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Westchester Cemetery
Westchester or Axe Cemetery is a church cemetery located
0.75 mile east of Westchester on the north side of CR 400N.
According to the sign, the cemetery was established in 1841.
The current listing is taken from the information on the previous
Jay Co Burials page, tombstone photos, county histories, funeral home records and obituaries.
Capitolized surnames have a biography attached. Click on the First name to read the bio.
BHFHR = Baird-Hardy Funeral Home Records - 1909-1911
* = birth date calcutated from age at death; s/s = same stone
According to the sign, the cemetery was established in 1841.
The current listing is taken from the information on the previous
Jay Co Burials page, tombstone photos, county histories, funeral home records and obituaries.
Capitolized surnames have a biography attached. Click on the First name to read the bio.
BHFHR = Baird-Hardy Funeral Home Records - 1909-1911
* = birth date calcutated from age at death; s/s = same stone
updated 8/29/2025
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| Last Name | First Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Spouse Marriage Date |
Parents | Military | Obit | Photo |
| Adams | Alva C | 12/20/1873 | 9/25/1874 | J H & S H | ||||
| Adams | David | 10/27/1806 | 11/5/1876 | Elizabeth Walter | ||||
| Adams | David W | 10/28/1837 | 1/1/1913 | s/s Harriet J | ||||
| Adams | Elizabeth | 10/21/1814 | 12/9/1902 | David | ||||
| Adams | Elizabeth E | 8/5/1859 | 8/29/1868 | |||||
| Adams | Ellsworth L | 12/17/1852 | 9/13/1868 | |||||
| Adams | Harriet J | 4/6/1844 | 10/7/1921 | s/s David W | ||||
| Adams | Isabella A | 8/8/1858 | 8/8/1858 | |||||
| Adams | John | 6/17/1794 | 1/14/1876 | |||||
| Adams | Seth Albertus | 3/30/1875 | 10/5/1910 | |||||
| Antles | Cornelias Barton | 4/29/1850 | 3/2/21852 | J S & M | ||||
| Antles | David A | 7/22/1830 | 10/14/1892 | Rebecca Ann Stanley - 4/7/1850 | Joseph S & Mary M Hough Antles | obit | ||
| Antles | David, Jr | 1812 | 1848 | |||||
| Antles | Dennis H | 2/16/1844 | 3/7/1852 | J S & M | ||||
| Antles | Himelias Marton | 2/28/1842 | 3/2/1852 | J S & M | ||||
| Antles | Joseph Shackleford | 8/5/1810 | 3/17/1852 | Mary M Hough - 10/12/1849 | David & Elizabeth McCullough Antles | |||
| Antles | Maria | 4/22/1842* | 1/13/1865 | D Antles | ||||
| Antles | Mary M (Hough) | 1/20/1812 | 3/28/1864 | Joseph S | David & Elizabeth Byron Hough | |||
| Antles | Rebecca Ann (Stanley) | 6/15/1829 | 5/9/1909 | David A - 4/7/1850 | M/M Thomas C Stanley | obit | ||
| Arnold | Lydia Ann Christina (Black) | 2/6/1860 | 9/28/1883 | G W | Robert & Magdalena Kershner Black | |||
| Axe | Edwin S | 6/8/1868 | 8/1/1868 | F & Mary | ||||
| Axe | George, Sr | 3/7/1795 | 10/6/1847 | |||||
| Axe | Hannah | 8/28/1798 | 3/26/1888 | George | ||||
| Axe | Hannah L D | 4/3/1880 | 7/20/1880 | G & E | ||||
| Axe | infant | 2/1/1859 | 8/3/1861 | F & M | ||||
| Axe | infant daughter | 1/22/1869 | 2/14/1869 | P & E | ||||
| Axe | Mary | 10/7/1835 | 10/23/1875 | Frederick | ||||
| Axe | Peter, Sr | 1802 | 8/27/1853 | |||||
