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Ossian or Old Ossian Cemetery
is located on Young & Norwalt Streets in Ossian, Jefferson Township (Latitude: 40.87793, Longitude: -85.16915).

From the Wells County Public Library cemetery listing page
“Due to destruction caused by vandalism, it was impossible to catalog all the names and data of this cemetery.
Many names in this history were extracted from an old record kept by a former custodian, however his record did not contain any of the dates.
This cemetery has not been used for many years as a public burial ground.”
According to a newspaper article: (no name or date noted) “The “Old Cemetery”, which is located on Young Street in the southwest corner of Ossian came into being in 1847.
The land was donated for burying ground by J. R. Lafever, William Craig and John Ogden…. Following its dedication in 1847, more than 160 people were buried therin, at least seven of whom were veterans….”

NSF = No stone found; information from burial records and other sources.
Obit + indicates that the document includes both a tombstone photo.

Thanks to Barbara Baker Anderson (BBA), Bruce Sonner (BS), JC, Steve & Andrea Brangan (SAB)
and Tombstoner & Family (TSF) for sharing their photographs of the tombstones in Ossian Cemetery.


Updated 7/13/2025
Ossian or Old Ossian Cemetery
Last Name First Name (Maiden) Birth Date Death Date Spouse - Marriage Date Parents Military Documents
Allen Mary Ann (Jennings) 12/5/1822 1/14/1884 Hezekiah Allen; John H Reed Seth & Eunice Jennings
Baker Cornelia (Rankin) 8/8/1850 3/0/1881 Deloss A - 6/4/1875 William H & Rachel Brooks Rankin records +
Ball Charles 1/0/1873 3/11/1873 Barton A & Sarah J McDaniel Ball burial records record +
Ball Rachel Armind 1/7/1872 8/22/1872 Barton A & Sarah J McDaniel Ball burial records record +
Bark Byron G no dates burial records
Bartlett Amanda Fitzlan (McConnel) 5/7/1826 3/5/1857 Isaac - 5/1/1845 Robert & Mary Ann Stout McConnel
Bennett Arthur Clayton 8/24/1800 M W & A J photo
Black Maggie Lillian 9/19/1881 6/11/1883 Isaiah C & Tamar Truesdale Black photo
Brickley Ida (Johnson) no dates
Brown Margaret 4/19/1843* 4/2/1877 G M burial records photo
Buner Ida Angella 12/26/1862 burial records photo
Buner William R 5/1/1861 burial records photo
Bunn Gertrude no dates
Caid Isaac 7/28/1841* 3/20/1871 J & A M photo
Cartwright James S 8/14/1894
Cartwright John 2/3/1797 12/30/1870 Margaret McCorkle; Nancy E Collins - 1869 John & Margaret Lukens Cartwright TSF
Cartwright Margaret (McCorkle) 10/14/1801 12/12/1867 John John & Isabella Montgomery McCorkle BBA
Cartwright Sarah 5/11/1853 10/5/1875 JC
Caston Margaret 'Maggie' (Cartwright) 5/11/1853 10/5/1875 James S & Sarah Shafer Cartwright BBA
Christlieb Catharine (Niez) 9/16/1824 2/27/1900 John C - 3/27/1845 Didell & Catherin Neiser Niez death cert +
Christlieb John Charles 6/6/1819 7/10/1890 Catharine Niez - 3/27/1845 John & Elzabeth Whister Christlieb records +
