Find A Grave - Comanche County

Bear, Chief Yellow b. 1842 d. 1887
Native American Chief. He was a chief of the Southern Arapaho tribe. His Indian name was Wuk-Nee-Haw-Nay. He was the highest ranking warrior in the lodge and signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty in 1867. This treaty granted the Southern Arapaho a reservation between the Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers in the Indian Territory (presently Oklahoma). In 1880 he was a member of the delegation that went to Washington DC to discuss reservation boundaries. Yellow Bear and his nephew, Chief Quanah Parker, went...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: SECTION IV SITE 1026-E
Bear, Sitting b. 1810 d. June 8, 1871
Native American Leader. He was one the leading Chiefs of the Kiowas and head of the Kiowa honor society called "Koitsenk", or the "Ten Bravest Warriors". He was also known as Satank and Set-Angya. Sitting Bear led numerous raids against the Northern Tribes, settlers, wagon trains and army posts. An able and couragous warrior, he was well respected by the Kiowa and Comanche. In 1867 he reluctantly signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty, but when placed on the Fort Sill Reservation in Oklahoma he...[Read More] (Bio by: Randy)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Bears, Chief Ten d. November 23, 1872
Native American Chief. He was born about 1790 and shortly thereafter was orphaned when his band was wiped out by another band of Indians, probably the Lakota tribe. His Indian name was Paruasemana (Parra-wah-ser-man-oh) and he was born into the Yamparika (Root-eaters) tribe or Northern Comanche. He first became chief of the Ketahto (Don't Wear Shoes) local band. Later he became chief of all the Yamparika division. He did not come into the attention of the Americans until 1853 when he signed the...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Black Beaver b. 1806 d. May 8, 1880
Delaware Scout. Born a Delaware Indian at what is now the present Belleville, Illinois in 1806, he was named (Suck-tum-mah-kway), meaning Black Beaver. In the early 1800s, he was contracted by the US Government and was in nearly all of the Frontier transcontinental expeditions as the most intelligent and trusted scout. He was the interpreter at the conference with the Comanche, Kiowa and Wichita tribes, held by Colonel Richard Dodge on the Red River in 1834. During the Civil War, he escorted...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Gensman, Lorraine Michael 'Nick' b. August 26, 1878 d. May 27, 1954
U S Congressman. He attended the local public schools and the Kansas State Normal School. He served as principal of the Andale, Kansas schools in 1896 and 1897. He graduated from the University of Kansas law school and passed the bar in 1901. He also married his classmate, Lucia Van Cleef. He returned to Oklahoma in 1901 and settled in Lawton where he practiced law. He was the Comanche County prosecuting attorney in 1918 and 1919. In 1920 he was the first Republican from the Sixth District to...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Geronimo b. 1829 d. February 17, 1909
Native American Indian Leader. Apache Shaman; Geronimo was the spiritual leader of a small group of Chiricahua Apaches, led by Naiche. He was born a Bedonkohe, raised after his father's death by the Chihenne(Warm Springs) people led by the great Mangas Coloradas, and later mostly aligned himself with the Chokonen(Cochise's People) and Nednai(a group led by Juh, of Northern Mexico). He outfought and evaded the US Army for many years. His boyhood name was Goyakle, which meant "he who yawns." The...[Read More]
Beef Creek Apache Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Horseback d. 1888
Native American Chief. He was the last Chief of the Comanche Tribe. Because Quanah Parker was never elected Chief by the Comanche tribe, but was rather appointed the role by federal agents, many assert that Chief Horseback is actually the last Comanche Chief. His Comanche name was Tir-ha-yah-gua-hip which translates to Horse's Back. He earned his name for his legendary grace and agility as a horseman. His younger days were filled with raiding and terrorizing white settlers. He led a great raid...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Otipoby Comanche Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Kicking Bird (Black Eagle) b. 1835 d. May 5, 1875
Indian warrior. Failed peace maker. His name was Tene-angop'te which means "The Kicking Bird". He was, also, known as Watohkonk - "Black Eagle". His grandfather was a Crow captive who had been incorporated in the Kiowa tribe. Kicking Bird's avocation was peace with the Whites since he saw the hopelessness warfare would bring. Kicking Bird signed the Treaty of Medicine Lodge in 1867. His friendly ways, however, did bring about much hope: the government did not keep a promise to free Kiowa chief...[Read More]
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Chief's knoll
Loco b. 1823 d. 1905
Native American Apache Chief. A Warm Springs Apache, he was a well respected voice for peace among his people. His stance was resented by rival Apache chief Geronimo. In 1882, Geronimo used a gun to force Loco off the San Carlos Reservation and join him in his war against the Americans and Mexicans. When Loco was able to escape from Geronimo, he returned to San Carlos. Though he had voluntarily returned to the reservation, he was arrested and sent to Florida. He was transferred to Fort Sill...[Read More] (Bio by: Randy)
Beef Creek Apache Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Morris, Toby b. February 28, 1899 d. September 1, 1973
US Congressman. Elected to represent Oklahoma's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1947 to 1953, and 1957 to 1961. He also served as a District Judge from 1937 to 1946, 1955 to 1956, and as a State Court Judge from 1961 to 1963. A veteran of World War I, he served with the United States Army from 1914 to 1918. (Bio by: K)
