Page 2 - Random Photos taken at Nickel Plate in late April 2008
Burial Listing
Cemetery established 1847
| Last Name | First Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Additional Comments |
| Abraham | Emaline Albertinn | Dec 18, 1871 | Apr 30, 1878 | Dau August & Emeline |
| Beckley | Mary | Oct 26, 1820 | Apr 9, 1878 | - |
| Biel | Frederick F | Mar 22, 1840 | Dec 16, 1880 | - |
| Boehlke | Anna Christina | Nov 4, 1804 | Feb 18, 1880 | - |
| Boehlke | August | Aug 6, 1826 | Aug 12, 1865 | - |
| Borth | Frederick | - | Apr 20, 1874 | age 2 yrs 3 mo 7 da |
| Derick | Wanda | July 22, 1875 | Dec 25, 1877 | - |
| Derick | Emil | Feb 22, 1873 | Jan 25, 1877 | - |
| Derick | Henrich | Feb 22, 1873 | Mar 25, 1878 | - |
| Dohlin | Heinrich | Sept 27, 1827 | Sept 26, 1882 | - |
| Domke | Herman J | 1884 | 1885 | - |
| Domke | Emma A | 1874 | 1879 | - |
| Eichstaedt | Jacob | July 12, 1829 | Feb 26, 1908 | Civil War Co. H 17 Ind.
Vol. On 14 Oct 1864 he enlisted as a Private into Co., H, 17th Inf. Reg. He MO in Macon, GA on 8 Aug. 1865 Rank was a Sergant. |
| Eichstaedt | Caroline Weidner | Feb 9, 1836 | Apr 15, 1899 | wife of Jacob |
| Eichstaedt | Rudolph | Oct 8, 1867 | Feb 17, 1891 | son Jacob & Caroline |
| Eichstaedt | Gustav | Apr 30, 1863 | Sept 10, 1890 | son of Jacob & Caroling |
| Ferch | Johann | Sept 18, 1874 | Sept 15, 1875 | son of G.S. |
| Goetz | Friederich | Feb 17, 1883 | Aug 9, 1888 | son of Wm. B. |
| Gruner | - | - | Nov 27, 1877 | age 29 yrs 1 mo 28 da. wife of Emil |
| Grieger | Augusta A | 1880 | 1885 | - |
| Hannebuth | William | 1817 | 3 August, 1887 | Civil War Co. G. 99th Ind
Inf. He declared his residence as Hebron, IN when he enlisted into the above Civil War Unit on 18 Aug 1862. He was discharged on Aug. 25, 1862. Then he Enlisted - Private 29 Oct in 1864 as a Substitute - Co., A, 23rd Inf Reg Ind. He MO on the 23rd of July in 1865 - Louisville, KY In 1889 his widow, Caroline filed for widow's payment. - DOB & DOD per the old original Salem Evangelical German church records at the Wanatah Library.( This church is now the Salem United Church of Christ) Many of these records have been translated. - contributed by Mary Wenzel |
| Horn | Earl | Dec 31, 1823 | Jan 8, 1880 | - |
| Hundt | Hermann G | Feb 19, 1872 | Jun 23, 1878 | son of Ludwig & Albertine |
| Hundt | Anna | Apr 22, 1871 | Aug 1, 1872 | dau of Ludwig & Mathilde |
| Kalies | Albert R | Jan 1, 1881 | same | son of Wm.birth & death on Jan 1, 1881 |
| Kosanki | Matilde | Feb 4, 1845 | July 16, 1869 | - |
| Kowallie | Johanna L | May 9, 1839 | Apr 27, 1888 | wife of W. |
| Kruger(Krueger?) | Frederick | Feb 23, 1882 | ae 53 yrs. 7 mo. 21 da. | |
| Krueger | Henrich | Dec 14, 1865 | Feb 15, 1890 | son of Friedrich & Henriette |
| Kuehn | Jule | - | Oct 10, 1847 | ae 22 yrs 7 mo. 10 da. wife of H. |
| Kuehn | Hanah E Rosenbaum | Feb 19, 1820 | Apr 2, 1901 | wife of Ludveg Kuehn |
| Kuehn | Ludveg(Ludwig) | - | Nov 7, 1866 | ae 48 yrs 3 mo |
| Kuhn | Augusta M | Jan 12, 1871 | Aug 14, 1872 | daughter of Herman & Julia A. |