Clark George Washington 5/5/1824 12/21/1905 Rebecca Jane Hughes Civil War Pvt Co E 153 Reg IVI obit +
Clark Rozannah 11/9/1828 6/28/1881 JC
Craig Jennet (Robinson) 1802 4/22/1875 William BBA
Craig William 1798 11/21/1863 Jennet Robinson BBA
Cooper Crawford 7/10/1851* 11/6/1851 D & M BBA
Crouse Jehu Woodward Dr 8/17/1817 8/16/1883 Mary Ann Ohl - 1843; Mary Ann Rogers - 1859 John & Ruth R Woodward Crouse JC
Crouse Mary Ann (Ohl) 8/6/1827 9/21/1857 Jehu W Michael & Eva Moyers Ohl JC
Crowl Barbara 1830 1860 John D JC
Crowl Infant son 2/3/1863
Crowl Jane no dates J D & B
Crowl John D 1820 1898 Barbara JC
crowl John Daniel 6/11/1820 1/30/1899 Rebecca E Clark Co E 153 Ind Inf
Crowl Sue no dates
DavisElizabe William James 1856 3/4/1860 J D & B
Crummit John Wesley 12/14/1836 5/19/1880 Melvina C Derr - 1863 BBA
Currie James 7/15/1845
Currie Martha 7/4/1803* 7/10/1888 JC
Davis Benjamin 3/3/1885 6/9/1885 John & Sarah A Davis JC
Davis Elizabeth stone repaired BBA
Davis Floyd no dates
Davis Jennie no dates
Davis John 1/24/1852 BBA
Davis John 10/24/1790 10/4/1871 Sarah Vincent; Elizabeth Vincent Gibbs BBA
Davis John Asbury 12/18/1853 11/8/1927 Mary Flum - 1875 Lewis & Sarah Ann Sours Davis
Davis Joseph 8/20/1851
Davis Lewis 1/16/1825* 10/24/1880 Sarah Ann Sours John & Sarah Ann Vincent Davis burial records BBA
Davis Mary E (Flum) 9/27/1854 1/1/1927 John A - 10/13/1875 M/M Peter Flum obit
Davis Nellie 6/12/1869 8/26/1886 L & S A Davis photo
Davis Philena no dates burial records
Davis Sarah Ann (Sours) 2/19/1827 4/12/1912 Lewis
Davis Sarah Ann (Vincent) 9/18/1796 8/2/1864 John
Dean Warner J 3/4/1942 Sp-Am War Sgt Co F 160th IN Vol Inf
Donaghy Cora E no dates burial records
Donaghy George no dates burial records
Donaghy Henry G 12/22/1855 JC
Donaghy Isabella (Cartwright) 1826 10/13/1853 Henry G - 1844 John & Margaret McCorkle Cartwright JC
Donaghy James B 11/4/1845 6/4/1852 Henry G & Isabella Cartwright Donaghy JC
Donaghy Margaret Ann 3/23/1848 5/23/1852 Henry G & Isabella Cartwright Donaghy JC
Donaghy Mary Caroline 6/5/1857 BBA
Eastman Clara A 3/8/1857* 12/6/1874 James R & A J Eastman BBA
Ehret Albertha H broken stone 1869 J W & S A BBA
Foughty John Wesley 6/8/1817 1/23/1893 Lettice Gorrell - 1835; Hannah Nearing - 1865 Civil War Pvt Co E 137 IN Inf BBA
Furnam Amelia abt 1808 4/8/1866 BBA
Fusselman Ida G 9/19/1875* 1/29/1876 BBA
Gardiner Emma D (Slauson) 2/13/1850 2/9/1891 Samuel E - 1871 Rufus & Mary A Vincent Slauson BBA
Gardner Samuel no dates burial records
Gibson Willie 10/1/1872* 3/1/1874 G W & O P BBA
Gorrell Elisabeth E (Allen) 9/1/1834 4/9/1888 John G JC
Gorrell John Glass 9/29/1828 3/8/1903 Elisabeth E Joseph & Esther Glass Gorrell records +
Goshorn Mary J 187? S C burial records BBA
Goshorn Samuel A William M & F A Goshorn sunken stone BBA
Hanna infant no dates burial records
Hanna Kitty no dates burial records
Heckber Lanah 1/23/1826* 6/19/1882 Henry Musser - 1843; Nicholas Heckber - 1859 burial records BBA
Heckber Nicholas 2/29/1836 7/19/1882 Lanah - 9/1/1859 BBA
Heckber Theodore 4/6/1864 6/13/1832 Nicholas & Lanah Heckber BBA
Hendry Elmira no dates burial records
Hess Ephraim 10/25/1845 7/31/1871 John & Leah Hess Civil War Co E 153 IN Inf BBA
Higgs John 1843 4/10/1862 Levi & Rachel Bodle Higgs Civil War Co C 44th IN Inf records +
Higgs William 1839 4/8/1863 Drucilla A Childers Levi & Rachel Bodle Higgs Civil War Co C 44th IN Inf records +
Holly George A 10/29/1873 8/13/1874 BBA
Holly Robert O 7/12/1863 2/15/1867 JC
Hoover Alonzo 3/15/1867* 12/10/1868 burial records BBA
Hoover Casper illegible burial records BBA
Hoover Catherine (Heffner) 1834 1870 Levi - 1850 Michael & Elizabeth Fry Heffner burial records
Hoover infant son no dates L & O H Hoover burial records BBA
Hoover infant son no dates M & M Hoover burial records BBA
Hoover infant sons no dates L & J H Hoover BBA
Hoover Levi 8/24/1826 6/3/1896 Catherine Hefner; Elizabeth Nash; Jane Nash William B & Sophia Young Hoover
Hoover Valandingham 8/13/1863* 6/11/1881 Levi & Catherine Heffner Hoover BBA
Hoover Willie J 11/15/1866 8/24/1876 D & L BBA
Houser Aleyann 7/14/1820 3/25/1895 Martin BBA
Houser Charles E 10/15/1874* 1/15/1876 D J & H E BBA
Houser Ettie G 8/18/1859* 2/18/1870 J & M B BBA
Houser Harry B 1/21/1889* 2/2/1889 D J & H E BBA
Houser Martin 7/27/1814 10/14/1865 Aleyann BBA
Houser Mary B illegible J burial records
Houser Walter J 6/16/1854* 8/16/1879 BBA
Jennings Mary A 6/27/1870* 8/7/1871 D & S M Jennings
Johnson John no dates burial records
Justus Mary Jane (Morton) 1848 1975 Marcellus Maslander Justus John & Lucy Craig Morton JC
King Helen (Robeson) 1818 3/15/1856 Mark BBA
King Mark 1805 2/22/1877 Helen Roseson; Sarah Newman - 1856 JC
King Sarah (Newman) 10/14/1811 8/5/1879 Isaace Patterson - 1828; Mark King - 1856 obit +
Kline Harry J 1874 10/10/1878 J & M BBA
Kline Sarah A 1/25/1877* 9/29/1882 J & M BBA
Leisure Drusilla Jane (Keller) 4/16/1856 12/21/1918 Marselles - 6/2/1880 Emanuel & Nancy McDaniel Keller
Lepper Elizabeth M (Foughty) 5/9/1842 11/12/1912 Thomas P Lepper; John C Milliken John & Lettie Gorrell Foughty death cert +
Losey Delmon Calvin 12/25/1884 1/26/1903 single Daniel R & Rozella Bohyer Losey death cert
Mannes Emily (Wilson) 12/6/1842 8/6/1878 JC
Mannes Oscar P 7/20/1874* 5/2/1875 W S J & Emily BBA
Mannes W S J 4/5/1835 9/14/1879 JC
McConnel James Pvt 1833 3/22/1862 Robert & Mary Ann Stout McConnel Civil War Co A 34 IN Inf - KIA records +
McConnell Mary Ann (Stout) 1/17/1807 10/17/1881 Robert - 10/21/1825
McConnell Robert 10/20/1798 3/22/1873 Mary Ann Stout - 10/21/1825 James & Elizabeth Howey McConel BBA
McCollum Hattie C 8/22/1878* 9/26/1880 J & E McCollum BBA
McDowel John 2/9/1852 William & Mary McDowel BBA
McDowel William 8/12/1809* 8/15/1854 BBA
McDowel William H 1/18/1860 1/18/1860 William & Mary McDowel BBA
McMullen Charly 10/15/1870 10/16/1870 W & M J McMullen BBA
McMullen Mary Jane (Davis) 1835 no dates William - 1855 John & Sarah Ann Vincent Davis burial records BBA
