Cemeteries in Allen County, Indiana

Most of our cemeteries started out over 100 years ago as family plots on rural isolated farms or associated with long gone rural churches. Family members often moved away or lost connections with their family history so often know nothing of the past beyond their grandparents. Only a handful of the largest cemeteries have modern staffed offices with computerized records, phones, web sites, or even a mailing address. If they have a web site or are associated with a church an identified link will be found in the alphabetized tables on the tabs above. Fortunately most of our cemeteries are visible from the road, at a crossroad of 2 or more roads, or even satellite photos on Google maps shown on the Cemetery Locations tab above.

Click Cemetery Name Tabs above to find information. Clicking Township takes you to that Township list of cemeteries. Larger cemeteries may have their own web site so the Status field is their link. DAR contains the Mary Penrose Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution links. Ph - means the DAR has photographs of the cemetery tombstones. Tr - is just the transcription of names on tombstones from the ACGSI readings in the 1980's, or 1932 if the cemetery was moved or lost. Find links to Find-A-Grave and whatever volunteered information is available there.

Cemetery Maintenance

December 9, 2012 a newspaper article Forgotten Hoagland cemetery ‘disgrace’ Responsibility for upkeep uncertain by Jeff Wiehe of The Journal Gazette discusses the badly neglected Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Madison Township pointing out the uncertainty over who is responsible for cemetery maintenance. As the article points out State law mandates that township trustees – who are usually in charge of providing fire protection, relief for the poor and weed assessments among other duties – must care for such cemeteries.

Troy McDonald the Madison Township Trustee left a comment on our ACGSI Facebook page stating we are now in the process of coming up with a plan as to how to address the clean-up of this cemetery. If you would like to help or have ideas please contact Troy McDonald at 260-639-6052.

The Allen County, Indiana web site for Township Trustees states:

Cemetery Maintenance
According to IC Code 23-14 the trustee is to provide and maintain cemeteries located in the township. This includes those cemeteries which have been abandoned.

Further research finds the United Township Association of Indiana under their Cemeteries heading in December 2012 states Indiana law gives the responsibility for maintaining abandoned cemeteries in the state to the township trustee. It then lists three laws IC 23-14-64 Chapter 64. Conveyance of Cemetery Association Land to Townships, IC 23-14-68  Chapter 68. Care of Cemeteries by Townships, and IC 23-14-69 Chapter 69. Establishment of Public Cemeteries by Townships, all apparently passed in 1997, confirming the newspaper quote. The State of Indiana Cemetery & Burial Ground Mandates & Laws lists over a dozen statutes that apply. Indiana INPCRP (Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project) Review of Current Indiana Statutes regarding Cemeteries as of 2007 explains the practical aspects of the wording of the various cemetery laws as to who is responsible for cemetery maintenance and why it may not occur.

Veteran tombstones can be replaced free of charge by the government if requested by descendants according to the United States Department of Veteran Affairs. They do not cover cost of placement in the cemetery. Local verteran groups like the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and others might provide the labor or know what groups would if asked.

It would make a nice local boy scout, girl scout, 4H, or other youth groups project to make cemetery cleanup and 4th of July veteran flag placement as history education and merit badge projects as done in some areas. The Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project has a November 12, 2012 Girl Scouts example and their Girls Scouts in a Pioneer Cemetery photo album of these history appreciation projects on their Facebook page. Boy Scouts have done such cemetery maintenance on my ancestors Fallis Pioneer Cemetery near Dayton, Ohio for nearly 40 years.

The following quote from the Indiana DNR web site indicates you need to thoroughly research the law and best practices before attempting cemetery maintenance on your own.

Indiana Cemetery Questions and Answers from IN.gov Cemeteries FAQ
Compiled by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

If I want to clean up a cemetery I’m concerned about, may I go ahead and do so? No. Members of the public should not attempt to clean up or maintain cemeteries until they have clearly determined who the legal landowner is, and obtained that person’s permission to go onto the land. Unsolicited voluntary clean-up efforts might be viewed by the landowner as trespassing. In addition, there are proper ways, as well as harmful ways, to clean and repair stones, and anyone attempting to conduct such activities should be acquainted with the proper techniques.

The DNR - Department of Natural Resources has a Cemeteries web page with information and links to more cemetery information. The Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project is a good source of information on Indiana pioneer cemeteries. They have an active INPCRP Facebook group page too.

