Dake Cemetery is located in the middle of a field amongst the corn and
soybean's. Access is only available through the field and it is on
private property. The property owner is aware of the condition of the
cemetery and is glad someone wants to give it some attention.
The cemetery is surrounded by a fence and is full of trees and
overgrowth. There has been some vandalism in the past but most of the
stones appear to just need to be reset. All of the graves except
three are at one end of the cemetery. Those three are at the opposite
end in the corner. The middle is unused.
A restoration is currently underway by descendants of the people buried here. A schedule of work days is below.
There is at least one Civil War veteran, Henry Dake, buried here.
Dake Cemetery is located in Section 25 approximately 1/2 mile northwest
of the village of London, IN in the field on the Jim Tolen farm in the
7600 block of CR 800W in Moral Twp, Shelby Co., IN. It can be reached
by a former county road which dead ends into the field.
(Information provided by Sue Staton)
Restoration Schedule
The
following are the scheduled work days for 2006. All are Saturday's.
Start time for each date is 9AM and we generally work until early to
mid afternoon.
April 15
May 13
June 24
July 22
August 5
September 16
October 14
For more information contact Sue Staton at sustaton@mindspring.com
Click here to see what a difference a year makes.
For Dake family history information visit the web site of Owen Dake.
The following information was submitted by Sue Staton.
THE DAKE CEMETERY
Moral Township, Shelby County
Excerpted from: History of Shelby Co. Ind.
By: Edward H. Chadwick, B.A
This is not a complete list. Many
of the stones have been vandalized and/or have become worn and
illegible. Chadwick’s dates don’t always agree with the dates reported
to be on the tombstones. And the age at death when indicated doesn’t always tally with the birth and death years as inscribed on the tombstones. Math errors or a different way of counting the years in the past?
John Dake
p. 884
Died Mar. 6, 1866
1789-1863 or 1792-1866 (74)
Catherine (Bowman) Dake p. 884
(Wife of John, daughter of Daniel & Anna Bowman)
Died Sept. 30, 1853 (1821-1853) (32)
Daniel Dake
p. 885
(Son of John & Catherine)
Mar. 21, 1818-Mar. 4, 1897 (79)
Anna Dake
(1st wife of Daniel?)
Born June 28, 1818
Eliza A. Dake
(2nd wife of Daniel)
1834-1883 (49)
Abijah W. Dake
(Son of Daniel & Eliza)
Died Mar. 7, 1887 (1860-1887) (27)
Benjamin Dake p. 888
(Son of John & Catherine)
Dec. 11, 1821-Jan. 10, 1908 (86)
Martha Dake
p. 888
(1st wife of Benjamin, daughter of Fountain & Letta Means)
Dec. 18, 1825-May 4, 1854 (29)
Margaret Dake p. 888
(2nd wife of Benjamin, daughter of David Simpson)
Sept. 11, 1837-Oct. 8, 1888 (51)
William H. Dake
(Son of Benjamin & Margaret)
Died June 24, 1859 (11 months)
David Elmore Dake
(Son of Benjamin & Margaret, twin of William H.) p. 910
July 14, 1858-Nov. 17, 1928 (70)
Elnora Fields Dake
(Wife of David)
Nov. 24, 1859-Nov. 28, 1905 (46)
Eva Dake
(Daughter of David & Elnora)
May 26, 1884-Sept. 14, 1901 (17)
Noah Dake
(Son of David & Elnora)
Nov. 16, 1905-Oct. 26, 1928 (23)
Charley Deloss Dake
(Son of Benjamin & Margaret)
Apr. 4, 1877-July 24, 1892 (15)
Ellvina Dake
(Daughter of Benjamin & Margaret)
Apr. 2, 1868-Nov. 12, 1891 (23)
Henry Dake
p. 885
(Son of John & Catherine)
Stone broken, no dates
He was a Union soldier per Chadwick.
Mary Adeline Dake p. 885
(Youngest child of John & Catherine)
1843-1923 (80)
Eve Margaret Dake p. 910
(Daughter of David E. & C.J.)
Died Nov. 16, 1871 (1857-1871) (14)
Elizabeth Dake
Died Sept. 8, 1851 (1849-1851) (2)
Elizabeth Dake
(Daughter of ?)
