SIMMONS, Margaret - Putnam

Since Forest Hill Cemetery was opened as a burial ground in Sept 1865, there have been 2,498 bodies interred there. This is shown by the annual report of Supt. Daggy made public today. It shows that in the past year 77 bodies have been buried. Of these 36 were the bodies of person who died in the city and 21 who died in the county. 15 of those interred the past year died in the state outside of Putnam County. Two bodies came from outside of the state. The report for May also filed today shows that there have been nine burial in the cemetery the past month.  

The reports follow”

Annual Report – of Supt. Of Forest Hill Cemetery showing the number of interement for the year ending May 31, 1907.

Children under one year = 11

Children over 1 year and under 5 years = 4

Children over 5 years and under 10 years = 1

Adults over 20 years and under 30 years = 9

Adults over 30 years and under 40 years = 9

Adults over 40 years and under 50 years = 8

Adults over 50 years and under 60 years =9

Adults over 60 years and under 70 years = 11

Adults over 70 years and under 80 years = 8

Adults over 80 years and under 90 years =9

Adults over 90 years and under 100 years = 1

TOTAL – 77

36 died in the city

21 died in Putnam County

15 died in the State of Indiana

2 died in the state of Illinois

1 died in Missouri

1 died in Michigan

1 died in New York.

First interment in Forest Hill Cemetery was in September 1865.  Since then and to present date, May 31, 1907, there have been 2498 interments including reinterments.

Monthly Report

Interments at Forest Hill Cemetery in May 1907

Michael Dirosee, Putnam County aged 46 years, pneumonia

Peter Habisck, Putnam County aged 32 years, typhoid fever

Cynthia Young, Muncie, Ind aged 92 years, old age.

Joe Mastroianni, Putnam County, aged 23 years, shot

Elizabeth VanCleave, Terre Haute, Ind, aged 83 years, old age

Frank Grasso, Putnam County aged 27 years, shot

Edwin A. Little, city, aged 2 years acute gastritis

Letitia M. McCoy, city aged 66 years, Catarrhai Jaundice

Edistina Farrow Hopkins, Syracuse, NY aged 23 years, Exophthalnice Goitre

JAMES DAGGY, Supt.

CEMETERY REPORT – May 1913

Source: Greencastle Herald, 3 June 1913 p 4

Interment at Forest Hill cemetery in May 1913

Lucy W. Brown, Youngstown R 2, age 51 years --

John W. Dunnnington, city, 1 day, inamation (inflammation?)

Margaret Simmons, city age 73 years complications

Infant James, city, stillborn

Metta Gertrude Hammond, city, age 27 years, heart trouble

Daniel C. Murphy, Dubuque. Iowa 37 years, hemorrhage of stomach

John W. Evans, Putnam County, age 78 years, general debility

JAMES DAGGY, Supt.

ANNUAL REPORT

Annual report of superintendent of Forest Hill Cemetery showing the number of interments for the years ending May 31, 1913

Children under 1 year old – 11

Over 1 year and under 5 … 1

Over 5 years and under 10 … 1

Over 10 years and under 20 years …6

Adults over 20 and under 30 years ….5

Over 40 and under 50 …5

Over 50 and under 60 .. 12

Over 60 and under 70 … 20

Over 80 and under 90 … 9   (note there was not one for 70-80

Over 90 …. 2

Total …. 84

# having died in city …. 48

# having died in Putnam County ….16

# having died in state of Indiana ….12

# having died in Ill …2

# having died in Wisc …1

# having died in Iowa …1

# having died in Rhode Island …1

# having died in Missouri …2

# having died in Colorado …1

Total …. 84

First interment at Forest Hill Cemetery was in Sept 1865 and from that date to the present date May 31, 1913 there has been 3025 interments including reinterments brought here from other cemeteries… James Daggy, Supt.