Adams County Indiana - Monmouth Cemetery

"Remember, child, its not the people in here you need to worry about. It's the ones on the outside."
~ Matilda Gertrude Lord, buried in Monmouth Cemetery, said to her great niece Clara Baker in 1930

Located on County Road 850 North - just east of the former Monmouth School in Root Township.

Information from research done by Nola Schieferstein Rains and family history from Jim Cox (great great great grandson of Reuben & Sabrina Lord)
Formated by Jim Cox
Read by Penny Baughman North & Jim Cox in May 2010
Photos courtesy of Jim Cox

Updated 3/21/2013
with information from obits, biographies, abstracts from the Adams County Library System
and FindAGrave (FG) and/or Cemetery Seekers

Monmouth Cemetery
Deceased Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Spouse Marriage Date	Parents	Military	Obit	Photo	Bio
Aber, David	5-17-1822	4-28-1872			abstract: b 5/12/1822	abstract	FG
Aber, Mary Elizabeth (Rice)	2-5-1820	2-15-1892					photo
Aber, Samuel	7-7-1820	6-12-1866					FG
Aber, William G	3-3-1846	8-22-1862					FG
Ames, Francis M	10-8-1848	7-5-1865		G W & M A
Ames, George W	12-12-1822	3-7-1897					photo
Auten, Jacob	7-28-1811	9-29-1888					photo
Auten, Martha	2-12-1802	2-17-1873	s/s Jacob				photo
Ballard, Violet May	10-29-1912	2-4-1920		John & Elizabeth Kurt Ballard		abstract
Ballard, Vivian Paul	10-29-1912	2-16-1913		John & Elizabeth Kurt Ballard		abstract
Baxter, James	1858	3-5-1908
Blossom, Brayton B	9-1-1864	10-20-1870		Lyman & Emma
Blossom, E L	8-9-1872	1-18-1873		Lyman & Emma
Blossom, Emma Jane (Hill)	9-1-1843	2-1-1873	Lyman	Aaron & Olive Hill		abstract
Bottenberg, Ellsworth	2-10-1854	10-7-1854		Jacob & Nancy
Bottenberg, Jacob	1-3-1810	12-20-1870
Bottenberg, John M	11-7-1847	7-27-1853		Jacob & Nancy
Bottenberg, Nancy (VanHorn)	3-16-1814	10-31-1890	Jacob
Bottenberg, Tinna Ann	4-11-1890	4-25-1890		Charles A & Almira T Bobo Bottenberg
Bradley, Rebecca	9-22-1845	12-22-1865		John & Mary Ann Bradley
Brown, Mary E (Harkless)	10-1-1858	4-19-1884	Adam	James & Nancy Harkless		obit	photo
Burk, Jane S	12-2-1817	5-2-1854	John
Burk, John		1859
Burk, Sarah T	3-23-1854	7-12-1854		John & Jane
Burr, Charles E	1864	6-29-1931				abstract	photo
Burr, Clara M	1890	7-0-1943				abstract	photo
Burr, Joseph	1891	12-23-1932					photo
Burr-Gaffer, Minnie Gertrude (Lord)	3-0-1871	1941	Charles Burr & Mr Gaffer	Martin & Nancy Dutcher Lord		abstract	FG
Chenoweth, Thomas N	2-16-1859	4-26-1878					photo
Christen, Alice Victoria	12-18-1871	11-13-1873		Godfrey & Catherine Garver Christen			photo
Christen, Emma Floyd (Albright)	2-10-1876	10-6-1884		J & Mary O Lord Christen
Christen, Marcus M	3-10-1878	5-28-1878
Cline, Amasa R	11-9-1862	5-1-1870		J R & Agnes
Cook, Frederick	7-7-1804	7-27-1881
Cook, Margaret (Schafer)		1882
