MENNONITE-German Springs Cemetery, Alfalfa County, OK ******************************************************** The Mennonite-German Springs Cemetery is located in Section 35 Township 29N Range 9W in Alfalfa County. It is 3 miles south and 3 miles east of Waldron, Kansas. It is 3 miles south and 5 miles west of Manchester,Oklahoma. The German Springs Mennonite Church was the first Mennonite church to be established in the Cherokee Outlet. The sign at the cemetery has a date of 1894. The church struggled in the beginning, but later prospered because crops improved. The church burned in about 1926 and was never rebuilt. Eli C. and Barbara (Bechtel) Yoder donated two acres of land from the NE corner of their claim on November 30, 1920. The church was on the east acre and the cemetery on the west acre. Her father, J. W. Bechtel, was the first burial in the cemetery. A cemetery board was formed Memorial Day, 1978, and a maintenance trust fund established when they realized relatives might not always be around to take of the cemetery. Surveyed by Verla Blackledge and Kay Summers on October 23, 2006. Submitted by Paul and Verla Blackledge on October 24, 2006. ************************************************************** LAST NAME FIRST Name BORN DIED ROW LOT COMMENTS Angle Dela 08-23-1896 08-23-1896 3 11 Dau of L & N A Angle Melgian M. 08-21-1895 08-22-1895 3 10 Son of L & N A Bailey Maggie Estella 00-00-1891 00-00-1903 1 1 Bechtel J. W. 12-10-1830 10-09-1896 13 16 Bennett Chas. E. 11-19-1868 07-03-1954 6 6 Bennett Inez Leota 12-07-1900 01-09-1963 6 3 Bennett Joseph Elwin Shorty 04-20-1894 02-27-1960 OK WW1 PVT I US Army Bennett Olive A. 08-24-1868 11-06-1925 6 7 Wife of Chas E. Bennett W. Calvin 07-15-1899 02-13-1970 6 8 Bennett Walter V. 11-07-1906 04-14-1907 6 5 Son of C.E.& O.A. Brown Alvin W. 10-10-1874 06-28-1953 10 4 Brown Jessie E. 05-19-1883 09-24-1967 10 3 Bryant Baby 6 2 Mth-dau buried in same grave Bryant Betty N. 03-10-1928 12-17-1947 6 1 Dau-gdtr of Elwin & Inez Bennett Clark Author R. 05-15-1901 8 2 age 10y2m21d Son of G A & L E Conklin Edna Potter 07-21-1907 12-22-1981 2 7 DOM 12-15-1949 Conklin Irven Richard 04-22-1909 01-07-1976 2 8 Crabb Eli M. 00-00-1839 00-00-1902 5 4 Croskey Ellsworth R. 03-13-1877 10-21-1927 11 13 Croskey Emma M. 07-11-1834 03-22-1916 11 10 Wife of John Croskey Croskey John Albert 05-02-1902 06-21-1902 11 10 Croskey John 12-08-1831 02-09-1914 11 9 Croskey Lea O. Basil 02-14-1907 04-22-1911 11 12 Croskey Michael C. 00-00-1857 00-00-1941 11 8 Dowell E. E. 12-11-1901 11-23-1903 6 15 Dowell H.E. 08-25-1904 07-04-1905 6 14 Drumm John C. 02-04-1838 04-18-1907 7 5 Drumm Mary Ann 01-18-1841 10-24-1917 7 4 Fielder Harry E. 05-09-1895 4 6 age 6y7m14d Fielder Lilly 03-25-1895 4 5 age 24 days Fielder Lottie 12-29-1897 4 4 Age 27y10m28d Wife of Charles Finuf Debby Jane 09-09-1866 11-15-1955 4 2 Finuf George W. 06-26-1863 12-30-1941 4 1 Finuf Minnie 12-17-1895 03-06-1944 4 3 Hess Antone 00-00-1901 00-00-1964 3 6 Hess Augusta 00-00-1863 00-00-1932 3 4 Hess Betty L. 03-23-1940 12-27-1995 1 6 Hess Emil 09-25-1835 05-30-1909 3 1 Born in Germany Hess Julius H. 08-15-1865 05-17-1925 3 3 Hess Osward 06-01-1895 02-15-1956 1 2 OK WWI PVT Evac Hosp 21 Hess Pauline 03-20-1840 07-25-1921 3 2 Wife of Emil Hess Rockey Lee 02-01-1957 09-12-1960 1 4 Hess Sarah 02-12-1908 10-17-1942 1 3 Hess Walter Lee 06-20-1930 10-12-2003 1 5 CPL U S Army Korea Hess Walter 01-08-1893 01-31-1909 3 5 Son of Julius Jones Baby 5 10 Child of Nora Jones Lora C. 06-30-1901 11 7 age 32y10m8d Kreie Arthur 05-07-1900 05-07-1900 9 2 Twin of G K & E I Kreie Oscar 05-07-1900 05-07-1900 9 1 Twin of G K & E I Kuhns Abraham 01-13-1876 11-12-1904 3 7 Kuhns Magdalene Slabaugh 06-16-1847 12-20-1925 3 9 Kuhns Samuel 07-12-1843 01-12-1918 3 8 Landreth Thomas F. 09-08-1901 11-01-1903 8 1 Son of A L & A A Leath