Huntington County IN Greenwood Cemetery

A new plat map of Greenwood Cemetery was drawn by the County Historical Society in
1972. Neither deeds or receipts were given with the purchase of the lots. The number
of graves on each plot was not given, nor was the size given. A number of the graves
date back over a century. The oldest recorded gravestone is that of Harriet Chambers,
born in 1845 and died in 1846. She was the daughter of David (1817-1870) and Hester
(1821-1907) Chambers. Another notable marker was that of Catherine Mize who died
Oct. 29, 1866 at the age of 105.

Greenwood was located on one of the oldest routes in the county. It is south of
Huntington  between the present Business IN 9 & 37 and the Huntington Bypass IN 9 &37.

"Some Cemeteries of Huntington CO IN 1977" located in Huntington CO Public Library,
Huntington IN p.17.

East section row #9 (cont'd)				East Section #10 (cont'd)
south to north						north to south
 
Lot #94 (cont'd)					Lot 96 (cont'd)
6-7 unmarked						4 Anna M.B. wife of
							       Phillip Mees
8 Nancy Black						       Died June 30, 1859
	Born Feb. 14, 1815				       Age 73 Y. 2 M. 22 D.
	In Co. Derry, Ireland				       "Weep not for me
	Married John Branyan					     my friend so dear,
	Mar. 16, 1836					       I am not dead
	Died Mar. 16, 1893					     but sleepeth here."

9 John Branyan					        5 Polly wife of	
	(illegible)						Henry Meese
	March 20, 1807					        Died May 31, 1866
	In the Co. Moneghan, Ireland				Aged 56 Yrs. 2 Mos. 10 Days
	Died Aug. 19, 1881					"Sigh not for me
	Aged 74 Years 5 Ms.					My trials have been great,
								But now 'tis true, I bid adieu
10 Robert Black						        And change my mournful 
	Born Nov. 15, 1821					state."
	In Derry County, Ireland
	Died June 18, 1898				6 Martin Z. Kimmel	
								Died Jan. 30, 1900
11 Unmarked							Aged 62 Y. 1 D.

       row #10					        7 Sarah his wife
       north to south						Died Aug. 22, 1875
								Aged 60 Y. 7 M. 10 D.

Lot #95, eleven graves					8-11   GARDNER
1-3 unmarked						     Sarah Gardner
								Born July 13, 1818
4      Jane Fisher						Died Sept.. 15, 1899
	Jan. 8, 1838					     William F. Gardner
	Aug. 17, 1904						Born Jan. 1, 1918
								Died May 23, 1874
5      Charles F. son of  				     Amanda E. Gardner	
       J.  A. & I. B. Chenoweth				        Born July 4, 1862
        Died March 24, 1883			                Died Oct. 7, 1863
        Aged 8 Yrs. 20 Ds.			             John F. Gardner
            "Suffer little children			        Born Sept. 14, 1841
             To come unto me,				        Died Jan 15, 1891
             For such is the 
             Kingdom of heaven."		        12   Franklin Gardner		
							        Died Jan 15, 1891
6-11 unmarked					                Aged 49 Y. 3 M. 28 D.

Walkway					                13-15 unmarked

Lot #96 fifteen graves				        Walkway
1-3 unmarked

One of the unmarked graves for the GARDNER'S belongs to Niel (Nerius) Gardner who is the
son of Sarah Wood Gardner and William F. Gardner. Information  was the obituary of Niel
Gardner in the Columbia City Newspaper July 23, 1902. Also John F. Gardner and Franklin
Gardner are the same person. He was my great-grandfather. There is a new single head stone
for the Gardners and John F. was included in the head stone for the family. There is an
original stone for Franklin Gardner still at the cemetery. I was able to visit the graves
a couple of years ago.

Rosemary Ward  rosward@earthlink.com. 01/22/99