In the ACGSI Members Only Section The December 2007 Allen County Lines newsletter on page 35 by Alyce J. Morow has an article "The Silent Cities" discussing the history of early burial grounds in Fort Wayne. Some early burial grounds are now covered by houses, buildings, parks, roads, and parking lots. Sometimes bodies and tombstones were moved, sometimes not. Many of the earliest small cemeteries were moved to larger cemeteries like Lindenwood or the Catholic Cemetery.

The Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution read most cemeteries in the 1930's, then the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana (ACGSI) updated and transcribed tombstone names into publications in the 1980's which they have been selling as fund raising for the society. Once the books are sold out they will not be reprinted. Instead they are available in the Members Only Section of the ACGSI web site. The NSDAR recently started the Allen County Indiana Cemetery Project using the ACGSI transcripts, Indiana DNR GPS coordinates, and volunteers photographing upwards of 150,000 tombstones in all Allen County cemeteries to be completed sometime in 2010. Those photographs are posted online and linked in the Tabs above as they come online.

Links to Cemetery Indexes and Other Web Sites

• 1994-2009 Allen County, Indiana Burial Permits at The Genealogy Center - burial locations - cremation
• Amish Carpenter Prepares Customers for Afterlife Indiana NewsCenter video by Eric Olson June 18, 2010. Meet Joe Schmucker, maker of fine handcrafted hardwood coffins. ... The Amish bury their own in plane pine coffins but at Grabill Caskets Joe Schmucker takes the finest hardwoods and sculpts them into things of beauty...This is his all cedar model. Schmucker does make a plain coffin, lined with denin not silk for no frills folks. But most of his caskets are works of art. And they sell for about 13-hundred bucks, one third the cost of a veneer casket.
• Using the search box at the top of any page will find burials in the 1980's cemetery books on the ACGSI site.
• The ACGSI Name Only Index to all county cemeteries lists page numbers in the 1980's cemetery books.
• The Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center has an Indiana Resources page
• Best Practice Recommendations for Cleaning Government-Issued Marble Headstones by Mary Striegel On July 21, 2011
• Catholic Cemetery Searchable Index is at The Genealogy Center
• Cemetery Responsibilities Just who is responsible for a cemetery’s upkeep? from A Grave Interest blog.
• Cleaning a Stone Grave Marker (2007-01) - National Center for Preservation Technology and Training and Best Practice Recommendations for Cleaning Government-Issued Marble Headstones and Comparative Study of Commercially Available Cleaners for Use on Federally-Issued Headstones
• Concordia Old Cemetery Searchable Index is at The Genealogy Center
• DAR is the Mary Penrose Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution tombstone transcriptions or photos. The DAR has a SEARCH box in the upper left corner of their cemetery pages.
• DNR Cemetery Preservation information
• Find-A-Grave Allen County, Indiana cemeteries is a column in the above Tabs labeled Find. It lists 152 cemeteries alphabetically with internment information and tombstone photos, sometimes has obituaries, church histories, or other additional information. Can also use the search box below:
  

  Search for cemetery records in Allen County, IN at by entering a surname and clicking search: Allen County, IN (4,171 names)All of Find A Grave (72.9 million names) Restrict search to Surname

