"Der Weiss"

Jonas Stutziman was the first white settler in eastern Holmes County, arriving in the Indian Territory in the spring of 1809. He provided the first sawmill, was a teacher, and in his later years dressed in white clothes, giving rise to the name weiss. In 1849 he wrote a booklet predicting the Lord's return in four years, then built an oversize chair for the Lord. Jonas was buried in a hillside family cemetery south of Walnut Creek, but that cemetery was razed in 1964 and some remains and markers were relocated to this cemetery.

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