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ROOP Cemetery Inscriptions*
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Transcibed 10/10/1999 by Annie Canarsky & David A Christopher

   Please note that this listing is a compilation of the headstones that can 
be read with the naked eye without cleaning, rubbing, etc.
There were many stones which could not be read by any means and also many 
unmarked graves.

   I have spoken with several owners of neighboring property; and all agree
that there was a church here back in the 1880's, just east of the cemetery.


ROW ONE: on east side running north/south

CRIPE, Clara Ethel, D. 8/1/1898, Age 6 yr 2 mo 27 days;
d/o Jonas & Hannah CRIPE; gd/o Samuel & Catherine WOLFE

GREIM, William H.  1859 - 1924
GREIM, Orlantha A.  1856 - 1923, w/o William H GREIM, 1 stone for both

ROW TWO --------------------------------------------------------

GREY, Walter E.   7/18/1902 - 9/11/1924

LONG, William H.   1846 - 1922
LONG, Susan BOLTON  1853 - 1916, w/o William H LONG, 1 stone for both

CRUTCHFIELD, Susan D.  1862 - 1917

UMPHLET, Sarah A.   6/3/1891 - 8/26/1892 [On each side of the grave are 
smaller stones: "Sarah" & "Laura"]

DEETER, [unreadable]  D. 8/13/1892, Age 8 mos 18 days, "daughter of M & R A 
DEETER"

STRATTON, John Isaac  D. 12/18/1908  Age 10 mos 24 days "s/o E G & L M 
STRATTON"

GORSUCH, Homer B.  5/8/1883 - 11/16/1899 "s/o J H & S J GORSUCH"

ROW THREE ------------------------------------------------------

DAVIS, Ephraim A.  9/19/1828 - 10/10/1908
DAVIS, Caroline   2/3/1827 - 1/21/1900, w/o Ephraim A DAVIS, 1 stone for 
both
DAVIS, Ephraim Albert, Jr.  12/25/1859 - 6/6/1925

PHILIPS, Abner W.  3/29/1833 - 2/6/1900
PHILIPS, Mary A.  9/7/1830 - 11/3/1901, w/o Abner W., 1 stone for both

RONEMOUS, Emma  11/22/1850 - 7/31/1890, "w/o W. L. RONEMOUS"

ALDRIDGE, Emma  1856 - 1922

OWEN, John H.  1856 - 1929
OWEN, Ella V.  1853 - 1935, w/o John H., 1 stone for both

EASTERWOOD, Ada  8/20/1884 - 2/10/1886, "d/o G E & W EASTERWOOD"

DAWSON, Arthur Lee  1878 - 1923
DAWSON, Mary L. CONNOR  1878 - 1921, w/o Arthur Lee, 1 stone for both
DAWSON, Elijah W.  D. 6/4/1890  Age 70 yrs 9 mos 23 days
DAWSON, Martha J.  8/30/1892 - "blank", w/o Elijah W., 1 stone for both
CRUTCHFIELD, Susan DAWSON  3/7/1862 - 3/20/1917, d/o Elijah W. DAWSON

BAILE, Susanna  6/26/1816 - 2/7/1897, "w/o Uriah BAILE"

ROW FOUR --------------------------------------------------

MOHLER, Harold I.  1917 - "blank"
MOHLER, Estelle B.  1916 - 1978, w/o Harold I., 1 stone for both

"ROOP" [Could not read more.]

MOHLER, Jesse D.  1872 - 1932
MOHLER, Alice ROOP  1872 - 1950, w/o Jesse D., seperate stones

DAWSON, John W.  1855 - 1941
DAWSON, Bettie  1854 - 1934, w/o John W., 1 stone for both
DAWSON, Leonard  1892 - 1919, likely s/o John W. DAWSON

R_____, N E and G S [husband & wife, seperate stones, initials only

EASTERWOOD, Emory G.  1854 - 1926
EASTERWOOD, Wicky [I think]  1862 - 1929, w/o Emory G., 1 stone for both
EASTERWOOD, Willis E.  1889 - 1945, likely s/o Emory G. EASTERWOOD

NICHOLS, Jeremiah  D. 5/5/1891  Age 70 yrs 6 mos 18 days

BOWMAN, Catherine BERNHEIMER  1843 - 1922
BOWMAN, Katie  2/16/1886 - 12/29/1886, likely d/o Catherine BOWMAN

ROW FIVE ---------------------------------------------------

DODDS, K. G.  D. 7/9/1891  Age 56 yrs

DAVIS, Albert  12/6/1909 - 3/15/1988
DAVIS, Dean L.  1/13/1905 - 8/7/1995, Army Cpl WWII, likely bro/o Albert

