| Giard Cemetery As walked and researched by Bev Bernhard. ©2006 Giard, Sec. 3 NE/SE Farmersburg twp. Page 4 (plus additional names at bottom) page 1 - page 2 - page 3 |
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| Name | Dates - Age | Bev's notes |
| Sass, Fred | b. 1867 d. 1945 | |
| Sass, Minnie | b. 1872 d. 1955 | wife of Fred Sass |
| Sass, Raymond | b. 1/22/1904 d. 3/1/1905 | infant |
| Sawvell, Leola (Broszeit) | b. 2/28/1923 d. 3/28/2003 | wife of Raymond G. Sawvell |
| Sawvell, Raymond G. | b. 4/20/1916 d. 12/7/2004 | |
| Saxauer, Maria Barbara (Loeffel) | b. 7/10/1796 d. 7/3/1883 | wife of Christian Saxauer |
| Scarff, Hallie | b. 1/22/1985 d. 10/26/1999 | |
| Schellhamer, Maria | b. 1834 d. 1918 | |
| Schellhamer, Sibilla | b. 1831 d. 1865 | |
| Schellhamer, William | b. 1861 d. 1903 | |
| Schiff, Ella | b. 9/14/1881 d. 4/27/1907 | |
| Schiff, Elmer | b. 1/26/1884 d. 6/23/1909 | |
| Schiff, Louis | b. 6/27/1826 d. 5/12/1912 | |
| Schiff, Marie | b. 11/21/1843 d. 7/9/1914 | |
| Schmidt, Johanna S. | d. 6/15/1880 age 64 | mother of Mrs. John Korte |
| Schneider, Baby son | d. 1886 | with Herman Schneider group |
| Schneider, Catherine (Eiffert) | d. 1854 | first wife of Henry Schneider |
| Schneider, Conrad | d. 5/23/1864 age 79 | |
| Schneider, Edward | b. 2/28/1868 d. 5/31/1899 | |
| Schneider, Emil | b. 11/4/1864 d. 2/8/1890 | |
| Schneider, Fannie | b. May 27, 1890 d. 2 y 1 m 1 d | with Herman Schneider group |
| Schneider, Heinrich (Henry) | b. 1/5/1810 d. 8/9/1884 | brother of Herman Schneider. Herman had sent for friends and relatives in Germany. Herman and company arrived at McGregor's Landing on June 6, 1847. |
| Schneider, Henry (Jr.) | b. 1841 d. 1/15/1907 | |
| Schneider, Margaret (Foster) | d. 4/2/1895 age 83 y 6 d | wife of Herman Schneider/Snyder |
| Schneider, Martha (Bernhard) | b. 11/15/1835 d. 2/6/1921 | b. Hessen, Germany wife of Henry Schneider and possibly a sister to John A. Bernhard |
| Schneider, Mary | d. 3/19/1878 age 34 | wife of Adam Schneider |
| Schneider, Rev. Conrad | b. 1785 d. 1864 age 79 | |
| Schneider, Sarah | b. 7/16/1847 d. 7/24/1928 | |
| Schneider / Snyder, Herman | b.1812 d. 10/31/1894 age 82 y 2 m 16d |
From Hessen, Germany. One of the first settlers in the area. Was a gunsmith for the Indians at FT. Atkinson. |
| Schuldt, _____ | b. 1850 d. 1914 | "Mother" |
| Schuldt, Sophia F. | b. 1865 d. 3/12/1905 | wife of (unreadable) |
| Schweisow, Bertha | b.1870 d. 1959 | never married |
| Schweisow, Christopher F | b. 1840 d. 1917 | father of Bertha Schweisow and Dena D. Bernhard |
| Schweisow, Dora (Muenkel) | b. 1843 d. 1921 | mother of Bertha Schweisow and Dena D. Bernhard |
| Schweitert, Gustav | b. 1898 d. 1963 | |
| Schweitert, Herbert H. | b. 11/14/1924 d. 8/4/1970 | Cpl US Army WWII BSM |
| Schweitert, Hermine | b. 1898 d. 1990 | wife of Gustav Schweitert |
| Selleg, E. J. | b. 1800 d. 6/26/1879 | |
| Selleg, Ida May | d. 5/4/1858 | infant dau of E. J. & Mary E. Selleg |
| Selleg, Mary E. | d. 5/4/1858 | wife of E. J. Selleg |
| Selleg, Willie J. | d. 9/31/1856 | son of E. J. & Mary E. Selleg |
| Sherman, Howard | b. 5/15/1903 d. 5/21/1903 | |
| Sherman, Lizzie | b. 9/23/1885 d. 5/14/1904 | |
| Silloway, Anna | d. 12/24/1866 | wife of John Silloway |
| Sneider, Katherine E. | d. 7/13/1854 age 38 | wife of Henry Sneider |
| Snyder, Elizabeth C. "Bessie" | b. 1900 d. 1992 | wife of Herman D. Snyder |
| Snyder, Herman D. | b. 1891 d. 1974 | brother of John L. Snyder |
| Snyder, John L. | b. 1854 d. 1937 | |
| Snyder, Josephine B. | b. 1862 d. 1927 | wife of John L. Snyder |
| Sophia | no dates | |
| Sparks, Elizabeth | d. 9/13/1885 age 83 | |
