Today we drove to Vandalia Methodist Cemetery, Palestine (?) across the
highway from Vandalia Methodist, and Mt. Carmel Cemetery. At Palestine we
saw a snake. Not what I expected to encounter in a cemetery. But, here is
my question. We had never been to Mt. Carmel, so expected to perhaps see
church ruins. Was the church at one time in front of where all the
tombstones begin? Does anyone know what denomination Mt. Carmel would have
been - Methodist, Baptist, etc?? My husband's great-grandfather is buried
there, and he has an interesting old tombstone - looks like a tree trunk and
branches, with a stone carver's mallet attached to it, as that was his trade.
Laura E. Mitchell lmitch(a)iquest.net
2522 College Ave. lmitchell(a)vigo.lib.in.us
Terre Haute, IN 47803
(812) 234-0692
Visit the Vigo County Public Library Webpage at:
http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us
or
http://www.vigo.lib.in.us
Genealogists: Check the VCPL webpage for an index of obituaries in the
Terre Haute newspaper, 1903-1966,
http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/~obits/index.htm
VCPL now has the 1820 census of Vigo County online:
http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/1820/index.htm