900
and was an important center for farming, ranching, banking, schools and
was a railhead for shipping cattle. Today it has a population of about
5, depending on who's on vacation.
There are 29 known resting souls. There appear to be several 'sunken'
areas that could be graves. Also 'native stone' blocks appear to be
strewn around in no particular pattern that could be header or footer
stones from unmarked graves.
DONAGHE, Richard, June 25, 1908 - May 4, 1917 son of J.C.
& L.B. Donaghe
ELLIOTT, Alma, Jan 11 1887 - Oct 14, 1957
ELLIOTT, Henry M., Mar 11, 1878 - Jun 28 1967
ELLIOTT, Mary A., Aug 1, 1879 - Nov 28 1954
FRANK, Unknown, 4 graves - Large rough cut granite markers
FRANK, Viola Mae, d. April 26, 1968, 66y 11m 24d
HUDSON, Albert P., 1856 - 1927
KENNEDY, Baby, Born & Died Aug 30, 1934 Son of Joe &
Iva Kennedy
LAMBERT, Dr. C.L., Oct 25, 1886 - Nov 7 1909
LAMBERT, Infant Son of H. Grady & Ivey J. Oct 24 1914
LAMBERT, Lucy A, Aug 2, 1881 - Jan 19, 1963
LAMBERT, Marcus L., Jan 22, 1868 - June 14, 1960
LAMBERT, Mary, Sept 26, 1870 - June 14 1960
LEMONS, John M., Mar 15, 1874 - ????
LEMONS, Mattie A., Apr 8, 1877 - Sept 2 1957
LEMONS, Unknown, Rusty funeral home marker
MILLER, Elva, 1867 - 1936
MILLER, Greetal, 1906 - 1908
MILLER, James Alva, 1862 - 1934
MILLER, Nola, Sept 30, 1896 - Oct 6, 1989
MILLER, Raymond A., 1898 - 1915
TALLANT, B.S., Feb 4, 1866 - May 24, 1841
TALLANT, Unknown, - Concrete block marker - steel tag rusted
VALE, Infant, Daughter of J.M. and Ellar Vale Born & Died
Feb 22, 1917
WAGGONER, Cordelia, 1848 - 1933
WAGGONER, George, 1854 - 1931
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Scullin's post
office was established on December 21, 1896. The name of the
community was originally Vaughn. It was changed to Scullin in
honor of an Frisco R.R. engineer. Scullin had a huge
cattle shipping facilities north of the depot. They were
still there when I was a kid. The community was primarily engaged
in ranching, farming and mining silica sand. Also large deposits
of iron ore and asphalt were in the area. There was oil exploration as
early as 1906.
A telephone toll line was run to the Davis exchange. In 1906
the Scullin Advocate newspaper was established. Over 1,000 lots
were platted and sold to newcomers. There were many new brick,
stone and wood buildings as well as a new hotel being built by 1907.
In 1909 a second newspaper, The Murray County Times, was established.
In 1909, Scullin was the third largest town in Murray County behind
Davis and Sulphur. Scullin had a debate club and a literary
society.
Scullin holds a special place for me as that is my mothers birthplace
as well as the final resting place for many family members (Waggoner
& Miller) in the Scullin Cemetery. My mother's uncle was
a young man working on the Frisco as a brakeman and was killed working
on the Frisco railroad in 1915. He is buried in the Scullin
cemetery with his family. There are only 3 houses left in Scullin.
However, there are many large working cattle ranches in the vicinity
that are still in full production. Scullin is truly the "Gem
of the Prairie". There is no prettier prairie grassland
anywhere on earth.
Dennis Muncrief, November, 2000
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