Summit Cemetery
Richland Township
Whitley County Indiana

WHITLEY COUNTY CEMETERIES

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SUMMIT CEMETERY

One mile west of Larwill at the intersection of the Fort Wayne/Warsaw road and the Huntington/ Goshen road the town of Summit grew until the coming of the railroad in Huntsville (Larwill). It consisted of stores, doctors, saw-mills, churches and schools. The only thing remaining is a cemetery which is now a farm.

Being the first cemetery in the township, it stands to reason that many of the stones are gone or illegible.

We have an 1892 report of the cemetery as printed in the Columbia City Post and Mail. (Mar 30, 1892).

Mrs Marjorie Kite did a fine reading of the cemetery in the early 1960’s.

The entries that show no row number are ones that appeared in this 1892 article but were not there when Mrs Kite did her reading.

Name — Description — Location




Alms Manerva A — died July 28 1860 aged 2 years 7 months 15 days daughter of MM & Jane R — Summit-3
Athy Agner — died October 24 1861 son of E & C — Summit-5
Athy Mary — died January 10 1862 aged 66 years 17 days wife of Elijah — Summit-5
Baker Caroline — died January 21 1844 aged 1 year 2 months 8 days daughter of J & I — Summit-5
Baker Jeremiah — died January 16 1844 aged 3 years 1 month 25 days son of J & I — Summit-5
Bryan James — died February 12 1863 aged 81 years 4 months 9 days — Summit-8
Buck Catharine — died October 20 1850 aged 57 years wife of John Buck — Summit-4
Buck Jas — died August 3 1841 aged 26 years 13 days — Summit-4
Buck John — died September 26 1864 aged 76 years 7 months struck by express train at Larwill station per Goodspeed — Summit-4
Buntain Alexander — died September 8 1870 aged 57 years 8 months 1 day — Summit-5
Buntain Infant — died August 15 1870 aged 1 day daughter of JJ & LI — Summit-5
Buntain Mary — died August 25 1856 aged 2 years 2 months daughter of JJ & LI — Summit-5
Buntain Sarah L — died August 16 1862 aged 9 months 21 days daughter of A & MJ — Summit-5
Burns Mary — died October 20 1846 aged 4 years 7 months 2 days — Summit-5
Carder Joshua — born 1810 died March 1 1861 aged 56 years 9 months — Summit-5
Cleland Silas J — died July 18 1860 aged 1 year 5 months 6 days — Summit-4
Clover Mary — born 1822 died February 20 1857 aged 35 years 10 months 13 days wife of Zebulon — Summit-6
Devany Margaret — died October 7 1839 aged 39 years 10 months 10 days wife of Timothy F — Summit-5
Dodge Andrew — died April 21 1867 aged 62 years 7 months 29 days — Summit-3
Dodge Ida Olive — died January 18 1855 aged 11 years 1 month 4 days daughter of R & R Dodge — Summit-3
Fenters John — died December 13 1861 aged 25 years 1 month 19 days — Summit-2
Fordman Fanny — — Summit
Freeman Fanny — died September 30 1853 aged 24 years 1 month 28 days wife of Daniel Freeman — Summit-4
Frenm John A — died September 1 1871 aged 2 years 14 months — Summit-6
Guy Elizabeth (Steele) — (Goodspeed) — Summit
Guy William — born December 28 1802 died October 22 1880 taken from Goodspeed p167 — Summit
Hall Lucinda E — died December 26 1849 aged 24 days daughter of E & D — Summit-3
Harris Infant — died 1854/5 daughter of DH & LM — Summit-3
Hoose Clarisa — died November 7 1862 aged 46 years 8 months 24 days wife of Horace — Summit-6
Jones John — died February 22 1871 aged 78 years 3 months — Summit-4
Jones Orange L — died September 23 1863 aged 21 years 24 days S S Reg Co K Ind Vol son of J & W — Summit-4
Jones Rosa V — died June 16 1881 aged 18 years 5 months 27 days daughter of WV & HE — Summit-4
Jones Samuel — died February 1837 (Kaler Maring) son of John Jones,1st death in township, d in Ezra Thomson's cabin) — Summit
Jones Wealthy — died April 13 1883 aged 71 years 11 months 17 days wife of John Jones — Summit-4
Kerr William — died September 21 1868 aged 12 years 10 months 27 days — Summit
King Mary Ann — died September 18 1855 aged 31 years 4 months 17 days wife of A H — Summit
Klingehance Martha — died November 20 1872 aged 28 years 4 months 14 days wife of Geo — Summit-8
