Volume 2 Page 174

LOCATION: The West Barre Cemetery is southeast of Wauseon, northeast of the junction of county road C, county road 13 and township road AC. The cemetery is located several yards off the road with acccess by a grass lane located behind a barn at the northeast corner of the intersection. (SW 1/4 Sec 31, T7N, R7E.):

HISTORY: The burial ground is on land deeded to A.K. Augustus in 1834. The community of West Barre developed at the five corners and had a Baptist Church, United Brethren Church, general store, blacksmith shop, grange, ashery, and a post office. A school house was located one-half mile south of the corners. The post office operated from 1851 until 1872 with Amos Taft as the post master. The cemetery, deeded to the township in 1843, is all that remains of the old village.

WEST BARRE

Row 1 (Start NW comer,

read rows N to S.): Row 4:
CLARK, H. Wayland s/o G. & E.S. Clark HAINES, Esther C. w/o D.E. Haines
22 Jan 1866 Ae 18y-3m-20d 5 Aug 1867 Ae 52y-2m-17d
SIMMONS, Howard s/o O.P. & E. Simmons WALTER, John 4 Mar 1804 - 5 Oct 1887
13 Jul 1900 Ae 3m & 18d STEVENS, Sylvanus 6 Apr 1874 Ae 76y6m-25d
SIMMONS, Lillie Edith d/o 0.P. & E. Simmons WALTER. Elva d/o J. & T. Walter
25 Aug 1894 Ae 1y-5m-16d 19 Sep 1866 Ae 15y-5m-1d
SIMMONS, Walter s/o O.P. & E. Simmons COULTER, David G. GAR  1826 - 1888
17 Sep 1896 Ae 2m & 14d Carolone F. 26 Jul 1829 - 18 May 1904
TAFT, Lewis A. 13 Mar 1868 Ae 28y & 27d SWEENY, John (f)) 13 Sep 1900 Ae 61y-9m-22d
TAFT, J. Wheaton 5 Nov 1857 Ae 29y-5m-5d Harriet L. (m) wife 7 Jan 1840 - 5 Feb 1895
TAFT, George W. 22 Nov 1849 Ae 24y SWEENY, Judson s/o J. & H. Sweeny ??
TAFT, Sally w/o Amos 13 Apr 1871 Ae 72y-2m-2d ??? 1864 Ae ?y & 15d
TAFT, Dea. Amos 11 Apr 1797 - 18 Aug 1880 Row 5:
(birth place - Illegible) FOUTY, Anna Louise d/o H.D. & Dora Fouty
ANDREWS, Andrew 13 Sep 1814 - 7 Dec 1886 31 Aug 1896 Ae 2y-6m-8d
Row 2: Row 6:
PORTER, Robert (f) 20 Jun 1812 - 29 May 1904 FOUTY, Joel 12 Sep 1889 Ae 61y-5m-12d
Ann (m) w/o R. 29 May 1812 - 11 Nov 1884 Margaret A. w/o J. 18 Mar 1906 Ae 65y & 11m
PORTER, Thomas  GAR 23 Jul 1866 Ae 22y HAWKINS, Arthur s/o E.T. & L. Hawkens
PORTER, Inf d/o T.G. & H. Porter 23 Mar 1884 Ae 4m & 5d
died - 3 Mar 1866 HAWKINS, Lucinda w/o E.T. Hawkins
BETTS, Mary A. d/o J. & S. Betts 21 Oct 1884 Ae 23y-5m-11d
5 Feb 1864 Ae 30y-11m-17d ROSS, Lula F. 27 Jul 1874 Ae 3m
HALEY, Margaret 7 Nov 1833 - 1 Mar 1866 (Illegible) 7 Sep 1875 Ae 2y-2m-7d (NOD)
FOUTY, Horace s/o J.S. & A. Fouty ( NLN ), Arthur d/o J. & M.A. Fouty
3 Oct 1870 Ae 9m & 28d FOUTY, Maggie 10 Nov 1884 Ae 7m & 11d
FOUTY, Anna A. 17 Sep 1897 Ae 57y s/o J. & M.A. Fouty
ANDREWS, Henry 1830 - 1913 Frankie died - 20 Dec 1879
Mary 1832 - 1905 w/o Franklin Rhoads
ANDREWS, Andrew s/o H.A. & M.A. Andrews RHOADS, Emma J. 10 Apr 1888 Ae 18y-3m-1d
23 Feb 1885 Ae 22y-6m-18d Row 7:
ANDREWS, Mary E. d/o H. & M.E. Andrews ROOT, Mabel (m) (NOD)
9 Sep 1863 Ae 3y-1m-1d ROOT. Edwin (f) (NOD)
ANDREWS, James 31 Aug 1867 Ae 49y WAGNER, Lolla Belle d/o F. & C. Wagner
(footstone) C.E.M. 9 Apr 1899 Ae 2y-10m-22d
(base only)
(base only)
Row 3:
WALTER, George C.    19 Oct 1898 Ae 50y-1m-26d
SCOTT, Lemuel N.     4 May 1866 Ae 39y-4m-8d
(stone - broken - missing)
(field stone marker - eroded)
(field stone marker - eroded) 174

 

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