GREIM, Nicholas  7/27/1835 - 10/30/1906
GREIM, Barbara BRONNER  12/27/1837 - 3/24/1919, w/o Nicholas, 1 stone
GREIM, John  D. 6/8/1889 - Age ???, likely s/o Nicholas GREIM

LEWIS, Richard  1/11/1862 - 10/7/1887, "s/o E. M. LEWIS"

REESE, Dr. Alexander W.  "Born Madison, Ind. 8/18/1828; Died KC, Kas. 
9/6/1905
REESE, Susanna Eby[EBY?]  1/15/1885 - 2/22/1904, w/o Alexander W., seperate 
underground vaults

ROOP, Nathan E.  1/15/1877 - 5/2/1909
ROOP, Grace S.  10/14/1879 - "blank", w/o Nathan E., 1 stone for both

ROOP, Edna B.  [Could not read more]

____, Arthur A.  [Could not read more]

SWISHER, William M.  1896 - 1989
SWISHER, Mary K.  1899 - 1983, w/o William M., 1 stone for both

ROW SIX ---------------------------------------------------

BAILE, George  12/24/1905 - 3/16/1991
BAILE, Charlotte Noreen  5/26/1909 - 4/3/1991, w/o George, 1 stone for both

ROOP, Joseph Ezra  1903 - 1978
ROOP, Mae McCLEOD  1912 - "blank", w/o Joseph Ezra, 1 stone for both

ROOP, Vernon Charles  1878 - 1955
ROOP, Amy COWANS  1881 - 1931, w/o Vernon C., 1 stone for both
ROOP, Charles McConnell  1915 - 1971, likely s/o Vernon C. ROOP
      [Also with this group is an unreadable stone]

ROOP, Ezra  1831 - 1910
BAILE, N. J.   1889 - 1922, on same stone as Ezra ROOP, "Carrol Co, Md"

GREIM, Amelia  8/17/1876 - 4/8/1893, "d/o N & B GREIM"

"Mother" & "Father", rest unreadable, seperate stones

ROW SEVEN --------------------------------------------------

BYBEE, Alfred  1848 - 1920
BYBEE, Mandy A HART  1851 - 1930, w/o Alfred, 1 stone for both
BYBEE, Albert Roy  D. 9/3/1899  Age 15 yrs 9 mos 22 days, likely son of 
Alfred

LEARY, Barbara  9/9/1811 - 1/7/1898

FAUBION, Finisk  1852 - 1928
FAUBION, Elizabeth BOWMAN  1854 - 1940, w/o Finisk

"Mother" & "Father", [That's all they say], seperate stones

BRADLEY, Thomas B.  9/19/1870 - 5/28/1901

WATSON, Isabell  1853 - 1939  [concrete headstone]

ROW EIGHT ----------------------------------------------------

PRITCHARD, Anson  1842 - 1917  Co F 7th OHIO Inf Vol
PRITCHARD, Mary R  1850 - 1923, w/o Anson, 1 stone for both

SCHRAG, Gerald C.  9/8/1938 -  3/12/1991
SCHRAG, Evelyn M.  7/30/1940  - "blank", w/o Gerald, 1 stone for both

HALL, James Edward  7/23/1852 - 11/17/1939
HALL, Alice Ayers  3/17/1856 - 6/14/1936, w/o James, 1 stone for both
HALL, Willard Warren  10/27/1920 - 3/26/1923, likely gs/o James Edward

"Clifton"  D. 7/10/1887  Age 16 yr 3 mo 20 days, "s/o Elizabeth..."

Thomas, Elizabeth V.  12/20/1847 - 11/7/1893

MATTHEWS, William  10/5/1812 - 2/15/1899
MATTHEWS, Nancy K? 5/28/1815 - 1/19/1892, w/o William, seperate stones

PRIEST, Rev. William R. 1893 - 1923, "s/o F. T. & M."
"A. H."  [stone says no more]
PRIEST, Glenn L.  1896 - 1917, "s/o William R."
PRIEST, Franklin T.  6/7/1862 - 11/18/1945
PRIEST, Margaret  10/22/1866 - 6/20/1908, w/o Franklin T., 1 stone for both

"Infant, d/o...  born & died Oct..." [Could not read more]

HENDERSON, William  12/21/1847 - 3/3/1929, "Father"
HENDERSON, [rest unreable]

RIGGLE, Ethel M.  1892 - 1893* [these 3 RIGGLEs are "children of J. RIGGLE"]
RIGGLE, Earl J.  1894 - 1894
RIGGLE, Floyd D.  1898 - 1898

