Madison County, Indiana - Chapter 15: Charities and Cemeteries, 1914

Early Methods of Caring for the Poor - Madison County's First Poorhouse-^Later Poorhouses - The County Infirmary - Or¬ phans' Home - Associated Charities - St. John's Hospital - Sketch of its Founder - Country Graveyards by Townships - Groveland Cemetery at Pendleton - Odd Fellows' Cemetery at Alexandria - Park View - Elwood Cemetery - Grave Rob¬ bery - Anderson Cemeteries - Maplewood Association.

In the early years of Indiana's history the unfortunate poor were taken care of by the townships, each township having one or more officers known as overseers of the poor. It was customary for these overseers to "farm out" the paupers under their charge. The results obtained by this method were not always humane, as the one who bought the services of a pauper was more frequently interested in "getting his money's worth" than in the welfare of his bond servant. To the credit of Madison county, it can be said that the practice never prevailed here to any great extent, though a few such cases are on record. The minutes of the county board for the January term in 1834 contain the following entry:

"Now comes John Berry, one of the overseers of the poor of Ander¬ son township, and reports that, after due notice, he did, on the 11th day of December, 1833, farm out to Nathaniel Chapman, Lydia Passons, a pauper, for the term of one year for $11.75, he being the lowest bidder."

About this time the first steps were taken to build a poorhouse for the county. At the May term in 1834 the commissioners received the report of Joseph Shannon, county agent, which was as follows: "To the honorable Board of Commissioners of Madison county, building of a house advertised on the 26th of February and sold on the 7th day of April, 1834, to the lowest bidder, to wit: Jacob Shaul, for $20.00, he giving bond and approved security to have the poorhouse finished on or before the 5th day of May, on Section 15, northeast quarter, town 19, N. R. 7 E. Joseph Shannon, Agent."

The report was approved by the board and the county auditor was ordered to draw a warrant for $20 in favor of Jacob Shaul for build¬ ing a poorhouse. This poorhouse was located on the road later known as the Fishersburg pike, about two miles of the public square in Anderson. On December 7, 1847, William Sparks, James Bell and Bazaliel Thomas, county commissioner, sold to John Davis the east half of the northeast

Four years before that sale was made, the commissioners had pur¬ chased two acres of ground in what afterward became the South Park addition to the city of Anderson, the tract extending from Main to Pearl streets, between Nineteenth and Twenty-third. John Renshaw, county agent, awarded to John Jordan a contract for the erection of a 4 'county poor house, 20 by 30 feet square, two stories high, with a stone chimney / 9 for $100. This was an improvement over the $20 building erected in 1834, and with several additions and other improvements served the county as a home for the poor for over a quarter of a century.

At the March term of the commissioners ' court in 1853, Neal Hardy, William Sparks and Evan Ellis were appointed a special committee to examine farms for sale, report upon the prices for which they could be purchased, the character of the buildings thereon, and whether living water was plentiful upon such farms, with a view to establishing the county poor farm in a new location. If this committee ever carried out the investigations for which it was appointed, the records do not show the fact, but it is probable that nothing was done, as the poorhouse in the south part of Anderson continued in use until 1868. In that year it was sold and the commissioners purchased a farm in Richland town¬ ship of John Nelson and the paupers were removed there. In purchas¬ ing this farm an agreement was made with Mr. Nelson to act as super¬ intendent of the farm and keeper of the poor and he continued to act in that capacity until the board decided to purchase another farm, in a more desirable location, and erect a permanent poorhouse. This farm was afterward conveyed back to Mr. Nelson.

