The Mennonite-German Springs Cemetery

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Submitted & © by Paul & Verla Blackledge

Surveyed by Kay Summers & Verla Blackledge Submitted by Paul & Verla Blackledge

To get to the Mennonite-German Springs Cemetery, from 3 miles south of Manchester on State Highway 132, go west for 5.25 miles on McClain Road /or/ from the intersection of State Highways 132 and 11, go west for 7 miles to north on County Road 720 for 10 miles, then east on McClain for 1.75 miles -- cemetery is on the south side of the road.

If you have additional information about The Mennonite-German Springs Cemetery, please contact area coordinator.

The following used with permission, Cherokee Strip Volunteer League, "Alfalfa County Oklahoma Cemeteries": The Mennonite-German Springs Cemetery is located in Section 35 Township 29N Range 9W in Alfalfa County.

The German Springs Mennonite Church was the first Mennonite church to be established in the Cherokee Outlet. The sign at the cemetery has a date of 1894. The church struggled in the beginning, but later prospered because crops improved. The church burned in about 1926 and was never rebuilt. Eli C. and Barbara (Bechtel) Yoder donated two acres of land from the NE corner of their claim on November 30, 1920. The church was on the east acre and the cemetery on the west acre. Her father, J. W. Bechtel, was the first burial in the cemetery. A cemetery board was formed Memorial Day, 1978, and a maintenance trust fund established when they realized relatives might not always be around to take of the cemetery.

