First Burial in Frisco Cemetery

Canadian County, Oklahoma

Submitted by: Jean Kyle

First Burial

FRISCO HERALD - February 18, 1890

DIED, on February 16th at 3:15, a.m. Ldo Lincoln Marts, in the 25th year of his age. Mr. Marts was born in Shelby county, Illinois, on the 31st day of December 1864. He was fourth son of Wm. T. and Francis M. Marts, who now reside in Rice County, Kansas.

Mr. Marts came to the territory at the opening last year in company with his brother-in-law Mr. Robert Lacy, and family, where he remained up to the time of his death. He was a strong, healthy young man and would have been selected as the last one to fall an early victim of sickness and death.

He was going about the town on Friday and on that evening he was struck with a congestive chill and before daylight on Sunday morning he was a corpse. The stroke of death fell like a sunstroke and he was hardly conscious after the first attack. All that loving hands and medical skill could do was unavailing. The remains were buried in the new Frisco Cemetery on Monday.

Mr. Marts had helped to survey the cemetery a few days before and was the first to be buried on a cemetery lot. Mr. Mart was a quiet, sober, industrious young man and had the respect and esteem of the whole community. His sudden taking off was a shock to the community and universal sympathy is expressed for the bereaved relatives.

Notes: Robert Lacy is listed in Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory August 1, 1890 as living in the town of Frisco working for the Fair Lumber Yard. Mr. Marts grave is not marked and there is no record as to where he is buried.