Hopewell Cemetery, Bethel Township, Monroe County, Ohio, stones read 11 November 2013 and 19 November 2013 by Shirley Harmon, additional info from Catharine F. Fedorchak’s (CFF) partial reading in 1968.

 

 

Picture of Hopewell Church from “Monroe County, Ohio: A History” by Theresa A. Maienknecht and Stanley B. Maienknecht.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture of Hopewell cemetery in 2013.     There was no Church next to the cemetery in 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

Surname

Given

Birth

Death

Comments

Adams

James M.

1838

1908

Civil War, CFF gives the dates as 4/16/1838, d 5/15/1908

Adams

James 

1884

1887

child of J. M. & C. E.

Adams

Nettie

1886

1887

child of J. M. & C. E.

Adams

Homer

1896

1897

child of J. M. & C. E.

Adams

Anna M.

8/4/1900

dau of Wm. Adams

Armstrong

Bob Dean

4/8/1936

6/8/2003

Naomi Ruth on same stone, married 8/30/1957

Armstrong

Naomi Ruth

8/8/1939

no date

Bob Dean on same stone, married 8/30/1957

Armstrong

William Richard

1/18/1967

8/5/1993

Armstrong

Harry

7/24/1903

4/1/1991

"Pap", Ada on same stone

Armstrong

Ada

8/2/1913

1/21/1990

"Maw", Harry on same stone

Armstrong

Robert J.

10/17/1879

Mary on same stone, CFF gives the age of 23y 10m 17d

Armstrong

Mary

1881

Robert J. on same stone, CFF gives the death date as 1/8/1881, age 23y 10m 14d

Armstrong

William 

unreadable

unreadable

Armstrong

George B.

1860

1955

Armstrong

Joseph W.

1896

1966

Buck

Elsworth

8/23/1896

9/10/1973

Ella on same stone

Buck

Ella

2/10/1909

7/17/1990

Elsworth on same stone

Buck

Gerald Richard

8/2/1949

1/21/1988

Vietnam War

Carle

John Hallam

12/1/1843

10/28/1851

Nathaniel C. & George on same stone

Carle

Nathaniel C.

3/24/1854

9/26/1856

John Hallam & George on same stone

Carle

George

5/23/1856

1860

John Hallam & Nathaniel C. on same stone, CFF gives the death date as 7/2/1860

Carle

Nancy 

5/26/1817

12/24/1904

wife of G. G. Carle

Carle

George G.

2/28/1888

aged 73y 10m 24d

Cline

Susan Day

1848

1892

Cline

Benjamin Franklin

1848

1937

info from CFF, stone not found in 2013

Cline

Richard Gale

12/9/1940

12/23/1940

son of Clarence & Golda

Cline

Joseph E.

1874

1963

Anna E. on same stone

Cline

Anna E.

1881

1961

Joseph E. on same stone

Cline

Furl W.

1916

1940

Cline

Floyd B.

7/25/1920

4/13/1989

WW II

Danku

Kenneth Gays

1/30/1948

9/3/1974

Karen S. on same stone, married 6/29/1973, Vietnam War

Danku

Karen S.

8/18/1953

11/2/1994

Kenneth G. on same stone, married 6/29/1973

Dent

Geo. E.

4/12/1837

12/7/1907

Dowling

P. Newton

7/8/1896

2/23/1899

age 2y 7m 15d

Dowling

Addie E.

7/9/1876

1/27/1900

Dye

Mary

11/18/1812

2/3/1890

wife of Joseph, info from CFF, stone not found in 2013

Dye

Joseph

12/13/1812

no date

info from CFF, stone not found in 2013

Gore

Lionel

2/5/1964

8/7/1994

Graham

Stephen

1845

1919

Margaret I. on same stone

Graham

Margaret I.

1849

1922

Stephen on same stone

Grear

Pearl E.

6/30/1888

1/24/1896

dau of J. W. & L. V. Grear

Grear

Bessie

unreadable

unreadable

Griffin

Clarence A.

1906

1985

Bessie U. on same stone

Griffin

Bessie U.

