Cherokee County Genealogy
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KEENER CEMETERY
Information provided by William Jack Whitener
The information was transcribed directly from headstones and markers during his visit there last summer
and from information personally known to him and others.
Keener Cemetery is located in the Lost City Community of Hulbert township. Take the Lost City Road north out of Hulbert to the rural Lost City School. Approximately one fourth mile past the school, turn left (west) at the intersection and travel nine tenths mile and come to Keener Baptist Church on the right. The cemetery is located behind the church.
Keener Cemetery began as the Keener Family Cemetery during the last decade of the 19th century. Many Keener descendants were living in this area during this period and were allotted land adjacent to the present day Keener Church and Cemetery pursuant to a Federal Act known as the Dawes Commission Act. The land on which the cemetery and church now occupy was donated to the Keener Family by a Keener recipient of this parcel of land under the allotment act. Since then, the cemetery evolved into Keener Community Cemetery. Most of the persons interred here are members of the extended Keener Family, consisting of cousins, in-laws, etc.There are approximately 50 grave sites marked only with common stones some of which the identifying data has become illegible while others bear no identifying marks at all. There are also a number of depressions in the ground indicating additional sites. Many or most of these sites had identifying information at one time but became lost or deteriorated over time. When I was a boy in the 1940s and 50s, my mother would tell me the names of some of these persons, when they died and how they were related to us. It didn’t seem important then. The identity of persons resting at these sites is apparently lost forever now and are known only but to God.
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NAME |
DATE OF BIRTH |
DATE OF DEATH |
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Ancie Keener Hair |
April 7, 1912 |
April 10, 1994 |
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Nancy Keener Bird |
August 19, 1934 |
Jan 14, 2000 |
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John Keener |
Dec 31, 1908 |
Nov 24, 1981 |
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Betsy (Infant daughter of Ancie K) |
? |
? |
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Johnson W. Keener |
Feb 20, 1880 |
Aug 30, 1948 |
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Steven Bird |
May 7, 1937 |
Sep 10, 1937 |
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Jennie Scott Keener |
Jan 8, 1870 |
Dec 26, 1935 |
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Thomas Keener |
Feb 6, 1865 |
Dec 4, 1935 |
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Marie Cochran |
Nov 18, 1921 |
Sept 15, 1928 |
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Dora Hornet |
May 14, 1912 |
April 9, 1922 |
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Betsy Keener |
Sep 28, 1886 |
June 14, 1914 |
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Laura Keener |
May 6, 1888 |
Sep 10,1910 |
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Evans “Bull” Keener |
Sep 4, 1900 |
Jan 12, 1978 |
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Thomas E. Chewie |
June 14, 1913 |
Nov 21, 1919 |
Louie Mitchell Pann |
June 20, 1925 |
July 23, 1997 |
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Jimmy Whitener |
June 28, 1944 |
July 8, 1944 |
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Aggie Keener Bigfeather |
Sep 16, 1904 |
Oct 12, 1983 |
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Emily Keener Dreadfulwater |
??, 1902 |
Feb ?, 1963 |
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Mary Keener Grimmett |
Feb 2, 1894 |
April 28, 1972 |
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John Grimmett |
Oct 2, 1892 |
March 1, 1964 |
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George Bigfeather |
Oct 31, 1891 |
Oct 28, 1971 |
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Betty Roach |
Feb 24, 1972 |
Feb 24, 1972 |
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Mathew James Howard |
Sep 29, 1990 |
Sep 29, 1990 |
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Sarah Gregory |
Sep 12, 1908 |
Nov 9, 1961 |
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Annie Keener |
Nov 7, 1898 |
Dec 26, 1899 |
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Mary Keener |
Sep 12, 1896 |
Jan 25, 1898 |
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Susie Keener |
April 3, 1892 |
July 22, 1898 |
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Jeff Keener |
Oct 8, 1893 |
Nov 25, 1963 |
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Nick Keener |
? , 1893 |
? , 1976 |
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Lue Crittenden |
?, 1892 |
? , 1970 |
Michael Duncan |
?, 1954 |
? , 1979 |
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Sallie Keener Bird |
April 7, 1911 |
April 3, 1989 |
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Joseph J. Bird |
April 14, 1903 |
March 14, 1990 |
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Ted Bartholomew |
Oct 2, 1975 |
June 28, 1992 |
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Hester Cochran |
? , 1898 |
July 5, 1900 |
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? Butler (infant) |
Dec 24, 1908 |
Dec 26, 1908 |
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Elic Butler |
Sep 7, 1896 |
Oct 24, 1898 |
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Clarence Butler |
