Saturday June 27

Still not hungry, we went to the Greenhill Cemetery.  Author Grant Foreman is buried there and some Boudinots [my wife's family], including Sarah Boudinot Cleveland, Margaret Boudinot Denton, Helen Boudinot Lofton, William Lawrence Boudinot, and Harold Elias Boudinot.  Also buried here is Francis Hagerty Berry, the daughter of Rebecca McIntosh Hawkins Hagerty, who is the daughter of Creek Chief William McIntosh.

Then we went out to Ft. Gibson. We toured the fort after purchasing some books at their excellent bookstore. I had most of their books already. Charles took me to the Cherokee National Cemetery [CNC] next. I did not know there was one. I saw relatives of my wife's family including the Mayo and Meigs/Boudinot families - Elinor Boudinot Meigs, Annie Stapler Meigs, Carrie Meigs Linder, Margaret Linder McKee, and John H. Meigs.

Lots of well-known Cherokee families buried at CNC including Vann, Nash, Ross, Cherokee Chief William P. Ross, Thompson, Mayfield, Rogers, Bell, Adair, Bushyhead, Quesinberry, Watkins, Starr, Drew, Autry, etc.  I have several photos of graves so email me if you are looking for someone in particular.

It was very hot and I forgot to wear my cap.

I had to wear my cap when we were at the Ft. Gibson National Cemetery. Charles knew who was buried there that I would be interested in - Sam Houston's wife Talahina R. Houston?

Found graves for Paschal, Ridenour, Watkins, Rosser.  We tried to find George Paschal's grave which was located in Section 4 2496-B.  We looked all over Section 4 and it was unorganized.  Grave 2445 was next to 2500 and we found 2477 in row 8 or 9.  I was a little mad that we could not find it because I think George may be one of my wife's ancestors.

Charles took me by the Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA] building. Jack Baker once said "Only two curse words in the Cherokee language - Andrew Jackson and the BIA."

We were finished with everything we wanted to do and arrived at the Golden Corral around 3 PM.

We checked into our hotel about 4:30. Very few rooms were available and we had to take a smoking room, The room was not cleaned until after we checked in. It finally got cold in the room as we dressed for the wedding. We left at 5:30 and drove 10 minutes to First Baptist Church.

Jeff Robinson was getting married and he is the oldest son of Kim Whitten. I have known Kim since age five from church and school.

I took a few photos at the wedding.

Jeff and his new wife played baseball and softball, respectively, so the reception included a baseball cake, hotdogs, popcorn, and Cracker Jacks.

After the reception, Charles and I went back to the hotel and changed. Charles decided to call it a night as I went out to the casino and lost $10. I went back to the reception which ended close to 11 PM.  Kim and her husband asked me over to their hotel for frozen margaritas.

Sunday June 28