Klingehance Viola — died August 10 1872 aged 10 months daughter of M & G — Summit-8
Long Silva Ann — died March 21 1866 aged 2 months — Summit-8
Maynard John — died May 18 1856 aged 72 years 7 months 27 days — Summit-8
Maynard Mary — — Summit-8
Mitchell Samuel C — died October 5 1844 aged 18 years 6 months 1 day son of W & M — Summit-4
Monnight Corp'l Eli — Co D 62 Ohio Inf — Summit-10
O'Brien Charlotte — died February 7 1859 aged 15 years 6 months 22 days daughter of TL & H — Summit-3
Perrin Clifford — died June 30 1860 broke his leg in Apr 1860, taken to Cincinnati for treatment, died there Jun 30 1860 (Kaler Maring) — Summit-4
Perrin Jessie S — died August 19 1862 aged 70 years 22 days (Goodspeed) — Summit-4
Perrin Laura Bird — born February 14 1798 died September 21 1856 daughter of Jesse S b. on Green Mtn of VT (Goodspeed) — Summit-4
Perrin Mary — died February 4 1854 daughter of CS & H — Summit-4
Perrin — died January 31 1846 — Summit-4
Pletcher Susanna — died April 21 1856 daughter of Wm & Anna — Summit-9
Powell Jonney — died April 1 1880 aged 1 year 2 months 3 days son of JP & DM — Summit-10
Prugh Infant — died March 6 1876 daughter of GW & NJ — Summit-8
Prugh Sarah E — died February 6 1854 aged 2 years 10 months 6 days daughter of JA & E — Summit-8
Rhodebaugh John — died August 23 1852 aged 56 years 10 months 5 days shot himself at his store in Summit (Goodspeed) — Summit-4
Rhodebaugh Phoebe — died October 11 1869 aged 72 years 6 days — Summit-4
Rice JJ — Co E 17th Ind Inf — Summit-1
Rice William — died January 20 1888 aged 73 years 1 month — Summit-4
Rynearson Charles — born 1865 died 19-- Father — Summit-8
Samuel Andrew J — died February 22 1867 aged 11 months 26 days son of JM & F — Summit-8
Samuel Fanny H — died February 16 1862 aged 3 years 4 months 27 days daughter of F & J — Summit-8
Smith FM — Co C 24 th Ind Inf — Summit-1
Smith Francis — died March 26 1860 aged 31 years 2 months 6 days — Summit-9
Smith Francis L — died March 26 1860 aged 31 years 2 months 6 days — Summit
Snyder Elizabeth — died June 5 1857 aged 59 years his wife — Summit-8
Snyder Henry — died June 13 1866 aged 72 years — Summit-8
Snyder Lilla Mary — died July 13 1863 aged 4 years 6 months 22 days — Summit-8
Snyder Lura Terrissa — died March 22 1861 aged 10 months 23 days — Summit-8
Souder Conrad — died July 24 1853 aged 37 years 2 months 25 days — Summit-8
Souder Mary — died September 16 1893 aged 73 years 6 months 29 days His wife (think it is Conrad's wife) — Summit-8
Steel Ann — died May 18 1869 aged 41 years 2 months 19 days wife of John — Summit
Steel Adam — died June 4 1859 aged 65 years 4 months 29 days — Summit
Steele Clara A — died October 18 1872 aged 10 months 9 days — Summit-5
Steele Cora I — born May 6 1876 died August 10 1877 — Summit-5
Steele Fannie — born April 20 1882 died August 23 1882 daughter of JM & E — Summit-5
Steele John — born November 28 1880 died December 19 1880 son of JM & E — Summit-5
Stillwell Alice A L — died October 26 1856 aged 14 years 9 months 6 days daughter of Wm & Phebe — Summit-6
Stillwell Infant — died June 19 1871 aged 2 months 12 days daughter of AF & EF — Summit-6
Stillwell Infant — died May 7 1852 son of Wm & Phebe — Summit-6
Stillwell Nancy A — died October 8 1856 aged 23 years 1 month 2 days daughter of Wm & Phebe — Summit-6
Stillwell Phoebe R — born October 6 1814 died February 16 1895 His Wife Mother — Summit-6
Stillwell William W — born January 12 1810 died June 12 1894 Father — Summit-6
Stoler Esther — died January 29 1859 aged 36 years 11 months 16 days wife of Philip — Summit-7
Stoler Sarah Ann — died August 3 1856 aged 2 years 2 months 3 days — Summit-7
Vanlieu Thomas — died May 13 1860 aged 1 year 3 months 18 days son of Henry V & Hannah J — Summit-9
Victor Frederick — son of Frederick & Sarah — Summit-5
Welker Ida M — died August 24 1863 aged 8 months 26 days — Summit-4
Whiteside DA May — died August 31 1896 aged 11 years 7 months 20 days daughter of Wm & S — Summit-10


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