ROW NINE ----------------------------------------------------

MURPHY, Newton L.  7/22/1822 - 8/25/1893

MOHLER, Infant  6/1/1900 - 6/2/1900, "s/o W H & G G MOHLER"

HITT, Alice  3/30/1868 - 2/2/1886, "w/o H. T. HITT"

SIX, Mary A. E. ROOP  1833 - 1912, "w/o Joseph SIX", "Mother"

BROWN, Lewis C.  10/11/1848 - 8/18/1907
BROWN, Margaret S.  12/18/1856 - 9/23/1913, w/o Lewis C. BROWN

ROW TEN -----------------------------------------------------

MILER, Eliza M.  1864 -  1933
MILER, Delphin M.  1918 - 1938, "s/o Eliza M. MILER"

SMITH, Kenneth  1910 - 1940

SMITH, William R. 1859 - 1918
SMITH, Mary J. RAINS  1857 - 1925, w/o William R, 1 stone for both

MYERS, Hiram Thomas  4/11/1862 - 3/16/1931
MYERS, Lydia Catherine  3/5/1871 - 8/25/1953, w/o Hiram, on same stone
MYERS, Mabel G.  1901 - 1903 [Mabel & someone else also appear on Hiram's 
stone.]

BOWMAN, John W.  1859 - 1950
BOWMAN, Mary S.  1867 - 1940, w/o John W., 1 stone for both

MOORE, David C.  D. 9/10/1887  Age 70 yrs 4 mos 0 days
MOORE, S___      D. 11/14/1892 Age [unreadable], w/o David, seperate stones

CHAMBERLAIN, S. A.  D. 9/10/1887  Age 83 yrs 3 mos 10 days
CHAMBERLAIN, [unreadable]  8/28/1887 - 11/16/1904, "d/o E & N J ROOP"

(*NOTE: Correction submitted as follows:  S. A. Chamberlain was 33 yrs old.  Her name was Susan.
  Her husband's name was Orange Chamberlain.  The stone next to her belongs to Pet Chamberlain,
  her daughter.)

ROW ELEVEN ----------------------------------------------

McCURDY, W. R.  1860 - 1937

[There are several graves in row 11; but most are unreadable]

ROW TWELVE ------------------------------------------------

McCURDY, Mary Ellen  10/12/1853 - 11/20/1900, "w/o Rev. J H Adams"

McCURDY, Margaret E.  10/14/1833 - 4/21/1901
McCURDY, Charles S.  5/29/1885 - 7/28/1893
[Another, though unreadable.  All 3 on 1 stone]

_______, Charles S  [rest unreadable]

_______, William J  [rest unreadable]

[Another stone, unreadable]

BLOCHER, C.  [funeral marker]

SMITH, [unreadable]
(*NOTE: Correction submitted as follows: Hansford Johnson Smith 5/13/1823 - 4/2/1890)

SMITH, Savannah E.  10/28/1825 - 9/17/1901, "w/o H J SMITH", "Mother"

SMITH, Emma C.  10/9/1880 - 12/28/1892, "d/o H J SMITH"

SHEPARD, John C.  1811 - 1887

BOWMAN, John  8/3/11828 - 2/1/1911
BOWMAN, Lucinda SHEPARD  7/26/1832 - 8/12/1911, w/o John, 1 stone

BOWMAN, Daniel  10/19/1864 - 5/23/1935, likely s/o John BOWMAN

McSHERRY, Mr. & Mrs. [couldn't read more than surname] 1 stone

ROW 13 -----------------------------------------------

RUTHRAUFF, H. J.  10/21/1832 - 4/17/1894

RUTHRAUFF, Hattie E.  3/1846 - 2/1923, "w/o A W REPP"

McCLENDON, Fred  1891 - 1941

McCLENDON, Martha A.  1893 - 1966, w/o Fred, seperate stones

STEWART, Nelda N.  1938 - 1939

BEYOND ROW 13 ----------------------------------------

WYCKOFF, W. L.  10/21/1866 - 2/6/1896

MILLER, Josshua H.  D. 7/17/1883  Age 54 yrs 1 mo 20 days

SKIDMORE, William B.  1847 - 1929
SKIDMORE, Amanda J SMITH  1851 - 1934, w/o William B., 1 stone

KANJI, Dolat  1/12/1946 - 3/11/1978

DIVERS, Booker  D. 4/8/1888  Age "about 73", "An ex slave he lived to be a 
much respected citizen"
NOTE: Story goes he worked for Ezra Roop and wanted to be buried in a white
man's cemetery, so he could be in a white man's heaven.  He said it wouldn't
be heaven without Ezra Roop in it.