to Patrick Kenney--
Not sure if you've gotten a reply to your recent request -- I've been to
the Phanuel Lutheran Cemetery, but I live 3 and a half hours north of
there, and do not have any plans to go there any time soon. Of course,
it will be harder once the snow flies. FYI, Wallace, IN is about 7 or 8
miles north of Turkey Run, a popular state park with a nice resort inn
and a restaurant that has a buffet. You could stay there when you go
there this coming spring
(
http://www.turkeyrunstatepark.com/Turkey_Run_Inn/facilities.htm). Rt.
41 is the main north-south highway near Turkey Run. I believe it's
highway 234 that you take east off of 41, drive a couple miles until you
get to a sign that indicates Wallace, IN is coming up. Turn north there,
and about a mile down the road you are in Wallace. Don't blink, you
might miss it. Then take a right-hand turn (east) on Old Lutheran Church
Road. It goes out of town and winds around, and you will see the little
Phanuel Lutheran Church up on a hill on the left (north side of the
road), with the cemetery behind it.
Probably Attica, IN is the closest bigger town north of there, and
Rockville is south, then Clinton, then Terre Haute, IN. If you stayed in
Rockville, you might stay at this little motel called Motel Forrest
(I've stayed there, too) Reservations 1-765-569-5250. It's on Rt. 41.
Then just drive a half hour south to highway 234 and so forth.
Hope this helps! My great-great grandfather is buried at Phanuel
Lutheran Cemetery, and I believe I've seen the Bowers and Sechrist names
there.
Sincerely,
Mary Turton
Patrick Kenney wrote:
I am seeking the aid of someone whom lives in the
vicinity of Wallace, Jackson Township, Fountain
County, Indiana and Phanuel Lutheran, Church Cemetery,
Fountain County, Indiana to take a couple of
photographs of the tombstones of some of my family’s
stones etc., also to validate the dates that I
currently have on them…
I will gladly reimburse for any time/costs incurred...
Absalom Bowers
b. 10/18 Oct 1804
d. 23 Nov 1876
AND
Eva Marietta Sechrist-Bowers
b. 8 Nov 1803
d. 17 May 1902
AND
Felix Bowers
b. 16 Oct 1824
d. 23 Jul 1918
AND
Mary Catherine Hepler-Bowers
b. 1 May 1824
d. 28 Aug 1912
I would also like directions to this cemetery, from
the nearest major city/town so I can plan a trip to
the area in the spring.
Of course finding any new cousins would be great too!
Absalom BOWERS and Eva Marietta Sechrist-Bowers are
the maternal 4th great grandparents of Patrick KENNEY…
Thanks in advance,
Patrick Kenney
7075 W. Gowan #1101
Las Vegas, Nevada. 89129
patrick e kenney at yahoo dot com
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