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Howard Greninger <Howard.Greninger(a)Tribstar.Com>, who wrote a fine story
about Harris-Alkire Cemetery in the Sullivan County (7/10/1999 Terre Haute
Tribune Star) entitled "Resting places in state of unrest" <see INPCRP "In
the News" or "Hall of Shame" for URL>, has provided us with the following
update to his story:
Frances Halberstadt of Terre Haute and Ruth Jonas of Martinsville, Ill. said
five of their great-great-grandparents are buried in the Harris-Alkire
Cemetery. They said in the 1950s their parents visited the cemetery which
had a nearby accessible road. Most names in the cemetery were Harris, Riggs,
Davis, Beard, Wible and Alkire, they said.
Cemetery was enclosed by wrought iron fence and drive-in gate. By the early
1980s, they visited again but the road gone and they had to go through
farmers field (which is surrounded by trees and brush.) No longer even a
path to the cemetery, they said. Part of the fence was gone then and markers
overturned. They said they then visited the Sullivan County courthouse twice
and talked with county [township?] trustee who was aware of the cemetery's
condition and said he would "do all he could to see that conditions
improved."
They visited cemetery two more times, but each time in worse condition. Now,
15 years later, they hope the county does something. They said they hoped
the article leads county officials to do something to take if off the INPCRP
Hall of Shame.
Also, Tony Ballas (who found cemetery while hunting for mushrooms) called to
say he took the cemetery board president (apparently an elderly person) to
the cemetery in person. His name is Harry Carpenter, who said the cemetery
was in horrible shape and said the board would work to fix it up. Just have
to wait to see if that happens in the near future.
Howard Greninger <Howard.Greninger(a)Tribstar.Com>
GRIEFS I NEVER KNEW
> by Sue Scalf
>
> Once in late August
> in Vermont,
> I came upon a country graveyard,
> wandered there
> reading names and dates,
> until suddenly
> I stood among Union graves
> where blood-red leaves
> lay splattered on mossy stones
> dark with mold and many frosts.
> Beneath the maples
> the wet grass waved
> in a cool sweet wind.
>
> My mind spun South,
> beyond mountain ridges,
> beyond fences and battlefields,
> to other graves,
> Confederate ones,
> in wire grass
> and broiling sun
> where stones stood upright
> or leaned in a tumult of blackberry vines,
> where thunderheads massed like battalions,
> and jays clamored
> from distant pines shadowing
> the names of our honored dead.
>
> But these were the victors,
> young men who wore the blue
> dark as the Vermont sky alive with stars,
> their lives as brief as their bright smiles
> that won the hearts of girls they kissed,
> that tore the hearts from their mothers,
> who hugged them and had to let them go.
> I read their names, felt griefs I never knew,
> and watched a leaf slowly rocking down,
> red as this blood-soaked land.
> It was formed like a child's small hand
> curled palm-up in sleep.
>From Alice D
Randy,
I have been working on the Henry county cemeteries for the last five
years. We have cleaned up several cemeteries with jail
inmate work details. But after that, no help comes from the township
trustees. The local Sherrif (Kim Cronk) is great help, we keep going back
trying to keep weeds down, like most counties it's a daily battle.
Every Indiana county needs a Cemetery commishion, Henry county is not one of
those counties that have one.
U.E. Bush
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Klemme <randyk(a)si-net.com>
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 8:23 PM
Subject: [INPCRP-L] Fw: Pioneer Graves, Indiana
>I didn't know if anyone had any contact with someone in Henry County that
>could help this gentleman....
>
>Randy Klemme
>Franklin County
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Wetter, John <Wetter.John.K(a)sd.littondsd.com>
>To: <randyk(a)si-net.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM
>Subject: Pioneer Graves, Indiana
>
>
>> Dear Randy,
>> I just came across your web page and applaud you for your efforts.
>> I have and ancestor that died and was buried about five miles east of New
>> Castle in Henry County. Are you aware of anyone in Henry County sharing
>> your interest in restoring Indiana Pioneer cemeteries or grave sites?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> John Wetter
>> Fallbrook, California
>>
>
>
>==== INPCRP Mailing List ====
>Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.
