HURST CEMETERY
Tippecanoe Township
Tippecanoe County, Indiana





Hurst Cemetery, Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana near I-65 is located on farm land near Prophets Town State Park.   It is back off a farm lane through back fields on a high sandy ridge.  Last visited April 2001, 3-4 broken stones.  This cemetery is also known as "Old Sand Ridge"  & "Old Indian burying ground."

* Nancy Burnett-Davis is the daughter of William Burnett, a French trader and his Potawatomi Indian wife, Kaukema. William was given a reserve of land by treaty of 1826.    
Biography and Portrait of James Hurst and wife Nancy Freel



 
 
John H. Davis - Died July 3, 1830 
Owner of the Davis Ferry on the Wabash River in Tippecanoe Township
Nancy Burnett Davis - Died Oct. 31, 1830 
wife of John H. Davis, and daughter of 
William Burnett and Kaukeama, a Potawatamie Indian princess.


 


 
Illegible, but appears like it could be John Wm. son of William and J. Kinnamon.
Mary, last name illegible.  Possibly Mary Howe or Mary Kinnamon.



 
Surname, Given Name Birth Death Comments
CLARK, Cara B.   Dec. 25, 1852 Son of J. & M. A; aged 1m, 12d
CLARK, Martha Ann   Dec. 19, 1854 Wife of Jackson; aged 29y, 1m, 19d
CLARK, Matilda A.   Nov. 6, 1881 Aged 39y, 7m, 9d 
DAVIS, Richard   Nov. 7, 1847 Aged 24 years 
DAWSON, Joseph June 26, 1807 Jan. 16, 1875 Aged 67years 
DAWSON, Orra Aug. 16, 1814 June 27, 1886 Wife of Joseph; aged 72 years
GODDARD, Ashbea   Oct., 17, 1846 In 62nd year of his life
GODDARD, Jotham Mar. 15, 1781 Aug. 19, 1831 Aged 50 years
HOWE, Thomas A.J. Dec. 31, 1829 March 17, 1862  Died as soldier in the late war; aged 34y, 2m, 6d
HUFF, Elizabeth   Feb.18, 1872  Wife of Julius; aged 58y, 8m, 3d
HUFF, Silas   April 9, 1872  Aged 36y, 7m, 25d 
HURST, Charlie   July 11, 1876  Son of S.A. & M.W.; aged 3y, 7m, 21d
HURST, Ellnora 1872 1874  
HURST, Emma Frances April 30, 1900 Jan. 26, 1901  
HURST, Ephraim Stephen Feb.2, 1909 Jan. 7, 1910  
HURST, Harry   Sept. 19, 1870 Son of S.A. & M.W.; aged 9y 10m, 25d
HURST, James K. 1847 1917  Aged 70 years 
HURST, James T.   Feb. 14, 1887 Aged 22y, 9m, 21d
HURST, Mary W. (Dawson) Oct. 28, 1839 Sept. 13, 1908 Wife of Stephen A.; s.s. Stephen; aged 69 years
HURST, Nancy 1846 1931 Wife of James K.; s.s. James; aged 85 years
HURST, Stephen A. 1834 1913  Aged 79 years
HURST, T. J.   no dates Co. A. 26th Ind. Inf.
HURST, William A.   no dates BG, US Army Vet.


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