By BARBARA
BARBIERI
Soon all 53 cemeteries in Wells County will be registered with the Indiana Historical Bureau (IHB), using state form 50091 R/4-02.
The state will assign ID numbers for each using the site of SHAARD (State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database of the Department of Natural Resources.
Wells County is only one of 18 counties having a Cemetery Commission, which was registered with the state four years ago by commission member Jerry Lehman.
Members of the Wells County Cemetery Commission are Bill Douty, Chris Pease, Thomas Liby, Connie Brubaker and Lehman, who serves as secretary treasurer for the group.
Assisting Lehman in the application to the state group were Michael Lautzenheiser and Susie Gentis.
The 53 cemeteries being registered include:
Chester Twp.—Poneto
Miller Cemetery, Chester Cemetery (aka Snow Cemetery), Society of Friends Keystone (Lot 1) and Society of Friends of Keystone (Lot 2).
Harrison Twp.—Bluffton
Six Mile Cemetery, Apostolic Cemetery, Vera Cruz Cemetery (aka St. Johns Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery Association, Old. Co. Farm Cemetery, Linn Cemetery, Grove Cemetery Association and Bluffton Cemeteries, Inc (aka Elm Grove).
Jackson Twp.— Warren
Jones Cemetery Association, Batson Cemetery Lot, Miller Cemetery (Private Burial),Wright Cemetery Lot
Jackson Twp.—
Montpelier
Asbury Chapel Cemetery Association (aka Mcintire)
Jackson Twp.—Warren
Colbert Cemetery (Private Property), Cemetery Lot (aka Hoosier Cemetery).
Jefferson Twp.—Ossian
Oak Lawn Cemetery Association, Elhanan Cemetery Lot, Prairie View Cemetery, Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Archbold Cemetery Lot (aka Albright), Old Cemetery Trustee (aka Old Ossian Cemetery) and Old Cemetery Trustee (aka Old Ossian Cemetery.
Lancaster Twp.—Bluffton
Murray Cemetery (South), Old Cemetery of Bluffton, Murray Cemetery (North), Fairway Cemetery (aka Bluffton Cemeteries nc.)
Lancaster Twp.—
Craigville
Oakland Cemetery
Liberty Twp.—Bluffton
McFarren Cemetery Lot
Liberty Twp.—
Liberty Center
Mossburg Cemetery
Nottingham Twp.—
Bluffton
Stahl Cemetery, Gernand Cemetery, Old Salem Cemetery (aka Kreps)
Nottingham Twp.—
Montpelier
Bloxsom Cemetery, Nottingham Township Cemetery
Rockcreek Twp.—
Bluffton
St. Paul Cemetery, Emmanuel Cemetery, Redding Cemetery, Old Cemetery, Rockford Society of Friends Cemetery, Spider Hill Cemetery Association
Rockcreek Twp.—Markle
Sparks Cemetery Association Inc.
Rockcreek Twp.—
Uniondale
Horeb Cemetery Association
Union Twp.—Ossian
Crismore Cemetery, Uniontown Cemetery Association
Union Twp.—Uniondale
Prospect Cemetery
Union Twp.—Zanesville
Old Zanesville Cemetery, Hoverstock Cemetery
Union Twp.—Markle
Jones Cemetery (aka Sonner Cemetery, Saint John Cemetery
