Mount Vernon Cemetery

Moutn Vernon Cemetery, also known as Old Pioneer, is located in the southwest part of Redkey in Richland Township.
The current listing is taken from the information on the
previous Jay Co Burials page and FindAGrave.
The last burial in the cemetery was in 1891. There is no sign, but a stone in the front of the cemetery says,
"In Memory of the Pioneers from 1836 - Presented in 1934..."

If anyone knows the history of the cemetery or anyone buried there, please get in touch with Jim Cox.


Created 4/3/2014; updated 9/28/2018
Mount Vernon Cemetery
Last Name First Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
Marriage Date
Parents Military Obit Photo
Beekman Hannah (Davis) 2-14-1793 8-1-1856 John R
Beekman John Race 4-6-1787 11-20-1841 Hannah Davis
Boots William H 10-31-1854 4-16-1863 John & Harriet
Brown Sarah E 12-11-1848 4-5-1886 M A
Compton Mary Belle 12-25-1873 10-25-1882 Henry & Mary E Compton
Coons Milton D 2-28-1867 3-17-1871 s/s Sarah E
Coons Sarah E 1-11-1873 10-29-1876 s/s Milton D
Crisler Hattie L 6-5-1885 3-19-1886 Vincent & Mabel
Current James W 11-11-1838 10-11-1840 George W & Elizabeth Lewellen Current
Current John Wesley 4-25-1802 7-24-1881
Current Mary Elisa (Norris) 12-24-1803 1-3-1875 John W
Current Mary L 3-7-1843 10-10-1843 George W & Elizabeth Lewellen Current
Current Samuel C 4-9-1856 2-11-1857 George W & Elizabeth Lewellen Current
Dakin Clement L V 8-5-1861 10-6-1865 C D & P
Dakin Harriet E 11-14-1847 8-10-1872 C D & P
Dakin James 1811 1890
Dakin James H 1-6-1866 9-29-1891
Dakin Lucinda A 6-15-1858 7-15-1873 C D & P
Dakin Unknown 3-18-1853 3-7-1876
Daugherty Jacob 1-1-1863 I & M J
Daugherty James 1811 2-13-1890
Daugherty James H 1-6-1866 9-29-1891
Daugherty Mila E 1-3-1867 6-19-1886 Thomas & Martha
Daugherty Roby Williams 6-1-1886 11-21-1886 A E & M E
Dragoo Elmer E 12-11-1859 12-25-1861
Dragoo Linden 7-12-1869 11-21-1886
Fiers Anna (Lewis) 2-1-1801 3-2-1875 Thomas L
Fiers Thomas Lawrence 8-30-1798 2-17-1888 Anna L John & Frances War of 1812 Pri 19 US Inf
Fishback Charles 2-28-1826 4-28-1882
Fishback Ursula 1-7-1874 11-10-1881 Charles & Nancy
Fishback Valerie 12-31-1856 11-18-1883
Fouts Isaac 1848 1890
Fouts John J 3-10-1870 10-25-1885 R & B
Hall Effie 3-8-1869 9-13-1878 A & E
Hall Infant son 7-1-1864 7-1-1864 Amos & Elizabeth
Hall Martha 10-3-1870 9-11-1871 Amos & Elizabeth
Hall Wilbur A 8-10-1862 10-24-1864 Amos & Elizabeth
Hall Willis G 8-23-1867 9-3-1870 Amos & Elizabeth
Henning David 3-27-1796 2-18-1875
Henning Elizabeth 2-19-1803 8-10-1873 David
Hesser Elizabeth (Caylor) 5-4-1810 10-30-1891 Samuel
Hesser Samuel 8-17-1808 9-2-1879
Hoppes Hannah (Davis) 1-23-1806 5-13-1877 Jacob
Hoppes Jacob 12-11-1803 6-20-1877 Hannah Davis George & Elizabeth Miller Hoppes
Jackson Rebecca E 3-20-1844 11-15-1877 G H
Keener Rebecca E 1-28-1848 7-22-1866 James & Nancy
Keesaer Rebecca 1810 9-18-1876
Kern Bion E 8-16-1865 1-22-1866 W I & A
Kern Ermina A 10-9-1863 W I & A
Lake Bernice 11-3-1881 6-25-1884 John M & Mary E Carpenter Lake
Maitlen Samantha Adaline (McKinney) 3-11-1857 11-20-1886 William C Joseph J & Elizabeth Maitlen McKinney
Maitlen William Coleman 1851 1888 Samantha A McKinney Thomas & Sarah Delk Maitlen
McKennett Arthur T 4-7-1881 11-9-1881 J S & M B
Miller Mary A 9-19-1864 3-1-1870 J & J
Miller Sarah W 10-20-1872
Morehous Sarah R 2-27-1862
Morehous Susan Ann 12-6-1809 2-24-1876
Morehous Wilbur 7-8-1871
Morris James Lynch 9-2-1830 8-30-1875 Mary Margaret Rinker Isaac & Milicent Johnson Morris Civil War Co A 2nd Reg OH Vol Heavy Art
Norris Eve 2-16-1812 6-21-1882
Norris George 9-15-1808 10-26-1866
Norris Hannah 4-22-1809 2-5-1870 William L
Norris Sarah J 5-17-1868 David & Emily
Norris William L 6-18-1802 6-27-1877
Polks Josiah Co F 88th OH Inf
Racer Davis 11-12-1830 2-4-1892
Racer John D 9-17-1859 11-22-1880 T & E
Raynolds Elizabeth 12-19-1819 9-16-1876 W H
Raynolds William H 1-25-1820 2-10-1880
Redkey Maggie 6-21-1884 8-24-1884 J W & M E
Redkey James, Rev 5-14-1813 10-21-1888 Joshua & Mary E Weyer Redkey obit: d 10/21/1889 obit
Rinker Eva L 1873 1879 J P & Ellen
Rinker Infant daughter 10-3-1871 10-3-1871 M & E
Roberts Hannah (Davis) 7-14-1793 11-10-1873 Samuel
Roberts Samuel 4-17-1782 9-23-1866 Hannah Davis
Sutton William C, Rev 4-18-1843 10-27-1876
Wade Maleva 5-10-1823 1-14-1859 William H
Wade Mary J 9-21-1847 12-23-1849 William H & Maleva
Wallace John 5-12-1846 7-14-1863 Huber & Sarah
Whaley Anna M 7-9-1869 10-22-1886 Charles A & Mary A
Wilson Samuel B 5-20-1871 4-24-1879
Wood Sarah E (Racer) 4-12-1857 12-10-1879 Elisha T Davis & Mary J Whitaker Racer


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