This memorial is the bell from the former Progressive Friends Church, that used to stand on this site. The memorial was erected here in 1954.
This is the site of the former Progressive Friends Church, that stood here, in rural Fountain County, Indiana.
This cemetery stands on both sides of CR W 350 N, at its junction with CR N 160 W.
The church was torn down, and all that remains is the church cemetery and the church bell. The church bell was mounted on a concrete base, as a memorial to the former church. The plaque on the bell base indicates that the church was dedicated on October 8, 1864.
Plaque text:-
Memorial
Progressive Friends Church
Dedicated October 8, 1864,
First Trustees
John M. Galloway Jacob Ronine
Elias Pugh Joseph Crane
Henry Crane
This Memorial erected June 1952
By the following Committee
Nelson Galloway Myrtle Newman
Clifford Crane A.T. Galloway
The bell is mounted on a concrete base, with the above plaque attached.
I cannot see any makers marks, on the bell.
This location is in Van Buren Township, Fountain County, Indiana.
Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington.
According to the 2000 census, its population was 17,954; the 2010 population was 17,240. The county has eight incorporated towns with a total population of about 9,700, as well as many small unincorporated communities; it is also divided into eleven townships which provide local services. An interstate highway, two U.S. Routes and five Indiana state roads cross the county, as does a major railroad line.
The state of Indiana was established in 1816. The first non-indigenous settler in the area that became Fountain County is thought to have been a Mr. Forbes, who arrived here in early 1823 and was soon followed by others. Fountain County was officially created on December 30, 1825, the act taking effect on April 1, 1826; the boundaries of the county have not changed since that time. It was named for Major James Fontaine of Kentucky who was killed at Harmar's Defeat (near modern Fort Wayne, Indiana) on October 22, 1790, during the Northwest Indian War.
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