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Riley Cemetery, Nowata County Oklahoma

Riley Cemetery Nowata County Oklahoma

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Source: by Jeannie Inman, March 21, 2007
Location: Nowata Co., Oklahoma

NAME DOB DOD L/N VET MARKERS & NOTES
ACHORD William 1834 1887
ALLEN John N 24 Feb 1905 3 Mar 1905 p RM & LJ, FH caus bleeding at naber, ord by RM Allen,resid 1/2mi N
ALLEN Laura J 18 Mar 1884 9 Mar 1905 FH caus phemona, order by RM Allen, resid 12mi NE Nowata
BURGESS  Charley 1884 1 Feb 1899 N FH caus tyford fever, ord by E Burgcas, resid 2mi E Nowata
BURNS Fannie J 1845 13 Oct 1899 N FH caus slow fever, ordered by George Burns, resid 4mi E Nowata
BURNS George 1844 20 Jan 1900 N FH caus consummition, ordered by Dr Strother, resid 5mi NE Nowata
BURNS Mrs Wimen 1884 22 Aug 1905 N FH inflamation of bowels, ord by Wimen Burns, resid 4 NE Nowata
COODY Belinda G 22 Nov 1822 6 May 1902 FH Malindy Coody, age 80, caus dont know, ord by J H Coody
COODY infant dau 15 Apr 1890 15 Apr 1890 p JH & MA, little lamb curled up on top of marker
COODY James 27 May 1911 8 Sep 1914 p RH & R, little lamb on top with cem wall behind lamb to protect it
COODY John H 8 Jul 1854 18 Nov 1911 medium size upright 4 sided marker, knocked off its base
COODY Johnny Clem 14 Feb 1894 12 Feb 1898 engrav over a star "Gone to be an angel"
COODY Lillor Rogers 23 Jul 1881 27 Jan 1884  marker company LD Long,Prairie City,I.T; large 4 sided upright marker,
COODY Lillor Rogers 23 Jul 1881 27 Jan 1884 verse: This lovely bud so young & fair, Called hence by early doom,
COODY Lillor Rogers 23 Jul 1881 27 Jan 1884 Just come to show how sweet a flower, In paradise would bloom.
COODY Madelner Victoria 6 May 1857 13 Feb 1874 tall thin marker broken in 2 pieces,  lying flat & bur in grave 
COODY Mary E 13 Nov 1858 3 Jun 1881 marker company LD Long, Prairie City, I.T., m  JH Coody
COODY Samuel 1836 9 Apr 1869 large thin 4 sided marker knocked off base & lying on grave
CRUPPER    baby Aug 1898 3 Sep 1898 N FH caus omit, ord by Mr Paxton, resid Nation
DRISKILL Fannie B 2 May 1892 18 Aug 1900 p JM & L, marker broken in to through the date & cem repair hides poem
DRISKILL Harry 1899 1912 family says he adopted & never put on Indian Rolls
DRISKILL Lucy Ellen 27 May 1864 17 Sep 1889 m  Joseph D, large old thin marker with "goodbye" over shaking hands
FLOID omit nd Jan 1909 4 Jul 1909 N FH caus omit, ord by W M Garner, resid 2mi E Nowata
GILLIAM John 1894 N p William Walter & Mary (Gibbs) Gillum
GILLIAM  Mary 1894 N died child birth
HARLOW Nannie M 17 Jun 1882 10 Oct 1883 p ZN & JE, med size thin marker with dove at top, broken off base
HAY Neva 1874 18 Sep 1899 N FH heart trouble, order by E J Sirl, resid 3mi NE of Nowata
HIBBARD Frank nd Oct 1905 16 Dec 1905 N FH throte truble, ord by A T Hibbard, resid 3mi NE Nowata
HOLLEY Ellen 18 Jul 1868 12 Mar 1888 m  JM, p John & Minerva Riley, big thick 4 sided marker off base now
HOLLEY John P 3 Feb 1886 24 Aug 1886 p James & Ellen
HOLLEY Mary E 22 Jan 1888 22 Aug 1888 p JM & E, marker off base & leaning against the base now
ICE Mary A 30 Apr  1871 19 May 1884 p JR &RW, verse "I tell him I am weary, And I fair would be at rest, 
ICE Mary A 30 Apr  1871 19 May 1884 That I am daily, hourly, longing, for a home upon his breast"
JOHNSON Jesse 1896 25 Sep 1899 N FH caus don’t know, ordered by C R Johnson, resid Nowata
JOHNSON S  M nd Mar 1892 nd Sep 1892
JOHNSON  (Johnston) Harry N Feb 1895 14 Aug 1899 N FH caus omit, ord by N B Mattox, resid Keys farm
JONEYCAKE omit nd Aug 1898 4 Dec 1899 N FH  order by Ike Journeycake, resid 2mi E Nwt see Journeycake
