NORMAL/SLASH CEMETERY

Normal is a small village which has little to give it that name. A post - office was established there in 1852 under the name of Slash. This Government facility was permanently discontinued in 1902. A church of the Disciple denomination was erected and a small plot of ground set aside for burial purposes. The earliest burial was that of Indiana Smith Martha Beard who died Sept. 17, 1860. The latest date is Nov. 7, 1902. This cemetery is on State Road 13 four miles south of Swayzee, in Green Township Section 10.

This is what the DAR wrote in the 1940's.

In 1995 I read this cemetery. The oldest burial I found was Levina A. wife of John Lyons died Nov. 24, 1853 aged 38y.10m.21d. This predates the DAR reading by several years. The condition of this cemetery at the time of their reading is unknown by this writer. Chances are it wasn't in very good shape, as many of the old burial grounds were not kept up at that time. The last burial to take place in this cemetery was Charles Swan 1866 - 1943.

A church now known (1995) as the Normal Church of Christ is in front of this cemetery. It is located in the N.E. 1/4 of the N.E. 1/4 of Section 10 Township 23 N. Range 6 E. in the town of Normal on State Road #13, south of State Road #22 in Green Township on county road 600 S., about 1/10th of a mile west of State Road # 13. This is another one of the many abandoned cemeteries that are scattered around the countryside.

*Asterisk denotes a stone not found at this time. 





Normal/Slash Cemetery


Beard,
	Martha E. dau of J.H. & E.J. Beard died Sept. 17, 1860 
		aged 1 month
		(Only the top with her name on it was found at this time.)
	William J. son of J.H. & E.J. Beard died Oct. 11, 1859 
		aged 1y.5m.8d.
Creamer,
	Louisa wife of Harison Creamer died Mar. 29, 1884 
		aged 54y.3m.6d.
Loer,
	O.H.  "Co. H  101st Ind. Inf."
Lyons,
	John died Sept. 10, 1860 aged 39y.10m.20d.
	Levina A. wife of John Lyons died Nov. 24, 1853 
		aged 38y.10m.21d.
Miller,
	Sarah wife of Wm. Miller died Aug. 18, 1860 
		aged 38y.3m.12d.
Smith,
	Isabella A. wife of Joel Smith died Mar. 13, 1875 
		aged 83y.1m.27d.
		S/S with Joel and Reuben T.
	Joel died Mar. 20, 1876 aged 81y.9m.21d.  
		S/S with Isabella A. and Reuben T.
	Joel B. died Nov. 20, 1899 aged 47y.2m.7d.
	Joseph A. died Dec. 13, 1913 aged 88y.1m.9d.
	Margaret A. wife of J.B. Smith died Mar. 18, 1891 
		aged 31y.1m.6d.
	Martha A. wife of Joseph A. Smith died Nov. 8, 1887 
		aged 59y.5m.6d.
			"At Rest"
	Reuben T. son of J.A. & M.A. Smith died Mar. 4, 1879 
		aged 28y.8m.29d.  
		S/S with Joel and Isabella A.
Swan,
	Charles  1866 - 1943
	Cyrus A.  1828 - 1861  S/S with Rebecca
	Derius A.  1861 - 1876  S/S with Samuel D.
	Rebecca  1835 - 1924  "Mother"  S/S with Cyrus A.
		Also has a separate stone with the same information.
	Samuel A. died Sept. 6, 1870 aged 62y.8m.14d.
	Samuel D.  1860 - 1861  S/S with Derius A.
Wilson,
	Elizabeth dau of John M. & Mary A. Wilson  
		Jan. 2, 1860 - Feb. 7, 1860
			"Two little angels now on high
			They hand in hand together roam
			Two links now bind us to the sky
			Two fingers beckoning us to come"
	Indiana Smith dau of John & Mary A. Wilson  
		Sept. 28, 1857 - Sept. 4, 1863
			"Two little angels now on high
			They hand in hand together roam
			Two links now bind us to the sky
			Two fingers beckoning us to come"
	John M. died Nov. 7, 1902 aged 85y.6m.2d.

...Original page by Sheila D. Watson

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