>
>
Diana:
Can you check with the Health Department to see if those graves were moved,
perhaps in connection with construction or redesign of the road? If he
remembers it as a child 40 or 50 years ago, they should have a record of any
such permit.
Also, how big was it? 1, 5, 10 or more graves? The bigger it was, the more
likely it was legally moved.
Lois
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Clark County Cemetery Preservation Committee meeting, Saturday, August 7 --
Sellersburg Library:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881
Please visit the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp
-----Original Message-----
From: w m mahan <wmmahan(a)comsys.net>
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 2:17 AM
Subject: [INPCRP-L] Rush Co.
>Lois,
> I was told of a cemetery in Rush Co. that was at the "cut" where HY 3
comes
>into Rushville, It is gone.
>The man that told me said it was on Cavitt Hill on the West side of the
road
>and on top of hill. He said he remembered it as a child, I think he is
>about 55-60. Does anyone else know anything about it? It does not show
on
>the county map and is not in the listing at the library that I can find.
>And is definitely not there now. Diana in Rush Co.
>
>
>==== INPCRP Mailing List ====
>If we cannot respect the dead, how can we respect the living?
>
>
John:
I understand you're interested in a pioneer cemetery five miles east of New
Castle in Henry County, Indiana. As I have much of my family was from the
Liberty/Blue River/Stoney Creek Township areas of Henry County, this would be
the right area. Which cemetery are you interested in? I'm currently in the
process of working on the old Messick Cemetery in Blue River Twp. I hope to
be back there in the next week or so clearing more brush.
Kyle D. Conrad
Lois,
I was told of a cemetery in Rush Co. that was at the "cut" where HY 3 comes
into Rushville, It is gone.
The man that told me said it was on Cavitt Hill on the West side of the road
and on top of hill. He said he remembered it as a child, I think he is
about 55-60. Does anyone else know anything about it? It does not show on
the county map and is not in the listing at the library that I can find.
And is definitely not there now. Diana in Rush Co.
Connie:
I've updated Good Cemetery and, I hope, corrected the confusion of Colbert
Cemetery with the unnamed Wells Co. cemetery.
Thanks.
Lois
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Clark County Cemetery Preservation Committee meeting, Saturday, August 7 --
Sellersburg Library:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881
Please visit the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp
-----Original Message-----
From: Connie Brubaker <cbrubaker(a)ldr.coolsky.com>
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:11 AM
Subject: [INPCRP-L] Corrections
>Lois I need to make three corrections to the info on the cemeteries I have
>nominated for the Hall of Shame.
>HUNTINGTON CO.
>#1 Good cemetery is located in Salamonie Township Huntington Co at the edge
>of the town of Warren. Stories I have been told are that only people who
>didn't own slaves could be buried there. Now I don't know who true this
was,
>but!!!
>The cemetery has been vandalized several times. One of the last times, I'm
>told the broken stones were simply loaded up and taken to the local dump.
>
>WELLS CO
>#2 Colbert cemetery is located near the town of Warren but in Wells Co. The
>twelve graves are marked with flat rock or lime stones. There are no
>markings on any of the stones and appears that none were ever on them.
>
>#3 This is the "Unknown" cemetery of Wells Co. The stones were dragged down
>the road and used as for the bed of the road. At this time the exact
>location of this act is not known. I will post more as I gather more info.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>==== INPCRP Mailing List ====
>If you know of some good cemetery related links, send them to
LoisMauk(a)usa.net.
>
Lois I need to make three corrections to the info on the cemeteries I have
nominated for the Hall of Shame.
HUNTINGTON CO.
#1 Good cemetery is located in Salamonie Township Huntington Co at the edge
of the town of Warren. Stories I have been told are that only people who
didn't own slaves could be buried there. Now I don't know who true this was,
but!!!
The cemetery has been vandalized several times. One of the last times, I'm
told the broken stones were simply loaded up and taken to the local dump.
WELLS CO
#2 Colbert cemetery is located near the town of Warren but in Wells Co. The
twelve graves are marked with flat rock or lime stones. There are no
markings on any of the stones and appears that none were ever on them.
