Fairview Cemetery, Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
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This is the gate at the front of Fairview Cemetery in Stockwell. |
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Erastus M. Platt 1851 - 1928 Erastus was the son of Jacob (Fair Haven Cem.) and Frances (Wyandotte Cem.) Platt. Jacob (below) was his son. |
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Louisa J. Platt 1852 - 1936 Louisa was the wife of Erastus Platt and daughter of Henry and Hannah Smith (Missionary Baptist Cem.) |
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Jacob M. Platt 1875 - 1958 Jacob was the second son of Erastus and Louisa Smith-Platt. |
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Lettie C. Platt 1877 - 1975 Lettie's father Benjamin Cohee lived with Jacob and Lettie when he was older, in the homestead that my great grandfather, Raymond Platt, lived on until shortly before his death in 1999. |
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Chester E. Platt 45 Co. 5 Reg. U.S.M.C. 1895 - 1918 Chester Platt was the son of Jacob and Lettie Platt. He was the first Tippecanoe County Soldier to be killed in World War I. |
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B. W. Cohee 1842 - 1940 Co. K. 10th Ind. Vol. Father of Lettie Platt. |
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Francis M. Platt 1914 - 1926 |
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Alice Crouch January 20, 1859 - March 20, 1903 |
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John F. Crouch April 24, 1858 - April 1, 1927 This is on the right side of the stone bearing Alice Crouch's name. |
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Hermie L. Crouch Oct. 4, 1880 - Feb. 15, 1881 This is on the left side of Alice Crouch's stone. |
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Anita Platt Richardson 1910 - 1995 |
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James Platt Sept. 13, 1905 |
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John L. Platt 1885 - 1954 Alice M. Platt |
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Infant son of Wm. and Darcus Smith Died 1837 |
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Howel M. Cole Died Mar. 15, 1834 Aged 16 yrs. 7 mos. & 20 d. This family is no relation to me, but I think James Cole is the one whom Cole Elementary School, just outside of Stockwell, is named after. Plus, these stones are some of the oldest I've seen, possibly the first people buried in this particular cemetery. |
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James Cole Died Oct. 6, 1839 Aged 71 Ys. 10 Ms. & 19 ds. |
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Mary wife of James Cole Died Jan. 24, 1832 Aged 56 yrs. 2 mo. & 3 d. |
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