LOT NO.	LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	NOTES
Row 3, Lot 11	Angle	Dela	Aug. 23, 1896	Aug. 23, 1896	See photo Dau. of L. & N. A. Angle
Row 3, Lot 10	Angle	Melgian M.	Aug. 21, 1895	Aug. 22, 1895	See photo Son of L. & N. A. Angle
Row 1, Lot 1	Bailey	Maggie Estella	1891	1903	See photo
Row 13, Lot 16	Bechtel	J. W.	Dec. 10, 1830	Oct. 9, 1896	See photo
Row 6, Lot 6	Bennett	Charles E.	Nov. 19, 1868	July 3, 1954	See photo
Row 6, Lot 3	Bennett	Inez Leota	Dec. 7, 1900	Jan. 9, 1963	See photo
Row 6, Lot 4	Bennett	Joseph Elwin "Shorty"	April 20, 1894	Feb. 27, 1960	See photo Oklahoma PVT US Army WWI
Row 6, Lot 7	Bennett	Olive A.	Aug. 24, 1868	Nov. 6, 1925	See photo Wife of Charles E. Bennett
Row 6, Lot 8	Bennett	W. Calvin	July 15, 1899	Feb. 13, 1970	See photo
Row 6, Lot 5	Bennett	Walter V.	Nov. 7, 1906	April 14, 1907	See photo Son of C. E. & O. A. Bennett
Row 10, Lot 4	Brown	Alvin W.	Oct. 10, 1874	June 28, 1953	See photo
Row 10, Lot 3	Brown	Jessie E.	May 19, 1883	Sept. 24, 1967	See photo
Row 6, Lot 1	Bryant	Betty N.	March 10, 1928	Dec. 17, 1947	See photo Granddaughter of Elwin & Inez Bennett
Row 6, Lot 2	Bryant	Infant Daughter			See photo
Row 8, Lot 2	Clark	Author R.		May 15, 1901	See photo Son of G. A. & L. E. Clark Aged 10y 2m 21d
Row 2, Lot 7	Conklin	Edna (Potter)	July 21, 1907	Dec. 22, 1981	See photo Married Dec. 15, 1949 Irven Richard Conklin
Row 2, Lot 8	Conklin	Irven Richard	April 22, 1909	Jan. 7, 1976	See photo
Row 5, Lot 4	Crabb	Eli M.	1839	1902	See photo
Row 11, Lot 13	Croskey	Ellsworth R.	March 13, 1877	Oct. 21, 1927	See photo
Row 11, Lot 10	Croskey	Emma M.	July 11, 1834	March 22, 1916	See photo Wife of John Croskey
Row 11, Lot 9	Croskey	John	Dec. 8, 1831	Feb. 9, 1914	See photo
Row 11, Lot 10	Croskey	John Albert	May 2, 1902	June 21, 1902	See photo
Row 11, Lot 12	Croskey	Leao Basil	Feb. 14, 1907	April 22, 1911	See photo
Row 11, Lot 8	Croskey	Michael C.	1857	1941	See photo
Row 6, Lot 15	Dowell	E. E.	Dec. 11, 1901	Nov. 23, 1903	See photo
Row 6, Lot 14	Dowell	H. E.	Aug. 25, 1904	July 4, 1905	See photo
Row 7, Lot 5	Drumm	John C.	Feb. 4, 1838	April 18, 1907	See photo
Row 7, Lot 4	Drumm	Mary Ann	Jan. 18, 1841	Oct. 24, 1917	See photo
Row 4, Lot 6	Fielder	Harry E.		May 9, 1895	See photo Aged 6y 7m 14d
Row 4, Lot 5	Fielder	Lilly		March 25, 1895	See photo Aged 24d
Row 4, Lot 4	Fielder	Lottie		Dec. 29, 1897	See photo Wife of Charles Fielder Aged 27y 10m 28d
Row 4, Lot 2	Finuf	Debby Jane	Sept. 9, 1866	Nov. 15, 1955	See photo
Row 4, Lot 1	Finuf	George W.	June 26, 1863	Dec. 30, 1941	See photo
Row 4, Lot 3	Finuf	Minnie	Dec. 17, 1895	March 6, 1944	See photo
Row 3, Lot 6	Hess	Antone	1901	1964	See photo
Row 1, Lot 6	Hess	Armister L.	11-11-1932	03-17-2008	See photo
Row 3, Lot 4	Hess	Augusta	1863	1932	See photo
Row 1, Lot 6	Hess	Betty L.	March 23, 1940	Dec. 27, 1995	See photo
Row 3, Lot 1	Hess	Emil	Sept. 25, 1835 Germany	May 30, 1909	See photo
Row 3, Lot 3	Hess	Julius H.	Aug. 15, 1865	May 17, 1925	See photo
Row 1, Lot 2	Hess	Oswald	June 1, 1895	Feb. 15, 1956	See photo Oklahoma PVT 21 Evac Hosp WWI
Row 3, Lot 2	Hess	Pauline	March 20, 1840	July 25, 1921	See photo Wife of Emil Hess
Row 1, Lot 4	Hess	Rockey Lee	Feb. 1, 1957	Sept. 12, 1960	See photo
Row 1, Lot 3	Hess	Sarah	Feb. 12, 1908	Oct. 17, 1942	See photo