JOURNEYCAKE Buck 1894 14 Apr 1903 N FH caus consumption, order by Ike Journeycake, resid Nowata
JOURNEYCAKE Harvey N 29 Aug 1899 4 Dec 1899 p JF & MA, FH caus omit, order by Ike Journeycake, pink granite marker
JOURNEYCAKE infant son nd   aged 3 months, body reinterred at Bratcher Cem, marker still at Riley
KETCHUM James L 1905 1906
KETCHUM omit 1904 17 Dec 1906 N FH cau omit, ord by Hurb Ketchem, resid Coodys Bluff
KETCHUM Violet 11 Feb 1898 16 Feb 1898
LACEY M E 1861 8 Jan 1883 3 leaves with acorns attached to twig, a tall thin marker lying across grave
LLOYD Hughie A 7 Jul 1889 17 May 1977 V PFC US ARMY WW I, flat bronz military marker with a cross
MARTIN Willie nd Dec 1898 8 Oct 1899 N FH summer complaint, ordered by Joseph Martin, resid 5mi NE Nowata
MOTT baby 19 Jul 1901 20 Jul 1901 N FH cause omitted, order by Pery Mott, resid 9mi NW Nowata
MOTT Edgar  (Edkar) Sep 1902 15 Nov 1902 N FH kidney truble, order by Chan Mott, resid 9mi NW Nowata
MOTT Harvey  (Harve) 1870 28 Mar 1899 N FH caus abseth, ord by Chan Mott, resid NE of Nowata
MOTT Mary 1834 16 Nov 1904 N FH cau cansor, ord by Pery Mott, resid Nowata
MOTT Mollie  (Moley)      S 1871 25 Apr 1903 N FH malery fever, order by Perry Mott, resid 4mi NE Nowata
PAGE babe nd Jul 1903 26 Sep 1903 N FH whooping cough, order by Alfred Page, resid E of Nowata
PARRISH Dolla nd Jun 1898 17 Nov 1899 N FH billies ma, ordered by James Parrish, resid Nowata
PARRISH Jim nd 21 Dec 1908 N FH adult, caus accident, ord by F J Woods & Ben Reitter, resid Nowata
PORTER Bethany 16 Mar 1925 9 Jun 1884 m LW, old tall, thin upright marker with a weeping willow at top
PRICE baby 1906 6 Aug 1907 N FH caus omit, ord by Price, resid Nowata
PRICE Tommy Atwood 1905 29 Nov 1908 N FH caus mimbranes crupe, ord by A S Price, resid Nowata
RILEY baby nd     N p Ray & Alda, only tall thin iron rod marks grave
RILEY Barbara 1949 1949
RILEY Beatres nd Dec 1906 1 Jul 1907 N FH cau brane fever, ord by J H Coody, resid Nowata
RILEY Billy J 23 Oct 1943 29 Jul 1944 plain, soft gray-green flat granite marker
RILEY C W 7 Oct 1866 7 Apr 1883 tall pyramid type marker with a hand at bottom pointing up to open bible
RILEY Cleoria 1891 9 Nov 1893 N Cfv Skinner Hamlin FH ord by Lewis Riley, bur Nation
RILEY Elizabeth Jane 24 May 1941 8 Nov 1958 family said  fell out of car & struck by another car
RILEY Herbert C 18 May 1948 19 May 1948 twin bro Hurbert J, behind small flat marker is  head & foot rocks of grav
RILEY Hurbert J 18 May 1948 11 Aug 1948 twin bro Herbert C
RILEY infant girl nd     p Jennie M & James S, cause death whooping cough
RILEY James E 1 Jun 1901 12 Nov 1961 m  Juanita, shares marker with Juanita, pinkish flat granite marker
RILEY James S 1870 1932 father, p John
RILEY Jennie M 25 Oct 1875 19 Dec 1958 mother, marker a soft gray granite with flowers in both upper corners
RILEY John R 18 May 1918 7 May 1973 V PFC US ARMY WW II, bronz flat military marker with cross
RILEY John     1863 3 Jun 1890 family : Luney & Rachel, tall thin upright 4 sided marker  light white marble
RILEY Juanita 27 Jun 1910 13 Sep 1962 m  James E
RILEY Kenneth M 8 Jul 1942 6 Nov 1942 flat, soft gray-green granite, plain
RILEY Laura J 27 Jan 1883 26 Sep 1883 p Rufas & Elizabeth, "God has taken my little lamb home", damaged lamb
RILEY Lettie W 1913 1971 m  Thomas M, mother, shares marker with husband
RILEY Luney 6 Nov 1800 22 Feb 1883 m Rachel, father, Cherokee Chief or high official in tribe
RILEY Luney 6 Nov 1800 22 Feb 1883 his marker came from Tennessee by wagon
RILEY Mary J 28 Aug 1866 10 Jul 1873 "We gave her up into angels hands, And kissed a sade goodbye, Till we
RILEY Mary J 28 Aug 1866 10 Jul 1873 meet again in that cloudless land, Where none are sick or die"
