Back side of the back wall.

Back side of the side wall.

This is Halderman Cemetery. The stone had mostly been destory,the ones that were still good were place in this wall. There also is 8 plats that tell about it and who was bury there.

HALDERMAN PLAQUE

The Halderman (Holderman) Cemetery in North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. Land for this pioneer cemetery was donated by Allen and Jane Halderman, when they needed a place to bury their daughter in 1839. They allowed other folks to bury their kin here, at no cost, and as no provisons were made for perpetual upkeep, the plots eventually fell into disrepair. As a result, we now have one of the more unique pioneer cemeteries in the state: The tombstones were removed in 1955, all but a very small plot of them, and a brick wall was erected in 1986 incorporating some of the stones, as well as plaques listing transcriptions of several hundred others-- From the local Historical Society's website:

"Many of the gravestones had disappeared; taken away by relatives or used for doorsteps or driveways. Some were simply piled in one corner of the plot. Some members of the Society helped to move most of the remaining stones to the town water plant lot. All of the legible inscriptions were copied and the best preserved were selected to be incorporated into the planned memorial. Thirty tombstones are built into two of the walls of the memorial and six anodized aluminum pewter plaques carry the names (and dates) of those buried there and are mounted on the inside of the east wall…. A significant number of the original burials were removed to Oaklawn Cemetery (as noted on the Master List) and Thomas Marshall's parents were removed to the Oddfellows Cemetery in Marion."

In addition, a new memorial has been placed on the site incorporating 5 large panels similar in appearance to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, with the names on them that are not identified.

Also in this small park, is the birthplace house of Thomas Marshall…

Holderman Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in North Manchester, located on the East side of Market street. North of Fourth Street established about 1840 by Allan Holderman, included burials to the 1890s. It was not incorporated and did not receive consistent care. The use of the cemetery was likely free to the public. About 1955 the stone were removed for safety reasons and placed in a pile in the northeast corner of the plot. In September 1969, Lester Binnie recorded the inscriptions from the 185 stones he found there. Other stones were found in 1982 when the town of North Manchester began gathering data for the construction of a suitable memorial on the site. At that time intensive research in old newspapers and other old sources was conducted by Keith Ross, Ron Woodward and others yielded names of persons almost certainly buried there.

By crosscheck it was found that at least 86 stones for persons who were first buried in the Holderman Cemetery were removed to other cemeteries, including Oaklawn and Fairview and others. It is quite clear that some persons were buried at Holderman for whom no stones can be found.

A memorial which incorporates some of the stones found in the cemetery has been built. The plot - about 100 x 500 feet - is now a landscaped park and memorial area. At the south end is the site of the restored Thomas Marshall birthplace.

Some names found in this cemetery: Frame, Holderman, Helvey, Lavey, Lautzenheiser, Mowrer,Ogan, Place, Thomas, Weidner, West, Williams, Willis, and Marshall.