William Due (possibly Deugh) MUSGROVE was the second of two sons born to William Alexander and Sarah "Sallie" (VANN) MUSGROVE; their firstborn son was Francis Marion "Frank" MUSGROVE. Frank and William were born at home in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory near Baptist. Their home was about five to six mile northwest of the present-day Westville, Adair County, Oklahoma, USA.
Both William and Sallie had had previous marriages prior to their circa 1844 marriage. William's first wife was Ida WOOD; his second wife was Nancy TUCKER. Sallie's first husband was Robert ROGERS, JR.
William's father was of Scotch-Irish ancestry so he may have chosen "Deugh" as his son's middle name. Several records show his son's name as William Due MUSGROVE, but these records were often completed by individuals recording statements made by others, so they may have misspelled William's middle name. At least one record, listing a few of the known burials at the former Musgrove Cemetery, indicated William's middle name was "Deugh" per a burial entry which stated: " twin sons of William Deugh and Cynthia (ROGERS) MUSGROVE were born and died at birth about 1879." What sources were used to compile the known burials list is unknown; the sources may have been death notices in local newspapers, possibly the inscriptions on headstones in the Musgrove Cemetery, and/or interviews with family members, etc.
Per information published in a Tulsa Tribune article on June 21, 1958 entitled, " 'Forgotten' Graves Due Care", the Musgrove Cemetery (also known as the Old Collinsville Cemetery) was visited in 1958 by Mr. Tom COLLINS, the then Tulsa County Surveyor. At the time of his visit, he had become a one-man campaign interested in promoting the restoration of neglected Oklahoma pioneer cemeteries. He was accompanied by Henry TAYLOR of Collinsville, a native of Oologah. As the men walked about the abandoned cemetery examining the approximately twenty headstones partially obscured by weeds among post oaks and hawthorn trees, Mr. TAYLOR described the MUSGROVEs as a "widely-known family of the area in the early days." The headstones they examined had inscriptions dating from the late 1870s to about 1900.
Knowledgeable in Oklahoma history, Mr. COLLINS spoke to the fact "that there were no towns in all this part of the country when the graves of the '70s and early '80s were marked. The stones, many bearing decorations and poems or Bible verses, probably were inscribed by monument makers in distant Kansas and Missouri cities. And, since there were no railroads in those days, the markers doubtlessly were hauled to their destination in wagons."
Over a period of three and one-half years, Mr. COLLINS had succeeded in having about twenty abandoned cemetery "sites cleared of weeds, fenced, and the [head]stones reset." Regrettably, the MUSGROVE Cemetery was not destined to be among his successes. Following Mr. COLLINS visit to the cemetery, ownership of the land changed hands and the new owner cleared and leveled the fields with dozers, including the field where the MUSGROVE Cemetery had been established. Due to the disrespectful destruction of the historic pioneer cemetery, its exact location was lost. After the bulldozing, some of the headstones were recovered from the Caney River and from nearby fence rows and placed behind a barn on the old GRIM farm; what their eventual fate was is unknown.
Prior to the MUSGROVE Cemetery destruction, Mr. COLLINS stated the following, during his 1958 Tulsa Tribune interview, regarding the fate of other unrestored burial sites: "Even more regrettable than such neglect is that about six such sites were destroyed and lost forever when new owners took possession , hauled off the stones and turned the land to new uses -- and profits."
Mr. COLLINS described the Pioneer Musgrove Cemetery as being located near the old Musgrove ford on the Caney River, about five miles northeast of Collinsville. The cemetery contained approximately twenty graves in the then Cherokee tribal land in the Cooweescoowee District (present-day the Musgrove Cemetery would be in Rogers County, Oklahoma) where their son Frank MUSGROVE had settled with his wife and children. The former Cooweescoowee District present-day covers all or part of the following Oklahoma counties: Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington.
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Both William and Sallie had had previous marriages prior to their circa 1844 marriage. William's first wife was Ida WOOD; his second wife was Nancy TUCKER. Sallie's first husband was Robert ROGERS, JR.
William's father was of Scotch-Irish ancestry so he may have chosen "Deugh" as his son's middle name. Several records show his son's name as William Due MUSGROVE, but these records were often completed by individuals recording statements made by others, so they may have misspelled William's middle name. At least one record, listing a few of the known burials at the former Musgrove Cemetery, indicated William's middle name was "Deugh" per a burial entry which stated: " twin sons of William Deugh and Cynthia (ROGERS) MUSGROVE were born and died at birth about 1879." What sources were used to compile the known burials list is unknown; the sources may have been death notices in local newspapers, possibly the inscriptions on headstones in the Musgrove Cemetery, and/or interviews with family members, etc.
