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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