Cemetery Photos #6: Minerva Jane (Ballenger) Wynkoop

Minerva Jane (Ballenger/Ballinger) Wynkoop was born in July of 1835 in Rush County, Indiana.She married James V. Wynkoop in Clinton County in 1853. She died in 1931. THIS biography of her husband James also provides some additional information on her life.

Cemetery Photos #5: James V. Wynkoop

James V. Wynkoop was the son of William and Elizabeth Wynekoop. He was born in March of 1828 in Indiana. In 1853, he married Minerva (also spelled Minervia) Jane Ballenger. He died on Valentine's Day, 1904 and is buried next to his wife in Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirklin, Indiana.