compiled by Gregory K. Moore & Donald A. Wise
Don Wise was a Charter Member of Indian Nations Camp #3 SUVCW, and also an active member of several other organizations, including the Sons of the American Revolution and the Tulsa Genealogical Society. From 1999 until his passing on December 22, 2004, he maintained a website, "Oklahoma History by Don Wise". We are grateful for the use of excerpts from his website, which are reprinted here with kind permission of Mrs. Wise. Our Brother, Don will be missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.
Don was born 1930 in Texas, and graduated from Stroud High School in Stroud, Oklahoma in 1948. He received a B.A. degree from Oklahoma State University in 1953 and a M.A. degree from St. Louis University in 1960. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict from 1953-55; served in the Missouri Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force Reserve until retiring 25 January 1990 as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Donald Wise was employed by a number of Federal Government Agencies which included the Library of Congress. He retired from U.S. Government Service in 1981. After his retirement he researched, wrote and compiled publications in the fields of Geography, Library Science, Local History and Genealogy."
The following data which is continued on the next page, was extracted from Union Soldiers Buried in Oklahoma by N. Dale Talkington and Deone K. Pearcy [1995] and from Tombstone Inscriptions in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, by the Tulsa Genealogical Society, 2 vols., 1985. Additional data such as dates were derived from cemetery records at Oaklawn and Rose Hill cemeteries in Tulsa, Park Grove in Broken Arrow and the Bixby Cemetery at Bixby.
Several of these names are found on the list of attendees at the Thirty Seventh Encampment of the G.A.R. in Chanute, Kansas in 1918. Chanute is 125 miles north of Tulsa.
ADAMS, ?, CPT, unit unknown, Pioneer Cemetery
at Frisco & 2nd Street, Tulsa.
AKINS, John F. - 29th U.S. Colored Infantry - buried 24 Feb.
1914 in Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa.
ALEXANDER, James H. - unit unknown - GAR - 1840 /1920 -
Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
ALLISON, Henry Clay- Co. E, 7th Kansas Cavalry - [20 December 1843-20 July 1907]
buried at White Church Cemetery in Broken Arrow.
AMALONG, C.C. - unit unknown - GAR - 15 Feb. 1846 / 21 Nov.
1915 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
AMERINE, Hutsell - GAR - 1838 / 1891 - Rose Hill Cem., Tulsa
ARP, Rufus B. - SGT, Co. L, 9th Tennessee Cavalry - Ridgelawn
Cemetery, Collinsville, OK.
ASHLEY, Charles F. - unit unknown - GAR - 1843 / 1931 - Rose
Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
ATWOOD, Andrew H. - Co. I, 3rd Illinois Cavalry - buried 16
November 1917 - Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa.
AVERY, Alexander James - unit unknown - 14 May 1843 / 27 Apr.
1907 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
AWARD, William M. - Co. F, 5th Michigan H.A. - Collinsville
Cemetery, Collinsville, OK.
AYERS, J.F. - Co. F, 10th Wisconsin Cavalry - died 28 Oct.
1916 in Tulsa, OK. - may be buried in Tulsa County, OK.
BAHR, Henry K. - Co. F, 96th Illinois Cavalry - buried 23
Nov. 1915 - Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa.
BARNES, Wilson - Co. G, 5th Tennessee Infantry - Hillside
Mission Cemetery, Tulsa County, OK.
BARTLES, Columbus - Pvt, Co. F, 49th Indiana Infantry - died
30 Oct. 1919 - Ridgelawn Cemetery, Collinsville, OK.
BENNETT, Albert - Pvt, Co. E, Wisconsin Unit - died 1923 -
Rose Hill Cemetery?, Tulsa, OK.
BENNETT, George H. - Co. B, 4th Michigan Cavalry - buried 1
Oct. 1912 - Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa.
BENNETT, George M. - 15th Missouri Infantry - Skiatook.
BENSON, James H. - CPL, Co. B, 77th Illinois Infantry - 13
Aug. 1923 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa, OK.
BERRY, Charles T. - unit unknown - GAR - 15 May 1843 / 8 Dec.
1916 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
BLAIR, William - Co. C, 137th Indiana Infantry - 28 Oct. 1846
/ 11 Feb. 1927 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
BOBBIT, Frank - unit unknown - GAR - 1839 / 1899 - Rose Hill
Cemetery, Tulsa.
BOLTON, Sherd - unit unknown - April 1846 / 19 Mar. 1922 -
Bixby City Cemetery, Bixby, OK.
BOWMAN, Jacob Seaton K. - Co. G, 16th Illinois Infantry -
21 Nov. 1841 / 24 Jan. 1907 - Oaklawn Cem., Tulsa.
BOYD, James H. - U.S. Navy - GAR - buried 13 Mar. 1918 -
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
BRADLEY, C.T. - unit unknown - 26 Aug. 1848 / 27 Aug. 1936 -
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
BRADSHAW, James W. - 32nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry -
? / 14 Sep. 1934 - Hillside Mission Cem., Skiatook.
