Pioneer Cemeteries

Gravestone of Mary Ellen Franklin, died in 1865 at age 32, buried in Parker-Moore Cemetery in Delaware County, Indiana.

Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Committee
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Delaware County Historical Society
120 East Washington Street
Muncie, Indiana 47305-1734
(765) 282-1550

"Making A Difference, One Stone At A Time"

        Our Pioneer Cemeteries
       Need You!
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The Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Committee is open to anyone with an interest in restoring and preserving Delaware County's Pioneer Cemeteries.

Unless announced otherwise (see Next Meeting on this page), the group meets the third Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the DCHS, located at 120 East Washington Street in Muncie, Indiana.

If you would like more information about this group, or would like to receive e-mail notification of its upcoming events, contact
Jim Lee.

What is the Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Committee
Doing Now?

The Cemetery Preservation Committee is working with the group, “Honor the Fallen” to preserve veteran's stones in Delaware County. Our first cemetery is Beech Grove. We have been teaching the group about the techniques of cleaning the stones. Next spring we will be working closely with the group as they begin to straighten the leaning markers.

We are going to have a dedication ceremony of Heath Cemetery next spring (date to be announced). The families buried at Heath are:

               Alldredge
               Baxla
               Heath
               Hilton
               Holder
               Jones
               Livingston
               Lutz
               McClintock
               McKimmey
               McLain
               Nation
               Perdue
               Ross
               Smith
               Stewart
               Tomlinson
               Wilson.

We would like to invite any descendants of the families buried there.
Please contact me, Karen Brown-Good as soon as possible.

We have been discussing the “Graham National Cemetery” on State Road 32 east of Muncie. Is it really a National Cemetery? If so, when did it become a national cemetery? Anyone having any information about this is asked to contact Karen Brown-Good or Mark Kreps.

What other work is being done in Delaware County Pioneer Cemeteries? . . . . .Cindy Gravatt and her husband from the Fort Wayne area have been working in “Miller Cemetery” in Harrison Twp.

Macedonia Cemetery
In Memoriam
of Those Known Buried There

Elijah	Bell^1.
Amanda Melvina	Bell (unmarked grave) ^1.
Uriah	Cheesman
Wife of C.	Cooper
Mary Ann	Davis
Paul	Hutchison
Barbara	Johnson
Orval	Johnson
Oscar	Johnson
William	Johnson
Zilla Urfa	Johnson
Amelia	Mendenhall
George	Mendenhall
Jessee	Mendenhall
John	Mendenhall
Rachel	Mendenhall
William	Mendenhall
Cora B.	Nelson
David	Ogle
Elizabeth	Ogle
Elizabeth	Ogle
John Henry	Ogle
Thomas	Ogle
James	Ogle
James W.	Ogle
Harriet M.	Preston
Mary	Preston (unmarked grave) ^2.
Arther	Rector
Ketura	Rector
Mary	Rector
Commodore	Shockley
James	Shockley
Mary	Shockley
Nancy & James	Shockley
John W.	Snider
Emma	Turner
Martha	Turner
Robert	Turner
John	Werner
Rebecca	Werner

^1. Muncie Morning Star, Dec. 28, 1922, page 4, column 3.

"Mrs. Amanda Melvina Bell, 85, widow of Elijah W. Bell, Civil War veteran, died at the home of her son, Sylvester M. Bell, 2225 E. 14th St., at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. funeral services will be conducted at 10' o'clock tomorrow morning at the Industry U.B. Church and burial will be made at Macedonia. Surviving are 2 sons, Sylvester and John Bell of Muncie; one daughter, Mrs. May Jacques of Muncie; and one sister, Mrs. Amy Terry of Centerville, Ind."

^2. Muncie Daily Times, Nov. 9, 1899, Page 1, column 5.

"Mrs. Mary B., wife of Phinias Preston, died Wednesday at the family home eleven miles south of this city. The deceased was eighty years old. The funeral will occur Friday afternoon at two o'clock, burial to be made in Macedonia cemetery. A husband, two sons and four daughters survive."

Mark Kreps' Work Notes
from Heath Cemetery

Next Meeting:
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
at 6:00 p.m.
120 E. Washington Street
Muncie, IN
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Agenda

Minutes: Karen

Treasurer’s Report: Jim or Bob

Chairman’s Report: Contact with John Blacks, Dale, and Roderick cemetery property owners.

Unfinished Business: Grant Application information.
Review 2012 work schedule.
AGS meeting at Beech Grove.
Letter to Board of Health.
Letter from Randy Bradshaw requesting help and info.
DCHS/PCPC Website.

New Business: PCPC Hosting DCHS quarterly dinner.

Announcements: Tombstone stored at DHCS storage unit up for sale.
DCHS fundraising at Noodles (date to be announced).
Dr. Michael Doyle’s Public History class annual visit will be on 3/14 at 3:20p.m.

Adjournment:   Next PCPC meeting will be March 15, 2012, @ 6pm.
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Meetings are open to anyone with an interest in restoring and preserving Delaware County's Pioneer Cemeteries.
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If you are not currently on the Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Committee e-mail list & would like to receive e-mail updates as they are available, or if you have questions please contact Jim Lee.
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Macedonia Cemetery - Before

Macedonia Cemetery in Monroe Twp. Delaware Co. IN - before restoration.

Macedonia Cemetery - After

Macedonia Cemetery in Monroe Twp. Delaware Co. IN - after restoration.

Cleaning a gravestone.

Cindy Welch and Mark Kreps preparing a special epoxy to mend a broken gravestone.

Mark Kreps repairing a gravestone in Parker-Moore Cemetery, Muncie, Indiana.

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