HCGS - Showalter Cemetery - Fall Creek Township

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Showalter Cemetery - Fall Creek Township

This old cemetery is located on the Dorothy Myers property just north of US #36 and east of county road #700 west. This cemetery was started by Abraham Showalter in the 1840s as a neighborhood burial grounds. A lot of the stones are down and there are several unmarked burials in this cemetery. The first settlers in this area were the Showalters and the Personetts. The land owners daughter keeps the grass mowed and looks after the grounds.

EST. 1840s @ ABRAHAM SHOWALTER Fall Creek Twp., Henry Co. IN (U.S.36-700W; gps 39.9775-85.6412) Abraham’s father John enlisted June 1, 1776 in the 8th Battalion , Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. Militia, led by Col. Peter Grubb to defend Philadelphia @ Rev. War. 1781 John and wife Barbria Falley moved to Franklin Co. VA

Updated 6-21-2013 courtesy of Bob Hess

Name	Born	Died	Other Info
Barton, Anderson			m. Nancy Showalter 1822, Franklin Co., VA (no stone)
Barton, David	25 Apr 1835	14 Apr 1859	Mason's stone
Barton, Elizabeth	22 Apr 1828	21 Dec 1853	d. of Anderson (no stone)
Barton, Mellisa	21 Oct 1856	25y, 9m, 28d	Wife of William Barton
Barton, Molissa	24 Dec 1831>	21 Oct 1856	d. of William
Barton, Nancy Showalter	23 Mar 1804	5 Oct 1884	d. of Abraham
Brower, Juda Showalter	19 Mar 1808		d. of Abraham; m. Christian (no stone)
Brown, Frances Jane	17 May 1828	13 Jul 1852	Wife of William D.
Farmer, Mary Polly	8 May 1802		d. of Abraham Showalter (n.s.)
Farmer, John S.	Oct 1794		m. Mary Polly Showalter 4 May 1819 (no stone)
Farmer, Delialah	20 Sep 1835	18 Mar 1851	d. of John S. (no stone)
Farmer, Wm. Henry	20 Jan 1827	21 Nov 1902	s. of John S. (no stone)
Farmer, Fernandez	27 Oct 1849	28 Sep 1850	s. of Wm. & Mary
Farmer, Viretta	10 May 1872	30 May 1872	d. of Wm. Henry
Goudy, William	8 Aug 1862	19 Nov 1869	Son of E. S. & E.
Mills, Frances E.	31 Mar 1834	27 Feb 1855	m. Samuel H. Mills
Personett, ?	9 Jun 1856	10 Feb 1861
Personett, Alviretta J.	17 Dec 1856	25 Jan 1864	D. of C. M. & L. J.
Personett, Arminta A.	Feb 1864	30 Aug 1865	d. of C.M. & E.
Personett, Margaret	24 Dec 1855	25 Jan 1864	D. of C. M. & L. J. os w/ Alvireta
Personett, Elizabeth	24 Jun 1775	26 Dec 1849	Wife of James
Personett, Elizabeth	30 Dec 1781	19 Aug 1864	m. C.M.
Personett, James	5 Oct 1774	7 Nov 1855	Husband of Elizabeth 81y, 1m, 2d
Pickering, Elizabeth	22 Apr 1828	31 Dec 1853	Wife of Joseph
Showalter, Aaron	02 Sep 1850	30 Sep 1852	s. of J.S.S.
Showalter, Abraham	1 Aug 1778	8 Feb 1869	s. of John & Barbria m. Frances McCormack 1-14-1801, moved to Cambridge City 1828 & Middletown 1834
Showalter, Barbria	b.18 Feb 1813		d. of Abraham (no stone)
Showalter, Elizabeth Personett	9 Apr 1813	6 Nov 1882	m. J.S.S. 29 July 1830 (no stone)
Showalter, Frances J.	2 Mar 1841	11 Feb 1853	D. of William & Polly
Showalter, Frances J. (McCormack)	05 Apr 1785	15 Aug 1866	Wife of Abraham
Showalter, Henry O.	21 Feb 1826	27 Jul 1893	s. of Abraham (no stone)
Showalter, John Saunders	6 Jan 1811	9 May 1862	s. of Abraham (no stone)
Showalter, Lydia Brown	27 Sep 1825	3 Apr 1854	m. Henry O. 12 Oct 1843
Showalter, Margaret	22 Dec 1842		d. of J.S.S. (no stone)
Showalter, Mary	26 SEP 1850	11 Dec 1852	D. of Henry & Lydia
Showalter, Rosetta	26 Apr 1858	25 Oct 1859	gd. of J.S.S.
Showalter, Sallie			d. of John & Barbria (no stone)
Showalter, Samuel	6 Feb1847	16 Feb 1847	s. of J.S.S.
Showalter, William	17 Jul 1848	7 May 1850	Son of Henry & Lydia
3 footstones, G. W. D., J. S. S. and D. F. Barton stones were carved by: M. Jackson, Anderson.

Showalter Cemetery Additional Burials

Elizabeth Barton, b April 22, 1828, d December 21, 1853, never married. She is the daughter of Nancy Showalter, b March 23, 1804, and Anderson Barton. Nancy Showalter was the daughter of Abraham and Francis McCormack.
Anderson Barton, husband of Nancy Showalter-They were married in 1822 in Franklin Co., VA.
William Henry Farmer, b 1827 d, 1902, son of Mary Polly Showalter and John Showalter Farmer, mr. May 4, 1819
John Farmer, possibly John Showalter Farmer, b Oct, 1794, husband of Mary Polly Showalter.
Farmer, Polly Showalter, Mary Polly Showalter, wife of John Showalter Farmer. Mary Polly Showalter was the daughter of Abraham Showalter and Barbara Falley (Fallon).
Henry O Showalter b 21 February, 1824, d 1893, son of Abraham Showalter and Barbara Falley (Fallon).
John Saunders Showalter, b 811, d 1862, son of Abraham Showalter and Barbara Falley (Fallon). NOTE: cemetery stone marked J S S.
Margaret Showalter, b December 22, 1842, daughter of John Saunders Showalter.
Nancy Showalter, b 28 March 1804, d 5 October 1884. wife of Anderson Barton, daughter of Abraham Showalter.
Samuel Showalter, b 6 February, 1874, d 16 February, 1847, 10 days. Son of John S. Showalter.
SOURCE: Information thought to have been gathered at the time of the Showalter reunion on the "Old Showalter Homestead" in 1905, in the possession of Marjorie Smith.