Per information published in a Tulsa Tribune article on June 21, 1958 entitled, " 'Forgotten' Graves Due Care", the Musgrove Cemetery (also known as the Old Collinsville Cemetery) was visited in 1958 by Mr. Tom COLLINS, the then Tulsa County Surveyor. At the time of his visit, he had become a one-man campaign interested in promoting the restoration of neglected Oklahoma pioneer cemeteries. He was accompanied by Henry TAYLOR of Collinsville, a native of Oologah. As the men walked about the abandoned cemetery examining the approximately twenty headstones partially obscured by weeds among post oaks and hawthorn trees, Mr. TAYLOR described the MUSGROVEs as a "widely-known family of the area in the early days." The headstones they examined had inscriptions dating from the late 1870s to about 1900.
Knowledgeable in Oklahoma history, Mr. COLLINS spoke to the fact "that there were no towns in all this part of the country when the graves of the '70s and early '80s were marked. The stones, many bearing decorations and poems or Bible verses, probably were inscribed by monument makers in distant Kansas and Missouri cities. And, since there were no railroads in those days, the markers doubtlessly were hauled to their destination in wagons."
Over a period of three and one-half years, Mr. COLLINS had succeeded in having about twenty abandoned cemetery "sites cleared of weeds, fenced, and the [head]stones reset." Regrettably, the MUSGROVE Cemetery was not destined to be among his successes. Following Mr. COLLINS visit to the cemetery, ownership of the land changed hands and the new owner cleared and leveled the fields with dozers, including the field where the MUSGROVE Cemetery had been established. Due to the disrespectful destruction of the historic pioneer cemetery, its exact location was lost. After the bulldozing, some of the headstones were recovered from the Caney River and from nearby fence rows and placed behind a barn on the old GRIM farm; what their eventual fate was is unknown.
Prior to the MUSGROVE Cemetery destruction, Mr. COLLINS stated the following, during his 1958 Tulsa Tribune interview, regarding the fate of other unrestored burial sites: "Even more regrettable than such neglect is that about six such sites were destroyed and lost forever when new owners took possession , hauled off the stones and turned the land to new uses -- and profits."
Mr. COLLINS described the Pioneer Musgrove Cemetery as being located near the old Musgrove ford on the Caney River, about five miles northeast of Collinsville. The cemetery contained approximately twenty graves in the then Cherokee tribal land in the Cooweescoowee District (present-day the Musgrove Cemetery would be in Rogers County, Oklahoma) where their son Frank MUSGROVE had settled with his wife and children. The former Cooweescoowee District present-day covers all or part of the following Oklahoma counties: Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington.
to be continued ...
William Due (possibly Deugh) MUSGROVE was the second of two sons born to William Alexander and Sarah "Sallie" (VANN) MUSGROVE; their firstborn son was Francis Marion "Frank" MUSGROVE. Frank and William were born at home in the Going Snake District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory near Baptist. Their home was about five to six mile northwest of the present-day Westville, Adair County, Oklahoma, USA.
Both William and Sallie had had previous marriages prior to their circa 1844 marriage. William's first wife was Ida WOOD; his second wife was Nancy TUCKER. Sallie's first husband was Robert ROGERS, JR.
William's father was of Scotch-Irish ancestry so he may have chosen "Deugh" as his son's middle name. Several records show his son's name as William Due MUSGROVE, but these records were often completed by individuals recording statements made by others, so they may have misspelled William's middle name. At least one record, listing a few of the known burials at the former Musgrove Cemetery, indicated William's middle name was "Deugh" per a burial entry which stated: " twin sons of William Deugh and Cynthia (ROGERS) MUSGROVE were born and died at birth about 1879." What sources were used to compile the known burials list is unknown; the sources may have been death notices in local newspapers, possibly the inscriptions on headstones in the Musgrove Cemetery, and/or interviews with family members, etc.
Per information published in a Tulsa Tribune article on June 21, 1958 entitled, " 'Forgotten' Graves Due Care", the Musgrove Cemetery (also known as the Old Collinsville Cemetery) was visited in 1958 by Mr. Tom COLLINS, the then Tulsa County Surveyor. At the time of his visit, he had become a one-man campaign interested in promoting the restoration of neglected Oklahoma pioneer cemeteries. He was accompanied by Henry TAYLOR of Collinsville, a native of Oologah. As the men walked about the abandoned cemetery examining the approximately twenty headstones partially obscured by weeds among post oaks and hawthorn trees, Mr. TAYLOR described the MUSGROVEs as a "widely-known family of the area in the early days." The headstones they examined had inscriptions dating from the late 1870s to about 1900.
Knowledgeable in Oklahoma history, Mr. COLLINS spoke to the fact "that there were no towns in all this part of the country when the graves of the '70s and early '80s were marked. The stones, many bearing decorations and poems or Bible verses, probably were inscribed by monument makers in distant Kansas and Missouri cities. And, since there were no railroads in those days, the markers doubtlessly were hauled to their destination in wagons."