At a special session of the commissioners, held on July 5, 1877, the board purchased of Berryman Shafer 212 acres of land in Union town¬ ship, about four miles east of Anderson, and there permanently estab¬ lished the county infirmary. At the time of purchase there was a large brick residence on the farm and this was converted into a residence for the superintendent. Plans and specifications were advertised for, and on July 18, 1877, those submitted by Edwin May, an Indianapolis architect, were accepted. On September 3, 1877, the contract for the erection of a building was awarded to William B. Wright, of Anderson, for $7,200. It was completed in January, 1878, when the paupers were removed to the new institution, which was placed under the charge of A. J. Ross as superintendent, his wife at the same time being appointed matron. Re¬ cent improvements have been made, which gives Madison county one of the best infirmaries in the State of Indiana.

Some feeble attempts were made to care for the orphans and friend¬ less children of the county prior to 1885, but it was not until March 6, 1885, that any official action was taken by the board of county com¬ missioners. The records for that date contain the following entry :

"It is ordered by the board that a home for the friendless and orphan children of Madison county, Indiana, be purchased and established at such place in said county as said board of commissioners may designate.' 7 accompanied by the recommendation of the township trustee where the child resides that such child is a proper subject for relief in the county asylum. ' '

This was followed on December 8, 1885, by the appointment of a visiting committee, consisting of B. W. Scott, Mrs. Edward Roberts and Mrs. Leah M. Craven, though up to this time no home had been estab¬ lished. On March 17, 1886, Decatur Vandeventer and wife transferred to the county of Madison ten acres in the west half of the northwest quarter, section 19, township 19, range 8, for a consideration of $1,000, as a site for an orphans ' home. This tract is located in the southeast part of the city of Anderson, fronting east on Columbus avenue and north on Twenty-fifth street. In September after the purchase of the property Thomas J. Lyst was paid $63 for building a cistern, the first improvement made by the county. The old residence was used as the "home," Mrs. Henry C. Brown, Mrs. Allen Richwine and H. J. Blacklidge were appointed a visiting committee, and Mrs. Celia Hockett was installed as matron. She resigned on December 18, 1886, and Mrs. Mary C. Robertson was appointed in her place. Mrs. Robertson remained as matron for several years.

At first, the plan for caring for the children was to pay the matron so much daily for each inmate. The contract made with Mrs. Robert¬ son, when she first entered upon her duties, show's that she was to receive twenty-five cents per day for each child under her charge, for which she was to supply them with wholesome food and the necessary clothing, and to send them to the most convenient public school, the commissioners to furnish the books and other necessary school supplies, and to pay the matron's salary quarterly. This system was continued until in 1901. Late in the year 1900 a movement w r as started to organize a Childrens' Home Association, the principal object of which should be the finding of permanent homes with good families for orphans, friendless or abandoned children. The organization was completed in January, 1901, when the county commissioners turned over the buildings and grounds of the orphans' home to the association, which assumed control of the institu¬ tion on February 1, 1901, and is still in charge.

The present officers of the association are: Mrs. Wallace B. Campbell, president; Mrs. Isaac E. May, vice-president; Mrs. H. D. Webb, secre¬ tary; Wallace B. Campbell, treasurer. W. A. Harris is the superintend¬ ent of the home and Mrs. W. A. Harris is matron. Since the association took charge of the home the commissioners have annually made an appropriation for its support. Several essential improvements have been made in the property and the institution has been placed upon a more substantial foundation than under the old regime. From forty to sixty children have annually been placed in good homes, where they w r ill be cared for and educated. None of the officers or members of the Chil¬ drens' Home Association receives a salary, their labors being given for the good of humanity, and through their systematic and unselfish work the orphans' home of Madison county has been improved in character until it will compare favorably with such institutions elsew'here.

In the early part of 1903 there w ere a number of unemployed people in Anderson, many of w hom were both able and willing to w r ork, but w'ere unable to find any remunerative employment. These conditions led to the organization of the Associated Charities, which began its labors on May 7, 1903, with the following officers: W. JI. Stanton, president; Mrs. George J. Manning, vice-president; Mrs. C. W. Hooven, secretary; W. S. Poling, treasurer; Miss Anna Doan, general secretary. The plan and purpose of the organization is similar to those of organized charity work everywhere - to assist the worthy poor by giving them opportunities to find employment where it is possible to do so, rather than by dispensing charity with a lavish and indiscriminate hand.