| Axe | William | 4/20/1823 | 1/27/1905 | never married | George & Hannah Lessely Axe | obit | ||
| Beals | Sarah A | 11/19/1872 | 11/20/1899 | Oliver | ||||
| Beck | Charles | 6/23/1810 | 6/27/1853 | Phebe Cochran - 1/23/1845 | ||||
| Beck | Edward | 12/23/1856 | 11/14/1864 | N & S | ||||
| Beck | Phebe (Cochran) | 3/24/1825 | 11/24/1861 | Charles - 1/23/1845 | George Cochran | |||
| Black | Magdalena (Kershner) | 7/25/1818 | 1/2/1884 | George Bromley - 1837; Jacob Ormer - 1854; Robert Black - 1857 | article | |||
| Black | Robert | 6/29/1816 | 3/29/1886 | |||||
| Bone | Cindarella (Shepherd) | 1/5/1841 | 7/5/1894 | William M or R - 2/20/1867 | Alexander & Nancy Shepherd | obit | ||
| Bromagem | Mary Ann | 1/24/1839 | 1/16/1859 | Simon | ||||
| Brown | Aaron | 4/24/1833 | 12/20/1889 | |||||
| Brown | Aaron | 8/1/1785 | 12/1/1848 | |||||
| Brown | Elmer | 10/17/1868 | 7/20/1871 | A & M B | ||||
| Brown | Elmer | 8/1/1785 | 12/1/1848 | |||||
| Brown | Emily | 11/7/1835 | 11/3/1897 | Thomas | ||||
| Brown | Harvey | 1822 | 1897 | s/s Judy A & Sarah A | ||||
| Brown | Judy A | 8/4/1830 | 11/10/1905 | Harvey | s/s Harvey & Sarah A | obit: Judah | obit | |
| Brown | Lydia | 2/24/1842 | 9/2/1863 | T & E M | ||||
| Brown | Mary | 12/24/1787 | 10/1/1878 | Aaron | ||||
| Brown | Sarah A | 1855 | 1859 | s/s Harvey & Judy A | ||||
| Brown | Thomas | 9/24/1810 | 6/11/1875 | Emily | ||||
| Burk | Edeth | 1824 | 1884 | s/s John T | ||||
| Burk | John T | 1812 | 1894 | s/s Edeth | ||||
| Burk | unknown | 1823 | 1884 | |||||
| Cochran | George | 8/12/1801 | 12/23/1843 | |||||
| Cummins | Ida L | 8/12/1857 | 8/19/1883 | B F | ||||
| Drake | Betsey A | 10/27/1829 | 5/25/1882 | James | ||||
| Drake | Daniel | 5/8/1842 | 7/22/1866 | |||||
| Drake | Ebenezer | 2/3/1798 | 4/18/1864 | |||||
| Drake | Elizabeth | 10/7/1836 | 1/17/1892 | E | ||||
| Drake | Elnora | 12/14/1842 | 3/29/1844 | |||||
| Drake | James | 4/29/1830 | 12/31/1875 | |||||
| Drake | unknown | |||||||
| Dugdale | Betsey A | 10/27/1829 | 5/25/1882 | |||||
| Dugdale | Daniel | 5/8/1842 | 7/22/1866 | |||||
| Dugdale | Ebenezer | 2/3/1798 | 4/18/1864 | |||||
| Dugdale | Elizabeth | 10/7/1806 | 1/17/1892 | |||||
| Dugdale | Elnora | 12/14/1869 | 3/29/1871 | |||||
| Eis | David S | 1858 | 1926 | |||||
| Eis | Mary A | 1860 | 1895 | |||||
| Fairchild | Catherine | 10/2/1834 | 9/2/1924 | |||||
| Fairchild | Emeline | 1/20/1854 | 9/1/1854 | |||||
| Fairchild | Emma J | 9/11/1858 | 1/25/1892 | |||||
| Fairchild | Enoch | 6/22/1828 | 12/20/1897 | |||||
| Fairchild | John | 10/29/1868 | 11/15/1868 | E & C | ||||
| Fairchild | Lorena | 2/15/1872 | 8/10/1872 | |||||
| Fairchild | Michael | 3/26/1864 | 2/12/1867 | E & C | ||||
| Fairchild | Wilmina | 7/5/1860 | 8/10/1861 | |||||
| Garbric | George | 10/5/1873 | 2/7/1874 | Israel & Emma | ||||
| George | Emeline B | 1/21/1841 | 1/26/1875 | J H | ||||
| George | John H | 6/26/1838 | 11/4/1874 | |||||
| George | Mary A | 4/3/1835 | 2/13/1871 | John H | ||||
| Grattis | infant | 8/18/1864 | 8/29/1864 | |||||
| Green | Eliza A | 1835 | 1881 | s/s William H | ||||
| Green | Elizabeth V (Beck) | 1853 | 1937 | James V | ||||
