There has been discussion on this board about this cemetery which is west
of SR57 between Elnora and Plainville in Daviess County. It is a stone in
the middle of a plowed field. My mother had spotted the stone a couple of
years ago, and we debated whether it was a cemetery or just a stone in a
field. Earlier this year, I found out that there had been (and most likely
still is) a cemetery at this location.
I had copied for her the information that Debra Dougherty had contributed
to this list that many canal cholera victims had been buried there.
When she returned from a trip to Evansville yesterday, she called to tell
me that the field had been plowed, and there were flowers planted around
the tombstone. She was surprised, and happy, to see the flowers. It can
only be seen from the highway when there are no crops in the field.
Sharon Howell