Milliken Edwin C 1871 4/13/1871 Samuel S & Sarah Jane Houser Milliken BBA
Milliken infant daughter illegible J A & C S burial records
Milliken James Abraham Sr 12/13/1835 1/8/1878 Susan Dafforn Samuel & Sarah Robison Milliken Civil War Capt Co F 130 IN Inf BBA
Milliken John Calvin 9/20/1841 3/15/1875 Elizabeth M Foughty Lepper Samuel & Sarah Robison Milliken Civil War Pvt Co K 75 IN Inf
Milliken John R 3/14/1875
Milliken Samuel 2/28/1804 10/11/1877 Sarah Robison Samuel & Mary Gray Milliken BBA
Milliken Sarah (Robison) 2/17/1804 9/7/1875 Samuel Sr BBA
Milliken Susan (Dafforn) 1/10/1845 2/9/1906 James A Sr - 1871 William & Mary Nichols Dafforn death cert
Milliken Viola no dates Samuel & Sarah Robison Milliken burial records
Mills Eliza no dates burial records
Mills Georgia no dates burial records
Mixell Fredie 2/10/1881 G & S Mixell BBA
Monasmith George no dates burial records
Monasmith John George 4/23/1807 11/16/1872 Ester Hewitt - 8/26/1828 Johann Peter & Christina M Messinger Mahnenschmidt
Morningstar Jack Leroy 4/25/1936 10/23/1936 Lester & Mary YoungMorningstar obit
Morton John 11/25/1825 10/25/1860 Lucy Craig
Morton Lucy (Craig) 12/4/1828 7/29/1883 John William & Jennet Robinson Craig
Musser Henry 3/10/1820 8/8/1956 Lanah - 9/14/1845 burial records BBA
Naus Eva Marie no dates burial records
Naus Mabel no dates F S & L J Naus BBA
Netterfield Albert Merritt 8/4/1868* 4/1/1869 Marguerite E Asman Joseph & Emma J Netterfield burial records BBA
Netterfield Benjamin 1820 4/22/1876 burial records photo
Netterfield Ida M 1/15/1865 12/6/1871
Netterfield infant no dates
Netterfield Rebecca Trenary (Kiser) 2/21/1841 2/21/1875
Norwalt Ola Orinda (Caston) 11/13/1874 3/3/1902 Frederick C Abraham & Chloe Freeland Caston
Numbers Albert 5/2/1878 1/24/1936 Mattie Grimm - 4/6/1896 Edwin F & Susan Rex Numbers records
Palm Jacob W no dates Co G 101 IN Inf BBA
Palm Maria (Hawley) 1827 8/12/1901 Jacob W - 1855 M/M Henry Hawley death cert
Palm William H 10/1/1858 3/2/1881 Jacob W & Maria Hawley Palm obit +
Pearce Harvey Barnes Rev 2/19/1804 10/9/1874 Violetta Laws - 1829; Charlotte Winans - 1850 Joseph & Elizabeth Hubbard Pearce TSF
Pearce Harvy A 6/16/1844 8/31/1862
Pugh Aaron 1/14/1824 8/2/1905 Hester Marie Gibbs William H & Francis Townsend Pugh obit
Pugh Hester Marie (Gibbs) 2/9/1834 9/3/1897 Aaron
Rankin Rachel Ann (Brooks) 8/25/1825 2/26/1916 William H - 10/12/1846 Charles H & Sebra Allen Brooks records +
Rankin William Hugh 3/1/1824 4/17/1888 Rachel Brooks Co E 153 IN Inf BBA
Reed infant daughter 2/24/1884 James & Sarah J Reed BBA
Reed John H 4/18/1823 8/13/1856 Mary Ann Jennings -1843 BBA
Reed Mary Ann (Jennings) 12/5/1822 1/14/1884 John H Reed - 1843; Hezekiah Allen - 1860 Seth & Eunice Jennings TSF
Reed Orson Wells 9/21/1856 7/11/1915 Rebecca Hoopengardner - 1881 John H & Mary Ann Jennings Reed has cenotaph in Oak Lawn Cemetery
Roe Addison 4/18/1853* 1/4/1871 Ezekiel & Catharine Putterbaugh Roe also has stone in Oak Lawn
