Marion Township Cemeteries

Madison Township organized in August 1835

Hoagland and Poe are the main towns in rural Marion Township.

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Coleman Family Cemetery

West side of Marion Center Road, approximately one half mile south of the Maples, Wayne Trace, Adams Center, Marion Center Roads intersection

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Earliest date 1852. Not in use. At one time, had 25 to 30 markers. There are two new markers in this cemetery with deaths of 1996 and 1999. IN DNR Latitude 40.9986 Longitude 85.0569.

7 family generations lived on what is now a 35-acre homestead. Civil War veteran son, Augustus Coleman, of the 44th Indiana, lived here before he went off to war and died of disease. His father, Nathan Coleman, who came from Wales to Indiana in 1829, is also among those buried here according to this article: 'New house,' rich history 35-acre homestead dating to 1840s sees 7 generations of renewal by Rosa Salter Rodriguez published September 7, 2014 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.

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Hall Cemetery

Was located on the Emanuel Road ¼ mile north of the Hoagland Road. Plowed field on the Oscar Werling farm. Tombstones are missing. No longer exists. If you know anything about this cemetery please Contact Allen INGenWeb.

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Hitzeman Lutheran Settlement

Was located at the Minnick Road, just north of the Adams County line. (Fore-runner of Saint John's of Adams County). Burials were removed to Saint John, Bingen. Adams County, Indiana.

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Morton Family Cemetery

Located along the east bank of the Saint Mary's River, off the Marion Center Road, Poe, Indiana

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Earliest date April 1826 - 1868. No longer in use. 3 Morton family members were buried here - indicated by a wrought iron fenced in area and stone foundation. N DNR Latitude 40.9303 Longitude 85.0567.

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Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

South side near 9330 Wayne Trace in the woods off the road, ½ mile west of Soest Emmanuel.

The church property was purchased on February 1, 1852 and recorded on February 11, 1852, Allen County Deed Record O, pages 624-625.  The church records also began in 1852, and state that they changed from a Lutheran congregation to a Reformed-Lutheran congregation in 1872, when they split away from Emmanuel Lutheran, Soest, after merging with St. Paul Lutheran, Marion Township, to become Emmanuel Lutheran in 1871.  The last recorded event in the church records was in 1907. Not in use. IN DNR Latitude 41.0006 Longitude 85.0467.

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Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

South side of Thompson Road, on the south side of US 469. It is at the dead end of Thompson Road a half mile from the intersection of Marion Center Road and Thompson Road, about 500' off the road

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Earliest date 1844. Not in use. IN DNR Latitude 40.9886 Longitude 85.0658. The St. Paul Church moved to 9909 Wayne Trace and name changed to Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery.

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Williamsport Cemetery

See Poe Cemetery, the town and cemetery were originally named for William Essig who is buried here with his family. He donated land for the original church and cemetery. There is a badly eroded concrete memorial that originally contained words probably commemorating the family and their land donations. If anyone knows the original words on the stone or has a photograph please contact Stan Follis

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Page updated: November 29, 2023