Which one is the Amanda Cemetery? Thanks! Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Lacey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:37 PM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Amanda Cemetery > Amanda Cemetery was built on land owned by Adam Dickey. There may have > been a church located there at one time. Some of the burials took place > before the village of Amanda was laid out. Some of the oldest burials are: > BRIANT, MARY died 15 JULY 1829 > > CODDINGTON, MARY died 18 FEB 1810 > > CODDINGTON, ROBERT died 2 SEPT 1833*Laid out the plat for the village of > Amanda along with Samuel Dickey. > > DICKEY, ADAM, SR born 1767 died 1828*Came to America from Ireland when he > was 16 years old; 1801 settled in Cincinnat and in 1805 purchased 460 > Acres of land in Lemon Twp. Around 1810 he built a grist mill on the Miami > River. The house he built in 1824 is still standing. The cemetery is > located on land that was owned by Adam Dickey. In 1825 the Miami-Erie > Canal cut through the Dickey land (alongside the cemetery) and in 1827 > Samuel Dickey(Adam#8217;s son) and Robert Coddington laid out the plat for > the village of Amanda. > > DICKEY, MARY died 15 JAN 1841 73 YEARS > > DOYLE, SARAH died 12 SEPT 1839 68 YRS > > DOYLE, WILLIAM died 12 SEPT 1819 52 YRS > > HENRY, ANNA died 8 JUNE 1815 40 YR 10MO 2DA > > HENRY, CATHERINE died 12 FEB 1816 82 YR > > HENRY, FERDINAND died 16 JUN1819 > > MULFORD, JOHN born 13 AUG 1787 died 1 OCT 1840*Father of David, Jacob and > Job Mulford > > MULFORD,MARY born 27 JULY 1795 died 21 MAR 1885 *Daughter of Uzel Clark > who came to Ohio with his parents Jacob and Sarah Beach Clark in 1806. > Sarah#8217;s father Thomas was one of the Minute Men of N.J during the > Rev. War. > > POTTER, BETHUEL died 23 DEC 1819 23 YR 3 MO > > POTTER, ELEANOR born 11 FEB 1800 died23 OCT 1868*(this from book. No > stone) Eleanor Denny married Amos Potter, son of Moses Potter, who came to > Ohio from N.J. in 1796. Moses#8217; daughter, Jane is reported to be the > first white child born in Middletown. Her brother Amos was born a few > years later. > > POTTER, RHODA died 2 APRIL 1825 57 YR 3MO 21DA > > RUCH, CATHERINE born 16 MAR 1779 *Catherine Ruch and her husband John > came to Amanda around 1840. Members of the families of her daughters > Louisa Ruch McGlaughlin, Mary Ruch Manche, Lydia Ruch Maginerty and Rachel > Ruch Warner are buried there. > > SHAFOR, 12 MAY 1818 > > SHAFOR, PETER born 1754 died 1826* Rev. War Vet > > SHAFOR, WILLIAM born 7 SEP 1780 died 9 OCT 1880*Born in Somerset, NJ; > family settled on a farm near Amanda in 1803. > > SINKEY, JOHN died 10 APRIL 1814*Born in Pennsylvania. He was a farmer > in the Amanda area. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Make Yahoo! your home page > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Search for Butler County family names ~ > http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2 >