Self Guided Tour
(numbers inside parenthesis are the locations of the gravesite - Block, Lot, Space)

• Lizzie Nivens - the oldest grave in the cemetery. Lizzie died in 1867 and is believed to be a part of the Nivens family which ran the ferry boat across the Arkansas River from about where the City Water Plant is today, to a point between the Verdigris and the Grand River. (26-47-3)
  
  
• Charles Nathaniel Haskell - Oklahoma's first Governor, who served from 1907 - 1911 - (123-3-1)
  
  
• Alex Posey - outstanding owner and editor of the Indian Journal, (1902-1904) one of four newspapers published in the Creek Nation and poet laureate of the Creek Indians. His writing style in the newspaper brought national attention to the publication. - (72-1-2)
  
  
• Alice Mary Robertson - missionary teacher and the first U.S. Congresswoman from Oklahoma who began what is now known as Tulsa University. Also was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to serve as Postmaster. Founder of Sawokla, her home near Haskell, where she entertained dignitaries. Her home on Elgin Street in Muskogee has been undergoing restoration for several years. (114-10-12)
  
  
• Theodore Freylinghuysen Brewer - founding pastor of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church, South (also known as "The Rock Church") built in 1878 as the first stone building in Muskogee and the center of community life in early-day Muskogee. Also founder of Harrell Institute, later known as Spaulding Institute and Spaulding College. - (112-6-4)
  
  
• Mary Elizabeth Webster Brewer - wife of Rev. Brewer, helped establish Harrell Institute, and as the Matron of Spaulding College, was known as "Mother Brewer" to the students. Hers was the first funeral ever held in Muskogee where only "motor vehicles" were used. (112-6-3)
  
  
• Patrick Joseph Byrne - was Muskogee's first mayor, elected in Muskogee's first election June 1, 1898. He was elected as its third mayor, as well. In 1890 Byrne was one of the first elected officers of the Muskogee Chapter of Grand Royal Arch Masons. He was the mayor at the time of Muskogee's Great Fire. February 23. 1899. He purchased out of his own pocket Muskogee's first "fire engine", a horse drawn, steam engine pumping apparatus. (109-64-2)
  
  
• Homer B. Spaulding - came to Muskogee in 1844, working as a carpenter before become a partner in the J. A. Patterson mercantile business. After four years he went into ranching, and built ranches on the Creek allotment lands of his wife, Josephine Callahan Spaulding. By 1899 he owned more than 40 thousand acres and 16-20,00 head of cattle. He served as the secretary/scribe to the Great Creek Chief Samuel Checote, and used his considerable wealth to finance the building and maintenance of Harrell/Spaulding Institute. Muskogee's current Spaulding Park is named in his honor. (109-52-1)
  
  
• John Wilkes Noble - American Actor, whose acting career spanned seven decades, is best remembered for his role as the absent-minded Governor Eugene Gatlin on the hit ABC-TV sitcom 'Benson' from 1979 to 1986. He made his Broadway debut in a 1949 production of the comedy "The Velvet Glove" and went on to appear in four more Broadway shows, including the musical "1776," in which he played John Hancock. He made the TV circuit in the 1970s and '80s, making appearances on Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, Starsky and Hutch, The Love Boat and McCloud. (115-7-1CR)