Crows Nest Cemetery (WA033)
 
WashingtonTownship, MarionCounty, IN
 
CROWS NEST CEMETERY  AKA: KRISE / HESSONG / SCOTT FARM
7809 SUNSET LANE  /  WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP / MARION COUNTY, INDIANA
 
Established  ca. 1838     On-site documenting compiled by Bob Alloway    June 2004
 
Directions: Take Kessler Blvd, ¼ mi. East of Illinois St. turn South onto Sunset Lane and before 5807, the Eli Lilly estate, turn left onto dirt road and go back over lawn to opening in trees. Cemetery is behind estate. 
 
For more info: Washington Township Trustee  www.washtwp.org
From March thru June 2004, cemetery has been totally restored, the last of the 6 abandoned pioneer cemeteries in Washington Township to it`s former glory. By John Walters, of Grave Yard Groomers, cemetery restorationist professionals!
 
Plat
Location
12        BACON, Dema – d. Feb. 2, 1855  27y 8m 2d   wife of Joel M.
11        BACON, Infant – d. Feb. 17, 1855 son of Joel  M. & Dema  aged 26d
09        BACON, Joel M. – d. Aug 23, 1870   49y 1m 19d
14        BACON, Lucy F. – d. July 21, 1850  5m 26d  daughter of Joel M. & Dema
13        BACON, Sarah L. – d. Jul 7, 1851  5y 1m 12d  daughter of Joel M. & Dema
10        BACON, ???  weathered stone - Can not read
50        BRYANT, C.F. – Co. C, 124th Indiana Infantry
06        BRADLEY, Catherine
06        BRADLEY, Martin L. – d. Jan 1858  age 6 months  son of W.D. & S.A.
44        BOMGARDNER, Rebecca F. – d. Aug. 29, 1854  1y 6m 10d  daughter of I. & E.
00        COLE, Albert Maynard  - 1870 – 1928  HIS ASHES – MISSING STONE
55        DAY, George H. – No death date / Age 38 years / son of Uriah & Elizabeth C.
54        DAY, Isaac – d. Dec. 21, 1871, 69y 10m 19d, husband of Nancy
53        DAY, Nancy – b. Feb. 25, 1800  d. Sep. 3, 1869 wife of Isaac
47        EARLEY, Lafayette M. – d. Oct. 17, 1880  9m 4d
15        HARDING, William F. – d. Jul 23, 1877  5y 12d  son of G. & H.E.
35        HESSONG, B.F. – d. Sep. 17, 1865  30y 9m 26d  son of Peter & Catharine  epitaph:
                Thou art gone to thy rest brother, we will not weep for thee, for thou art now where oft
                On earth, thy spirit longed to be, thou art gone to thy rest brother, death had no sting for
                Thee, thy dear redeemers, might hath gained for thee the victory.
31        HESSONG, Catharine – d. Aug. 8, 1845  38y 1m 9d  wife of Peter
42        HESSONG, David – d. Apr. 14, 1883  72y 5m 3d  husband of Rebecca
43        HESSONG, Ernest F. – d. Jun. 10, 1874  age 3m 25d  son of George M. & Susan
37        HESSONG, Henry M. – d. Feb. 4, 1847  age 9m  son of David & Rebecca
41        HESSONG, Infant daughter of David & Rebecca   No dates
39        HESSONG, Ira Isaiah – d. Feb 17, 1856  age 10m 17d  son of David & Rebecca
40        HESSONG, Laura Jane – d. Mar. 13, 1857  age 11d  daughter of David & Rebecca
32        HESSONG, Marinda – d. Aug. 11, 1850  age 1y 8m 27d daughter of Peter & Sarah
33        HESSONG, Peter – d. Oct. 11, 1860  57y 11m 25d  Wives Sarah & Catharine
30        HESSONG, Rebecca F. – d. Sep. 8, 1847  age 2y 7m 13d  daughter of Peter & Catharine
42        HESSONG, Rebecca (Bomgardner) – d. Jan. 2, 1870  age 54y 3m 18d  wife of David
34        HESSONG, Sarah (Vanscyoc) – d. Aug. 20, 1879  age 61y 8m 25d  wife of Peter
38        HESSONG, Sarah F. – d. Sep. 16, 1851  age 6y 5m 29d  daughter of David & Rebecca
36        HESSONG, William D. – b. Nov. 27, 1853  d. Jul. 18, 1854    son of David & Rebecca
66        HUBBARTT, Drucilia – d. Oct. 25, 1870  age 39y 2m 23d  wife of George G.  epitaph:
              Gone home to wait for my friends.
65        HUBBARTT, George G. – b. Jul. 20, 1831  d. Dec. 16, 1878    husband of Drucilia
64        HUBBARTT, J.R. – d. Aug. 31, 1864  35y 3m 13d  epitaph:  He was a soldier in Co. D,
               3rd Regiment, Missouri Calvary and died of disease contracted in the Army.
60        HUBBARTT, John G. – b. Aug. 17, 1826  d. Jan. 8, 1880    epitaph: Served 4 years in the late war.
63        HUBBARTT, Nancy – d. Apr. 1, 1865  76y 4m 2d  wife of James  epitaph: These are
               they, which came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them
