Old Scipio Cemetery
Old Amick Farm Cemetery
Scipio, Geneva Township, Jennings County, Indiana
On Hwy 7, North of St. Patrick, Cemetery
Transcription by Bonita Taylor Welch and her son Darren Welch, done April 1985
ROW 1
TUNGATE, JNO Co. B. 52nd Ind. Inf.
MAY, INFANT SON 14 Sep 1867 14 Sep 1867 Son of J. & S.L. May
MAY, WILLIE 26 Nov 1871 Son of J. & S.L. May, aged 18 days
BROWN, JOHN W. 27 Aug 1852 17 Jul 1856 Son of W.D. & J.W. Brown
GREEN, missing 26 Sep 1846 A native of Westmoreland Co. Pa. in the 43d year of his age [an earlier transcription gives his name as John]
CLAPP, MARTHA O. 10 Mar 1855 Dau of J.H. & J. Clapp [Death date is not visible]
CLAPP, LETTY 10 Nov 1810 18 Aug 1855 Wife of Henry Clapp
CLAPP, MARY K. 14 Apr 1840 30 Nov 1841 Dau of H. & L. Clapp
KLAPP, AMELIA 25 Jun 1813 Nov [Death date is illegible]
ROW 2
BROWN, PETER 18 Jul 1786 6 May 1848
CLAPP, GEORGE T. 11 Jun 1838 25 Nov 18__ Son of H. & L. Clapp
CLAPP, SOLOMON 23 Sep 1845 8 Nov 1845 Son of H. & L. Clapp
DOWNS, NAMEE 2 Nov 1842 16 May 1860 Wife of William Downs & Daughter of B.N. Sheldon born in Ripley County, Ind. died in Jennings County
SHELDON, GEORGE I. 24 Feb 1841 In Dearborn Co., Ind.
ROW 3
BARR, ANDREW 11 Mar 1818 18 Nov 1853
CLAPP, POLLY 20 Oct 1828 Wife of Henry Clapp, aged 20 years
CLAPP, POLLY 12 Jan 1837 Wife of Henry Clapp, aged 30 yrs, 1 mo
KLAPP, HANNAH 26 Apr 1862 Wife of Peter Klapp, aged 54 yrs
KLAPP, LAURA L. 10 Jul 1833 Dau of P. & H. Klapp
of
DAILY, DAVID F. 22 Mar 1825 28 Nov 1853 Dedicated to the Memory born in Clark Co., Ind., died in Bartholomew Co., Ind.
SHELDON, ICHABOD 27 Feb 1789 18 Dec 1854 Born in Stephentown, State of New York died in Jennings Co., Ind.
MAY, ELIAS 7 Apr 1866 Aged 67 yr, 2 m [age is almost illegible]
ROW 4
BRANHAM, ELIZA 16 Aug 1840 Daughter of Wm. & Narcissa Branham, in her 2nd year
BRANHAM, AMERICA 12 Nov 1841 Daughter of Wm. & Narcissa Branham, in her 2nd year
CARSON, DAVID T. 3 Nov 1847 12 Aug 1851 Son of D. & H. Carson
FOUST, ELIZABETH 11 Apr 1783 24 Nov 1821 In memory of Eliabeth Foust, daughter of Peter and Mary Foust. She was born
in Orange Co. NC, April the 11th 1783 & she was married to Wm. Klapp Dec 10th 1801, had 12 children, 7 sons & 5 daughters
& only 6 alive & she died Nov. the 24th 1821 aged 37 yrs 7 m & 13 dys
KLAPP, LUCIOUS B. 20 Feb 1843 Son of P. & H. Klapp, aged 5 m 10 da
KLAPP, PETER 6 Apr 1857 Aged 55 ys 1 mo 25 d
KLAPP, DANIEL W. 12 Sep 1841 Son of P. & H. Klapp
KLAPP, MARY 15 Jul 1837 Dau of P. & H. Klapp, aged 3 ys 1 m 6 d
SHELDON, HENRY D. 16 Apr 1853 Son of Dwight & Mary Sheldon
SHELDON, MARY 19 Jun 1796 25 Sep 1854 Wife of Dwight Sheldon born in Stephentown, State of New York, died in Jennings Co., Ind.
MAY, MARGARET 8 Dec 1869 Wife of M. May, married 30 Mar 1849, aged 41 ys
PEASE, CHARLOTTE 14 Aug 1871 Aged 55 ys 5 m [almost illegible, may be 5 ys]
ROW 5
illegible stone
KLAPP, PETER M. 3 Jun 1837 Son of P. & H. Klapp
illegible stone
BROWN, ELATHEA 15 Mar 1797 29 Aug 1845 Wife of Nathaniel Brown
BROWN, JANE G. 19 Mar 1853 Dau of J. & R.A. Brown
PEASE, HORACE Son of ______________
PEASE, ALTA 4 Aug 1854 Dau of H. & J.E. Pease, aged 5 [age is almost illegible]
PEASE, GEORGE 24 Sep 1856 Son of H. & J. Pease, aged 4 mos
CLAPP, JANE 26 Feb 1863 Wife of Wm. M. Clapp, aged 25 yrs 5 m 9 d
CLAPP, WM. M. 3 Oct 1863 Wounded at Chickamanga 13 Sep 1863, died at Chatanooga, aged 26 yrs
ROW 6
DAVIS, J.T. Co. A, 120th Ind. Inf.
IRICK, GEORGE 17 Feb 1846 In the 63 year of his age
IRICK, AMY 1790 13 Jun 1844 Consort of George Irick
IRICK, JAMES H. 8 May 1823 15 Apr 1844 Son of George & Amy Irick
IRICK, LOUIZA 29 Feb 1846 Daughter of George & Amy Irick, in her 28 year
IRICK, AMY ELIZABETH 12 Dec 1841 Mar 1846 Daughter of Thomas A. & Louiza Irick
SMIED, DANIEL 23 Aug 1841 In memory of Daniel Smied who was Roman Katholick the native of Ireland who died
August 23, 1841 his loving wife U.M. Smied
MAY, DANIEL 2 Apr 1873 We shall meet again
MAY, JONATHAN B. 5 Apr 1808 27 Sep 1845 My dear children do not weep, I am not dead I only sleep
This cemetery was in very good condition when visited in April, 1985. Some of the stones had been reset, and on a few the
death date or age was not visable.
LIST OF THOSE BURIED IN OLD SCIPIO CEMETERY IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Barr, Andrew
Branham, America
Branham, Eliza
Brown, Elanthea
Brown, Jane G.
Brown, John W.
Brown, Peter
Carson, David T.
Clapp, George T.
Clapp, Jane
Clapp, Letty
Clapp, Martha O.
Clapp, Mary K.
Clapp, Polly
Clapp, Polly
Clapp, Solomon
Clapp Wm. N.
Daily, David F.
Davis, J.T.
Downs, Namee
Foust, Elizabeth
Green, ________
Irick, Amy
Irick, Amy Elizabeth
Irick, George
Irick, James H.
Irick, Louiza
Klapp, Amelia
Klapp, Daniel W.
Klapp, Hannah
Klapp, Laura L.
Klapp, Lucious B.
Klapp, Mary M.
Klapp, Peter
Klapp, Peter M.
May, Elias
May, Elizabeth
May, Infant
May, Jonathan B.
May, Margaret
May, Willie
Pease, Alta
Pease, Charlotte
Pease, George
Please, Horace
Sheldon, George I.
Sheldon, Henry D.
Sheldon, Icabod
Sheldon, Mary
Sheldon, Ursula
Smied, Daniel
Tungate, Jno
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