Headquarters are maintained at 425 Union building, where the gen¬ eral secretary is in attendance every afternoon, except Sunday. Most of the work devolves upon the general secretary and in the ten years that have passed since the Associated Charities was first organized, this office has been held by four persons, viz: Miss Anna Doan, Miss Maud Prier, Miss Gertrude McCleery and Miss Leafy M. Wharton. The last named has held the position since June, 1912. In September, 1913, the officers were: Mrs. C. W. Hooven, president; A. W. Brady, vice-president; Mrs. G. A. Lambert, secretary; E. E. Luce, treasurer; Miss Leafy M. Whar¬ ton, general secretary; Earle Young, chairman of the finance committee.

Anderson has one charitable institution of which her citizens may well be proud, and that is St. John's Hospital, situated between Brown and Jackson streets, the grounds extending from Nineteenth to Twentysecond street. This hospital was made possible by the generosity of "Uncle" John Hickey, who on March 31, 1894, deeded the old Hickey homestead, occupying the above mentioned tract of ground, to "the trustees of the corporation of St. Mary's Academy, for the use and benefit of the Sisters of the Holy Cross." The deed of conveyance also contains the provision that if it should ever become necessary, for any reason, to sell the property the trustees shall invest the proceeds of such sale in other property, within or adjacent to the city of Anderson. Immediately after the conveyance was made and the trustees came into possession of the property a hospital was opened in the old frame resi¬ dence. The next year a two-story brick building, 65 by 95 feet, was erected and equipped with every modern hospital appliance for the treat¬ ment of diseases or the performance of surgical operations. This build¬ ing was so designed that it could be added to, should the occasion ever require, and in 1900 it was improved ^nd extended, making the hospital one of the best in the state of Indiana. Although the institution is the property of and under control of the Catholic Sisters of the Holy Cross, many public spirited citizens of Anderson contributed to the building fund, confident in the belief that the hospital would be impartially managed. And this has been the case. Its doors and bene¬ fits are open to the afflicted, without regard to race, social condition or religious affiliation.

John Hickey, the founder of this institution, was a native of County Wicklow, Ireland. He came to Anderson in 1853 and there accumu¬ lated enough of this world 's goods to give him a competence. In giv¬ ing the old homestead for a hospital site he might have perpetuated his name by a stipulation that the institution should bear the name of "Hickey Memorial Hospital," or some similar appellation. But this he did not do. He gave the ground to an organization of the church in which he had been reared, confident that the benefits of the hospital would be administered in that broad catholic spirit which has always been a distinguishing trait of hospitals of this character. "Uncle John" Hickey, as he was affectionately called by his many friends, died a few years ago in Anderson. His familiar face is missed upon the streets of the city where he so long made his home, but the hospital he established is an enduring monument to his unselfishness and char¬ itable disposition.

In the settlement of a new country, one institution that must be established, yet one that the settlers are loath to see make its appear¬ ance among them, is a burial place for the dead. Scattered over the county of Madison are a number of country graveyards, most of which have no special history. When the first death in a community would occur some one would donate a piece of ground for a burial place and this would be the beginning of a cemetery. Frequently no deed of such a tract was made to trustees and entered upon the records. As the old settlers died or moved away these graveyards often fell into disuse, were neglected and in many instances only a trace of them remains. As far as possible a list of these country graveyards is given by town¬ ships, and where any one of them has a recorded history it is noted.

In Adams township there is a small burial ground on section 10, near the northeast corner of the township. The Gilmore cemetery, on section 17, was laid out in 1833, on ground donated for the purpose by Hugh Gilmore. His wife, Lucretia, died in February, 1833, and her remains were the first to be interred upon the tract set apart by her husband as consecrated ground for a neighborhood cemetery. On sec¬ tion 18 there are two cemeteries. One near the Lutheran church, near Ovid, and another a short distance further southwest, on the John S.