BRITTAIN, J.F. - unit unknown, 1845 - ? - Fairfview Cemetery,
Owasso, OK
BUTTRICK, Ithamar H. - unit unknown, 1844-1924, Park Grove
Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
CALKINS, Edward - Colonel, 7th Indiana Cavalry - GAR - 20
Aug 1836 / 2 May 1911 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
CALLAHAN, James - unit unknown - GAR - 3 Mar. 1845/1 Mar.
1916 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa, OK.
CARDEN, Nelson - CPL, Co. F, 113 U.S. Colored Infantry.
buried 14 Oct. 1926 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
CARROLL, Hercules - Co. D, 6th Regt., lst U.S. Cavalry - 2
Nov. 1828/7 May 1906 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
CLARK, Bennett M. - 3rd SGT, Co. M, 150 Missouri Infantry -
1825-1899 Hillside Mission Cemetery, Skiatook.
CLARK, Emmett M. - 3rd SGT, Co. H, 115th Indiana Infantry -
9 July 1825/12 Apr. 1899 - Hillside Mission Cemetery, Skiatook.
CLARK, John W. - Co. I, 13th Missouri Cavalry - GAR -
29 Dec. 1841 / 10 Aug. 1913 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
COFFIELD, David W. - Co. M, 4th Arkansas Cavalry - 28 July
1842/15 July 1925 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
COLE, Nathaniel - Co. A, 14th Indiana Infantry - GAR -
buried - no date given - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
COMBS, Isaac M. - Co. G, 139th Illinois Infantry - GAR -
died 5 Dec. 1914 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
COON, Josiah - Co. E, 4th West Virginia Infantry - GAR -
died 13 Nov. 1907 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
COURTERMAN, Gilbert J. - CPL, Co. B, 121st Ohio Infantry -
26 Feb. 1835/17 Aug. 1924 - Ridgelawn Cemetery,
Collinsville, OK.
CRAVER, Charles Francis - unit unknown - GAR - 1842 / 1925 -
Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
CROW, Alexander - Co. G, 12th Missouri Cavalry - 1842 / 1928
Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
CROWELL, J. Ed. - unit unknown - GAR - buried 1 Mar. 1916 -
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
CUNNINGHAM, Israel - unit unknown - GAR - 29 Jan. 1844 / 30
Nov. 1921 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
DARNELL, William J. - Co. M., lst Indiana Cavalry - 12 Dec.
1837 / 20 Feb. 1926 - Park Grove Cem., Broken Arrow.
DAVIS, Alexander - unit unknown, 1847-1930 Ridgelawn
Cemetery, Collinsville.
DEY, Richard D. - Co.G, 20th Indiana Infantry, Ridgelawn
Cemetery, Collinsville.
DOBBINS, John Dennis - Co. F, 15th Missouri Cavalry - 2 Sep.
1847 / 11 July 1918 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
DOWLER, Thomas Franklin - Co. A, 9th Provisional Engineers,
Missouri Militia - 1840 / 25 Mar. 1931 - Bixby City
Cemetery, Bixby, OK.
DOWNEY, Daniel Frank - served as a Captain's boy - 4 July
1851 / 29 Mar. 1944 - Calvary Cemetery, Tulsa.
DUGGER, Solomon - unit unknown - GAR - buried 3 May 1925 -
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
DUNN, Peter - unit unknown - GAR - ca1839 / 30 July 1909 -
buried in Potter's Field, Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
DYER, John Lea - Co. C, 145th Illinois Infantry - 10 Sep.
1846/31 Jan. 1928 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
EMMONS, Samuel - Co. G, 94th Illinois Infantry - GAR - buried
29 Nov. 1915 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
EZZELL, John T. - Co. K, 16th Illinois Infantry - GAR - 16 July
1841 / 8 Nov. 1910 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
FATHER, John H. - unit unknown - buried 27 Feb. 1910 - Oaklawn
Cemetery, Tulsa.
FEE, David S. - U.S. Navy - buried 5 June 1925 - Oaklawn Cem.
FLEETWOOD, Isaac - Co. H, 46th Missouri Infantry - no dates -
Bixby City Cemetery, Bixby, OK.
FOLEY, Alvin - Co. G, 2nd Missouri Cavalry - buried 26 Nov.
1923 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
GARTON, Marsellas Henry - Co. C, 40th Regiment E. Missouri
Militia - died 18 Mar. 1924 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
GILLETTE, William K. - unit unknown - GAR - 20 Sep. 1838 / 17
Oct. 1907 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
GIST, John S. - Co. E, 9th Illinois Cavalry - 3 Dec. 18xx/1
Jan. 1930 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
GOODMAN, Clark - unit unknown - GAR - buried 9 May 1902 -
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
GORMAN, Phillip - unit unknown - GAR - buried 16 May 1917 -
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
GODWIN, Francis C. - 85th Indiana Volunteer Infantry - 1834 -
1917 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
GUINN, John - Co. I, lst Arkansas Cavalry - died 4 Sep. 1922
may be buried in the Bixby area. ried 26
Dec. 1912 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
HADDOCK, Alexander - CPL, Co. K, 8th Missouri Cavalry - 25
Dec. 1835/28 Dec. 1913 - Hillside Mission, Cemetery, Skiatook,
OK.
