Inventory of Grave Markers in the

Zonker Cemetery, Pumpkin Ridge, Monroe County, Ohio

 

[Approximate directions to Zonker Cemetery:  Starting from Woodsfield, OH go east on State Route 78 for about 12 miles.  About ½ mile east of Cameron, turn left onto County Road 29.  In about ½ mile, turn right onto County Road 64.  County Road 64 is also known as Cain Ridge.  Continue on County Road 64 until you pass the Zion Methodist Church.  Zonker Cemetery will be on the left side of the road about ¾ to 1 mile beyond the Zion Methodist Church.  (Local information is that Cain Ridge was/is called Pumpkin Ridge beyond/north of the Zion Methodist Church.)]

 

Christian Sonker,  30 Aug, 1795, died 12 Oct 1853

Barbary  Sonker, Aft 1790, died 25 June, 1871

Top left corner broken off.

 

Elizabeth, daughter of C and B Sonker, died 10 April 1837, In her 10, (cannot read the rest)

 

John Sonker, 4 June, 1826, died 28 Mar 1888, Aged, 61Yr 9M 24 D

 

(can’t read 1^st name) Kalbfliesch, 23 June 1808, died 19 Mar 1881

 

Mary Kimple, Wife of Adam Kalbfliesch, 1 Sept 1813, died 12 Mar 1858, Age 41 Year 8 MO 19 Days

 

There are several tombstones on the surface but cannot be read. We are sure that there are more graves and markers here. There was a Zonker schoolhouse next to the cemetery. The parents decided to turn over the tombstones so that the children would not get hurt playing there. This information is from a cousin of Chuck Zonker’s father who attended school there.

 

Family History;

 

Christian Zangger was born in Brunnenthal Switzerland

Anne Barbary Isch was born in Switzerland, we don’t know the town.

John Sonker was born in Brunnenthal Switzerland.

 

They came to America between 1832 and 1835, Elizabeth was born in America. The spelling of the name changed also.

 

 

 

Provided by Chuck Zonker

 

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