Find A Grave - Lincoln County

Hubbell, Carl b. June 22, 1903 d. November 21, 1988
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Born in Carthage, Missouri, he was a left handed pitcher making his debut for the New York Giants on July 26, 1928. For 16 seasons he played with the New York Giants (1928-43), compiled a streak of 46 1/3 scoreless innings in 1933, was the NL Most Valuable Player in 1933 and 1936, pitched twenty-four consecutive victories in the (1936-37) seasons and won two games in the 1933 World Series. He ended his career with a record of 253 wins, 154 loss, 260...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Auto accident in Arizona
New Hope Cemetery, Meeker, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 5, Block 13
Keokuk, Chief. Moses b. 1821 d. October 27, 1908
Moses Keokuk (Wunagisa) was principal chief of the Sac & Fox Nation at the time of the ceding of the tribal lands to the U.S. Government in 1891. After a series of removals to Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, the Sac & Fox were finally settled on part of the lands given up by the Creeks, between the Cimarron River and the North Canadian, primarily in present day Lincoln County. Keokuk oversaw the sale of these lands to the federal government which resulted in the land run of Sept. 22, 1891. Lincoln...[Read More]
Sac & Fox Tribal Cemetery, Stroud, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Neeley, George Arthur b. August 1, 1879 d. January 1, 1919
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kansas' 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1912 to 1915.
Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Newman, Marcellus J. b. December 6, 1835 d. November 15, 1905
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company B, 111th Illinois Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 14, 1864 at Resaca, Georgia. His citation reads "Voluntarily returned, in the face of a severe fire from the enemy, and rescued a wounded comrade who had been left behind as the regiment fell back." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
New Hope Cemetery, Meeker, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 3, Lot 2
Pringey, Joseph Colburn b. May 22, 1858 d. February 11, 1935
US Congressman. Elected to represent Oklahoma's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923.
Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Robertson, James Brooks Ayers 'JBA' b. March 15, 1871 d. March 7, 1938
Oklahoma Governor. He was appointed by Governor Haskell to be a judge in the Tenth Judicial District of Oklahoma in 1908. In 1910 and 1914 he entered the races for Governor of Oklahoma but was unsuccessful in the Democratic primaries. He finally received the Democratic nomination for Governor and was elected in 1918. He was inaugurated on January 13, 1919 as Oklahoma's fourth Governor. He enthusiastically supported women's suffrage and prohibition of alcohol. His attempts at education reform...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Tilghman Jr., William Matthew b. July 4, 1854 d. November 1, 1924
Deputy US Marshall and Folk Figure. As a young man growing up, he had no formal education through the school system. He was well trained in all those skills that were necessary for life on the frontier. He left home at the age of fifteen and became a buffalo hunter with his older brother, Richard. Over the next five years he claimed to have killed over 12,000 buffalo. In the mid-1870s, his hunting party was attacked by a band of Indians and his older brother was killed. After ending his career...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Cause of death: Shot in the line of duty
Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Tilghman, Zoe Agnes b. November 15, 1880 d. June, 1964
Biographer ("Marshal of the Last Frontier") and second wife of legendary lawman William M.
Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA

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