Historic 1937-1947 List
Peppertown Lutheran Church
Cemetery Donors
Historical Value
This list has family history value because it identifies people with an interest in preserving the Peppertown Lutheran Church Cemetery in Franklin County, Indiana between 1937 and 1947. It also provides commonly used names and nicknames.
History of the List
Beginning in 1937, residents and visitors in the Salt Creek Township area were encouraged to donate money to a perpetual endowment fund to help maintain this Peppertown cemetery. The solicitation was as follows:
The Peppertown Lutheran Church Cemetery Association requests your help with funds to be added to the trust fund now being formed, the income of which to be used for perpetual care of our cemetery. All donations and gifts, large or small, will be gratefully received. Please send all donations to Mr. Will M. Baker, Secretary-Treasurer of the Association, at Brookville, Indiana.
Source of Information
From German Protestant Church Records, Southeast Indiana, Franklin County, Indiana, St. Nicholas Lutheran Church Book, 1863-1981. Microfilm #1,510,509, Item 1. This hand-written donor list follows the end of the Church Book. Donor list pages are not numbered, nor are names numbered, so the donations have been chronologically numbered for this listing.
| Alphabetical List of Donors |
|---|
| Alley, W. D. [#31], (June 29), (Circa 1937), $10.00 |
| Alley, Will, Mr. [#65], (October 1944), $50.00 |
| Becker Family [#28], (Circa 1937), $30.00 |
| Becker, Charles, Mr. & Mrs. [#61], (September 22, 1944), $10.00 |
| Becker, Louis, Mr. & Mrs. [#62], (September 22, 1944), $10.00 |
| Beckey - Grimme, Kate [#6], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Beckey, John, Estate [#7], Walter Beckey, (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Bloemer, Louise, Mrs., Estate [#75], (Circa 1946-1947), $100.00 |
| Brack, Louis [#21], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Brinkman - Scherer, Pauline [#2], [Pepper], (Circa 1937), $100.00 |
| Cassady, Baylor, Mr. & Mrs. [#19], (Circa 1937), $10.00 |
| Dehmel, Louis, Mr. & Mrs. [#30], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Ellerman, Annie [#3], by John E. Enneking, Guardian, (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Ellerman, Charles H. [#56], (May 28, 1944), $5.00 |
| Gloshen, George, Mrs. [#20], (Dec. 28) (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Goehringer, _oe [#68], 4608 Winthrop Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana (October 3, 1946), $25.00 |
| Goehringer, John [#8], (Children) (Circa 1937), $25.00 Graham, Lina [#40], 3059 Penrose Place, Cincinnati, Ohio (Circa 1937), [No amount listed] |
| Hannebaum, Charles, [#1], Peppertown, (Circa 1937), $100.00 |
| Hannebaum, H. W. [#14], 2405 Stuart Street, Indianapolis, Indiana (Dec. 24, 1937), $50.00 |
| Hannebaum, Otto P. (Dr.) [#15], 2352 Statin Street, Indianapolis, Indiana (Dec. 24, 1937), $50.00 |
| Hannebaum, Virgil [#52], (May 20, 1944), $50.00 Hannebaum, Virgil [#84], (Circa 1946-1947), $10.00 |
| Heubin, Elizabeth [#39], 3309 Morrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio (Circa 1937), [No amount listed] |
| Kirschbaum, Frank, The Late (Children) [#71], (Circa 1946-1947), $33.00 |
| Koerner, Carl W. [#47], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Koerner, Emelia, Mrs. [#4], (Circa 1937), $100.00 |
| Koerner, Louis, Mr. [#26], (Circa 1937), $100.00 |
| Koerner, Mrs. [#78], (Circa 1946-1947), $21.00 |
