The same thing with Hatfield cemetery in Allen county. It's still an active
cemetery with the first burial in 1836 and I believe the last one there was
in 1988. I'm sure that there are quite a few of the pioneer cemeteries that
are under township control that are still active but like Kyle said, the
ones on private property could be a different story.
Brian Smead
Terre Haute, Indiana
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Subject: Re: [INPCRP] New burial in a Pioneer cemetery?
HELLO GANG.
WE HAVE A PIONEER CEMETERY HERE IN TIPTON COUNTY, SUMNER, THAT STILL HAS
BURRIALS. IT IS UNDER THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. I TALKED WITH ONE FAMILY THAT
HER FATHER WAS BURIED THERE. SHE WAS TOLD BY THE TRUSTEE THAT IF THEY WERE
POSITIVE NO ONE WAS BURIED IN THEIR SPOT THEY COULD BE BURIED THERE. THERE
IS STILL PLENTY OF ROOM IN THIS CEMETERY.
JOAN WRAY
TIPTON, COUNTY
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Subject: Re: [INPCRP] New burial in a Pioneer cemetery?
In a message dated 3/31/2006 11:53:35 P.M. Central Standard Time,
elasley(a)sigecom.net writes:
But I am still having a problem with the 125 year thing. What about
the people that are buried there from the 75 years before the family
owned it? I had a farmer tell me once that he thought after a
cemetery had been abandoned for 100 years, he could remove the
stones. Is this a similar situation, where anything that was there
before the 125 year family ownership does not count? How do we
determine which of our cemetery laws apply, and in what different
situations?
You bring up some good points Ernie. But one thing for sure, if Mr.
Wolfe's
remains are interred here, this is no longer an 'abandoned'
cemetery.
Another question that can be raised is who is to say that the cemetery is
full or
not available for new burials? If a township trustee owns a
particular
cemetery and believes there is more burial space available, what's to
keep
him/her
from allowing more burials? Most that I know take the stance that
there
are
to be no additional burials in these old cemeteries, but I'm
sure an
issue
such as this comes up every so often when someone wants to be buried
next
to
their ancestors. If I understand you correctly, this is not a
township
cemetery but is located on private land. I would guess different rules
do apply
due to this....???? At some point, the funeral director would
become
involved
and would probably try to discourage certain burials in these
cemeteries
as
well. I see an awful lot of gray area here...
Kyle
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