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James Family Cemetery

aka Big Canyon Cemetery

Murray County, Oklahoma

© Dennis Muncrief


I did the registry of this little Chickasaw Indian family cemetery in December of 1999. It is way off in the woods and overgrown. There were two communities that once were near. One was called Crusher since there was a large rock crusher plant in the area. Later, there was a town called Big Canyon which disappeared in the 1950's. It is also known as the James family cemetery.
LAST NAME
FIRST MI
BIRTH DATE
DEATH DATE
OTHER
?? ??     no dates,
"MJ" footer,
native stone
& mortar monument,
4'x8'x?
tree in grave,
infant,
2'x3'x2',
marble footer
initials, "MJ"
?? ??     no dates,
native stone
and mortar monument,
4'x8'x3'
?? ?? b. 18 Mar ???? d. 9 Sep 1898 broken stone,
infant,
footer marble "EJ"
?? ??     no dates,
large tree in
grave monument,
4'x8'x?
James Eastman b. 1848 d. 28 Oct 1898 "Husband of
Lydia An",
5' tall
marble marker
James Martha   d. 6 Aug 1885 age 37 years
8 months,
"Wife of
Eastman James",
3' tall
marble marker
James "Littleman"     no dates,
stone broken-missing,
"Son of
Eastman & L. ?",
native stone
monument,
broken stone
-missing parts,
3'x5'x3',
native stone
"tomb"
w/marble name,
"special" infant


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