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Population, 1,965.
Old persons, 18; ages, 1,375: average, 74.16; one to 109. Oldest person in city, Willis Perry (colored), eighty-six.
MONROE TOWNSHIP.
Jacob Arbagast, 70; Leonard Boyce, 79; William Broderick, 70; Ellen Cox, 78, Calvin Cecil, 72; Nancy Cecil, 73; James Cecil, 79; Eli Hiatt, 78; Hannah Hunt, 79; Joseph Hewitt, 72; Sarah Hewitt, 75; Elizabeth Harrison, 71; Barbara Howland, 95; Susannah James, 76; John Johnson, 76; Sarah Johnson, 75; Abigail McGuire, 73; Elizabeth Miller, 73; Nancy MeNees, 70; Catharine Miller, 72; Elizabeth Roberts, 81.
Population-Farmland, 668; Parker, 209; Monroe Township, 1,022; total, 1,899.
Old persons, 21; total ages, 1,587; average age, 75.5; one to 95. Oldest in township, Elizabeth Roberts, 81 years.
STONY CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Isaac Amburn, 00; John H. Bond, 71; George A. Carman, 71; Elizabeth Carman, 72; Jacob Driver, 73; John H. Denton,
76; Ruth Faulkner, 71; Elizabeth Helun, 76; William C. Holmes, 77; Elizabeth Holloway, 72; Catharine Hiatt, 86; Es- ther Lynch, 75; John McNees, 74; Hannah Meriweather, 72; Mary Moore, 71; Benjamin Pugle, 71; Ira E. Smithson, 80; Amos Smith, 80; John Service, 71; Mary Service, 74; Susanna Thornburg, 83; Job Thornburg, 78; Joab Thornburg, 85; Eliz- abeth Thornburg, 85; Sarah Terrell, 77; Mary A. Weaver, 70; Solomon R. Wright, 78; Margery Wright, 82.
Population-Windsor, 134; Stony Creek, 1,206; total, 1,338. Old persons, 28; ages, 2,138; average 76.4; one to 47.8; oldest person in township, Isaac Amburn, ninety years.
NETTLE CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Thomas Bookout, 73; Nancy Bookout, 71; Hugh Bailey, 75; Joshua Chamness, 73; Rebecca Chamness, 71; Susan Diggs, 72; John Grubbs, 86; Mary Grubbs, 76; Nancy Gilmore, 75; Wilk- erson Gray, 78; Joshua P. Hunt, 74; Miles Hunt, 71; Antony Johnson, 80; Elizabeth Johnson, 85; Hannah Lamb, 75; Theo- dore Lamb, 80; Elizabeth Milton, 73; Jacob Mulford, 72; Will- iam Oakerson, 70; William Snodgrass, 70; Martha Shires, 76; Sarah Segraves, 77; Wood Weaver (colored), 72; Margaret Wine, 73.
Population -- Losantville, 52; Nettle Creek Township, 1,417; total, 1,469.
Old persons, 24; ages, 1,798; average, 75; one to 69. Old- est person in township, John Grubbs, eighty-six years.
WEST RIVER TOWNSHIP.
Nancy Adamson, 71; Jane Brewer, 72; William Butler, 76; Reuben Bias, 70; Elizabeth Clark, 73; William Chamness, 87; Elizabeth Earawas, 79; Michael Grace, 75; Jonathan Hant, 70; Matilda Hoover, 70; Andalusia Harvey, 79; John Jenkins, 70; Peter Ladd, 75; Martha Lamb, 72; George Moore, 71; Sarah Macy, 75; Lydia Maxwell, 75; Elizabeth Mann, 71; Martha Mendenhall, 79; John Porter, 70; Martin Scott, 79; Beulah Starbuck, 86; Ira Swain, 70; Aaron Schmuck, 70.
Population-Huntsville, 163; West River Township, 1,634: total, 1,797.