• German Translations for tombstones on NSDAR web site
• Grave Book on Facebook has photos of different views of local cemeteries
• Historic Map Works 1898 Ogle Atlas map shows cemeteries, towns, and other landmarks no longer in existence
• History and Headstones: Celebrating Memorial Day from the The History Center blog May 22, 2012 posted by Nancy McCammon-Hansen
• How to Find A Cemetery/Burial List in Your County - The Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project
• Hunt For Cemeteries - Genealogy Center blog August 2011
• Indiana Chapter of the Association for Gravestone Studies blog and meeting information
• Indiana Genealogical Society has Free Allen County Cemetery readings in their Members-Only Section
• Indiana.gov SHAARD government site with maps, latitude, longitude and photos of some cemeteries. List of Allen County SHAARD Cemeteries.
• Indiana Historical Society Finding Indiana Records states: Indiana State Library Cemetery Locater Database: http://www.in.gov/library/databases.htm
  Searchable by county, this database provides the names of every cemetery for which ISL has either tombstone inscriptions or location. The database does not include the names of people buried in the cemeteries. Note: In 1939, a joint WPA/American Legion project was initiated to identify the burial places of all veterans in Indiana. The project was conducted in 51 of Indiana's 92 counties. The ISL has the microfilmed Indiana Veterans' Graves Registration. The Indiana State Archives has the original card files.
• Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project - begun in October 1997 as an effort to generate public awareness about the neglected pioneer cemeteries of Indiana. Many volunteers have join this effort. Also have a Facebook page.
• IOOF Cemetery New Haven Searchable Index is at The Genealogy Center
• Lindenwood Cemetery Searchable Index is at The Genealogy Center
• Must Have Cemetery Books - list of 135 books on listopia where readers vote for their favorites
• Obituary Index at Allen County Public Library starts with 1841 newspapers to the present
• Prairie Grove Cemetery Searchable Index is at The Genealogy Center and ACGSI plat maps
• Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Allen County at DAR
• Riverview Cemetery Searchable Index is at The Genealogy Center
• Allen INGenWeb Lookup page has volunteers willing to do lookups from the cemetery books, which are published and For Sale by the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana. Books will not be reprinted, instead added to the Members Only Section of ACGIS.org
• CBS Video May 29, 2011 "The marble of our hero's headstones" from Vermont marble since early 1900's. Liberty, Indiana tombstone maker discusses marble vs. granite lasts over 1,000 years and tombstone prices in 1883.
• Tree grave stone markers - Woodman of America/World memorials - June 21, 2011 A Grave Interest blog
• Tough times in 2009 lead some to unfortunate decisions in newspaper article "Plot twist for raising cash."
• White Bronze - A Monument of Quality - "Cemetery wanderers throughout the U.S. and Canada can probably remember the first time they came across a white bronze monument. The oddness of the marker draws you in, fascinates you, and makes you want to learn more." from A Grave Interest blog.

	Cemetery	Township	Earliest	Status	DAR	Find
1	Adams Family	Adams	1825	1875 moved to I.O.O.F.
2	Adams Township	Adams	1861	Abandoned	Ph
3	Albright	Lafayette	1855	Inactive	Ph	FG
4	Allen County Health Center aka. County Home	Perry		No stones
5	Allen County Poor Farm Site	Wayne		No records no stones
6	Amish - Cedar Creek Amish	Cedar Creek	2005	Active - unmarked tombstones	Ph
7	Amish - East Allen County Amish - Maumee Amish	Maumee	2005	Active - unmarked tombstones	Ph
8	Amish - Doty Road - same or different than Schwartz?	Milan	1984	Active - unmarked tombstones	Ph
9	Amish - Roth Road Amish	Springfield	1871	Active - unmarked tombstones	Ph	FG
10	Amish - Spencerville Amish	Springfield	1991	Active - unmarked tombstones	Ph
11	Antioch Lutheran	Marion	1852	Active	Ph	FG
12	Archer, David - Johnny Appleseed	Washington	1837		Ph	FG
13	Arcola Roman Catholic - see Saint Patrick Roman Catholic	Lake		Alternate name		FG
14	Barnett Chapel	Milan	1875		Ph	FG
15	Bethel Baptist	Marion	1836	Inactive - IGS Index	Ph	FG
16	Bethel Wallen	Washington	1833	Inactive	Ph	FG
17	Bowers	St. Joseph	1830	Active	A-H I-M N-Z	FG
18	Branstrator Family - incorrectly listed in Lafayette Township	Aboite	1837	Not in use	Ph	FG
19	Brenton Chapel aka Coverdale, Robinson	Pleasant	1851	Inactive	Ph	FG
20	Broadway aka McCulloch, all but Governor Bigger moved to Lindenwood	Wayne		McCulloch Park	Ph	FG
21	Brown Chapel aka Brown Family	Monroe	1849	Inactive	Ph	FG
22	Bullard Family aka. Oak Grove	Aboite	1841	Not in use	Ph	FG
23	Bullerman - see Kukuck	St. Joseph		Alternate name
24	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Crypt	Wayne	1859	Diocese Bishops	Ph
25	Cathedral Square	Wayne	1830s	Miami Indian Burial Site	Ph

