[email protected] wrote: >this may still be on the website regarding the gross disruption of the >Wilhoit Cem. near Ireland IN. several years ago...The visible stone, believe was >Rev. War Soldier, who was the ancestor of Fed. Judge H. Dillin, was,if I remember >correctly, enclosed inside a fence,and when the real estate developer got >into the dirt, found evidence of many burials, DNR was down, place already torn >up. Later the "remains" under the guidance of Judge Dillin were reinterred with >ceremony at nearby Shiloh Cem. and the probable 60 or so others buried there >were lost...Several new homes now exist nearby...No charges, no >fine..hopefully nightly visits by unknowns in some of the houses! (Just kidding, don't >really believe in ghosts) Ruth Pride Wheatland, Knox Co. > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of England >and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: > "Show me the manner in which a nation or community > cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical > exactness the tender mercies of its people, their > respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty > to high ideals." > > > > Yes, that's what happened, but unfortunately there was no law at the time to prevent it. Fortunately, that destruction prompted enactment of a new law which is designed to prevent this kind of thing happening. That's the law invoked in the case of the Brown County gentleman who tried to put his septic tank practically on top of the cemetery. So, a little progress has been made. Now, if people can just be made aware of the law. Everyone should go to their county health dept. and/or whoever else issues building permits and ask if their forms ask if there is a cemetery w/in 100 feet of their proposed construction. That would go a long way toward preventing destructive construction because of ignorance. MaryAlice Parks