To Christe Bowerman and the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project
group:
I received the following message from Lonnie Fink, USGENWEB coordinator for
Floyd and Clark Counties. The message is from friends of mine, Paul and Pat
Coffman, re their concerns about the "McGuirk Cemetery" on Highway 335 in
Floyd County.
We desperately need to get someone involved with this problem on a local
level. My plate is simply too full right now to take on something outside
Clark County.
Christe, as Floyd Co. IPCRP Coordinator, can you help Paul and Pat? I can
give you their phone number in Borden, if you need it.
Lois
To: "Paul Coffman" <bell(a)otherside.com>
From: Lonnie Fink <lonfink(a)dmrtc.net>
Subject: Re: Cemetery Hy 135
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 97 21:10:40 +0000
At 02:58 PM 12/28/97 -0500, Paul Coffman wrote:
>There once was a cemetery in Floyd County on Hy. 335. The farm that it was
>on was owned by a family named McGuirk. A hunter recently found all the
>stones in a ditch and the cemetery gone. The hunter does not wish to have
>his name known but it bothered him enough that he told us about it. Do you
>know anything about this cemetery? Some of the stones are still readable.
>It was probably destroyed in the 1960's or 70's. Is there anyone in Floyd
>County that would be interested in this. I do not know the family names
>that were buried here. Pat and Paul
>
Pat,
I would check with the people at the Library( New Albany) and find the
name of the cemetery!
Then I would see if there is a listing for it and check to see if any of the
members of SIGS have an interest in the names and mention it to them and to
the SIGS officers. I don't know anyone actively trying to perserve the
cemeteries in Floyd Co,IN. The only people I know who are really doing
anything beneficial at all are you!! Although, Several are caretakers of
individual cemeteries.
I have CC this to Lois MAUK a person actively trying to perserve Clark
Co,IN cemeteries. She may know someone in floyd Co,IN that is interested.
Lonnie Fink
Lonfink(a)dmrtc.net
USGENWEB Webpage Coordinator for
Clark/Floyd/Dubois Co,IN
Shelby/Pulaski/Unknown co,KY
My home page:
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