	Cemetery	Township	Earliest	Status	DAR	Find
26	Catholic	Adams	1873	Active has Office ACPL Name Search - Map	Ph	FG
27	Cedarville	Cedar Creek		No longer exists	Tr
28	Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church aka. Woodburn German Lutheran	Maumee	1905	Active	A-H I-M N-Z	FG
29	Coldwater Lutheran - see Saint Paul's Lutheran	Washington		Alternate name		FG
30	Coleman	Marion	1852		Ph
31	Concordia Gardens - Lutheran New	Adams	1960	Active has Office	Ph	FG
32	Concordia Lutheran - Old	Adams	1850	Inactive - records at New- ACPL Index		FG
33	Connors Farm	Adams		No longer exists
34	County Home - see Allen County Health Center	Perry		Alternate name
35	Coverdale - see Brenton Chapel	Pleasant		Alternate name		FG
36	Covington Memorial Gardens, Inc.	Aboite	1953	Active has Office	Ph	FG
37	Crosier - Catholic Priests, Brothers	St. Joseph	1942	No longer exists - moved to Catholic Cemetery	Ph
38	Diehl	Maumee	1840		Ph	FG
39	Doyle	Jefferson		No records
40	Dutch Ridge aka Salem Reformed Church - Garman Family	Perry	1865	Inactive 1952	Ph	FG
41	Early Catholic Burial Site	Wayne		No longer exists
42	Early Public Burial Site	Wayne		Now County Jail
43	Eel River	Eel River	1840	Early records destroyed - ACPL Index	Ph	FG
44	Emanuel Lutheran	Jefferson	1853	Active	Ph	FG
45	Emmanuel Lutheran aka. Soest Emmanuel Lutheran	Marion	1863	Active
46	Fairview aka. Warcup	Eel River	1847	Active	Ph	FG
47	Five Points - see Nine Mile Methodist	Pleasant		Alternate name		FG
48	Flat Rock Evangelical Lutheran	Monroe	1833	Inactive	Ph	FG
49	Fogwell	Lafayette	1847	Inactive	Ph	FG

	Cemetery	Township	Earliest	Status	DAR	Find
50	Fort Wayne Jewish - see Orthodox	Wayne		Alternate name		FG
51	Fort Wayne Military Post	Wayne
52	Fort Wayne State Hospital & Training Center aka. Indiana Feeble Minded School	St. Joseph	1901-1967	One stone	Ph	FG
53	Fry German Lutheran - see St. John's Lutheran Flat Rock	Madison		Alternate name		FG
54	Gar Creek Union	Milan	1884		Ph	FG
55	German Evangelical Lutheran	Adams	1866	No records	Tr	FG
56	German Lutheran - see St. John's Lutheran Flat Rock	Madison		Alternate name		FG
57	Goeglein - see Saint Peter Lutheran	St. Joseph		Alternate name		FG
58	Greenlawn Memorial Park	Aboite	1932	Active has Office	Ph	FG
59	Hadley Lake Township - possibly two cemeteries	Lake	1833	Inactive	Ph	FG
60	Hall	Marion		No records no stones
61	Hamilton Family	Aboite	1867	1895 moved to Lindenwood
62	Harlan Memorial - New - aka. Maysville Memorial	Springfield	1838	Active	Tr Ph	FG
63	Harlan - Old - aka. Old Maysville	Springfield	1841	Inactive	A-H I-M N-Z	FG
64	Hatfield	Washington	1816	Active	Ph	FG
65	Hertwig (Hartwig)	Wayne		No records
66	Hessen Cassel Roman Catholic - see Saint Joseph Roman Catholic	Marion		Alternate name		FG
67	Highland Park	St. Joseph		Active - office	Ph	FG
68	Hitzeman Lutheran - moved to St. John, Bingen, Adams Township	Marion
69	Holt Family - see Antioch Lutheran	Marion		Alternate name		FG
70	Hosler Marker	Cedar Creek		No longer exists	Tr
71	Huntertown - New	Perry		Active	Ph	FG
72	Huntertown - Old	Perry	1812	Inactive	Ph	FG
73	Indian Burial Ground	Lafayette		No markers
74	Indian Burial Site	Wayne		No Information
75	Indiana Feeble Minded - see Fort Wayne State Hospital and Training Center	St. Joseph		ACPL Index 447 names Location no tombstones	Ph	FG

