Cass Co Cemetery History from Jehu Powell's 1913 History
of Cass Co. -
Foglesong Private Burial
Place is situated on the Uhl farm in the southwest
quarter of fractional section 33, just south of the road running east
along the south bank of the Wabash river and about forty rods east of
the Uhl residence. Chris Foglesong, a brother of Daniel Foglesong,
ex-commissioner, now deceased, laid out a burial ground on this farm
which he then owned, and buried three of his children here, about 1847
and later. Members of the Nelson, Fiddler and other families to the
number of fourteen in all were buried here. A small walnut tree, twelve
feet high and a marble slab lying under it marks the place (in 1907).
On this marble slab is inscribed: Wm. Foglesong,
died December 27, 1852, aged 23 years. All other proofs of this once
hallowed ground have disappeared and the place is now in the middle of
a field, but the dead that lie peacefully here are oblivious to the
tread of the plowman. (Washington Township)
This spot, once sacred to the
pioneer dead, is located about one-half mile west of the present city
limits and sixty rods south of Dunkirk schoolhouse, on the Barron farm.
This burial ground is situated on a high sandy knoll in the midst of a
field where at this time may be found the broken remnants of five
marble slabs, upon which may be deciphered with difficulty, the
following inscriptions:
Sarah Ann, wife, of
Peter Barron, died September 30, 1845, and other members of the Barron
family from 1838 to 1846.
Joseph Barron, Sr.,
whose remains lie here was born in Detroit, January, 1773 and died in
Cass county, December 12, 1843. He settled in Vincinnes in 1790, moved
to Logansport in 1827. He was an old Indian interpretor for General
Harrison in the War of 1812, and was at the battle of Tippecanoe. He
had four sons, Joseph, Peter, Anthony and Napoleon B., and two
daughters, Mrs. Mary Ann Heath, later the wife of Anthony F. Smith, who
built the second log house in Logansport.
In the
forties, Henry Thomas owned a tract of land on the north side, on a
knoll about ten rods south of Pleasant Hill Street and twenty rods east
of Sycamore street. Near the edge of a gravel pit, that now exists,
were buried Henry Thomas in 1845, his son, 1850, Isaac
Booth, 1849, and a few others. Marble slabs marked some of
these graves which were removed to Mt. Hope cemetery after it was laid
out, but others were left in unmarked graves and this ground, once
sacred to the dead, exists only in the minds of a few old pioneers.
In the early 'thirties General Tipton started a
burial ground on what was known as Spencer Square, bounded by Nintb,
Tenth, Spear and Market streets, where the Lutheran church now stands. James
Bell, a son of Daniel Bell, a cadet at West Point was buried
here and Gen. John Tipton, himself, in 1839, and a
number of others. Monuments marked their graves. When Spear and Ninth
streets were laid out and improved they were removed south into the old
cemetery but the unmarked graves were never disturbed and lie at rest
under the Lutheran
church.
When the last
of the Pottowattomie Indians were removed west in 1838, by General
Tipton, they were encamped on Horney creek, just east of the Michigan
road, where the old fair grounds were located in the early 'sixties.
Three Indians died while encamped here and were buried on the north
side of Horney creek on what is now the right-of-way of the Vandalia
Railroad Company on the east side of the track just south of Smith
street, There were possibly other Indian burials here prior to this.
The graves of these poor unfortunate Indians can seen, only by the
Infinite eye and their locations are known only to James Horney, whose
father owned the land at that time, and who gave this information to
the writer.
OLD CEMETERY
IN LOGANSPORT
This is the oldest cemetery in Cass county and
is situated between Ninth, Tenth, Erie avenue and Spear streets.
General Tipton donated the ground in 1828 when it was covered and
surrounded by forest trees. He, however, never executed a deed and his
administrator represented by Chauncey Carter as commissioner appointed
by the court, conveys three and fifty-two one hundredths acres of land
to the city of Logansport as a grave yard and burial ground. The ground
was appraised at $45.00 and the city paid that amount February 16,
1846. (Rec. F, page 252.) On September 29, 1846, Chauncey Carter, as
surveyor, plats the ground by direction of the city council.
The first interment is said to be a child of
William Smith that died in 1828, in the cabin of Daniel Bell,
that stood just south of the cemetery.