| Kuter? | Gust | Sept ?? | Mar 10, 1876 | - |
| Kuter | Ellen | - | Mar 28, 1877 | age 28 yr. 7 mo 18 da. |
| Lehmann | Pauline | no dates | - | child |
| Machler | August | Nov 23, 1841 | Mar 29, 1891 | - |
| Madaus | Ludwig | Nov 15, 1815 | July 25, 1888 | - |
| Maddaus | Maria D | Mar. 20, 1819 | Aug 22, 1872 | wife of Ludwig |
| Madaus | Johann | Apr 22, 1855 | June 7, 1883 | - |
| Maerz | Wilhelmine | Jan 18, 1820 | Sept. 21, 1880 | wife of Wilhelm |
| Maerz | Wilhelm | Sept 12, 1818 | Aug 21, 1882 | - |
| Manthey | Rudolph | - | Mar 9, 1891 | age 64 yrs 2 mo 19 da. |
| Manthey | Emma | 1864 | 1878 | daul of R. & E. |
| Marks | Lene M. M. | - | Oct 21, 1883 | ae 15 yr 4 mo 11 da |
| Marks | Martin | - | Oct 17, 1863 | ae 38 yrs |
| Marks | infant | - | - | child of E & J (Stone illegible) |
| Mathews | Mary | - | Oct 7, 1859 | ae 1 yr 2 mo 9 da-poor xerox copy will retake |
| Metzler | Anton | May 23, 1820 | Apr. 22, 1880 | poor xerox copy will retake |
| Mitzner | Theresia | 1796 | 1871 | " " |
| Mitzner | Frederick | Mar 5, 1836 | Mar 30, 1889 | - |
| Mitzner | Adolph | Sept 29, 1858 | age 5 yrs 8 da "son of F. & H. | |
| Mitzner | Alvine | - | Feb 13, 1859 | ae 2 yrs 3 mo 4 da "dau of F. & H. |
| Mitzner | Julius R | Dec 5, 1870 | Nov 1, 1872 | son of F. & H. |
| Muller | John | Feb 20, 1831 | Jan 21, 1890 | - |
| Ringelman | Emil | Feb 29, 1830 | Apr. 29, 1888 | - |
| Rosenbaum | Gottliev | Feb 12, 1812 | Sept 28. 1872 | - |
| Rosenbaum | Wilhelm F. | Jan. 11, 1838 | May 19, 1886 | son of Gottlieb (Born in Rotingen, Germany) |
| Rosenbaum | - - - H | July 15, 1858 | May 14, 1878 | - |
| Rosenbaum | Julius A.A. | Sept 24, 1882 | Apr. 8, 1883 | son of Emil & T. |
| Sarge | Wilhelmina | Dec 18, 1825 | Apr 21, 1885 | wife of --- Sarge |
| Schei | Emilia M | Oct 12, 1878 | Oct 14, 1889 | dau of T. & M |
| Schmidt | Christian | Aug 4, 1832 | Nov 3, 1889 | - |
| Schmit | Wilhelm (child) | - | died ----1861 | (dates buried) |
| Schroeder | Frederick | Dec 7, 1827 | Sept 26, 1887 | - |
| Schroder | Amalia | May 10, 1830 | May 16, 1876 | dau of Fritz |
| Schroeder | Anna | 1869 | 1890 | - |
| Schroder | Carolina | - | Jan 24, 1872 | ae 35 yrs 2 mo 25 da |
| Schuelke | Emil August | Mar 27, 1890 | Feb 2, 1896 | - |
| Schuelke | Willie Karl | Aug 13, 1884 | July 13, 1895 | - |
| Schultz | Herman | Oct 8, 1881 | Nov 25, 1885 | son of G & C (C?) |
| Schulz | Caroline | Feb 6, 1835 | Feb 23, 1876 | wife of Johann |
| Setz ? | August U. | Aug 6, 1861 | Mar 3, 1873 | will re-Xerox |
| Stark? | Ernestina W | - | May 29, 1885 | wife of Frederick W. ag 36 yrs. 8 mo. 15 da. |
| Starck | Herman | Nov 1, 1870 | May 2, 1872 | son of T. & C (?) |
| Steinke | Johann | Mar 27, 1822 | May 31, 1890 | - |
| Steinke | Karl | Dec 7, 1862 | June 7, 1868 | son of Michael |
| Traffo (Trappo?) | J. Wm. | 1842 | 1889 | - |
| Volske | Anna C | Oct 9, 1864 | Sept. 9, 1878 | - |
| Weber | Johan | May 31, 1816 | Aub 15, 1879 | - |
| Werner | John F. | Feb 22, 1819 | Mar 30, 1888 | (John L. - Civil War) |