	Cemetery	Township	Earliest	Status	DAR	Find
76	I.O.O.F. - Monroeville aka Odd Fellow, Monroeville Memorial, Inc.	Monroe	1860	Active	Ph	FG
77	I.O.O.F. - New Haven	Adams	1834	Active has Office - ACPL Index - over 6,000 DAR photos	Ph	FG
78	Irving Family	Milan	1847		Ph
79	Johnny Appleseed aka David Archer	Washington	1837		Ph	FG
80	Johnston see Watterson	Eel River		Alternate name	Ph	FG
81	Kelsey Family	Lafayette	1847	Inactive	Ph	FG
82	Klinger aka Riverbend	St. Joseph	1834	Alternate name	Ph
83	Henry Knefelkamp farm stone fragments	Monroe	1847, 1858	two stones	Tr
84	Koehlinger Family	Adams		No longer exists
85	Kukuck - removed to Saint Peter Lutheran, aka. Bullerman and Saint Stephen's	St. Joseph		Alternate name - moved
86	Lake Chapel	Lake	1816	Inactive	Ph	FG
87	Lawton Place - see Little Turtle	Wayne		Alternate name		FG
88	Leo Memorial -New	Cedar Creek		Active	Ph	FG
89	Leo - Old	Cedar Creek	1844	New is across the street		FG
90	Lindenwood - LARGEST in Allen County	Wayne	1859	Active - Office - ACPL Index	Ph	FG
91	Lindlag Family	Pleasant	1851	Inactive - SHAARD Photo	Ph	FG
92	Little Turtle Miami Indian Chief aka Lawton Place	Wayne	1812		Ph	FG
93	Ludwig - see Saint Paul's Lutheran	Washington		Alternate name		FG
94	Maple Avenue	Wayne		All Burials Removed
95	Maple Lawn - see Nine Mile Methodist	Pleasant		Alternate name		FG
96	Maples	Jefferson	1861	No records	Ph	FG
97	Marquardt Lutheran	Madison	1882	Inactive	Ph	FG
98	Martini Lutheran	Adams	1853	Active - ACPL Index	Ph	FG
99	Masonic A & FM	Monroe	1858	Inactive - some moved to I.O.O.F. Monroeville	Ph	FG
100	Massillon Evangelical Lutheran	Madison	1856	Inactive	Ph	FG

	Cemetery	Township	Earliest	Status	DAR	Find
101	Maysville Memorial - see Harlan Memorial	Springfield		Alternate name		FG
102	McCulloch Park - see Broadway	Wayne		Alternate name		FG
103	Missionary - see Woodburn Mennonite	Maumee		Alternate name		FG
104	Monroeville Memorial, Inc. - see I.O.O.F. Monroeville	Monroe		Alternate name	Ph	FG
105	Morton Family	Marion	1826		Ph
106	New France - See Saint Louis Besancon Roman Catholic - Old	Jefferson		Alternate name		FG
107	Nine Mile Methodist aka Five Points, Maple Lawn, and United Brethren	Pleasant	1856	Alternate name	A-H I-M N-Z	FG
108	Notestine Family	Cedar Creek	1831	No longer in use - SHAARD Photo	Ph	FG
109	Oak Grove see Bullard Family	Aboite		Alternate name		FG
110	Odd Fellow - see I.O.O.F. Monroeville	Monroe		Alternate name		FG
111	Old Methodist	Monroe	1860	Not in use	Ph	FG
112	Orthodox Jewish	Wayne	1912	Private		FG
113	Parker	St. Joseph	1850	Active - ACPL Index		FG
114	PHILLEY Family - moved to Lindenwood and Monroeville I.O.O.F.	Wayne		No longer exists	Tr
115	Pierre Settlement aka Saint Michaels Roman Catholic	St. Joseph	1871	Inactive	Ph	FG
116	Platt	Jefferson	1823	No longer exists	Tr	FG
117	Platter Family	Milan	1852	one stone	Ph
118	Pleasant Valley	Madison	1863	Abandoned	Ph	FG
119	Poe aka. Williamsport	Marion	1836	Active - ACPL Index - IGS Index	Ph	FG
120	Prairie Grove	Wayne	1834	Active - ACPL Index - Maps	Ph	FG
121	Rhodes Family	Cedar Creek	1857, 1861	Not located, only two stones	Tr
122	Riverbend - see Klinger	St. Joseph		Alternate name
123	Riverview	Eel River	1910	Active - ACPL Index	Ph	FG
124	Robinson see Brenton Chapel	Pleasant		Alternate name		FG
125	Robinson Chapel	Perry	1848		Ph	FG
126	Roller aka. Voltz	Lafayette	1868	Inactive	Ph	FG