Row 3, Lot 5	Hess	Walter	Jan. 8, 1893	Jan. 31, 1909	See photo Son of Julius Hess
Row 1, Lot 5	Hess	Walter Lee	June 20, 1930	Oct. 12, 2003	See photo CPL US Army Korea
Row 5, Lot 10	Jones	Infant			Infant of Nora Jones
Row 11, Lot 7	Jones	Lora C.		June 30, 1901	See photo Aged 32y 10m 8d
Row 9, Lot 2	Kreie	Arthur	May 7, 1900	May 7, 1900	See photo Twin Son of G. K. & E. I. Kriee
Row 9, Lot 1	Kreie	Oscar	May 7, 1900	May 7, 1900	See photo Twin Son of G. K. & E. I. Kriee
Row 3, Lot 7	Kuhns	Abraham	Jan. 13, 1876	Nov. 12, 1904	See photo
Row 3, Lot 9	Kuhns	Magdalene (Slabaugh)	June 16, 1847	Dec. 20, 1925	See photo
Row 3, Lot 8	Kuhns	Samuel	July 12, 1843	Jan. 12, 1918	See photo
Row 8, Lot 1	Landreth	Thomas F.	Sept. 8, 1901	Nov. 1, 1903	Son of A. L. & A. A. Landreth
Row 8, Lot 1	Leath	Willis		March 3, 1897	See photo Son of H. A. & O. E. Leath Aged 1y 8m 3d
Row 6, Lot 16	Leith	Edna Alyce	Jan. 20, 1903	Jan. 30, 1903	See photo
Row 6, Lot 16	Leith	Gertrude	Jan. 2, 1899	Jan. 28, 1899	See photo
Row 6, Lot 16	Leith	William A.	Nov. 27, 1838	Jan. 28, 1920	See photo
Row 11, Lot 2	Leslie	Anna M.	1861	1930	See photo
Row 11, Lot 1	Leslie	William T.	1854	1932	See photo
Row 11, Lot 1	Liebman	Caroline	May 29, 1837 Germany	Sept. 3, 1900 Oklahoma	See photo
Row 10, Lot 2	Main	Benjamin F.	June 20, 1900	March 31, 1982	See photo
Row 12, Lot 11	Main	Clarence D.	Jan. 14, 1899	May 7, 1981	See photo
Row 12, Lot 8	Main	Doryl D.	Feb. 16, 1925	Feb. 20, 1926	See photo
Row 10, Lot 1	Main	Gladys F.	Dec. 13, 1901	Jan. 13, 1996	See photo Married May 1, 1923 Benjamin F. Main
Row 12, Lot 10	Main	Hazel N. (Potter)	Nov. 9, 1895	Dec. 13, 1976	See photo Married Oct. 2, 1917 Clarence D. Main
Row 12, Lot 9	Main	Violanta V.	Jan. 4, 1919	Feb. 2, 1923	See photo
Row 7, Lot 8	Minten	E. L.	June 13, 1896	Aug. 8, 1896	See photo
Row 10, Lot 7	Minten	Eliza E.	1841	1921	See photo
Row 7, Lot 7	Minten	Franklin H.	March 26, 1902	July 19, 1902	See photo Son of J. S. & L. J. Minten
Row 7, Lot 9	Minten	J. F.	Aug. 20, 1900	Sept. 13, 1900	See photo
Row 10, Lot 8	Minten	Joseph	Aug. 8, 1838	July 14, 1900	See photo
Row 7, Lot 6	Minten	William W.	May 25, 1895	Aug. 24, 1907	See photo Son of J. S. & L. J. Minten
Row 8, Lot 5	Pantil	Elza M.	Oct. 14, 1896	Oct. 23, 1896	See photo Son of G. M. & L. E. Pantil
Row 5, Lot 9	Potter	A. L.	March 1, 1835		See photo
Row 5, Lot 1	Potter	Claude A.	1898	1940	See photo
Row 12, Lot 6	Potter	Elizabeth M.	Nov. 22, 1859	April 28, 1949	See photo
Row 2, Lot 6	Potter	Elmer S.	1863	1953	See photo
Row 2, Lot 9	Potter	Ernest A.	Sept. 28, 1890	March 12, 1928	See photo
Row 12, Lot 7	Potter	Francis M.	Dec. 8, 1857	April 17, 1928	See photo
Row 12, Lot 7	Potter	Frank E.	June 14, 1896	Sept. 1, 1975	See photo PVT US Army WWI
Row 5, Lot 2	Potter	George E.	1860	1947	See photo
Row 5, Lot 10	Potter	Infant			See photo Infant of E. A. Potter
Row 11, Lot 6	Potter	John A.	May 19, 1883	Oct. 17, 1910	See photo Son of F. M. & E. M. Potter
Row 7, Lot 3	Potter	Lloyd Chalmer	May 22, 1919	Jan. 10, 1921	See photo Son of Frank & Mae Potter
Row 7, Lot 3	Potter	Martha Jane		May 20, 1897	See photo Wife of A. L. Potter Aged 62y 2m 28d
Row 5, Lot 3	Potter	Milla A.	1867	1939	See photo
Row 5, Lot 11	Potter	Nellie D.		July 17, 1895	See photo Dau. of E. S. & N. E. Potter Aged 8m 22d
Row 2, Lot 5	Potter	Nina Elouise	1866	1927	See photo
Row 7, Lot 2	Potter	Ola Mae	Feb. 15, 1897	June 13, 1949	See photo
Row 13, Lot 1	Rethorst	Edith E.	Oct. 13, 1885	Jan. 18, 1967	See photo Married Feb. 14, 1906 Hugo E. Rethorst
Row 13, Lot 3	Rethorst	Harold E.	Dec. 15, 1908	Feb. 7, 1920	See photoSon of Edith & Hugo Rethorst
Row 13, Lot 2	Rethorst	Hugo E.	Oct. 27, 1881	Feb. 14, 1955	See photo
Row 10, Lot 5	Ritter	Clara Jane		Jan. 13, 1901	See photo Wife of J. D. Ritter Aged 19y 4m 27d
Row 11, Lot 4	Sauer	Carl	1831	1916	See photo
Row 11, Lot 3	Sauer	Elizabeth	1841	1923	See photo
Row 8, Lot 3	Sauer	Vernie W.	Aug. 28, 1898	Aug. 23, 1899	See photo Son of H. & L. Sauer
Row 2, Lot 3	Schmidt	Amanda M.	Oct. 2, 1878	Jan. 29, 1924	See photo
Row 2, Lot 4	Schmidt	Henry	1868	1959	See photo
Row 5, Lot 6	Sherman	Alma E.	1865	1920	See photo
Row 5, Lot 7	Sherman	Alonzo	Nov. 26, 1884	Jan. 10, 1911	See photo
Row 5, Lot 5	Sherman	Edwin	1860	1937	See photo
Row 5, Lot 5	Sherman	Ralph		June 18, 1897	See photo Son of E. D. & A. E. Sherman Aged 16y 1m 16d
Row 13, Lot 8	Smith	Fredrick O.	Jan. 13, 1878	May 15, 1950	See photo
Row 13, Lot 7	Smith	Karl H.	March 3, 1914	Aug. 3, 1952	See photo
	Smith	Mary Ellen (Wells)			See photo
	Smith	Ralph R.		09-18-1923	See photo
	Smith	Raymond L.		05-11-1922	See photo
Row 12, Lot 3	Warner	Alfred J.	March 23, 1919	Aug. 18, 1986	See photo
Row 11, Lot 5	Warner	Doris Lorene	June 10, 1915	July 1, 1917	See photo Dau. of Walter & Vola Warner
Row 12, Lot 3	Warner	Erma C.	Dec. 16, 1929	Feb. 26, 1996	See photo
Row 12, Lot 5	Warner	Vola B.	April 5, 1880	April 23, 1938	See photo Children Howard, Esther, Ethel, Carroll, Doris, Alfred
Row 12, Lot 4	Warner	Walter F.	Nov. 11, 1880	May 12, 1963	See photo
Row 8, Lot 4	Wells	Eddie		June 14, 1899	See photo Son of J. L. & M. E. Wells Aged 1y 9m 10d
Row 13, Lot 4	Wells	John W.			See photo
Row 13, Lot 4	Wells	Wesley			Son of J. W. Wells
Row 6, Lot 10	Williams	Ada I. J.	Dec. 7, 1903	April 8, 1904	See photo Dau. of J. B. & Iona Williams
Row 6, Lot 12	Williams	Iona A.	1875	1948	See photo
Row 6, Lot 11	Williams	Joseph B.	1862	1944	See photo
Row 6, Lot 13	Williams	Sara	1897	1948
Row 6, Lot 9	Williams	Thomas C.		Nov. 23, 1900	See photo Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Williams Aged 1y 3m 8d
Row 12, Lot 11	Yoder	B. Ruth	Jan. 9, 1911	Nov. 23, 1991	See photo
Row 13, Lot 14	Yoder	Barbara	May 17, 1868	Sept. 17, 1906	See photo Wife of E. C. Yoder
Row 13, Lot 12	Yoder	Earl R.	Feb. 15, 1895	Oct. 15, 1916	See photo Son of Eli & Barbara Yoder
Row 13, Lot 13	Yoder	Eli C.	Nov. 23, 1860	Dec. 19, 1942	See photo
Row 2, Lot 1	Yoder	Elizabeth	Jan. 23, 1852	Jan. 5, 1926	See photo
Row 13, Lot 15	Yoder	Francis	Aug. 30, 1906	Aug. 30, 1906	See photo
Row 2, Lot 2	Yoder	Moses H.	May 27, 1833	June 12, 1911	See photo
Row 12, Lot 11	Yoder	Opal M.	Sept. 14, 1917	April 11, 2000	See photo
Row 11, Lot 16	Zink	Bernard	1860	1916	See photo
Row 11, Lot 14	Zink	Joseph F.	Sept. 21, 1903	Oct. 24, 1966	See photo Kansas PVT 743 Tank BN WWII
Row 10, Lot 6	Zink	Lillie	1896	1910	See photo
Row 11, Lot 15	Zink	Lodema	1878	1961	See photo
Row 12, Lot 12	Zink	Mary L.	1911	1917	See photo

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