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Founding of Cave Spring Cemetery
Committee
September 28th, 1867
Copied from a handwritten document loaned to the Jennings County Public Library January 21, 2018

    At a meeting held at the grave yard at the cave spring in Geneva Township Jennings County Ind. according to legal notice ten days previous at which Abner Stout was chosen chairman and Stephen Cadby secretary it was resolved.
1st    That we form ourselves into an association for the purpose of providing ground suitable for the burial of the dead for laying the same off into lots for funding care of the same.
2nd    That on motion and secon W R Heaberlin, A N Withrow and Jeptha Moncrief be elected to serve as trustees to transact and do the business of said Society for the term of one year or until their successors are elected.
                Adjourned
        A Stout    Pres
S Cadby Sec
        28th Sept 1867

Abner Stout (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
Maxa Moncrief (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery - listed on FAG as Max Moncrief)
Jeptha Moncrief (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
James Byous (Bious)
Lewis Gant (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
George Goudy
W R Heaberlin (William Ramsey Heaberlin - Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
A N Withrow (Archibald N. Withrow - Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
John B Moncrief
Giles Gant (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
Wilson Moncrief (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
? B Carpenter
Daniel Byous (Bious - Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
John Staly
Stephen Cadby (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
Joseph Moncrief (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
? F Heaberlin
Wm. Bowen (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
Richard Bowen (Burial at Cave Springs Cemetery)
Wm. Schailey (Challie?)
Marshal Moncrief
Allen Barr


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