Daugherty, Andrew	7-30-1805	10-1-1896	Jane Montgomery - 8/23/1832; Rachel Compton - 9/6/1883	Andrew & Mary Ferbee Daugherty			photo	Bio
Daugherty, Infant	9-1-1867	9-17-1867		Oliver & Martha Robinson Daugherty
Daugherty, Jane (Montgomery)	9-25-1810	3-18-1882	Andrew - 8/23/1832				photo
Daugherty, Robert G	7-5-1874	11-2-1875		Andrew B & Jeremiah E Evans Daugherty
Deel, Anna Maria (Bottenberg)	1839	1880		Jacob & Nancy Bottenberg
DeWitt, John	1855	2-11-1875		Samuel & Laura Wilder DeWitt
Dickensheets, Joseph Collins	11-20-1831	10-17-1877					photo
Dorwin, Calvin T	8-29-1796	3-3-1874					photo
Dorwin, Fanny (Bell)	3-19-1804	7-28-1873	Calvin T				photo
Dorwin, Ziba	1-21-1793	2-3-1864					photo
Dutcher, Almond	1-26-1838	7-2-1902			Civil War Co G 51st IN Inf		photo
Dutcher, Brada (Wise)	1840	10-3-1874	Almond				photo
Dutcher, Catherine (Duddleson)	2-21-1811	5-18-1898	Samuel				photo
Dutcher, Jane (Ramsey)	1857	10-20-1885	Almond				photo
Dutcher, Samuel	2-2-1812	3-25-1899					photo
Egg, Bertha C	8-31-1886	8-3-1889		Charles V & Hannah M Hart Egg
Evans, Willie S	2-6-1877	4-1-1877		J K & B
Fonner, Infant son	1-3-1861	3-14-1861		John A & Elizabeth Pillers Fonner
Fonner, Infant son		no dates		John A & Elizabeth Pillers Fonner
Fonner, Mary (Crouse)	9-22-1799	2-1-1855	John				photo
Franks, J L					Spanish/American War Co B 160th 2nd Inf		FG
Franks, Mary E	8-19-1871	6-5-1894	Harry
Fritzinger, Lulu	8-5-1879	10-22-1879		O & M M
Garver, Elizabeth	9-14-1807	5-7-1866	Daniel
Garver, Mariah	1843			Daniel & Elizabeth Garver
Garver, Samuel	5-18-1836	12-18-1864			Civil War Sgt IN Co K 89th Reg - Died in Nashville, TN
Harkless, James	8-1-1831	12-21-1882					photo
Harkless, Jimmie Glen	7/18/1917	12/26/1999	Aldine Curry Kline - 9/1/1947	James & Alvina Bucher Harkless		obit	FG
Harkless, Nancy Etta	2-8-1867	3-15-1870		James & Nancy Pillars Harkless			photo
Harkless, Nancy Etta (Pillars)	8-9-1835	11-22-1886	James				photo
Hart, A B (Albert)	2-21-1850	2-23-1880
Hart, Esther E				Lyman & Harriet Lord Hart
Hart, Harriett C (Lord)	1-23-1832	7-29-1907	Lyman				photo
Hart, Infant daughter				L & H
Hart, Louis H	9-9-1872	10-1-1872		A B & H I
Hart, Luella S	1860	3-1-1865		Lyman & Harriet Lord Hart			photo
Hart, Lyman	8-29-1825	10-19-1908
Hill, Aaron	6-18-1809	12-14-1855
Hill, Ellen (Breidenstein)		no dates
Hill, John	3-25-1802	9-26-1871
Hill, Mark Wood	6-19-1861	2-10-1866		J E & Ellen Breidenstein Hill
Hill, Olive (Dawley)		1864
Hoene, Ida F (Bottenberg)	1858	1883	John F
Hooper, Ezekiel	5-17-1790	5-22-1871	also listed in Decatur Cemetery				photo
Hooper, Lucinda C (Antom)	12-1-1834	11-21-1861	Jacob
Hooper-Ames, Mary A	4-13-1824	3-20-1891	G W Ames				photo
Houk, John P	10-18-1876	4-25-1878		S & C B
Houk, Mary E	4-25-1862	7-12-1871		Phillip & Elizabeth Houk
House, Elizabeth E	9-13-1862	3-27-1863		Thomas & Susan House			photo
