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Rossburg Cemetery, Springfield Township, La Porte County, Indiana.

Transcript of Gravestones in Rossburg Cemetery.

Transcribed by T.C. Wyman, April 16, 2000.

This small, old cemetery is built into the side of a steep hill on the north side of US Highway 20, just east of the village of Springville. This listing was taken directly from the legible stones and is as accurate as possible. I have coordinated this index with one taken by the La Porte Co. D.A.R. in 1947-49, and the items shown in blue text were not discernable to me, but were recorded in the original D.A.R. index.

Back Row

1) Ross - Jerusha M., d. July, 18, 1878, aged 64y, 23d.
  • Alta V., dau. of J.M. & C. Ross, died July 30, 1878, a. 3y, 10m, 25d.

    2) Stone missing.

    3) Catherine Kitchen, Oct. 11, 1851 - May 1, 1908. A precious one from us is gone, a voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home, which never can be filled.

    4) Alta (S.) _____ (unreadable). (Note: Infant's stone, engraving of baby angel).

    5) Roston Taylor, Jan. 27, 1878 - Aug. 10, 1878.

    6) Mary, wife of Marion Taylor, d. Mar. 22, 1878. (stone broken) a. 24y, 9m, 18d.

    7) M.T. (Note: G.A.R. veteran).

    8) Isabell Downey, 1916-1926.

    9) Eleanor Downey Severs, "Mother", Nov. 3, 1913 - June 6, 1997.

    10) Downey - Alden E., 1882-1966.

  • Edna A., 1888-1968.

    Row 2

    1) Sophia

    (Note: Stones 1 through 6 are the Ross family plot).

    2) John S.

    3) Ross - Solomon, b. Dec. 1, 1807, d. May 21, 1868.

  • Elizabeth A., b. Mar. 22, 1833, d. Nov. 26, 1898.
  • Aaron M., b. Jun 14, 1855, d. Aug. 31, 1868.
  • John S., 1865-1936.
  • Sophia, 1868-1940.

    4) Aaron

    5) Mother

    6) Father

    7) Sally, wife of Jonas Finley, d. Apr. 13, 1892, a. 88y, 2m, 21d.

    8) Jonas Finley, d. Aug. 22, 1873, a. 70y, 6m, 22d. (Poem, unreadable).

    9) Stone missing.

    10) John H. Finley, By this I have lived, 1823-1912. (Engraving of a carpenter's square).

  • Caroline O., "His wife", 1836-1931.
  • Frank B., "Their son", 1861-1918.

    11) Frank.

    12) A.A. Burr, d. May 31, 1856, a. 59 years.

  • Amanda A., wife of A.A., d. Mar. 25, 1857, a. 54 yrs..

    13) Daniel Manning, d. Feb. 17, 1873, a. 6 yrs..

    14) Mary R., wife of Geo. E. Wilcox, d. Dec. 26, 1855, a. 22y, 10m, 16d.

    Row 3

    1) (Sallie) (Note: Stones 1-4 in Smith family plot.)

    2) (unreadable name - perhaps "father".)

    3) Smith - Thomas, b. Feb. 9, 1820, d. Dec. 19, 1897.

  • Rhoda, his wife, b. Sep. 19, 1822, d. June 8, 1905.
  • Sallie N. Porter, dau. of T. & R. Smith, b. Aug. 26, 1849, d. Aug. 8, 1867.

    4) Mother

    5) Thomas Kramer, 1867-1932. d. Oct. 16, 1932, a. 64y, 4m, 2d.

    (Note: Stones 5-9 in Kramer plot).

    6) Roy, son of J. & C. Kramer, July 28, 1898 - Apr. 16, 1899.

    7) Mother

    8) Nickolas Kramer, June 19, 1837 - May 19, 1909.

  • Caroline, his wife, June 1, 1830 - Jan. 14, 1907.

    9) Father

    10) Wm. Walker, d. Jan. 3, 1861, a. 60 yrs.

    11) Frederick Tisher, b. July 4, 1786, d. July 26, 1859, a. 74 yrs.

    Row 4

    1) Wm. W. Finley, 1830-1909. "Father".
  • Roxey A., his wife, 1833-1900. "Mother".

    2) (Stone unreadable). 3) Rosa, daughter of W.B. & M. Shoemaker, 1891-1908.

    4) Joseph Zimmerman, d. May 20, 1871, a. 76y, 8m, 24d.

  • Francis, son of J. & E.A. Zimmerman, d. Aug. 1862, a. 17 yrs.

