In
south
This
attractive, well-kept, lonely, rural burial ground was used as a
cemetery as
early as the 1830’s & in 1845 was formally conveyed
by its owner, JAMES
HARPER to the county commissioners of Cass County, IN for use as a
public burial ground.
The
oldest monument recorded in 1941 was that of Elizabeth McMillen buried
here in
1835.
Many
of the old stones slabs had been repaired with heavy wire &
board braces on
broken & fallen old stones.
Many graves are missing monuments, were undecipherable, funeral
cards missing or unreadable.
There
were several footstones recorded for which no monument was found.
In
the notes references are made to R.B.W.J. (Robert B. Whitsett Jr.,
secretary of
the L’Anguille Valley Memorial Association & J.Z.P.
(Dr. J.Z. Powell),
local historian & C.D.I.[Cass Co. death index].
An
Arial photograph of this cemetery was included in this report &
the report
was submitted to the Indiana Historical Society for binding &
permanent
preservation in the
by
the members of the
L’ANGUILLE
VALLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
Notes
Bachman,Martha:
copyist
? parents as H & S but only Bachman in Cass Co.1900 was Henry
&
Wilhemenia
BILLMAN,
David: copyist
wrote d.o.d as 25 but
said it could be 23/26. Transcriber sees handwritten 9 over
rec’d 5 so must
checked later & amended date.
Hardy,
Geo. D. /Mary/Polly: copyist says Mary is the w/o Geo. D. but cemetery
doesn’t
show Mary, it shows Polly as being buried w/Geo.D. Checked USC
& found Mary
in census & is the same age as the person buried as Polly.
McMillen,
Monument is 8 1/2 ft. high granite with
Quincy
A. McMillen, Civil War Soldier died in
R.B.W.J.
comments: Robert McMillen born
in
Ross Co., OH, was the son of Thomas & Jane (Irwin) McMillen of
Cumberland
Co., PA & Ross & Highland Co’s, OH.
McMillen,
T.J. [Thomas Jefferson] s/o Robert & Rosanna Civil War-Asst.
Surgeon 9th
R.B.W.J.
writes “J.Z.P. noted in
2
stones “Father”
“Mother”
at or near foot of grave of Robert McMillen’s family mon.
McMILLEN:
The elaborate monument for Susan has a tree weeping or falling toward
the
reader’s right, whereas George’s slab has a tree
standing upright.
RICHARDS;
Infant & Mary S. –found broken stone containing these
2 names lying across
fence to the west of cemetery. Exact grave locale unk.
RICHARDS:
William
F. has same d.o.b. as wife [Rebecca] per copyist records.
TRAPP:
Two persons named George & George W. Trapp. The
copyist says George
has footstone that says “G.W.T” but suspect stone
was for G.W. Trapp as
another footstone was recorded G.T. & no one else in the record
fits those
initials
[Mrs.
David T.] Vernon & second as Minnie McMillen Vernon indicating
that she is
buried with that it
is she who is
buried with Lewis McMillen so I take it that her maiden name was
McMillen &
that Lewis is her brother.
Metal
marker (d: 1922) undecipherable
Metal
marker (I.O.O.F. lodge 127)
Small
stones “Mother” or “Father” but
not recorded to whom they belonged
INSCRIPTIONS
BAKER,
Ema J.: “The
Saviour loved and lo!
Said he, Suffer
such to come
to me.” Transcriber note: just as copier wrote it but suspect
it was “The
Savior and He”
BOOTH,
George: “Come little children unto me, I’ll lay you
on my breast;
Protection you shall find in me and forever
blessed”
DALE,
Daniel : “ Now turn away with noiseless tread
From the place where the sleepier lies
And look aloft where his spirit fled
And
to its home beyond the skies.”
DEAN,
Charles L.: “a bright Sabbath school scholar lifted
higher.”
DEAN,
Edward: “Death has paused at our threshold, yes, entered the
door and taken
our loved one away.
DEAN,
Jane: “Mother, thou art gone to rest; Thy tolls and cares are
o’er;
And sorrow, pain, and
suffering………..(broken)
DERMIT,
Elizabeth M.: “Dear friends, I bid you all adieu; my spirit
to God is given;
I leave the earth and so must you;
I am bound for yonder Heaven.
Where sorrow sickness grief and pain
And
parting is not known to be.
Adieu, we soon shall meet again
And live through all eternity.”
HARDY,
John C. Merriam: Top of monument carved with a sleeping lamb &
“ I take this little lamb, said He, and lay it
in my breast;
Protection it shall find in me, in me be forever
blessed:”
McMILLEN,
Susan (Mrs. George):
“In
my Father’s House there are many mansions, if it were not so,
I would have
told you:”
McMILLEN,
George: “Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor
the hour wherein
the Son of Man cometh.”
McMILLEN,
Milton & Amanda J:. 9 ft. monument inscribed on E. side
“Here
laid within the silent tomb
Thy
form of lifeless clay,
But
upward hath they spirit flown
To
realms of endless day.
Thou
minglest now in that bright throng,
Around
the eternal throne,
And
join’st the everlasting song
Of
those before thee gone.”
NORRIS,
H. P.: “Suffer little children to come unto Me,
And
forbid them not, for of such, is
the
NORRIS,
John C.: “Sweet little bud, for earth too fair.
Has
gone to Heaven to blossom
THERE.”
SOWARD,
Rachel Ann: “Sleep, loved and lost one, sleep beneath this
quiet sod; with
faith and hope and prayer, we give thee up to God.”
WAIT,
Luther “Affection’s tribute to parental
worth.” Mary L. Wait
This report was input by Pat Fiscel February 2007 for the Cass County INGenWeb Project.