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Lutheran Cemetery

Also known as Lutheran Cemetery #1

Greene Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA

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  • Get directions Smiley Road
    Greene Township, Indiana 47872 United States
    Coordinates: 39.79663, -87.13952
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THIS CEMETERY IS NOT THE SAME AS PHILADELPHIA LUTHERAN CEMETERY!!!!

This cemetery is located in Greene Township, Section 15 near the southern boundary line for the township. The first Christian church organized in Greene township was established at Portland Mills in 1839. Rev. James H. Jack and John Burgess led the drive for construction. Most of the construction materials and labor were donated. The first pastor was Rev. J. M. Harris. A larger church was built in 1850. The Lutheran cemetery is located one mile west of this church, near the First Lutheran Church



The cemetery is located in Greene Township (Section 23 Township 16N Range 6W).



Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 3, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (April 2007), gives the primary cemetery name as Lutheran Cemetery #1.

The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-61-55 (Lutheran).








THIS CEMETERY IS NOT THE SAME AS PHILADELPHIA LUTHERAN CEMETERY!!!!

This cemetery is located in Greene Township, Section 15 near the southern boundary line for the township. The first Christian church organized in Greene township was established at Portland Mills in 1839. Rev. James H. Jack and John Burgess led the drive for construction. Most of the construction materials and labor were donated. The first pastor was Rev. J. M. Harris. A larger church was built in 1850. The Lutheran cemetery is located one mile west of this church, near the First Lutheran Church



The cemetery is located in Greene Township (Section 23 Township 16N Range 6W).



Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 3, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (April 2007), gives the primary cemetery name as Lutheran Cemetery #1.

The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-61-55 (Lutheran).







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