St. Rose Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, IN Cemetery Records Index

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July 1994, St. Rose is the first cemetery that we reworked. Of the three cemeteries at Mt. Pleasant it is this researcher's opinion that St. Rose has deteriorated the most from abuse, vandalism and erosion.

I began with the original work published by the Martin County Historical Society, "Cemeteries of Martin County, Indiana, Volume II", pages 184 through 191 and the supplement page S-8. This work can be identified by the notation "MCHS-nnn". Where "nnn" represents the page number in the original books where the information can be found. For example; MCHS-184 represents page 184 (this is in volume II). Please note that page one (1) begins with volume I and the last page can be found in volume III.

To the original work, I compared the work that Natalie Montgomery Baker performed earlier during 1994. I added any new information that she uncovered. I noted all discrepancies between these two works. Later, all discrepancies were reconciled. If Natalies work differed with that of the original and careful examination of the tombstones could not reconcile the differences I reverted back to the original documentation. (I feel that over time inscriptions have become harder to read. Experience proved this to be very true.)

Natalie also researched local records and obituaries and included this information in her work. Natalie's latest contribution is annotated with "NMB1994:" followed with what additional information she provided. Natalie also noted if the stone presently exists or not. This is annotated by "(stone)". Newly discovered tombstones are annotated by "(new,stone)". Newly discovered burials are indicated by an "Unmarked" burial location.

My children and I systematically compared each and every tombstone to the combined recorded data. Together we corrected mistakes, resolved differences and noted previously unrecorded tombstones. A marking scheme using colored chalk was devised to ensure we would not miss any stone or look at the same stone twice. When finished with the known data we proceeded to probe the cemetery lot for buried tombstones. All together, nine (9) new tombstones were discovered and recorded. Data that we contributed is annotated by "ECH-Jul1994:" indicating the month and year when the work was performed.

Mr. Larry Craney of rural Loogootee contributed information about his ancestors and relatives buried in St. Rose cemetery. His contributions are annotated by "LCG1994:". Many thanks to Larry.

The following page lists abbreviations and sources of information used in the research. Abbreviations and sources used are as follows:

Table of abbreviations:

B: born/birth date D: died/death date Md: Married/Marriage date Bd: buried at Dd: died at Bp: baptized at F: father M: mother S/O: son of D/O: daughter of C/O: child of M/1: marriage #1 M/2: marriage #2, etc. Ch: children CN: compiler's note/observation TI: tombstone inscription VM: veteran's marker CWV: Civil War veteran CWP: Civil War pension paper DJMJ: Descendants of James Massey Jones 1986 HSCR: Historical Society cemetery records MCHS: Martin County Historical Society

DCDR: Daviess County Death records LDR: Loogootee Death Records MCDR: Martin County Death Records SMaDR: St. Martin's Death Records SPBR St. Peter's Baptismal records SJDR: St. John death record SPDR: St. Peter death record SPKDR: St. Patrick death record Obit: obituary LT: Loogootee Tribune MCT: Martin County Tribune SEN: Loogootee Sentinel Sent: Loogootee Sentinel SN: Shoals News WTH: Washington Times Herald W-Demo: Washington Democrat DC-Demo: Daviess County Democrat ABT: about (?) Data is illegible or questionable Intv: interview with person or persons indicated NMB1994: Information supplied by Natalie Montgomery Baker, 1994. ECH-Jul1994: Information uncovered by Evan C. Hand during the month and year given.

NOTE: Some birth dates are computed from the death date and the inscribed ages in Years, Months and Days when given. These are annotated as such: "Born ABT 28 Mar 1883".

Last Updated: 27 Apr 2003