NAME OF CEMETERY: Pont Cemetery / Grove Hill STATE: Nebraska COUNTY: Colfax SECTION: NE1/4 NW1/4 20 TOWNSHIP: 20 (Lincoln) RANGE 4E RECORDED BY: Clarabelle Mares 1722 E 19 Fremont NE 68025 ASSISTED BY: Kathrine Petersen 1650 N Clarkson Fremont NE 68025 INDEX Allen, A M P 3 Allen, Edna P 1 Allen, Gladys V P 3 Allen, Glen M P 3 Allen, James P 3 Allen, Loren P 1 Allen, Mary P 1 Archer, Edith May P 3 Bristol, Clarence M P 1 Bristol, E Irene P 1 Bristol, Floyd P 1 Bristol, Henry P 1 Bristol, Jane A P 1 Bristol, Lester P 1 Chilcoat, Dassa S P 1 Chilcoat, F R P 1 Chilcoat, Nancy P 1 Childerley, Alice P 2 Childerley, Joseph P 2 Dickinson, Alice S P 2 Dickinson, Buelah P 2 Dickinson, Clara A P 2 Dickinson, Elizabeth P 1 Dickinson, Reuben P 2 Dickinson, Viola P 2 Dickinson, William P 1 Howell, Eliza J P 3 Howell, James S P 3 Hunt, Arthur W P 3 Hunt, Orlo Gilman P 3 Jarvis, Frank P 2 Jarvis, Jessie M P 2 Kirkland, Annie A P 1 Kirkland, Mamie L P 1 Loretes, Robert D McGillivray P 2
page 2 Index Abandoned Cemetery Lincoln Township Colfax Co Nebraska Mills, Arthur B P 3 Mills, Charles L P 3 Mills, Lulu C P 3 Moore, Harriet P 2 Moore, Harriet E P 2 Moore, Martha P 1 Moore, Thomas P 2 Nowers, Eva M P 3 Nowers, George P 3 Orth, Robert H P 3 Parsons, A P 2 Parsons, N P 2 Perry, E A P 2 Pont, Albert W P 3 Pont, Baby dau P 2 Pont, Baby son P 2 Pont, David LeRoy P 1 Pont, Ernest A P 3 Pont, Mary A P 3 Pont, R (?) P 3 Pont, Samuel P 3 Sargent, Minnie May P 3 Sobota, Harry P 3 Sobota, Martan R P 3 Sturdevant, Lorenzo L P 2 Towne, Mary E P 3 Vandermeulen, George T P 1 Walker, Daisy P 1 Walker, Martha P 1 Walker, Thos P 2
Pont Cemetery AKS Grove Hill Unkept Cemetery in Colfax County, Nebraska Located in the NE1/4 NW1/4 of Section 20-20-4. One mile south of Highway 91 at Howells, Nebraska corner and 1/4 east. Recorded on May 15, 1976 by Clarabelle Mares 1722 E 19 Fremont, Nebr and Kathrine Petersen 1650 N Clarkson, Fremont, Nebr. Row 1 north to south William Dickinson Elizabeth Dickinson 1865 - 1957 d 26 Jan 1917 87 yrs Annie A Kirkland, dau Mamie L Kirkland, dau 4 Dec 1915 7 May 1917 8 Mar 1901 7 Feb 1903 Bristol Plot Lester Bristol wed to Barbara on 23 June 1925 1897 - 1965 Clarence M Bristol 1869 - 1943 Jane A Bristol Henry Bristol 22 Oct 1830 19 Mar 1910 17 Dec 1828 3 Mar 1904 75 yr 2 m 15 days Row 2 - starting directly behind north to south Bristol plot Floyd Bristol, son of C M & E I Bristol 12 Dec 1892 5 Sep 1893 E Irene Bristol 1870 - 1936 David LeRoy Pont b & d 1923 Dassa S Chilcoat ) Children of R & N Chilcoat d 12 Jul 1874 18 yrs ) Our son F. R. - no dates ) Nancy Chilcoat, wife of R Chilcoat born in Morgan Co, Ohio 8 Sep 1828 6 Mar 1891 62 yrs George T Vandermeulen d 12 Jan 1893 33 yr 3 m 9 days Row 3 south to north Martha Moore 1884 - 1940 unmarked grave Daisy Walker Martha Walker 1875 - 1960 1873 - 1965 Loren Allen Mary Allen 14 Oct 1852 20 Jan 1936 29 Aug 1856 13 Nov 1891 Edna Allen 4 Jan 1878 13 Dec 1901