Davis farm. On section 20, on the south bank of Lick creek and about half a mile west of the Big Four Railroad, is another graveyard, and the Collier cemetery is situated on section 35, on land donated by J. F. Collier in 1836 as a burial place in connection with the Baptist church. Mr. Collier's son Amos, who died on January 3, 1836, was the first one to be buried in this cemetery.

In Boone township the plat books show a cemetery on the old Dickey farm, near the center of section 10, and another on section 21, near the site of the old village of Forrestville, which was laid out in 1850. It is probable that this graveyard was established about the same time.

In the southern part of Duck Creek township, on the line between sections 2 and 35, is a cemetery that was evidently established at an early date, as is shown by the fact that when a public highway was established on the section line a detour was made to the southward around the graveyard to avoid disturbing the resting place of some of the old pioneers of the township.

There are a number of burial places in Fall Creek township, where the first settlements in the county were made. As recorded in chapter Y, the first deaths in this township were those of a Mr. Martin and his wife, who were buried in one grave, near a large oak tree, in the western part of the present town of Pendleton, though no regular cemetery was ever established at that place. A short distance east of the village of Huntsville, near the center of section 15, is an old bury¬ ing ground, on what is lmown as the Aiman farm. Just a mile w r est of it, on section 16, is the old Falls cemetery, which is now controlled by the Grovelawn Cemetery Company.

Samuel Irish donated a tract of ground here for burial purposes and the Falls Cemetery Association w r as organized on December 16, 1864, with Dr. M. G. Walker as president; T. G. Mitchell, secretary; J. 0. Hardy, treasurer; W. A. Baker and David Bowsman, directors. The cemetery established by this association is immediately south of the old Falls graveyard on the tract donated by Mr. Irish, on the northeast corner of the southw-est quarter of section 16.

The Grovelawn Cemetery Company w r as incorporated on July 25, 1902, with a capital stock of $22,500. Of this stock $7,500 is known as common stock and the remainder is preferred stock. Ample provisions are made in the articles of incorporation for the redemption and can¬ cellation of both the common and preferred stock of the company. Soon after being incorporated the company purchased fifty-seven acres of land immediately across the Anderson pike from the old Falls ceme¬ tery. In an announcement by the company it is stated that "A satis¬ factory arrangement has been made with owmers of lots in the old Falls cemetery, in w T hich there are no longer any lots for sale, whereby these old burying grounds, w r hich are adjacent to the new grounds and only separated from them by a highway, become a part of the grounds of the new* association and governed by its rules. These old cemetery grounds compose about eight acres of land, and the grounds purchased by the new association fifty-seven acres, thus making sixty-five acres in all under the ownership and care of Grovelawm Cemetery Company. The needs of the community for burial purposes, it will therefore be seen, have been amply provided for for more than one hundred years .' 9

R. Ulrich, a landscape architect of national reputation, was engaged to prepare plans for the walks and drives through the grounds and make such suggestion as his knowledge and experience might dictate for otherwise beautifying the grounds.

One thing has been done by the Grovelawn Cemetery Company that deserves especial commendation. Thomas M. Pendleton, the founder of the town that bears his name, was buried upon the farm he owned at the time of his death. The new company removed his remains from the neglected grave and reinterred them in a prominent place in the new cemetery, marked by a "beautiful monument purchased by voluntary contributions from persons who were pleased thus to honor his memory."

The officers of the company in 1913 were: W. F. Morris, president; J. Q. Reid, vice-president; W. H. Aiman, secretary; A. B. Taylor, treasurer. These officers and J. D. Kinnard constitute the executive committee and all are members of the board of trustees. The other trustees are C. L. Henry, W. H. Lewis, D. J. Williams, 0. W. Brownback, G. D. Barrett, Elmer Hester, T. M. Hardy, George P. Frank, George P. Longnecker and 0. H. Burdett.