| Sparks, Henry | d. 6/10/1863 age 26 | 3rd IA Inf. ; son of J. & F Sparks |
| Sparks, James | d. 1851 age 59 | |
| Spaulding, B. F. | d. 12/22/1862 45y 4m 14d | |
| Sporleder, Conrad | d. 2/17/1863 | stone almost buried |
| St. John, Belle A. | b. 11/24/1860 d. 6/6/1879 | daughter of JR & EC St. John (WPA says Nellie) |
| St. John, Esther C. | b. Oct 1841 d. 5/24/1925 | wife |
| St. John, Ida | b. 1869 d. 10/2/1891 | daughter of JR & EC St. John |
| St. John, James R. | b. 9/16/1938 d. 6/19/1904 | |
| Standorf, Carlotta | d. 1978 | wife of Harvey Standorf |
| Standorf, Harvey | b. 1902 d. 1975 | |
| Steel, Mary | d. 5/18/1889 age 78 y 1 m 4 d | wife of Solomon Steel |
| Steel, Solomon | d. 2/9/1896 age 84 y 5 m 5 d | owned Steel's Hotel (early settler) |
| Sterns, Joshua T. | d. 4/21/1862 | broken stone |
| Surdam, T. Janet | b. 1912 d. 1990 | Methodist Missionary to China*, never married |
| Thompson, Dale | ||
| Thompson, Dorothy | wife of Dale Thompson | |
| Tidwell, "Coach" | b. 1/1/1914 d. 11/7/2000 | |
| Towers, Patricia Henkes | b. 10/17/1935 d. 5/19/1978 | buried with Henkes |
| Townsend, Henry | b. 6/10/1875 d. 2/11/1913 | |
| Trueger, Katrina | b. Sep 1823 d. 18 May 1852 | |
| Welch Twins | 1903 | children of Charles H. Welch & Anna |
| Welch, Anna A. | b. 1847 d. 1965 | wife of Charles H. Welch |
| Welch, Charles H. | b. 1864 d. 1941 | |
| Welch, Frederick | b. 1885 d. 1908 | children of Charles H. Welch & Anna |
| Welch, Willard | b. 1910 d. 1911 | children of Charles H. Welch & Anna |
| Wessel, Clara | b. 1869 d. 1946 | buried with Hartwick group |
| Wessel, E. Herschel | b. 2/15/1895 d. 3/26/1898 | buried with Hartwick group |
| Wessel, George M. Rev. | b. 1863 d. 1944 | buried with Hartwick group |
| Wickersheim, Anna C. "Mother" | b. 1869 d. 1945 | Wiekersheim on tombstone |
| Wickersheim, Atherton S. | b. 7/18/1896 d. 8/27/1951 | b. Earlville, IA Veteran marker |
| Wickersheim, Benjamin J. | b. 11/11/1877 d. 10/27/1955 | son of George & Catherine Wickersheim |
| Wickersheim, Catherine (Rosenkranz) |
b. 9/9/1840 d. 3/18/1927 | wife of George Wickersheim |
| Wickersheim, Edward | b. 1861 d. 11/03/1903 | son of George & Catherine Wickersheim |
| Wickersheim, Esther Ruth (Bernhard) | b. 1897 d. 1932 | wife of Atherton, daughter of John Henry Bernhard and Dena Dora Schweisow |
| Wickersheim, George | b. 2/13/1834 d. 2/25/1900 | |
| Wickersheim, Grace E. | b. 11/8/1888 d. 8/8/1982 | wife of Benjamin J. Wickersheim |
| Wickersheim, Infant daughter | b. 1917 d. 1917 | daughter of George & Catherine Wickersheim |
| Wickersheim, John | b. 4/2/1912 d. 1/7/1981 | SSgt US Army WWII |
| Wickersheim, Kate | b. 10/12/1883 d. 5/31/1960 | daughter of George & Catherine Wickersheim |
| Wickersheim, Lena M. | b. 1865 d. 1938 | daughter of George & Catherine Wickersheim |
| Wickersheim, Maurice | b. 1928 d. 1928 | son of George & Catherine Wickersheim |
| Wickersheim, Nelda | b. 1904 d. 1995 | daughter of Atherton & Esther, never married |
| Wickersheim, William B. "Father" | b. 1863 d. 1947 | Wiekersheim on tombstone |
| Witter, Anna | b. 1868 d. 1934 | wife of Benjamin Witter |
| Witter, baby | 1/12/1930 | son of Herman & Mae Witter |
| Witter, Benjamin | b. 1861 d. 1942 | |
| Witter, Emma | no dates | |
| Witter, Herman | b. 1904 d. 1973 | |
| Witter, Mae | b. 1907 d. 2003 | wife of Herman Witter and sister of Ruth Allert |
| Yearous, Catherine | b. 1847 d. 1927 | wife of George Yearous |
| Yearous, Emma E. | b. 5/5/1875 d. 10/29/1959 | wife of Leonard Yearous and daughter of William Allert |
| Yearous, George | b. 1843 d. 1874 | |
| Yearous, Lenard | b. 1/1/1869 d. 4/15/1934 | |
| Yearous, Minnie R. | b. 10/24/1874 d. 1/1/1932 | |
| Zeigler, George | d. 10/8/1872 age 72y 10m 7d |
*T. Janet Surdam and Luella Koether called themselves "Janella" and ministered as a team. They were missionaries to China during the communist takeover and they spent 200 days in solitary confinement in a communist prison.
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Additional names from the Work's Project Administration (WPA)
cemetery records
| Name | Bev's Notes |
| Allert, Tillie | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Alvord, John Calvin | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Alvord, Melzer | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Anderson, Verna Dieckman | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Bagby, Jerusha | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Benzing, Alberta A. | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Benzing, Arthur M. | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Benzing, Robert | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Bernhard, Elizabeth | b.1838 d. 1913 on WPA list for Giard but buried Council Hill |
| Bernhard, John | b.1819 d. 1870 on WPA list for Giard but buried Council Hill |
| Bickel, Annie E. | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Bickel, Martha Cervilla (Steele) | b. 1841 d. 1922 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Blair, Merrellis L. | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Calvert, George H. | d. 1859 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Chase, John | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Clemens, Wilhelm | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Corlett, C. Raymon | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Corlett, Ella | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Corlett, Glen H. | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Cotrell, John | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Eibel, Johnny | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Farley, Sarah S. | d. 1862 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Haefner, Carl | age 91 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Harding, Elizabeth | b. 1854 d. 1935 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Harding, Samuel | b. 1848 d. 1887 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Howard, Solomon | d. 1858 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Klotzbach, Bella | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Klotzbach, Carrie | d. 1884 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Klotzbach, George T. | b. 1871 d. 1904 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Klotzbach, Henry | d. 1863 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Linton, Esther A. | b. 1829 d. 1892 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Luckerman, John C. | d. 1874 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Mayfield, George | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Meyer, B | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Noeding, John | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Noeding, Willie | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Payne, George | on WPA list, Payne stone |
| Payne, Ora Orvetta | on WPA list, Payne stone |
| Sawyre, Roswell | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Schneider, Edward | b. 1839 d. 1863 on WPA list, no stone found |
| Siegele, Sam | on WPA list, no stone found |
| Spencer, Charlie B. | on WPA list, no stone found |
This transcription is
published on the Clayton co. IAGenWeb with permission of Bev
Bernhard.
Thank-you for your hard work and generosity Bev!!