James Foster died at Alexander
Chamberlain's tavern on the south bank of the Wabash river, December
23, 1828, and was buried here on Christmas day, 1828, by the Masons,
this being the first Masonic funeral held in Cass county. These two
graves are unmarked and their exact location are unknown as the ground
was then covered with a thick forest and unplatted. The oldest grave,
as shown by marker is Elizabeth, wife of N.
D. Grover, October 29, 1830. Some older inscriptions, Thomas
S. Hartgrave, February 15, 1815, Samuel Fisher,
November 17 1816, were probably removed here, as Cass county was not
then settled.
Pioneer
ministers who sleep here are, Rev. William Corbin,
died November 8 1841; Rev. James Buchanan, died
1843; Rev. Burrows Westlake, died 1845; Rev.
M. M. Post, died 1876.
An old millstone or burr, taken from the Forest mill marks
the grave of H. H. DeWolf, he being a miller by
trade, and died in 1905, aged 79. Gen. Richard Crooks,
who served under General Harrison, in the War of 1812, and died in
1842, lies buried near the center of this cemetery with only a large
sugar tree to mark the grave, which has grown up since his interment.
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Soldiers Buried in the Old Cemetery
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| NAME |
WAR/UNIT |
DATE OF DEATH |
| Gen. Hyacinth Lasselle |
War of 1812 |
1843 |
| Sergt. James M. Lasselle |
Mexican War |
1851 |
| Capt. Stanalaus Lasselle |
Mexican War |
1853 |
| Sergt. J. Harvey Tucker |
Mexican War |
1853 |
| Capt. D. W. Douglass |
Mexican War |
|
| David Douglass |
War of 1812 and Revolution |
1839 |
| David Douglass, Jr. |
War of 1812 |
1845 |
| William Cooley (colored) |
War of 1812 |
1851 |
| Watson Kirkman |
Mexican War |
1867 |
| William L. Wolf |
Mexican War |
1891 |
| George Weirick |
War of 1812 |
1851 |
| Corpl. B. P. Turner |
Mexican War |
|
| Col. I. N. Patridge |
War of 1812 |
1874 |
| Col. William L. Brown |
20th Indiana
Killed at Bull Run |
1862 |
| Gen. Richard Crooks |
War of 1812 |
1842 |
| Benjamin Purcell |
War of 1812 |
1859 |
| Col. Jordan Vigus |
War of 1812 |
|
| Gen. N. D. Grover |
War of 1812 |
1875 |
| Louis House |
Company F, 99th Indiana |
|
| Dr. H. C. Gemmill |
Company H, 128th Indiana |
1904 |
| William Purveyance |
Company F, 116th Indiana |
|
| J. H. Purveyance |
12th Indiana Calvary |
|
| T. G. Barnett |
Company B, 128th Indiana |
|
| Charles Hebel |
Company B, 128th Indiana |
|
| Alexander Barr |
Company A. 17th United States |
|
| George W. Green |
Company I, 46th Indiana |
1880 |
| Horace B. Vigus |
128th Indiana;
killed at Atlanta |
1864 |
| Augustine W. Nash |
46th Indiana |
1862 |
| Erastus Covault |
Company K, 138th Indiana |
1884 |
| Samuel Chappel |
War of 1812 |
1839 |
| Sandy Hicks |
Company H, 11th United States |
|
| DeWitt C. Wimer |
Mexican war and 9th Indiana |
1861 |
| Charles B. Rogers |
Company F, 151st Indiana |
1865 |
| John G. Reeves |
|
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| William Smith |
|
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| C. Hudson |
|
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| Joseph Looney |
|
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| David Bowser |
|
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| Peter Finegan |
|
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| David Johnson |
|
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| S. C. Davis |
Mexican war |
|
| Abijah VanNess |
Mexican war |
1859 |
| W. A. Ward |
War of 1812 |
|
| William Jones |
Mexican war |
|
| Isaac Bartlett |
War of 1812 |
|
| David Davis |
Mexican war |
|
| B. C. Purcell |
Company B, 155th Indiana |
1866 |
| Frederick Karl |
|
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| C. Cornwell |
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| George Clendening |
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