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Hist. Mss.
1-868
Carl W. and Mary (Dils) Nunemaker Collection
Papers, 1915-48, 1989
2 boxes (Long Green)
Scope and Content
The three farm ledgers were started by Carl W. Nunemaker as a single
man at the age of 18. They became farm ledgers which included detailed
income and expenses of Carl and Mary as they experienced farm life
through the years, during World War I, into the 1920’s, and through the
Depression and World War II. The summary of each ledger as well as the
biography as provided by John Nunemaker, help explain the different
entries.
Historical Sketch
1896 Mary Dils born March 6, on a farm near Wakarusa,
Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana
Carl W. Nunemaker was born October 3, on a farm near Wakarusa, Locke
Township, Elkhart County, Indiana
1915-17 Carl worked as farm hand, and in Chicago
1917 Married April 12, 1917, by Bishop D.A.
Yoder. Attended the Holdeman Mennonite Church
1918 Carl received Classification
#I-E, World War I
1918-27 Three sons born, Ivan, 1918, Willis, 1920,
and John, 1927
1919-24 Rental farming, Cyrus Flickinger farm,
Madison Township, St. Joseph County
1924-25 Purchased 80 acre farm, Philip Kilmer, Locke
Township, Elkhart County
1929-37 Attended Mennonite General Conference meetings, Goshen,
Indiana, 1929
1929-38 Archbold, Ohio, 1931, Hesston, Kansas, 1933, Kitchener,
Ontario, 1935 and Turner, Oregon, 1937
1937 Purchased 80 acre farm from Aunt Susan Wenger
estate, Harrison Township, Elkhart County
1945 Purchased 70 acres of farm land, Joe
Chamberlain, Union Township, Elkhart County
1947 Purchased 72 acres of farm land with buildings,
John DeFreese, Union Township, Elkhart County
1948 Carl W. died October 3 from
abdominal cancer
1989 Mary died
Administrative
Information
The three farm ledgers of Carl W. and Mary (Dils) Nunemaker were
donated to the Archives by sons Ivan, Willis and John Nunemaker in
February 1992. Further materials were added by John Nunemaker in
1996. Agreement with the Archives is that the ledgers may be loaned out
to the sons.
Collection organized by Dennis Stoesz, June 10, 1992. Updated by
Marilyn Voran, September 19, 1996.
Box 1 (Long Green)
Biography, Carl and Mary Nunemaker
WW I, Classification Cards, 1918
Farm Ledger, 1915-19
Farm Ledger, 1918-30
Farm Ledger, 1931-43
Farm Ledger, 1944
Farm Ledger, 1945
Box 2 (Long Green)
Farm Ledger, 1946
Farm Ledger, 1947
Farm Ledger, 1948
Funeral, Carl W. Nunemaker, 1945
Funeral, Mary (Dils) Nunemaker, 1989
Wayne County, Ohio, Deed, 1818
Farm property deed, dated June 18, 1818, whereby Jacob and Margaret
Markel selling land to Samuel Gien
Cemetery Plot Deeds, 1910, 1945
Mary E. Dils guardian report, 1919
MAA Insurance assessment, 1965
This was for the Palm Sunday Tornado, 1965
Name and Subject
Tracings
Baugo Township (Elkhart County, IN)
Chicago (ILL)
Elkhart County (IN)
Farming
Harrison Township (Elkhart County, IN)
Holdeman Mennonite Church, Wakarusa, Indiana
Locke Township (Elkhart County, IN)
Madison Township (Elkhart County, IN)
Mennonite General Conference
Nunemaker, Carl W. 1896-1948
Nunemaker, John E. 1927-
Nunemaker, Mary Dils 1896-1989
St. Joseph County (IN)
Wakarusa (IN)
March 2, 2004 / Updated by Helen Hostetler
File: “HM1-868.doc”
Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S Main St., Goshen, Indiana
46526
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