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Beaver/Shreve Cemetery

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To get to this cemetery, go south on highway 80 from Hillsboro until Beaver Creek Road, where you will turn right. Follow it until Shreve Cemetery Road. Turn right again. There will be a farm road to the left and before you get to the first house. Park and walk up it until the road goes to the right and a path goes left. Take the path and you will get to the cemetery. It is fenced in and you will know when you are there.  The last burial documented was in 1921.

 

(The following information courtesy of the Hillsboro Museum)

 

This location is usually called the Shreve Cemetery. 

 

Starting at the rear of the cemetery as row one. It is located in Greenwood

 Twp. on the Roger Novy property off Shreve Cemetery Road. It covers about two acres of fenced out land, on a high hill in the woods.

Row 1  

  • First monument cannot be read. 

  • Edward, son of J & E Given. Born. 3 years, 8 mo. Died. April 11, 1858. 

Row 2 

  • Anna Shreve, wife of Eden Shreve, born.  28 Years, 1 mo. 8 da. Died August 28, 1867. 

  • Caroline Shreve, stone not readable.  Stone with C.E. on it is not legible. 

  • Anderson son of B. F. & L. Kauffman  Born. .Died. June 16, 1861 

  • Eliza, wife of Abraham Kaufman. Born. 42 years, 4mo. 2 da. Died. Feb. 4, 1858, or 6 

  • Calsina, wife of A. Kauffman. Born. Dec. 3, 1807. Died. July 24, 1888. 

  • Abraham Kauffman. Born. Jan 9, 1809.  Died. May 4, 1896. Vet. 

  • B.F. Kauffman. Born. Dec. 30, 1835. Died. Jan. 5, 1909. War of 1861. 

  • Jane Kauffman. Born. March 6, 1840. Died. April 24, 1913. 

ROW 3  

  • William A. son of  J S. & E. Shreve. Born. 4 years, 25da. Died. April 23, 1880. [Note, the stone is wrong; it should say 24 years. He was born March 28, 1856].

  • infant dau. of J & E. Shreve. Born. . Died. August 26, 1876 (or 8). 

  • Bird son of J. & E. Shreve. Born. 3 years, 22 da. Died. June 19, 1876. 

  • Sarah C. dau of John & S. Shreve. Born. 15 years, 8mo. 4da. Died Sept. 28, 1875.

  • Vet. John S. Shreve. Born. 66 years, 10 mo. 14da. Died. December 30, 1894. War 1861 

  • Inf dau. of J. S. Shreve. Born & Died. October 28. 1861 or 81 (legibility). 

  • Inf son of J. H. & M. E. Shreve. Born & Died. June 16, 1867 

  • Floreta dau. of J. H. & M. E. Shreve. Born. 5 year, 9da Died February 5, 1867. 

  • Harvey son of  J. H. &r M.S. Shreve. Born. 4 Year, 7mo. 11 da. Died. Jan. 16, 1880. 

  • Inf. of J. H. & M.S. Shreve. Born. . Died. October 20, 1884. 

  • James H. Shreve. Born. 56 year, 10 mo. 27da. Died. November 11, 1888.

  • Mary E. wife of J. H. Shreve. Born. March 6, 1836. Died. April 2, 1898. 

  • Finley Shreve. Born. May 2, 1859. Died. February 10, 1910.

    ROW 4 

  • Vet. Isaac Shreve. Born. April 5, 1848. Died. August 28, 1915. War 1861? (Legibility questionable. Other records show birth in 1868)

  • Jus & C. Moore. Born. 14 year, 4mo. 6da. Died. January 27, 1862 readable. ? 

 

 

ROW 5

 

  • Nancy Pearl, dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Simon Thompson.  Born. 1889. Died. 1898.

  • One crumbled stone not readable.

  • Eleanor dau. of William Shreve. Born. 64 year, 2mo 20 da. Died. May 5, 1865.    see note

    ROW 6 

  • J. E. McCauley. Born. 68 year, 11 mo. 22 da. Died. March 18, 1867.

  • Emma Ann wife of J. E. McCauley. Born. 36 year, 9mo. 14da. Died. Feb. 14, 1867.

    ROW 7 

  • Elizabeth Roth. Born 1788. Died. 1872.

    ROW8 

  • Walter H Shreve. Born. Dec. 18, 1864. Died Aug. 29, 1903.

  • Lottie M. dau. of H & R. Shreve. Born. May 4, 1886. Died. Feb. 18, 1896. 

  • Inf. dau of H & R. Shreve. Born & Died. February 9, 1871. 

  • Minnie F. dau of H. & R. Shreve. Born. 3 year, 8mo 20da. Died. March 21, 1881.

  • Rachel Shreve. Born Sept. 2, 1845. Died February 1, 1921. 

  • Vet. Hezekiah Shreve. Born Jan. 15, 1840. Died. May 14, 1911. War 1861

  • Freddie, son of L & M. Shreve. Born. l year, 18 da. Died. July 19, 1896.

    ROW 9 

  • Clarence McMillan. 1917.

  • Delbert, inf. son of C. & B. Ammerman. 1895. 

 

  • ROW 10 

  • Agnes R McMillan. Born. 1914. Died 1936.

    This cemetery had a log church close by called Beaver Church. A little brook, called Beaver Creek, ran nearby. This is a very old cemetery, and some of the monuments are not too clear on the names and dates. The cemetery is a long way through the woods on a high hill.

 

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