Mary Powers & infant son Albert - Rockfield Cemetery - rural Fountain County, IN - Zinc Headstones on Waymarking.com

White bronze headstone for Mary Powers and her infant son Albert, at Rockfield Cemetery, in rural Fountain County, Indiana.

Memorial Text:-
Mary E. Powers,
Wife of John E. Powers,
Born Sept. 2, 1849,
Died Jan. 23, 1883,
Aged 33 Yrs, 4 Mos, 21 Days.

Weep not for her, she
is not dead but
sleepeth.
----
Albert F. Son of John E & Mary E Powers,
Born Oct. 3, 1882,
Died Aug. 25, 1883,
Aged 10 Mos, 22 Days.

Sweet flower
transplanted to a
Clime.
Where never comes the blight of time.

The Find A Grave Memorial for Mary E. Powers (visit link)

The Find A Grave Memorial for Albert F. Powers (visit link)

Rockfield Cemetery, is located on County Road S 150 E, locally known as South Rockfield Road, approximately one and a half miles, wsouth east of the town of Veedersburg, in Van Buren Township, Fountain County, Indiana.

According to Find A Grave (visit link) there are currently 2270 burials in this cemetery.

Van Buren Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,972. The township contains three cemeteries: Bonebrake, Cold Springs and this one, RockField. (visit link)

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. (visit link)

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