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If you have photos of family tombstones from Lancaster County Cemeteries
please submit them to Denise. The partial transcriptions for this
cemetery are listed below.


1998 Transcriptions 

2001 Transcriptions

Oct. 2006 Submitted by Don Hansen


Jacob Adam Peters
b:1/16/1846, Pike Co., OH
d:12/20/1928, Hickman, NE
Spouse, Narcissus Gaff Peters

Narcissus Gaff Peters
b:6/19/1849, Wayne Co., OH
d:11/28/1926, Hickman, NE
Parents of Alice Luella, Vida Ethel &
Carrie Louise Peters

Vida Ethel Peters Hoppe
b:1/27/1886, Hickman, NE
d:4/8/1909, Hickman, NE
Spouse, Louis Fred Hoppe

John A. Sowers
b:8/8/1875, Cortland, NE
d:4/29/1879, Cortland, NE
Parents, George Sowers & Mary Peter Sowers

Willie H. Sowers
b:11/8/1877, Cortland, NE
d:4/13/1879, Cortland, NE
Parents, George Sowers & Mary Peter Sowers

Marie Vogel Sowers
b:11/20/1886, Roca, NE
d:5/6/1910, Lancaster Co., NE
Spouse, Jacob Sowers

Melvina E. Sowers
b:10/8/1885, Cortland, NE
d:6/19/1906, Cortland, NE
Parents, George Sowers & Mary Peter Sowers

Selome
Dau. of Jacob & Sevilla Peter
Born Sept. 12, 1858
Died Apr. 27, 1890
Aged 31 Yrs. 7 Ms. 15 Days
A loved one has gone from our circle on Earth. We shall meet her no more. She has gone to her home in Heaven. And all her afflictions are o'er.
This is typed exactly as it appears on the stone.

Jacob Peter
Died
Apr. 20, 1883
Aged
62 Yrs. 7 Mo. 5 Days
Mother weep not for him or heave the pensive sigh.
His happy voice with seraphs love. In songs of praise on high. Then may it be thy happy lot. When Life's vain dream is past. To seek a mansion in the sky. And meet Him there at last.
This is typed exactly as it appears on the stone

Savilla Egger Peter
b:10/24/1822, Monroe Co., OH
d:7/8/1901, Lancaster Co., NE
Spouse of Jacob Peter.
Parents of Mary E., George & Salome Peter.

Frank C.
Son of D. & M.M. Schell
Died Sep. 3, 1887
Aged 16Y's. 1Mo. 15 D's
The above is directly from the stone

Infant Schell's
Infant Children
Of D. & M.M. Schell
The above is directly from the stone

Annie M. Schell
Annie, Dau. of D. & M.M. Schell
Died Feb. 25, 1886
Aged 30Y, 1M, 4D
The sweet remembrances of the just
Shall flourish when they rest in Dust.
The above is directly from the stone.

Randolph Schell
b: 3/13/1864, Miltonsburg, OH
d:2/11/1917, Cortland, NE
Spouse, Rosa Boesiger
Parents, Daniel Schell & Anna Mary Marti

Rosa Boesiger Schell
b: 1/23/1873, Berne, Switzerland
d: 6/21/1960, Lincoln, NE
Parents of Charles W., Dora Stella, Lillie Freda, Leon Oscar Sr., Esther, Vida Florence, Harry Lloyd, Vilas Theodor, Eldon Donald, Raymond Randolph, Mildred Evelyn & Myra Ruth Schell.

Emma wife of William Schell
June 4, 1884
Mar. 14, 1916
Emma Walter Schell
Parents, Simeon Walter & Anna Miller Walter
This is typed exactly as it appears on the stone

Lydia E. Sowers Hills
b:9/16/1870, IL
d:5/20/1909, Lincoln, NE
Parents, George Sowers & Mary Peter Sowers

Emily L. Schell Luebkert
b:7/20/1856, Malaga Twp., OH
d:5/16/1917, Cortland, NE
Parents, Daniel Schell & Anna Mary Marti Schell
Spouse, William A. Luebkert


Melindie
wife of John Young
Died Mar. 15, 1888
Aged 33Y's, 5M, 29D & infant daughter
Malinda Schell
Parents, Daniel Schell& Anna Mary Marti Schell
This is typed exactly as it appears on the stone

Ellen F.
Died
Apr. 14, 1890
1 Yr, 9 Mo, 11 D's
Children
N & L
Woodring
This is typed exactly as it appears on the stone
Note: This stone also is for Bertie & Charles, who are
listed on 2 other sides of the same stone.

Charles F.
Died
May 23,
1884
Aged
2 Y's, 2 Mo, 19 D's
This is typed exactly as it appears on the stone

Robert Dale Nance
b:6/3/1924, Charleston, NE
d:2/3/1945, Germany
Parents, Walton Richard Nance & Florence Genevieve Lorton Nance

Gerrit Dina Oldemeyer Hengevelt
b: abt. 1849, Holland, MI
d:11/16/1886, Firth, NE
Parents, Hendrik Oldemeyer & Hendrina Schutmaat Oldemeyer
Spouse, Lawrence Hengevelt
NOTE: According to Bess Boesiger, their daughter, Mary's stone is below this one.

