Oak Cemetery (Forth Smith, Ark.)

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Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, at the intersection of South Greenwood Avenue and O Street. The cemetery's oldest monument is dated 1842, the same year Fort Smith was incorporated, and is the final resting place of 28 men who were convicted of murder and executed by Judge Isaac C. Parker, the "hanging judge" of Fort Smith. The cemetery also contains the graves of lawmen, Confederate soldiers, Wild West outlaws, Sarah Ish Parke, a Confederate spy, smuggler, and courier, Governor William Meade Fishback, and Captain John Rogers, founder of Fort Smith. The cemetery today is known just as Oak Cemetery.

From the description of Record of Oak Grove Cemetery interments [manuscript] 1876-1889. (University of Arkansas - Fayetteville). WorldCat record id: 781190387

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creatorOf Oak Cemetery (Forth Smith, Ark.). Record of Oak Grove Cemetery interments [manuscript] 1876-1889. University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries
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associatedWith Fishback, William M. 1831-1903 person
correspondedWith Oak Cemetery (Fort Smith, Ark.) corporateBody
associatedWith Parker, Isaac Charles 1838-1896. person
associatedWith Parke, Sarah Ish, 1835-1918 person
associatedWith Rogers, John 1838-1896 person
associatedWith University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries. Special Collections. corporateBody
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Arkansas--Fort Smith
Sebastian County (Ark.)
Arkansas
Fort Smith (Ark.)
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