Doug:
We have reported that cemetery more than once through the years, too.
Nothing done. The other one close is out on McCracken's curve where they are
running livestock over the cemetery. Are you familiar with this?
Then there is the Beckes on the Knox/Daviess line where the trustee bush
hogged and pulverized the stones. It was reported and Dr. Jones was going to
repremand him many years ago, but nothing ever happened. It never does!
I can show you at least a dozen in Knox County that were reported over the
years. They can't show me one that ever went any further than, "We're
investigating and will get back to you" with the exception of the Stork
where they were compelled to pull the coal company's bond. We practically
had to throw ourselves in front of the mining equipment for them to notice
and if not for Rich Green, it would have been gone forever.
We need to get together and go see the McCracken.
Jon Andrews
From: "Doug Dougherty" <ddougherty(a)attglobal.net>
Reply-To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INPCRP] Daviess County Cemetery
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:58:24 -0500
If and when we decide to do a protest, or get newspapers involved in the
Mariah Creek cemetery issue in Knox County, the one I've been complaining
about is right next door in Daviess County, Cincinnati Cemetery. There is
one stone standing, the others have been bulldozed into a ditch along the
railroad tracks (formerly the Wabash-Eric Canal). Many of these stones can
still be seen.
It is on private property, and the current farmer is not the one who
bulldozed the cemetery. However, he is farming over the graves of over 50
known burials, along with a mass grave that was dug for canal workers who
died while building the canal from malaria. He is also very aware that he
is doing this, as I spoke to him about it two years ago.
I did report it to DNR, who was to send a conservation officer to
investigate, but have heard nothing, and doubt I will.
It would be nice to protest both of these since they are so close together,
and suffer similar fates. It would also make for an easy trip for a
reporter as the two cemeteries are less than 15 miles apart.
Maybe I should get our local paper involved. I've tried in the past, but
they don't seem to be too interested.
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