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Surnames: Mansfield
Classification: Query
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According to the information I found, he is supposedly buried in the Brookston IOOF
Cemetery in Brookston, White, Indiana. However he has no headstone and Jo Ann & I
(who have been researching this cemetery for the past 6 years) have been unable to
identify which lot he is supposedly buried in. He died on 19 June 1884 in White County,
Indiana from cystitis kidney and prostate (according to his death record). He was buried
on June 24, 1884. This is from the death record books from the White County Health
Department in Monticello, which has been filmed and available at any Mormon FHC, film
#2194400 item 5. The cemetery however was not listed on the death record. I think we
may have found an obit which listed this as his burial place, but I would have to go back
through some of my records to be sure. Let me know if you would like me to do this.
I have that he was born about 1814 in Ohio and married Martha about 1860. I don't
have any exact dates or know who his parents are, except for his death info as listed
above.
You should be aware there is anothe William H. Mansfield buried in this cemetery but he
was born in 1821 in New York and died 10 May 1898. We have found his headstone and know
where he is buried. They are not the same people.
You might check for a will or estate for your William Henry Mansfield. We did not have a
chance to go through all these records especially since they have not been abstracted and
it would take a very long time. (They are microfilmed and available for loan at your
local family history center. You can look up the film number on
www.familysearch.org
under the family history library catalog locailty search.) I help out for the Warren
County, Ohio genealogical society and I do a lot with wills and estates for them. I have
found that sometimes the cemetery is listed and also receipt for lots purchased. Even if
the cemetery isn't listed it should list heirs which would connect to any relatives he
may have had in Ohio and elsewhere and the location they resided at the time of his
probate.
I don't have any record of his daughter, Susannah or his wife, Martha being buried in
the Brookston IOOF Cemetery. They may be buried in one of the others in White County.
You can determine this from info on their death record and obits. Then check to see what
other info the cemetery has on them, and their family. Sometimes you will luck out and
find something useful.
Hope this helps. If you find out any additional details, please let me know. I would
like to keep my cemetery book as accurate as I can.
Dana