Polly Morgan - Poplar Grove Cemetery, Marshall, IN
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N 39° 51.787 W 087° 11.254
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This is a white bronze or zinc marker for Polly Myers, wife of Wyatt Morgan. She is buried in the older section of the Poplar Grove cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMM0VJ
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2014
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This is a white bronze or zinc marker for Polly Myers, wife of Wyatt Morgan. She is buried in the older section of the Poplar Grove cemetery.
Memorial Text:-
Polly Myers.
wife of Wyatt Morgan,
Born April 11, 1819,
Died September 13, 1884.
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Gone, but still remembered.
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Detroit Bronze Co.
Detroit Mich.
This is the only white bronze marker, that we found, in this cemetery. It was supplied, according to the memorial text, by the Detroit Bronze Co, of Detroit, Michigan.
Poplar Grove cemetery is located on the east side of Marshall Road, about one mile north of the small town of Marshall.
Marshall is a town in Washington Township, Parke County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 324. (
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Washington Township is one of thirteen townships in Parke County, Indiana. Poplar Grove is one of the seven cemeteries found in Washington Township.
According to Find A Grave (
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Parke County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana along the Wabash River. The county was formed in 1821 out of a portion of Vigo County. The county seat is Rockville. Parke County has 31 covered bridges and is known as the (self declared) "Covered Bridge Capital of the World".