Died Jan. 28, 1860 (1856-1860) (4)
Mary A. Surber
(Daughter of Joseph & Louisa Dake Surber, granddaughter of John & Catherine Dake)
Died Apr. 4, 1885 (1877-1885 (8)
Ladora Dake
Jan. 3, 1865- June 17, 1888 (23)
Catherine Dake
(Cousin of John Dake)
Dates illegible
Alfred H. Copeland p. 827-828
(1st husband of Laura Dake, daughter of Benjamin)
Feb. 11, 1854-July 22, 1890 (36)
Bennie H. Copeland
(Son of Alfred & Laura)
Oct. 6, 1889-Mar. 24, 1890 (6 months)
John Bowman
Born Dec. 9, 1835
Fannie Bowman
(Wife of John)
Nov. 15, 1836-June 1, 1901 (65)
Daniel Bowman p. 884, 892
(Father of Catherine Dake)
Died July 27, 1843 (1779-1843) (64)
Anna (Coffman) Bowman
(Wife of Daniel, mother of Catherine Dake)
Died Jan. 28, 1848 (1774-1848) (74)
Frederick Bowman
Died Mar. 20, 1874 (1811-1874) (63)
Minerva Bowman
(Wife of Frederick Bowman)
Died Oct. 15, 1843 (1822-1843) (21)
Christopher Bowman
Catherine Bowman
(Wife of C. Bowman)
Died July 22, 1838 (1812-1838) (26)
Phoebe Bowman
(Wife of C. Bowman)
Died July 20, 1842 (1813-1842) (29)
Elizabeth Bowman
(Wife of C. Bowman)
Died Sept. 23, 1861
Thomas Pinkney Means p. 577
Apr. 30, 1807-May 12, 1884 (77)
Elizabeth (Dake) Means p. 577
(Wife of Thomas, daughter of John & Catherine Dake)
May 25, 1824-Dec. 13, 1907 (83)
Fletcher McClain p. 577
Nov. 13, 1847-Mar. 4, 1920 (73)
Mary Ellen McClain p. 577
(Wife of Fletcher, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Means)
Jan. 23, 1848-Oct. 9, 1883 (35)
George W. Means p. 577
(Son of Thomas & Elizabeth)
Jan. 25, 1859-Jan. 14, 1887 (28)
Ida J. Means
p. 577
(Wife of George W.)
Jan. 24, 1864-Oct. 15, 1891 (27)
Catherine Ann Doyle p. 885
(Wife of James Doyle, daughter of John & Catherine Dake)
Dec. 30, 1836-Feb. 1, 1883 (47)
(James Doyle, 11/13/1820-6/9/1878, is buried in the Catholic Cemetery
in Greensburg, Ind. with his brother Calvin, 6/3/1833-3/2/1884, &
Calvin’s wife.)
John H. Doyle (Trustee, Moral Township, Shelby Co.)
(Son of James & Catherine Doyle)
July 3, 1867-Aug. 25, 1913 (46)
Josie A. (Donahue) Doyle
(Wife of John H.)
1868-1904 (36)
James Doyle
(Son of John & Josie)
Jan. 19, 1890-Dec. 15, 1898 (8)
John H. Doyle
(Son of John & Josie)
Sept. 3, 1891- Feb. 6, 1900 (8)
Josie Doyle
(Daughter of John & Josie)
July 2, 1900-Aug. 14, 1900 (6 weeks)
Anna Doyle
(Daughter of James & Catherine)
May 10, 1871-Aug. 25, 1890 (19)
Elizabeth Doyle
(Daughter of James & Catherine ?)
Feb. 7,1874-Jan. 10 (Jan.9?), 1883 (9)
John Doyle White
(Son of John & Mary Gertrude Doyle White, grandson of John & Josie)
1917-1917
William D. Fansler p. 884, 892
Died Aug. 22, 1835 (1790-1835) (45)
Mary M. Bowman Fansler
Feb. 6, 1806-Jan. 25, 1889 (83)
William D. Fansler
Sept. 4, 1835-Apr. 5, 1921 (86)
Martha B. Fansler
(Wife of William D.)
Aug. 5, 1843-June 26, 1910 (67)
George W. Fansler
Died Mar. 8, 1883 (1862-1883) (21)
James A. Fansler
Died Feb. 17, 1892 (1864-1892) (28)
(The Dakes, Bowmans and Fanslers came to Indiana together from Virginia in 1828.)
Thomas S. Vandiver
April 26, 1851-August 23, 1908 (57)
Cynthia Vandiver
(Wife of Thomas S.)
August 8, 1858-April 5, 1899 (41)
Louella Vandiver
Arabell Vandiver
(Daughter of Thomas & Cynthia)
April 2, 1878-July 30, 1895 (17)
Jessie Louise Vandiver
May 11, 1905
(All that’s on the tombstone)
Bennie Vandiver
1897-1909 (12)
John Stanley
p. 842
Died Feb. 24, 1863 (1798-1863) (65)
Lucinda Stanley
(Wife of John)
Died Feb. 27, 1863 (1794-1863) (69)
Elizabeth Ann Gossett p. 842
(Wife of Allen Gossett, daughter of John & Lucinda Stanley)
Died Dec. 24, 1867 (1834-1867) (33)
John Hirth
Sallie A. Hirth
(Wife of John)
Dec. 10, 1866-Nov. 15, 1887 (21)
Abel Hibler
Jan. 11, 1848-July 16, 1915 (67)
Catherine E. Thompson
(Wife of Jas. W. Thompson)
8/25/1835 or 1855-2/5/1883 (28 or 48)
Elnora Fields
Nov. 24, 1859-Nov. 28, 1905 (46)
Daniel Thompson
1873-1921 (48)
The following are in addition to the Chadwick listing above found during restoration.
Little Maudie
??, 12, 1875 aged ? & 12D
A more complete listing will be made when the restoration work is complete.