Old persons, 24; total ages, 1.785; average, 74.6 years; one to every 75. Oldest person in township, William Chamness, eighty-seven years.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
Lydia Ashby, 78; Simon Adamson, 73; Sarah Brumfield, 78; Rebecca Bales, 73; Jacob Bales, 73; Elen Bond, 78; Sarah Bax- ter, 79; Sara Bodie, 79; James Blansett, 73; Caleb Cogshall, 82; Margaret Cogshall, 75 ; Catharine Daly, 75; Susan Fudge, 72; Philip Farmer, 73; Hillery Green, 77; Mary A. Green, 80; Eliz- abeth Gordon. 73; Nancy Hinshaw, 79; Martin L. Hardwick, 77; Elizabeth Hardwick, 72; Ruchel Harrold, 76; Ann Hinshaw. 74; Silas Johnson, 78; Rachel Jeffries, 73; Mary Lykens, 74; Moses Lasley, 70; Anna Lykins, 76; Jesse Mills, 70; Deborah Mills, 70; Benjamin Miller, 73; Rebecca Miller, 77; Intitia Neal, 78; Susanna Puckett. 72; Rebecca Phillips, 77; Deborah Rockhill. 87; Isaiah Rogers, 86; William Rash, 92; Eli Reece, 70; Phœbo Stout, 82; Jesse Stetler, 80; Sarah C. Sharp, 87; Daniel Thomas, 80; Mary Thomas, 75; Hiram Wilkie, 70; Mary E. York, 80.
Population --- Lynn, 239; Bloomingport, 141 ; Rural, 37; township, 1,922; total, 2,339.
Old persons, 45; ages, 3,463; average, 77; one to 52. Old. est person in township, William Rash, ninety-two years.
GREENSFORK TOWNSHIP.
Charlotte Arhart. 75; William Benson, 74; Malinda Brown, 71; Squire Bowen, 75; Lydia C. Banks, 81; James C. Bowen, 78; Mary Cook, 75; Maria Cotman, 86; Charles Crist, 79; Mary Crist, 70; Keturah B. Chenoweth, 76; James Clark, 75; Esther Dempsey, 71; Baker Elliot, 70; Jesse Flood, 70; Stephen Grave, 70; Thomas Hough, 73; Elizabeth Hammond, 79; James N. Hart, 73; Mazania Horn, 70; Enos Hiatt, 74; Samuel Kesler, 70; Robert G. Kinsey, 70, William Locke, 75; Hannah Locke, 72; William B. Lewis, 70; Thomas A. Middleton, 80; William Moore, 70; Abraham Manning, 84; John Mann, 75; Mary Mc- Donald, 70; Hannah Morgan, 80; Lovitt Mitchell, 71; Naney
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HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Newbern, 85; Philip Pennington, 72; David Pierson, 80; Mar- garet Parker, 73; John Randle, 84; Priscilla Shoemaker, 70; El- nora Slick, 79; William Taylor, 81; Tabitha Taylor, 77; Lucin- da Thompson,80: Manlove Thomas, 77.
Population-Spartanburg, 209; Arba, 109; township, 1,809; total, 2,127.
Number of old persons, 44; total ages, 3,308; average age, 75.2; one to every 48.3. Oldest person, Maria Cotman (colored), eighty six years.
CHAPTER IX. CEMETERIES.
TT is thought that a general account of the cemeteries, their location, the names of persons buried respectively in each (so far as can be ascertained from tombstones, or otherwise), with age, date of death, etc., would be of interest as a part of the general history of the county. It is greatly to be regretted, however, that so many of the pioneers who are known to have died within the county have no memorial discoverable, by way of tombstones or otherwise, that may tell to succeeding genera- tions when, where, how long they lived and acted among men. We would fain hope that the next ages may show improvement in this respect, though nothing done as to coming generations can ever supply the lack of care in the past.
As a rule, the names of persons not less than sixty years old are given.
CEMETERIES-LOCATION.