House, Susan (Shaffer)	3-26-1835	12/14/1913	Thomas	Peter & Sarah Black Shaffer			photo
House, Theodore	7-16-1858	9-7-1861		Thomas & Susan Shaffer House			FG
House, Thomas H	8-19-1825	2-13-1894	Susanna Shaffer - 6/30/1853	John & Susan Hagan House	Civil War Co E, 19th US Infty	abstract	photo	Bio
James, Elisha	2-7-1812	12-14-1865
James, Susan Caroline	6-18-1862	10-29-1864		Elisha & Eliza James
Kaylor, Bertha (Swygart)	1886	2-12-1916	Henry	s/s Isabell Lee		abstract	photo
Kemp, Arta Meary (Lord)	3-19-1860	12-19-1914	John H
Kemp, John H	1853	2-3-1919	Artie Lord			abstract
Kennedy, Mary (Hunter)	7-18-1803	2-15-1891	David B	James & Jane Hunter		abstract	photo
Krick, Homer	1868	9-21-1937	Sadie			obit	photo
Krick, Sadie E (Jenks)	1879	12-12-1949	s/s Homer			obit	photo
Kunkle, Effie	1858	11-10-1858		Samuel & Martha Kunkle
Kunkle, Infant female	1885	1885		Calvin D & Sanna Kunkle			FG
Kunkle, Infant male	1884	1884		Calvin D & Sanna Kunkle			FG
Kurk, Rudolph	8-14-1810	5-14-1882
Kurt, Godfrey	5-13-1861	4-19-1920
Lee, Isabelle	1869	4-19-1926		s/s Bertha Kaylor		abstract	photo
Long, Infant son		9-3-1892		H B & Eddie
Lord, Charles	8-8-1877	7-14-1914		Martin & Nancy Dutcher Lord		abstract
Lord, Enos	5-5-1863	10-30-1939		Martin & Nancy Dutcher Lord		abstract
Lord, F Michael	2-2-1879	12-27-1900			Spanish/American War Co E 39th Inf		photo
Lord, Franklin Benson	4-16-1840	10-28-1916		Reuben & Sabrina Benson Lord		abstract
Lord, Infant daughter	2/28/1904		Enos & Ida David Lord
Lord, Infant son	8-15-1894		Enos & Ida David Lord
Lord, Joda	1886			Martin & Nancy Dutcher Lord
Lord, Josephine	1866			Martin & Nancy Dutcher Lord
Lord, Leah (Hammond)	1897	1915					photo
Lord, Lib (Yocum)	10-21-1836	7-25-1892	Frank	Abraham & Mary Hoffman Yocum			photo
Lord, Martin	5-14-1837	12-4-1925		Reuben & Sabrina Benson Lord		abstract
Lord, Martin	1896	7-29-1899		Enos & Ida David Lord
Lord, Maxine Elizabeth	4-27-1909			Enos & Ida David Lord
Lord, Nancy (Dutcher)	12-1-1839	3-14-1923	Martin
Lord, Oscar	1884			Martin & Nancy Dutcher Lord
Lord, Reuben	7-16-1807	5-12-1889	Sabrina Benson - 3/6/1830; Mrs Ruth (Mickle) Chenoweth - 11/26/1869	Reuben & Mary Devoll Lord			photo	Bio
Lord, William H	2-13-1848	10-18-1928			Civil War Co C 11th Reg IN Cav	abstract	photo
Lord-McChan, Sabrina Talmage )Benson)	12-29-1812	3-9-1887	Reuben Lord; Mr McChan				photo
Marhenke, Carl F	3-22-1909	3-25-1909		Martin & Minnie Marhenke		abstract
Marhenke, Hazel	10-4-1912			Martin & Minnie Marhenke
Marhenke, Minnie (Watts)	6-2-1888	3-5-1930	Martin	James Watts		abstract
Marhenke, Robert Allen	1910	3-18-1913		Martin & Minnie Marhenke		abstract
Marker, Oscar W	1-23-1876	4-17-1880		Albert & Matilda Lord Marker
Marker, Susannah	11-19-1819	5-14-1902	John			abstract
McCarty, George W		1859		Edward & Rosanna
Mock, Peter	3-16-1829	8-14-1868
