ASHLAND COUNTY OHIO - CROUSE Cemetery (Montgomery Twp) *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Bush john_bush@hotmail.com March 3, 1999 ************************************************************************ CROUSE CEMETERY IN MONTGOMERY TWP, NW 1/4 sect 3; east side TR 1102, Located 1/2 mile east of SR. 58 Crouse Cemetery is a plot 150 by 200 feet. This level area was donated by Jacob Crouse for cemetery and school purposes in 1815. Little care was given this burial spot until about 1935, when the township trustees began rehabilitating the site. Pioneers Jacob CROUSE and Jacob MASON and the MEYERS, BRANDENBERRY, HEIFNER, SHEARER, PROUDFIT, YOUNG, RUFFCORN, THOMAS, WOOLF, MEIKEY, and other families who contributed to the development of the vicinity all rest in CROUSE Cemetery. Jacob CROUSE (1775-1839), a native of Maryland, was with the company of soldiers who cut the Beall's Trail from Wooster to Fort Meigs (later called Perrysburg). After Hull's surrender at Fort Detroit on August 16, 1812, CROUSE, with a party of five friends, returned to the scene of his service with Beall. Six cabins were erected in the wilderness near the location of the cemetery, and the following year the families of these pioneers came to their new homes in the wilderness. ARTMAN - Solomon died 1837 age 40y BRANDEBERRY - Abraham died 1835 age 40y BRANDEBERRY - Abraham s/o A. & S. died 1853 BRANDEBERRY - Sarah w/o Abe. died 1853 age 56y CHANDLER - Infant s/o F.W. * F. died 1881 age 1m 9d CHANEY - Rachel w/o Wm. died 1876 age 77y CHANEY - William died 1887 age 73y CROUSE - Benjamin died 1837 age 46y CROUSE - Isaac died 1839 age 31y CROUSE - Jacob died 1839 age 64y CROUSE - Jane Ann d/o A. & D. died 1837 age 6m 24d CROUSE - John S. s/o J. & D.E. died 1840 age 2y CROUSE - Jonas died Mar. 22, 1851 age 37y CROUSE - Mary E. d/o J. & S. died 1864 age 15y 11m 25d CROUSE - Mary w/o Isaac died 1881 age 70y CROUSE - Milton F. s/o J.H. & S. died 1846 age 11m 27d CROUSE - Rebecca w/o Jacob died 1850 age 68y CROUSE - Sarah 1853 (stone broken) CROUSE - Sarah w/o J. died 1857 age 44y EVANS - Lewis died 1846 age 54y HAIDAN - Sarah w/o Miles died 1834 age 45y HEIFNER - Bertha A. 1877 - 1926 HEIFNER - Hyman L. 1841 - 1903 HEIFNER - Sarah Lutz 1845 - 1908 JONES - Ezekiel s/o M. & C. died 1845 age 26y JONES - Hannah d/o J. & C. died 1837 age 1y 7m 16d JONES - Sarah d/o J. & C. died 1840 age 1y 7m 17d KERR - Emery Walter s/o J. & M. died 1871 age 22y KERR - Enos Rowley s/o J. & M. died 1876 age 20y KERR - James 1811 - 1889 KERR - Margaret Young w/o James 1818 - 1904 KERR - William s/o J. & M. died 1849 age 3y 7m KOSHT - Ann w/o Jacob died 1862 age 22y LAWBAUGH - George died 1830 age 53y MASON - Catharine w/o John died 1848 age 49y MASON - Emeline w/o John died 1842 age 27y MASON - John died 1841 age 68y MASON - John died 1843 age 36y MICKEY - Joseph B. s/o L. & S. died 1847 age 