Old Lenox Mission Cemetery
Whitesboro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA
The WPA Indian Pioneer History Project of Oklahoma in 1937 list this cemetery as Hobbs Cemetery.
Lenox Mission School was established in 1853 by Dr. Simon L. Hobbs and his wife as part of the Presbyterian Church mission. This is the site of the mission. The marker on the highway states that they started with 48 students. Nothing remains except for a small, fenced cemetery. Dr. and Mrs. Hobbs are buried in this cemetery. There are four or five other commercially produced markers. A small thicket is growing within the cemetery so it is full of thorns, briars and small bushes.
Lawrence A. Williams
Field Worker/Interviewer
July 6, 1937
Reverend Hobbs was missionary among the Choctaw Indians for fifteen years. He was much loved by them all. He was also a doctor.There is somewhere close to thirty unmarked graves, which are all in very bad shape.They have all caved in and some have been dug into by treasure hunters. These were never covered back up. The cemetery lies two and one-half miles northeast of Whitesboro on the old Arkansas to Stringtown stage coach road.It is about one mile from the Indian village called Old Lenox.
The WPA Indian Pioneer History Project of Oklahoma in 1937 list this cemetery as Hobbs Cemetery.
Lenox Mission School was established in 1853 by Dr. Simon L. Hobbs and his wife as part of the Presbyterian Church mission. This is the site of the mission. The marker on the highway states that they started with 48 students. Nothing remains except for a small, fenced cemetery. Dr. and Mrs. Hobbs are buried in this cemetery. There are four or five other commercially produced markers. A small thicket is growing within the cemetery so it is full of thorns, briars and small bushes.
Lawrence A. Williams
Field Worker/Interviewer
July 6, 1937
Reverend Hobbs was missionary among the Choctaw Indians for fifteen years. He was much loved by them all. He was also a doctor.There is somewhere close to thirty unmarked graves, which are all in very bad shape.They have all caved in and some have been dug into by treasure hunters. These were never covered back up. The cemetery lies two and one-half miles northeast of Whitesboro on the old Arkansas to Stringtown stage coach road.It is about one mile from the Indian village called Old Lenox.
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- Added: 1 Jul 2017
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2645174
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