Excerpt from "A Walk in a Country Churchyard - Autumn 1880" by Luke Smith Mote
"Joseph Mendenhall and Rachel Mendenhall (his wife) two of the pioneers' graves are thus distinctly marked; he died in September, 1856 in his seventy-ninth year and she in February, 1860 in her eighty-eighth. They had ten children born to them, most of whom survived them. He set up the first tan yard for public work or service in the township; was industrious and accumulated a good deal of property. For further information regarding him and his brother Caleb we refer to Miami County History 1880 or Genealogy of the Men[den]hall Family by Edward Mendenhall of Cincinnati, Ohio.'
married 15 Jan 1795 in Guiliford, NC
w/o Joseph, died 2-13-1860 aged 88y.
Quaker PARENTS- Wm GARDNER Sr. b. Nov 9th 1743 & 'SUSANNA' b.1746,7 d. Sept 7th 1798; SEE her sibling Wm Jr. 1768-1845 #9676145 for entire Gardner Family posting from Monthly Meeting (MM)-Deep River in High Point, Guilford Co. NC.
Excerpt from "A Walk in a Country Churchyard - Autumn 1880" by Luke Smith Mote
"Joseph Mendenhall and Rachel Mendenhall (his wife) two of the pioneers' graves are thus distinctly marked; he died in September, 1856 in his seventy-ninth year and she in February, 1860 in her eighty-eighth. They had ten children born to them, most of whom survived them. He set up the first tan yard for public work or service in the township; was industrious and accumulated a good deal of property. For further information regarding him and his brother Caleb we refer to Miami County History 1880 or Genealogy of the Men[den]hall Family by Edward Mendenhall of Cincinnati, Ohio.'
married 15 Jan 1795 in Guiliford, NC
w/o Joseph, died 2-13-1860 aged 88y.
Quaker PARENTS- Wm GARDNER Sr. b. Nov 9th 1743 & 'SUSANNA' b.1746,7 d. Sept 7th 1798; SEE her sibling Wm Jr. 1768-1845 #9676145 for entire Gardner Family posting from Monthly Meeting (MM)-Deep River in High Point, Guilford Co. NC.
Family Members
See more Mendenhall or Gardner memorials in:
- West Branch Cemetery Mendenhall or Gardner
- West Milton Mendenhall or Gardner
- Miami County Mendenhall or Gardner
- Ohio Mendenhall or Gardner
- USA Mendenhall or Gardner
- Find a Grave Mendenhall or Gardner