1910

1988

Clarence A. on same stone

Hall

Thomas

9/11/1809

10/10/1896

age 87y 29d

Hall

Mary K.

10/10/1813

11/4/1902

age 89y 26d

Hall

Lillie May

1895

1911

dau of Marshall & Minnie

Hall

9/28/1898

infant son of E. & G. Hall

Hall

John

1834

1905

Civil War

Hall

Magdalena

5/6/1857

10/4/1900

age unreadable, CFF gives the age as 43y 5m 28d

Hall

Priscilla

12/6/1833

8/13/1887

wife of John, info from CFF, stone not found in 2013

Hall

Jas. R.

9/27/1863

8/29/1905

Hall

Elmer E.

1906

1907

son of Marshall & Minnie

Hall

John

1839

1914

Margaret on same stone

Hall

Margaret

1846

1914

John on same stone

Hall

Eber Russell

4/10/1920

12/2/1989

WW II, Mildred S. on same stone

Hall

Mildred S.

7/15/1923

8/1/2002

Eber Russell on same stone

Hall

Henry E.

1880

1958

Nellie W. on same stone

Hall

Nellie W.

1902

1997

Henry E. on same stone

Hall

Lucile B.

1/6/1901

7/26/1913

dau of Ella F. Hall

Hall

Daniel F.

9/27/1923

9/21/1944

WW II

Hall

Wm. M.

1826

1920

Sarah on same stone

Hall

Sarah

1840

1919

Wm. M. on same stone

Hall

Thomas J.

1857

1940

Mary L. on same stone

Hall

Mary L.

1863

1930

Thomas J. on same stone

Hall

Mable

6/6/1901

6/4/1902

dau of T. J. & M. L. Hall

Hall

Edna I.

1907

1987

Hall

Charles W.

1882

1977

Malissie E. on same stone

Hall

Malissie E.

1883

1958

Charles W. on same stone

Holland

Wanda

2/17/1934

10/8/2011

Howell

Jimmy Lee

8/17/1948

8/15/2005

Howell

Ollie L.

5/22/1904

5/30/1967

Howell

James K.

1868

1949

Ollie E. on same stone

Howell

Ollie E.

1878

1948

James K. on same stone

Howell

Clifford C.

1911

1965

Martha A. on same stone

Howell

Martha A.

1916

1976

Clifford C. on same stone

Howell

Wilbert M.

3/3/1919

9/30/1985

Ruby M. on same stone

Howell

Ruby M.

7/31/1923

no date

Wilbert M. on same stone

Howell

Jackey G.

7/25/1956

4/29/2007

Howell

unreadable

unreadable

unreadable

Howell

Harold Olen

2/27/1914

6/23/1971

Howell

Clarence Glenn

1907

1981

WW II

Howell

Christina Burl

1910

1986

Hupp

Margaret E. Hall

1888

1919

dau of T. J. & M. L. Hall

Johnson

Alfred A.

1823

1904

Elizabeth J. on same stone

Johnson

Elizabeth J.

1829

1909

Alfred A. on same stone

Johnson

Ida Jane

8/12/1864

4/17/1892

aged 27y 8m 5d, wife of Newton A. Johnson

Knighter

Gladys Mae

3/17/1948

11/27/1990

Law

Mahala

unreadable

unreadable

wife of Thomas Law, CFF gives the death as 1/30/1856, in 36th year of age

Law

Thomas

1874

Law

Anna

3/20/1864

age 87y 1m 5d, info from CFF, stone not found in 2013

Law

Thomas J.

10/12/1885

aged 66y 7d

Law

Anna Virginia

11/17/1866

2/13/1908

wife of M. S. Law

Law

Earl I.

1898

1921

Law

Ernest H.

1893

1918

Corp., Co. F. 111 Inf. 28 Div., died in France

Law

Mathew

1/24/1819

7/17/1901

Elizabeth on same stone

Law

Elizabeth

3/10/1821

unreadable

Mathew on same stone

Law

Fletcher M.

1853

no date

Emma on same stone

Law

Emma

1863

1926

Fletcher M. on same stone

Law

Eliza A.

