Listed below is the transcription of the tombstones in the Lake Chapel Cemetery, Lake Township, Allen County, Indiana. The cemetery is located on west side of Butt Road, 1.5 miles north of Leesburg Road. The cemetery sits a little ways behind a church. This cemetery is no longer in use. The cemetery is mowed and trimmed but was vandalized some years ago. It includes a large flat marker with individual plaques replacing the identifiable stones that had been destroyed. The cemetery was photographed and transcribed in November of 2008. All stones in place at that time were included. If there is a photo of the tombstone, there will be a link after the name.
Indiana DNR Location Listings:
Quarter Section 1/4 1/4SE 1/4SE 1/4NE
Section 7, Twp 31N, Range 11E
Latitude 41.1547 Longitude 85.3239
Easting 640632 Northing 4557288

The listings are in alphabetical order. One surname is listed per stone. If a stone contained multiple people, the names on the stone are listed in order, from left to right. Information that pertains to a single individual is listed after their name. If the information pertains to multiple names, such as a marriage date, it is listed after all the names.

In some instances the stones were very worn and hard to read. In 1932 the DAR did a reading of the cemetery. The information from the 1932 reading was used if the stones were unreadable or if the stones were not found.

At this time, requests to photograph specific tombstones are not being taken. There is no other information on any person other than what is listed. The photographs are copyrighted by the Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter, NSDAR and may not be copied or published in any way for profit. Copies of the photos may be printed for your personal use only. Please give the Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter, NSDAR credit when documenting where the transcriptions and photos were found.

LAKE CHAPEL CEMETERY, LAKE TWP., ALLEN COUNTY, INDIANA

Andrews Rose 1862 - 1864 Photo

Arnold Amos W. Oct. 14, 1928 74Y 3M 11D (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Arnold Rhoda A. June 22, 1856 - Sept. 4, 1890 Wife of A. W. (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Beaber Sarah G 1853 - 1879 Photo

Burgess Sarah 1796 - 1853 Photo

Burgess Sarah 1861 - 1864 Photo

Butt Louisiana 1851 - 1851 Photo

Clapesattle Marian Photo

Cole Eliza J 1833 - 1853 Photo

Crotcer Christiana 1829 - 1851 Photo

Crotcher 1854 - 1859 Photo

Fox Charles E Dec. 17, 1869 (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Fox Fanny M 1862 - 1862 Photo

France Marranda V. 1858 - 1858 Photo

Glapes Harriet A. 1859 - 1860 Photo

Grayless G. W. 1818 - 1910 Photo

Grayless Nancy 1830 - 1902 Photo

Grayless Rebecca Died Apr. 21. 1882 Aged 89 Yrs. 3 Ms. 28 D's
Grayless William Died Oct. 24, 1855 Aged 66 Yrs
-----Father and Mother May they rest in peace
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Gross Martin 1865 - 1866 Photo

Hartman Elizabeth G. 1834 - 1916 (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Hartman John 1829 - 1910 (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Hartman John A. 1859 - 1881 (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Hartman Kattie L. 1871 - 1881 (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Hire Absalom 1809 - 1888 Photo

Larimore Alexander C. 1859 Photo

McDonnal Alexander 1860 Photo

McMahon 1849 - 1852 Dau. Of J-E McMahon Photo

Nerhood Photo

Nerhood Jacob 1813 - 1890 Photo

Nickey Elizabeth 1814 - 1816 Photo

Nickey Samuel 1806 - 1861 Photo

Perkins L. B. Indiana Co. B. 157 Inf. (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Pierce Abner N. 1862 - 1863 Photo

Pierce Blanch V. 1854 - 1856 Photo

Pierce Eli 1795 - 1874 Photo

Prill Eliza J. 1833 - 1879 Photo

Rapp John Died Jan. 10. 1889 Aged 80Y. 8M. 20D. Photo

Rapp Mary M Died May 9, 1883 Aged 71Y 11M 9D Wife of J Rapp Photo

Richardson Hannah 1830 - 1895 (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Ruby Abisha 1828 - 1864 Photo

Ruby Edward C. 1813 - 1896 Photo

Ruby Lavina 1867 - 1888 Photo

Ruby Mary (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Ruby Nancy 1818 - 1868 Photo

Ruby Willy A. 1844 - 1861 Photo

Sipe Susannah Nov. 27, 1855 61Y 7M 16D (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Smith Laura Sept. 2, 1861 1Y 10M (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Smith Mary A. 1829 - 1866 Photo

Stark James R. 1808 - 1883 (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Sterling Cynthia 1837 - 1858 Photo

Sterling Rachel F. 1859 - 1866 Photo

Sweet Abigail Died Aug. 13, 1865 Aged 55Y. 2M. 16D. Wife of F. Sweet Photo

Sweet Francis Died Mar. 25, 1884 Aged 77Y. 6M. 27D. Photo

Sweet Joseph Died Mar. 15, 1850 Aged 2 Ys 5M
Sweet Frank A. Died Jan. 25, 1858 Aged 3 Ys 5M
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Thomas John M. Aug. 19, 1859 9Y 6M 4D (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Thomas Miles 1841 - 1858 Photo

Thomas Samanthy 1811 - 1861 Photo

Thorp Charles W. 1854 - 1855 Photo

Tracey Sarah J. 1856 - 1899 Photo

Upp Mariah 1817 - 1854 Photo

Waugh Mary E. Apr. 24, 1882 24Y 9M 15D (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Waugh William F. 1842 - 1874 Photo

Welbaum Annie M. Oct. 29, 1891 30Y 5M 7D (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Welbaum Charles A. Apr. 28, 1856 Apr. 15, 1895 38Y 11M 17D (No stone found 1932 DAR listing)

Woy Benjamin F. 1862 - 1864 Photo

Unknown Photo

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