| Green | Florence A | 8/22/1873 | 2/24/1879 | James V & Elizabeth V Beck Green | ||||
| Green | Harry L | 1876 | 1943 | James V | ||||
| Green | James V | 10/18/1846 | 12/9/1890 | Elizabeth V Beck | Justice & Sarah Ann Vale Green | |||
| Green | Justice | 4/26/1818 | 11/20/1863 | Civil War Co F 75 IN Inf | ||||
| Green | Ralph W | 1795 | 1835 | |||||
| Green | Sarah | 1838 | 1926 | s/s William H | ||||
| Green | Sarah Ann (Vale) | 2/6/1823 | 4/11/1889 | Justice | ||||
| Green | William H | 1830 | 1912 | s/s Eliza A & Sarah | ||||
| Greene | Ralph W | 1785 | 1839 | |||||
| Haffner | Ada L | 10/20/1888* | 4/14/1901 | Albert & Almeda Haffner | obit | |||
| Hall | Cheryle Gene | 3/29/1944 | 6/9/2006 | |||||
| Hanlan | infant | 4/9/1861 | ||||||
| Harmon | Walter F | 2/15/1869* | 8/28/1910 | Daniel & Purcella | BHFHR | |||
| Hoover | infant daughter | John A & Mary E Snook Hoover | ||||||
| Hoover | John Alexander | 11/5/1839 | 3/12/1885 | Mary Ellen Snook - 1/28/1854 | ||||
| Hoover | Joseph Frederick | 8/20/1882 | 12/4/1882 | John A & Mary E Snook Hoover | ||||
| Hoover | Mary Ellen (Snook) | 3/12/1845 | 6/8/1904 | John A Hoover - 1854; Alexander Gibson - 1890 | obit | |||
| Hough | Sarah Ella | 2/28/1858 | 12/6/1891 | Jasper | ||||
| Huey | Isaac | 10/25/1830 | 1/18/1891 | |||||
| Jelleff | Cornelia J | 11/28/1855 | 3/30/1875 | |||||
| Jelleff | Daniel | 8/19/1850 | 8/20/1851 | H O & E | ||||
| Jelleff | Elizabeth | 3/19/1825 | 6/29/1880 | |||||
| Jelleff | H O | 10/1/1822 | 6/11/1855 | |||||
| Jones | Ann | 2/6/1856 | 11/12/1880 | J H | ||||
| Jones | Caleb H | 1/6/1856 | 4/22/1876 | |||||
| Jones | Daniel T | 10/6/1843 | 9/19/1868 | J H & Ann | Civil War Co I 39 IN Inf | |||
| Jones | Joseph E | abt 1842 | 5/20/1867 | J H & Ann | ||||
| Jones | Joseph, Rev | 12/12/1878 | ||||||
| Landes | Charles E | 1y 10m 15d | S S & H S | |||||
| Loofbourrow | Elizabeth Ann | 4/30/1840 | 10/18/1864 | Preston S | ||||
| Luck | Sylvan | 3/13/1852 | ||||||
| McGiff | Rosetta | 2/1/1855 | 9/24/1855 | |||||
| Miller | Catharine | 6/18/1812 | 10/5/1904 | s/s John W | ||||
| Miller | David Brent | 4/26/1960 | 3/27/2011 | Michelle Pierzchala - 9/2/1989 | Norman & Barbara Franks Miller | obit | ||
| Miller | Eve | 1765 | 12/17/1853 | |||||
| Miller | John W | 2/21/1810 | 3/14/1870 | s/s Catharine | ||||
| Miller | Steven J | 8/15/1949 | 5/10/2018 | Debra | Robert & Gladys (Thornton) Miller | obit | ||
| Miller | William | 11/14/1836 | 11/3/1858 | |||||
| Millet | Nora M | 1886 | 1962 | |||||
| Montgomery | Angeline | 5/26/1844 | 9/1/1859 | |||||
| Montgomery | Elizabeth | 2/8/1825 | 6/11/1848 | William H | ||||
| Montgomery | Elwood | 6/1/1848 | 9/9/1959 | |||||
| Montgomery | Emma Pearl | 10/29/1881* | 8/30/1887 | A D & Julia | obit | |||
| Montgomery | Frank C | 1882 | 1916 | |||||
| Montgomery | infant | 3/22/1853 | ||||||
| Montgomery | infant daughter | 1m ?d | William H & E | |||||
| Montgomery | Isaac W | 1/31/1848 | 4/20/1848 | William H & E | ||||
| Montgomery | Isaac Y | 3/31/1847 | 4/20/1849 | |||||
| Montgomery | John G | 7/26/1811 | 1/3/1872 | |||||
| Montgomery | Lydia A | 4/8/1858 | 6/22/1899 | William H | ||||
