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Bickford Cemetery

AKA Catesby

Ellis County, Oklahoma

LOCATION: 15 Miles North of Shattuck and 2 miles West

The first cemetery board meeting was held September 10th, 1908. The land was donated by Mr. Bickford. The oldest recorded burial was of Oscar E. Hoffman in 1905. Reportedly there was an infant buried outside the cemetery late one night. The community members moved the grave inside the graveyard. Apparently it was a child of people traveling through. Exact location of placement is unknown.

A visitor to this cemetery will note an area on the west side of the cemetery near the fence line that appears to have been a family plot marked with red bricks. It has been confirmed that this is not a burial plot, but an old area of foundation for a tool type shed that blew away a few years ago.

In the west fence row, unless they have been removed, there was a yellow marble stone with the letters M.E.H. Further north of this stone is a yellow marble stone with the letters L.M.F. These apparently were corner stones. However, the reasoning of why they are in the fence line no one knows.

Also, these initials have not been matched to any family lot.

This type of stone was often used for headstones.

Mr. Carl O'Hair and Mr. Don Shepherd are the caretakers of the records of this cemetery.

NOTE: Poplar Grove Cemetery in Beaver County (Just on down the road West) was often referred to as Catesby Cemetery.

If you know of someone buried in here who is not listed here, please contact Tammie for inclusion here.

This information was compiled by the Ellis County Historical Society. The Information was derived from: walking the Cemetery, obituaries and other sources. The Seventh Day Adventist Congregation was very helpful in getting the following records. These records are as correct and complete as any record we have. Our deepest gratitude is extended to all.