African Methodist, Section 12, Town 19, Range 12, Stony Creek Township; Alexander's, Section 1, Town 16, Range 1, Greensfork; Arba, Friends, Section 33, Town 16, Range 1, Greensfork; Buena Vista, Section 9 Town 19, Range 13, West River; Catholic, Union City, Section, 23, Town 18, Range 1, Wayne; Cedar, Friends, Section 26, Town 20, Range 12, Stony Creek: Cherry Grove, Friends, Section 4, Town 18, Range 14, Washington; Dunkards', Section 13, Town 18, Range 1, Jackson; Dunkirk, Friends, Section 26, Town 20, Range 14, White River; Fairview, Section 4, Town 21, Range 12, Green; Fountain Park, Section 20, Town 20, Range 14, White River; Gilead, Disciples, Section 21, Town 16, Range 1, Greensfork; Griffis family, Section 25, Town 17, Range 1, Wayne; Hoover's, Section 12, Town 17, Range 1, Wayne; Hope- well, Protestant Methodist, Section 30, Town 21, Range 13, Green; Huntsville, Section 28, Town 19, Range 13, West River; Jericho, Friends, Section 20, Town 20, Range 15, Wayne; John- son's family, Section 33, Town 18, Range 1, Jackson; Liberty, Section 32, Town 19, Range 14, Washington; Little Creek, Baptist, Section 13, Town 18, Range 12, Nettle Creek; Losant- ville (south), Section 16, Town 18, Range 12, Nettle Creek; Lynn, Friends, Section 11, Town 18, Range 14, Washington; Maxville, Methodist, Section 20, Town 20, Range 13, White River (new one named Woodlawn); west of Maxville, Section 26, Town 20, Range 12, Stony Creek; Mt. Zion, Methodist, Section 2, Town 19, Range 14, White River; Neff, family, Section 33, Town 20, Range 14, White River; N. Dayton, Section 35, Town 21, Range 13, White- River; N. Lisbon, Disciples, Sections 11 and 12, Town 18, Range 1, Jackson; Peacock's, family, Section 10, Town 20, Range 15, Wayne; Pittsburg, Section 6, Town 21, Range 15, Jackson; Pleasant Hill, east of North Salem, Section 3, Town 21, Range 15, Jackson; Pleasant Hill, north of Farm- land, Section 1, Town 20, Range 12, Monroe; Pleasant Ridge, north of Huntsville, Section 15, Town 19, Range 15, West River; Poplar Run, Friends, north of Pleasant View, Section 12, Town 19, Range 12, Stony Creek; Prospect, Methodist, Section 24, Town 21, Range 14, Ward; Rehoboth, Methodist, northwest of Farmland, Section 2, Town 20, Range 12, Monroe; Ridgeville (old), Section 12, Town 21, Range 13, Franklin; Ridgeville (new), Section 12, Town 21, Range 13, Franklin; Ritenour's, Methodist, Section 18, Town 21, Range 14, Ward; Salem, "Boundary," Section 32, Town 19, Range 13, West River; Sar- atoga, Section 6, Town 20, Range 15, Ward; Sheets, Section 28,
Town 18, Range 1, Wayne; Smith's, family, Section 5, Town 18, Range 13, West River; Snow Hill, Section 23, Town 19, Range 14, Washington; Spartansburg, Section 10, Town 16, Range 1, Greensfork; Steubenville, Section 13, Town 21, Range 12, Green; Sparrow Creek, Friends, White River: Swingly, south- east of Windsor, Section 32, Town 20, Range 12, Stony Creek; Thornburg (Hardshaw), Section 4, Town 20, Range 12, Stony Creek; Union Baptist (colored), Section 13, Town 19, Range 12, Nettle Creek; Union, southeast of Windsor, Section 5, Town 20, Range 12, Stony Creek; Union Chapel, west of Bloomings- port, Section 11, Town 18, Range 13, West River; Union City, Section 26, Town 18, Range 1, Wayne; White River, Friends, Section 22, Town 20, Range 14, White River; Whitesell's, Sec. tion 8, Town 20, Range 15, Wayne; Windsor, Section 29, Town 10, Range 12, Stony Creek; Wiggs,' southeast of Spartansburg, (Norwich, old Quaker cemetery); Winchester, Section 20, Town 20, Range 14, White River. Thus there are, early or late, within the bounds of the county, not far from sixty burial grounds, public or private, besides others, mostly family grounds, concerning which no information has been obtained. Some of the cemeteries are in beautiful condition, being cared for in a neat, tasteful, becoming manner. Many, however, have been allowed to go out of repair, presenting a melancholy and forsaken aspect.
ALEXANDER GRAVEYARD.
John Kays, buried about 1839, first person buried there.
Lewis Burden, father of " all the Burdens," died January 1, 1848, aged 66 years 5 months.
Benjamin Lewis, father of Ezekiel Lewis, very old, date of death not known.
Milly, wife of Benjamin Lewis, very old; died perhaps in 1856.
Thornton Alexander, Sr., died September 10, 1851, 72 years. Ezekiel Lewis, died December 8, 1858, 61st year.
