Table of Contents (1 of 2):

 

 

 

 

I. Executive Summary and Dedication

page 4

 

 

 

II. Alphabetical List and Reconstructed Plot Plan of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery

page 5

 

 

 

 

A. Alphabetical List (19, 20, or 21 Names)

page 5

 

 

 

 

B. Grave Locator Map (20 Graves, with 19 Names)

page 6

 

 

 

 

C. Reconstructed Plot Plan and Master Layout View

page 7

 

 

 

III. Records of Burials in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery

page 9

 

 

 

 

A. Analysis and Evaluation of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Sources

page 10

 

 

 

 

B. Why are there only 13 or 14 names on the ‘short list’?

page 12

 

 

 

 

C. Isabelle McAninch, and Samuel McAninch, not Ernest McAninch

page 14

 

 

 

IV. Samuel McAninch (1789-1859), Hendricks County Pioneer

page 15

 

 

 

V. The Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church

page 18

 

 

 

VI. The Pleasant Hill Cemetery Land (“The Church’s Half-Acre”)

page 21

 

 

 

VII. Tracing the Physical Growth of the Cemetery, 1847-1868, in Five Phases

page 23

 

Phase 1. 1847-1848, McAninch-Pike ‘family cemetery’ for two children

page 23

 

Phase 3: 1853-1855, three new graves added, new row, total nine graves

page 24

 

Phase 5: 1864-1868, five new graves extend the cemetery at both ends

page 25

 

 

 

VIII. Analysis and Identification of Family Groups

page 26

 

Grimes

page 26

 

Hadley

page 27

 

Hancock

page 28

 

Harlan

page 29

 

Harlan: Other Possible Harlan Burial: Susan (Phillips) Harlan [?]

page 30

 

King

page 31

 

Mann

page 32

 

McAninch

page 33

 

McAninch: Other Possible McAninch Family Burials

page 35

 

Phillips

page 36

 

Phillips: Other Possible Phillips Burial: Infant Daughter [?]

page 38

 

Pike

page 39

 

Ridpath

page 40

 

Tincher

page 41

 

 

 

 

“Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery”, Copyright 2003, by Frank McAninch       page 2 of 68

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