Thank you so very much for the information. I'm truly grateful. Jim Dewater majorcook@yahoo.com wrote: > Jim, > > I found very little. There was no obit and the newspapers on microfilm don't go back that far. > > Gloss Mountain Country, Major Co. History Book: > > Mr. Charles Bullard, Mr. Dewater, & Mr. Gard all picked areas of their land for a cemetery. It was decided that whoever died first, that's whose land the cemetery would be on. Mr. Dewater died first. The cemetery is the Cheyenne Valley Cemetery and his stone reads: > > E. Hamilton DeWater 6-29-1848 - 2-17-1895 > > The date indicated he is the first burial in the cemetery and he is the only DeWater. > > Good Luck. > > Pat Weaver > > ==== OKMAJOR Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Major Co., OK list, use > OKMAJOR-l-request@rootsweb.com or OKMAJOR-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Oklahoma Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog