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LOCATION: The Eckley Mennonite Cemetery is located southeast of Burlington. on the west side
of County Road
20,
between US Alternate 20 and County Road F. (SE1/2, See 14. T7N. R5E.) HISTORY: The graveyard is located on land deeded to David Stutzman in 1834. Burials commenced soon after and in 1858 trustees for the Amish Burying Ground purchased the site from Joe and Mary Stutzman. The Amish Burying Ground became the Eckley Mennonite Cemetery and is known to many as the Eckley Cemetery. Early burial records are unavailable however it is believed the cemetery contains many unmarked graves. |
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Row 1 (Start SE corner, |
read S to N all rows.): | Row 3 continued: | |
| ZIMMERMAN, Lloyd J. | 1894 - 1942 | RYCHENER, Christ J. | 1844 - 1920 |
| ZIMMERMAN, Mary E. | 1892 - 1967 | Mary | 1848 - 1918 |
| Lewis J. | 1894 - 1941 | RYCHENER. Gideon | 1850 - 1915 |
| Edna E. | 1898 - 1969 | Mary A. | 1853 - 1924 |
| ZIEGlER. Peter H. | 1868 - 1942 | SAUDER. Henry | 1849 - 1917 |
| Elizabeth | 1862 - 1938 | Jemima | 1854 - 1927 |
| ROTH. Aaron J. | 1897 - 1981 | SAUDER, Fanny | d/o S. & K. Sauder |
| Susie J. | 1906 - ne | 14 Jul 1902 - 22 Dec 1918 | |
| ROTH. Shirley Mae | 1933 - 1936 | SAUDER. Samuel | 1874 - 1952 |
| SHORT. Bessie | 1902 - 1968 | Katie | 1873 - 1952 |
| SHORT. Benjamin | 1867 - 1939 | SAUDER, Daniel | 1851 - 1921 |
| Mary | 1868 - 1945 | Barbara | 1856 - 1941 |
| SHORT. Simeonn | 1865 - 1935 | GOLDSMITH. Frank | 1895 - 1923 |
| Loueza | 1878 - 1943 | GOLDSMITH, Lydia | 1893 - 1980 |
| GOLDSMITH, Daniel | 1911 - 1929 | Row 4: | |
| GOLDSMITH, Peter | 1854 - 1933 | NOFZIGER. Perry E. s/o E.& M. | 1890 - 1918 |
| Albertine wlo Peter | 1871 - 1948 | GRIESER, Elma | d/o S.& L. Grieser |
| GOLDSMITH. Edward | 1906 - ne | 6 Feb 1896 - 7 Apr 1918 | |
| Row 2: | GRIESER, Ralph J. | 1909 - 1937 | |
| NOFZINGER. C.S. | 30 Aug 1875 - 18 Apr 1959 | GRIESER, Simon | 1867 - 1937 |
| RIEGSECKER. Joseph | 1857 - 1936 | Lizzie | 1871 - 1956 |
| Mary J. | 1857 - 1944 | GRIESER. Clarence | 1903 - 1966 |
| RYCHENER.Solomon | 24 Feb 1878 - 6 Apr 1937 | BURKHOLDER, Clara Eva | 1895 - 1918 |
| Lydia | 24 Dec 1879 - Apr 1955 | BURKHOLDER, David V. | 1870 - 1957 |
| McDONNELL. Roy J. | 1928 - ne | Lydia L. | 1869 - 1931 |
| Ila | 1930 - 1983 | NAFZINGER. Magdalena | w/o Jos. C. |
| Eugene Allen | 24 Mar 1953 - 4 Feb 1954 | 4 Jun 1842 - 1 Mar 1912 | |
| KING. Abraham | 1860 - 1926 | NOFZIGER. Joseph C. | 15 Sep 1838 - 7 Nov 1908 |
| Fannie | 1859 - 1927 | NAFZINGER, Lydia | d/o J.C.& Magdaline Nafzinger |
| KING, Ira F. | 1898 - 1930 | 26 Apr 1867 - 19 Oct 1906 | |
| RIEGSECKER. Albert | 1898 - 1960 | BAER, Martin | 1843 - 1936 |
| Leah | 1907 - ne | Judith | 1847 - 1906 |
| RIEGSECKER. Sharon Rose | 1950 - 1961 | NAFZIGER, Joseph J. | 26 Feb 1841 - 19 Jul 1914 |
| MULL. Daniel | 1872 - 1924 | NAFZIGER, Lydia | wlo Joseph J. Nafziger |
| Emma E. | 1874 - 1947 | 4 Jun 1843 - 15 Feb 1917 | |
| ROTH. Enos | 1886 - 1975 | GRIESER, Emma | d/o C.& F. Grieser |
| Fannie | 1884 - 1925 | 22 Jun 1892 - 13 Nov 1910 | |
| Ada | 1893 - 1971 | GRIESER. Christian | 1849 - 1921 |
| Row 3: | Frany | 1854 - 1933 | |
| NOFZINGER. Jacob E. | 1869 - 1930 | GRIESER, Gideon | 1851 - 1914 |
| Katie | 1875 - 1949 | GRIESER. Catharine | 1857 - 1931 |
| RUFENACHT, Lydia | 1887 - 1973 | GRIESER, Samuel D. | 1874 - 1938 |
| RUFENACHT. Simon | 1869 - 1954 | Emma | 1872 - 1919 |
| Christina | 1865 - 192B | ||
| NOFZINGER. John S. | 1862 - 1939 | ||
| Mary A. | 1879 - 1923 | ||
| SCHROCK, Peter C. | 1850 - 1937 | ||
| Lena | 1853 - 1911 | 155 | |
| RYCHENER, Amos | 1876 - 1923 |
