Riverside Cemetery
aka Mustang Cemetery
aka Old Church Cemetery
aka Red Hill Cemetery
Mustang Township, Canadian County, Oklahoma
Maintained by Riverside Union Church, Brainerd, MN.
Submitted by Curt Wright, Canadian Co. OK, March 2002.
Cemetery is located 1/2 mile west of Mustang City limits, 2 miles south and 1/2 mile west on 104th Street.
Cemetery is known to have been vandalized approximately six years ago. A previous transcription of the cemetery (information below) may have information not listed here.
Many graves adorned with flags (Iris) and daffodils...
| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | COMMENTS |
| Row 1 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| YOAKUM, Infant daughter | Â | Â | G.H. & F.E. YOAKUM |
| SHAW, Infant son | Â | Â | Jim & Eva SHAW |
| SMITH, Infant daughter | Â | Â | Bertie & Laura |
| SMITH, Infant son | Â | Â | Bertie & Laura |
| HOFARD, Infant daughter | Â | Â | Tom & Lula |
| YOUNG, Susan | Â | Â | Mother of F. E. YOAKUM |
| ORR | Â | Â | Square stone with long top, top missing, base says ORR |
| ORR, Eliza Jane | 11-20-1859 | 02-06-1933 | Aged 74 years, 2 months, 18 days. Mothers Gone And Could Not Stay, We Hope To Meet Her Some Other Day |
| Several unmarked graves | Â | Â | Sunken in irregular ground |
| KREY, Myrtle | 02-01-1891 | 12-01-1898 | Â |
| KREY, Thomas | 03-25-1883 | 12-04-1898 | Â |
| Unmarked graves (3) | Â | Â | Â |
| BLAMEY, Infant son | 09-04-1902 | 09-11-1902 | Son of W. H. & L. M. |
| Row 2 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| YOAKUM, George H. | 1852 | 1926 | Â |
| YOAKUM, Fannie E. | 1861 | 1929 | Â |
| Several unmarked graves | Â | Â | Â |
| 2 square tall stones | Â | Â | One possibly an infant the other and adult. Tops gone and bases left. |
| 2 broken stones | Â | Â | Only bases, no names |
| Unmarked graves 3 or more | Â | Â | Â |
| Grave stone broken | Â | Â | No legible name |
| Maybe 6 unmarked graves | Â | Â | Â |
| - - - GER, Ramus | Â | 04-12-1901 | Aged 46 yrs., 9 mos., 16 dys. |
| Row 3 (north to south) | Â | Â | (West of chain gate.) |
| Several graves, about 6 | Â | Â | Unmarked, probably vandalized, under cedar trees only flags and daffodils mark places. |
| CAREATHERS, Jennie | 1872 | 1898 | Mother |
| Several unmarked graves | Â | Â | Â |
| Row 4 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| DEARDORFF, Sarah | 02-14-1832 | 02-08-1902 | Mother |
| DEARDORFF, Jacob | 10-25-1824 | 01-18-1896 | Father |
| 6 unmarked graves | Â | Â | Unmarked except by flags |
| Row 5 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| As many as 9 graves | Â | Â | Sunken places with flags for markers |
| Row 6 (north to south | Â | Â | Â |
| MCMAHAN, Infant | 02-10-1899 | 02-14-1899 | Son of J.A & B.J. |
| MCMAHAN, ? | Â | 02-09-189? | Â |
| MCMAHAN, Johnie H. | 02-15-1878 | ??-16-1890 | Son of W.H. & N. J. |
| Unmarked graves except flags (6) | Â | Â | Â |
| HAGEL, Rosalie | 01-14-1833 | 01-28-1903 | Wife of L. HAGEL |
| HAGEL, (?) | Â | Â | Top gone from tall square stone |
| BEEN, Carl G. | 1865 | 1929 | Father, (Funeral home marker near Carl�s grave in bushes, illegible.) |
