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 King - Weston Cemetery - Rensselaer, Indiana, USA Posted by:  rogueblack
N 40° 56.178 W 087° 09.585
16T E 486551 N 4531698
One of three zinc headstones in Weston Cemtery of Rensselaer, Indiana, is located in the old section.
Waymark Code: WM3GCR
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2008
Views: 29
The Weston Cemetery page of the City of Rensselaer website summarizes Weston Cemetery:
Weston Cemetery is a beautiful, tree-filled cemetery with the oldest sections on rolling hills encompassing the highest point of ground within the city limits. It is a traditional cemetery with burials facing east and monuments (headstones) being allowed and encouraged. The cemetery is bordered by Brookside Park on the north and the Iroquois River on the south. It consists of 25.7 acres at present with approximately 7500 burials. A bridge spans Maxwell Creek dividing the cemetery into what is called the "old section" and the "new section". There are currently about 500 unsold spaces in the cemetery. A new addition of 16 acres has been developed and opened in 2002. This new section, Weston North Cemetery has 8400 burial spaces and has increased the overall land mass to approximately 42 acres.
Steeped in local history and the oldest continuously operating facility in Rensselaer, Weston Cemetery is the third oldest cemetery of the 58 recorded cemeteries in Jasper County. The first known burial occurred on June 22, 1841 (just five years after the first settlers appeared in what is now Rensselaer).
Enter the eastern-most entrance and veer left down the decline, passing the mysterious blue-doored cave and continuing around the first turn. Park where it's safe and walk up the hill of the old section. As visitors peer around at the rows of Makeevers, Saylers, and a very unique Israel B. Washburn, a grave marker will stand out beneath the towering fir trees.
Identifications for two individuals are listed on two sides, a third side prays, and the fourth is blank. No information is provided to confirm but it is likely the occupants are a mother who was buried with her infant son, who she'd lost a year before her own demise.
The East identification is:
Charles F. King
Born Dec 27, 1876
Died
Jan 1, 1877
The South identification is:
Julia M.
Wife of F.T. King
Born
Sept 15, 1851
Died
June 12, 1878
King
The West prayer is:
Take them O Father in thine arms
And may they henceforth be a messenger of peace between our human hearts and thee.
The marker was manufactured by Detroit Bronz Co., Detroit Mich.
Additional Coordinates (optional): N 40° 56.261 W 087° 09.584
Date of birth (optional): 09/15/1851
Date of death (optional): 06/12/1878
Headstone text (optional):
Julia M
Wife of
F T King
Born Sept 15, 1851
Died
June 12, 1878
Charles F King
Born Dec 27, 1876
Died Jan 1, 1877
Take them O Father in thine arms,
And may they henceforth be,
A messenger of peace between,
Our human hearts and thee.
Website: Not listed
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