May 19, 1898 |
Oct 8, 1899 |
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Charlotte Butler |
? , 1852 |
July 9, 1910 |
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George Butler |
Dec 15, 1857 |
Dec 5, 1940 |
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Bob Butler |
Dec 4, 1910 |
Feb 24, 1911 |
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Caillup Birdchopper |
April 26,1910 |
?? , 1962 |
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Sam Welch |
? |
? |
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Katie Young (infant) |
July 15, 1911 |
July 20, 1911 |
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Lit Welch |
March 13, 1900 |
?, 1928 |
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?? Butler (infant) |
Oct 28, 1909 |
Oct 28, 1909 |
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Susan Keener |
April 24, 1887 |
April 1, 1963 |
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Curtis Butler |
Oct 9, 1900 |
Oct 16, 1976 |
Delphia A. Butler |
March 19, 1914 |
Jan 7, 1988 |
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George A. Butler |
Jan 2, 1903 |
Jan 12, 1981 |
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JJ Maples |
Dec 12, 1924 |
Dec 6, 1982 |
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Roy Young |
July 2, 1942 |
April 2, 1963 |
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Joseph Shade |
??, 1830 |
Feb 23, 1919 |
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Thomas Shade |
?? , 1869 |
Dec 18, 1909 |
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Ruth Shade |
April 9, 1888 |
Sep 27, 1907 |
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?? Shade (infant) |
?? , 1907 |
??, 1907 |
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Peggy Shade |
??, 1849 |
Aug 19, 1907 |
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Shaler Whitekiller |
Nov 13, 1904 |
Aug 15, 1905 |
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Susie Whitekiller |
Jan 3, 1900 |
April 15, 1905 |
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Emma Hurt |
?? , 1879 |
??, 1915 |
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Nancy Whitekiller |
Aug 8, 1903 |
Feb, 1928 |
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Quinn Potts |
Nov 18, 1916 |
Feb 17, 1918 |
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C. Lester Potts |
Feb 12, 1908 |
March 19, 1980 |
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Bernard C. Potts |
Aug 12, 1903 |
April 26, 1981 |
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Peggy Young Panther |
March 21, 1931 |
May 18, 1978 |
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Major Shade |
?? |
?? |
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Adam Shade |
?? |
?? |
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Annie Shade |
July 20, 1916 |
July 9, 1919 |
Hustin Shade |
March 31, 1919 |
June 14, 1919 |
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Laura Shade |
July 20, 1916 |
Aug 3, 1916 |
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Luke Welch |
?? |
?? |
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Sarah Keener |
??, 1865 |
??, 1919 |
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George Keener |
??, 1863 |
??, 1925 |
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Pearl Keener |
Dec 14, 1907 |
Sep 21, 1932 |
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Johnson Keener |
Nov 22, 1883 |
May 16, 1944 |
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Willie Whitekiller |
July 10, 1904 |
Sep 16, 1950 |
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Linda Glass Whitekiller |
Feb 6, 1910 |
Feb 25, 1995 |
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Virgil Whitekiller |
Nov 6, 1934 |
Aug 9, 1970 |
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Bernice Whitekiller Walls |
Aug 3, 1946 |
Oct 25, 1998 |
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Louise Whitekiller |
Dec 25, 1939 |
April 30, 1999 |
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Michael Cochise Whitekiller |
July 5, 1958 |
June 6, 2000 |
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Alice Starr Whitekiller |
April 22, 1909 |
July 26, 1984 |
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William R. Henson |
Oct 7, 1899 |
Jan 30, 1978 |
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Dorothy Jean Henson |
Aug 1, 1957 |
Sep 7, 1975 |
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Andy Henson |
Feb 9, 1924 |
Sep 26, 1960 |
Richard Henson |
Jan 15, 1885 |
Oct 13, 1960 |
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Major Henson |
Dec 12, 1906 |
Oct 13, 1960 |
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Charles W. Henson |
Sep 9, 1951 |
Oct 13, 1960 |
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Susie Henson |
Nov 22, 1913 |
Oct 13, 1960 |
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Sarah Henson |
March 5, 1933 |
Oct 13,1960 |
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Darrell R. Henson |
Sep 9, 1967 |
Sep 10, 1967 |
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Eliza Henson |
Sep 15, 1910 |
Aug 19, 1969 |
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Willie Shade |
Sep 18, 1946 |
Jan 21, 1947 |
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Jerrod C. Spears |
Jan 30, 2000 |
Feb 23, 2000 |
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Sherrie Danielle Boyd |
April 11, 1968 |
Nov 26, 1997 |
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Judy Ann Legett |
?? , 1948 |
?? , 2000 |
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Cecil Henson |
Nov 14, 1937 |
March 26, 1991 |
