Standing monument honoring original Whitehead settlers erected by descendants July 1939.

This standing stone in the Whitehead Cemetery was errected by my grandfather, Merl Whitehead, and funded by a number of Whitehead family members. Later research revealed that Valentine Whitehead's grandparents, Christoffel and Elizabeth Weisskopf, immigrated from the Rhineland area of southwestern Germany in 1743. Valentine's father, Valentine, Sr., was likely born on-board ship during the journey. Valentine was born in 1779 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Valentine and Mary were married in 1800 and moved to the Dayton area of Montgomery County, Ohio in 1812. Valentine and his children began purchasing land in Jackson Township in the 1830's and moved here in the early 1840's. The nine children who moved to this area include Adam, John, Esther [Stutzman], Samuel, Peter, Lewis, Valentine III, Mary [Conrad] and Margaret [Lentz]. Valentine, Mary and at least seven of these nine children are buried in this cemetery. Elizabeth [Smith], Susan [Ulery] and David remained in Montgomery County, Ohio.

Whitehead Cemetery August 2009