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Dunkirk Cemetery

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Blanchard Twp.
Hardin County

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For those that are perhaps seeing these transcriptions for the first time, the transcriptions may give on first glance, the appearance of a great many typos, so I feel obligated to explain that the abundance of y, m, and d represent abbreviations for year, month and day. Although you will find most engravers follow similar patterns, it seems there are several different abbreviations used to represent these three time terms including: y, yr, yrs, yr's & years; m. mo, mos, mo's, and months; d. da, das, da's, and days and on rare occasions, h, hr, hrs, hr's, and hours. I tend not to use commas except to separate surname from given name, given name from date, except where found on actual inscription, same goes for the [.] (period). When you see the symbol [_] (underscore), I use it to represent missing or unreadable letters, or if a lot of letters are unreadable I may express it by several periods, such as Jos...h . Sometimes you will find raised letters such as "c" in surnames such as in McClain, or if the engraver added smaller letters that were left out and added later, when I encounter them, tend to express them, when possible, as found on the stone. Sometimes engravers will use the latin term Æ or æ, this is just a term that generally replaces the word "aged". One last comment, all actual text found engraved, will come first in bold text. All comments, observations, personal knowledge remarks added by submitter, concerning an individual, but not inscribed on stone, will then proceed in regular text. ~R.M.Sizelove~

These tombstone photos have been generously donated by Ronda Lehart, on 01 June, 2011.
The cemetery is just south of the edge of Dunkirk on the west side of U.S. 68. There's a north and south entrance and a road running along the front, a railroad track along the back. Click here to view Dunkirk Cemetery lane [overview of cemetery lane, 2nd road running North to South]
The most recent update to this page was made 31 October, 2013.
Click here for cemetery overview from west side

Please Note: Click on underlined name to view tombstone image.
Arn, Angie A., 1903 - 1961
Arn, Corda S., 1881 - 1971
Arnold, Maude, 1878 - 1963
Bame - Miller [family headstone with route 68 in background]
Bame, George E., Feb. 16, 1884 - Mar. 22, 1927
Bame, Jack H., Sept. 30, 1906 - Dec. 13, 1935
Barlow, Anson, 1849 - 1929
Barlow, Andrew M., 1842 - 1932; Margaret J., his wife, 1856 - 1923
Brown, Frank B., 1901 - 1912
Brown, John C., 1865 - 1938; Mary B., 1867 - 1928
Burnworth, Emma Swanger [no dates inscribed]
Burnworth, S. Victor [32nd Armored Div., US Army, WWII Veteran]
Cooper, Floyd J., 1879 - 1938; Nora E., 1878 - 1978
Cooper, Richard A., 1902 - 1927 [footstone and headstone in background]
Draper, Joel B., Sept. 1, 1987 - May 31, 2010
Draper, Inez P., 1911 - 1983; Dano B., 1908 - _
Eibling, Martha J., 1919 - 1992, Mother; Banarr A., 1943-_, Son
Eibling, Burlis, 1907 - 1975
Guckes, [Overview of Guckes headstones]
Guckes, William, 1851 - 1936; Minnie (Wilhelmina (Kirchoffer--various spellings)1861-1934 [William, son of Jacob and Margaretha Bretha Guckes (came over from Germany in 1852 to Erie County, PA)] [Minnie's family came over from Germany and settled near Kenton. William came here from Erie to seek his fortune and 40 acres.]
Guckes, James Monroe, 1892-1972; Edith Christina (Kruse), 1899 - 1945 [James, son of William & Minnie Guckes] [Edith met Jim in Erie Co., PA where both their families are from]
Guckes, Charles, 1887 - 1971 ; Wuanetta (Coats), 1893 - 1969 [Charles is the son of William & Minnie Guckes & brother of James Guckes.
Guckes, Emile; Jacob; Minnie; & William [overview of headstones]
Guckes [family plot area overview from East Road]
Guckes, James M. [Monroe], 1892 - 1972; Edith C. [Christina (Kruse)], 1899 - 1945
Guckes, Mildred Ida (Spearman)[She is actually buried in the Dola cemetery, same county.]
Click here to view her memorial.
Hayes, Beulah, 1908 - _; Icy Dora, 1883 - 1955, Mother; Zella, 1906 - _
Howard, Edwin, Jan. 21, 1849 - Feb. 16, 1938; Martha E., his wife, Apr. 3, 1858 - Aug 19, 1909
[Elizabeth Keiper Howard is Fianna Howard Yauger's mother. I'm sure the Keipers here are related to Elizabeth and came here from Pennsylvania.
They're all buried around one rounded corner near Fianna Howard Yauger and George & Naomi Spearman]
Keiper, Ada, 1878-1935
Keiper, Bertha, 1872 - 1963
Keiper, C. Gordon, 1908 - 1967
Keiper, Charles, 1872 - 1951
Keiper, Martha, 1909 - 1995
Keiper, Mary, 1839 - 1924
Keiper, Willis, 1868 - 1954
Keiper, Solomon, 1826 - 1923 [part of the family buried on the curve]
Keiper [overview]
Keiper, Family headstone [more Keipers in the same area and the main large stone. Eliza Adams Yauger Munson was Hiram Yauger's mom, married to Hiram Yauger who is buried in Tymochtee Shriver Cemetery) near Marseilles, OH.]
Lease & Guckes, Plot
Lease, Wilbur, July 31, 1907 - May 20, 1989; Wynona (Guckes), Sept. 9, 1911 - Apr. 18, 2002 [Wynona is the daughter of Charles and Waunetta Guckes.]
Mayhorn, Joseph E., 1844 - 1906, Father; Julia Ann, 1846 - 1939, Mother
Munson, Eliza (Adams) Yauger, 1825 - 1906, Mother [She's beside the road on one side and Fianna and Hiram on the other side west of the Keipers.]
Munson, Eliza Adams-Yauger, 1825 - 1906
Rush, Rush & Wedertz headstones
Rush, Eugene W., 1900 - 1972; In memory of our brother & uncle
Rush [Overview of Frank, Ruth, and many others headstones]
Rush, Kevin E., October 15, 1954 - July 24, 2006
Rush, Mary C., 1864 - 1938
Rush, Mary Jane, 1922 - 1991; James O., 1922 - 1985
Rush, James Ora, 1922 - 1985; Mary Jane (Guckes), 1922 - 1991 [Mary Jane is daughter of James & Edith Guckes.] [Jim has many relatives in the cemetery. I have a lot of the headstones, but not sure who is who.]
Rush, Infant son, Oct. 14, 1901 - Oct. 22, 1901 son of Ora & Mary C. (Lindesmith) Rush [These Rush stones are west of a large Frank & Lulu Rush headstone]
Rush, Infant son of O.E. & M. C. Rush, Sept. 18, 1903 [son of Ora & Mary C. (Lindesmith) Rush. These Rush stones are west of a large Frank & Lulu Rush headstone]
Rush, Darrell E., Nov. 11, 1899 - Aug. 19, 1983; Mary L.(Ludwig), Jan. 14, 1901 - Nov. 14, 1981
Rush, Lulu M., 1868 - 1958; Frank O., 1868 - 1933 [the large stone with several shorter family stones]
Rush, James F., 1899 1899, infant
Rush, James P., Co. A, 12th Reg.O.V.C., 1845 - 1915 [Company A, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Veteran of Civil War]
Rush, Philantha Jane (Cole), his wife, 1845 - 1915 [wife of James Polk Rush]
Rush, Dorothy J., 1926 - _; Paul E., 1924 - 1964
, Family of Philantha Cole Rush
Spouse & Children from online source:

Rush, James Polk 1845 - 1908
Rush, Frank Oliver 1868 - 1933, Frank's wife Lulu is Lulu May Cessna
Rush, Cora May 1870 -
Rush, Ora Earl 1872 - 1941
Rush, Maggie Dell 1874 -
Rush, James C 1876 - 1944
Rush, Charles Virgil 1877
Darrel Edmund Rush family (from online source) Parents:
Rush, Ora Earl, 1872 - 1941
Rush, Mary C. (Lindesmith), 1864 - 19_8
Spouse & Children:
Mary Ludwig 1901 - 1981
Rush, Maxine L. 1920 - 2004
Rush, James Ora 1922 - 1985
Rush, Joseph 1923 -
Rush, Melanie A., January 25, 1959 - Aug. 26, 2002 [not sure of family association]
Spearman, George Chalmers, Mar. 9, 1890 - Sept. 19, 1965; Naomi L.(Yauger), Nov. 16, 1893 - Oct. 5, 1978; married Dec. 24, 1917 [They are my mom's parents][Naomi Spearman's brother is next to the Keipers?]
Spearman, Noah, born Apr. 28, 1847, died Aug. 23, 1907; Eliza (his wife), born Feb. 7, 1850, died June 3, 1928 [Noah and Eliza Fawcett Spearman are George Chalmers Spearman's parents. Noah and brothers John and Joshua came over from England about 1868. Not sure if Joshua is in Dunkirk. He lived in Bridgport, OH.]
Spearman, John, born in Devonshire, Eng., Dec. 9, 1846, died June 11, 1884, aged 73y 6m 2d [Brother of Noah Speaman]
Spearman, David Samuel, 1948 - 2002 WWII Veteran [aka Sam to most of us. Sam was George and Naomi's grandson, son of Samuel Spearman and Joan Delong Spearman, also buried in Dunkirk.]
Spearman, S. Henry, 1874 - 1946 [I believe he is George's brother]
Spearman, Ella, 1872 - 1957 [Henry's wife?]
Spearman, Ruby E., 1896 - 1956; J. Edward, 1882 - 1963 [George's brother?]
Spearman, Samuel & Joan (Delong) [sorry, not able to read dates on photo]
Spearman, Earl L., son of H. & E. Spearman, 1899 - 1900
Spearman, Lawrence E., 1916 - 1996; Alvis R., 1914 -_ [may be part of Joshua Spearman's family, not sure]
Stewart, Effie R., 1885 - 1962; J. Frank, 1871 - 1931
Stewart [Overview of the Stewart headstone location]
Taylor, Charles L., Mar. 12, 1879 - Sep. 14, 1972; Pearl M.(Spearman), Aug. 20, 1887 - May 9, 1965 [George's sister]
Taylor, Clifton C., 1886 - 1949; Clara M., 1886 - 1977
Wedertz, Ida, 1888 - 1952; Charlie, 1897 - 1976
Wykes, Mary E., 1885 - 1968; William E., 1888 - 1975
Yauger, Merritt, 1881 - 1972; Lida, 1882 - 1976
Yauger, Hiram, 1856 - 1940; Fianna V., 1856 - 1929

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