Meharry Cemetery, Montgomery County, Indiana
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| This is the headstone of Nathan and Mary Beach. It's an unusual design for the time but unfortunately is extremely worn and almost completely illegible. I'm including this photo mainly to show the shape of the stone and to give a glimpse of the countryside surrounding the cemetery which is very beautiful. This photo was taken facing east. For closeups of Nathan and Mary's inscriptions see below. | |
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Nathan Beach Born Feb. 6, 1798 Died [illeg] According to records housed in the Crawfordsville Public Library, the death date reads Sept. 15 [year illegible- written in next to it is 1874] Esteem In Life Lamented In Death |
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Mary wife of Nathan Beach Daughter of J & J Meharry Born Nov. 23, 1803 Died Apr. 29, 1868 According to the same record mentioned above, Mary was recorded at West Union, Adams, Ohio, as being the daughter of Alexander. I am not sure what exactly this information was recorded in. The stone was difficult to read but it was clear that Mary was the daughter of __& J Meharry, there is a Jane Meharry, widow of Alexander, buried in the cemetery who was about 33 years older than Mary. |
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Jesse M. Son of Nathan & Mary Beach [the rest of the stone is now buried but Montgomery County cemetery transcriptions indicate the stone may once have said Died Oct. 5, 1843 age 4 m 6 d] |
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Thomas J. Son of Nathan & Mary Beach Died Sept. 9, 1851 [the rest of the stone is now buried but Montgomery County cemetery transcriptions indicate the stone may once have said Age 7 yr. 2 Mo. 3 d.] |
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Jane wife of Alex Meharry and daughter of John Francess who was born Sep. 28, 1771 and died Aug. 13, 1844 aged 73 yrs. |
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"She was born in the county of Cavan Ireland to which place her grandfather John Francess a native of England had fled in 1690 to enjoy religious liberty. She was married May 7, 1794 emigrated to US of America June 1794 settled in Ross County Ohio April 1798 where she [illeg word] a widow June 24, 1813 (date hard to read- may not be correct) and moved to Indiana Oct. 18, 1813 where she died in great peace after spending 19 (or 49- number hard to read) years in the service of the Lord and savior Jesus Christ and [the rest of this line and the next two lines were illegible. This stone is below a tree and is shaded, therefore the print at the bottom was difficult to read.] |
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| Headstone for Josiah and Elva Beach | |
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Elva Beach Oct. 29, 1861 Dec. 14, 1915 |
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Josiah N. Beach 1840-1914 |
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June 5, 1876-Oct. 2, 1896 |
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Sarah Luretta Beach 1858-1926 |
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| This large headstone reads "S.A.R. Beach" and is circled by smaller headstones, pictured below. This photo also gives a glimpse of the landscape bordering the cemetery on the north. When standing in the cemetery there is only one farm visible to the east, in all other directions it's fields as far as the eye can see. | |
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Stephen A. R. Beach 1835-1895 |
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Martha F. Beach 1878-1890 Martha is presumably the daughter of Stephen |
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Margaret Carter Beach 1837-1868 Margaret is probably the wife of Stephen |
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Hannah Espy Beach 1838-1889 Probably wife of Stephen |
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Infant of J.S. & E. Martin Died October 20, 1855
This baby is apparently unrelated to all the people pictured above but this stone is a good example of the metal stones that are seen fairly often in northern Montgomery and southern Tippecanoe County cemeteries. Most examples of these are from the 1850's, although there are some newer that are considerably more elaborate than this. |
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