Champaign County OHArchives - Zerkle Cemetery, Mad River Township ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net Acworth, Georgia Posted September 4, 2009 ----- Please Visit the Champaign County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohchampa/society.htm AND the Champaign County Ohio USGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohchampa/ ************************************************ TRANSCRIBERS NOTES: (1) These records were not compared to any known burial records. (2) These records may or may not include all burials or disinternments. (3) 1955 Urbana Chapter of DAR Cemetery Reading was used as a resource to compare photos (4) Resource of Shirley Ferst family genealogical records were utilized (5) Cemetery is very poor condition. Many of the markers are broken and difficult to read. Many of the markers were out of the original bases and piled to back of cemetery. (6) Cemetery is located off State Route 55 and Coffin Station Road. It is located near Shaffer Cemetery on Coffin station road. (7) This is a township owned cemetery. However it is fenced in with no direct access. Property owner gave verbal permission to cross his driveway for access to cemetery the day of photographing. ************************************************ Document MAY NOT BE copied without written authorization from Karen Johnson-Heber. Document MAY NOT BE posted to internet without written permission from Karen Johnson-Heber. ========================================================================================================================= SURNAME GIVEN DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH MISC NOTES, INSCRIPTIONS AND RESEARCH ========================================================================================================================= Bowers Jacob P . 10-Sep-1883 aged 76y 9m 24d . . . . on same stone as Susannah Bowers Silas . 17-Feb-1854 aged 21y 10m 17d . . . . Son of J.P. & S Bowers Bowers Susannah . 16-Feb-1884 age 50y 1m 17d . . . . on same stone as Jacob P . . . . Inscription " Our parents" . . . . She also has her own individual stone. B S . . This appears to be foot marker for a stone. This could be . . . . Silas Bowers or Susannah Bowers Doser Sarah . 17-Oct-1851 Dau of G.W & E.A Doser . . . . age 3y 2m 4d . . . . enlarging photo and contrast AE is before the date Faber Theodore . 28-Nov-1855 . Faber infant Daughter . 28-Apr-1852 Daughter of J & S Faber . . . . Unable to read age of infant degraded marker Faber Malera A . 29-Aug-1860 aged 5y 4m 12d . . . . Daughter of J & S Faber Kesler Rebecca . 8-Jul-1876 aged 25y 11m 14d . . . . w/o James Kesler . . . . Maiden Name-Zerkle Neese William P . 13-Apr-1856 Son of Elias & Sarah . . . . aged 25 days Shafer Almeta . 28-Nov-1850 There are two pieces to this stone . . . . Daughter of Jacob & Matilda . . . . aged 14y 7m23d Shaffer John A . 8-Sep-1850 Son of A & E age 11m 28d . . . . stone laying on ground. Broken Shaffer Margaret . 29-Aug-1850 Daughter of A & E age 4y 8m 26d Shaffer Emma . 30-Jul-1860 . Shaffer Andrew J . 19-Jul-1860 aged 1y 4m 14d Shaffer Abbie E . 11-Jan-1871 1955 DAR reading has age 16y 2m 2d . . . . This stone is broken and was unable to find the matching bottom . . . . Daug of A & E Shaffer Shaffer Elizabeth . Jun-1842 aged 65y Shaffer Infant son . . son of J.B & M. Shaffer Zerckle Margaret . 29-Dec-1862 Wife of Michael . . . . aged 56y 3m 26D Zerckle Michael . 2-Oct-1855 . Zerkel Caroline 14-Jun-1823 10-Oct-1850 partial stone. Only found bottom of stone Maiden Name-Neese . . . . Born VA . . . . Wife of-Serem Zerkel Zerkle Reuben . 22-Jan-1886 aged 77y 1m 26d Zerkle George . 9-Mar-1857 aged 44y 11m 4d Zerkle Emma C . 26-Oct-1860 difficult stone to read due to degradation . . . . stone laying on ground Zerkle Emma A . 5-Feb-1861 . Zerkle Catherine . 8-Jan-1860 date on stone for age degraded Zerkle George . 6-Aug-1848 aged 73y 11m 11d Zircle Jacob A . 7-Apr-1883 age 3y 4m 1d Zirkle John A . 24-May-1853 aged 58y 6m 19d