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Claypool Cemetery

Section 20, Wauponsee Township

Submitted by Lea Sharp

________, Ann Eliza, wife of JP, died 1870, aged 70? yrs

J A

Cobler, John, died Oct 16, ____

Doan, Jane, wife of Seth Doan, died May 29, 1878, aged 35 yrs

Finkbohner, Catherine, daughter of J & S Finkbohner, died Dec 6, 1860, aged 24 yrs 6 ms

Finkbohner, JB, died Sept 12, 1868, aged 34 yrs 8 ms

Fitzpatrick, John, died Sept 21, 1863, aged 72 yrs

Fitzpatrick, William, died June 16, 1878, aged 61 yrs 10 ms

Green, Ada, died Aug 19, 1891, aged 15 yrs 11 ms 17 ds - stone not found

James: Margaret, wife of Elisha B James, died Feb 26, 1863, aged 36 ys 10 ms; Charity R, died Nov 15, 1848, aged 1 yr 23 ds; Huldena, died Feb 15, 1852, aged 9 ms 18 ds

McCarty, James, died 1845 - stone not found

A T N

Nichols, Avery T, son of O & HB Nichols, died Jan 12, 1861, aged 2 yrs 8 ms 17 ds

J P

Pyeatt, Cynthia, died Sept 13, 1874, aged 49 yrs 4 ms 19 ds; bottom of stone [removed to Evergreen]

Robinson, Allen Parvier, died Feb 19, 1881, aged 5 ms 19 ds - stone not found

Several old markers with no inscriptions

Removed from Claypool Cemetery to Evergreen Cemetery:

Perry Amos Claypool
Born in Clairmont, Brown County, Ohio
June 5, 1815, Emigrated to this County in 1834
Died
Oct 15, 1846
Erected by Jacob Claypool

(on side of above monument)
Son of Jacob & Nancy Claypool late Ballard
Grand Son of Abraham & Elizabeth Claypool late Wilson
Great Grand Son of James & Margaret Claypool late Dunbar
Great Great Grand Son of William Claypool of Virginia
Those forefathers emigrated from Germany by way of England to America