ELK CHAPEL CEMETERY

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Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 11/19/2001 at 19:22:55

Decatur County Journal
February 22, l906

A proper care of the resting places of the
dead has always been regarded
as an evidence of civilization. The
spirit which actuates the living to
embellish the graves of the dead and
perpetuate their memory has existed
in all ages and climes. In our own
country the costly shaft has been
erected to commemorate the deeds of our
illustrious soldiers, statesmen
and diplomats who have crossed beyond the
river. Our beautiful national
cemeteries furnish an illustration of the
desire of the living to show
their veneration and respect for the
heroic and patriotic departed.

In our own county we have a number of
cemeteries that have been
beautified and made attractive by the work
of surviving relatives and
friends. Who has not visited one of these
cemeteries and standing among
the graves of those who "sleep the sleep
that knows no waking", called
to memory Gray's Eulogy in a Country
Churchyard?

One of these country churchyards is
located three-fourths of a mile
south of Elk Chapel in Bloomington
Township. For forty-nine years, MRS.
A.S. ROSS has kept a record of the tenants
of that burying ground and
has furnished us the list with other items
of interest. The cemetery
includes two and thirty-five hundredths of
an acre besides a strip ten
feet wide by fifteen rods long on the east
side of the road. PHOEBE
COOK, wife of HENDERSON COOK, was the
first person buried there. She
died in l86l and her husband survived her
only five days. All of the
four deeds to the cemetery are recorded.
The present trustees are A.S.
ROSS, DUSKY GENTRY and MATTHEY RYAN. A
neat building l0 x l2 is nearly
completed for the purpose of keeping
tools, tent, benches and seats
besides a stove for cold weather. At
present the cemetery contains l76
graves and all of the tenants can be
identified.
A type-written list of the dead has been
prepared and placed on the
inside of a window next to the road. The
passerby may open the shutter
and read the list if he chooses to do so.
The list follows:

OLA ANDREW EVALINE ANDREW
MELVA ANDREW M.L. ANDREW
N.J. ANDREW MATTHEW AKERS
GEORGE AKERS THOS AKERS'
CHILD
IRA AKERS ROLAND AKERS
SPENCER C. AKERS ELIZABETH AKERS
MARION C. AKERS IRA C. AKERS
JENNIE L. AKERS RACINE AKERS
ANDREW ANDERSON MOSES BRYAN
SARAH A. BRYAN ETHEL BOORD
CLARENCE BOORD ORA F. BOORD
FREDERIC BEDIER A. ROCK'S CHILD
TIRA BAKER'S CHILD JAMES BUCY
HANNAH BULLARD CALVIN
BULLARD'S CHILD
REUBEN BULLARD CAROLINE
BULLARD
DOUGLAS BLACK FLOYD BECK
NANCY BRYANT HIRAM D. BRYANT
ANNA BRYANT RUTH BRYANT
A.A. WION ALEXANDER C.
BOYD
ANN ROCK CLARA A.
CHAPMAN
CELESTA COX JOSEPHINE
BAUGHMAN
ELEANOR COOK (GRANDMA) HENDERSON COOK
PHOEBE COOK ELEANOR COOK
NATHAN COOK OLNEY COOK
JOHN DUNBAR MARY DUNBAR
BENJAMIN DUNBAR ELIZABETH
DUNBAR
JANE DUNBAR DORA DUNBAR
ESSIE DUNBAR ROBERT
DONALDSON
JAMES DANIELS CARRIE DANIELS
JAMES DANIELS' CHILD EVA R.P.
DANIELS
REUBEN DANIELS CELESTIA L.
DANIELS
MCFARLAND DUTTON PAULINE DENREA
HELEN L. DADY CARL EKEL
CHARLES EKEL'S CHILD CHARLES EKEL'S
CHILD
N. EURITT'S CHILD ISAAC FORTUNE'S
CHILD
ISAAC FORTUNE'S CHILD ELIZA FEST
B. FRENCH'S CHILD SUSIE FORTUNE
BENNIE H. FORTUNE OPAL GREENSLATE
MARY S. GENTRY HENRY
HENDRICKSON
ELIZABETH HILLIKER ROLLA HAMILTON
JAMES HENDERSON MARY HENDERSON
CURTIS HENDERSON LAVINA HAVELY
OLLIE JOHNSON ERNEST JOHNSON
CLARENCE KELLEY NORA KING
ALEXANDER LEWIS J. LUNDBECK'S
CHILD
AROELLA MORRISON ZELDA MCCRUMB
ALFRED R. MAY CLARISSA MAY
CATHARINE MCLAUGHLIN AMOS MCLAUGHLIN
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN AMOS E.
MCLAUGHLIN
NELLIE MCLAUGHLIN JACOB MANASMITH
CHARLES MANASMITH IDA MANASMITH
SUSAN MANASMITH LOTTIE
MANASMITH
ELIZABETH NOFTSGER ALPHA NOFTSGER
ROY NAYLOR'S CHILD CHRISTOPHER
OSBORN
LINCOLN OSBORN ADOLINE OSBORN
EMMA OSBORN GEORGE
PATTERSON
HORTON PERRIN WM. PARKER
JANE PARKER RICHARD PARKER
JANE PAYTON WM. PAYTON'S
CHILD
ARMINTA PATTERSON JOHN PATTERSON
EDWIN RAUCH ANTONY RAUCH
HANNAH ROSS WILLIE ROSS
MYRTLE ROSS IVA ROSS
GERTIE ROSS MELISSA RYAN
CLARISSA RYAN JAMES M. RYAN
JOHN I. RYAN ELLEN ROSS
EMMA ROSS MARY ROSS
MATTHEW RYAN JANE RYAN
JAMES SAGE CHARLES A. SAGE
GEORGE STANLEY A. STANLEY
ROBERT SHIELDS JOSEPH SHIELDS
WALTER SELLERS BEN SEARS'
CHILD
LEWIS A. SHAMBO JAMES SHAW
IRA SHAW MINNIE SIDDERS
EARL SIDDERS LOCKEY STUMP
MABEL STEPHENS FLOYD
SCHOONOVER
JOSEPHUS SCHOONOVER CHAS.
TAPSCOTT'S CHILD
C.E. TAPSCOTT JOHN H.
TAPSCOTT
HARRY TAPSCOTT WM. TAPSCOTT'S
CHILD
GRACIE TAPSCOTT L. GRANT
TAPSCOTT
WM. H. THUMMELL LUCY TAPSCOTT
MARY TIPPIE BERTHA R.
TIPPIE
GEORGE VOGAN SYLVIA VENN
CATHARINE WILLIAMS MRS. WHITEACRE
H. WILSON'S CHILD HARRY WILSON
PEARLIE WION JOHNNIE WION
BERTHA WILSON ELIZABETH WION
ACTA WION NORA WION

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Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert
November l3, 200l
Note: There are names on this list that
aren't in the Elk Cemetery
listing on the Decatur Co. GenWeb Site.
Nancee