Margaret Shaffer, " Aunt Peggy," died about July, 1865, 65 years.
Mary Davis, wife of Allen Davis; date of death not known, 56 years 6 months.
Collier Simpson, died October 8, 1865, 76 years.
Mary Ann, wife of Collier Simpson, died December 9, 1865, 66 years.
Sarah A., wife of R. Holly, died December 24, 1866, 85 years. Allen Davis, died about 1870, 80 years.
Abraham Cotman, died in 1876, 85 years.
Polly Burden, widow of Lewis Burden, died in 1876, sup-
posed to be 100 years old, or even more than that.
Susan Robbins, wife of Richard Robbins, died January 7, 1877, 52 years.
Richard Robbins, died February 26, 1878, 78 years.
Silas Burden, died in 1879, 62 years.
Phillip Holland, died about 1872, 83 years.
Cesar Peale, very old, died in the winter of 1880.
ARBA (FRIENDS') CEMETERY, GREENSFORK, SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SEC- TION 33, TOWN 16, RANGE 1.
Sarah Murray, died September 5, 1846, 65 years.
Henry Horn, died September 8, 1846, 59 years.
Sidney Barnes, died in 1852, 62 years.
Samnel H. Middleton, died July 28, 1856, 62 years.
John W. Thomas, died April 8, 1859, 72d year, (2d settler.)
Mary W., wife of Obed Macy, died December 24, 1861, 78 years.
James Ellis, died August 10, 1864, 64th year.
Milla Ellis, died October 1, 1864, 65 years.
Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Parker, died May 31, 1865, 65th year. James Lewis, died October 6, 1865, 70th year. Isaac Clements, died June 13, 1866, 70 years. Elizabeth Clements, died January 23, 1868, 74th year. Paul Newburn, died August 16, 1866, 62d year. Benjamin Moorman, Sr., October 6, 1866, 84 years. Mary Cadwallader, died February 13, 1867, 65 years. Jeremiah Horn, died July 27, 1869, 66 years.
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HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Rachel, wife of Harman Bailey, died July 15, 1870, 66 years. James Longfellow, died September 6, 1871, 71 years. John Tharp, died December 3, 1871, 80th year. Richard Corbitt, died May 1, 1872, 74 years.
Sarah, wife of Edward Thomas, died October 17, 1872, 100 (said also to be 104) years.
Edward Thomas, died March 9, 1873, 80 years. Hiram Hill, died March 17, 1873, 60 years. Lemuel Wasson, died March 6, 1873, 76th year. Jabez Hiatt, died June 21, 1874, 66 years. Rachel, wife of Benjamin Elliot, died June 20, 1875, 61 years. William Chenoweth, died October 18, 1876, 74 years. Edward Thomas, died January 11, 1877, 78th year. Wesley Harmon, died March 6, 1877, 65th year. Anna, wife of John Tharp, died September 27, 1877, 83d year. Seth Gardner, died March 12, 1878, 71st year. S. W. Maines, died July 18, 1878, 63d year. Jacob Horn, died November 10, 1878, 71st year.
Elizabeth, wife of James C. Bowen, died February 17, 1879, 66 years.
Didamia, wife of Joseph Skinner, died April 30, 1879, 77th year.
Jemima, wife of William A. Macy, died May 24, 1879, 75 years.
Ailsey, wife of I. E. Moore, died July 3, 1879, 74 years. Martha Wiggs, date of death not stated.
William Wiggs, date of death not given.
BARTONIA CEMETERY, WAYNE, SECTION 26, TOWN 17, RANGE 1.
Balser Cramer, died July 23, 1863, aged 63 years.
Benjamin Bright, died February 24, 1870, 66th year. James L. Bright, died February 26, 1870, 70th year. Matilda Trammel died December 12, 1871, 64 years. I. W. Trammel, died March 5, 1872, 72 years.
Abigail Bright, died January 1, 1875, 65 years, mother of fif- teen children.
BUENA VISTA CEMETERY (WEST OF THE TOWN), WEST RIVER SECTION 9, TOWN 19, RANGE 13.
Thomas Gillum, died February 9, 1845, aged 66 years. Jane Gillum, died May 15, 1855, 72 years.