| Montgomery | Melvon H | 1853 | 1916 | |||||
| Montgomery | Orlando | 7/21/1866 | 1/8/1869 | |||||
| Montgomery | Rebecca | 5/28/1803 | 3/12/1873 | |||||
| Montgomery | Reuben | 8/15/1774 | 9/20/1854 | |||||
| Montgomery | Warfield | 4/20/1861 | 3/7/1862 | William H & M | ||||
| Montgomery | William G | 2/6/1837 | 7/6/1859 | |||||
| Montgomery | William H | 7/3/1818 | 10/24/1869 | |||||
| Nicholas | Emma May | 1873 | 1931 | |||||
| Nicholson | Mary (Fisher) | 1823 | 11/10/1853 | Zenas | ||||
| Ninde | Fredric C | 4/24/1920 | 3/17/2016 | Mary Elizabeth Haley - 10/20/1942 | R Claude & Aetna Glendining Ninde | obit | ||
| Ninde | Mary Elizabeth (Haley) | 1/17/2922 | 9/1/2015 | Fredric C - 10/20/1942 | Vernon & Wilma Freemyer Haley | obit | ||
| Parish | John William | 1847 | 1895 | |||||
| Phipps | Maria D | 3/25/1879 | 7/2/1883 | William & Mary A | ||||
| Phipps | Mary A | 2/0/1882 | ||||||
| Phipps | Naoma A B | 4/13/1873 | 10/28/1882 | William & Mary A | ||||
| Phipps | Robert S | 10/30/1874 | 8/4/1876 | William & Mary A | ||||
| Pitt | Elmer | 2/8/1867 | 3/3/1875 | James A & S | ||||
| Pitt | Emanuel | 2/6/1813 | 1/29/1874 | |||||
| Pitt | Rachel | 2/9/1815 | 9/12/1875 | Emanuel | ||||
| Pumphrey | Josiah | 1/7/1840 | 3/20/1862 | S & M | ||||
| Reed | Arthur M | 5/13/1837 | 4/16/1850 | |||||
| Reed | Chaning | 1/1/1835 | 10/19/1858 | |||||
| Reed | Charles F L | 12/13/1870 | 1934 | Nora E Ashcraft - 5/13/1900 | Hezekiah & Harriet Thompson Reed | |||
| Reed | E[verts], Dr | 6/24/1819 | 5/16/1863 | Peninah | Harry & Phebe Everts Reed | |||
| Reed | Francis M | 7/7/1842 | 6/3/1866 | Civil War Co G 8 IN Cav | ||||
| Reed | Fred L H | 6/6/1902 | 11/27/1917 | Charles F L & Nora E Ashcraft Reed | obit | |||
| Reed | Harriet M (Thomson) | 5/10/1844 | 7/26/1911 | Hezekiah | ||||
| Reed | Harry | 9/24/1794 | 11/12/1852 | |||||
| Reed | Hezekiah | 2/2/1844 | 12/13/1928 | Harriet M Thompson | Civil War veteran | |||
| Reed | Nora Ethel (Ashcraft) | 1/1/1878 | 3/27/1947 | Charles F L | David & Viola Gibson Ashcraft | HHFHR | ||
| Reed | Norman F | 9/6/1824 | 11/15/1847 | |||||
| Reed | Peninah | 3/27/1824 | 5/7/1870 | Everts | ||||
| Reed | Phebe | 4/21/1856 | 9/25/1858 | |||||
| Reed | Phebe (Everts) | 3/24/1799 | 9/27/1874 | |||||
| Reed | Rosa | 6/10/1858 | 6/10/1858 | Chaning & Emily Sage Reed | ||||
| Reed | Wallace | N & P | ||||||
| Sage | Ebenezer | 8/25/1791 | 11/26/1865 | Sarah Montgomery | Giles | |||
| Sage | Sarah (Montgomery) | 7/11/1803 | 7/12/1844 | Ebenezer | ||||
| Sager | Ann E | 9/3/1831 | 8/26/1893 | Levi | ||||
| Schmuck | Curtis | 8/7/1851 | 3/27/1863 | John & ?Elen | ||||
| Shephard | Charles A | 2/11/1871 | 8/8/1872 | J W & G D | ||||
| Shephard | Francis M | 2/4/1851 | 10/6/1860 | A & N | ||||
| Shephard | Solomon | 9/20/1858 | Alexander & Nancy | |||||
| Shepherd | Alexander | 4/18/1811 | 8/16/1879 | |||||
| Shepherd | Bertha Estella | 10/5/1888 | 8/5/1890 | W E & Emma | ||||
| Shepherd | Charles M | 2/11/1876 | 8/8/1877 | |||||
| Shepherd | John W | 12/19/1843 | 11/10/1879 | |||||
| Shepherd | Nancy | 9/3/1813 | 1/16/1872 | Alexander | ||||
| Shepherd | unknown | |||||||