RILEY Minerva 1845 21 Jan 1890 m  John, a tall thin smokey gray 4 sided marker lying across grave
RILEY Ople nd Jan 1906 16 Aug 1906 N FH summer complaint, ord by S T Edmonds, resid Nowata
RILEY R Lee 1937 1949
RILEY Rachel 21 Jul 1850 15 Apr 1883 m  Luney
RILEY Randolph 5 Dec 1842 2 Nov 1878 p Luney & Rachel,"Since thou canst no longer stay, To cheer me with thy
RILEY Randolph 5 Dec 1842 2 Nov 1878 love, I hope to meet with thee again, In yon bright world above"
RILEY Richard R 27 May 1878 29 May 1896 bro,"Dearest bro thou hast left us, Here thy loss we deeply feel, But tis
RILEY Richard R 27 May 1878 29 May 1896 God that hath bereft us, He can all our sorrow heal"
RILEY Rufus R 21 Jan 1831 8 Jan 1888 p Luney & Rachel, 4 sided upright marker & verse on one side
RILEY Sally A 27 Mar 1837 20 Dec 1878 tall thin upright. cut flat across top in square, shaking hands engraved
RILEY Samuel K 29 Nov 1924 31 Mar 1875 p Luney & Rachel,huge cedar foot of grave & marker embeded in tree
RILEY Thomas M 1898 1957 m Lettie W, Father
ROGERS C W 20 May 1856 10 Nov 1873 large river rock wall surrounds it plus large slab covering grave
SMITH Alvin 28 Feb 1846 17 Jan 1884 marker company LD Long,Prairie City I.T.
SMITH Alvin 28 Feb 1846 17 Jan 1884 pyrimid shaped marker lying across grave
SMITH Sally A 20 Sep 1835 12 Mar 1888 a huge gray marble still on base
SMITH Thompson nd 1841 23 Jan 1891 N Cfv Skinner Hamlin FH, age 50 something, ord by Mary O Smith
STEWART Albert G 1884 1889
STEWART Emma J 1887 1889
STEWART infant 6 Jul 1886 7 Jul 1886
THOMPSON George Leroy 8 Apr 1893 10 Mar 1894 unique engrav:  like logs with scroll draped over them,at base of logs
THOMPSON George Leroy 8 Apr 1893 10 Mar 1894 little boy curled up sleeping with head laying on his left arm, ivy  climbing
THOMPSON George Leroy 8 Apr 1893 10 Mar 1894 up both sides of the logs, the most beautiful detailed art work
THOMPSON J M 1821 15 Mar 1886 m  Martha A, "A voice we loved is till, A place is vacant in our home, Which
THOMPSON J M 1821 15 Mar 1886 never can be filled"
THOMPSON Martha A 12 Dec 1836 10 Jan 1875 m  JM 1st marker, tall thin upright with weeping willow, lying across grave
THOMPSON Martha A 12 Dec 1848 10 Jan 1887 m  JM 2nd marker, shares marker with husband
TYNER Fannie L   1873 most unread,3/4 of broken marker left under huge cedar tree, faded dove
VINCENT V Marilyn Spence's uncle, she put up new marker in 2000
WALKER C W 8 Dec 1885 12 Jul 1886 p WJ & GA, 4 sided upright marker, shared with brother JW
WALKER J W 5 Oct 1883 5 May 1885 p WJ & GA
WILLSON Pearl 26 May 1889 3 Jan 1891 p WB & LM, "budded on earth to bloom in heaven"
WOOD  Jack nd Feb 1898 7 Jul 1899 N FH col infantum, ordered by Wilis Wood, resid Calif Creek
WOOD  Jessie nd Oct 1899 15 Jul 1901 N FH marila, ordered by Willis Wood, resid 8mi NW Nowata
WOODY Ida M 1876 1903 m C F, tall 4 sided upright with part of open bible with robe draped over it
WOODY Ida M 1876 1903 that hangs down the side
YAGER James 1884 1887
parents were headed west in covered wagon & tried crossing flooded Verdigris River.  Water entered wagon and swept baby out & it drowned.
The grave is surrounded by upright sandstone rock slabs and another slab covers the grave completely.  Estimated year of death was 1870's.  
ref Jake Riley told to him by his mother.
two fishermen drowned in flood waters when boat turned over, names unknown, has sandstone rock wall around graves, estimated 1880's
beside Minerva Riley is 3 graves of Indians marked with an iron rod plus each grave has iris planted on it, estimated 1870's
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