 

Alice Luella Peters
b:4/20/1884, Hickman, NE
d:10/1/1960, Lincoln, NE
Never married

Mary Peter Sowers
b:10/7/1847, Piketon, OH
d:10/1/1929, Gage Co., NE
Spouse, George Sowers
Parents, Michael Peter & Elizabeth Schell Peter

George Sowers
b:4/23/1842, Hasbein, Germany
d:8/30/1916, Cortland, NE
Parents of Lydia E., Catherine Mary, John A., Willie H., Jacob, Anna M., Melvina E. & Frank Albert Sowers.

Garret Jan Oldemeyer
b:9/10/1851, Holland, MI
d:1/29/1925, Princeton, NE
Parents, Hendrik Oldemeyer & Hendrina Schutmaat Oldemeyer
Spouse, Anna Pauline Wilhelm Oldemeyer

Anna Pauline Wilhelm Oldemeyer
b:7/8/1866, Germany
d:11/11/1943, Lincoln, NE
Parents of Emma, Elizabeth & Henry Oldemeyer

Anna M. Sowers
b:8/12/1883, Cortland, NE
d:5/9/1903, Cortland, NE
Parents, George Sowers & Mary Peter Sowers

Harriet Susanne Ritter Peter
b:4/6/1856, Michigan City, IN
d:10/19/1932, Lincoln, NE
1st spouse, William J. B. Greer
2nd spouse, George Peter

Michael Peter
b:11/16/1818, York Co., PA
d:5/27/1895, Buda Pct., NE
Parents, George Michael Peter, Jr., & Catherine Hess Peter, Spouse, Elizabeth Schell Peter

Elizabeth Schell Peter
b:3/12/1822, Dauphin Co., PA
d:3/15/1903, Buda Pct., NE
Parents of George S., Andrew Henry, Jacob Adam, Mary, Christina, Daniel S., Savilla, John William, Henry P., Catherine, Margaret & Lydia A. Peter.

George Peter
b:9/2/1846, Pike Co., OH
d:11/24/1903, Lancaster Co., NE 1st spouse, Margaret Byron Peter - 2nd spouse, Harriet Susanne Ritter Peter

Anna Marty
Mother of Mrs. D. Schell
Died Oct. 19, 1877
Aged 66 Yrs. 2 Mo. 14 D's
Rest mother rest
In quiet sleep
While friends in sorrow
O'er thee weep
The above is directly from the stone

Christina Weist Schell
b:1/2/1882, Russia
d:10/31/1928, Gage Co., NE
Spouse, James Adam Schell

Herman Ludwig Schell
b:5/14/1866, Miltonsburg, OH
d:5/2/1928
Parents, Daniel Schell & Anna Mary Marti Schell

Elizabeth Oldemeyer
b:4/1/1895, NE
d:4/9/1973, Carmel, CA
Parents, Garret Oldemeyer & Anna Pauline Wilhelm Oldemeyer

Daniel Schell
Died June 18, 1894
Aged 67 Years
Tis hard to break the tender cord
Where love has bound the heart.
Tis hard, so hard to speak the word
Must we forever part.
The above is copied from the stone.

Freda J.
Dau. of D & M M Schell
Died May 5, 1888
Aged 15Y, 4 Mo, 17 D's
Freda J. Schell
b:6/19/1873, Malaga Twp., OH
This is typed exactly as it appears on the stone

Bertie
Died Apr. 27 1890
Age 3 Mo. 20 D's
Parents, Nathan Woodring & Lavina Schell Woodring
This is typed exactly as it appears on the stone

Dorothy Schell
b:12/23/1902, NE
d:12/13/1981, Cortland, NE
Parents, William Schell & Emma Walter Schell

Ezra Clark Hills
b: 1848, CT
d: 8/13/1926, Lincoln, NE
Spouse, Lydia E. Sowers Hills
Parents of Hazel, Florence & Marion Hills


James Adam Schell
b:2/18/1861, Miltonsburg, OH
d:4/9/1935, Lincoln, NE
Spouse, Christina Weist
Parents of Hollis Ruth & Emma Louvina Schell

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Kenneth F. Nance
b:1919, NE
d:1922
Parents, Walton Richard Nance & Florence Genevieve Lorton Nance

Miriam Katherine Nance
b:12/21/1921
d:1922
Parents, Walton Richard Nance & Florence Genevieve Lorton Nance

Arthur Charles Nance
b:5/21/1923, York, NE
d:1924, NE
Parents, Walton Richard Nance & Florence Genevieve Lorton Nance

Roscoe Lester Nance
b:7/1936, NE
d:8/1936, NE
Parents, Walton Richard Nance & Florence Genevieve Lorton Nance

Lawrence H. Hengelfelt
b:6/23/1841, Zeeland, Netherlands
d:2/14/1919, Princeton, NE
Spouse #1, Gerrit Dina Oldemeyer Hengelfelt, #2, Minnie Wentcel Christiaansen Hengelfelt

Minnie Wentcel Christiaansen
b:2/4/1861, Holland
d:12/10/1933, Princeton, NE