Losantville, Indiana

The company first bought six acres of land of Joel N. Converse, west of the present city limits, between the pike and the railroad. They nest (in 1807), bought about one acre of Joel N. Converse, extending the ground north to the pike, and two acres southward to the railroad; plat recorded October 21, 1870. The third purchase was twelve acres west of the cre^k (1874), This last tjact, as also the new grounds south, has never been platted into lots. Cost of the grounds: six acres at IIOO per acre, $600; three acres at $150 per acre, $450; twelve acres at $200 per acre, $2,400; total, $3,450. The original six acres were platted into 825 lots, with suitable streets between the lots, the re'-ord of the plat being made July 28, 1803, and the new purchase north has been platted. The plat was recorded October 21, 1870; number of lots, 120; size of lots, eight to thirty feet wide; price of lots in general, $1.50 per foot front; price of lots on streeta, 10- per cent extra; price of lots at comers, 20 per cent exti'a; ownere of lots, 328; price of digging graves at first, $1.50. under ten years; $2 above ton years; price of digging granes now, $3 aud $4. The company has been somewhat crippled by the last purchase, being considerably in debt on account of it, and not much improvement has been attempted. However, a hedge has been set around the cemetery, and it is now in the second year's growth. The ground is well situated for the purposes of burial, being moderately rolling. Several lots have been set apart irrecoverably for the interment of soldiers, as also a considerable space for the use of non-lot owners. Many fine monuments and some costly ones have been erected at the graves of friends, and some shrubbery has been set, and fences placed around lots, and the cemetery begins to present a neat and tasteful, and even elegant appearance. Among others is found the beautiful shaft eroctt^l as a soldier's moniunont. It makes a fine display, and is a creditable and appropriate tribute to the memory of the brave departed. It is to be regi-etted that provision was not made for engraving upon the monument the several names of the soldiers at their respective interments. The Sextons have been as follows : First, Samuel Sutton, until April, 1872; second, F. A. Hinsch, until April, 1874; third, J. M. Wren, until December, 1875; fourth, B. F. Buckingham, to the present time, July 27, 1881.

Passage source: History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882.

Mr. Alexander was a very enterprising, hard-working citizen, entirely unleamou, but of good sense and with sound business judgment, very energetic and economical withal. Like the children of many another thriving, hard-working fnrmer, his family did not seem to acquire the habits of economy and thrift prac-' ticed by their father, and tho whole tract, except some fifty acres held by Isaac Alexander and his family, has hmg since slipped from the fingers of his descendants, leaving very little to show

Passage source: History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882.

The reputation, success and esteem attained by our worthy friend is an affecting example of what, in this blessed country of ours, a poor, friendless orphan lad may achieve by the Divine blessing upon his faithful and persevering labors. Be the motto of every poor orphan, and of everybody else as well -

Passage source: History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Union Township - it names this place 4 more 4 times.