26y MICKEY - Mary d/o J. & S. died 1834 age 6y 4m 28d MYERS - Ann Maria died 1849 age 7y MYERS - Ann Mason w/o Michael died 1849 age 32y MYERS - Jacob T. s/o J. & E.A. died 1835 age 2y 11m 5d MYERS - James s/o J. & E.A. died 1835 age 1y 2m 28d MYERS - Martha L.J. d/o C. & M. died 186- age 4y 27d MYERS - Michael died 1890 age 76y MYERS - Rebecca d/o J/ & E.A. died 1861 age 22y PROUDFIT - Andrew s/o J. & C. died 1862 age 24y civ. war PROUDFIT - Catharine w/o John died 1873 age 70y PROUDFIT - Elizabeth E. d/o J. & C. died 1848 age 11m 13d PROUDFIT - Elizabeth J. d/o J & C. 1828 - 1845 PROUDFIT - John died 1873 age 78y ROBERTS - Aaron died 1834 age 43y ROBERTS - Clark Victor s/o H. & M. died 1873 age 3m 13d ROBERTS - George W. s/o H. & M. died 1862 age 1y 2m 3d ROBERTS - Lewis died 1854 age 31y ROBERTS - Matilda w/o Aaron died 1873 age 79y RUFFCORN - Anna M. w/o W. died 1851 - age 24y SHOPBELL - Mary Thomas w/o Daniel 1830 - 1913 SHRADER - Jacob died 1823 STERN - George R. s/o F. & N.M. died 1863 age 1y 5m 22d STULL - John 1784 - 1846 SWANEY - Lucy Jane d/o W. & L. died 1859 age 5y 11m 9d SWANEY - Minerva d/o W. & L. died 1868 age 16y 11m THOMAS - Adeline d/o J. & E. died 1849 age 17y THOMAS - Alva s/o P. & H. died 1860 age 7y THOMAS - Eliza Zimmerman w/o Josiah died 1883 age 73y THOMAS - Erastus 1843 - 1891 THOMAS - George died 1841 age 85y THOMAS - Harriet D. White w/o Peter died 1860 age 40y THOMAS - Henry died 1862 age 78y THOMAS - Jane w/o Erastus 1849 - 1903 THOMAS - Jefferson s/o J. & E. died 1845 age 1y 7m 3d THOMAS - Joseph died 1886 age 82y THOMAS - Mary w/o George died 1844 age 82y THOMAS - Ruth Zimmerman w/o Peter died 1847 age 45y THOMAS - Sanford s/o J. & E. died 1840 age 3y 3m 7d THOMAS - Warren 1852 - 1922 THOMAS - Willison Shannon s/o P. & R. died 1865 age 24y URIE - Anne w/o Thomas (stone broken) WILEY - Catharine w/o Jackson 1847 - 1902 WILEY - David 1813 - 1899 WILEY - Jackson 1845 - WILEY - Joseph s/o D. & S. (stone broken ) WILEY - Susan w/o David 1818 - 1897 WOLF - Alvy s/o M. & M. died 1871 age 8m 16d WOLF - Cordelia J. d/o M. & M. died 1852 age 2y 8m 18d WOLF - Elizabeth Heifner w/o S. 1886 - 1914 WOLF - George S. s/o J. & E. died 1861 age 3y 6m 4d WOLF - Ida J. d/o M. & M. died 1866 age 11m 17d WOLF - Jacob died 1856 age 82y WOLF - Lewis M. 1853 - 1887 WOLF - Maria w/o Martin died 1854 age 36y WOLF - Martin died 1877 age 58y WOLF - Mary C. d/o M. & M. died 1854 age 2y 3m 24d WOLF - Mary M. w/o M. died 1881 age 48y WOLF - Mary w/o Jacob died 1858 age 80y WOLF - Rebecca 1851 - 1885 WOLF - Stephen 1814 - 1884 WOLF - Steven s/o M. & M. died 1870 age 5m 15d WOLF - Two infants of M. & M 1844 & 1845 WOLF- Infant son & daughter of S. & E. 1848 WRIGHT - Elizabeth w/o James died 1854 age 52y WRIGHT - James died 1856 age 61y YOUNG - Elizabeth d/o A. & M. died 1816 age 37y YOUNG - Jacob 1773 - 1862 YOUNG - Mary Mason w/o Jacob 1775 - 1865