Perhaps this cemetery list might help alittle. Bill Squires The Poff family cemetery is our family Cemetery. My grandmother who died in Oct 2000 at age 99 3/4 was the person who approved people being buried there and looked after the cemetery. Her mother was born a Poff. I have included in my email the Poff family cemetery listing. > WE PUT THE CEMETERY ON LINE IN 2000. Alot of people have contacted me about it/the people buried there. > Poff Cemetery, Clay County Indiana > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > > Poff Cemetery, Clay County Indiana > > There are 14 stones unmarked-just stones, no one remembers who is > buried there anymore. Alot of the old stones were stolen about 25-30 years > ago. I am numbering the grave stones just to keep track of them. > > 1) Maggie A. Landes Nov 13, 1871-Feb 28,1893 Oscar V. Landes Feb 7, 1897-Oct 31, 1902 > 2) Edward Landes S Co. Ohio S.S. > 3) Samuel L. Landes March 11, 1893-Dec 16,1914. > 4) Hannah Jane Landes 1853-1925 > 5) Ronald Dean Lancaster PO 3 US NAVY Vietnam Feb 7, 1943-Oct 11, 1994 > 6) James Edward Lancaster PFC US ARMY World War II Nov 28, 1917-April 5, 1991 > 7) John H. Landes 1878-1923 > 8) Mildred P. Landes Oct 16, 1918 Irvin G. Landes Feb 3, 1913-Feb 13, 1995 > 9) Raymond W. Braden SC 2 US NAVY World War II March 22, 1919- May 13, 1991 > 10) Maxine Braden 1922-1982 > 11) Fred E. Girton 1920-1921 > 12) Eva May Girton 1896-1921 > 13) Maudie Ivy Girton 1875-1942 > 14) Andrew E. Girton 1872- 1942 > 15) James Hedge March 1, 1861-Jan 15, 1938 Eliza Chadwich Hedge Jan 24, 1861-Sept 14, 1899 > 16) Iva Daughter of J.&E.C. Hedge Jan 5, 1896-May 5 1896 > 17) Parsons Thomas A. April 23,1847- April 11, 1916 Octavia Poff his wife March 11, 1852-Nov 23, 1924 > 18) Flem Poff 1877-1949 Inez 1905- 1916 > 19) Samuel W. Poff June 13, 1847-Oct 31, 1920 Wife Sarah E. Sept 27, 1849-Oct 17, 1932 > 20) Samuel Poff died Dec 7, 1882 aged about 78 years wife Sarah died Nov 27, 1891 aged 87 years > 21) W.L. Pilant Feb 1, 1844-Nov 9, 1901 Sarah A. wife March 11, 1844-Sept 2, 1918 > 22) Children of P.F. & S.E. Stevenson Orval R. Feb 20, 1903-Feb 6, 1904 > Samuel W. August 31, 1907-March 23, 1909 Ethel P. Stevenson May 14, 1905-Sept 16, 1912 > 23) Sarah C. Carr (Poff, Stevenson, Carr) Oct 22, 1875-Jan 10, 1963 > Plen F. June 22, 1873-Dec 10, 1913 > 24) William L.Carr July15, 1869-Oct 2, 1950 > 25) John I. Squires Feb 16, 1898-Jan 5, 1971 Sarah E. March 1, 1901-Oct 29, 2000 > 26) Ralph Leon Squires April 17, 1922-April 3, 1976 > 27) Ronald Allen Heck May 25, 1957-Sept 23, 1995 > 28) Pilant Jane Poff 1842-1933 David B. 1838-1909 > 29) Sarah J. wife of John F. Pilant Dec 25, 1865-Jan 7, 1902 > 30) Milton Thomas Pilant son of J.F. & S.J. Pilant April 22, 1898-April 20, 1899 > 31) Joseph Butts > 32) Thomas R. Allen 1865-1899 > 33) Wilamini(sp?) Mary Butts wife of Benjamin Mosteller June 12, 1852-Nov 16, 1881 > 34) Mary wife of E. Butts April 15, 1811- April 14, 1881 > Edmond Butt Died Apr. 4, 1881 Aged 74 yrs > Mosteller Nancy Ann Wife of Benjamin Mosteller And daughter of Edmond & Mary Butt > Born June 12, 1852 Deid Nov. 16, 1881 Aged 29 yrs, 5 m, 4 dy > 35) John Chadwick March 30, 1880 aged 23years, 3months, 16days > 36) John Chadwick Oct 10, 1892 aged 75 years, 8months, 13days > 37) Margaret A. wife of John Chadwick Jan 8, 1914 aged 75years, 2months, 28days > > > > File contributed for use in InGenWeb project by > William Squires ( [email protected] ) > (© 2001 William Squires) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "rebecca k bass" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:09 AM Subject: Re: [INCLAY] Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, Oâ?THair, Conrad, Williams, > Is there