Another old country graveyard in Fall Creek township is situated in the southeast quarter of section 22, near the old Friends church established there many years ago, and still another is on the south bank of Lick creek, near the site of the old village of Menden. Here Ralph Williams, Mrs. Manly Richards and other Fall Creek township pioneers are buried.

Pleasant Valley Methodist church, located in the northeastern part of Green township, was organized in 1841. In 1857 William A. Wil¬ liamson donated a tract of land near the church for burial purposes and this is known as Pleasant Valley cemetery. The first to be buried here was a little daughter of J. W. Ford, who died on March 30, 1858.

Beech Grove cemetery was established in the latter part of the year 1871, when the German Baptists of Beech Grove church pur¬ chased two acres of ground from David Richards, in the southeast quarter of section 21, near the church, and set the tract apart as a graveyard in connection with their church. The first to be interred here was Washington Pettigrew, who died in the fall of 1872.

At Mount Carmel Methodist church, near the present town of Ingalls, a cemetery was laid out in 1862 on land donated for the pur¬ pose by James Jones. In July of that year George Clayton, a private of the Second Indiana Cavalry, died while at home on furlough and his remains were the first to be interred in Mount Carmel cemetery. He was buried with military honors.

On the Doty farm, about two miles west of Ingalls and not far from public school No. 1, in Green township, is a small graveyard where some of the early settlers of that locality are buried.

Four country graveyards are marked on the plat books for Jacknear the southern border of section 13, which is the northeast corner son township. One is on the bank of a little tributary of Pipe creek, section of the township. The second is on the Foland farm, near Pipe creek and public school No. 3, in the northwest quarter of section 27. The third is situated on the south bank of White river, a short dis-

.When the Pan Handle Railroad was built through Lafayette town¬ ship in 1856, John Keller started ''Keller's Station" about a mile and a half northwest of the present village of Florida. A little east of the station a graveyard was established on the southwest quarter of section 15, where several of the early settlers are buried. Keller's Station did not long survive and the graveyard is now seldom used, except by some family whose relatives were buried there at some period in the past.

About four miles northeast of Alexandria, on the south bank of Pipe creek and in the southwest quarter of section 10 is a small ceme¬ tery that dates back to the settlement of that part of Monroe township. There is another little cemetery about a mile southeast of the old vil¬ lage of Osceola, on a small tributary of Lilly creek. A third is located on section 22, a short distance southeast of Orestes, and near the north¬ west corner of the township is the old Mount Tabor cemetery, which was established in connection with Mount Tabor Methodist church, about 1850. There is also a small graveyard just east of the road running from Alexandria to Anderson, liear the southern border of the town¬ ship.

There is a small cemetery between Jackson and Monroe streets, just east of Harrison, in the city of Alexandria, though there have been no interments here for several years. In the early '70s Necessity lodge, No. 222, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Alexandria, realizing the need for a cemetery conducted on modern principles, purchased a tract of ground south of what is now Fourth street and east of Park avenue, laid out the walks and drives, and put the property in charge of a board of trustees composed of members of the lodge. Subsequently some additional ground was purchased, extending the cemetery south to Sixth street, and including in all about twenty-five acres. Burials in this cemetery are not confined to members of the order, but are open to the general public. This is the only cemetery in the county owned and managed by a fraternal organization and it is one of the prettiest in Madison county.

On March 13, 1908, the Park View Cemetery Association, of Alex¬ andria, was incorporated with M. M. Walker, president; Harry M. Adams, vice-president; Virgil S. Day, secretary, and Vernon II. Day, treasurer. The capital stock of the association was fixed at $5,000 and a tract of ten acres, immediately south of the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, was purchased and laid out- for burial purposes. This is one of the newest cemeteries in the county, and while there have been but few burials so far, there is every prospect that it will become one of the most beautiful, as the association is exercising great care in looking after the grounds and keeping them in the best of condition.

