The Carmen IOOF Orphans Home and Cemetery

1910 Orphan Home Census

DESCRIPTION: AN IMPOSING CLASSICAL REVIVAL BUILDING THAT WAS THE OBJECT OF A BIDDING CONTEST AMONG TOWNS WANTING TO SECURE THE FACILITY, THIS CRUCIFORM-PLAN BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1907 TO CARE FOR ORPHANS OF THE FRATERNITY.  IN 1955 THE HOLINESS CHURCH CONVERTED THE BUILDING INTO A NURSING HOME AND IT HAS CONTIUED AS SUCH TO THE PRESENT. 

NR ID Number 84002944

Historic Name

CARMEN I.O.O.F. HOME

Current Name

Project Name 

IOOF BUILDINGS IN ALFALFA COUNTY THEMATIC RESOURCES
Latitude 36.59523
Longitude

Address

City

VIC. CARMEN

County

ALFALFA

County code

003

Lot

Block

Section 35

Township

25N

Range

12W
Type BUILDING
Historic Function  INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING
Current Function SOCIAL
Area Significance 1 SOCIAL HISTORY
Area Significance 2 RELIGION
Architect / Builder
Date Prepared  SUMMER 1982
Year Built 1907
Original Site  YES
Architectural  Style MIXED
Roof Material  ASPHALT
Wall Material BRICK
Window Material  WOOD; ALUMINUM
Door Material
Decorative Detail
Condition GOOD

 

 



The state IOOF and Rebekahs sponsored two homes: in 1901 a home for orphans and elderly was constructed on a 153-acre farm near Checotah in I.T. On April 26, 1907, a home for orphans, situated on a 160-acre farm at Carmen, O.T., was dedicated.  The Masonic Lodge was concerned about children of their members who might be left without care in case they were orphaned. Thus there was a need for a cemetery nearby in instances of deaths and also for relatives of the children. This cemetery was established near the IOOF Orphans home at Carmen, Oklahoma.  To go to this cemetery, leave from the corner of the Carmen school go one and one half miles north.    1933 census; The Odd Fellow's Home, No Address; Residential care under Fraternal auspices, for 94 dependent white and Indian children , age 6-18; also in Checatoh, Ok.   1923 census:  Oklahoma Odd Fellows Home, No Address;  160 white children; under auspices of the I. O. O. F.; established in 1906.  Headstone pics are available upon request.
#
LAST NAME
FIRST MI
BIRTH DATE
DEATH DATE
1 LIVELY James 1902 1913
2 CAIN Gray Don 1907 1913
3 STEPHENSON Chloe 1899 1916
4 TALLY Maggie 1899 1916
5 PRATHER Linial C. 1910 1926
6 MUIR Jimmie A. 1924 1927
7 WILKERSON Gideon A. Apr. 24,1872 May 24, 1952
8 LEMMON William A. 1870 1952
9 DUNLAP Jinnie L. 1850 1916
10 PHIFER P. D. 1848 1916
11 KELSO W. H. 1854 1915
12 COLE T. A. 1830 1914

Headstone pictures of all twelve graves follow.  Order of burials shown below:
James Lively was born in Arkansas.  He is listed on the 1910 census along with siblings: Gladys age 6, George age 10, and Wily age 9.
Nellie Chloe Stevenson, born at Cloud Chief, Oklahoma April 27, 1899, died at the Carmen Home July 20, 1916, aged 17 years, 2 months and 23 days. Her remains were laid to rest in the Home Cemetery by Carmen Rebekah Lodge and friends. Chloe was a kind loving girl, plucked in her youth from a big family, who will remember her.  She shows on the 1910 census along with siblings: Edmund and Bessie.
Jennie L. Dunlap, a member of Miriam Rebekah Lodge No. 20, was born in the state of New York, Oct. 15, 1850, and died in the Carmen Home Feb. 5, 1916, age 65 years, 3 months and 20 days. She was buried in the Home Cemetery by the Carmen Rebekah Lodge and friends. Sister Dunlap suffered for a number of years, bedfast, but always cherished her helpers with kind words, and died loved by all the Home family.

