SUMMIT GROVE CEMETERY (aka Cruickshank) Dodge County, Nebraska - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nedodge/tombstone.htm Copyright 2000 Clarabelle Mares Eastern Nebraska Genealogical Society P.O. Box 541 Fremont, NE 68025 USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Scanned for submission to the NEGenWeb project with the permission of the compiler by Mary LeBlanc, April 2000 This cemetery is located in the NE 1/4 NW 1/4 of Section 31 Township 19 Range 6 Dodge County Nebraska. It is located 8 miles north 1/2 east of North Bend, Nebraska. In poor shape. Many of the markers are down and in need of care. Markers were recorded as best possible, not in rows. Recorded on October 12, 1975 by Clarabelle Mares and husband, Emil Mares of Fremont, Nebraska. A man was needed on this cemetery to help with the weeds and undergrowth of brush. George L Brown d 20 Jan 1896 75 yrs 8 mo 8 days. H Jacob Westphalen 1 May 1852 16 Apr 1901 George E Westphalen 19 Jan 1877 30 July 1877 Inf dau Westphalen 24 Dec - 26 Dec 1883 Ernest Westphalen 20 July 1888 5 June l889 Ira Guy Westphalen 10 June 1891 8 Mar 1892 empty marker William J Adams John Adams 1893 - 1973 1 Sep 1844 9 May 1916 Jane Adams, wife of John 21 Oct 1851 8 May 1939 Children af John & J Adams Charles d 20 Oct 1881 2 yr 6 mo Mary d 12 June 1879 2 yr 8 mo Edith d 29 Mar 1873 1 yr 5 mo Anna J Powers, dau J & E Powers d 6 May 1888 14 yr 10 mo 26 days Laura I Powers, dau of J & E d 22 July 1882 14 yrs Mary M Powers, dau of J & E d 28 July 1888 17 yrs 9 mo 6 days Elizabeth Powers, wife of John Powers d 3 Aug 1878 37 yrs 1 mo 12 days Eddie Powers, son of J & E Powers d 29 Apr 1878 4 yr 10 mo 19 days John Powers, son of J & E d 15 June 1888 22 yr 5 mo 2 days Maggie I Jones no dates Anna Jones, dau D & F L Jones d 16 Sep 1881 5 yrs Sabra R Jones, dau D & F L Jones d 27 May 1888 2 yr 9 mo 29 days Richard W Jones, son D & F L Jones d 26 May 1888 4 yr 9 mo 22 days RIchard J Jones d 20 Oct 1881 29 yr 3 mo 28 days Eleanor Townsend, wife of G Townsend d 21 Feb 1873 22 yr 1 mo Children of J H & A M Roberts Alice N Roberts d 5 May 1888 1 yr 1 mo 27 days Maybell Roberts d 13 Mar 1890 2 yr 11 mo 17 days Children of J H & K H Longacre Allen R d 2 Feb 1883 1 mo 20 days Grace d 5 Jan 1887 5 mo 3 days Myrtle E Forney, dau J H & E Forney d 15 May 1889 2 yr 4 mo 17 days Willis N Arthur, son of J & N Arthur 1880 - 1932 Nettie Arthur James K Arthur 1858 - 1946 1855 - 1928 Maggie I Neilson, wife of T W Neilson d 31 May 1892 29 yr 1 mo 24 days empty base. John 0 Cruickshank 28 Jan 1875 6 Oct 1905 John Davidson b in Scotland d 2 Mar 1882 78 yrs Roy Cruickshank, son G S & Aggie D d 23 Apr 1898 14 yr 4 mo 23 days Children of J K & N Arthur Anna J Arthur d 4 Jan 1884 3mo 6 days James T Arthur d 10 June 1885 6 mo 7 days James M Cruickshank wife, Mary Cruickshank 15 Jan 1843 12 July 1908 24 Apr 1848 31 Aug 1897 dau, Margaret Cruickshank son, Ora Cruickshank 24 Apr - 2 Aug 1884 21 Jan - 27 July 1885 George Cruickshank wife, Rebecca Cruickshank 20 Mar 1810 10 June 1893 15 June 1819 2 Sep 1884 Georgie Hyatt, son C W & M J Hyatt d 13 Jan 1877 1 yr 7 mo 17 days Robert Robertson wife, Elizabeth Wilson Robertson 1 Apr 1820 1 Apr l892 13 June 1824 22 Oct 1909 Hugh Robertson John W Robertson 30 Aug 1846 7 Nov 1914 14 June 1850 8 Aug 1904 James Ferguson Anna Ferguson d 9 Mar 1895 51 yr 1 mo 13 days d 18 Nov 1922 73 yr 5 mo 18 days James McCreath wife, Mary McCreath 28 May 1835 ? 18 Jan 1837 12 Aug 1916 Mary A McKinstry 25 May 1868 6 Oct 1912 James Jr. (Possible McCreath?)no last names, but next to the McCreaths 15 Apr 1864 1 Aug 1870 Carrie Lorena, inf age 7 mo 19 days Mary J Beels 3 Aug 1885 9 Aug 1933 Eliza J Robertson James Robertson 22 May 1862 2 Oct 1920 13 June 1841 21 Mar 1916 Annie J Robertson, dau of J & J Robertson 28 May 1877 12 Apr 1899 Inf son & dau of J & L Robertson b & d 27 Oct 1904 Jenet, wife of Jas. Robertson d 23 Sep 1880 72 yr 5 mo 2 days Born In the parish of Brith Ayershire Scotland Guy A Robertson Nebr Pvt 12 SN TN 12 Div d 12 July 1937 John McPherson 26 May 1867 19 Mar 1919 William McPherson Elizabeth McPherson 31 Oct 1837 10 Aug 1913 12 Nov 1849 23 Dec 1905 Tomie McPherson Hugh McPherson 13 Feb 1876 13 Aug 1877 30 Jan 1883 13 Mar 1905 John Graham d 17 July 1896 84 yr 8 mo 17 days Jannet Graham, wife of J Graham d 12 Feb 1885 22 yr 8 mo William Ferguson Mary King Ferguson 17 Jan 1841 24 Jan 1891 13 Sep 1847 11 Oct 1942 Avanelle L Reed, wife Isaac M Reed d 11 May 1902 56 yr 25 days Leah Jane Robertson, dau J A & L V Robertson b & d 28 June 1909 Frank C Cantlin Frank C Cantlin son of F C & A M Cantlin 7 Apr 1878 22 June 1908 24 Dec 19O7 2 Apr 1909 William Ferguson Mary B Ferguson 8 May 1871 10 Feb 1932 4 Mar 1876 28 May 1956 David A Honey wife, Isabella Honey 8 Aug 1843 13 Mar 1914 15 Feb 1846 16 Nov 1913 David LeRoy Honey 14 Oct 1885 3 Oct 1958 Anna 3 Cruickshank Vera E Cruickshank 18 Oct 1878 21 Jan 1955 2 Oct 1906 7 Dec 1907 Verne G Cruickshank 9 Feb 1909 5 Feb 193O Abel T Norris d 17 Oct 1889 58 yr 7 mo 23 days Marie L Norris, wife R A Coates d Red Cliff Colo 5 Apr 1887 21 yr 6 mo 20 days Large Cruickshank plot - no names or dates, underground vault. Most of the markers are in the south part of the cemetery, so this was recorded first, then the north area around the Cruickshank Plot. It has a large link fence around it.