In Pipe Creek township there are two graveyards near Frankton - one south of the town, near the township line, and the other north of Pipe creek, not far from the Pan Handle Railroad. There is also a small cemetery on the Shell farm, in section 11, near the southern boundary of the township, and another in the northeast corner of the same section. Other old-time graveyards in this township are in the west side of section 19, near the Big Branch; near the center of section 21, about a mile southwest of Elwood; and in the southeast corner of section 30, about three-fourths of a mile north of Frankton.

The Elwood Cemetery Association was incorporated in April, 1895, by Daniel King, Thomas Dehority, L. M. Good, Lewis Hefner and Dr. Daniel Sigler. On the bank of Duck creek, south of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad and extending from Tenth to Thirteenth streets, was an old graveyard that had been established soon after the town of Quincy was laid out in 1853. No one was responsible for its care except the persons whose relatives and friends were there interred and this voluntary service was not sufficient to prevent the place from becoming unsightly by being overrun with weeds and shrubbery. Moreover, the growth of Elwood from a small town to a city of con¬ siderable portions, after the discovery of natural gas, made it essential that a cemetery association be incorporated, with power to assume the management of the burial place. The old graveyard was therefore turned over to the association and in a short time presented a different appearance.

The site of this cemetery is naturally^ pretty, and since the improve¬ ments made by the association it has become one of the handsomest "cities of the dead" in Madison county. In this cemetery is the vault or mausoleum erected by Dr. Stanley W. Edwins, which is considered to be the finest in the county. It is built of dressed Indiana oolitic lime¬ stone, is elevated above the adjacent driveway and is approached by a flight of six stone steps. Inside the structure are marble sarcophagi, stone vases and urns for flowers, etc. This tomb was erected by Doctor Edwins in memory of his daughter, Mrs. Flora M. Howe, whose remains are therein deposited. The cost of the vault was about $4,000. There are also a number of fine monuments in the Elwood Cemetery, most of which have been erected since the organization of the association.

In 1891 Bishop M. E. Campion, of the Fort Wayne diocese, con¬ secrated a tract of five acres of ground one and a half miles southwest of Elwood for a cemetery for St. Joseph's parish of the Catholic church. Since the establishment of this cemetery about four hundred and fifty bodies have been there interred. According to the custom of the Cath¬ olic church it is under the care of a sexton, who keeps it in order, and it is one of the really pretty burial places of the county.

The plat books of Richland township show three graveyards, all of which were established years ago. The first is in section 5, near the northern boundary; the second is at the .cross-roads on the southern line of section 11, and less than a mile west of the Delaware county line; and the third is in the northwest quarter of section 19, a short distance southeast of the old village of Prosperity.

Two miles northeast of Fishersburg, on the road running to Ander¬ son, is an old graveyard, where a number of the pioneers of Stony Creek township are buried. Near the southern line of section 28, a short distance south of the town of Lapel and on the banks of Stony creek, is another cemetery, which is used by the people of Lapel and Fishersburg.

ter's Field/ ' where the inmates of the county infirmary who die while in that institution are buried. Other cemeteries in this township are located in the southeast quarter of section 23 and near the center of section 35. There is also a family burying ground on the old Clem farm near the west side of section 34.

Only two cemeteries are shown on the plat of Van Buren township. One of these is located in the northwest quarter of section 17, a short distance west of the Michigan division of the Big Four Railroad and less than half a mile south of Zion church. The other is at the old Christian church about a mile south of Summitville. The ground for the latter was donated for a graveyard by Thomas Cartwright soon after the township was settled.

