Frances Slocum/Bundy Cemetery

The "New" Frances Slocum Cemetery (AKA Bundy Cemetery) is in Waltz Township, Wabash County across the Mississinewa river and just upstream from the original cemetery. It is across the dam going east, over the county line and near the southern (dead) end of county road 650 W. The cemetery was moved along with several others to make way for the Mississinewa Reservoir in 1964.
Clarence Godfrey, great-great grandson of Frances Slocum is pictured here beside her monument.

The Inscription on Frances Slocum's monument tells the story briefly:

SIDE 1: Frances Slocum. A child of English descent, was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, March 1773, was carried into captivity from her father's house at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1778, by Delaware Indians soon after the Wyoming Massacre. Her brothers gave persistent search but did not find her until September 21, 1837.

SIDE 2: When inclined by a published letter describing an aged white woman in the Miami Indian village, her two brothers and a sister visited this place and identified her. She lived near here about 32 years with the Indian name "Ma-Con-A-Quah." She died on this ridge March 9, 1847, and was given a Christian burial.

SIDE 3: Frances Slocum became a stranger to her mother tongue. She became a stranger to her brethren and an alien to her mother's children, through her captivity. (See Psalms LXIX, 8) This monument was erected by Slocums and others who deemed it a pleasure to contribute, and was unveiled by them with public ceremonies May 17, 1900.

SIDE 4: She-Po-Con-Ah, A Miami Indian chief, husband of Francis Slocum (Ma-Con-A-Quah) died here in 1833 at an advanced age. Their adult children were: Ke-Ke-Nok-Esh-Wah, wife of Rev. Jean Baptiste Brouillett, died March 13, 1847, aged 47 years, leaving no children. O-Zah-Shin-Quah, or Jane, wife of Rev. Peter Bondy, died January 25, 1877, aged 62 years, leaving a husband and nine children."

 


NAME ROW/GRAVE BORN DIED Age INSCRIPTION

BONDY 6/8 Mother of David
BONDY Camillious 11/4 Jan 25 1935 81y 4m 25d
BONDY David W 11/5 1874 1943 He was loved, great
grandson of Frances Slocum
BONDY Eliza 3/2 1885 1888
BONDY Elizabeth 3/1 1879 1879
BONDY Isabelle 3/4 1900
BONDY Jane See: O-Zah-Shin-Quah
BONDY Judson 3/3 1855 1918
BONDY Judson C 11/2 Dec 1 1888 1y 2m Son of
Camillious & Ladena
BONDY Ladena 11/3 1935
BONDY Lavina 3/5 1854 1888
BONDY Peter 2/3 Jan 25 187? 67 yrs
BONDY Peter 2/2
BONDY Peter 3/7 1878 1895
BONDY Robert 3/6 1885 1886
BONDY Rose A 12/1
BOWAN Delcina 5/2
BROUILETT (Rev)J R June 17 1867 71 y; Minister in the
Christian religion; June 1854
BROUILETT Nancy 8/8
BROUILETT Nancy 1/7 March 13 1847 47y; See
Ke-Ke-Nok-Esh-Wah
BRUELL Adam 5/5
BRUELL Elmer 5/4
BRUELL Elzie 5/3
BRUELL Ester 5/9
BRUELL James A 5/12 1905 1929
BRUELL James Z 5/10 1860 1925
BRUELL Osie 5/6
BRUELL Pearl 5/8
BUBLE 12/6 Dec 16 1888 1y 7m 7d Inf dau of J & H
BUBLE Hannah 12/9 Sept 10 1897 46y 6m 15d Wife of Joseph
BUBLE Joseph 12/10 1885 1912
BUBLE Victoria 12/8 April 6 1894 13y 4m 15d dau of J & H
BUNDY Carol L 8/5
BUNDY Greg 8/7 1922
BUNDY John 8/9 1856 1933
DETER 7/3 1938 1938 Infant
DETER Robert Jr 7/2 1944 1948
DETER Steven M 7/1 1951 1952
FRANCE Leroy E 8/10 1926 1928
FRANCE Sandra K 8/11 1951 1951
KE-KE-NOK-ESH-WAH March 13 1847 47y; Wife of Rev Jean
Baptiste Brouilett leaving no children
KISMAN 5/1
LONG 5/7 Infant
LONG Della 5/11 1889 1925
LONG Wilson R 5/13 1945
MONGOSIA Julius 8/6 1930
MONGOZAH Moses 12/7
O-ZAH-SHIN-QUAH Jane * Jan 25 1877 62 yrs; wife of
Rev Peter Bondy leaving a husband & nine children
SALTZ Ruby L 10/2 1940
SAUSMAN Mable Bundy 3/8
SHE-PO-CON-AH * 1833 A Miami Indian Chief,
husband of Frances Slocum (Ma-Con-A-Quah) died at an advanced age
SLOCUM Frances Ma-Con-A-Quah or She-Po-Con-An
SLUSMAN George 6/9 1931
TALLEY 12/4 Twins
TALLEY Alva 12/3 1918
TALLEY Letha M 12/2
TALLEY Martha 12/2
TALLEY Rosetta 12/5 1915
WITT Francis R 9/2 1936
WITT John A 10/1 1875 1968
WITT John A 9/1 1947
WITT Mary L 10/4 Feb 7 1902 Feb 21 1904 2y 0m 14d;
Dau of J A & S J
WITT Richard (Sam) 9/3 1907 1968
WITT Samantha J 10/1 1876 1940 Wife of John A



* = At Frances Slocum Monument


Frances Slocum Story
Miami Co., INGenWeb






This page was created 09 September 1997
by Debra L. Beheler