Silver City Cemetery

Tuttle, Oklahoma

Silver City Cemetery

Picture sent by Gene Phillips

 

Silver City Cemetery, is located in northern Grady County, 2 miles north of Tuttle, overlooking the Canadian River Valley.

To get to the cemetery, from the blinking light in Tuttle, off HWY 37, turn north on Cimarron Street, go 2 miles north, the turn west off Cimarron onto Silver City Ridge, and go about 1/8 mile, then turn to the right on a dirt road going north through a pasture about 1/2 mile.  You will see the cemetery sitting atop a small rise in front of you.

The area was a well known Canadian River crossing for the Chisholm Trail. The settlement was started in about 1867 and as the area grew, they had a general store with post office, school house, hotel and blacksmith shop. The only existing reminder is the cemetery.

The story has been told that a Texas cattleman on the Chisholm Trail took his herd to Coldwell, Kansas. He sold his cattle and was on the way back with his money when he was robbed and killed. The cowboy was buried in Silver City Cemetery with his horse, saddle, and gun along with early day pioneers such as the Tuttle's, Bond's. Johnson's, Campbell's and Cornett's.

 

Bond, Adelaide Campbell "Johnson 1841 1933 W/O (1] Michael H. Campbell, M 1859 (2) James H. Bond, M 1871; M/O Charles Bryant Campbell & Reford Bond; D/O Charles N. & Rebekah “Courtney” Johnson
Bond, Clyde 6/10/1881 9/15/1982 Son Of J. H. & Ada Bond
Bond, James H. 5/15/1879 10/20/1879 Son Of J. H. & Ada Bond
Bond, James H. 1842 1920 H/O Adelaide “Johnson” Campbell Bond
Bonner, Jacob 5/8/1853 5/2/1904 Back was broken in a runaway
Campbell, Edwin G. 1/15/1870 10/14/1881 Son of G. L. & S. L. Campbell
Click, Albert Lee 7/9/1892 12/23/1951 Okla. Pvt. 385 Field Hospital; 97 Div
Click, Alma Nora “Tuttle” 1894 1919  
Cochran. Araca 1850 1911  
Colbert, Fannie 7/28/1878 10/15/1898 Wife of J. A. Colbert
Connaway, Stella “Johnson” 10/11/1871 5/9/1896 Wife of P.K. Connaway; Dau of M.T. & Mary Johnson
Crites, Carrie “Click” 5/5/1917 10/14/2005 Wife of Samuel A. Crites
SS/W & W/O Samuel A. Crites
Dobbs, Baby Boy 1/16/1903 1/16/1903 Son of J. H. & M. A. Dobbs
Dobbs, W. L. 9/2/1882 12/26/1902  
Dudley, Virgil E. 6/18/1904 1/21/1907 Son of A. W. & M. A. Dudley
Edgar, Amanda A. 7/12/1844 6/29/1904 Wife of H. T. Edgar
Faris, Kirk B. 8/18/1893 1/5/1899 Son of R. H. and A. E. Faris
Faris, Virgie E. 8/19/1880 5/6/1891 Child of R. H. and A. E. Faris
Fryear, Francis F. 11/14/1896 11/1/1900 Son of S. B. and Rosy Fryear
Fryear, Rosy 12/12/1871 4/25/1903 Wife of B. F. Fryear
Fryear, Stephen Burl 1861 1941  
Gray, Virgie Elizabeth 12/11/1892 6/17/1898 Dau of A. Gray
Green, John R. 2/14/1890 2/23/1890 Son of J. B. and M. A. Green
Green, Nellie J. 12/3/1891 4/19/1893 Dau of J. B. and M. A. Green
Herman, Granny Vicy 1800 1900 100 yrs, Full Blood Indian
Johnson, Adelaide B. 5/17/1866 4/11/1905  
Johnson, Lizzie L. 1/9/1888 5/28/1889 Dau of J. O. and S. J. Johnson
Johnson, Mary Elizabeth unknown 27 Aug 1880 Wife of M. T. Johnson; Age 38 yrs, 11 mos, 8 days
Johnson, Montford T. 1843 2/17/1896 Age 52; H/O [1] Mary Elizabeth Johnson, M 1862 [2] Adelaide Johnson, M 1883
Johnson, Norma 10/9/1893 6/17/1897  
Johnson, Pollie Pearl 6/10/1880 10/28/1888 Daughter of J. O. and S. J. Johnson
Malcolm, Ellen M. 10/7/1855 3/5/1891 Wife of James Pope Malcolm
Malcolm, James Pope 9/2/1844 2/14/1899 Husband of Ellen M. Malcolm;
Marker shows Malcom
McLish, Alexander 1869 9/12/1879 Age 10 yrs 5 mo
McLish, Forrest H. 8/22/1899 12/11/1900 Son of N. F. and C. M. McLish
Minter, Sallie Umphrey Campbell 1844 1928  
Moore, Infant Boy 2/24/1884 4/19/1884 Infant son of C. F. and J. L. Moore
Powell, Edith 1//1911 1//1911 Twin dau of Charles and Laura Bonner Powell
Powell, Ethyl 1//1911 1//1911 Twin dau of Charles and Laura Bonner Powell
Promondun, Virgie Molette “Tuttle” 1892 1949  
Reese, Ruth C. 4/5/1885 5/13/1965 Died in Tuttle, OK
Roberts, Sally Leona “Tuttle” 7/21/1910 11/13/1981 Daughter of James H. & Carrie Tuttle; Mother of Lahoma & Carolyn Roberts; Died in Tuttle, OK
Schrock, Lila 9/10/1899 4/26/1900 Dau of L. L. and Frances Schrock
Sloan, Eva A. 9/29/1879 3/23/1904 Wife of J. T. Sloan
Tuttle, Ada Brandon 4/1/1895 1/4/1976 Dau of J. H. & C. M. Tuttle
Tuttle, Carrie M. “Campbell” 1873 1936 Wife of James Harley Tuttle, Jr.; Died in Tuttle, OK
Tuttle, Frederick H. 3/24/1904 6/17/1904 Son of J. H. and C. M. Tuttle
Tuttle, James Bond 7/15/1896 5/15/1966 Died in Tuttle, OK
Tuttle, James Harley Jr. 1859 1922 S/O James Harley, Sr. & Virginia Ann “Henderson” Tuttle, B/O Virginia Ann Tuttle
Tuttle, Nora Agnes “Bond” 7/26/1872 6/6/1889 W/O J. H. Tuttle, D/O J. H, & Ada Bond
Unknown unreadable unreadable  
Unknown unreadable unreadable Buried at foot of Jacob Bonner's grave
Ward, William unknown 1876 Cowboy from Texas who was shot and killed in gunfight and first burial here with his horse
West, James Edward 7/11/1887 6/25/1888 Son of E. F. and N. E. West
Wood, Helen R. 2//1888 10/2/1888 Age 7 mos 27 days
Wood, Thomas C. 1910 9/3/1910 Age 10 mos 14 days Son of L. L. and Katie Wood

 

 

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