    Row 4-1/2

    1) Stone missing.

    2) Laviszan Clem, Apr. 10, 1872, a. 38y, 3m, 21d. (G.A.R. vet).

    Row 5

    1) Benney Brown, son of J. & L. Brown, d. Mar. 9, 1869, a. 1y, 11m, 23d. (Child's stone).

    2) Della C.A., Wife of H. Moore, d. Apr. 22, 1884, a. 19y, 12d.

    3) John Brown, b. Jan. 29, 1831, d. Jan. 2, 1880.

  • Lorana, wife of J. Brown, b. Nov. 24, 1833, d. May 14, 1889.

    4) (Unreadable, next to J. Brown family stone).

    5) Stone missing.

    6) Elihu Bishop, Co. B., 73rd Ind. Inf. (G.A.R. veteran).

    7) Elihu Bishop, Co. B., 73rd Ind. Inf. (Note: There are indeed two stones with the exact same information. The G.A.R. stake is placed in between).

    8) Weatbrook - Wilhelmena, June 6, 1820 - Aug. 11, 1895.

  • John, Apr. 15, 1822 - Mar. 2, 1872.
  • Maria, Feb. 15, 1867 - Sept. 30, 1867.

    9) Wilhelmina Weatbrook, Oct. 18, 1854 - Mar. 27, 1941.

    10) John Weatbrook, Oct. 11, 1856 - May 16, 1942.

    Row 6

    1) ________, "Infant, Our baby" (Baby angel engraving)

    2) Erna, dau. of W.E. & M.E. Drews, d. Sept. 5, 1865, a. 3 yrs. (stone broken).

    3) Stone unreadable.

    4) Julia Vardmann, dau. of J.S. & M.J. Vardmann, d. Sept. 3, 1873, a. 6m, 18d.

    5) Stone missing.

    Row 7

    1) (J).R.

    2) Stone missing, G.A.R. veteran.

    3) C.C. Huntley, Co. H., 8th Ohio Inf. (G.A.R. veteran). (Note: According to the D.A.R. listing his name was "Christopher C. Huntley".)

    4) Father

    (Note: Stones #4-8 in Shippee family plot).

    5) Mother

    6) Shippee - Silas B., Aug. 23, 1852, d. Sept. 6, 1912.

  • Carrie, his wife, b. Nov. 6, 1861, d. Aug. 3, 1952.
  • Children of S. & C. Shippee
  • Vernon, b. May 20, 1881, d. June 8, 1883.
  • Lela, b. July 25, 1888, d. Nov. 2, 1901.

    7) Lela

    8) Vernon

    9) Lizzie Hagermann - 1904 -.

    10) Albert Jr. - 1913 -. (Note: Stones 9 and 10 are highly legible and in the same style. There is just no other information on these stones.)

    11) Ernest Peters, 1840-1927.

    12) Maria L.S., "Ehefrau von Ernst Peters, geb. d. 6.Maerz 1845; gest. d. 25. Maerz 1882; Alt. 37 Jahre u. 19 Tage." (Rest of stone buried).

    13) Cleland, daughter of O. & E. Inman, Dec. 8, 1909 - Aug. 6, 1910.

    14) Stone missing.

    (Transcriber's note: According to the D.A.R. listing, the following gravestones are also in this cemetery. As the listing was in alphabetical order, I am not certain of the actual location of the gravestones, and therefore I have included them here).

    1) Luther Bowers, G.A.R. Veteran. No dates.

    2) Harvey E. Finley, son of W.W. & R.A. Finley, d. May 24, 1872.

    3) Millard W. Finley, son of W.W. & R.A. Finley, d. Feb. 17, 1870, a. 9y, 12d.

    4) Rosa B. Finley, dau. of W.W. & R.A. Finley, d. Apr. 25, 1871, a. 11 d.

    5) Thomas G. Finley, Feb. 4, 1828 - June 25, 1870.

    6) "Infant" Gross, son of J. & P.B. Gross, d. Apr. 26, 1871.

    7) Bradford I. Hanson, son of S. & M.L. Hanson, d. July 16, 1873, a. 5y, 3m, 11d.

    8) Lana Haun, wife of Jacob Haun, d. Oct. 11, 1869, a. 40y, 11m, 21d.

    9) Charles Inman, G.A.R. Veteran. No dates.

    10) George Martin, son of N. & E. Martin, d. Mar. 15, 1874, a. 1y, 6m, 3d.

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