SURNAME FIRST MI BIRTH
DIED OTHER
ADAMS HENRY ABEL
05-27-61
ADAMS ZULA M. aka Yarnold
03-14-56
ANDREWS EDWARD EUGENE
04-03-53
ANDREWS ETHEL  
11-07-62
ANDREWS OLIVER LOUIS
09-21-41
ATHENS CARL JOSEPH 28 Aug 1916
28 Oct 2003 US FlagWW II Photo
ATHENS EDITH MAE BAKER  See: SHEPHERD 9 Nov 1916
11 Nov 1995
Obit w/o Carl Joseph
BAKER FANNIE GAIL
05-26-64
BAKER FRANK RALPH
08-14-58
BAKER INFANT  
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BALES HOWARD W.
05-29-32
BALES JULIA VIRGINIA
05-13-17
BALES WILLIAM ISSAC
04-06-21
BARNES INFANT  
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BARTLEY LEROY  
06-02-23
BAYSINGER GERTRUDE LENORA Nee Campbell
03-13-47
BAYSINGER MELVIN M. "MELL"
11-21-43
BAYSINGER ULYSSES GRANT
09-03-45
BAYSINGER WILLIAM A.
06-22-12
BLACK LELAND  
04-27-12
BROOKS GREGORY WILLIAM C.
07-27-08
BROSH JOSEPH LOUIS "JOEY"
06-16/2005
BURGETT ROBERT JAMES
06-31-22
BURKE AMOS C.
04-04-84
BURKE LEONARD L.
02-28-18 US FlagWW I
BURKE OPAL  
09-01-11
BURKE RICHARD LANE
05-15-43
BURKE RUTH D.
11-04-59
BURKE SARAH C.
11-21-36
BURNES A. F. MR.
------25
CARNAGEY ANDREW  
06-20-10
CARNAGEY DELBERT RAY
09-23-92 US FlagV+
CARNAGEY JAMES AUSTIN
12-31/2002
CARNAGEY JAMES CORNELIOUS
02-09-77
CARNAGEY MELVIN CORNELIOUS
06-03-62
CARNAGEY VERA LORENE
06-21-74
CASE AUNT LU" SEE: STUART/STEWART
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CASE EDMONA F.
------37
CASE MARY JANE
07-18-07
CASE THOMAS JAMES
02-03-35
CASEY EARL DEVON
------35
CASEY MAMIE HELEN
02-28-98
CASEY RAYMOND RALPH
03-16-82
COCHRAN ROZANNA  
08-06-17
COFFIELD BEATRICE M.
04-30-61
COFFIELD ELLORA STOUT
08-24-41
COFFIELD GENEVA MAY
06-04-28
COFFIELD JOSEPH A.
01-13-34
COFFIELD WILBUR  
04-10-22
COFFIELD WILBUR ASHMAN
08-27-67
CREWS EUGENE CHARLES
04-01-13
DARLING OLIVE  
------23
DAVIS RACHEL  
09-04-17
DEEDS GLADYS LUCILLE
05-23-10
DROLTE DONNA ISABELL
04-30-24
DROLTE FRED  
------14
ELLISON INFANT DAU. #1  
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ELLISON INFANT DAU. #2  
10-24-06
FANNING JASPER J.
04-10-22
FIEGEL JACOB WILLIAM "JAKE"
10-19-24
FIEGEL L. MAMIE
02-25-17
FIEGEL OLIVE  
01-13-86
FIEGEL TWILA KAY
06-22-50
FORREST GEORGE  
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FOX BETTY JANE
12-10-22
FUNK EDWARD HENRY
05-24-78 US FlagWW I
FUNK OPAL M.
05-03-83
GANES/GAINES ANNIE E.
06-12-06
GANES/GAINES CHESTER O. "SLIM"
10-26-68
GANES/GAINES DOROTHY FERN
03-31-36
GANES/GAINES FLORENCE  
------50
GANES/GAINES JAY C.
------26
GARDNER LORENA M.
12-18-35
GARDNER MARY A.
03-15-22
GIRTON ALBERT RAYMOND
10-26-16
GIRTON BERTHA EDNA
04-23-57
GIRTON CALVIN WAYLAND
07-10-27
GIRTON CARRIE IRENE
02-20/2001
GIRTON LEON WALTER
11-26-67 US FlagWW II
GIRTON WALTER LEON
08-20-59
GUNTRIP ELZINA  
04-09-26
GUNTRIP PHILLIP  
11-06-15
HAMMOCK ALFRED LEO
02-23-32
HAMMOCK INFANT DAU.  
12-03-34
HARREL LENA ELEANOR
02-12-15
HARREL WILLIAM KENNETH
08-29-09
HAYES AGNES LENORA
06-03-19
HAYES ARTHUR JOHN
06-06-55
HAYES ELAINE  
01-15-64
HAYES HENRY EDWIN "HANK"
10-04-90
HAYES JOHNIE H.
04-04-40
HAYES JULIA Nee Richards
03-03-44
HAYES KATHERINE LOUISE "BABE"
03-12-90
HAYES LEO GORDON
05-24-47
HAYES LOYD EMMETT
12-10-22
HAYES OCTIE MAE SEE:SPAKE
03 May 1997
HAYES PEARL HANFORD
05-20-42
HEIGHT HIRAM  
-------- US Flag C/N
HIBBS GEORGE B.
12-22-14
HIBBS ISABELLE D. SEE:MEYER
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HIBBS MAHLON E.
12-05-24
HINKLE CHARLES L.
05-17-30
HOBBS JAMES F.
02-16-30
HOFFMAN OSCAR E.
07-27-05
HOLLAND JERRY OLEN
08-05-96 US FlagWW II
HULL ALBERT WALTER
07-19-46
HULL GEORGE WALTER
------35
HULL GEORGE WALTER
03-18-33
HULL GLADYS FAYE
08-16-08
HULL INFANT #1  
--------
HULL INFANT #2  
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HULL NELLIE Nee Anderson
10-21-67
HULL VADA LENA
06-07-26
HULL VERNA  
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JENKINSJAMES MILFORD09-19-190811-16-56  
LITLE EDGAR JOHN
04-12-34
LITLE PAUL ALLEN
04-22-76
MCFALL GLADYS  
05-11-12
