Bethel Cemetery
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Located on east side of County Road 500 Easwt and about 1/3 mile north of the intersection with County Road 900 North.
Oldest cemetery in Union Township; also known as Alpha/Bethel Cemetery.
Earliest known burial was in 1853, while the latest known burial was in 1887.
NSF = no stone found
Many thanks to Deb Curry for sharing her photographs of this old cemetery!
Updated 2/11/2021
Bethel Cemetery |
Last Name | First Name (Maiden) | Birth Date | Death Date | Parents | Military | Obit | Stone |
Barkley | Harriet (Daugherty) | 12/25/1805 | 9/21/1879 | | | | photo |
Barkley | Harry Oren | 12/30/1866 | 2/17/1867 | L & M | | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Barkley | Howard M | 6/21/1866 | 3/12/1886 | | | | |
Barkley | Hulda A | 11/21/1849 | 6/30/1871 | | | | photo |
Barkley | Jacob | 9/1/1805 | 1/24/1856 | Jacob & Rosanna | | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Barkley | Leonard M | 6/26/1867 | 3/17/1887 | | | | |
Barkley | Maria B | 3/2/1847 | 6/9/1873 | | | | |
Barkley | Mary T | 3/1/1872 | 10/31/1879 | Elias & Mary Clem Barkley | | | photo |
Barkley | Samuel L | 2/1/1852 | 3/11/1853 | S & E C | from burial records | | NSF |
Crick | Susan | 4/19/1866 | 11/20/1868 | J & J | | | photo |
Gideon | Henry | 9/25/1810 | 12/17/1868 | | | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Gideon | Lydia | 9/10/1811 | 10/12/1880 | | | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Gideon | Maria Eva (Steele) | 2/1/1857 | 5/21/1886 | | | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Handon | Susannah | 11/18/1826 | 7/18/1855 | | | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Henderson | Anna Jane | 11/12/1851 | 11/21/1872 | S R & R Henderson | | | photo |
Henderson | Rosannah | 6/28/1815 | 10/29/1880 | | | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Krick | Elsetta | 8/28/1869 | 1/1/1874 | E & L (Elijah and Louisa Krick?) | | | photo |
Krick | Henry | 10/16/1845 | 8/16/1857 | D & L | | | |
Martin | Mary | 1811 | 8/27/1870 | | | | photo |
Ploucher | Anna Mary | 3/10/1803 | 4/15/1887 | | | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Ploucher | Frederick | 6/29/1829 | 10/21/1880 | | | | |
Ploucher | Godlep | 6/29/1829 | 10/21/1880 | | military marker | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Swartz | Effie I E | 2/12/1877 | 8/30/1877 | | | | photo 1; photo 2 |
Swartz | Lorna L | | 3/21/1873 | | | | |
Trimble | Elizabeth | 1795 | 6/17/1871 | | from burial records | | NSF |