I thought this might be of interest. Maggie ------------------------------------------------------------------ FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 23-Aug-98 15:24 ------------------------------------------------------------------ The "Death of a Cemetery" story that Jack Eaton referenced in his 8/23/98 message to the INROOTS list this morning (below) is available on-line at: http://www.starnews.com/news/citystate/98/aug/0822SN_rhoads.html Whether you live in Indiana or not, you need to take a minute to read this article -- today! The same thing is happening all over the country -- even the world. It seems nobody cares! It's "legal" and they get away with it all the time. Write to a State Representative or State Senator today. Don't let them believe that, just because it's "legal" that it's morally or ethically "right". Lois >Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 10:05:36 EDT >Reply-To: J4777EA@AOL.COM >Sender: "Genealogy research mail exchange list for Indiana genealogy." > <INROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU> >From: "Jack L. Eaton" <J4777EA@AOL.COM> >Subject: Cemetery: RHOADS, FOLTZ, SHUTE, RUDE surnames >To: INROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU > >In today's (Aug. 25, 1998) issue of the Indianapolis Star, there is a long >article about a cemetery that has been bought by a land developer for >construction of a warehouse. Mentioned in the article are the following >surnames: RHOADS, FOLTZ, SHUTE and RUDE. There were 35 children and 8 adults >buried in the cemetery. The first person buried there was James Rhoads who >died in August 1844. His wife, whose name was believed to be Hannah died on >July 24, 1849 at age 85. The article details information about the burials >there and the process that the developer used to get permission to remove the >graves, do away with the tomb stones and begin construction. It's pretty >shocking. > >Jack, Indianapolis >J4777EA@aol.com Can a Indiana property owner get away with PAVING over a cemetery and turning it into a parking lot? See: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881/halemcbridecem.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clark County, Indiana Cemeteries Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/5881 Next CCCPC Meeting: Saturday, 9-5-98, Charlestown Library, 2 PM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ==== CEMETERY Mailing List ==== !^NavFont02F07DB0007NGHHNDCDD74 Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/mindex.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*