#3 This is the "Unknown" cemetery of Wells Co. The stones were dragged down
the road and used as for the bed of the road. At this time the exact
location of this act is not known. I will post more as I gather more info.
I didn't know if anyone had any contact with someone in Henry County that
could help this gentleman....
Randy Klemme
Franklin County
----- Original Message -----
From: Wetter, John <Wetter.John.K(a)sd.littondsd.com>
To: <randyk(a)si-net.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM
Subject: Pioneer Graves, Indiana
> Dear Randy,
> I just came across your web page and applaud you for your efforts.
> I have and ancestor that died and was buried about five miles east of New
> Castle in Henry County. Are you aware of anyone in Henry County sharing
> your interest in restoring Indiana Pioneer cemeteries or grave sites?
>
> Thank you,
>
> John Wetter
> Fallbrook, California
>
The following message was just received from Sharon Wittenauer
<swittenauer(a)sprynet.com>:
I've been trying to work today, must make a living you know. Thanks for the
words of encouragement; but we only won a very small battle at our family
cemetery at the Indianapolis airport. . . the war rages on!!
I am appalled, but not surprised about Duke's cemetery restoration
practices. What can I do to help? This is NOT an empty offer. I have
already tried to contact Bill Shaw.
I have discovered this afternoon that members of the Rhoades/Foltz/Shute
families <see "Death of a Cemetery" at http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp> were
re-interred on Wednesday, June 30, 1999, at Crown Hill Cemetery
(Indianapolis) in the Pioneer section of the cemetery.
No service was conducted and not one of the family members were contacted.
Another kick in the teeth for this family, compliments of Duke Realty
Investments, Inc.
The graves are only marked with the letter and number assigned to them while
at the University of Indianapolis archeology laboratory (no names). A large
monument has been ordered which will take 8 - 10 weeks to get.
Mr. Tim Iott, Vice President of Crown Hill, was asked about the old
tombstones being placed at each grave and he advises that there are very few
left and plans are to use them for the base of the monument. Upon further
inquiry, Mr. Iott said that they would try to match names with the assigned
letter and number to the best of their ability and depending on the
information provided. While I may being somewhat dramatic, in my opinion,
it basically constitutes unmarked graves. A large monument with the words
"Rhoades Family", just doesn't get it.
Most of the graves were marked before they were disturbed and should be
again. All grave markers must be flush with the ground, so that eliminates
the possibility of using any of the original markers.
I was also advised that Duke Realty Investments paid the bill...and as the
old saying goes -- "He who has the gold determines the rules" (or something
of that nature). My response to Mr. Iott was that the family already paid
the burial expenses in one way or another over 150 years ago and since Duke
Realty Investments, Inc., disturbed their final resting place, it was only
right that they pay the expenses involved.
Maybe I am off in left field, but I feel the least that should have been
done was to have a "Christian Burial" or should I say re-burial. No
minister, no prayer, no family members present, NOTHING!!
Mr. Iott advised me that for a re-interment, usually there is not a service.
I informed him that was not the case with our family.
He again told me Duke Realty Investments, Inc. paid for all this and made
the arrangements . . . not the family.
I responded that I guess what I was told is correct, Duke Realty Investments
OWNS them!! Mr. Iott said, "No, Duke doesn't own them, but they did pay the
bill."
This whole situation seems to be going from bad to worse for my family. The
very least this corporation could have done was show some sensitivity to the
descendants!!
Sincerely,
Sharon Wittenauer
swittenauer(a)sprynet.com
Those of you who remember the "firestorm" last summer when Bill Shaw's
"Death of a Cemetery" story ran in the Indianapolis Star (and those of you
who don't) will be SHOCKED to see the pictures of ISAAC-McVEY-GUTHRIE
CEMETERY inside the Park 100 Office Park in Indianapolis, developed by Duke
Realty.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/HallofShame/Park100Cem.html
I don't usually put so many graphics on a "Hall of Shame" page, but I think
you'll agree the pictures are worth the wait.
