Notes for David Cornelia McCurtain

Notes for David Cornelia McCurtain

Niece of 3 Choctaw Chiefs, born 5 months after her father was murdered. She grew up in Skullyville, attended (& wrote about) New Hope Academy. With her husband George moved to McAlester in 1901, and later to Tulsa. She was a strong and colorful person, and a patriot who took great pride in both her family and her Indian heritage.The Hartshorne Monument, her eloquent statement, stands at the foot of her grave.Likely that she had the grave of her half-sister, Hearts Delight Riddle, moved into the enclosure, as at one time it was an above-ground vault, and some distance from its present location.