The Franklin Township Historical Society of Marion County, will host a
cemetery tour from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 26. Rain date is Oct. 3.
Tour tickets are $5 per person and are available at the Meeting House, 6510
S. Franklin Road, the former Big Run Baptist Church, or at any of the
cemeteries on the tour. Refreshments will be served at the Meeting House.
The societys book Called Home contains information of all the pioneer
cemeteries in Franklin Township. The cost of the tour ticket may be applied
toward the $25 cost of the book.
The cemeteries on the tour are:
Acton, 7900 Acton Road;
Big Run, 6500 S. Franklin Road;
Ebenezer, 6900 E. Edgewood Ave.;
Founders, 8936 Southeastern Ave.;
Morris, 8400 Knapp Road;
Piner, 6400 E. Southport Road; and
Rubush-Joyce (follow signs on Maze Road).
For more information, call (317) 862-6371.
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Cemetery Seminar (stone repair and restoration) in Bloomington on 10/23/99:
http://www.kiva.net/~mchm/monroe.html