Carnegie Cemetery - Caddo Co. Okla.

Canvassed 2003 by the Eakly HCE Club
transcribed and submitted by Nancy Charlton

The Carnegie Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the area. It is located one mile south and one-half mile east of Carnegie. The first recorded burial in the new Carnegie Cemetery was of Sadie Butler, little three-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Butler who met an untimely death on January 23, 1904. She was accidentally shot by a loaded rifle that was left leaning against a bed when for some unknown reason the rifle fell discharging a bullet that instantly killed the child. The funeral was held in the Carnegie schoolhouse and a long procession of 20 carriages and a number of horsemen followed the remains to the new cemetery on the hill south of town. There are a few other tombstones with earlier dates that may have been moved there from another place.

This cemetery is well maintained with a directory of graves.

The cemetery records can be found at the Carnegie Town hall.
(Information from Carnegie History Book)