VOORHIS-GRIMES FARMS

Pioneer Family Burial Ground

[Abandoned & Evacuated]

This Pioneer Family cemetery was situated near the center of Section 22, T.27N. R.3E., MIAMI Township, CASS County, INDIANA & about 1/2 mile W. of the Miami-Cass county-line & 1/2 mile N.E. of the N.E. corner of the town of NEW WAVERLY.

A few other families were also probably buried here prior to, during & after the Civil War but it was abandoned & evacuated in order to construct a road through this region. The old slabs & other stones being moved in about 1877 to the much larger New Waverly, I.O.O.F. cemetery that is only one mile west of this cemetery. The road which passes by New Waverly Odd-fellows cemetery now runs East through the center of Section 22 & is said to pass directly over this former Voorhis-Grimes burial ground.

by

ROBERT B.WHITSETT, JR

Chairman of the L’A.V.M.A. committee on cemetery research based on the information by the late, Dr. Jehu Z. Powell & Dr. L.L. Quick of New Waverly, IN.

September 10, 1940

 

L’ANGUILLE VALLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

500 FRONT STREET

LOGANSPORT , INDIANA

&

INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

INDIANAPOLIS , INDIANA

 

LAST

FIRST

DIED

COMMENTS

Voorhis

Lybia

10/03/1850

d/o E.M & L.A.

Voorhis

Jacob

5 or 3/28/1859

Aged 70-7-10

Voorhis

William

1854

s/o E.M & L.A.

 

This report was input by Pat Fiscel February  2007 for the Cass County INGenWeb Project.

 

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