Hist. Mss. 1-868 (Long)
Carl W. and Mary (Dils) Nunemaker Collection
Papers, 1915-48, 1989
2 Boxes (Long)

Introduction

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.

The 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 1920s, 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, 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

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Long)

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)

Farm Ledger, 1946
Farm Ledger, 1947
Farm Ledgers, 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 assessement, 1965
This was for the Palm Sunday Tornado, 1965

Name and Subject Tracing

Baugo Township (Elkhart County, IND)
Chicago (ILL)
Elkhart County (IND)
Farming
Harrison Township (Elkhart County, IND)
Holdeman Mennonite Church, Wakarusa, Indiana
Locke Township (Elkhart County, IND)
Madison Township (Elkhart County, IND)
Mennonite General Conference
Nunemaker, Carl W., 1896-1948
Nunemaker, John E., 1927-
Nunemaker, Mary Dils, 1896-1989
St. Joseph County (IND)
Wakarusa (IND)

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6-10-92/ Dennis Stoesz
9-19-96/ Marilyn Voran (updated)
Archives of the Mennonite Church,Goshen, Indiana