Clear Spring Friends Cemetery
Henry County, Indiana, USA
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From New Castle, Indiana at the Junction of SR 3 and SR 38, proceed 4 miles west on SR 38 to the junction of SR 234.
Continue due west onto SR 234 for a distance of about 1/3 of a mile to the junction of SR 234 and CR 400.
Turn south on CR 400 and proceed 1 mile to CR 100.
Turn east on CR 100 and proceed about 1/3 mile to the Clear Spring Friends Cemetery on the north side of the road.
The site is also the location of the Clear Spring Friends Meeting House that formerly stood at the location. Its location is denoted by a stone marker at its front steps that still remain.
This cemetery is one of the earliest cemeteries in Henry County, established on February 24, 1834 when Phineas Ratliff sold land to the church trustees; Elias Newby, Joseph Ratliff and Rice Price, five acres of land for $23.00 and ½ cents for the erecting of a house of worship and a cemetery to be used by the members of said church and the Clear Springs neighborhood. Phineas died on June 13, 1870 and is buried here.
This cemetery was originally located in Greensboro Township until 1838 when Harrison Township was formed from parts of Greensboro, Spiceland and Wayne Townships. As with all old Quaker cemeteries there are many unmarked burials in here. Tombstones were a vanity issue until about the 1860s.
The Clear Springs church closed in 1966 and the building was demolished in the 1960s but the front stoops were left intact as a memorial to the Clear Springs church and the old neighborhood.
Directions:
From New Castle, Indiana at the Junction of SR 3 and SR 38, proceed 4 miles west on SR 38 to the junction of SR 234.
Continue due west onto SR 234 for a distance of about 1/3 of a mile to the junction of SR 234 and CR 400.
Turn south on CR 400 and proceed 1 mile to CR 100.
Turn east on CR 100 and proceed about 1/3 mile to the Clear Spring Friends Cemetery on the north side of the road.
The site is also the location of the Clear Spring Friends Meeting House that formerly stood at the location. Its location is denoted by a stone marker at its front steps that still remain.
This cemetery is one of the earliest cemeteries in Henry County, established on February 24, 1834 when Phineas Ratliff sold land to the church trustees; Elias Newby, Joseph Ratliff and Rice Price, five acres of land for $23.00 and ½ cents for the erecting of a house of worship and a cemetery to be used by the members of said church and the Clear Springs neighborhood. Phineas died on June 13, 1870 and is buried here.
This cemetery was originally located in Greensboro Township until 1838 when Harrison Township was formed from parts of Greensboro, Spiceland and Wayne Townships. As with all old Quaker cemeteries there are many unmarked burials in here. Tombstones were a vanity issue until about the 1860s.
The Clear Springs church closed in 1966 and the building was demolished in the 1960s but the front stoops were left intact as a memorial to the Clear Springs church and the old neighborhood.
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- Added: 27 Aug 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2273912
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