Old Fort Supply Cemetery On US 270 at East side of Fort Supply Woodward County, OklahomaNote: Bodies of old soldiers formerly buried here were moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. The fort was officially closed in 1895 and was placed in the custody of the Department of the Interior. It was later ceded to the state of Oklahoma for use as a mental hospital. The first patients, several hundred, arrived in Tangier by train in 1908 and were transported by car to the hospital.
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Name Birth Death Spouse/*Parent ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bad Face Indian Scout Co. B. *BAILEY,James Capt. 1832 1908 BALLARD,William H. 1852 1940 BLYTH,William M. D. 11 Sep 1907 28 Dec 1982 BOTTS,James 24 Jun 1834 1 May 1903 BRANT,Lou 6 Apr 1867 26 Oct 1902 W. S. BRANT (Wife of W. S. Brant) *CHANCE,James 6 Feb 1914 (Age 62 years) COON,James E. 21 Jul 1903 (Age 26 years) CORBURN,Albert C. 1900 1935 66 yr 9 mo 23 days CROWLEY,Margaret 12 Apr 1838 5 Feb 1905 DAVIDSON,Irby V. 24 Jul 1902 12 Dec 1903 *S. B. DAVIDSON (Infant son of S. B. & N. D. Davidson) *DEEKER,Anthony 1853 1936 Listed as DECKER, Anthony *DURHAM,Susie J. 17 Dec 1863 15 Dec 1909 Listed as DURHAM, Susan *EDWARDS,Anthony 1845 1926 GIBBS,Vince 1908 1938 HART,S. E. 14 Sep 1843 5 May 1916 *HURST,J. W. 1855 1936 INNIS,Robert C. 29 Nov 1900 9 Jan 1901 *J. N. INNIS (Son of J. N. & M. Innis) JACKSON,J. T. 29 Sep 1877 14 May 1905 age 27 yrs 7 mo 14 days *KEELE,James Joseph 1848 1936 There is a KELLY, J. J. died 30 Jun 1936 listed LARKEY,Margaret E. 17 Sep 1843 30 May 1903 R. J. LARKEY (Wife of R. J. Larkey) MCLOUGHLIN,Pat 17 Mar 1878 (Born in County Boscommon, Ireland) (age about 36 years) MITCHELL,Alex 17 Jun 1877 (Age 22 years) PACKER,Priscilla Massey & babe 1868 1903 QUINLAN,James 12 Jul 1877 32 yrs 6 mos REED,Carrie D. 14 Feb 1902 14 Jul 1903 *F. D. REED (Daughter of F. D. & M. J. Reed) RIDER,H. R. 1870 1936 Listed as RIDER, R. H. SCHULTZ,Edward 1887 1941 SCHULTZ, Eddie listed, died 1940 *SECHRIST,Mary Ruth 22 Jun 1858 12 Feb 1919 James M. SECHRIST (Wife of James M. Sechrist) *SMITH,Claude E. 1885 1936 TOCH-E-ME-AH 5 Oct 1875 Ben CLARKE (Wife of Ben Clarke - age 22 years) *TURNER,William 1906 1940 Listed as TURNER, William Leroy WENDELL,---- 24 Jun 1902 24 Jun 1902 WENDELL,William E. 30 May 1903 28 Jun 1903 *E. W. WENDELL (Son of e. W. & M. C. Wendell) WILLIAMS,William E. 1871 1938 There is a WILLIAMS, William E. listed, died 08 Jun 1936 *YOWELL,Lee 1870 1934
*Listed in the cemetery records for Western State Mental Hospital obtained from Woodward Library. Comments below the names are differences between the two records.
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