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Indian Pioneer Papers - Index
Indian Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma
Date: July 14, 1937
Name of Burial Ground: Wadesville Cemetery
Founded: 1840
Founded by: Ex-Governor A. Wade
Abandoned: Still in use
Present owners of premises: O. G. King
Address of present owners: Talihina, Route 1
Approximate number of graves: About 50
Approximate number of marked graves: 30
Number of inscriptions copied and attached. Eleven
Condition of the premises: Fair
Legal location of burial ground: County Leflore
# 6663
Williams, Lawrence A.
Cemeteries - Choctaw - Wadesville
INSCRIPTIONS
Hon. A. Wade Ex. Governor of the Choctaw Nation. Who immigrated to this country, finding it a rude wilderness destitute of all that makes a true civilization.
Deceased happily lived to see the effort of his zeal, energy & sole ambitions rewarded with success by supplying his people with schools and churches of all that's desired by God loving men. With the blessings of a grateful people on his repose his eventful & benevolent career closed on March 13, 1878. Age 67 yrs.
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Born
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Died
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| Mrs. L. T. Wade wife of
ex. Gov.
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Oct 18 1826
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Apr 13 1876
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Nancy D. Wade
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Feb __ 1813
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Jul __ 1860
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Cornelius Wade
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1810
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1842 |
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Ely P. Wade
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1857
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1869
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Alfred Wade
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Oct 27 1862
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1816
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Alfred Dukes
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Mar __ 1875
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Aug 31 1883
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Angline Dukes
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Dec 7 1840
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Oct 19 1883
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Edwin Dukes
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Dec 7
1881
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Feb 19 1903
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| Martyn Dukes
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July 18 1878
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Apr 2
1886
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Nancy Dukes
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Nov 23 1877
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Sep 1 1876
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(Obvious mistakes on gravestone dates copied verbatim)
Submitted to OKGenWeb by
Sharon Olive DeLoache
<deloache@intellex.com>
04-2000.
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