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The History of Wright Cemetery
Submitted by: Sherry Springer
© Evelyn Park and Laura Good


The History of Chandler Cemetery

Though the official name of this cemetery was the Chandler Cemetery, in later years it came to be known as the "Old Wright Cemetery." The Chandler Cemetery Association was organized the 27th day of October 1892 by a group of men that included Frank A. Niblack, James C. Fletcher, B. F. Harriman, R. F. Jenness, L. J. Kalklosch, and A. D. Wright, all of whom were business men in the community.

At their first meeting, they purchased three acres of land from A. D. Wright in the Southeast corner of the NE quarter of Section 4-14-1 now roughly bounded on the north by the Turner Turnpike and on the east by the railroad tracks. The section line past it has long been closed and no roads lead to it.

A. D. Wright, who was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the association, kept the records book and plat, which are now deposited in the Lincoln County Historical Society. Indian Spring Chapter, National Society of Daughters of American Revolution, in 1962, recorded legible tombstone inscriptions and copied the surviving record book {the first book burned}. These records may be found in Volume 1, Lincoln County Cemetery Records at the Historical Society.

The oldest tombstone inscription was that of Bobbie Buoy who died March 31 1893 and the first oldest death entered in the record book was that of Rev. W. J. McAnally, who was the first pastor of the First Methodist Church in Chandler. He was buried April 3 1893.

Four members of the David Johnson family who were killed in the tornado on March 30 1897 that destroyed much of Chandler were buried here. At least one Civil War officer, Lieutenant Dudley Sawyer of Company H, 14th Kansas Cavalry, died January 17 1900 and he, too, lies here.

The last recorded burial was the infant daughter of A. D. and Nellie B. Wright on January 30 1912. It is probably no coincidence that burials in this old cemetery virtually ceased after 1906 when the city of Chandler purchased Oak Park Cemetery, but by then more than 55 people are known to have been buried here. Many more lie in unmarked graves.



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