It's after 2 AM and I've been wrestling with this webpage and these pictures
for 4 or 5 hours now. I'm really tired and can't see straight at the
moment. If any of the links don't work, please let me know and I'll fix
them.
I'm anxious to hear your reactions to what Duke Realty "cemetery
preservation" efforts at this location.
I don't think it bodes well for the cemeteries Sharon Wittenauer is trying
to protect from the same corporation.
Lois
- -------------------------------
Clark County Cemetery Preservation Committee meeting, Saturday, August 7 --
Sellersburg Library:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881
Please visit the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp
July 19, 1999 - 3:39 p.m. (CDT)
Hi One and ALL!!
Today has been very busy. I have been on the telephone off and on all day. I contacted The Department Of Natural Resources and spoke with Cary, who transferred me to Historic Preservation, where I spoke with Trina. She told me she would have Rick Jones contact me as soon as he got out of his meeting.
In the meantime, I used our office phone (did not want to tie up the house phone) and contacted Rep. Markt Lytle and had a lengthy conversation. He assures me that he plans to continue to get laws changed and enacted. I was very pleased with Rep. Lytle and his concern for the families (deceased and living) and the history of the State of Indiana.<sigh of relief> We will be staying in touch until EVERY pioneer and family cemetery is SAFE.
Contact with the Marion County Health Department, using the phone number I had only netted a recorded message about birth and death certificates. Will continue to try to contact them in hopes of discovering if a permit has been issued.
This afternoon an archeologist by the name of Jim Mohow called me and advised me that he had been out to the cemetery already today. He informed me that the part of the fence enclosing the cemetery IS in tact and has not been disturbed. He did acknowledge that they are very close to the cemetery, but they are planning to safe guard it from erosion. Mr. Mohow's concern was that because they were so close, they might unearth an unknown/unmarked grave. Mr. Mohow advised me that he spoke with the supervisor of the Reynolds Construction Company. The supervisor told hime they are building 2 large retention basins for the run off of water for the Federal Express Complex. Mr. Mohow went on to explain this measure in all probability, will serve to PROTECT the cemetery. During the course of their conversation, Mr. Mohow explained some of the new and old laws regarding cemeteries to the supervisor and made 2 recommendations. #1. A firm be hired to determine if there are addi!
tion burial sites that are not enclosed by the fence and record all information in the cemetery. #2. Leave the fence up and in tact. Mr. Mohow also stated that he told the supervisor in the presence of witnesses, that if they did dig into an area where there possibly was an unmarked grave and exposed bones that they stop digging immediately. He further suggested they have a representative from the Department of Natural Resources or an archeologist on site when any digging was done. This action would serve to protect all parties.
Naturally, I bombarded Mr. Mohow with question after question and he was so kind and informative. I have faxed him information on the other 3 cemeteries that I have been informed of.
I advised Mr. Mohow that my family members and I are extremely nervous about any excavation and construction around family cemeteries (NOT JUST OURS) at this point. In light of what happened to our other family cemetery (Rhoades), I think this is understandable. He assured me that he would keep an eye on this site, but could not be there on a daily basis.
While I don't live in the State Of Indiana and cannot physically help in the restoration and protection of the cemeteries, I can telephone, write letters, e-mail, research, help will mass mailings, etc. In the event I can provide assistance to anyone, please contact me. They don't call me the "Mouth of the South" for nothing. <smiling> This is by no means over, but I do feel that we are making our presence known.
Sincerely,
Sharon
swittenauer(a)sprynet.com
that we are making our presence =
known.
Sincerely,
Sharon
swittenauer(a)sprynet.com
=20
Sorry, Carol, I've slept since we last talked. Buried in which cemetery?
I agree - bases are markers. As are footstones. And yucca plants and
myrtle, as far as I'm concerned.
Did I see that you need directions to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery? It's due west
of where I live, and it's beautiful - a great view! Very well maintained.
Tell me where you'd be coming from (Indy or Martinsville) and I'll give you
directions.
