Joseph Welliver Family Cemetery
Submitted by: Kermit R. Welliver -
R. R. # 1 Box 224 -
Seymour, Ind. 47274 -
Date 14 June 1990
Take U. S. 31 North of Reddington, Indiana to Road 1125N --
Make left turn on road 1200E---Go a short distance turn right (east)
on road 1175N---Follow black top, turn left (north) on road 1250E for a
short distance turn right (east) on road 1175N. Go 2/10 mile. On north side
of road in the field you will see tall grass and a small tree on a knoll.
This is the Joseph Welliver family cemetery.
Comments from Kermit R. Welliver:
Most of the stones are missing. The only ones there now are Joseph Welliver,
his wife Deborah (Goldie) and Susan Welliver, the daughter of Squire Welliver.
It is a mystery what happened to the many stones that were there at one time.
I was around 12 years old when a friend told me about the cemetery,
(my folks never mentioned it) Gordan Howard, my friend, took me there and I
seen several stones. The fence that enclosed the cemetery at one time had been
tromped down by stock as this field was at that time a pasture.
I remember several of the stones I seen and as I would like for
this cemetery to be listed I will list the ones I remember:
- Welliver, Joseph: b. 28 July 1785; d. 11 Oct. 1850
- Welliver, Deborah (Goldie): b. 26 Aug. 1791; d. 13 Nov. 1864
- Welliver, Hiram: b. 16 Aug. 1817; d. 30 Apr. 1865
- Welliver, Eleanor McClure: b. 10 Apr. 1817; d. 16 Apr. 1894
- Swingle/Swengel, Mary Ann Welliver: b. 15 Jan. 1820; d. ----
- Swingle/Swengel, Jacob: no dates
- Welliver, Golder: b. 13 June 1823; d. 25 Dec. 1856
- Welliver, Sara Cook: b. ----; d. 05 Feb. 1861
- Welliver, Squire: b. 15 Sept. 1834; d. ----
- Welliver, Susan: b. 13 May 1853; d. 23June 1853
THERE WERE SEVERAL MORE STONES BUT WHOSE I DO NOT KNOW.
In the Reddington cemetery there is a stone with Joseph and Deborah Welliver
names and dates. This was put there by Charles Welliver as a historical marker.
Also Hiram and Eleanor Welliver's names appear on the stone of
Elizabeth Welliver Gilbert.
Joseph Welliver was a veteran of the war of 1812 in a company in Ohio.