Hi, all. Thanks for all the responses, and I will try to keep up as best as I can. I have a good deal of info on the Casons in Indiana, and will try to help once I get a moment. I also have a nicely-bound book on Witts that someone sent me a couple years ago that I can look into too. I should have time to work on it in about two weeks. PS, I've been to the Cason Cemetery, and it has a history of sort of ups and downs. I tried to contact the relatives of the Champions buried there, but had no response. They had done some work back there, it seems, on their family stones, resetting them. Aside from my immediate family, our line of Casons (from Mary and Oliver Cason) has largely died out. There are very few Casons in Indiana, that I'm aware of. I know of some descendants of Samuel Cason in South Bend. The point being that you'll probably find it difficult to rally much physical assistance to maintain the cemetery. I've had conversations with the Twp Trustee some years back reminding her of the need to keep it mowed. Mickey Rogers

Mickey, Cheryl, and others. About the cemetery: you might be surprised who descends from Casons and others in the cemetery, whatever their surnames. I agree that the fate of some cemeteries seems to be better than others, but there is increasing awareness of these issues in Indiana. This includes the INPCRP group, more information at township trustee meetings, articles on fortunate or unfortunate events that occur to cemeteries, etc. I guess you need to know if the cemetery is on privately owned land, has even been deeded out, or has an active or inactive cemetery association. If the cemetery was deeded out, the township trustee has charge. And you know the saying about the squeaky wheel getting the grease. I have also had satisfactory results working through the issue of a derelict cemetery by networking with all folks I knew who could have an impact on the situation. I ended up secretary of a revived cemetery association, but frankly, I feel pretty good about that. I hope to still feel good about it when I have filled out all the paperwork for not for profit status.....and when working on a stone in 90 degree heat. And regarding distance: if you live a far piece from Boone Co, you can help with cost of materials. Or to pay for a professional to repair tombstones that you care about. Hope this doesn't sound preachy, it's just one of those areas I feel strongly about: respecting the monuments to the people who brought us where we are fortunate to be. Sharon At 02:04 PM 2/28/2003 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, all. > >Thanks for all the responses, and I will try to keep up as best as I >can. I have a good deal of info on the Casons in Indiana, and will try to >help once I get a moment. I also have a nicely-bound book on Witts that >someone sent me a couple years ago that I can look into too. I should >have time to work on it in about two weeks. > >PS, I've been to the Cason Cemetery, and it has a history of sort of ups >and downs. I tried to contact the relatives of the Champions buried >there, but had no response. They had done some work back there, it seems, >on their family stones, resetting them. Aside from my immediate family, >our line of Casons (from Mary and Oliver Cason) has largely died >out. There are very few Casons in Indiana, that I'm aware of. I know of >some descendants of Samuel Cason in South Bend. The point being that >you'll probably find it difficult to rally much physical assistance to >maintain the cemetery. I've had conversations with the Twp Trustee some >years back reminding her of the need to keep it mowed. > >Mickey Rogers > > >==== INBOONE Mailing List ====