Armstrong Academy Cemetery

Choctaw Nation

 

Armstrong Academy was a school for Choctaw boys from about 1844 until it burned 18 January 1920. The cemetery is located just west of the old buildings, but not on the property that was originally part of the grounds. The cemetery is located in present-day Bryan County, Oklahoma.

This list includes the names of those who are known to be buried there, but whose graves remain unmarked.

Submitted by: Kathy Rose


 

  Name

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Inscription

Notes

Adams, John H. 11 Oct 1901 05 Feb 1902 son of J.C. & A.M.(believe this is Anna M. Coffman's son)
Albright, Annie 23 Feb 1893 03 Dec 1893 dau of William & Mary
Albright, Edith 22 Jun 1891 22 Jan 1893 dau of William & Mary
Armor, Baby 16 Feb 1896 16 Feb 1896
Armor, Perlie 10 Oct 1901 05 Jun 1903
Calvin, Elias 08 Jun 1888 30 Nov 1905
Fisher, Sidney S. 27 Mar 1827 22 Nov 1860 husband of Nancy
Gardner, F.A. 16 Aug 1869 21 Sep 1940 Believe her first name is Florence
Gardner, Sam C. 25 Sep 1864 26 Jan 1930 (son of G.W. Gardner & first wife Harriet James)
Gardner, Leceia 10 Jul 1921 11 Jul 1921 (dau of Leroy Gardner & Hazel Nickels Gardner)
Gardner, Daniel H. 09 Mar 1873 16 Nov 1908 (son of G.W. & A.C.)
Gardner, Jack 04 Apr 1904 05 Oct 1908 son of D.H. & Minnie
Gardner, Sawyer 22 Oct 1905 30 Sep 1906 son of D.H. & Minnie
Gardner, Jesse E. 25 Feb 1912 16 Mar 1913 son of E.N. & E.R.
Gardner, Iona H. 04 Jan 1900 11 Oct 1904 dau of E.N. & E.R.
Gardner, Dona S. 24 Jul 1882 17 Feb 1905 dau of G.W. & A.C.
Gardner, Arabella C. -- Mar 1849 11 Apr 1906
Gardner, G. W. 01 Jan 1841 12 Jul 1899 Believe his first name is Greenwood
Hogue, P. 1841 25 Mar 1861 dau of Rev. R.J.& C. Hogue ( Age 20 years).
James, Julius J. 13 Feb 1863 27 Jun 1899 (son of Mary Folsom Matoy & A.W. James)
Matoy, Mary A. 23 Feb 1844 25 May 1904 (sister to Arabella Gardner)
Pace, Elizabeth 27 Jan 1833 04 Oct 1900
Parks, John 23 Jul 1862 05 Mar 1892
Richards, Cornelia 22 Aug 1845 22 Mar 1907 Choctaw by blood
Richards, W.W. 06 Jul 1830 27 Jun 1903 Choctaw by marriage
Riddle, Willas Edmon 25 Dec 1880 29 Apr 1881 Son of Dolphus & Ella Riddle (believe Ella is the dau of Cornelia & W.W) (grandmother was sister to Greenwood Gardner)
Shepperson, Rev. Charles Marsh D.D. 22 Mar 1812 24 Nov 1895 Born Hanover Co. Va Died Armstrong Academy I.T.
Thompson, Isabelle 06 Feb 1869 Mar 1890 (dau of Florence & G.W. Gardner)
Zion, Arie 17 May 1902 14 Nov 1902 (gdau of Mary Matoy)

 

 
Listed below are names of people that she has collected over the years that are buried in the cemetery but have no headstones.

 

  Name

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Inscription

Notes

Baker 2 sons of Rev. W.R. drowned in Blue River as per grandson Albert Norris Averyt Jr.
White, Rebecca Barbee 06 May 1897 Born Benton, Ark Information from her gggrandson Tony Jackson
McCreary, William Benson July 1, 1896 Information from his son Henry S. McCreary
Houston, Wilburn 20 April 1890 Died of measles & pneumonia was a student Information from 1890 fiscal report for Academy
Dill, Mavis Leona dau of Dock Felton & Ollie Mae Armor Dill Information from Mae Dill Dyer
Dill, Janell dau of Dock Felton & Ollie Mae Armor Dill Information from Mae Dill Dyer
Dill, Alma dau of Dock Felton & Ollie Mae Armor Dill Information from Mae Dill Dyer
Dill, Selma dau of Dock Felton & Ollie Mae Armor Dill Information from Mae Dill Dyer
Gardner, Benjamin James Henry 24 Oct 1887 05 Sept 1891 son of Sam & Florence Wolfe Gardner
Gardner, Brady Lee 05 Sept 1903 03 March 1904 son of Robert L. & Tassie Gardner
Gardner, Minnie Hallman 5 May 1876 19 July 1913 wife of Daniel Gardner
Hogue, Jasper
Hogue, Clarissa
Hogue,Robert
Hogue 3 children of Rev.R.J.C Hogue buried in a rock vault Information from Chronicles of Oklahoma