anything in there about Modesitt or John Wesley Williams > > On 24 Nov 2002 19:21:14 -0700 [email protected] writes: > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > >Surnames: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, Oâ?THair, Conrad, Williams, > >Classification: Biography > > > >Message Board URL: > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1608 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on > >Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. > >I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not > >know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I donâ?Tt > >know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it > >has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the > >biographies from it. > > > >Typed by Lora Radiches: > > > > > > > >Surnames in this biography are: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, > >Oâ?THair, Conrad, Williams, > > > >SAMUEL E. KUMPF, who has lived all his life in Clay County, is a > >prosperous farmer who has achieved a substantial degree of prosperity > >as a result of industry and good management. Mr. Kumpf owns a farm, > >with good improvements, located a mile and a quarter east of Staunton, > >on Rural Route No. 2 out of Brazil. Mr. Kumpf has always been > >interested in public affairs and at the present time is president of > >the board of commissioners of Clay County. He was born in that county > >November 20, 1870, son of John F. and Magdalena (Ell) Kumpf. His > >father was born in Baden, Germany, and was a boy when his parents, Mr. > >and Mrs. Charles Kumpf, brought their family to America. They first > >located at Canal Dover, Ohio, when they reached this country in 1846, > >and later moved to Indiana. John F. Kumpf was an Indiana farmer. He is > >buried in the Cottage Hill Cemetery of Clay County, and the widowed > >mother is now eighty-one years of age. They had six children: Samuel > >E., Nellie, (deceased), Charles ! > >W., Clara, John F. and Bertha M. Samuel E. Kumpf grew up on a farm and > >was reared in a household where only the German tongue was spoken. He > >first learned English when he entered public school, at the age of six > >years. All the time he was in school he had a regular assignment of > >the chores and work of the farm, and this practical experience > >qualified him for the work he has followed throughout his life. He > >started with little or no capital, and has worked out a satisfactory > >solution of lifeâ?Ts problems expressed in material circumstances. Mr. > >Kumpfâ?Ts farm comprises 210 acres and his name is associated with > >success in farming enterprise. The affairs of the community have > >always interested him and it was his business ability and his public > >spirit that led his fellow citizens to elect him to his present > >office. He and his family are Methodists. Mr. Kumpf is a Republican in > >political faith and served as precinct committeeman a number of years. > >Mr. Kumpf married, S! > >eptember 80, 1894, Miss Emma J. Dierdorf, daughter of Gustav and > >Margaret (Sieglin) Dierdorf. Mrs. Samuel E. Kumpf died October 2, > >1919, leaving four children. Their oldest child is Leslie, associated > >with his father in farming operations. He married Irene Oâ?THair, and > >they have six children, named Earl L., Glenn E., Mary L., Billy, Max > >and John E. Ernest Kumpf, married Nellie Conrad, and has a daughter, > >Rose M. They reside at Spencer, Indiana. Gustav F. married Juanita > >Williams, and they have a son, Jack. The youngest child is Miss Marie. > > > > > > > > > > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit the InGenWeb site for links to all Indiana Counties; > http://www.ingenweb.org/ > >