7/17/1850

4/11/1944

Samuel H. on same stone

Law

Samuel H.

5/21/1847

6/9/1898

Eliza A. on same stone

Law

James

1864

1933

Law

Ella F.

1877

1952

LeMasters

Everett C.

2/23/1934

8/2/2011

Cannie L. and Danny on same stone

LeMasters

Cannie L.

9/30/1935

11/12/2012

Everett C. and Danny on same stone

LeMasters

Danny

6/9/1957

no date

Everett C. & Cannie L. on same stone

Lowder

Mary

1881

1888

Lunsford

John

7/16/1882

11/12/1888

Lunsford

L. Dow

1857

1938

Malissa on same stone

Lunsford

Malissa

1864

1955

L. Dow on same stone

Malone

William A.

8/18/1832

11/1/1907

Civil War, Catherine on same stone

Malone

Catherine

6/14/1839

2/19/1931

William A. on same stone

Malone

Bessie

no date

no date

Malone

Mary

1907

1908

dau of A. R. & C. A. Malone

Malone

Audrey M.

1913

1925

Markey

Dorothy I.

12/7/1932

9/18/2009

Markey

Ronald J.

3/24/1956

1/4/2009

Massie

Elizabeth 

8/11/1830

5/10/1897

age 66y 6m 29d

Massie

A.

4/13/1829

8/28/1901

72y 4m 15d, info from CFF, stone not found in 2013

McCauley

John

12/25/1804

3/17/1901

aged 96y 2m 22d, Nancy B. on same stone

McCauley

Nancy B.

3/19/1815

11/15/1902

aged 87y 7m 26d

McCauley

Frederick A.

10/22/1861

5/7/1883

aged 21y 7m 15d, son of John & Nancy

McCurdy

John W.

1846

1927

Margaret A. on same stone

McCurdy

Margaret A.

1845

1926

John W. on same stone

McElfresh

Hobert E.

10/31/1933

4/4/2000

Korean War

Mendenhall

1915

1915

infant son of E. A. & D. A. Mendenhall

Miracle

J. E.

6/20/1886

12/30/1887

Miracle

W. J.

3/27/1845

12/1/1903

Winifred on same stone

Miracle

Winifred

9/8/1848

3/6/1921

W. J. on same stone

Miracle

Alfretta

10/30/1877

5/24/1897

Moose

Sarah

1829

no date

Moose

Archimades

1826

1876

Morris

William

1861

1909

Emma D. on same stone

Morris

Emma D.

1861

1904

William on same stone

Morris

Mabel Hall

2/4/1912

3/23/1938

Mosey

Catharine

1844

1929

Mulinex

Thomas

5/2/1829

4/21/1902

CFF adds Civil War soldier

Mulinex

Elizabeth

1/-/1839

9/24/1930

info from CFF, stone not found in 2013

Parker

Henry C.

8/5/1834

6/301913

Rev., Julia L. on same stone

Parker

Julia L.

1/22/1836

5/29/1914

Henry C. on same stone

Potts

Wm.

2/28/1822

3/31/1897

Civil War

Prine

Allen L.

5/27/1958

8/15/1986

Sgt US Army

Ridgway

A. W.

8/8/1850

6/10/1933

Nancy Beardmore on same stone

Ridgway

Nancy Beardmore

8/28/1852

6/4/1920

A. W. on same stone

Ridgway

John Marshall Jr.

8/3/1890

9/22/1954

Roach

Alfred A.

8/9/1902

4/3/1903

Scott

Emily

12/17/1885

in the 50th year of age, wife of Robert Scott

Simmons

Whorton E.

1/11/1878

6/26/1903

Thompson

Catherine

2/19/1893

aged 69y 5m 7d, wife of James

Thompson

James

9/10/1818

1/23/1907

Thompson

John J.

9/24/1924

3/26/1975

GM 3 US Navy

Whittington

Laura

9/9/1881

aged 13y 6m 19d, dau of B. H.  & H.

Williams

Lillie 

no date

no date