Rich, I would be delighted to view your photos, especially the memorial wall. I appreciate your helpful remarks. After reading the book that Kyle commented upon, I found the ancestor was more than likely buried in Cemetery Section 1 in the northwestern part of the hospital grounds. Those buried in Section 2,3,and 4 were too late for my friends ancestor. I took the paper in to Brian Spangle at the library to see if I had read the year date correctly. The month and day are very plain but the year is 186_. That last digit could be an 8, 0, or a 6. If you don't have the ancestor on your photos, then I guess I will have to persue other avenues. Thanks so much. Natalie Robling On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:24:00 -0500 "Rich Green" <rgreen@insightbb.com> writes: > Natalie, > > I located some of my photos from the Central State property. I do > have images of at least one side of the memorial wall that are > legible and I'll be glad to send them along to you if you like. > > Also, my recollection of the grave markers themselves was off a bit. > These are small rectangular concrete markers buried flush with the > red numbered tag affixed. I found a photo of one of these as well. > I believe there were a few stone markers just north of this area > that seemed to be related to this cemetery, but there weren't many. > > Let me know off list if you'd like me to e-mail the photos. > > Regards, > > Rich Green > Historic Archaeological Research > 4338 Hadley Court > West Lafayette, IN 47906 > Office: (765) 464-8735 > Mobile: (765) 427-4082 > www.har-indy.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Natalie Robling > To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 5:42 PM > Subject: [INPCRP] old cemetery-Indianapolis > > > Hi, > Hope someone can help me. A friend of mine had a relative that > died at > the Central State Hospital in Indianapols, IN in 1868. My friend > has the > actual written record of this from the hospital administrator. > The > record goes on to say he was buried on the grounds. > > I have a history of the hospital but the cemetery was not > mentioned. > Does anyone know if the cemetery still exists? Are there > tombstones? Is > there a list of those buried there and where would it be? > Natalie Robling > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for > family > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - > always." > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West > Union, IA > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West > Union, IA > >