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Richard Wilkerson |
Aug 26, 1866 |
Nov 2, 1962 |
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Annie Wilkerson |
Oct 10, 1870 |
Aug 18, 1964 |
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Patrick “Fred” Smith |
March 17, 1910 |
June 11, 1967 |
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Minnie Welch Smith |
Oct 9, 1916 |
Sep 2, 1992 |
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Bessie Young Rock |
Aug 26,1937 |
Sep 28,1993 |
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Hester Henson Carey |
May 13, 1908 |
Aug 24, 1998 |
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JB Keener |
Jan 8, 1935 |
Aug 29, 1988 |
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Esther Smith Welch |
March 12, 1912 |
Jan 6, 1979 |
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Martin Welch |
?? |
?? |
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Mary Carey |
?? |
?? |
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Annie Smith |
?? |
?? |
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Charlie Smith |
?? |
?? |
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Tom Welch |
Jan 17, 1913 |
Jan 3, 1979 |
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Lydia E. Potts |
Feb 24, 1871 |
Oct 24, 1920 |
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Thomas J. Potts |
Aug 31, 1864 |
July 10, 1941 |
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Louis Young |
April 1, 1924 |
Dec 12, 1981 |
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Lucille Phillips Henson |
Jan 28, 1918 |
Sep 23, 1999 |
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Jim Henson |
Feb 28,1914 |
May 11, 1986 |
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Paul Henson |
?? |
?? |
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?? Henson |
?? |
?? |
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?? Henson |
?? |
?? |
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?? Henson |
?? |
?? |
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Linnie Henson |
?? |
?? |
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Caroline Henson |
??, 1880 |
??, 1938 |
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Isac Shade |
?? |
?? |
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Babeonas Shade |
?? |
?? |
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John Hawk |
?? |
?? |
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Alice Keener |
??, 1903 |
??, 1927 |
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Buffalo Whitekiller |
?? |
Sep 24, 1929 |
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Emma Welch |
?? |
?? |
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Nancy Welch |
??, 1879 |
??, 1932 |
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?? Batt (infant) |
March 10, 1923 |
March 12, 1923 |
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Bennie Watson |
March 8, 1920 |
May 19, 1920 |
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Ida Sisney Henson |
March 10, 1901 |
March 9, 1920 |
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Nancy J. Sorden (Jane Sisney) |
Sep 20, 1903 |
July 12, 1969 |
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Stephen Sorden |
Aug 8, 1866 |
April 23, 1920 |
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Aaron Taft Sisney |
March 15, 1909 |
Jan 13, 1979 |
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Mabel Sisney Denton |
Jan 18, 1906 |
Feb 10, 1987 |
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Mabel Ann Prichett Rose |
Nov 5, 1942 |
Nov 2, 1987 |
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Tim Prichett |
Jan 20, 1968 |
Dec 12, 2001 |
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Albert Shade |
Jan 3, 1887 |
Jan 20, 1958 |
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Annie Shade |
Jan 27, 1891 |
Dec 27, 1956 |
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Susie Hawk |
?? |
?? |
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Susie Whitekiller |
Jan 4, 1937 |
Nov 12, 1937 |
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Annie Young Treasurer |
Dec 12, 1933 |
Mar 1, 1991 |
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John Welch |
?? 1870 |
?? 1939 |
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Walter Q. Whitekiller |
Mar 12, 1943 |
Jan 8, 1967 |
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Walter Whitekiller, Sr. |
Mar 20, 1908 |
Mar 1, 1984 |
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Jencie ‘Jessie’ Keener Smith |
Feb 28, 1939 |
Feb 23, 1980 |
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Nora Mae Keener Welch |
May 4, 1914 |
Jul 20, 1984 |
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Sharon Welch Grass |
?? |
?? |
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Gary S. Welch |
Apr 21, 1952 |
Apr 4, 1991 |
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Ella M. Patterson |
Dec 4, 1894 |
Jun 8, 1984 |
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Katie Baldridge |
Jan 31, 1897 |
Sep 25, 1973 |
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Spencer Keener |
Aug 12, 1909 |
Oct 28. 1996 |
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Ruby June Shade Gifford |
Jun 6, 1928 |
Sep 3, 1988 |
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Anderson Shade |
Mar 25, 1939 |
Dec 5, 1980 |
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Linda R. Gourd Shade |
Oct 11, 1913 |
Aug 9, 2003 |
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Joseph R. Oliveres |
Jan 5, 1981 |
Jan 5, 1981 |
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Tom Shade |
May 4, 1911 |
Jan 15, 1979 |