At 06:03 PM 7/17/99 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 7/6/99 12:06:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
ddrake(a)iupui.edu
>writes:
>
>> It would seem to me, though, that in the second case, that of base stones
>> that the farmer wants to plow, the base stone is itself a cemetery marker
>> and therefore covered by the new law. He can't remove them. Anyone else
>> want to add their opinion on this?
>
>Dale,
> Just one question: How would one deny that a base stone is part of
>the grave marker, and that if separated, it in actuality IS the grave
>marker???
>
> Thanks, I appreciate all your past help, and brace yourself--here
>comes yet "another" request!!! Can you tell me the names of the WILSON
family
>buried in this cemetery? If there is a James Mauldin Wilson, you have a
>revolutionary patriot located there. His daughter, Elizabeth Wilson BROWN,
is
>one of those you helped me find at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Hall, IN. And
>now I'm wondering about her paternal ancestors, including the MAULDIN
clan!!!
>All this information will help when we are able to make our September
>research trip.
>
>Thanks--one more time!
>Carol Bradbury
>
>
>==== INPCRP Mailing List ====
>This list is for discussion of topics related to the Indiana Pioneer
>Cemeteries Restoration Project only.
>
>
Dale
Sharon:
First thing Monday morning, you or someone in your family needs to contact
the Indiana Department of Natural Resources AND the Marion County Department
of Health to find out if any permits have been granted to allow disturbance
of this cemetery.
Mr. Larry D. Macklin, Director
Department of Natural Resources
402 West Washington Street Room W256
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317)-232-4020
Marion County Health Dept
3838 N. Rural St.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
(317) 541-2400
Lois
- -------------------------------
Clark County Cemetery Preservation Committee meeting, Saturday, August 7 --
Sellersburg Library:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881
Please visit the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp
Margaret Wagner has sent me a copy of the 7/12/99 Dubois Co. Herald which
featured
a front-page, above-the-fold story with photos about Mt. Hebron New Life
Cemetery (a/k/a Ayrshire Cemetery), Pike Co., IN.
I've written to the Herald newspaper, asking for permission to reproduce the
story.
I have talked briefly with one of the cemetery trustees mentioned in the
story, Leola Hall (812-789-2109), about the local efforts to restore and
protect this site.
I found an index on the Pike Co. website at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpike/Patmheb.htm which indicates the earliest
confirmed burial was in 1883. That index lists about 21 known burials, but
the trustees believe there are up to 100 graves here. Not on the Pike Co.
listing but included in the Herald story was the fact that there was an
isolated burial there as recently as 1995.
The surnames here include PATTON, WELLS, McFARLAND, RICKETTS, MAY,
SWEARINGEN, DAVIS, HARRIS, TUCKER, WILSON, HORNER, CURRY, MINTERS, TAYLOR
and GILBERT. Most of the burials took place in the first half of the 20th
Century.
The Herald's story includes a stirring account of Rev. Herscel G.
Swearingen, who died in 1975 at age 96. It describes his later years as
"lonely ones". Seems the residents of the little 19th Century black
community known as Logtown near Ayrshire had died off or moved away. Rev.
Swearingen would go alone on Sunday mornings to the old Mt. Hebron Baptist
Church at the cemetery and "hold services". He would "sing and pray at the
empty Mount Hebron church all by himself."
In recently years, the church and cemetery have been savagely vandalized and
became a common dumping ground for trash. The church meeting house has
since been razed.
Do any of you have any knowledge of this situation? I want to add it to the
INPCRP
"Hall of Shame" (see URL below) and would appreciate any information you
might be able to share about this site.
Thanks you.
Lois
- -------------------------------
Clark County Cemetery Preservation Committee meeting, Saturday, August 7 --
Sellersburg Library:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881
Please visit the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp
July 18, 1999 - 12:59 p.m. (CDT)
Hello One and All,
I am new to all of this, but have received very helpful information from Ms. Lois Mauk. In the event I am out of order sending this e-mail, please accept my apology for my ignorance.
