My Step-Father has lived in Waurika all his life and mowed the Waurika cemetery for years. I asked him about the Perry cemetery and he says it was near the hospital. This would be the South East corner of the Highway 70 & 81 intersection. He doesn't remember ever actually being in the cemetery but his Mother told him of it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grover Anderson" <grovera@bcl.net> To: <OKJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:58 AM Subject: [OKJEFFER] Peery > Posted on: Jefferson Co. Ok Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Jefferson/527 > > Surname: > ------------------------- > > I wondered the same thing when I was looking for the Peery or Perry Grover > Cemetery. Here is what I found out in a book about the post offices in > Jefferson County. > > A post office was established in Peery on May 22, 1890. Shirk lists it > as "Peery, present Waurika, In Jefferson County". Likely It was located > south of the intersection of U. S. Highways No. 70 and No. 81, somewhere > near the present location of the livestock auction facilities, or possibly > somewhat west of there. This assumption is, I believe, consistent with > the fact that an old cemetery, not used for the past seventy or eighty > years, is located some short distance east or southeast of the auction > facilities and on the east si8de of U. S. Highway No. 81. (This cemetery > was named Peery Grove and was not used after the establishment of the new > Waurika Cemetery). > Andrew J. Loper was the first postmaster. > The name of the office was changed to Moneka on April 18, 1895; and Moneka's > first postmaster was James D. Loper. Same family? Operation of Moneka post > office was discontinued May 15, 1898. > The Waurika post office was established June 28, 1902. > > So it appears that Peery became Moneka which later became Waurika. I think > there were a few nicknames in there that evidently didn't last too long. > > > ==== OKJEFFER Mailing List ==== > Please visit the Jefferson Co. Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~okjeffer/ > >