SEPTEMBER 1, 1938
Total residents cared for this year             32
Number admitted during the year               17
Number cared for during the year              49
Discharged during the year                          3
AUGUST 31, 1939
Number of Residents                                  46
Number Cared For Since Institution
Total cared for                                        798

Carmen, Oklahoma, September 1, 1939
To the Home Board, I.O.O.F, of Oklahoma
The following report is for the year ending August 31, 1939 and is the thirty-second annual repot of this Home:

Roster Of Residents
Name Age Admitted Town/Lodge
Georgia ADKINS 16 June 12, 1933 Enid #31
Joe ALLEN 16 Feb. 12, 1928 Charity #47 Marshall
Ardelle ALLEN 14 Feb. 12, 1928 Charity #47 Marshall
Kathrine BROHAMMER 15 Nov.19, 1934 Cement #272
Alice BROHAMMER 13 Nov. 19, 1934 Cement#272
Helen BROHAMMER 11 Nov. 19, 1934 Cement#272
Eva Lee BROHAMMER 8 Nov. 19, 1934 Cement#272
Melvin BURRIS 13 July 7, 1931 Queen City#197 OKC
Leo BURRIS 10 July 7, 1931 Queen City#197 OKC
Mary CALDWELL 16 July 21, 1932 Mooreland#160
Lillie CALDWELL 15 July 21, 1932 Mooreland#160
Dorcel CARPENTER 11 Mar. 12, 1929 Lambert #123
Doris CARPENTER 11 Mar. 12, 1929 Lambert #123
James COFFMAN 14 Feb.4, 1939 Tonkawa #82
Douglas COFFMAN 12 Feb.4, 1939 Tonkawa #82
Betty Rose COFFMAN 9 Feb.4, 1939 Tonkawa #82
Martha COFFMAN 3 Feb.4, 1939 Tonkawa #82
Raymond DALLAM 16 May 3, 1928 Blanchard #481
Alma Jo EMBERTON 10 Aug.7, 1938 Altus #134
Treva Nell EMBERTON 8 Aug.7, 1938 Altus #134
Liga Mae EMBERTION 4 Aug.7, 1938 Altus #134
Emmit INGRAM 16 Nov. 27, 1930 Choctaw #28
Alma MCCANN 17 Oct. 20, 1938 Wetumka #189
Velma MCCANN 16 Oct. 20, 1938 Wetumka #189
Eugene MCCANN 12 Oct. 20, 1938 Wetumka #189
Wanda MCCLURE 16 Sept. 16, 1934 Cushing #66
Davis MCCLURE 15 Sept. 16, 1934 Cushing #66
Jack MCCLURE 12 Sept. 16, 1934 Cushing #66
Jonny MCCLURE 7 Sept. 16, 1934 Cushing #66
Helen PETTIT 16 Aug. 3, 1929 Hugo #615
Bobby PORTER 11 Aug. 5, 1939 Enid #1
Charlene RAY 16 Feb. 19, 1929 Caddo #1
Lora Jane ROBINSON 10 Aug. 5, 1939 Washita #618 Chickasha
Lorene STANFORD 16 Nov. 27, 1930 Healdton #491
Pauline STANFORD 12 Nov. 27, 1930 Healdton #491
Ruth SUMMERS 16 Sept. 5, 1938 Gracemont # 404
Eunice Faye SUMMERS 14 Sept. 5, 1938 Gracemont # 404
Glen TEDDER 17 May 5, 1929 Pioneer ##285 Beaver
Clarence TEDDER 14 May 5, 1929 Pioneer ##285 Beaver
Dorothy WHITNEY 15 April 15,1939 Guymon #241
Laura Mae WHITNEY 12 April 15,1939 Guymon #241
Madean WHITNEY 11 April 15,1939 Guymon #241
Bobby WHITNEY 8 April 15,1939 Guymon #241
Mildred WHITNEY 7 April 15,1939 Guymon #241
Kenneth WHITNEY 4 April 15,1939 Guymon #241
Juanita YOUNG 16 Nov. 5, 1924 Oilton # 436

Discharged From Carmen Home
Name Date In Care Of
Ireta NICAR May 27, 1939 Mother
Billie NICAR May 27, 1939 Mother
John CHURCH June 15, 1939 Sister

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