Robert McCracken, died September 23, 1858, 73d year. Urith McCracken, died August 1, 1861, 74th year. Elizabeth, wife of James Hurst, died May 29, 1864, 72 years. Alexander S. Starbuck, Company C, Ninth Indiana Cavalry, died at Indianapolis September 8, 1865, 18 years.
Thomas Brooks, died January 28, 1868, 78th year. Fountain Murray, died February 16, 1878, 67 years.
CATHOLIC CEMETERY, UNION CITY, IND., TWO MILES NORTH, SECTION 23, TOWN 18, RANGE 1.
The Catholics have a cemetery two miles north of the city, on the Salem Pike, embracing a suitable quantity of land to answer the purposes of burial for many years to come. The ground seems well suited to the end intended, being dry and rolling, and capable of the adornment suitable for so sacred a spot. The location is greatly retired, one would think rather too much so for readiness of access, since the distance from town re- quires a journey of two miles from the church for every inter- ment; however. the road thither is always in good condition.
A large congregation of Catholics reside at Union City, on both sides of the line, and in the vicinity, and many burials oc- cur among that class of our fellow citizens.
Ferdinand Wiese, died January 11, 1861. aged 63 years.
Patrick Ragan, died October 31, 1869, 60 years.
Gertrude Wiese, died May 10, 1872, 73d year.
Joseph Schranz, died November 5, 1874, 62d year.
Thomas Burke, Mayo County, Ireland, died November 26, 1878, 56 years.
Daniel Kitty, died October 21, 1879, 64 years.
CEDAR CEMETERY, FRIENDS, STONY CREEK, SECTION 26, TOWN 20, RANGE 12. Joseph S. Bond, died November 17, 1840, aged 61 years.
Rachel Bond, died October 28, 1842, 62d year. John Harrold, died November 29, 1840, 92d year. Phebe Thornburg, died March 14, 1869, 60th year. Nathan Thornburg, died August 18, 1875, 65th year. Eunice Bond, died January 24, 1870, 64 years. William Whittaker, died March 31, 1872, 72d year. Erastus Lucas, died December 1, 1872, 62d year. Elizabeth, wife of Reuben Medlar, died February 22, 1874, 60 years.
Charity Hubbard, died February 1, 1874, 69 years. Joseph Hubbard, died September 7, 1878, 75 years. Esther Fodrea, wife of William, died February 23, 1876, 64 years.
CHERRY GROVE CEMETERY, WASHINGTON, SECTION 4, TOWN 18, RANGE 14.
Thomas Peirson, Sr., died May 1, 1821, aged 85 years. Samuel Robbins, died February 14, 1837, 74 years. William Peirson, died August 10, 1831, 70th year. Edward Thornburg, died December 19, 1834, 83d year. Elizabeth Peirson, died June 4, 1835, 71 years. Elizabeth Peirson, died December 31, 1836, 68th year. Martha Hockett, died February 4, 1839, 78 years. Mary Harris, died October 7, 1844, 71st year. John Pegg, died March 13, 1846, 75 years.
Jane Woodard, died December 14, 1846, 74 years. Lydia F. Watkins, died April 27, 1850, 74 years.
Abram Hunt, died September 9, 1851, 67 years.
Mary, wife of Isham Good, died February 4, 1853, 67th year.
Alice Frazie, wife of John Frazie, died May 25, 1855, 78 years.
John Frazie, died September 17, 1860, 80 years.
Keziah Thornburg, died February 4, 1861, 92d year. John Frazier, died September 10, 1861, 82d year. Jonathan Johnson, died March 14, 1862, 61 years. Samuel M. Cook, died June 4, 1862, 80th year.
Samuel Hillson, died August 19, 1862, 64 years. Rachel Marine, died March 25, 1863, 60 years.
Joseph Baxter, died August 22, 1863, 76 years. Joshua Chamness, died December 19, 1863, 63 years.
Sarah Bond, died June 24, 1864, 75th year.
John E. Ballard, Company F, First Indiana Cavalry, died October 24, 1864, 29 years.
Phebe Blizzard, died March 15, 1866, 89 years.
Nicholas Garrett, died December 5, 1866, 78th year.
Mary, wife of Isaac Beeson, died January 6, 1867, 78th year. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Peirson, died May 3, 1867, 66 years.
Lydia, wife of Joshua Chamness, died July 12, 1867, 75th year.