Page 2 Colfax Co Cemetery Sec 20-20-4 Jessie M Jarvis d 23 Mar 1894 74 yr 11 mo 23 days Frank, son of J M & C Jarvis d 11 Aug 1874 14 yr 8 mo Joseph Childerley Alice Childerley 15 Mar 1901 27 Apr 1902 11 Mar 1900 31 Oct 1906 Children of A & L Childerley Row 4 north to south Viola Dickinson, dau of R & A d 3 Feb 1895 1 m 21 days Buelah Dickinson, dau of R & A d 15 Feb 1891 1 m 10 days N Parsons, mother d 30 Oct 1883 67 yr 8 mo 14 days A Parsons, father d 9 Feb 1887 87 yr 15 days Alice S Dickinson, wife of Reuben 27 Aug 1849 14 May 1902 52 yr 8 mo 17 days Reuben Dickinson 2 Apr 1846 11 Jan 1917 70 yr 9 m 9 days Clara A Dickinson dau of W H & Christa Dickinson 30 Nov 1908 26 Feb 1909 "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" E A Perry d 11 Mar 1889 66 yr 11 mo 11 days Thomas Moore wife, Harriet Moore 9 Feb 1836 24 Nov 1913 23 Apr 1848 ? Row 5 south to north Robert D McGillivray, Son of H T Loretes d 19 Feb 1883 9 m 26 days Lorenzo L Sturdevant, son L D & Margaret d 11 Mar 1888 1 yr 9 mo 19 days Thos Walker GAR Co G 9th Ill Cav. Harriet E Moore, wife of N B Moore d 4 Feb 1895 46 yr 3 mo 16 days Baby son of H & A Pont b & d 15 Apr 1916 Dau of B & E Pont d 1 May 1888 4 yr 5 mo 25 days
Page 3 Colfax County Cemetery in Section 20-20-4 Martan R Sobota, son of A & A d 10 Jan 1891 4 m 13 days My Beloved Husband PONT d 27 July 1893 32 yr 9 m 15 days - headstone with initials R. P. Samuel Pont Mary A Pont 1827 - 1897 1835 - 1925 Children of Wm & E Pont Albert W d 13 Nov 1886 1 yr 6 m 18 days Ernest A d 26 Feb 1886 7 yr 9 m 1 day Robert H Orth 16 Oct 1901 6 Dec 1903 Row 6 north to south Arthur B Mills Charles L Mills 9 July 1902 21 June 1920 d 23 Feb 1904 31 yr 9 days Lulu C Mills d 22 Jan 1905 22 yr 11 mo 14 days George Nowers, son M J Nowers Eva M Nowers, dau of M J Nowers d 20 Feb 1888 14 yr 7 m 4 days d 8 Feb 1888 8 yr 9 mo 2 days A M Allen Jane Allen, wife of A M 10 May 1810 24 Feb 1896 85 y 9 m 14 da d 22 June 1888 66 y 3 mo Glen M Allen Gladys V Allen 30 Mar 1901 29 Jul 1904 18 Oct 1898 21 Aug 1900 Edith May Archer, dau of W S & Hattie Archer 23 Dec 1885 17 Mar 1893 Minnie May Sargent, wife John W Sargent 8 Dec 1867 7 Mar 1911 James S Howell Eliza J Howell 12 Feb 1822 11 Jul 1898 3 Jul 1828 11 Feb 1904 Row 7 north to south Harry Sobota 2 May 189S 31 Mar 1904 Row 8 south to north Orb Gilman Hunt, son Thos W & J B Arthur W Hunt, son Thos W & J B d 28 Aug 1877 l y 3 mo 23 day d 4 June 1878 7 yr 6 m 17 days Mary E Towne d 12 Feb 1886 85 yr 5 mo