	Cemetery	Township	Earliest	Status	DAR	Find
127	Sacred Heart No. 1 Old Church aka. Saint Vincent Roman Catholic	Washington	1854	Inactive	Ph
128	Sacred Heart No. 2 New Church aka. Saint Vincent Roman Catholic	Washington	1950	Active		FG
129	Saint Aloysius Roman Catholic	Pleasant	1855	Active - ACPL Index	A-H I-M N-Z	FG
130	Saint John Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran - their third cemetery	Wayne	1872	ACPL Index - IGS Index	Ph	FG
131	Saint John's Catholic	Adams		Active		FG
132	Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran	Marion	1833	Inactive
133	Saint John's Lutheran Flat Rock aka. Fry German Lutheran and German Lutheran	Madison	1852	Active	A-F G-L M-R S-Z	FG
134	Saint Joseph Roman Catholic aka. Hessen Cassel Roman Catholic	Marion	1848	Active - ACPL Index		FG
135	Saint Leo Roman Catholic	Cedar Creek	1848	No longer in use	Ph	FG
136	Saint Louis Besancon Roman Catholic - New	Jefferson	1930	Active	Ph	FG
137	Saint Louis Besancon Roman Catholic - Old aka. New France	Jefferson		Inactive	Ph	FG
138	Saint Mark's Lutheran - New	Pleasant	1870	Active	A-H I-M N-Z	FG
139	Saint Mark's Lutheran - Old	Pleasant	1858	Abandoned	Ph	FG
140	Saint Michael's Roman Catholic - see Pierre Settlement	St. Joseph		Alternate name		FG
141	Saint Patrick Roman Catholic aka. Arcola Roman Catholic	Lake	1854	Active - ACPL Index		FG
142	Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran	Marion	1844	Abandoned	Ph
143	Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran aka. Coldwater Lutheran and Ludwig	Washington	1858	Inactive	Ph	FG
144	Saint Paul's Lutheran at Gar Creek	Milan	1884		Ph	FG
145	Saint Peter Lutheran - New aka Goeglein	St. Joseph	1905	Active	A-H I-M N-Z	FG
146	Saint Peter Lutheran - Old	St. Joseph	1840	Inactive	A-H I-M N-Z	FG
147	Saint Rose de Lima Roman Catholic	Monroe	1871	Active - no records	Tr	FG
148	Saint Stephen - see Kukuck	St. Joseph		Alternate name
149	Saint Vincent - aka Sacred Heart	Washington		Alternate name	Ph	FG

	Cemetery	Township	Earliest	Status	DAR	Find
150	Salem Evangelical Lutheran aka. Springfield Center	Springfield	1845	Alternate name	Ph	FG
151	Saylor	Maumee	1861	Inactive	Ph	FG
152	Schlatter Family	Cedar Creek	1854	Active	Ph	FG
153	Schlemmer Family aka Slemmer Family - Hoffman	Monroe	1843	Inactive - no records	Ph	FG
154	Schwartz Family - Milan Center Amish	Milan		No tombstones		FG
155	Slemmer Family - see Schlemmer Family	Monroe		Alternate name	Ph
156	Scipio	Scipio	1840	Active	Ph	FG
157	Shell (Schell) aka Shull, Sowers	Scipio	1842	Inactive	Ph
158	Shull - see Shell	Scipio		Alternate name
159	Springfield Center see Salem Evangelical Lutheran	Springfield		Alternate name		FG
160	Soest Emmanuel Lutheran - see Emmanuel Lutheran	Marion		Alternate name		FG
161	Sowers - see Shell	Scipio		Alternate name	Ph
162	Stephenson Family aka. Sugar Grove, Sugar Ridge	Monroe	1855	Active - no records	Ph	FG
163	Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran	Washington	1870	Active	Ph	FG
164	Sugar Grove - see Stephenson Family	Monroe		Alternate name		FG
165	Sugar Ridge - see Stephenson Family	Monroe		Alternate name		FG
166	Swartz Family	Cedar Creek	1873	Moved to back of Leo Memorial Park
167	Thompson Family	Marion	1834	Inactive	Ph	FG
168	Tilbury Family	Adams	1852	1979 one face down stone	Ph	FG
169	Trier Family	Adams	1842	No longer exists	Tr
170	Trinity Evangelical Lutheran	Adams	1864	Active	Ph	FG
171	Turner Family	Aboite	1834	Now is Bittersweet Moors housing	Tr