Over a period of three and one-half years, Mr. COLLINS had succeeded in having about twenty abandoned cemetery "sites cleared of weeds, fenced, and the [head]stones reset." Regrettably, the MUSGROVE Cemetery was not destined to be among his successes. Following Mr. COLLINS visit to the cemetery, ownership of the land changed hands and the new owner cleared and leveled the fields with dozers, including the field where the MUSGROVE Cemetery had been established. Due to the disrespectful destruction of the historic pioneer cemetery, its exact location was lost. After the bulldozing, some of the headstones were recovered from the Caney River and from nearby fence rows and placed behind a barn on the old GRIM farm; what their eventual fate was is unknown.
Prior to the MUSGROVE Cemetery destruction, Mr. COLLINS stated the following, during his 1958 Tulsa Tribune interview, regarding the fate of other unrestored burial sites: "Even more regrettable than such neglect is that about six such sites were destroyed and lost forever when new owners took possession , hauled off the stones and turned the land to new uses -- and profits."
Mr. COLLINS described the Pioneer Musgrove Cemetery as being located near the old Musgrove ford on the Caney River, about five miles northeast of Collinsville. The cemetery contained approximately twenty graves in the then Cherokee tribal land in the Cooweescoowee District (present-day the Musgrove Cemetery would be in Rogers County, Oklahoma) where their son Frank MUSGROVE had settled with his wife and children. The former Cooweescoowee District present-day covers all or part of the following Oklahoma counties: Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington.
to be continued ...
Both William and Sallie had had previous marriages prior to their circa 1844 marriage. William's first wife was Ida WOOD; his second wife was Nancy TUCKER. Sallie's first husband was Robert ROGERS, JR.
William's father was of Scotch-Irish ancestry so he may have chosen "Deugh" as his son's middle name. Several records show his son's name as William Due MUSGROVE, but these records were often completed by individuals recording statements made by others, so they may have misspelled William's middle name. At least one record, listing a few of the known burials at the former Musgrove Cemetery, indicated William's middle name was "Deugh" per a burial entry which stated: " twin sons of William Deugh and Cynthia (ROGERS) MUSGROVE were born and died at birth about 1879." What sources were used to compile the known burials list is unknown; the sources may have been death notices in local newspapers, possibly the inscriptions on headstones in the Musgrove Cemetery, and/or interviews with family members, etc.
Per information published in a Tulsa Tribune article on June 21, 1958 entitled, " 'Forgotten' Graves Due Care", the Musgrove Cemetery (also known as the Old Collinsville Cemetery) was visited in 1958 by Mr. Tom COLLINS, the then Tulsa County Surveyor. At the time of his visit, he had become a one-man campaign interested in promoting the restoration of neglected Oklahoma pioneer cemeteries. He was accompanied by Henry TAYLOR of Collinsville, a native of Oologah. As the men walked about the abandoned cemetery examining the approximately twenty headstones partially obscured by weeds among post oaks and hawthorn trees, Mr. TAYLOR described the MUSGROVEs as a "widely-known family of the area in the early days." The headstones they examined had inscriptions dating from the late 1870s to about 1900.
Knowledgeable in Oklahoma history, Mr. COLLINS spoke to the fact "that there were no towns in all this part of the country when the graves of the '70s and early '80s were marked. The stones, many bearing decorations and poems or Bible verses, probably were inscribed by monument makers in distant Kansas and Missouri cities. And, since there were no railroads in those days, the markers doubtlessly were hauled to their destination in wagons."
Over a period of three and one-half years, Mr. COLLINS had succeeded in having about twenty abandoned cemetery "sites cleared of weeds, fenced, and the [head]stones reset." Regrettably, the MUSGROVE Cemetery was not destined to be among his successes. Following Mr. COLLINS visit to the cemetery, ownership of the land changed hands and the new owner cleared and leveled the fields with dozers, including the field where the MUSGROVE Cemetery had been established. Due to the disrespectful destruction of the historic pioneer cemetery, its exact location was lost. After the bulldozing, some of the headstones were recovered from the Caney River and from nearby fence rows and placed behind a barn on the old GRIM farm; what their eventual fate was is unknown.
Prior to the MUSGROVE Cemetery destruction, Mr. COLLINS stated the following, during his 1958 Tulsa Tribune interview, regarding the fate of other unrestored burial sites: "Even more regrettable than such neglect is that about six such sites were destroyed and lost forever when new owners took possession , hauled off the stones and turned the land to new uses -- and profits."
Mr. COLLINS described the Pioneer Musgrove Cemetery as being located near the old Musgrove ford on the Caney River, about five miles northeast of Collinsville. The cemetery contained approximately twenty graves in the then Cherokee tribal land in the Cooweescoowee District (present-day the Musgrove Cemetery would be in Rogers County, Oklahoma) where their son Frank MUSGROVE had settled with his wife and children. The former Cooweescoowee District present-day covers all or part of the following Oklahoma counties: Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington.
to be continued ...
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