This large cemetery is located in Borden in Wood Township, immediately behind the school. Click here for a topographical map of the site, courtesy of www.topozone.com.

There are some VERY old graves here and the cemetery is kept well mowed, but the stones are in pretty bad condition. Many are broken, many are sunk into the ground, many more are damaged.
 

Broken stone Alice Jane Borden, wife of John Borden (d. 1852) and their infant daughter

Another broken BORDEN stone

It appears that there is a lot of traffic through this site and signs of bicycle traffic through here. Also, the lawn mowers have severely damaged many of the stones, especially the ones that are down on the ground. One broken stone was leaned sideways against a tree many years ago and the tree has now grown around the stone. There was also considerable damage sustained when a couple of trees were uprooted in a storm.

Partially buried stone

Extreme damage to broken, submerged sandstone marker, no doubt caused by lawn mowers and/or bicycles running over it.

The following is from an index found at the Charlestown Library:

.         .              .         .

AKERS     Thomas K., son of

          E. A. & T. A.            b. 11/07/1872  d. 12/07/1891



BELLOWS   David (27 yrs.)          b. ????        d. 11/04/1819



BELLOWS   Irene, daughter of

          T. S. & N. G.            b. 09/27/1842  d. 11/06/1856



BELLOWS   Lenora Van Hook,

          daughter of T. S.

          & N. G.                  b. 1845        d. 1888



BELLOWS   Nancy Goss, wife of

          Thomas                   b. 09/19/1820  d. 04/05/1893



BELLOWS   Thomas (Capt.) (30

          yrs. old)                b. ????        d. 08/28/1819



BELLOWS   Thomas S.                b. 11/07/1816  d. 07/19/1884



BORDEN    Alice Jane, wife of

          John                     b. ????        d. 07/13/1852



BORDEN    Infant child of

          Alice Jane & John        b. 1852        d. 1852



BORDEN    John (38 yrs.)           b. ????        d. 1824



BORDEN    Lydia -- "No dates;

          other members reburied

          in Fairview Cemetery,

          New Albany, Indiana"



DOW       Emily, daughter of

          Henry & Mercy            b. ????        d. 1843



DOW       Henry (Capt.) (77

          yrs., 1 mo.); from

          Connecticut              b. ????        d. 07/22/1843



DOW       Orin, son of H. L.

          & L. (11 days)           b. 1859        d. 11/18/1859



DOW       Rebecca (83 yrs.,

          4 mos.)                  b. ????        d. 11/12/1846



FORDYCE   Jairus                   b. 07/15/1810  d. 02/01/1889



FORDYCE   John, son of T. & E.

          (17 yrs., 11 mos.)       b. ????        d. 02/16/1836



FORDYCE   John C. (Co. C., 13th

          Indiana Infantry)        b. 08/04/1836  d. 09/11/1861



FORDYCE   Snead                    b. 12/20/1860  d. 05/13/1889



FORDYCE   Wiley                    b. 03/27/1858  d. 10/28/1862



FOWLER    Hannah (22 yrs.)         b. ????        d. 03/03/1835



KENNEDY   David                    b. 1785        d. 1853



KENNEDY   LaRoy, son of W. B.

          & M. E.                  b. 10/20/1833  d. 07/28/1863



KENNEDY   Lofton                   b. 1853        d. 1859

LEWIS     Peleg Lewis (husband

          of Lois Bellows; known

          as "Pegleg")

LEWIS     Lois (wife first of

          Thomas Bellows and

          second of Peleg Lewis)



LITTEL    Adaline C., wife of

          Wm. H. (19 yrs., 10

          mos.)                    b. ????        d. 01/28/1866



LITTEL    James T.                 b. 07/12/1846  d. 04/29/1878



LITTEL    Lydia (61 yrs.)          b. ????        d. 08/04/1831



LITTEL    Maxwell                  b. 01/28/1817  d. 04/02/1890



PACKWOOD  Elizabeth                b. 1830        d. 1835



SHAW      Isaac, born in New-

          port, Rhode Island       b. 10/23/1800  d. 03/27/1869



SHAW      Ozene, wife of Isaac     b. 12/04/1814  d. 06/17/1886



STANDFORD Elizabeth (53 yrs.,

          7 mos.)                  b. ????        d. 02/13/1877



STANDFORD Robert                   b. 1861        d. 1844

                                   [THESE DATES MUST BE WRONG!!]



STEARS    John, born in Shelby

          Co., Kentucky (20

          yrs., 9 mos.)            b. ????        d. 06/16/1876