               while in the blood of the lamb.
24        KEELER, Charlotte – d. June 19, 1850 age  6m 29d  daughter of F & R
25        KEELER, Rachel – d.     Nov. 10, 1858  age 35y 5m  wife of Foster  epitaph:  When you
               unto my grave do go, the gloomy place to see, I say to you who stand and view, prepare to
                follow me.
28        KRISE, Catharine A. – d. Jul 16, 1844 - 23 years old - wife of John
26        KRISE, George W. – d. Mar. 7, 1848  age 1m 7d. – son of John & Mary  
27        KRISE, John – d. Jan. 16, 1881  age 76y 9m 15d - husband of Catherine A.
29        KRISE, Mary – d. Aug. 6, 1863  age not shown   epitaph: Sleep mother dear and take thy
              rest, God called thee away, he thought it best; it was hard indeed to part with thee,
              but God`s strong arm supported me.
46        LOCKE, Sammy – b. Feb. 12, 1871  d. Feb. 12, 1873     son of W & S
69        MALIN, James M. – d. Apr. 12, 1864 – age 8y 9m 5d – son of James & Mary A.
51        MEDSKER, Michael – b. Mar. 12, 1818  d. Sep. 23, 1866   – husband of Nancy
52        METSKER, Elmer Roscoe – d. Aug. 19, 1868 – age 1y 7m 6d – son of Michael & Nancy
56        METSKER, Sarah A. – d. Jul 5, 1863  age 11m 23d  daughter of M & N.A.
68        MILLER, Jacob – Company C. 42nd Indiana Infantry
18        MUSTARD, Caroline – d. Dec. 27, 1848  age 1m 11d.
17        MUSTARD, Joanna – d. May 20, 1861 – age 3y 9m 2d – daughter of J. & A.
00        OKEY, Lavina – b. Dec. 3, 1847  d. Mar. 22, 1875   – wife of Edward   MISSING STONE
45        OKEY, Peter – b. Aug. 2, 1880  d. Sep. 19, 1880   – son of E. & M.
48        OKEY, Viola B. – b. Jan. 16, 1870  d. Jul. 21, 1871    daughter of E. & L.
00        PARSLEY, Martha d. Apr. 3, 1865  (also 2 infant children) age 42y wife of James
49        PRUITT, Theodore – b. Oct. 22, 1879  d. Mar. 30, 1881 
16        ROBERTS, Anna (Vanscyoc) – b. Dec. 15, 1800  d. Sep. 7, 1863    epitaph:  She was
               lovely, she was fair, and for awhile was giving, an Angel came and claimed his own,
               and took her home to Heaven.
08        ROBERTS, Jacob – b. Aug. 10, 1802  d. Mar. 9, 1875    -  husband of Ruth Vanscyoc
05        ROBERTS, John A. – b. Feb. 5, 1867  d. Jul 30, 1881    son of Martin & Elizabeth A.   age 14y 5m 15d
04        ROBERTS, Mary – d. Feb. 27, 1879  age 46y 3m 25d 
07        ROBERTS, Ruth J. (Vanscyoc) – b. May 22, 1806  d. Feb. 21, 1858    51y 8m 30d  wife of Jacob   
70        SAVAGE, Albert – b. Mar. 29, 1874  d. Jul 31, 1875    son of T.J. & D.
67        SHARPE, David – d. Jun. 27, 1860  age 58y 7m 27d
62        SHEPARD, Mary – d. May 5, 1866  age 11y 9m ?d
57        SHOCK, Jacob – d. Feb. 19, 1866  age 44y 10m 28d
02        STANLEY, Amanda E. – d. May 3, 1867 – 14y 9m 22d – daughter of I.L. & E.  epitaph:
               Amanda is dead, a child as sweet and fair, as opening rosebud, in the morning air.
03        STANLEY, Daniel – d. May 17, 1868  age 25y 4m 17d   
01        STANLEY, Isaac W. – d. Aug. 24, 1873  age 25y 5m 18d - Masonic symbol - epitaph: A
              little time on earth be spent, till God for him his Angels sent, and then on time, he closed
              his eyes, to wake to glory in the skies.
59        SWORDS, Harriet E. – d. Sep. 24, 1862 daughter of John & J.
58        SWORDS, John – d. Dec. 26, 1862  age 40y 2m 12d  husband of J.
61        THOMAS, Elizabeth – b. Nov. 28, 1798  d. Oct. 7, 1878 
19        VANSCYOC, Caroline – d. Sep. 23, 1838  2y 10m 25d  daughter of Lorenzo & Hannah
20        VANSCYOC, Hannah (Roberts) – d. Sep. 8, 1838  - age 32y 3m 12d wife of Lorenzo
22        VANSCYOC, Infant son – d. Sep. 8, 1838 son of Lorenzo & Hannah 
              what happened in 1838 that took 3 lives within 30 days?
21        VANSCYOC, Lorenzo – b. Jul. 22, 1805  d. Sep. 1, 1876   husband of Hannah Roberts
               1st married Esther Jane Mustard
23        VANSCYOC, Marinda – d. Feb. 9, 1846  age 1m 29d
  
The numbers on the left side correspond with the plat map I made.  Walt also found many stones under the soil which haven`t seen the light of day in years..Bob 
 

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