Moses, Catherine	1920			Dale & Florence Moses
Moses, Samuel	12-20-1911	12-22-1911		Dale & Florence Moses
Murray, Diana (Dorwin)	6-14-1804	11-17-1855	Horatio
Murray, Nancy	6-19-1832	2-14-1858	Nirum
Numbers John	5-12-1825	11-18-1854	Mary Jane Yocum - 1/31/1848	John & Nancy Linton Numbers				Bio
Patrick, Clyde R	10-16-1878	1-2-1879		J A & S E
Patrick, Owen R	8-20-1868	8-21-1918		John & Martha Eagy Patrick		abstract	photo
Potts, Elizabeth Jane (Dutcher)	7-17-1835	9-18-1910	Thomas
Potts, Hiram C		7-22-/1926				obit	FG
Purdy, Infant daughter	9-4-1855	9-6-1855		Dr T H & Sarah
Purdy, Sarah	8-31-1812	9-4-1855	Theodore H	maiden name may be Lewis
Purdy Theodore H (Dr)	2-27-1813	6-13-1876
Rabbitt, Joseph	1796	7-8-1866		John & Eleanore Miles Rabbitt
Rice Mary E		9-3-1886		J & L B
Robison Elizabeth (Dowden)	3-27-1815	9-7-1911
Robison, Infant son	3-15-1861	4-15-1861		s/o Samuel & Mary
Robison, James	1-26-1810	2-17-1855						Bio
Robison, James T	1-21-1878	2-6-1879		Perry & Ellen
Robison, Mariah	5-14-1841	4-15-1923
Robison, Oliver J	12-11-1853	10-29-1856		James
Ross, Ed		no dates			Civil War Veteran
Shafer, John	1834	1-5-1904			Civil War Veteran
Spence, Elizabeth	8-13-1842	9-10-1862
Spence, John	9-17-1828	5-2-1863
Thompson, Hannah	8-26-1809	6-9-1887
VanBuskirk, Caroline (Clymer)	1849	1897	Herman				photo
VanBuskirk, Herman Winfield	7-28-1849	1894		Andrew & Judith			photo
Watts Annice C (Gates)	1836	1-26-1909	William W				photo
Watts, William Wesley (Rev)	1831	1908			Civil War Veteran		photo
Wilder, Alvin	2-10-1822	1-3-1879		Chauncy & Sarah Davis Wilder
Wilder, Barnes S	3-31-1881	5-11-1867		Edmond & Sarah			photo
Wilder, Carrie A	7-29-1867	4-23-1906		Edmond & Sarah			photo
Wilder, Cora L	5-15-1875	6-17-1901		Edmond & Sarah			photo
Wilder, Edmond	7-16-1826	9-15-1889		Chauncy & Sarah Davis Wilder			photo
Wilder, Edwin	7-16-1826	9-27-1885	Mary Barkley - 10/20/1856	Chauncy & Sarah Davis Wilder			photo	Bio
Wilder, Guy		no dates		Edmond & Sarah
Wilder, Mary Ann (Barkley)	1835	1863	Edwin				photo
Wilder Mary J	8-7-1883	3-25-1902		Edmond & Sarah			photo
Wilder Sarah (Davis)	7-20-1784	8-17-1855	Chancy				photo
Wilder Sarah J (Thompson)	8-7-1846	2-27-1908	Edmond				photo
Wilder-Dutcher, Martha A (Lord)	1-11-1833	10-16-1910	Alvin Wilder - 1/30/1851; Almond Dutcher - 4/10/1880	Reuben & Sabrina Benson Lord			photo
Wolford, Charles Glen	abt 1904	7-29-1931		Roy & Della		abstract
Wolford, Jennie Lind (Lord)	2-16-1862	8-19-1921	John W	Martin & Nancy Dutcher Lord		abstract	photo
Wolford, John William	7-11-1852	11-18-1922	s/s Jennie				photo
Yocum, Abraham		no dates		John & Mary
Ziegler, Georgia	11-22-1890	5-29-1898		d/o Margaret Lord, adopted by Louis H			photo
Ziegler, Louis H (Dr)	3-24-1852	2-24-1936	s/s Margaret				photo
Ziegler, Margaret (Lord)	1866	1941	Louis H				photo