Roe Charles David 8/11/1928 8/11/1928 Homer E & Beatrice Schearer Roe death cert
Rumrill Nancy Ann (Campbell) 3/0/1824 12/7/1900 William M William & Sarrah Borger Kampbell death cert
Rumrill William M 1813 1885 Ann Mexican War Pvt Co C 59 Reg IN Vol
Savuer Elizabeth 9/17/1859
Slauson Mary A (Vincent) 2/27/1812 10/13/1878 Rufus TSF
Slauson Rufus 1846 unknown Rufus & Mary A Vincent Slauson
Smith infant daughter 1/14/1884 1/24/1884 William & Lizzie Smith BBA
Smith James 1819 10/7/1858 Mary Boston - 1841 BBA
Smith James O 2/16/1851 6/22/1873 James & Mary Boston Smith BBA
Smith Mary (Boston) 5/23/1822 9/18/1897 James - 1841 George L & Mary Lytle Boston BBA
Snyder Elizabeth (McDonnel) 4/29/1790 2/17/1859 John SAB
Snyder John 1782 5/15/1865 Elizabeth McDonnel BBA
Snyder Maria (Fertig) 9/4/1816 8/6/1856 Henry Samuel & Susanna Fertig BBA
Snyder unknown 1833 8/13/1859 J & M Snider BBA
Sommers Donna Bell (Lepper) 2/19/1893 3/17/1922 Edward John M & Lucy E Hayes Lepper obit
Stephens Sarah 5/8/1817 5/12/1897 BBA
Stonebrook Frederick 3/14/1879 burial records BBA
Stover Catherine no dates burial records
Swaim Cora Estella 1859 1860 BBA
Swaim George 1856 185? BBA
Swaim Philena (Davis) 1852 10/13/1885 obit +
Taylor Andrew J 10/21/1824 1/3/1893 Susan W Brooks Enoch & Barbara Kekerise Taylor BBA
Taylor Clara May 8/7/1868* 3/2/1881 Andrew J & Susan W Brooks Taylor
Taylor Emma L 1/7/1861* 1/4/1864 Andrew J & Susan W Brooks Taylor TSF
Taylor infant daughter 12/20/1866 Andrew J & Susan W Brooks Taylor TSF
Taylor Orland H 4/15/1887 917/1887 H E & M E Taylor burial records
Taylor Susan W (Brooks) 1822 1/21/1893 Andrew J Hays & Charity McKee Brooks
Trenary Marcellus M stone broken G L W BBA
Trenary Matilda L (Settle) 8/15/1812 9/26/1873 Richard BBA
Trenary Rebecca (Kiser) 2/21/1841 2/21/1875 George T - 1859 Richard & Matilda Kiser BBA
Trenary Richard Jr 2/4/1876 1/14/1880 Richard & Mahala Shuey Trenary SAB
Trenary Richard Sr 8/8/1811 9/11/1880 Matilda L Settle; Mahala Shuey - 1875 SAB
Trenary William James 12/20/1879 188- Richard & Mahala Shuey Trenary
Trenary William W 2y 1m 13d stone repaired N H & M E BBA
Tucker Eric Scott 9/28/1969 1/21/2023 Kelly J Steele James & Janice Carroll Tucker obit +
Vananda James N 7/31/1839 3/13/1864 M/M Peter W Vananda Civil War Co G IN 13 Cal - DIS BBA
Vardaman George B 1/29/1869 6/24/1921 Ella Thompson George B & Abagail Vardaman death cert
Wasser unknown daughter 8/22/1893
Wilson Ann 4/16/1899
Wilson George 4/26/1863 Civil War 1st Sgt Co A 34 IN
Wise Clarence H 1/25/1882 3/21/1904 J A BBA
Wise John A 2/4/1831 4/19/1905 Civil War Pvt Co G 49 OH Inf BBA
Worley Sarepta L (Metts) 12/27/1832 3/27/1896 George N - 1872 James & Miranda Sutton Metts
Zegenfus Henry 2m 2d 12/7/1871 S & L J BBA
Zegenfus Joanna 9/2/1874 S & L J BBA
Zegenfus Lizzie A 6/20/1876 6/2/1878 William & H R Zegenfus BBA

* indicates that birth date is calculated from age at death *



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