My family and I are on a letter writing campaign regarding the cemetery at the Indianapolis airport, which, according to reports Duke Realty Investments (now Duke - Weeks Realty) has expressed an interest in for an expansion project of Federal Express. My cousin went out to the cemetery this morning and the fence on the right side as you enter the site is down and excavation has started along the side of the cemetery. Family members attending our family reunion were at the cemetery 3 weeks ago. Duke Realty Investments has already destroyed one of our family cemeteries and appears well on the way to destroying another.
While there this morning, my cousin recorded the information on 3 tombstones of soldiers (12th Indiana Infantry, 99th Indiana Infantry and 148th Indiana Infantry) and photographed the site.
She also found additional information regarding family cemeteries in some paperwork. We thought there were 3, but there appears to be 4:
#1. Cemetery by Federal Express at the Indianapolis airport
#2. Cemetery between the two main runways at the Indianapolis airport
#3. Bridgeport Road at the intersection with Harrersin Road
#4. Old Seerley Road (has a wall around it and cannot be seen, but so far she has not been able to locate it)
We thought #3 and #4 were one and the same, but have found out they are two different sites.
Does anyone know of these sites or have any information.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sharon
swittenauer(a)sprynet.com
n
swittenauer(a)sprynet.com
=20
Please, everyone, do go the the URL that Lois sent and see these photos.
Then, try to picture in your mind how you would engineer a plan for setting
those large chunks of marble and granite upright. Without professional
equipment, it is close to impossible, and downright dangerous. We have done
some of this work with car jacks, slings, and planks and a lot of prayer!
You don't just pick these up and set them back on their bases.
http://www.starnews.com/news/citystate/99/july/0718st_graves.html
I think the perpetrator should be sentenced to paying for AND helping with
the repair until it is completed!
Ruth Cox Schlemmer
SE Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: Lois Mauk <LawOfficeInformationSystem(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 7:45 AM
Subject: [INPCRP-L] MARION CO., IN -- Wanamaker cemetery vandalized
> Wanamaker cemetery vandalized -- Man allegedly knocked over tombstones
after
> leaving bar; residents offer to help in repair effort.
> By John Masson
> Indianapolis Star/News
>
> Full story at
> http://www.starnews.com/news/citystate/99/july/0718st_graves.html
>
> ---------------------------------
> Clark County Cemetery Preservation Committee meeting, Saturday, August
7 --
> Sellersburg Library:
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881
> Please visit the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project at:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp
>
>
>
> ==== INPCRP Mailing List ====
> Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.
>
Thanks to Randy Klemme and Bonnie Stokes for sending verbal "flowers while
we can still smell 'em!" You know, how sometimes when people get a new car
they like to drive around and show it to relatives and friends? We can't
bring Otwell Chapel Cemetery to all of you, but we would love to show it to
you! We have lots of pictures, so maybe someday soon, we will stay home long
enough for me to develop a little web page for show and tell. We only have
about eight stones left to reset; two require major repair, and one is
waaaaay too big for us to do alone. Then there will be 98 stones STANDING.
We do have fragments of one small stone for which little can be done. The
next step is to reset all the foot stones. Then we will need some grass
seed.
We have been offered some top soil to help level the ground, but I am
reluctant to add soil because I think more tombstones may still surface, and
we are missing the top piece to one very pretty stone.
We wouldn't mind a little input on footstones. At the workshop we attended
we heard of a restorer who had planted the foot stones right against the
head stones. Our instructors expressed alarm at this idea, and we understand
that. HOWEVER, we don't think our instructors have ever also been the
grounds keepers in a pioneer cemetery, and we think this restorer had ease
of mowing in mind. We want to make Otwell Cemetery simple enough to care for
that maintenance will continue long after we are unable to care for it.
We have to keep in mind that the mowing job is on a very low pay-scale
(non-profit). If it is too troublesome to do, all of our work will once
again sink beneath the brambles . Any comments?
Ruth Cox Schlemmer
SE Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: <GMBKS(a)aol.com>
To: <franklincountygenealogy(a)egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 11:16 PM
Subject: [franklincountygenealogy] Re: OTWELL CEMETERY/FRANKLIN COUNTY
> Yes! Yes!! Merle & Ruth have done/are doing a great job! Huge thank
you's
> to them!
>
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