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Madison County, Indiana

Mt. Carmel Cemetery

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Green Township

Location: south side of Reformatory Road, east of CR 650W

    Mt. Carmel Cemetery is connected to one of the earliest churches established in Madison County--the Methodists.  Begun in 1825, the "Mount Carmel M. E. Church" initially held services in congregation members' homes until 1848.  In that year, the Methodists built a house of worship, and in 1862 land for the accompanying cemetery was donated by James Jones, who is buried here at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery.  The body of George Clayton was one of the veterans buried here.  During the Civil War, Clayton was a private in the 2nd Indiana Cavalry and died while he was on furlough at his nearby home.  He was buried with military honors in July 1862.

    One of the first pioneer settlers to the southern part of Madison County is also interred at Mt. Carmel.  Saul Shaul died November 7, 1861; he was "95 years, 9 months, and 8 days."  Saul's wife Elizabeth Ward, 1791-1873, is resting here with him according to family historians.  Saul and his family entered one of the first tracts of land as early as 1820 in section 30 of Fall Creek Township; this acreage borders Green Township.   The 1880 History of Madison County, Indiana states that Saul "cleared and improved [the land] by his own hand."    Pictures of the family and the farm with federal style house are on page 111.  Saul's descendents are shown on the 1876 plat maps as owning land in both townships.

    Another early family is that of the Whitecottons. George, 1809-1866, wife Angeline Dyson, 1821-1872, and son Sinclair are buried at this location.  Relative Moses was one of the first justices of the peace in the Fall Creek Township community, and he wrote all of his court docket and correspondence in rhyme (!).  (For more on this, go to the Fall Creek Township history page.)

    The Alfont family, members of whom lent their name to a hamlet in the southwest corner of the county, are represented here by the children of John Fremont Alfont and wife Martha Ann Welty: Nora E., Ollie, and Ruth A.

 

This open, grassy meadow is where a field of stones should be.

    Because of neglect in the earlier part of the 20th century, there are very few stones left standing at the Mt. Carmel.  Saul Shaul, discussed above, is now in an unmarked grave.

              

One of the few stones left standing is that of Olive and Samuel Gibson.  She died June 16, 1878, at "74Y 5M 39D."  He died May 1, 1873, at "72Y 20D."

A beautifully preserved stone from mid 19th century is Electa Givens'.  She was the wife of Jacob and died March 6, 1864, at "44Y 4M 27D."  Electa has the distinction of being the first white child born in Green Township--November 1820.  She was a Shaul.

   