| Sibery | Elvin O | 1857 | 10/29/1859 | |||||
| Sibery | Elvin O | 9/1/1856 | 10/29/1859 | |||||
| Sibery | Mary Jane (Sage) | 4/22/1831 | 2/1/1852 | Ebenezer & Sarah Montgomery Sage | ||||
| Sibery | Mary R | 7/25/1854 | 9/18/1854 | |||||
| Sibery | twin infant daughters | 7/4/1851 | 7/5/1851 | L & Mary Jane | ||||
| Skudder | Emeline (Dean) | 4/17/1815 | 5/15/1913 | John McDermitt - 12/9/1834 | ||||
| Snyder | Nancy B (Reed) | 3/3/1843 | 9/10/1862 | Henry H - 12/19/1861 | ||||
| Starr | Sally | 5/28/1952 | 5/4/2018 | Marvin Starr 4/12/1975 |
Melvin & Anna Mae (Cline) Hart | obit | ||
| Starr | Shane D | 4/13/1976 | 10/14/2021 | Myia (Wilson) - 9/26/1998 | Marvin & Sally (Hart) Starr | obit | ||
| Stoltz | Adam | 12/11/1808 | 3/22/1886 | Sarah Jane Brown | ||||
| Stoltz | George | 7/24/1848 | 3/14/1849 | Adam & Sarah J Brown Stolz | ||||
| Stoltz | Harmon | 8/16/1838 | 7/28/1841 | Adam & Sarah J Brown Stolz | ||||
| Stoltz | Sarah Jane (Brown) | 12/19/1816 | 12/10/1878 | Adam | Aaron & Mary Brown | |||
| Straly | Rosa E (Antles) | 12/28/1855 | 10/9/1881 | Samuel | ||||
| Stults | Arabela J | 9/30/1844 | 1/13/1877 | J B | ||||
| Towle | Alva T | 5/25/1830 | 6/21/1849 | S & C | ||||
| Towle | Ira | 6/25/1796 | 10/25/1851 | |||||
| Towle | Ira | 3/5/1836 | 11/7/1854 | S & C | ||||
| Towle | James A | 3/13/1831 | 11/20/1851 | S & C | ||||
| Towle | Margaret | 7/14/1779 | 2/7/1835 | Ira | ||||
| Towle | Mary J | 11/4/1842 | 12/27/1844 | S & C | ||||
| Towle | Samuel | 1/19/1800 | 6/4/1867 | |||||
| unknown | infant | |||||||
| unknown | infant son | |||||||
| unknown | unknown x 3 | |||||||
| Viely | Catharine D | 1847 | 1912 | |||||
| Walter | Alta M | 10/13/1855 | 11/20/1856 | William & S F | ||||
| Walter | Phebe S | 7/7/1860 | ||||||
| Walter | Sarah F (Reed) | 1871 | 1910 | |||||
| Walter | Sarah S (Sherman) | 6/16/1843 | 12/28/1873 | T S | L & S P Sherman | |||
| Walter | unknown | no dates | ||||||
| Walter | William | 1825 | 1917 | |||||
| Waltermire | Emma | 7/26/1877 | 9/20/1889 | A W & Sarah Waltermire | ||||
| Waltermire | William C | 6/11/1866 | 9/29/1889 | A W & Sarah Waltermire | ||||
| Walters | Harriet | 1/24/1816 | 10/20/1868 | Peter - 11/10/1842 | ||||
| Walters | Peter | 12/31/1816 | 10/23/1895 | Harriet Montgomery - 1842; Mary Hahn - 1872 | obit | |||
| White | Jane R | 5/7/1818 | 3/2/1878 | |||||
| White | Mary E | 4/11/1861 | 8/29/1879 | |||||
| Whiteman | Elven C | 1890 | 1897 | s/s infant | ||||
| Whiteman | infant | 1894 | 1894 | s/s Elven C | ||||
| Williams | Elizabeth | 9/26/1817 | 12/2/1880 | Jeremiah | ||||
| Williams | Ellenora | 12/8/1856 | 1/22/1860 | Jeremiah & Elizabeth | ||||
| Williams | Jeremiah | 11/29/1798 | 8/6/1876 | Elizabeth | ||||
| Williams | Martha | 11/8/1788 | 9/12/1856 | Isaac B | ||||
| Williams | Sovener | 4/22/1867 | Jeremiah & Elizabeth | |||||
| Williams | Willie D | 3/26/1875 | ||||||
| Yaney | Anna Katherine | 3/7/1782 | 9/16/1875 | |||||
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Visit our neighbors:
Adams
Blackford
Delaware
Randolph
Wells
Mercer County, OH
Van Wert County, OH
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