Miriam Charles, died March 25, 1867, 66th year.
Martha Peirson, died June 25, 1867, 78 years.
John Peirson, died February 9, 1868, 77th year. Andrew Farquhar, died March 8, 1870, 57 years.
John Marine, died March 17, 1871, 71 years.
Nancy, wife of Samuel Robbins, died September 14, 1871, 88th year.
Absalom Dennis, died November 10, 1872, 65 years. Robert Miller, Sr., died March 22, 1874, 77 years. David Smith, died July 25, 1874, 62 years.
Sarah B., wife of Clayton Stevenson, died November 5, 1874, 63 years.
Benjamin Hunt, died November 11, 1874, 62 years. Edward Thornburg, died November 24, 1874, 71st year. John Ozbun, died April 5, 1877, 83d year. Clayton Stevenson, died January 10, 1877, 60 years. Keziah Thornburg, died April 20, 1877, 71 years. Meekey, wife of Nathan Hockett, died July 54, 1877, 69 years. Elijah Hinshaw, died March 3, 1878, 62 years. Nathan Hockett, died August 11, 1878, 80th year.
Margaret, wife of Jesse Stettler, died July 13, 1878, 83 years. Thomas Adamson, died October 13, 1878, 60 years.
Mary, wife of Samuel Hillson, died November 27, 1879, 59th year.
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HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
- Rebecca Thornburg, died November 10, 1880, 76th year. Elizabeth Hoggatt, born January 7, 1793; date of death and age not given.
GERMAN BAPTIST "DUNKARD" CEMETERY, NORTH OF UNION CITY, IND., JACKSON SEOTION 13, TOWN 18, RANGE 1.
Eli Noffsinger, born April 6, 1806, died October 8, 1872, 67th year.
Abraham Root, died May 2, 1876, 77 years.
Elizabeth Root, died May 8, 1876, 77th year.
Barbara Flory, wife of John Flory, died August 28, 1876, 73d year.
George Retry, died October 20, 1876, 62d year.
This cemetery is comparatively new, having been in use some ten or eleven years only.
DUNKIRK CEMETERY, FRIENDS, THREE AND ONE-HALF MILES WEST OF WIN- CHESTER, SECTION 26, TOWN 20, RANGE 14.
Great numbers of graves have rough stones, with no inscrip- tions.
W. H., died 1833.
Joseph Puckett, Sr., died November 7, 1835, 51st year.
Mary Puckett,' wife of above, died November 14, 1846, 60 years.
Jesse Green, died September 14, 1838, 60th year.
Sarah, wife of Jesse Green, died September 27, 1873; 102d year, a widow thirty-five years.
Samuel Ruble, Sr., died October 17, 1839, 62 years.
Rachel, wife of Samuel Ruble, died in October, 1844, 62 years.
James Wright, died July 24, 1851, 55th year.
John Wright, father of Solomon Wright, died November 13, 1851, 77th year.
. Sarah, wife of Walter Ruble, died January 22, 1852, 60th year. Catharine, wife of Stephen Hoffman, died October 27, 1852, 63 years.
Stephen Hoffman, died October 17, 1868, 86 years. Emsen Wright, died November 22, 1853, 56 years. Rachel Wright, died May 29, 1857, 56 years.
John Demory, died November 9. 1860, 76 years (colored).
Lecy, wife of William Thomas, died, October 9, 1860, 61st year.
Solomon Reynard, died January 5, 1861, 63d year.
Nancy, wife of Willis Perry (colored), died September 1, 1862.
Epitaph .- " I was a slave, freed by a lawsuit prosecuted by David White, the Quaker. May God bless his name! My hus- band's freedom was bought for $675. He made the money on rented land. Who of you that tauntingly say of my race, 'They can't take care of themselves,' have done better?"
Rachel, wife of Levet Ruble, died August 16, 1864, 54th year. Levet Ruble, died January 19, 1871, 66th year.
Martha, wife of William Tocus, died September 17, 1866, 66th year.
Elder Zachariah Puckett, died April 1, 1867, 61st year. Elizabeth Huffner, died March 21, 1879, 60 years Ruth Green, died March 10, 1880, 74th year.
Dunkirk Graveyard is one of the oldest in the county. It is full of graves, and doubtless contains the bodies of many old settlers. It has, however, but very few tombstones, and the places of burial of these ancient pioneers can never be known. Great numbers of rough, unlettered stones are found thickly set over the cemetery, and many unnoted hillocks raise their melan- choly heads above the consecrated ground, but they yield no token of the one who may chance to lie buried deep beneath them. Why should it be thus? And shall this state of things continue through the ages to come? God forbid!
FAIRVIEW CEMETERY, GREEN, SEOTION 4, TOWN 21, RANGE 12. Robert Mckinney, aged 61 years. Joseph McKenney; Revolutionary soldier, 90 years.
Elizabeth, wife of Nathan Godwin, died July 24, 1843, 59th year.
John Miller, died April 15, 1856, 61st year.
Samuel McClure, died in November, 1858, 75 years. Catharine Hall, died December 1, 1860, 90 years.
Elizabeth Gilbert, died May 4, 1861, 63d year.
Thomas J. Rees, killed at Pittsburg Landing April 7, 1862, Company E, Thirty-sixth Indiana, 21st year.
Barbara McClure, died December 31, 1862, 80 years.
James Campbell, Sr., died January 24, 1863, 71 years.
Abigail, wife of Rev. Abner Wolverton, died Angust 6, 1863, 52d year.
Marvel G. Street, Company E, Thirty-sixth Indiana, died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 22, 1863, 35 years.
Eliza, wife of Moses Friddle, died October 14, 1863, 63d year. James Sullivan, died August 20, 1864, 63 years.
Ailcey, wife of James Sullivan, died July 6, 1868, 64 years. Thomas A. Gustin, Company G, One Hundred and Twenty- fourth Indiana, died October 20, 1864, 34 years.
Oliver Sullivan, Company A, Eighty-fourth Indiana, died July 13, 1864, 25 years.
Loring B. Morris, Company E, Thirty-sixth Indiana, died November 15, 1864, 21 years.
Franklin L. Keever, Company E, Nineteenth Indiana, died April 12, 1865, 25 years. Alfred Evans, Company H, One Hundred and Thirtieth, Indi- ana, died April 9, 1865, 34 years.
Michael Goons, died December 4, 1865, 68th year.
Catharine, wife of Joshua Coram, died February 26, 1867, 74 years.
Eli Jarnagin, died April 22, 1867 (soldier), 23 years.
Randall Lockhart, died May 27, 1867, 65 years.
Elizabeth, wife of John Bone, died October 20, 1867, 61 years.
Elizabeth Ulm, died December 23, 1867, 76 years.
Susannah, wife of George Sites, died October 25, 1818, 60 years.
Adam Keener, died December 3, 1869, 89th year.
Rhoda, wife of Rev. Elijah Harbour, died July 15, 1870, 82 years.
Rev. Elijah Harbour, died Seytember 13, 1872, 84 years.
Prudence, wife of T. G. Harris, died September 15, 1871. 72 years.
A. B. Webb, died December 20, 1872, 61 years.
Antony W. Mckinney (war of 1812), born in Kentucky in 1794, and died August 26, 1873, 79 years.
Caleb Manor, died July 21, 1874, 68th year. John Life, Sr., died March 30, 1875, 75th year.
Joel Wilson, died April 1, 1875, 70th year. William Rees, died May 9, 1875, 69th year.
Jacob Wise, died June 8, 1875, 77th year.
Nathan Godwin, died November 3, 1875. 96th year.
Charles May, died September 18, 1876, 84th year. Rebecca, wife of John Campbell, died Oct. 25, 1879, 61 years. Laban Hickman, died January 7, 1877, 70 years.
Isabel Beekman, died March 6, 1877, 59th year.
T. C. Harris, died March 22, 1877, 78th year.
Robert N. Judy (soldier), died September 4, 1877, 32 years.
FOUNTAIN PARK CEMETERY, WINCHESTER.
Three different burial-places have been set apart in the vicin- ity of Winchester for the use of her citizens.
First Cemetery .- Charles Conway in 1834, established a graveyard near and east of the lot now occupied by the Christian (Disciple) Church. The intention had been to locate the burial ground east of Salt Creek, but for some reason that was never done.
The place was on some accounts unsuitable, and moet that have been buried there were afterward removed.
Second Cemetery .- In 1844, David Heaston permitted the use of a spot southwest of town, in a bend of Mud Creek.
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