Ward County, ND Spring Valley Mennonite Cemetery - Full Reading Spring Valley Mennonite Cemetery read by John Mogren (mogren@stellarnet.com). *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist Joe Zsedeny (jzsed@slic.com) with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ SPRING VALLEY MENNONITE CEMETERY Cemetery of the Spring Valley Mennonite Congregation Baden Township, Ward County, North Dakota By John Mogren LOCATION This cemetery is located in SW ¼ of Section 17 Township 159 Range 88. Go 3 miles west of Coulee, ND on #50, then turn north on 506 Street Northwest and go 3 miles. CHURCH AND CEMETERY The Spring Valley Mennonite Congregation was established by a group of settlers who had arrived in the area to file on homesteads. This township name was changed from the original name of Spring Valley to Baden Township. On October 4, 1904, Brother Sam Lapp of South English, Iowa came to install Daniel B. Kauffman as a minister and Amos C. Ogburn as a deacon. The first gathering of the congregation in the newly built church was on March 17, 1905. Ministers serving the congregation were: Daniel B. Kauffman 1904-1919; Levi A. Kauffman 1912-1916; Joseph Lehman 1921-1928 and Archie Kauffman 1929-1937. The church closed about this time. The church building was sold and moved away. The fenced cemetery is overgrown with prairie grass and buck brush. This cemetery was read September 1, 2001. (C)2001 John Mogren Last Name First Name Middle Birth Death Spouse Parents --------- ---------- ------ ----- ----- ------ ------- Dingman Cecil R. 10-13-1915 01-02-1916 Not married Dingman, Cornelius? Harris Nelia May 04-03-1906 07-30-1907 Not married Harris, W. E. & Harshbarger J. Emmett -1884 -1959 Kauffman, Pearl Harshbarger, Harshbarger Merari (Daughter) 01-01-1927 01-02-1927 Not married Harshbarger, J. Emmet & Pearl (Kauffman) Harshbarger Pearl 12-06-1896 01-28-1927 Harshbarger, J. Emmet Kauffman, Levi C. & Rebecca E. (Sharp) Hooks Katie Faith 01-13-1906 02-28-1918 Not married Hooks, John & Clara Hooks Lela Tressa 02-04-1895 03-27-1913 Not married Hooks, John & Clara Kauffman Baby Boy 01-24-1915 01-25-1915 Not married Kauffman, Levi A. & Nettie May (Sharp) Kauffman Baby Girl 08-23-1908 09-02-1908 Not married Kauffman, Levi C. & Rebecca E. (Sharp) Kauffman Ida Belle 02-27-1913 04-04-1913 Not married Kauffman, Levi C. & Rebecca E. (Sharp) Kauffman John J. 05-08-1850 11 09-1905 Zook Martha Kauffman, Christian & Martha (Kurtz) Kauffman Manuel L. 05-12-1916 10 13 1916 Not married Kauffman, Levi C. & Rebecca E. (Sharp) Kauffman Martha A. 05-23-1850 05-21-1928 Kauffman, John J. Zook, John & Fannie (King) Kauffman Noah A. 02-21-1920 06-24-1920 Not married Kauffman, Alpha A. & Kauffman Ruth A. 05-04-1921 05-04-1921 Not married Kauffman, Alpha A. & King Elmer Otto 02-01-1913 06-04-1928 Not married King, Harry L. & Rosa King Harry L. 06-16-1881 07-23-1929 ?, Rosa King Ralph Edwin 08-28-1905 06-10-1924 Not married King, Harry L. & Rosa Lehman Joseph L. 01-08-1891 10-10-1928 Sharp, Stella Lehman, David & Annie (Burkholder) Morningstar Jessie David 04-06-1906 10-28-1906 Not married Morningstar, Lewis & Fanny (Kauffman) Royer Baby Royer, J. & Tregilgus Roy Delbert 11-07-1904 11-14-1905 Not married Tregilgus, John & Luella (Lulu) Tregilgus Mervin Lloyd 12-31-1916 10-01-1917 Not married Tregilgus, John E. & Luella Weaver Samuel 03-23-1905 10-12-1905 Not married Wenger Bessie Floren 01-29-1880 08-21-1916 Wenger, Christ Harshbarger, Joseph S. Hettie M.