About half a mile southwest of the old Moss Island Mills, on the north side of the Perkinsville pike, is a small graveyard, which is one of the oldest in Anderson township. In the extreme southeast comer of section 22, near the line of the Union Traction Company and the road leading to Pendleton, is another old-time graveyard, and three miles south of Anderson, on the New Columbus pike, is the Whetstone cemetery. This burial place aquired considerable notoriety in the early part of 1876, through the robbery of one of its graves. Mrs. Abner Brothers, a young and popular woman, who had been married but a short time, died early in the year and was buried here. On the night of January 14, 1876, John Stewart and Tunis Whetstone, returning home from a dance, upon approaching the cemetery noticed a team hitched to the fence, with two men not far from the buggy, and in the moonlight saw the nude corpse of a woman that had just been taken from the grave. They hurried to the residence of Dr. Railsback, a short distance north of the graveyard, and after arousing him started to alarm other persons living in the neighborhood. While they were thus en¬ gaged the two grave-robbers took the body and drove toward Anderson as fast as the horses could go.

An investigation the next morning disclosed the fact that the body of Mrs. Brothers was missing from the grave. Henry McDaniel, a brother-in-law of Mr. Brothers, and some of his friends hurried to Indianapolis, where they found the body in the dissecting room of one of the medical colleges. Suspicion pointed to a medical student that had been reading under Dr. Zimri Hockett, of Anderson, and it devel¬ oped in the investigation that the team and buggy used in carrying away the body belonged to Dr. Hockett. Marshal Daugherty went to Indian¬ apolis to arrest the student, who was then attending the college, but some of his friends warned him in time for him to make his escape. It was afterward learned that the intention was to take the body of a* pauper named Taylor, who had recently been buried in the cemetery by the township trustee, and that the resurrectionists made a mistake in the grave. The student remained away from Madison county until the excitement died away, when he returned to Anderson. While the excite¬ ment was at its height some people were inclined to think that Dr. Hockett was connected with the robbery, but it was afterward made plain that he was blameless, the body snatchers taking his team and buggy without his knowledge or consent.

At the March session in 1832 the county board ' 4 Ordered, that Wil¬ liam Curtis, agent of Madison county, for Andersontown, the seat of justice of said county, do make and execute to John Berry, in consider¬ ation of a certain lot of ground, by said Berry transferred, for the purpose of a burying ground, a deed for lots No. 15 and 16, in the south¬ east square of Andersontown. "

Two years later, in January, 1834, the board again took action upon the subject of a burial place, the records of that session showing that it was ''Ordered, That Joseph Shannon be, and he is hereby, appointed agent for the seat of justice of Madison county, and that he is hereby instructed to receive a good deed of John Berry for a burying ground, agreeably to said Berry's undertaking, and also to collect the amount of the donation subscribed thereon."

The records do not show that a deed was ever executed by Berry, nor can the "amount of the donation subscribed thereon" be learned. This was the first cemetery at Anderson. It was located at the east end of Bolivar (now Tenth) street. In 1839 Collins Tharp donated a small tract of land situated on the west side of Delaware street, between Elev¬ enth and Twelfth streets, as a site for a Methodist church and burial place. Most of the bodies buried in the first cemetery were removed to the new one, but a few years after the Civil war the knoll upon which the old cemetery had been situated was removed by the Pan Handle Railroad Company and a number of human bones were found. These were loaded on the cars and hauled away, with the gravel which was being used as ballast along the line of the road.

In 1863 the Anderson Cemetery Association was formed and a tract of ground north of the river was purchased as a site for a new place of sepulture. By this time the old Tharp graveyard was practically sur¬ rounded by residences and those buried there were removed to the new cemetery across the river. Some of the coziest residences in Anderson now occupy the ground that was formerly the Tharp graveyard.

St. Mary's cemetery was established by the Catholic church in 1867, when a tract of ground, a litle south of Twentieth street and extending from Brown to Lincoln streets, was purchased as the parish burial ground. A little later it was consecrated according to the ritual of the church and the first one to be buried here was Michael, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carmody. This cemetery is directly opposite St. Mary's hospital.