| Werner | ------ (Schmitt) | Mar 12, 1827 | Sept 17, 1900 | wife of John F. |
| Werner | Augusta | Sept 1, 1851 | Apr 28, 1891 | wife of Wm. E. |
| Werner | Netty | Apr 5, 1891 | Aug 16, 1891 | dau of Wm. C. & A. |
| Werner | Pauline Rosenbaum | Apr 13, 1867 | May 22, 1886 | wife of Heinrich Werner |
| Witt | Karl | July 25, 1821 | May 5, 1872 | - |
| Witt | Karl Horn | Mar. ? 1861 | June 7, 1868 | - |
| Wojahn | Gottlieb | June 28, 1792 | Aug 30, 1885 | - |
| Wojahn | Rosina | Oct 22, 1794 | Mar 16, 1860 | wife of Gottlieb |
| Wojahn | Charles | no stone | - | Vet card says "This veteran may be Charles Wojahn.....Civil War |
| Wobith | August B | - | Aug 25, 1875 | ae 15 da. |
| Wobith | Ernest A | - | Sept 28, 1877 | son of August & Wilhelmine |
| Wobith | Wilhelmina | - | - | - |
| Wobith | Else | Jan 22, 1882 | Sept 12, 1883 | - |
| Wraase | Rudolph | Sept 6, 1820 | no death date | - |
| Wraase | Rosena | - | Apr 19, 1893 | ae 55 yrs. wife of Rudolph |
| Zelmer | Willie | Feb 25, 1897 | June 28, 1897 | son of H. & P. |
Note from: Nathan Machula - At least three of the four Wobith family graves were children of my great-great grandparents, August Ferdinand Wobith (1843-1922) and Wilhelmina (Mittelstaedt) Wobith (1843-1903). The other grave, Wilhelmina Wobith, I'd guess is actually Wilhelmina (Arndt) Mittelstaedt (b. 1818), who immigrated to America with them, and died sometime before 1900. I took multiple pictures of all of them this summer, but the only one I could positively identify was Ernst A Wobith. The last digit looks more like a 9 than a 7.
The family lived in Cass township in the 1880 US Census, but moved to Starke county by 1900. Both August and Wilhelmina Wobith are buried there in Bass Lake Lutheran Community Cemetery. They only had two children survive to adulthood, Otto C Wobith (1872-1945), who still has descendants in North Judson, and my great grandmother, Emaline Marie Wobith (1884-1971).Anyone wishing to donate burial or family tree information about families in this or any LaPorte County cemetery, please contact us at laportecountyin@yahoo.com
(2.4 miles south of Hwy. 30 on 900W) This cemetery attests to the German heritage of Wanatah and the surrounding community. The Cemetery, so named because the Nickel Plate tracks (New York, Chicago and St. Louis) adjoin the lot, is about two well-kept acres. Many of the pre-1920's tombstones are inscribed in German, a practice dropped along with the use of that language in religious services because of anti-German sentiment during the first World War.Disclaimer: This cemetery listing was done by a volunteer group who went out and recorded the location of plots and individuals buried there. Notes added under "Additional Comments" column contain both personal notes added by transcriber at cemetery site and some tombstone readings. Listings have been entered alphebetically for this cemetery. Ref: Cemetery Records of LaPorte County, Indiana Vol. IV and Miriam Benedict Chapter, NSDAR
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