Just forwarding - For more information see their web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/HallofShame/brainercem.html or contact Lois Mauk directly at: LoisMauk@home.com >Reply-To: "Lois Mauk" <LoisMauk@home.com> >From: "Lois Mauk" <LoisMauk@home.com> >Subject: Are you a McCAMISH or PLEW descendant? We need your help to save >the Brainer Cemetery in Sullivan Co., IN >Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 23:06:25 -0400 > >The Brainer Cemetery near Hymera in Sullivan Co., IN is about to be destroyed. >The Black Beauty Coal Co., which alleges it owns clear title to the cemetery, >has petitioned the Sullivan Superior Court for permission to excavate the >remains of 15 or more people buried there so that it can explore the site for >coal. > >Due to the damage that has already taken place at Brainer Cemetery, we know of >only one CONFIRMED burial here. The surname is McCAMISH. We believe there >may be PLEWs buried here as well. There are estimated by the coal company to >be at least 15 graves here. > >This sort of legalized cemetery destruction is nothing new; coal companies do >this in Indiana all the time. What's different in this situation is that we >have in place a network of people who are trying to stop this desecration or, >in the alternative, at least persuade the Court to compel Black Beauty Coal >Co. to disinter and immediately reinter the remains in an appropriate and >respectful manner. > >The deadline for filing objections is Thursday, May 4, 2000. We don't want a >repeat of what was done to Rhoads Cemetery and Wilhoit Cemetery!!! (The >remains from Rhoads Cemetery were "deposited" in an archeology laboratory in >Indianapolis for nearly 3 years before being unceremoniously "deposited" into >a single grave in an Indianapolis cemetery -- without benefit of family or >clergy being present. The remains from Wilhoit Cemetery are STILL in a >laboratory where they are being used for "research" purposes.) > >If you are a descendant of a person believed to be buried at Brainer Cemetery >or if you would like to get involved in protecting this site in this critical >battle, please go to the Brainer Cemetery page at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/HallofShame/brainercem.html >read the information there, read the Petition filed by Black Beauty Coal, read >the linked newspaper accounts and print out a "template" for filing your >objections with the Sullivan Superior Court. Remember: Your objections must >be received by the Court no later than Thursday, May 4th. > >Thank you! > >Lois Mauk >State Coordinator >Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp > >>