St. Jacob's Cemetery, Franklin County, Ohio

St. Jacob's Cemetery
Also known as Frey's Cemetery and German Cemetery
Bexley, Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Ohio
No evidence remains
Was located approximately
92 to 146 South Stanwood Road, Bexley, Ohio
(Map)

In 1846, 3 1/2 acres were purchased
by a group of Catholic men for use as a burying ground.
In addition, John & Henry Frey, sons of Joseph Frey,
donated part of their property as a burying ground.
St. Jacob's was an active cemetery as late as 1875.
St. Jacob's was closed in 1910 and relatives and friends
were advised to remove loved ones Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
The property was sold in 1911.

This document is a project of
Central Ohio Grave Search

Name	Date of Birth	Year of Birth	Date of Death	Year of Death	Remarks

Claus, Anna Maria	07 Nov	1826	17 Feb	1865	Wife of John Frank Claus [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Claus, Barnhard			07 Aug	1864	Aged 67y 3m [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Claus, George		1836		1855	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Congendeffer, Michael	10 Jan	1791	02 Apr	1847	Aged 56y 2m 22d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Cuhn, Margaretha			12 May	1850	Daughter of Martin & Katharina Cuhn, aged 17y 11m [Listed in Holy Cross Parish Burial Register]
Doersam, George			26 Feb	1879	Aged 81y 6m [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Doersam, Mary			03 May	1872	Wife of [no name listed in source], aged 75y [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Emick, Eva Katharina			14 Feb	1868	Aged 62y [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Frey, Carolina Christina (Caroline)			06 Apr	1846	[Holy Cross Parish Burial Register lists name Carolina Christina, daughter of Henry Frey, aged 7m] [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906 lists name as Caroline, daughter of Henry & Mary Ann Frey, aged 7y]
Frey, Joseph			24 Sep	1839	Aged 60y 5m 20d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906 lists year of death 1832. The year of death listed here is based on information from the Franklin County Will Record, Vol. C, p.42 referenced in Catholic Record Society Bulletin Aug 1978]
Frey, Lewis	25 Aug	1810	20 Feb	1855	"In death I live; in dust I sleep. No more I sigh; nor more I weep." [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Frey, Louise Z.			29 Nov	1852	Daughter of Henry & Mary Ann Frey, aged 4y 10m 29d
Frey, Ludwig			20 Jan	1855	Aged 42y [Listed in Holy Cross Parish Register]
Frey, Margaret			13 Apr	1857	Wife of Joseph, aged 75y 8m 11d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Frey, Margaretha			14 Apr	1857	Aged 76y [Listed in Holy Cross Parish Burial Register]
Frey, William			29 Jul	1856	Son of Henry & Mary Ann Frey, aged 1y 7m 6d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Frund, Anna Maria			14 Jan	1845	Wife of Urs Frund, aged 43y 4m 19d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Frund, George			25 Sep	1848	Son of Urs & Anna Maria Frund, aged 11y 11m [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Frund, Henry	29 Nov	1840	12 Apr	1843	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Frund, Jacob			04 Mar	1866	Aged 27y 11m 2d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Frund, Urs	28 Nov	1800	08 Apr	1873	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Haut, Barbara			25 Mar	1863	Wife of P. Haut, aged 36y 3m 13d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Haut, Emmy			01 Jun	1863	Daughter of P. & B. Haut, aged 2y 10m 22d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Helfre, Adam			15 Apr	1875	Aged 45y [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Klaus, Margaretha			Nov	1853	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Kochendörfer, Michael			02 Apr	1847	Aged 56y [Listed in Holy Cross Parish Burial Register]
Kuhn, Benedict (Benedik)	10 Feb	1840	08 Oct	1860	[Holy Cross Parish Burial Register lists first name Benedict, son of Martin Kuhn, aged 20y, no date of birth listed] [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906 lists firstname Benedik, son of Martin & Katherina Kuhn, and lists date of birth]
Kuhn, Margaret			12 May	1850	Aged 17y 11m "Catholic." [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Lotz, Catharina	27 Aug	1852	11 Nov	1857	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Ridtel, Maria			26 Feb	1860	Aged 22y [Listed in Holy Cross Burial Register]
Rittel, Margaretha	21 Aug	1837	26 Feb	1860	Daughter of Peter Rittel [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Schlitt, _____				1841	[Name illegible, Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Schlitt, Benedict	25 Jan	1815	25? Dec	1849	[Holy Cross Parish Burial Register lists date of death 24 Dec, aged 33y, no date of birth listed] [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906 lists date of death 24 Dec and lists date of birth]
Schlitt, Margaretha	26 Mar	1820	06 Aug	1841	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Schlitt, Margaretha	07 Nov	1788	30 Jan	1858	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Schlitt, Paulina			11 Nov	1855	Aged 28y 5m 11d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Schwartz, Elizabetha	17 Sep	1833	19 Jul	1853	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Schwartz, Elizabetha	27 Mar	1800	05 Dec	1867	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Schwartz, Peter	14 Dec	1856			Aged 55y 5m[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Vogel, Andreas (Andrew)			27? Oct	1860	[Holy Cross Parish Burial Register indicates first name Andreas, date of death 27 Oct, aged 49y, father of the family] [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906 indicates first name Andrew, date of death 28 Oct]
Waltar, Eva	03 Jan	1841	05 Mar	1875	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Waltar, Joseph	15 Jul	1871	22 Sep	1871	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Waltar, Maria Barbara	Jan	1804	23 Nov	1871	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Walter, Eva			07 Feb	1875	Died of smallpox. Removed by her nephew around 1910 [Catholic Record Society Bulletin]
Yearling, George			15 Oct	1862	Son of Adam & C. Yearling, aged 7y 7m [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Zimmer, John Jacob	06 Jan	1790	06 Aug	1850	[Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]
Zimmer, Maria Thecla			31 Oct	1854	Aged 63y [Listed in Holy Cross Parish Burial Register]
Zimmer, Maria Thecla			31 Oct	1854	Aged 63y [Listed in Holy Cross Parish Burial Register]
Zimmer, Mary Ann T.			29 Oct	1854	Wife of John Jacob Zimmer, aged 62y 4m 29d [Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly 1906]

Sources:

Mattingly, H. E. (ed.), Bulletin of the Catholic Record Society - Diocese of Columbus, Volume 6, September 1980, "St. Jacob's Cemetery, Franklin County," p. 539-540 (http://www.colsdioc.org/Portals/0/Departments/CRS/Barq%20Jun%201979.pdf )

The Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly Vol IX (1906), "Inscriptions from German Cemetery Three Miles East of Alum Creek on Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, and Sixty Rods South of Street," pages 187-188

Schlegel, Donald M., Bulletin of the Catholic Record Society - Diocese of Columbus, Volume IV, No. 8, August 1978, "St. Jacob's Cemetery, Franklin County, Ohio," pages 339-340 (http://www.colsdioc.org/Portals/0/Departments/CRS/Barq%20Aug%201978.pdf)

Schlegel, Donald M., The Columbus Catholic Cemetery History and Records 1846-1874, Columbus: 1983

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