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Washington Cemetery, aka Nelms Family Cemetery,
Rogers County, Oklahoma


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Washington Cemetery
The Nelms Familyi Cemetery
And Little Rock Church
In 1931 Jennie Nelms Falling and Calvin Ellis Falling issued a warranty deed to the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma for a two acre site for the cemetery. This became Cherokee Cemetery Patient No. 304 Rogers County and is one of the oldest Indian cemeteries presently maintained in Oklahoma. It was previously known as the Nelms Family Cemetery.

In 1926 Jennie Nelms Falling and Calvin Ellis Falling donated one acre of land adjacent to the cemetery to the general council of the Assemblies of God for a church site. The church was built by the Falling Nelms Family and community volunteers in 1941. The land for the church and cemetery was received from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma by Ellen Nelms as an allotment from the Dawes Indian Rolls of 1906 and inherited by Jennie Nelms Falling from her mother Ibbie Nelms. All were Full Blood Cherokees whose ancestors are on the Emigration Rolls of 1835 and the Drennen Rolls (Trail of Tears) of 1852. The Falling Family are also on the Dawes and Drennen Rolls.
Submitted & © by Bill Seaman


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Submitted & © by Bill Seaman


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Submitted & © by Bill Seaman


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LOCATION
LAST NAME
FIRST MI
BORN
DIED
NOTES
  Abbott Doyle Roy
 June 26, 1943 Sept. 4, 2005 US Army
Vietnam
In Loving Memory
Son of Jesse LeRoy & Cora Bell (Kuder) Abbott
See photo
  Abbott Elizabeth N. (Campbell) July 10, 1960   In Loving Memory
Married Oct. 18, 1997
Doyle Roy Abbott
See photo
  Kaase Calvin L. Sept. 14, 1912 Oct. 5, 1993 Together Forever
See photo
  Kaase Evelyn Marie (Brooks) Dec. 15, 1917
Denton Co., TX		 July 30, 2006 Together Forever
Dau. of Jim & Myrtle (Fipps) Brooks
Married Nov. 23, 1934
Calvin Lawrence Kaase
See photo
  Kaase Jerry E. Feb. 6, 1945 Jan. 14, 1996 In Loving Memory
See photo
  Leach Carter Wayne Dec. 2, 1975 March 28, 2008 OU
?...Hated...But ? Ignored
See photo
  Neel Charlie E., Jr. April 28, 1943   In Loving Memory
See photo
  Neel Virginia L. Aug. 21, 1939 Sept. 21, 2006 In Loving Memory
See photo

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