Names
ID Names Birth Date Death Date Cemetery
632 ALFONT, FREMONT 1856 1900 MT. CARMEL
654 ALFONT/ALFORD, NORA E. 1885 1911 MT. CARMEL
655 ALFONT/ALFORD, OLLIE     MT. CARMEL
658 ALFONT;ALFORD, RUTHA     MT. CARMEL
4030 BENCH, ANN LOUISA 56Y. 4M. 5D. MAY 7, 1865 MT. CARMEL
4031 BENCH, MARGARET 59Y. 4M. JUN. 16, 1881 MT. CARMEL
4032 BENCH, SAMUEL 76Y. 9M. 15D. AUG. 1, 1888 MT. CARMEL
7845 BRUNNER, ANNA C. 1856 1915 MT. CARMEL
7846 BRUNNER, GEORGE C. 1851 1913 MT. CARMEL
7847 BRUNNER, JOHN H. 1851 1930 MT. CARMEL
8150 BURDITT, CHARLES 27Y. or 2Y. 6M. 25D. JUN. 8, 1877 MT. CARMEL
8412 BURTON, ROLLIE H., JR. 1911 1916 MT. CARMEL
10879 CLAYTON, B. E. 19Y. 4M. 28D. 1875 MT. CARMEL
10881 CLAYTOR, B. E. 19Y. 1M. 26D. SEP. 11, 1877 MT. CARMEL
10882 CLAYTOR, BARBARA 47Y. 11M. 1D. MAR. 12, 1880 MT. CARMEL
10883 CLAYTOR, GEORGE JUL. 16, 1824 JUL. 5, 1862 MT. CARMEL
10884 CLAYTOR, WILSON JAN. 15, 1854 DEC. 25, 1913 MT. CARMEL
12670 CORWIN, MOSES JAN. 5, 1793 APR. 13, 1869 MT. CARMEL
12671 CORWIN, REBECCA 73Y. 9M. 14D. FEB. 13, 1865 MT. CARMEL
12673 CORWIN, VILURA 70Y. 10M. 6D. FEB. 19, 1868 MT. CARMEL
13585 CRIST, JOHN 2Y. 28D. OCT. 28, 1896 MT. CARMEL
13741 CROSLEY, F. V. (SON) 11M. 27D. JAN. 30, 1870 MT. CARMEL
13744 CROSLEY, HOMER 8M. 12D. or 27D. JUN. 27, 1872 MT. CARMEL
13749 CROSLEY, MABLE G. 1Y. 10M. DEC. 2, 1885 MT. CARMEL
13750 CROSLEY, MARTHA G. 1Y. 10M. DEC. 3, 1885 MT. CARMEL
14046 CUMMINS, G. W. CO. A 5TH IND INF   MT. CARMEL
14047 CUMMINS, GEORGE W. 1833 DEC. 28, 1879 MT. CARMEL
14061 CUMMINS, LUCINDA C. 44Y. 7M. 27D. or 3D. APR. 8 or 9, 1881 MT. CARMEL
14075 CUMMINS, WILLIAM S. 25Y. 10M. 6D. NOV. 18, 1878 MT. CARMEL
14417 DANIEL, JAMES MC. 23Y. 4M. OCT. 2, 1864 MT. CARMEL
17841 EDISON, JACOB M. 25Y. MAR. 18, 1901 MT. CARMEL
17919 EDWARDS, MARY R. MAR. 4, 1838 JUL. 31, 1906 MT. CARMEL
17929 EDWARDS, ROBERT S. MAY 31, 1827 OCT. 7, 1907 MT. CARMEL
18018 ELBERT, CHARLES 2Y. 10M. 1D. FEB. 10, 1873 MT. CARMEL
22641 GIBSON, ELIZA JANE 39Y. 2M. 7D. FEB. 12, 1871 MT. CARMEL
22663 GIBSON, OLIVE 74Y. 5M. 3D. JUN. 16, 1878 MT. CARMEL
22668 GIBSON, SAMUEL 72Y. 20D. MAY 1, 1873 MT. CARMEL
23004 GIVENS, ELECTA 44Y. 4M. 27D. MAR. 6, 1864 MT. CARMEL
24759 GUY, JAMES T. 13Y. NOV. 1, 1850 MT. CARMEL
24760 GUY, JOHN 83Y. 7M. 10D. SEP. 9, 1902 MT. CARMEL
24761 GUY, JOHN F. 11Y. 5M. 22D. NOV. 16, 1851 MT. CARMEL
24763 GUY, LUVINA/LOUVINA 62Y. 10M. 16D. DEC. 3, 1888 MT. CARMEL
30865 HUMES, ISAAC L. NOV. 17, 1834 MAY 2, 1897 MT. CARMEL
31281 HUSTON, CYNTHIA C. 19Y. 5M. 14D. JUL. 26, 1864 MT. CARMEL
31283 HUSTON, DAVID E. 8 IND INF CO K   MT. CARMEL
31329 HUSTON, SENITH 28Y. 9M. 12D. JAN. 12, 1871 MT. CARMEL
33236 JONES, JAMES 65Y. 6M. 11D. JUN. 10, 1881 MT. CARMEL
33407 JONES, MEHETABEL 55Y. 3M. 15D. JAN. 19, 1874 MT. CARMEL
34404 KELLY, THOMAS L. 26Y. 10M. 15D. JUN. 22, 1873 MT. CARMEL
37108 LEARNED, ALETHA 44Y. 8M. 19D. FEB. 6, 1869 MT. CARMEL
39878 MARSH, CYNTHIA 85Y. 8M. 10D. NOV. 3, 1879 MT. CARMEL
39880 MARSH, DAVID 61Y. 4M. 4D. DEC. 10, 1881 MT. CARMEL
39913 MARSH, SARAH J. 45Y. 10M. 8D. JUN. 3, 1868 MT. CARMEL
41426 MCDANIEL, JAMES 1841 OCT. 2, 1864 MT. CARMEL
45662 NEAL, WILLIAM 80Y. 10D. 1864 MT. CARMEL
51815 RICHARDSON, WALTER M. JAN. 20, 1904 FEB. 27, 1907 MT. CARMEL
55667 SHAUL, MARTHA 69Y. 3M. 11D. JAN. 8, 1867 MT. CARMEL
55670 SHAUL, MELISSA O. 1Y. 10M. 2D. MAY 17, 1867 MT. CARMEL
55671 SHAUL, MELVIN O. 12Y. 1M. 26D. JAN. 4, 1867 MT. CARMEL
55691 SHAUL, SAUL 95Y. 9M. 8D. NOV. 7, 1861 MT. CARMEL
56551 SHUAL, MAGGIE     MT. CARMEL
57515 SMITH, (2 INFANT DAU.) OCT. 7, 1879 OCT. 7, 1879 MT. CARMEL
57520 SMITH, (INFANT SON)   JAN. 8, 1864 MT. CARMEL
57627 SMITH, CHARLES L. 8Y. 8M. 29D. JAN. 10, 1810 MT. CARMEL
57732 SMITH, EMILY 39Y. 10M. 11D. OCT. 23, 1881 MT. CARMEL
57816 SMITH, HANNAH J. FEB. 15, 1840 SEP. 17, 1928 MT. CARMEL
58069 SMITH, MELISSA O.   SEP. 1831 MT. CARMEL
58156 SMITH, ROSA ALICE JAN. 2, 1862 FEB. 15, 1865 MT. CARMEL
58167 SMITH, RUTH 66Y. MAR. 18, 1873 MT. CARMEL
58229 SMITH, WILLIAM FEB. 2, 1835 JAN. 12, 1909 MT. CARMEL
58437 SNYDER, MARY C. 48Y. AUG. 28, 1901 MT. CARMEL
67346 WHITECOTTON, ANGELINE 1821 MAR. 12, 1872 MT. CARMEL
67347 WHITECOTTON, GEORGE MAY 18, 1809/1819 MAR. 6, 1866 MT. CARMEL
67350 WHITECOTTON, SINCLAIR 21Y. 8M. 26D. JAN. 11, 1870 MT. CARMEL
68503 WILSON, DONA 6M. 7D. NOV. 6, 1859 MT. CARMEL
68506 WILSON, DORA 6M. 7D. NOV. 6, 1859 MT. CARMEL
68601 WILSON, LUVINIA E. 1M. 4D. OCT. 26, 1846 or 40 MT. CARMEL
68640 WILSON, OONA 6M. 7D. NOV. 6, 1859 MT. CARMEL
68654 WILSON, REBECCA 40Y. 18D.   MT. CARMEL
68680 WILSON, TIRRISSA T. 11Y. 9M. 28D. MAR. 25, 1865 MT. CARMEL