	Cemetery	Township	Earliest	Status	DAR	Find
172	Union Chapel	Aboite		No longer exists
173	Union Chapel	Perry	1848		Ph	FG
174	United Brethren - see Nine Mile Methodist	Pleasant		Alternate name		FG
175	Unknown described in deed	Jefferson		No records no stones
176	Vermilyea	Aboite	1833	Moved to Lindenwood
177	Viberg Chapel	Cedar Creek	1833	Abandoned - SHAARD Photo	Ph	FG
178	Voltz Cemetery see Roller	Lafayette		Alternate name		FG
179	Walnut Ridge Lutheran	Springfield		No stones
180	Wallen Bethel - see Bethel Wallen	Washington		Alternate name		FG
181	Water's Family	Washington	1850	Inactive - private	Ph	FG
182	Watterson aka. Johnston or Wesley Chapel	Eel River	1835	No longer in use	Ph	FG
183	Wesley Chapel see Watterson	Eel River		Alternate name	Ph	FG
184	Whitney Family	Jefferson	1838	No longer in use	Ph	FG
185	Whittern Family - relocated to Monroeville	Monroe		Relocated
186	Williamsport - see Poe	Marion		IGS Index		FG
187	Woodburn German Lutheran - see Christ Lutheran	Maumee		Alternate name		FG
188	Woodburn Mennonite aka. Missionary	Maumee	1905	Active	Ph	FG
189	Yaggy	Cedar Creek	1833	Active	Ph	FG
190	Zion Lutheran at Bull Rapids	Maumee	1840	many in German	Ph	FG

All individuals indexed in the 1980's cemetery readings will appear in the results page using the search box at the top of any page or using the Name Only Index on the ACGSI site. The larger cemeteries like Lindenwood, Catholic, and others have separate cemetery indexes.

There are 20 townships in Allen County, Indiana. 190 known cemetery names, 127 cemetery locations, and some additional information may be listed. Cemeteries are organized by township. No cemeteries are known in Jackson Township. Indiana SHAARD - State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database allows guest access and provides detailed information such as GPS coordinates and maps on locations of Indiana Historical Structures including 145 cemeteries.

Mark Davis, owner of Stone Saver Cemetery Restoration gave a cemetery restoration presentation at the Allen County Public library in January 2009. He also gave a November 2011 "Hallowed Stones: Tombstone Restoration" program. Mark pointed out the possible damage to tombstones that can occur from chalk rubbings and other chemicals applied to old tombstones. I show on my personal web site that you can get much better tombstone photos by manipulating the angle of the sunlight based on the time of year and day the photos are taken. Mirrors and reflectors can be used when the sun does not provide the correct angle of lighting to create shadows as shown on Andrew W. Griffith's web page.

Grave Secrets is a 2009 newspaper article about local cemeteries.

The Second Correction Line passes through northern Allen County, Indiana which accounts for the offset of the northern townships and the tiny Scipio Township. It can be seen by zooming in on this 1866 General Land Office map in the Dave Ramsey Collection of antique maps.

Dick Eastman's Newsletter discusses converting addresses to Latitude and Longitude for easy GPS use.

Cemetery Preservation is a discussion by the Indiana DNR.

Indiana Cemetery Heritage Initiative

Indiana Cemetery Code Title 23 Article 14 Table of Contents

Allen County, Indiana Cemeteries

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Allen County, Indiana Cemetery Links

• American Battle Monuments Commission - overseas memorials for U.S. service members
• Association For Gravestone Studies
• Cemetery & Burial Ground Mandates and Laws - IN DNR - Indiana Department of Natural Resources
• Cemetery Preservation - IN DNR yearly Workshops
• Cemetery Symbolism - IN.gov
• Church Burial Records - ACPL Genealogy Center
• Epitaph Browser
• Find-A-Grave lists 155 cemeteries in Allen County with maps, some internments and photos for each cemetery
• Heritage Sign Initiative Indiana Cemeteries - IN DNR
• Indiana DNR Identifying Cemeteries
• Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project
• Indiana SHAARD - State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database - growing list of information on historic structures including cemeteries
• Laws Regarding Cemeteries in Indiana - IN DNR
• National Preservation Institute
• Online Indiana Death Records & Indexes
• Political Graveyard for Allen County
• Revolutionary War Salute - 2 newspaper articles October 11, 2009 - Salute at Leo
• Terms Used to Describe Cemeteries and Grave Markers - IN DNR
• U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs - Headstones and Markers

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Locations of Allen County, Indiana Municipalities and Townships