HANGE, Green B. - Co. K, 11th Missouri Infantry - 6 Aug. 1849
/12 Jan. 1908 - Ridgelawn Cemetery, Collinsville, OK.
HANKINS, James A. - Co. F, 7th Illinois Cavalry - dates
unknown - Ridgelawn Cemetery, Collinsville, OK.
HANLIN, Jackson T. - unit unknown - GAR - 1841 / 1919 - Rose
Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
HARBOUR, Azariah H. - unit unknown - GAR - buried 24 Feb.
1936 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
HARDESTY, Urias E. - Co. A, 10th Indiana Infantry - died 23
Apr. 1912 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
HARTZOG, Benjamin J. - Co. A, 46th Ohio Infantry - died 25
June 1923 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
HAVENS, Ezra S. - CPT., unit unknown 1829-1918,
Woodlawn Cemetery, Sand Springs, OK
HAYMAN, Moses F. - Co. G, 8th Regiment Illinois -
1 Jan. 1836 / 5 May 1917 - Skiatook Cemetery, Skiatook.
HENDERSON, Joseph H. - CPL, Co. C, 12th Illinois Cavalry -
ca1846 / 9 Sep 1912 - Park Grove Cem., Broken Arrow.
HENNING, Harry H. - 29th Ohio Infantry -
? / 25 Dec. 1916 - Glenpool Cemetery, Glenpool, OK.
HIGHLAND, Robert M.- Co. E, 14th Missouri Infantry - buried
6 July 1920 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
HISSONG, W.O. - Co. E, 3rd Ohio Cavalry - 7 Feb. 1834 / 3 May
1916 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
HOBBS, John E. - unknown unit - 21 Mar. 1844/22 Mar. 1922 -
Bixby Cemetery, Bixby, OK.
HOLBROOK, E.F. - Co. F, 169th Ohio N.G. - GAR - buried 26
Dec. 1912 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
HOLLIS, Josephus C. - Co. C, lst Delaware Cavalry - buried 12
Sep. 1912 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
HOLMES, Mathias - Co. F, 186th Ohio Infantry - dates unknown
Collinsville Cemetery, Collinsville, OK.
HOPPER, Solomon C. - QM SGT, Co. A, 2nd Missouri S.M. Cavalry
18 Dec. 1835 / 30 Dec. 1916 - Park Grove Cem., Broken Arrow
HOUGH, William P. - Co. F, 33rd Iowa Infantry - GAR - buried
14 Mar. 1916 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
HUFFMAN, Jesse - Co. A, 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry -
1839 / 1916 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
INHOFE, William A. - CPL, Co. E, 43rd Missouri Infantry - GAR
1844 / 1915 - (buried 2 Dec. 1915) - Oaklawn Cem., Tulsa.
JEANGUENET, Eugene - Co.L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, ca1836-?
Woodlawn Cemetery Sand Springs, OK
JOHNSON, Charles E. - Co. C, 31st Ohio Infantry - Hillside
Mission Cemetery, Skiatook.
JOHNSON, Joseph W. - Lt., Co. A, 7th New Jersey Infantry -
buried 6 Mar. 1926 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
JONES, M - CPT, unit unknown, 1846-1910 Ridgelawn Cemetery,
Collinsville
KELLY, Orson H. - Co. B, lst Prov. En. Missouri Militia - GAR
buried 27 July 1916 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
KING, Charles L. - unit unknown - GAR - buried 13 Sep. 1910 -
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
KING, Mack P. - Co. M, 13th Missouri Cavalry - GAR - buried
12 Dec. 1925 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
KIPHART, Jacob - Co. B, lst Indiana H.A. - dates unknown -
Ridgelawn Cemetery, Collinsville, OK.
KISER, George - Co. D, 11th Iowa Infantry - GAR - 1842 / 1919
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
KLINE, William W. - unit unknown - GAR - 22 June 1844 / 20
Nov. 1919 - Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa.
KOCH, George - unit unknown - GAR - 1846 / buried 11 Feb.
1905 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
LAYMAN, James M. - Co. H, 117th Ohio Infantry - 3 Jan. 1844/
11 June 1936 - May be buried in Tulsa County.
LAZALIER, David - Co. H, 13th Missouri Cavalry - dates
unknown - Ridgelawn Cemetery, Collinsville, OK.
LEE, George W. Co. G, 40th Iowa Infantry, died 1917, Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sand Springs.
LEE, Phillip - Co. F, 3rd MSN S.M. Guard - 1848/3 Apr. 1911 -
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
LITTLEJOHN, James W. - Co. B, 9th Kansas Cavalry - 11 Apr.
1837/17 July 1914 - Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
LOVETT, Edoms - unit unknown - GAR - buried 18 Sep. 1911 -
Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa.
LUCE, Robert M. - Co.A, 10th Wisconsin Infantry, 1839-1922,
Woodland Cemetery, Sand Springs