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Union-Hershey Cemetery, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Matilda Hershey
Wife of Geo. Carson
Died
Aug. 3, 1875
Aged
66 Y 7 M & 13 D.

Matilda is said to have come from Pennsylvania to visit her brother, Joseph, and she got sick and died while here. It is unknown how George got here.

George Carson
Died
Mar. 13, 1878
Aged
75 Y & 20 D
This is the plot where Matilda and George Carson are buried. It is surrounded by a wrought iron fence at the front of the cemetery (the road was relocated and this small plot is now at the back of the cemetery).
Rev. Joseph Hershey
Died
March 27, 1879
Aged
65 Y 6 M 24 D
Gilbert L.
Son of J.M. & M. Hershey
Died
Jan. 27, 1866
Aged
15 Y 11 M 3 D
Elzura
Dau. of J.M. & M. Hershey
Died
Nov. 25, 1863
Aged
3 Y 6 M 8 D
Cora K.
Dau. of Joseph M. & Maria Hershey
Died
Feb. 11, 1859
Aged
5 M 25 D
John J.
Son of J.M. & M. Hershey
Died
Aug. 9, 1849
Aged
10 M 5 D
Whistler
William J. 1835-1917
Lurena C. Hershey his wife 1834-1866
Anna C. (Indiana) Hershey his wife 1845-1920
Hershey
William H. 1841-1926
Elizabeth his wife 1851-1948

William Hershey witnessed the assasination of President Lincoln but wasn't allowed to tell anyone because he was in the army and was not supposed to be at the theater that evening.

Cyntha F.
Wife of Wm. Hershey
Born
June 29, 1847
Died
Oct. 31, 1872
Aged
25 Y 4 M 2 D
Ervie
Son of Wm. & E. Hershey
The rest of the stone was illegible.
Illegible stone, between Ervie and Mellie Hershey. It can be assumed to be a child of William Hershey.
Mellie J.
Dau. of Wm & Elizabeth Hershey
The rest of the stone was not legible.

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Lena Carlson