| Koerner, Norma, Miss [#46], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Koerner, Will, Mrs. [#9], (November 1937, $25.00), $100.00 |
| Landsiedel (Landsetel on list), Margaret, Mrs. [#49], (Circa 1937), $50.00 |
| Loescher - Franzemeir, Mrs. [#35], (Circa 1937), $2.00 |
| Metcalf, Dr. George & Arneta [#36], (Circa 1937), $100.00 |
| Metcalf, George [#83], (Circa 1946-1947), $25.00 |
| Mohr, W. C. [#41], R. R. 1, Box 91, Oxford, Ohio, (Circa 1937), $100.00 |
| Mohr, Walter H. [#42], George School, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Circa 1937), [No amount listed] Mohr, Will & Cara [#17], (Circa 1937), $50.00 |
| Mohr, Will [#55], (May 28, 1944), $5.00 |
| Mohr, Will [#70], (May 8, 1946), $2.00 |
| Montgomery, B., Mrs. [#76], 1315 Martin Avenue, San Jose, California (Circa 1946-1947), $5.00 |
| Nicolay, Fred [#10], Cincinnati, Ohio (Circa 1937), $5.00 |
| Palmer, W. J. [#29], (Circa 1937), $5.00 |
| Pepper, August [#81], (Circa 1946-1947), $10.00 |
| Pepper, Karl [#54], (May 27, 1944), $5.00 |
| Pepper, Victor, Mr. & Mrs. [#51], (Circa 1937), $20.00 |
| Pepper, Will [#66], (August 4, 1944), $25.00 |
| Pepper, William, Mr. & Mrs. [#22], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Peterson, Christina [#27], (Circa 1937), $8.00 |
| Petzold, Will & Hel. [#18], (Circa 1937), $50.00 |
| Powell, Earl, Mr. [#24], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Prouty, K., Mrs. [#63], (June 2, 1944), $25.00 |
| Quinlin, Leslie [#33], (Circa 1937), $6.00 |
| Reifel, Al & Lottie [#79], (Circa 1946-1947), $10.00 |
| Reifel, Almont Mr. & Mrs. [#50], (Mar. 18, $25) (Circa 1937), $50.00 |
| Reifel, Frank H. [#45], (Circa 1937), $5.00 |
| Reifel, W. C., Mr. & Mrs. [#11], (Circa 1937), $15.00 |
| Reifel, Will, Mr. & Mrs. [#53], (May 23, 1944), $10.00 |
| Roemer, Minnie [#34], (Circa 1937), $10.00 |
| Roemer, Minnie [#77], 1950 E. 11th. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana (Circa 1946-1947), $5.00 |
| Roemer, Otto & Margaret [#16], (Circa 1937), $15.00 |
| Roemer, Otto H. [#37], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Schlegal Family [#25], (Circa 1937), $50.00< |
| Schlegel - Foxall, W., Mrs. [#74], (Circa 1946-1947), $10.00 |
| Schlegel, Charles [#85], (Circa 1946-1947), $1.00 |
| Schlegel, Henry [#73], (Circa 1946-1947), $5.00 |
| Schuneman [Schoenemann], Anna [#58], (July 18, 1944), $25.00 |
| Stierle - Schneider, Louise [#5], (Circa 1937), $100.00 |
| Stierle, Jacob [#32], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Stirn, Carl [#80], (Circa 1946-1947), $10.00 |
| Stirn, Carl, Mr. [#67], (July 8, 1945), $10.00 |
| Stirn, L., Mr. & Mrs. [#60], (September 10, 1944), $50.00 |
| Stirn, Louis, Mr. & Mrs. [#43], (Circa 1937), $25.00 |
| Stirn, Louis, Mr. & Mrs. [#82], (Circa 1946-1947), $10.00 |
| Stirn, Margaret [#13], (Circa 1937), $10.00 |
| Stirn, Margaret, Mrs., by Mrs. John Findley [#72], (Circa 1946-1947), $40.00 |
| Stirn, Will, Mrs. [#64], (October 9, 1944), $10.00 |
| Stirn, William A., Mr. and Mrs.[#23], (Circa 1937), $100.00 |
| Teufel - Doenges, Mamie [#38], (Circa 1937), $5.00 |
| Teufel, Fred, Mr. & Mrs. [#44], (Circa 1937), $5.00 |
| Teufel, Louis [#59], (July 18, 1944) $15.00 |
| Teufel, Tillie, Miss [#12], (Circa 1937), $5.00 |
| White, Estelle [#69], (October 9, 1945), $15.00 |
| Wolf, August [#57], (May 30, 1944), $7.00 |
| Wolf, Henry, Mr. & Mrs. [#48], (Circa 1937), $10.00 |
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