Last but not least is the beautiful Maplewood cemetery, which lies just across the highway from the Anderson cemetery established in 1863. Maplewood Cemetery Association was incorporated on February 17. 1902. The original trustees were George Lilly, John H. Terhune, William H. H. Quick, James J. Netterville, Thomas N. Stilwell, Albert A. Small, James A. Van Osdol, John L. Forkner, James Wellington, Willis S. Ellis, John P. Sears, George E. Nichol, Charles L. Henry, Dale J. Crittenberger and William H. Stanton. With the exception of Messrs. Terhune, Wellington, Small and Sears, the original members still serve on the board. Terhune and Wellington are deceased. In 1913 the officers of the board were: George Lilly, president; Will Surbaugh, sec¬ retary; George N. Nichol, treasurer.

Soon after the association was incorporated a tract of about 216 acres of ground, situated immediately east of the old Anderson cemetery, was purchased and R. Ulrich, a landscape architect, of Brooklyn, New York, was engaged to lay out and plat a cemetery according to the most approved designs of modern times. Upon the grounds is a natural grove of about thirty-five acres and in the open places some 800 trees have been planted. The work of improvement is still going on, the drive¬ ways are being macadamized, etc., and to this work lot owners are not asked to contribute, the entire cost being paid by the association.

In 1907, when those having friends buried in the old cemetery across the road saw what the Maplewood Association was doing, a movement was started to have the old graveyard placed under the association's care. A fund of $10,000 was raised by subscription and paid to the asso¬ ciation in consideration of its assuming the perpetual care and control of the old cemetery, and a contract to this effect was consummated. The association then assumed control of the old cemetery, which is now known as West Maplewood, and began the work of clearing away the weeds and briers with which it was overrun. In the six years that have elapsed since that time the old cemetery has put on a new appearance.

The Maplewood Association was not organized for profit. It was projected and maintained by men whose chief desire was to give to the people of Anderson and vicinity a burial ground of which they need not feel ashamed. It is the plan that, when the debts of the association are paid and the current operating expenses are provided for, the entire income shall be used in further improving and beautifying the grounds. The capital stock of the association is $75,000, of which $25,000 is com¬ mon and $50,000 preferred stock. Article III of the articles of incor¬ poration provides that "All funds of the corporation raised by the issu¬ ance of capital stock shall be used in the purchase and improvement of real estate acquired for cemetery purposes; and all funds arising from the sale of burial lots or burial permits shall be used to retire the capital stock as herein before provided, and in the improvement of the property of the corporation and in the acquisition of additional property and improvement thereof, all of which shall be used for cemetery purposes. It is specifically understood and agreed upon that and provided that all funds received by the corporation from the sale of burial lots and burial permits not required for the care and improvement of the cemetery property, the payment of necessary and proper expenses and the retire¬ ment of capital stock, as herein provided, shall be kept and used as a sacred fund for all time for the improving, ornamenting and caring for the cemetery property."

Further on in the articles it is stipulated that the 4 4 provision regard¬ ing the funds of this corporation shall never be changed or modified, it being a fundamental principle upon which this corporation is organized that no profits shall inure therefrom to any person or persons, either by virtue of their being stockholders or owners of lots or burial per¬ mits under this corporation, save and except the dividends herein before specified to be paid on the preferred capital stock." most beautiful in the state. The natural features are well adapted to the purpose and the work so far done justifies the prediction that the Maplewood Cemetery of the future will be still more attractive than it is at present.

Much credit is due to William H. Stanton, the first president of the association, for the beautiful appointments of Maplewood cemetery. He visited a number of cities and studied their cemeteries, and with the knowledge thus gained he was able to pursue his work intelligently until he succeeded in laying the foundation of a plan that has made Maple¬ wood one of the beauty spots of Madison county.