Hello,
For those of you who might be interested in any of the following cemeteries
in Deer Creek Township: Cassville, Chittick, Deer Creek-German Baptist,
Miami, Railside Chapel, Gettinger and Waisner-Rickard, I would like to tell
you of a new book of photographic cemetery readings that has just been
published. The authors are Roger Spencer, of Logansport, and Roberta L.
Moore, current Deer Creek Township Trustee.
The description follows:
Roger Spencer, along with Rebecca Houdeshell Stephens, has published several
photographic cemetery readings of cemeteries in Darke County, Ohio, the home
of many of their ancestors. This is his first photographic reading of an
Indiana cemetery. For this book, he teamed with Roberta L. Moore, current
Deer Creek Township Trustee.
It contains 239 pages, over 900 photographs of tombstones found in the
cemeteries listed in the title along with typed inscriptions of the stones.
The book is fully indexed and was published in 2004. Many of these stones
are in bad shape from weather, broken and several of these cemeteries are no
longer active.
Some surnames found in the book that are numerous in mention are: CASTER,
COTTERMAN, DAVIS, MARTIN, MOORE, RUSSELL, WAISNER, WEAVER, WINTERROWD,CLARK,
CLINGENPOOL, CONDO, ENNIS, EWING, HERRELL, HUMRICKHOUSE, PHELPS/PHILPS,
SHIVELEY, STUDEBAKER, THOMPSON, ZEIGLER, BORING, HAYNES, McCONNELL, PEARSON,
ROSS, WARD, BUSEY, CLEM, COLTER, HARTGROVE, LARIMER, NEEDHAM, SANDIFUR,
STANLEY, TAYLOR and WEBSTER.
Surnames that are also found in Darke and Preble counties in Ohio include:
ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BROWN, CLARK, COTTERMAN, CRAIN, HERRELL, HOOVER, JENKINS,
MARTIN, McCLURE, MOORE, PEARSON, SNIDER, STUDEBAKER, TAYLOR, THOMPSON,
WEAVER, WARD, WINTERROWD, YOUNG.
You can get more information about Roger and Roberta's book at:
http://www.dcoweb.org/bookstore/S&Scemetery/miamicoind.htm
Happy Hunting,
--Jane Torres