Anna Mariah Bonewitz 1784-1872
Anna Mariah Bonewitz was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on 08 Nov 1784. Anna was the daughter of Jacob Bonewitz and Eva Rosanna Specht. She married Michael Clouse, an immigrant from Alsace, Germany. Together they had at least 8 children. On her death record from the Wayne County, Ohio, Probate records, it says her occupation was weaver. Anna died on 18 Jul 1872 and is buried in Rickel Cemetery, Ashland County, Ohio, along with her husband and at least 5 of their children: Sarah, Simon, Michael, Jacob and Mary.
Headstones of Anna Mariah Bonewitz, and husband Michael Clouse. The small stone leaning against Anna's belongs to her grandson, Jasper Clouse 1847-1851. I have not yet had the opportunity to visit Rickel Cemetery but was informed by the photographer who took these photos that Rickel is a small cemetery in a rather hard to find location off a county road near an Amish Farm, in Ashland County, Ohio. As can be seen by the photographs, the cemetery is in an alarming state of disrepair. Grandfather Michael Clouse's headstone is off it's base and lying on the ground, as are others, while grandmother Anna's headstone is leaning and ready to fall. I fear that in relatively short time many of the headstones in this cemetery may disappear.