Hearn Cemetery


The current listing is taken from the information on the
previous Jay Co Burials page, obituaries, tombstone photos,
and the Jay County Sesquicentennial Souvenir Booklet, 1836-1986.

Lena Morrical provided the following brief history of the cemetery in her article for the Souvenir Booklet:
The Hearn Cemetery is located about two miles west of Portland at the intersection of Highways 67 and 26 [in Wayne Township]. It was laid out on the John Hearn farm in 1839 soon after he was granted a land patent for the farm by the United States government. John and Nancy Elisebeth Morris Hearn had thirteen children. The first grave was opened in April, 1840 for Sallie Hearn Mason, their oldest daughter. Most of those buried in the cemetery are John and Nancy's descendants along with families with whom they intermarried.
Most birth dates are calculated from age at death.

Updated 10/30/2018
Hearn Cemetery
Last Name First Name (Maiden) Birth Date Death Date Spouse - Marriage Date Parents Military Obit Stone
Bousman Joanna 1845 1930 Handy Hearn; Noah Bousman article
Bousman Norh H 1821 10/23/1906 Joanna fn: Noah Bowsman obit
Brewington Elijah H 11/23/1827 8/11/1879 Co G 40 IN Inf
Brewington Elizabeth 10/15/1803 10/15/1859 J C
Brewington John C 9/19/1805 1/30/1874
Brewington Lizzie 3/1/1858 7/16/1887 single obit
Foltz Cynthia Ann 7/10/1848 3/18/1875 Jacob B
Frazier Ezekiel 12/21/1815 8/16/1898 Mary
Frazier Mary 12/26/1838 2/2/1913 Ezekial
Gillespy Mallissa 3/13/1850 6/5/1905 not married obit: Malissa Gillespie obit
Gillespy Nancy 4/5/1825 5/1/1875
Gillespy Thomas 6/4/1812 4/28/1878
Hearn Asbury 1/18/1822 7/29/1860
Hearn Cora Bell 10/5/1865 9/14/1867 J & C A
Hearn Cynthia A 5/6/1842 11/30/1871 John
Hearn George 1836 1918 Mary
Hearn Handy 5/12/1830 8/23/1873
Hearn Isaac 1804 1861
Hearn Isaac 2/26/1820 2/26/1860
Hearn Isaac 4/30/1854 4/18/1861
Hearn Jacob 2/7/1859 3/29/1860 A & M
Hearn John 9/14/1783 3/14/1852
Hearn John W 9/5/1857 6/14/1873 A & M
Hearn Mary 1843 1919 George
Hearn Nancy A 11/23/1833 6/1/1863 Thomas
Hearn Nancy Elizabeth (Morris) 1/13/1792 10/12/1865 John
Hearn Noah Don abt 1891 4/2/1905 M/M Charles obit
Hearn-McGriff Nancy (Mason) 4/11/1808 3/3/1902 Isaac Hearn; Valentine McGriff
Hughes Lydia (Powell) abt 1846 7/12/1911 Jesse Powell BHFHR
Hughes Sarah E 9/29/1837 1/16/1872 William A
Hughes William A no dates Co F 59 IN Inf
Jordan David 9/9/1831 4/7/1894 Co G OH Inf
Jordan Sarah A (Brewington) 3/1/1833 1/5/1904 David John C & Elizabeth Hearn Brewington
Lanning Eliza Ann (Michaels) 1845 4/20/1895 Robert obit
Lanning Estella 1874 1875
Lanning Samuel 1872 1873
Maxsom Lovitha 8/31/1818 3/12/1906 Joseph - 2/24/1852 obit
Maxson Ida May 6/19/1893 2/24/1895 Benjamin & Mary E Maxson obit
Michael Robert no dates Co F 75 IN Inf
Michaels Charlie 1879 1887
Michaels Delia J 1881 1883
Michaels Frances M 10/13/1855 9/21/1912
Micheal Jacob 10/12/1812 7/7/1870 Judieth
Micheal Judieth (Jenkins) 1/12/1815 12/12/1886 Jagge
Oswald Sarah J (Curtis) 11/10/1828 7/4/1894 Louis G obit: Oswalt obit
Pensinger Amelia Adaline (Jordan) 4/26/1869 6/23/1891 Horace David & Sarah Jordan
Pensinger John Melvin 4/28/1862 4/22/1899 Florence M Jordan - 4/19/1885 Daniel & Mary S Wright Pensinger
Pensinger Mildred Ethel 8/12/1889 7/17/1891 H & A A
Robinson Myrtie abt 1892 5/5/1895 M/M Ben Robinson obit
Saxton David 12/1/1822 11/29/1891 Anna A Hughes - 10/8/1848 no dates on stone Co D 28 IN Inf
Saxton David 12/4/1835 11/29/1894 obit
Saxton Emerson E 5/31/1896 11/6/1900 M/M Barbara Sexton obit
Stipp James W 5/20/1931 8/22/1931


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