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I director of German township when the society was reorganized in August of 1851 and again in 1852 and 1856. He was also appointed to a committee of 3 to work up membership in German Township. He held the presidency of the society in 1857. Samuel died in South Bend in January of 1880 and is listed as buried in the Cleveland /Lynnwood Cemetery. Jesse and Nancy Frame settled section 22, Portage Prairie (Warren township) in 1833. They had 7 sons. They were natives of Virginia, moving to Ohio, then to Wayne County, Indiana in 1821 and finally to St. Joseph County. Their son, Neely, predated their arrival to St. Joseph County by several years, settling there in 1830. In November of 1833, Jesse was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners along with two other ealy settlers (including Aaron Miller's brother David mentioned earlier) to lay out 3 County roads. Jesse and Nancy died within a month of each other in the winter of 1865. Both were 78 years of age. Local history texts [5] conflict on the arrival of Daniel Wagner and his spouse to the St. Joseph County region. One source [6] reports the Wagners as settling in section 16 of German Township as early as 1832. They are documented as buried in the Cleveland /Lynnwood Cemetery [7]. Mrs. Wagner's grave marker, however, has not shown up in field surveys done in this century. In 1832, John Stutsman settled in section 24 of German township which later became Clay township. He died December of 1862 at the age of 80 years. A field survey done by the Daughters of the American Revolution lists a grave marker for him. Currently, this is not visible. The grave marker of Union Army soldier David R. Cripe, a recruit of the 48th Regiment of Indiana, Company B, is located in the Cleveland /Lynnwood Cemetery. The 48th Regiment of Indiana consisted largely of St. Joseph County residents. Mustered at Goshen in December of 1861, the regiment saw action at Corinth, Iuka, and Vicksburg, serving under Generals Grant and Sherman throughout its career. In January of 1864, the regiment marched to Huntsville, Alabama, where it re- enlisted as a veteran organization and returned home on veteran furlough, reaching Indianapolis in Early February. The 300 plus veterans were publicly received and welcomed with speeches by the Governor of Indianapolis and others [8]. David Cripe's death apparently occurred during this furlough. Documentation as to the cause of death has yet to be found. His remains were returned to German Township and he was buried in the Cleveland /Lynnwood Cemetery; the grave marker is currently visible and intact. It is uncertain as to David's relation to the pioneer members of the Cripe family. John and Eva Cripe had a son named David, but the no documentation has been found linking this personage to the Civil War soldier.