Amish (Blasser/Blosser/Erb/Miller) Cemetery Inscriptions: Aurora, Clackamas County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* *********************************************************************** ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet data may be used by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Deanna J. Warren June 2001; Recorded FALL 1991 With permission of: Lucille Geigle ===================================================================== This is a small cemetery located out of Aurora in Clackamas County, OR approximately 5 miles out off of Meridian Road. T4SR1WS36. This cemetery was the first and only cemetery before the Zion Mennonite Cemetery was started. There are many people buried here who are not listed as there is no one living who can identify the graves. Mrs. Shetler gave us the information we now have. The cemtery is in very bad condition and is closed. Cleaning is badly needed as there has been a brush fire on top of several graves. It is on private property. Five of the graves were moved to Zion Mennonite. There are 4 known graves and 2 of the stones have been moved to Zion Mennonite. We have 15 names in all. We were told that the Cemetery is located on the Erb's place. We had to guess at the graves on the plat with the exception of the Kauffman's and Lais graves. This information was taken from Lucille Geigle's Walking Through The Cemeteries Volume I with her permission. Surname Given / Maiden DOB DOD Notes ---------------------- ------------- ------------ ---------------------------------- Swartzendruber Henry Jul 16, 1873 Jul 23, 1882 Son of Jacob & Elizabeth Bender Swartzendruber Miller Edna Jan 13, 1893 5 Mos; Dau of Noah C & Mary Weirich Miller Miller Meno May 2, 1880 May 18, 1882 Miller Phebe Jul 23, 1882 May 1, 1901 Kauffman David Jun 1, 1885 Nov 6, 1885 Kauffman Emma Jul 15, 1880 Apr 20, 1890 Kauffman Barbara Nov 21, 1891 Wife of Jos T.K. Swartzendruber Elizabeth Hocstetler 1828 1887 Wife of Christian Troyer Mary Ellen Reinterrment at Zion Mennonite Row 2; Plot 16 Sec 2N Kauffman Barbara Herschberger Reinterrment at Zion Mennonite Row 4; Plot 10 Sec 2N Kenagy A Reinterrment at Zion Mennonite Row 5; Plot 8 Sec 1S Yoder Israel Reinterrment at Zion Mennonite Row 1; Plot 8 Sec 1S King Mary Esch Reinterrment at Zion Mennonite Row 5; Plot 10 Sec 2N Lais John May 27, 1849 Feb 2, 1894 Inside Wooden fence Lais Franklin Nov 11, 1882 Jul 14, 1885 Graves still there but stones moved to Zion Mennonite Cemetery by Susannah Plant Lais. The stones are located between her grave and that of James Kauffman Christner Fannie Feb 12, 1886 29 yrs 8 mos 24 das; wife of Jacob