Thanks to Ruth Pride for alerting us to Tuesday's story about plans proposed to move 70 graves at Parker Cemetery in Ft. Wayne: http://web.news-sentinel.com/content/fwnews/2001/10/02/metro/a02r_stjoecente r_pg1a.htm (If this URL breaks onto more than one line, you may have to paste it back together in your browser window or access it from the INPCRP "In the News" page). Lois

Lois, this is nothing new in Indiana, as we all know. I've been by Parker cemetery many times and knew that this would happen sooner or later. God forbid that the road gets widen on the other side of St Joe Road. The bad part is that Parker is a pioneer cemetery what is very well maintained, sits on a busy corner with lots of traffic, yet 2 miles down the road is "my" Hatfield cemetery that's overgrown and has many broken headstones. This isn't the first cemetery to be moved or relocated. My GGGGG grandfather was Judge Benjamin Archer. In 1796, Benjamin and two other men, with land grants given to them for their Rev War services founded the town of Centerville, Ohio. In 1826, Benjamin moved to Allen county, Indiana where he was there also a Judge, and founded a brick yard. The first brick buildings in Fort Wayne and the first courthouse in Fort Wayne were built with his bricks. In 1833 Benjamin died and was buried in Archer cemetery. Also buried in Archer cemetery were Benjamin's wife, some children and grandchildren, along with John Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed. Before 1889, ALL the Archers were moved from the Archer cemetery to another cemetery. Then they were moved again to the Broadway cemetery so that a county jail could be built. The Broadway cemetery is now a nice park with NO graves. Nobody knows when or where the Archers were moved to. All this happened before 1889. Of course, Johnny Appleseed's grave remains in what was Archer cemetery which was renamed Johnny Appleseed Park. Brian E. Smead Terre Haute, Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Mauk" <loismauk@home.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:15 PM Subject: [INPCRP] Parker Cemetery at St. Joe Center Road in Ft. Wayne, IN > Thanks to Ruth Pride for alerting us to Tuesday's story about plans proposed > to move 70 graves at Parker Cemetery in Ft. Wayne: > > http://web.news-sentinel.com/content/fwnews/2001/10/02/metro/a02r_stjoecente > r_pg1a.htm > > (If this URL breaks onto more than one line, you may have to paste it back > together in your browser window or access it from the INPCRP "In the News" > page). > > Lois > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > >