Hi,
Try contacting
www.hepl.lib.in.us This is the Hamilton East Public Library.
They have a genealogy collection (The Indiana Room and will have lots of
local information.) The librarians are usually very helpful.
Background on the location:
Castleton used to be a sleepy little junction. In the 1970-80s a large
shopping mall was built (between 82nd and 86th Streets) and the whole area
is now very commercial. (Indianapolis has incorporated most small towns
inside the Marion County borders and Castleton was one of these.)
The dividing line between Hamilton County and Marion County is 96th Street.
(All the streets that run east/west are numbered starting at 0 in the center
of Indianapolis - at Washington Street aka US 40; the National Road - and
increasing in number as they head north.)
Fishers, Indiana is the "town" directly north of the Castleton area, which
is between 96th and 146th street. There are several very small cemeteries
in this area. It too was once very rural and is now one of the fastest
growing suburban areas in the country.
I do know that there is a small cemetery located about 80th Street in
Castleton and borders Interstate I-69. I am not sure of the name but I know
that I saw that someone took pictures and indexed the graves (I think it was
listed on the Marion cty rootweb site.) The cemetery borders the parking
lot of August Mack Environmental.
The library probably has a list of the smaller cemeteries and should have
some more ideas.
Good Luck.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kinklector(a)aol.com [mailto:Kinklector@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 2:06 PM
To: INMARION-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [MARION COUNTY, IN] Blackburn around Castleton 1930's, 1960's
I have two loose end Blackburns and so far I can't figure out where they are
buried.
1) Jesse William Blackburn & his wife Flossie J. (Kesselring). They had no
children. But I don't want to leave them out of my book, either! He was
born
in 1880 in Hamilton Co and she was born 1888 in Boone Co (both IN). I found
him in a city directory in 1958. His address was 6706 E. 82nd, Castleton,
IN.
He would have been about 78 years old. I ran the address through Google and
it gave me the street, but said it was in Indy, and it was a Starbuck's. I
ran cemeteries around that address. I called Oaklawn, Union Chapel, and
Crown
Hill. Neither Jesse or his wife was there. Since Jesse had siblings in
Fishers, I ran cemeteries around there. Hamilton Memorial Park is only 8
years old
and I got no answer at Crownland. The guy at Hamilton told me to call
Crownland before 12 noon. So I will do that tomorrow.
2) Grover C. Blackburn (Jesse's brother), was born in 1886 in Fishers. He
married and divorced and had no children. The only info I can get is from
his
86 year old niece who had a stroke last year. She said he died in a special
home next to the V.A. Hospital from some illness. She thought he died after
WWII. I think he died sometime between the 1930 census and 1946 (brother
Charles
died in 1946 and Grover is not mentioned in the obit). Again, he's not in
any of those cemeteries above.
Does anyone have any idea of where to look for these people?
Thanks,
Cheri Mello
Torrance, CA
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