Willis 03-03-1897 6 16 Age 1y8m3d Son of H A & O E Leith Edna Alyce 01-20-1903 01-30-1903 6 16 Leith Gertrude 04-02-1899 01-28-1899 6 16 Leith William A. 11-27-1838 01-28-1920 6 16 Leslie Anna M. 00-00-1861 00-00-1930 11 2 Leslie William T. 00-00-1854 00-00-1932 11 1 Liebman Caroline 05-29-1837 09-03-1900 13 11 Born Germany Died OK Main Benjamin F. 06-20-1900 03-31-1982 10 2 Main Clarence D. 01-14-1899 05-07-1981 12 11 Main Doryl D. 02-16-1925 02-20-1926 12 8 Main Gladys F. 12-13-1901 01-13-1996 10 1 DOM 05-01-1923 Main Hazel N. 11-09-1895 12-13-1976 12 10 nee Potter DOM 10-02-1917 Main Violanta V. 01-04-1919 02-02-1923 12 9 Minten E. L. 06-13-1896 08-08-1896 7 8 Minten Eliza E. 00-00-1841 00-00-1921 10 7 Minten Franklin H. 03-26-1902 07-19-1902 7 7 Son of J S & L J Minten J. F. 08-20-1900 09-13-1900 7 9 Minten Joseph 08-08-1838 07-14-1900 10 8 Minten William W. 05-25-1895 08-24-1907 7 6 Son of J S & L J Minten Pantil Elza M. 10-14-1896 10-23-1896 8 5 Son of G M & L E Pantil Potter A.L. 03-01-1835 5 9 no date of death Potter Baby 5 10 Child of E A Potter Potter Claude A. 00-00-1898 00-00-1940 5 1 Potter Elizabeth M. 11-22-1859 04-28-1949 12 6 Potter Elmer S. 00-00-1863 00-00-1953 2 6 Potter Ernest A. 09-28-1890 03-12-1928 2 9 Potter Francis M. 12-08-1857 04-17-1928 12 7 Potter Frank E. 06-14-1896 09-01-1975 7 1 PVT US Army WW I Potter George E. 00-00-1860 00-00-1947 5 2 Potter John A. 05-19-1883 10-17-1910 11 6 Son of F M & E M Potter Lloyd Chalmer 05-22-1919 01-10-1921 7 3 Son of Frank & Mae Potter Martha Jane 05-20-1897 5 10 Age 82y2m28d Wife of A. L. Potter Milla A. 00-00-1867 00-00-1939 5 3 Potter Nellie D. 07-17-1895 5 11 Age 8m22d Dau of E S & N E Potter Nina Elouise 00-00-1866 00-00-1927 2 5 Potter Ola Mae 010-13-1885 01-18-1967 13 1 DOM 02-14-1906 Rethorst Harold E. 12-15-1908 02-07-1920 13 3 Son of Edith & Hugo Rethorst Hugo E. 10-27-1881 02-14-1955 13 2 Ritter Clara Jane 01-13-1901 10 5 Age 19y4m27d Wife of J.D. Sauer Carl 00-00-1831 00-00-1916 11 4 Sauer Elizabeth 00-00-1841 00-00-1923 11 3 Sauer Vernie W. 08-28-1898 08-23-1899 8 3 Son of H & L Schmidt Amanda M. 10-02-1878 01-29-1924 2 3 Schmidt Henry 00-00-1868 00-00-1959 2 4 Sherman Alma E. 00-00-1865 00-00-1920 5 6 Sherman Alonza 11-26-1884 01-10-1911 5 7 Sherman Edwin 00-00-1860 00-00-1937 5 5 Sherman Ralph 06-18-1897 5 8 Age 16y1m16d Son of ED & AE Smith Fredrick O. 01-13-1878 05-15-1950 13 8 Smith Karl H. 03-03-1914 08-03-1952 13 7 Warner Doris Lorene 06-10-1915 07-01-1917 11 5 Dau of Walter & Vola Warner Erma C. 12-16-1929 02-26-1996 12 3 Warner Vola B. 04-05-1880 04-23-1938 12 5 Chlrn Howard Esther Ethel Carroll D Warner Walter F. 11-11-1880 05-12-1963 12 4 Wells Eddie 06-14-1899 8 4 Age 1y9m10d Son of J L&M E Wells John 13 4 no dates Wells Wesley 13 4 Son of J W Wells Williams Ada I. J. 12-07-1903 04-08-1904 6 10 Dau of J B & Iona Williams Iona A. 00-00-1875 00-00-1948 6 12 Williams Joseph B. 00-00-1862 00-00-1944 6 11 Williams Sara 00-00-1897 00-00-1948 6 13 Williams Thomas C. 11-23-1900 6 9 Age 1y3m8d Son of Mr&Ms JB Yoder B. Ruth 01-09-1911 11-23-1991 12 11 Yoder Barbara 05-17-1868 09-17-1906 13 14 Wife of E C Yoder Earl R. 02-15-1895 10-15-1916 13 12 Son of Eli & Barbara Yoder Eli C. 11-23-1860 12-19-1942 13 13 Yoder Elizabeth 01-23-1852 01-05-1926 2 1 Yoder Francis 08-30-1906 08-30-1906 13 15 Yoder Moses H. 05-27-1833 06-12-1911 2 2 Yoder Opal M. 09-14-1917 04-11-2000 12 11 Zink Bernard 00-00-1860 00-00-1916 11 16 Zink Joseph F. 09-21-1903 10-24-1966 11 14 KS WWII Pvt 743 Tank BN Zink Lillie 00-00-1896 00-00-1910 10 6 Zink Lodema 00-00-1878 00-00-1961 11 15 Zink Mary L. 00-00-1911 00-00-1917 12 12 *********************************************************************** The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. ****************************************************************************