Infamous Burials

• Homer Van Meter, born in Fort Wayne, driver for John Dillinger, the bank robber born in Indianapolis, Public Enemy #1 wanted by the FBI, Clifford "Whitey" Mohler (1903-1968) an early accomplice, Samuel Goldstine (1890-1975) all are buried in Indiana

• Clifford "Whitey" Mohler an early accomplice died August 25, 1968 and is buried in Prairie Grove Cemetery in Fort Wayne.
• Dillinger cohort lures curious to local digs - July 5, 2009 Journal Gazette newspaper article about Homer Van Meter burial location in Lindenwood Cemetery.
• Homer Van Meter is buried in Lindenwood Cemetery in Section 4, Block 4, Row 2, Space 10. Grave Book on Facebook has location photos.
• The Broadway Bank location at Boadway and Taylor robbed by the Dillinger gang is shown in 1947 as a drug store on Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indaina Facebook page.
• Samuel Goldstine died May 19, 1975 and is also buried in Lindenwood Cemetery. Another Samuel Goldstein was mistakenly thought to be Dillinger's gang member dying in jail July 22, 1939 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio on the 5th anniversary of Dillinger's death.
• John Dillinger is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, third largest cemetery in the United States.
• Hammond, Indiana has The John Dillinger Museum Crime Doesn't Pay
• The state of Indiana lists John Dillinger Resources
• Charles Markley Was Framed web site looking into Dillinger cohort - may have been involved in a bank robbery in Sheldon (now Yoder), Indiana
• Google has a Timeline
• John Dillinger Hulu.com has the 1973 movie Dillinger
• Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp

Funeral Homes and Online Obituaries

• 1830's to 1900 Allen County, Indiana Church Burial Records at ACPL
• 1840's to the present Allen County Public Library Online Obituary Index
• 1900 to 1912 - Evangelical Messenger Obituary Index ACPL
• 4 part query on INALLEN - L Rootsweb Mailing List Archive resolved with use of ACPL online Obituary Index.
• Allen County Funeral Homes
• Allen County Funeral Services - list of companies
• Allen County Indiana Archive Obituaries submitted by volunteers - widely ranging dates
• All Funeral Homes.org - Funeral Home Directory
• Carmichael Funeral Service Obituaries
• Covington Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home Obituaries
• D.O. McComb and Sons Funeral Home Obituaries
• Fort Wayne Newspapers obituary index back to about 2003
• FSN Funeral Homes.com - Find A Funeral Home
• Funeral Homes near Fort Wayne - maps of locations
• Klaehn, Fahl, & Melton Funeral Homes - started in 1876 from Indiana History.org pdf
• Legacy.com online obituaries
• Newspaper Obituary Archive - nationwide search requires subscription

Allen County, Indiana Obituary Information

Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana newspaper obituaries can be searched on the Obituary Index of the The Genealogy Center online databases from over 500,000 entries from the Allen County Public Library starting in 1841 through the present time. Researchers can find microfilm of all of the Fort Wayne newspapers in the Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Center.

Copies of specific obituaries may be ordered by emailing Genealogy@ACPL.Info with the complete citation as found in the index. Cost is $2.50 per obituary, billed at the time of mailing. Response time is typically 4-6 weeks. Your complete name and mailing address must be included with your request. Most of the newspapers through 1920 are also accessible online through the Allen County Public Library computers and by subscription through Ancestry.com's online Historical Newspaper Collection.

Recent obituaries are online at Fort Wayne Newspapers using Legacy.com for archiving their obituaries and some local funeral homes have web sites. The online newspapers go back to 2003, but a year after publication expect to pay $2.95 per obituary for access to archived obituaries.

Richard Berkheiser used to post obituary abstracts from 2006 and 2007 for his Newspaper Tidbits Project on the Allen County, Indiana Rootsweb Mailing List

Old time obituaires were often quite blunt about cause of death, but today they rarely include death details. We have come to rely on cause of death on government certificates recorded in the county courthouse since they became the law in most states starting in the 1880's. A number of recent studies indicate that as many as a third of today's death certificates list the most likely cause of death rather than the actual medical cause of death making their value questionable. Unless a medical autopsy was performed, knowing human nature in todays society, we must wonder how accurate death certificates have ever been.

• Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation - professionally taken photographs of deceased infants donated by professional photographers nationwide. Many old baby photos from 100 years ago that look like sleeping infants were also deceased infants.
• Suicide cause of many deaths - City pauses to reflect on prevention of suicides September 9, 2009