Randolph County, IndianaLocated between County Roads 300 and 400 West, on County Road 50 South.
White River Township
Dunkirk Friends Cemetery
Three and 1/2 miles west of Winchester. Located in the middle of a woods and abandoned for many years, it has been cleaned and stones reset.
William Huffman, Revolutionary War Veteran, is buried here, he died in 1833.
Former slave Willis Perry and his wife are also here.
Tucker's History Page 123.
Dunkirk Cemetery, Friends, Three and one-half miles west of Winchester, Section 26, Town 20, Range 14.
Great numbers of graves have rough stones, with no inscriptions.
W.H., died 1833.
Joseph Puckett, Sr., died November 7, 1835, 51st year.
Mary Puckett, wife of above, died November 14, 1846, 60 years.
Jesse Green, died September 14, 1838, 60th year.
Sarah, wife of Jesse Green, died September 27, 1873; 102d year, a widow thirty-five years.
Samuel Ruble, Sr., died October 17, 1839, 62 years.
Rachel, wife of Samuel Ruble, died in October, 1844, 62 years.
James Wright, died July 24, 1851, 55th year.
John Wright, father of Solomon Wright, died November 13, 1851, 77th year.
Sarah wife of Walter Ruble, died January 22, 1852, 60th year.
Catharine, wife of Stephen Hoffman, died October 27, 1852, 63 years.
Stephen Hoffman, died October 17, 1868, 86 years.
Emsen Wright, died November 22, 1853, 56 years.
Rachel Wright, died May 29, 1857, 56 years.
John Demory, died November 9, 1860, 76 years. (colored)
Lecy, wife of William Thomas, died , october 9, 1860, 61st year.
Solomon Reynard, died January 5, 1861, 63rd year.
Nancy, wife of Willis Perry (colored), died September 1, 1862.
Epitaph: "I was a slave, freed by a lawsuit prosecuted by David White, the Quaker. May God bless his name! My husband's freedom was bought for $675. He made the money on rented land. Who of you that tauntingly say of my race,'They can't take care of themselves,' have done better?"
Rachel, wife of Levet Ruble, died August 16, 1864, 54th year.
Levet Ruble, died January 19, 1871, 66th year.
Martha, wife of William Tocus, died September 17, 1866, 66th year.
Elder Zachariah Puckett, died April 1, 1867, 61st year.
Elizabeth Huffner, died March 21, 1879, 60 years.
Ruth Green, died March 10, 1880, 74th year.
Dunkirk Graveyard is one of the oldest in the county. It is full of graves, and doubtless contains the bodies of many old settlers. It has, however, but very few tombstones, and the places of burial of these ancient pioneers can never be known. Great numbers of rough, unlettered stones are found thickly set over the cemetery, and many unnoted hillocks raise their melancholy heads above the consecrated ground, but they yield no token of the one who may chance to lie buried deep beneath them. Why should it be thus? And shall this state of things continue through the ages to come? God forbid!
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