| BEEN, Huldah E. | 1868 | (blank) | Mother |
| HAGEL, Theodore | 1871 | 1931 | Â |
| Row 7 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| Broken stone | Â | Â | Illegible |
| Cement headstone/footstone | Â | Â | Illegible |
| 6 graves | Â | Â | Adorned by flags |
| MESSINGER, Infant son | 01-10-1909 | 01-15-1909 | Son of J. F. & Edna |
| Unmarked graves | Â | Â | Â |
| Row 8 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| About 6 graves | Â | Â | Unmarked but with flags in the row south and below the cemetery sign, curbing |
| MODENBACH, Anna Sophia | 1855 | 1910 | Mother |
| MODENBACH, Fredrick A. | 1849 | 1937 | Â |
| MODENBACH, Oda Louise | 1885 | 1931 | Â |
| More graves ? | Â | Â | Past curbing |
| Row 9 (north to south | Â | Â | Â |
| About 6 graves | Â | Â | Flags and daffodils adoring |
| Broken stone | Â | Â | Not legible |
| COX, Matilda J. | 1866 | 1926 | Â |
| COX, Thaddeus S. | 1859 | 1939 | Pioneer of �89� (Land Run) |
| Several graves | Â | Â | Flags for unmarked graves |
| Row 10 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| COX, Francis M. | 02-18-1843 | 07-17-1924 | Father |
| COX, Martha H. | 03-18-1847 | 06-02-1923 | Â |
| COX, William D. | Â | 04-06-1892 | Son of F.M. & M.J., 19 yrs, 7 mos, 25 dys |
| 3 unmarked graves | Â | Â | Â |
| SEVERNS, N?ye Columbus Jr. | 12-04-1932 | 01-27-1933 | Broken stone |
| SHAW, Julia Ann | 1870 | 1925 | Â |
| SHAW, Jesse Monroe | 1857 | 1913 | Â |
| SHAW, Joseph J. | 1905 | 1920 | Â |
| SHAW, Ben Franklin | 1902 | 1926 | Â |
| Row 11 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| Daffodils marking several graves | Â | Â | Â |
| KUYKENDALL, Zona E | 02-26-1883 | 03-14-1901 | Wife of J. P. |
| Several unmarked graves | Â | Â | Flags |
| Row 12 (north to south | Â | Â | Â |
| 4 graves, daffodils | Â | Â | Â |
| ROWE, Lee Roy | 01-11-1891 | 03-03-1892 | Â |
| More graves progressing south | Â | Â | (4 to 6) |
| Row 13 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| VEATCH, Mary R. | Â | 05-24-1989 | Wife of A. C., age 28 yrs, 8 mos, 18 dys |
| More unmarked graves | Â | Â | Looking south |
| Row 14 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| BASTIAN, Jacob S. | 7-11-1858 | 10-15-1891 | Age 33 yrs, 3 mos, 4 dys |
| Many unmarked graves | Â | Â | Â |
| Row 15 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| Family plot with curbing | Â | Â | Â |
| TABOR, Eva A. | 05-26-1871 | 02-20-1902 | Wife of A. TABOR |
| TABOR, Rvs S. | 1870 | 1902 | Â |
| TABOR, Wylie H. | 1897 | 1925 | Â |
| TABOR, Wylie A. | 10-07-1863 | 04-20-1949 | Â |
| NEWMAN, Catherine J. | 07-22-1840 | 10-12-1906 | Â |
| NEWMAN | Â | Â | Mostly destroyed |
| 4 graves | Â | Â | Flags adorning |
| Row 16 (north to south) | Â | Â | Â |
| HOSTETTER, Allie K. | 01-06-1881 | 09-30-1904 | Wife of T. A. |
| Several unmarked graves | Â | Â | Â |
Riverside Cemetery (Mustang), Church of Latter Day Saints. Assisted by OGS. Assembled and arranged by H. C. Stallings, Oklahoma Cemetery Records, Canadian County. 1969 - OHS CALL NO. F702/.C18/O4/DAR