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Lydia Bontrager Kauffman

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Birth	:	15 Mar 1867
Death	:	1924
Burial	:	Union Center Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4723511, -85.9471512
Description	:	Lydia Bontrager Kauffman, daughter of Amos Bontrager & his wife Lydia Miller Bontrager Married 6 Nov 1887 in Lagrange Co,IN to Abraham Kauffman, son of Abraham A Kauffman & his wife Marian Schrock Kauffman Lydia is buried beside Joni J Miller, memorial 56047988 **************************************** * Lydia Bontrager Kauffman's father Amos Bontrager was a brother of John A Bontrager. Both Amos & John A were sons of John Bontrager & his wife Barbara Johns Bontrager. John A Bontrager is the father of Holly Bontrager ... ************************* Holly J Bontrager, the present trustee of Newbury Township, is one of the busy and energetic young men of affairs of Shipshewana.... Read More	Lydia Bontrager Kauffman, daughter of Amos Bontrager & his wife Lydia Miller Bontrager Married 6 Nov 1887 in Lagrange Co,IN to Abraham Kauffman, son of Abraham A Kauffman & his wife Marian Schrock Kauffman Lydia is buried beside Joni J Miller, memorial 56047988 **************************************** * Lydia Bontrager Kauffman's father Amos Bontrager was a brother of John A Bontrager. Both Amos & John A were sons of John Bontrager & his wife Barbara Johns Bontrager. John A Bontrager is the father of Holly Bontrager ... ************************* Holly J Bontrager, the present trustee of Newbury Township, is one of the busy and energetic young men of affairs of Shipshewana. His own career has been a continuation of an honorable family record that has been identified with LaGrange County since early times. Mr Bontrager was born in Newbury Township September 14, 1881, a son of John A and Sarah (Hershberger) Bontrager. His mother was born in Starke County, Indiana, June 9, 1862, a daughter of Abraham Hershberger. His father was born in Newbury Township October 5, 1856. Mr Bontrager's great-grandfather, John Bontrager, was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1781. In December, 1802, he married Barbara Johns, who was born November 22. 1782. Their family consisted of the following children: Fannie, born September 22. 1803; John, born March 10, 1805; Maggie, born January 23, 1807; Mary, born November 14. l808; Joseph, born August 4, 1811; Gertie, born January 25, 1814; Christian, born January 16, 1816; Barbara, born July 21, 1819; and Amos, born November 20, 1826. The family record is continued through Amos Bontrager, who married Lydia Miller. She was born two years after her husband, on July 21, 1828, and was a native of Western Pennsylvania. Amos Bontrager was one of an early colony of settlers to come from Pennsylvania to Northeast Indiana. The journey was made along the Ohio River until they started north to LaGrange County. The Bontragers brought along a herd of sheep and a number of cattle. Amos Bontrager located in section 21 of Newbury Township about 1848, and lived there the rest of his life. He died October 24, 1899, and his wife December 21, 1898. The names of their children and dates of birth are as follows: Rosa, born March 10, 1850; Gertie, June 12, 1851; Isaac, January 29, 1853; Barbara, November 21, 1854; John, October 5, 1856; Benjamin, October 30, 1858; Tobias, stillborn, 1860; Eli, December 16, 1861; David, December 30. 1864; Lydia, March 15, 1867; Abner, February 10, 1870; and one daughter, stillborn, 1873. John A Bontrager has been a farmer in Newbury Township since early manhood and owns a good farm of 100 acres there. His wife died December 20, 1898. They had three children: Holly J, Todd J, born November 17, 1884; and Sadie, born September 14, 1898, and died January 2, 1899. Holly J Bontrager attended district school in Newbury Township, is a graduate of the high school at Shipshewana, and the first year out of high school he taught in that township. From 1902 to 1913 he lived in Chicago, and on returning to LaGrange County was associated in farming with his father until February, 1919. Since that date he has given his time and energies to his duties as secretary and treasurer of the Farver Lumber Company of Shipshewana. Mr Bontrager was elected to the office of township trustee in November, 1918. and entered office in the following January. June 16, 1909, he married Ethel Preston, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Raymond) Preston. Mrs Bontrager, who died August 26, 1914, was the mother of two children: Maurice, born January 31, 1910; and Frances, born May 16, 1914. On April 22, 1919 Mr Bontrager married Ida Brasen, a daughter of Olaf and Sophia Brasen. History of Northeast Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties Vol 2 Ira Ford, Lagrange County 1920

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Latitude: 41.4723511
Longitude: -85.9471512

Family Members:

Parent

Amos James Bontrager

(1826 - 1899)

Lydia Ann Miller Bontrager

(1828 - 1898)

Siblings

Rosa Ann Bontrager Miller

(1850 - 1922)

Gertrude “Gertie” Bontrager Stutzman

(1851 - 1901)

Isaac A. Bontrager

(1853 - 1904)

Barbara A Bontrager Miller

(1854 - 1918)

(1856 - 1935)

(1858 - 1943)

(1861 - 1956)

(1864 - 1947)

(1870 - 1949)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Union Center Cemetery
Nappanee, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4723511, -85.9471512

2. Union Center East Cemetery
Nappanee, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4723053, -85.9434357

3. Bethel Mennonite Cemetery
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4. Salem Mennonite Church Cemetery
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5. Victory Christian Fellowship Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4714160, -85.9058200

6. Cornerstone Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5077510, -85.9380800

7. Providence Primitive Baptist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4935989, -85.9871979

8. Bull Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5081840, -85.9762310

9. Brumbaugh Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4294014, -85.9057999

10. Maple Lawn A M Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.4581299, -86.0260391

11. Southwest Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5347519, -85.9442520

12. Old German Baptist Cemetery
Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5369987, -85.9812012

13. Whitehead Cemetery
New Paris, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4935112, -85.8560257

14. Old Yellow Creek Cemetery
Southwest, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5498330, -85.9438140

15. Yellow Creek Frame Cemetery
Southwest, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5508300, -85.9452220

16. South Union Cemetery
Nappanee, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4714088, -86.0531158

17. Yellow Creek Old Brethren Church Cemetery
Goshen, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5503160, -85.9684850

18. Pletcher Cemetery
Wakarusa, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5298576, -86.0209579

19. Weldy Amish Cemetery
Nappanee, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4498978, -86.0493240

20. Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery
Southwest, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5524780, -85.9445000

21. Milford Cemetery
Milford, Kosciusko County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4213982, -85.8625031

22. Stump Family Cemetery
Nappanee, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4714400, -85.8379810

23. Miller Cemetery
Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5543650, -85.9552180

24. Harrison Chapel Cemetery
Goshen, Elkhart County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5570500, -85.9439400