Graceland IOOF Cemetery is on Main Street south of the town of Claypool, Kosciusko County, Indiana. The railroad is to the west of the cemetery. It is a medium size cemetery and well kept.

Isabelle Gohn/Allison/1833-1924

Isabelle Gohn was born in Pennsylvaini 10 December 1833. Her parents were John P. Gohn and Lydia Mosholder. She had four husbands. The first was James Frymire whom she married in Lagrange County, Indiana 22 July 1852. It is through their daughter, Elizabath Rosette who married James Robert Wilson, that our family descends. Her second husband was Ephraim Reynolds whom she married 19 December 1865. After he died she married Nicholas Wooley 2 decemter 1875. Her last husband was Alfred Allison and they were married in April 1879.

Isabelle was the great grandmother of Miriam Elaine Grasz Field. Mirriam remembers visiting Grandma Allison when she was a young girl.

Reuben/Mar. 6. 1840/Sept. 6. 1911/Eliza E./His Wife/Nov. 17. 1850/Apr. 10. 1919/Bolenbugh

Reuben was born 6 March 1840 in Ohio. His parents were Peter and Olive Bolenbaugh. He married Eliza Ellen Lutes. She was born 17 November 1850 also in Ohio. He died 6 September 1911 in Indiana and she died 10 April 1919.

Reuben Bolenbaugh was related to Miriam Grasz Field by marriage.

Harry A./Son of/R & E. E. Bolenbaugh/Died/Oct. 3, 1907/28y 11m 13ds

Harry A. Bolenbaugh was born in Indiana 20 October 1878. His parents were Reuben and Eliza Ellen Lutes Bolenbaugh. He died 3 October 1907 in Indiana.

Through marriage his family was related to Miriam Grasz Field.

William/Beber/1871-1924

William Beber was born in 1871 in Indiana. His parents were Peter and Mary Beber. He died in 1924.

William's uncle, Samuel Beber, married Florence Isabel Keesey Wilson. Her fist husband was Edgar Farmer Wilson a great uncle of Miriam Grasz Field.

Beber/Mother/Ottie Dell/1884-1971/Father John Wesley/1878/1954

John Wesley Beber was born in 1878 in Indiana. He married Ottie Dell Sellers. His parents were Samuel and Barbara Ann Clink Beber. He died in 1954. Ottie Dell was born in 1884 and died in 1971.

After Barbara Ann died Samuel Married Florence Isabel Keesey Wilson. Florence's first husband was Edgar Farmer Wilson. He was the greatuncle of Miriam Grasz Field

Beber/Jane 1874-1943/Wesley/1871-1948

Wesley Beber was born in Indiana in 1871. His parents were Peter and Mary Baker Beeber. He married Sarah Jane "Jennie" Rhoades 25 November 1897 in Kosciusko County, Indiana. He died in 1948. Jane was born in 1874 and died in 1943. We have no further information on her.

John Wesley was relatd by marriage to Miriam Grasz Field.

Fawley/LaMoyne O. "Mike"/Mar. 15, 1918/Sept 5, 2000/Melba R. Gunter/July 30, 1917/April 21/2008

LaMoyne Fawley was born 15 March 1918. He married Melba R. Gunter. He died 5 September 2000. Melba R. Gunter was born 30 July 1917. Her parents were Foster H. Gunter and Bessie Mae Frymire. She died 21 April 2008.

Bessie Mae Frymire was a granddaughter of James Frymire and Isabelle Gohn. Melba was a second cousin of Miriam Grasz Field.

Beloved Mother/Chloe E. Claussner/1900-1994

Chloe E. Frymire Claussner was born in Warsaw, Wayne Twp., Kosciusko County, Indiana, 26 January 1900. Chloe's parents were William Henry Frymire and Olive C. Bolenbaugh. She married John W. Claussner 21 April 1917. She died in 1994.

Chloe was a first cousin once removed of Miriam Grasz Field

Denny/Letta V./1872 Mother 1952/ James F. 1863 Father 1929

James F. Denny was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, in March of 1863. His parents were James Denny and Lucinda Fisher. He married Letta V Correl. He died in 1929.

Their daughter, Pruda, married Monroe Wilson. Monroe was a greatuncle of Miriam Field

Denny/Carrie M./Apr. 23, 1901/Mar. 14, 1986/Parks/Dec. 9, 1900/July 7, 1990

Parks Denny was born 9 December 1900 in Kosciusko County, Indiana. His parents were James F. and Letta V. Correll Denny. His oldest sibling was Purda Denny who married Monroe Wilson. He married Carrie M. Shull. Carrie was born 23 April 1901. She died in Indiana 14 March 1986.

Wilson/Mother/Elvinia R. 1914-1971/Father/Merl M/1911-1954

Merl Monroe Wilson was born 11 March 1911 in Kosciusko County, Indiana. His parents were Monroe Wilson and Pruda Denny. He married Elvina R. Elvina was born in 1914 and died in Kosciusko County, Indiana in 1971.

Merl was a first cousin once removed of Miriam Grasz Field.

Gunter/Bessie M./1890-1930/Foster H./1889-1963

Foster H. Gunter was born in Pakerton, Kosciusko County, Indiana 2 February 1889. His parents were John Frank and Ida A. Barnes Gunter. Foster married Bessie Mae Frymire 5 February 1910. He died in 1963. Bessie Mae Frymire ws born in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana 9 July 1890. Her parents were William H. and Olive C. Bolenbaugh Frymire. Bessie died in June of 1930.

Foster's mother, Ida Barns, was a sister of William E. Barnes who married Emma Isbelle Wilson, an aunt of Miriam Field. Emma was a sister to Tressa Wilson, Miriam Grasz's mother. Bessie Mae Frymire was a first cousin of Tressa Wilson.

Frymire/Mother/Olive C. 1870 - 1946/Father/William H./1863 - 1948

Willaim Henry Frymire was born in Indiana 6 October 1963. His parents were James and Isabelle Gohn Frymire. He married Olive C. Bolenbugh 27 February 1887 in Packerton, Kosciusko Kosciusko County, Indiana. He died 18 January 1948. Olive C. Bolenbaugh was born in Indiana to Reuben and Eliza Ellen Lutes 16 May 1870. She died in Kosciusko County, Indiana 18 October 1946 in Kosciusko County, Indiana.

William was a greatuncle of Miriam Grasz Field.

Frymire/Essie E./1890-1966/Edward R./1888-1966

Edward Rullel Frymire was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana 22 January 1888. His parents were William Henry and Olive C. Bolenbaugh Frymire. His grandparents were Isabelle Gohn and James Frymire. He married Essie E. Scoles 22 March 1913 in Silver Lake, Kosciusko County, Indiana. Edward died 10 April 1966. Essie E. Scoles was born in 1890. Her parents were Reuben T. and Isabel Elder. She died in 1866.

Edward Frymire was a first cousin once removed of Miriam Grasz Feld.

Lucie and Gene Field visited the Graceland IOOF Cemetery, July 2009.

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