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Oak Hill Cemetery, Siloam Springs, AR
Oak Hill Cemetery is located at the intersection of Holly and University Streets in Siloam Springs, AR. The cemetery was established in 1880 and consists of 32.5 acres with approximately 24 acres filled or being under a pre-need basis. There are more than 100 graves dated in the 1800's, more than 2,400 grave sites that are over 50 years old and more than 7,100 total interments to date. A "Grave Locator" is situated at the cemetery entrance, with maps provided to help direct you to burials in the cemetery.
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Martha O. (Allen) Van Sickle
b. 1 Mar 1895 d. 4 Apr 1941
or d. 3 Apr 1941 (Record of Funeral)
Twin sister of Mary M. Allen
Mary Marie Allen
b. 1 Mar 1895 d. 3 July 1982
Twin sister of Marth O. (Allen) Van Sickle
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Mary & Martha's Tombstones side by side
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Siloam Springs is located in southwestern Benton County, Arkansas. In March 1880, J. V. Hargrove laid out the original plat of Siloam City. The name was later changed to Siloam Springs. With the coming of the railroad in 1897 the City of Siloam Springs became a shipping point and trade center. The trade center remains today. In 1919 John E. Brown Sr. founded the Southwestern Collegiate Institute in Siloam Springs. In 1920 the name changed to John E. Brown College and in 1934 the name was again changed to John Brown University. The population in 2000 was 10,843.
Cemetery Entrance
The information on this website has been compiled from many sources. We have tried to document and verify all information as much as possible and will continue to do so. If you find an error or have additional information please contact us.
NOTE: Although we had lived in the area 18 years, we had never made it our priority to visit the Oak Hill Cemetery where my Aunt Mary Allen is buried, until August of 2005. What a surprise it was to not only locate Aunt Mary's grave but discover that her twin sister, Martha (Allen) Van Sickle was buried beside her. This is one of the rare finds one has while doing genealogy research and it helps make up for all the walls you run into. Nobody we contacted knew where Aunt Martha was buried and we didn't look for her in Arkansas since she had lived in Wisconsin all her adult life. The best we can determine is that she was visiting her sister at Siloam Springs, AR, got sick and died following surgery. The funeral home in charge of her funeral is still in operation and we were able to obtain both Aunt Mary's and Aunt Martha's death and burial records.
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