Sunset Memorial Gardens, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Nana b. 1800 d. May 19, 1896
Native American Apache Chief. His name was Kas-tziden among the Mimbreno Apache in southern New Mexico. He had the longest fighting career of any of the Apache warriors. He was always steady and reliable in battle and fought alongside Mangas Coloradas until Mangas was killed in 1863. He then aligned with Victorio in his raids through Texas and Mexico during the Indian Wars. When Victorio was killed in 1880, he formed his own war party with the Warm Springs Apaches. Under his leadership the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Beef Creek Apache Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Fort Sill
Parker, Cynthia Ann b. October 29, 1827 d. October 28, 1870
Folk Figure. The details of her early life are clouded in confusion. Sources place her birth year between 1825 and 1827. One source narrows it to between June 2, 1824 and May 31, 1825 according to the 1870 census. Her place of birth has been listed as Coles, Clark, and Crawford Counties in Illinois. She was born to Silas M and Lucy (Doty) Parker. Even her time of death has been listed from 1864 to 1871. She did die in Anderson County, Texas and is listed in the 1870 census. So she probably died...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Parker, Quanah d. February 23, 1911
Native American Folk Figure. He is often referred to as the last Chief of the Comanches, but the truth of the matter is that the Comanche people never elected him as a chief. In fact there was no such thing as Chief of the Comanches. Each band of Comanches had their own chief. After the surrender of the Comanche people and their placement on the reservation, Colonel Ranald S Mackenzie appointed him Chief of Comanches. He was the son of Peta Nacona, a noted fierce Comanche chief, and Cynthia Ann...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Prairie Flower b. 1858 d. 1863
Folk Figure. Sister of Quanah Parker. Her Comanche name was Toh-Tsee-Ah and she was one of three children born to Cynthia Ann Parker and a daring Comanche chief named Peta Nocona. Her mother was a white woman captured by the Comanche people when she was 9 or 10 years old. She was given to a family who raised her as their very own. She completely accepted the Comanche life style and refused to return to her white family. One of Prairie Flower's brothers grew up to be the great Comanche war...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Raven, Chief Little b. 1819 d. 1889
Native American Chief. He was the principal chief of the Southern Arapaho tribe. He was born on the central Great Plains, probably in present Nebraska, and was known for his oratorical skills. As early as 1840 he had negotiated peace between the Southern Arapaho and several other Indian tribes, including the Plains Apache. He sought agricultural implements and instructions from the United States Government so that his people could provide their own subsistence. After he signed the Fort Wise...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Satanta (White Bear) d. October 11, 1878
Kiowa Sub-chief. Born Set-tain-te which roughly translates to White Bear. From the 1830s to the 1850s he participated in campaigns against the Cheyenne and Ute and rose to become an important sub-chief among the Kiowa. He, along with Gotebo, Kicking Bird. and Dohäsan, the principal chief of the Kiowa, negotiated the Treaty of the Little Arkansas. When Dohäsan died in 1866, Kiowa unity dissolved and several subchiefs, including Satanta, competed for prominence. He represented the Kiowa at the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Tabananika, Chief d. April 28, 1893
Chief of the Yamparika Comanche. Sometimes spelled as Tabananica, his name translates to "Sound of the Sun" or "Hears the Sunrise." After the United States Army failed to enforce the provisions of the Medicine Lodge Treaty prohibiting white man's entry into tribal lands, Tabananika was one of the notable chiefs joining Quanah Parker in raids into Texas. The purpose of the raids was to avenge slain relatives and raid the buffalo hunters who were wiping out their herds of buffalo for the hides...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Otipoby Comanche Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Thomas, Elmer b. September 8, 1876 d. September 19, 1965
Democrat congressman from Oklahoma. He served in the House of Representatives from 1923-1927 and in the Senate from 1927-1951. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Thomas, Henry Andrew 'Heck' b. January 3, 1850 d. August 15, 1912
Deputy US Marshal and Folk Figure. He was the youngest of 12 children born to Lovick Pierce and Martha Ann Fullwood Bedell Thomas. When he was only 12 years old he joined his father and his uncle and went off to the Civil War. They were officers in the 35th Georgia Infantry and Heck was a courier for them inn the battlefields of Virginia. On the last day of the Second Battle of Bull Run, General Philip Kearney was killed in Chantilly. The general's horse and equipment was placed in the trust of...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Treadwell, Col. Jack L. b. March 31, 1919 d. December 12, 1977
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Raised in Snyder, Oklahoma, he entered the US Army from there on January 28, 1941. He served with the 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division throughout WWII, seeing action in North Africa, Sicily, Salerno (all 1943), Anzio and Southern France (1944). At Anzio in March 1944 he received a battlefield commission as First Lieutenant of Fox Company. Treadwell was awarded the CMOH for actions near Nieder-Wurzbach, Germany on March 18, 1945...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA

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