MEIER FEROL K. AKA
11-04-58
MEYER ISABELLE D. AKA
11-09-49
MEYER OTTO HENRY
01-26-63 US Flag SPAM
MITCHELL JOHN  
08-13-49
MITCHELL MARVIN DARRELL
07-26-30
MITCHELL NANCY I.
03-10-21
MONTOYA WANDA DARLENE
02-16-96
MOORE ALVIN J.
09-25-16
MOORE FRANK  
10-27-14
MOORE INFANT SON  
08-10-13
MOORE IVA PEARL
12-04-07
MOORE ROSA E. "ROSE"
09-03-44
NINE FRANCES LUCILE
04-15-96
NINE RALPH WILLIAM
03-12-42
NIXON ELIZA A.
08-15-13
OGDEN ARRON CLEO
24 Sep 1954
OGDEN ARTHUR RAYMOND
03-13-28
OGDEN IVA E.
06----69
OGDEN JAMES SAMUEL
09 Jul 1968
O'HAIR CARL  
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O'HAIR CHARLES EVERETT
11-02-86
O'HAIR IRENE Elizabeth Nee Polin
08-12-95
O'HAIR ROSABELLE  
04-19-68
ORMSBY ELIZABETH  
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ORMSBY VOLNEY VIRGIL
------22
PAINE BERT  
------29
PAINE CHARLES ALONZO
------29 US Flag C/
PAINE JOSEPH SPAULDING
------18 US Flag C/
PARSONS JIMMY LEE
05-02-95 US Flag K
PEETOOM CARRIE BERNICE
03-04-08
PEETOOM CORNELIA  
01-26-22
PEETOOM CORNELIS  
06-21-14
PEETOOM GILBERT  
------32
PEETOOM MARY CATHARINE
08-05-44
PEETOOM PETER  
08-01-33
PENFOLD HENRY LEVI
07-18-14
PHENIS FERRY HORACE
09-25-53
PIERSALL ANNA A. Nee Polin
02-18-72
PIERSALL JAMES W. "JIM"
11-19-79
POLIN BENJAMIN LEROY "BILL"
01-05-42
POLIN CHARLES LEE
03-17-23
POLIN LEROY SAMUEL
11-28-59
POLIN MARY ELLEN "ELLA" Nee Zartman
12-30-48
PONTZIOUS JOSEPH JACOB
05-31-27
POWERS HAZEL  
04----34
RATCLIFF PATRICIA  
01-28-85
RAUH ALBERTA MAE
10-16/J2007
RAUH LOUIS LLOYD
08-01/2000 US FlagWW II
RICHARD BEULAH E.
09-08-08
RICHARD NANCY CAROLINE Nee Sears
03-16-41
RICHARD THOMAS B.
05-06-52
RICHARDSON AMELIA  
11-18-13
RICHARDSON BERTHA A. Nee Ormsby
12-09-63
RICHARDSON CECIL RAY "JACK"
04-18-75
RICHARDSON GRACE MAE "GRACIE"Nee Ormsby
09-15-08
RICHARDSON HARRISON ALBERT
03-28-31
RICHARDSON HOMER  
02-06-56
RICHARDSON PEARL MAE
04-26-84
RICHARDSON RUTH  
08-01-21
RITTERHOUSE J. LOU
------34
RITTERHOUSE MARY ELIZABETH
12-21-46
ROSE ELLEN M.
------34
ROWLAND DELBERT E.
10-21-31 US FlagWW I
ROWLAND FANNIE  
03-09-69
SHEPHERD EDITH MAE BAKER  See: ATHENS 9 Nov 1916
11 Nov 1995 Obit
SHEPHERD FERMAN Clarence 10 Nov 1913
28 Nov 1976 h/o Edith Mae
SMITH BOBBY  
07-01-20
SMITH EDITH IRENE
11-13-18
SMITH EDWARD D.
03-22-31 US FlagWW I
SMITH INFANT  
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SMITH JOHN W.
------16
SMITH MARY M.
08-18-43
SMITH MELVIN JOE
07----27
SMITH PEARL D.
06-29-14
SMITH RACHEL  
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SPAKE OCTIE MAE
05-03-97
STEWART LOUISA FRANCES
--------
STUART L. J.MRS.
04-24-27
TETER CLYDE  
05-17-76
TETER GENEVIEVE  
05-05-29
TETER MYRTLE BESSIE Nee Richard
07-07-88
THOMAS HERBERT JAMES "BERT"
-------- US Flag C/
THOMAS MABEL  
--------
THOMPSON HELEN FERN
01-13-25
UNKNOWN MAGGIE  
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UNKNOWN NE 10/15 AREA  
--------
UNKNOWN NE 19/24 #1  
--------
UNKNOWN NE 19/24 #2  
--------
UNKNOWN NE-19/24 #3  
--------
UNKNOWN NW 19/24 #4  
--------
UNKNOWN SE 9/10 AREA  
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WALTON CHARLES "CHUCK" RICHARD "DICK"
10-06-98
WALTON LONNIE J.
05-10-99
WALTON MARGUERITE RUTH Nee Rose
12-16-98
WALTON ROGER IRWIN
04-10-30
WEAVER ROY EMORY
08-10-20
WHITE CHARLES J.
08-24-75
WHITE INFANT SON #1  
03-11-27
WHITE INFANT SON #2  
08-13-34
WHITE MANON MONTANA
05-16-78
WHITSETT PAULINE LOUISE
12-17-30
WILEY ROY  
07-01-06
WILLARD FEROL K. SEE:MEIER
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WILLARD LETHA L.
06-20-26
WILLARD MARION OTHO
09-20-45
WILLARD OLIVAN OTHO
04-09-46 US FlagWW II
WIMMER CLARA EDNA
01-07-46
WIMMER MARION  
09-08-50
WOODS ANSON JACKSON
05-10/2001
WOODS BEULAH  
12-03-98
WYCOFF ABRAHAM ABRAM
03-24-18
WYCOFF DAVID B.
11-18-60
WYCOFF SARAH S.
09-16-19
WYCOFF VIOLA  
01-31-07
YARNOLD EDWIN T.
07-07-28
YARNOLD FANNIE  
02-07-58
YEAGER CECIL CLAYTON 03-27-89  


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