Cemetery Records

Ebenezer Cemetery Project
... an Eagle Scout Project dedicated to the pioneers and their families who started Ebenezer Church

Many old cemeteries need a lot of work and care before they disappear forever. I planned my project for Ebenezer because of its condition. So many stones are broken and lost that I felt I could help preserve information that is there.

I planned my project to list the burials and would like to have mapped them but there were too many unknown stones and gaps. Some burials were grouped in clusters by family names on a large family headstone and then small “name” stones were used. There were also a few rows of stones in another area. Without an original plot map I found we couldn’t map it. It is a very small cemetery so it is easy to walk all over it.

The main concern is the missing stones. It has been mentioned that Ebenezer Cemetery was used as a sort of Potter’s Field by Zion UCC after the church at Ebenezer closed. People (farm hands mentioned specifically) that had no families were buried out there. The caskets were paid for by the county and buried from Zion. This information will take additional research.

There are also reports of headstones piled in the back corner one year and then the next year they were gone. This also should be investigated.

Devon Kimber

Project director Devon Kimber & his 'crew' at Ebenezer Cemetery
(more photos of the project are at the bottom of the page)

Last name	First name	Born	Died	Comments
?	Christof
?	Mary
Dee	Doretha	?	April 1, 1901	*see note below
Guth	Carl F.	August 13, 1822	July 28, 1897
Hagemeier	Adolph	July 13, 1826	November 8,1896	8/10/17 birth & death dates corrected (from D. Hagemeier) *see note below
Hagemeier	Louise	April 4, 1820	May 2, 1872
Hagemeier	?, ?			2 kinder of A & L
Hangesmeier	Friederich	April 7, 1807	January 13, 1883
Hangesmeier	Louisa	May 11, 1821	January 2, 1886
Keehn	?
Kosbau	Fredrick C.	January 28, 1864	?	birth or death?
Kosbau	?	December 15, 1860	June 15, 1870
Krugner	Christopher F.	March 17, 1842	April 16, 1872
Krugner	Maria U.	April 29, 1808	August 25, 1876
Lienkamper	Charles	1822	1879	Reverend
Poertner	Fred	1820	1862
Rumph	Hermine E.	April 18, 1871	April 28, 1871	kinder von C & C
Rumph	Hermine L.	November 2, 1868	July 30, 1870	kinder von C & C
Sherman	?			age 73y, Grandma
Sherman	?			age 72, Aunt
Sherman	August William	June 1, 1869	October 29, 1945
Sherman	Elizabeth	December 22, 1867	April 7, 1950
Sherman	Florentine Oster	April 7, 1832	January 26, 1908	Mother, Mrs. Henry
Sherman	Fred	1826	1876
Sherman	Henrietta	1827	1899
Sherman	Henry	April 25, 1823	March 6, 1905	Father
Sherman	Herman	May 22, 1827	December 17, 1911
Sherman	John			age 2 yr
Sherman	Sophia Bertha	April 5, 1882	November 8, 1963
Sherman	Nelson T.	March 0, 1913	March 25, 1994
Sherman	?	October 6, 1909	October 22, 1909
Sieg	Alvina	1852	1922
Sieg	Henry	1842	January 17, 1916	John Henry SIEGE
Sieg	Herman C.	April 12, 1888	August 5, 1965
Stock	Fredrika	March 13, 1833	January 18, 1911
Stock	Gotlieb	1799	January 2, 1897
Stock	Sophia Fredericka	November 27, 1868	March 10, 1947
Stock	Wilhelm	June 24, 1829	July 10,1899
Straate	Ada E.	April 21, 1905	June 5, 1981
Straate	Caroline Augusta	April 11, 1865	February 11, 1930
Straate	David A.	March 26, 1944	March 26, 1944
Straate	Edwin Henry	January 18, 1900	December 14, 1950
Straate	Henry	October 11, 1850	August 5, 1918	Simon Henry
Straate	Herman	February 5, 1889	April 7, 1889
Straate	Linda M.	November 1, 1945	January 9, 1981
Straate	Martha	April 2, 1877	April 26, 1877
Straate	Mary	February 28, 1881	April 19, 1881
Straate	Leslie Edwin	June 0, 1929	August 10, 1989
Straate	Margaret	Ocotber 1927
Sunderman	?	August 6, 1913	August 6, 1913	daughter of Henry
Sunderman	?	1908	1908	infant daughter
Sunderman	Alert	1905	1905
Sunderman	Alvina	1902	1902
Sunderman	?	October 12, 1905	October 12, 1905
Sunderman	Augusta	August 20, 1838	January 14, 1913
Sunderman	Esther I.	October 3, 1911	April 26, 1988	WWII vet
Sunderman	Florentine	1899	December 24, 1909
Sunderman	Florintine	1839	1872
Sunderman	Fredrick	April 20, 1863	December 29, 1883
Sunderman	Fredrick	June 18, 1827	October 17, 1902
Sunderman	Frida	October 6, 1895	June 12, 1901
Sunderman	Henry August	May 7, 1868	January 31,1929
Sunderman	Lidia	March 1, 1871	April 20, 1871
Sunderman	Theodore		September 2, 1873
Sunderman	Tilda K.	July 3, 1872	February 14, 1949
Sunderman	Wilhelmine	March 7, 1864	October 7, 1865
Sunderman	Willard	12-Oct-1905	January 19, 1906
Wacker	August	June 11, 1882	November 26, 1912
Wacker	Carl Frederick	August 13, 1834	April 17, 1915
Wacker	Charlotte	August 14, 1844	September 10, 1907	Mrs.
Wacker	Frederick W.	November 18, 1872	July 27, 1952
Wacker	George	April 13, 1829	November 3, 1910
Wacker	George John	November 9, 1874	Septemer 23, 1967
Wacker	Louisa Wilhelmina	July 30, 1835	February 22, 1912
Wacker	Minnie	June 11, 1880	May 21, 1902	daughter
Wille	Dorthie L.	October 5, 1814	December 1, 1897	Grandma (Dr. Malone)
Wentker	Ernst	1820	1890
Wentker	Sophie		July 17, 1881

We feel there are more graves in Ebenezer cemetery that are unmarked. If anyone has any suggestions or information about additional graves we would like to know about them. We will update the list with new information as it comes in. Unfortunately, many stones are broken and there is no information available. The list of burials (above) is from Woodmansee with the corrections made that are available now. Eventually we would like to have everyone remembered. If you would like a copy of the picture of the church (larger than the above photo) you may contact me.
Ann Krumme, project historian
akrumme@acegroup.cc

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*12/08/07 - "It was exciting to find that my GG-Grandmother Dorethea Wehlitz Dee is buried [in Ebenezer], and her daughter Julianna Dee's husband, Adolph Hagemeier. Julianna was Adolph Hagemeier's second wife. Doretha Wehlitz Dee came to America with Theodore Dee & family and Julianna from Germany" ... Janet Koozer