Finch Cemetery

Located in Jefferson Township on the north side of W650S near Collett, Finch Cemetery is also known as Wentz Cemetery.

The current listing is taken from the information on the previous
Jay Co Burials page, county histories, tombstone photos and obituaries.
Note: Capitolized surname has a biography attached. Click on the first name to read the bio.
s/s = same stone; * = birth date calculated from age at death

Please contact Elaine Geyer with information on the history of the cemetery or anyone buried here.

Posted 8/30/2013; updated 7/4/2020
Finch or Wentz Cemetery
Last Name First Name (Maiden) Birth Date Death Date Spouse
Marriage Date 		Parents Military Obit Stone
Bell Lavina 4/10/1821 1/22/1899 John
Brown James 1826 Rachel Ehrhart
Brown Rachel "Peggy" (Ehrhart 1/2/1810 James David & Catherine Rupert Ehrhart
Carley Elijah W 3/24/1795 11/11/1867
Carley Ruth 5/10/1792 10/1/1855 Elijah W
Carley Ruth E 7/31/1846 8/13/1855 G B & M A
Coulson Allen 10/31/1829 4/1/1850 Anson & Martha
Coulson Anna 6/6/1831 3/2/1850 Anson & Martha
Coulson Anson 6/30/1801 2/5/1889 s/s Martha "Erected by son, Jabez Coulson"
Coulson Ardon 12/7/1833 2/3/1850 Anson & Martha
COULSON John R 5/17/1851 1912 Sarah Votaw John & Rachel Rish Coulson
Coulson Martha 6/30/1806 6/3/1884 s/s Anson
Coulson Sarah Orlena 1852 1936
Coulson Susan Fleming 1847 1881 John
Crozier Luranah 12/18/1800 10/1/1851 John
Daugherty Almaretta 1/22/1850 7/24/1851
Fear Henry F 1861 Henry & Mary
Finch Amelia (Jackson) 3/30/1789 4/9/1855 William
Finch John 4/30/1816 9/12/1858 Moses & Sarah Brannon Fiinch
Finch Malinda 4/20/1820 2/5/1892 John
Finch Mandeville 4/11/1810 10/1/1846
Finch William 11/2/1784 10/16/1863 Amelia
Hammons Earl W 9/25/1866 3/8/1874 Henry T & Mary E
Hammons Farinda A 2/10/1849 10/26/1895 Henry obit
Hammons Henry 1840 1914 Co H IN Inf
Hammons Mary E 4/16/1843 6/20/1869 H T
Hinaisa Caroline 11/3/1821 3/4/1853 Fredrick
J… Sarah
Jackson Catherine 4/7/1802 4/15/1876
Jackson Emily 1845 3/28/1866
Jackson Francis M 9/30/1847 4/9/1862
Jackson Joseph 8/14/1796 3/1/1852
Jackson Leander J J & C
Jackson Robert N 6/25/1836 4/25/1857
Jackson Thomas J 6/14/1841 6/22/1850 J & C
Kerns Jacob 7/13/1813 2/22/1907 s/s Martha E
Kerns Martha A 1/28/1855 9/8/1873 J & M E
Kerns Martha E 3/8/1823 12/23/1880 s/s Jacob
Kerns William H 9/27/1841 12/7/1841 J & M E
Manor infant 1872 2/24/1872
Martin David 5/18/1764 1/16/1852
McCurdy Arden 1866 4/19/1940 Mrs Sarah E Henlzer obit
McCurdy Camiline 1861 1910 s/s Arden
McCurdy May no dates infant s/s Camiline & Arden
Meranda James P 5/27/1847 3/18/1877 Co H 124th IN Inf
Miller Sarah Ellen 10/18/1872 9/25/1873 E T & Jane
Morrical Arley 3/20/1877 8/1/1877 Mahlon & Susuanah
Morrical Jane (Clines) 12/7/1847 2/20/1912 Mahlon
Morrical Mahlon 10/30/1840 3/22/1917 Susannah Nixon - 1870; Charlotte Jane Clines Andrew & Polly Mary Dulaney Morrical
Morrical Susanah (Nixon) 10/1/1844 4/13/1877 Mahlon - 8/26/1870
Myers Benjamin P 1806 2/24/1873
Myers Mary Ellen 6/24/1875 8/18/1876 L & S
Myers Rachel (Ehrhart) 10/29/1811 1/2/1865 Benjamin P David & Catherine Rupert Ehrhart
Myers W D [William David] 10/15/1838 3/25/1896 Benjamin P & Rachel Ehrhart Myers Cpl Co E 89th IN Inf
Nixon Amanda abt 1838 2/21/1898 obit
Nixon Amelia 1853
Nixon Anna (Meyers) 3/21/1787 11/17/1867
Nixon David 4/27/1820 1/21/1855 Nancy A Brown William & Anna Meyers Nixon
Nixon Elizabeth Ann (Finch) 3/28/1819 12/31/1851 Jacob William & Amelia Jackson Finch
Nixon Elizabeth E 5/25/1840 12/29/1854 Joseph & E
Nixon Jacob 6/24/1818 2/8/1855 William & Anna Meyers Nixon
Nixon Joseph 3/3/1814 12/21/1854 William & Anna Meyers Nixon
Nixon Leander 10/31/1850 11/5/1852 William & Adelaide
Nixon Nancy A (Brown) 1/12/1827 6/26/1879 s/s David
Nixon Sarah 7/22/1842 12/22/1843 Joseph & E
Nixon Wesley 6/23/1861 9/21/1864 J W & G A
Nixon William, Sr 3/21/1787 4/12/1859 Anna Meyers
Nixon William T 10/11/1851 10/31/1852 William & Adelaide
Payne Caroline 1947 1917
Rhodes Susannah 3/6/1819* 8/26/1895 obit
Shire Mertie B 4/24/1875 8/29/1877 J & A
Smith Catherine 5/16/1840 10/31/1872 William
Steed Calvin 10/1/1851 10/1/1851 William W & Phebe
Steed Cinderella 6/20/1858 12/20/1859 T & E
Steed Elithea 7/18/1828 3/31/1893 Thomas
Steed George 1860 1932 s/s Mary A
Steed John W 1853 1929
Steed Mary A 1855 1937 s/s George
Steed Seth T 5/29/1870 3/29/1872 T & E
Steed Silas M 1864 1934 s/s George & Mary A
Steed Thomas 3/20/1823 6/25/1878
Swihart Francis L 1/14/1840 12/19/1861 G W
Watson Joseph M 11/23/1843 12/23/1851 Joseph & Elizabeth
Watson Margaret E 6/3/1848 6/3/1848 Joseph & Elizabeth
Watson Washington 7/8/1853 7/8/1853 Joseph & Elizabeth
Wegmer Anna (Yekley) 2/1/1835 6/4/1889 G Fredrick - 4/9/1856 obit
Wegmer Catharine 1864 1915
Wegmer G F 1828 1907 Anna - 4/9/1856
Wegmer Lewis 3/20/1869 9/26/1870 E & A
Wikel Ida B (Payne) 8/0/1876 9/11/1900 Lemuel
Young Isabel 5/22/1839 6/29/1855 T L & E
Young James 11/22/1850 8/19/1851 Jesse
Young Jesse 12/2/1825 3/30/1854
Young Thomas R 10/7/1842 9/18/1855 T L & E


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