[Forward Reference: "Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery", MFHN v.XI n.3 July 2003 pg.2003-18;

 research report (online) at www.McAninch.Net/genphcem, note added June 2003 Frank McAninch]

 

Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery

 

“This cemetery is in a pasture on a farm ... in Franklin Twp. The old church and cemetery sat in

the corner of a section line. The cemetery was in the SW half of Section 9, Township 14, Range 2 W.

 

These records donated by Mrs. Ida Logue, Amo, Indiana, and Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant, Danville, Indiana.

 

The following names and dates were copied from papers found in the Chauncey Holiday Phillips estate.

 

1.

Charles W. McAninch / died Aug. 8, 1865 / son of J. & E.J. McAninch /

 

 

 

aged 2 yrs 8 mo 2 da

2.

Clara McAninch / died Feb. 6, 1865 / dau. of E.G. & C.A. McAninch / aged 2 ds

3.

Hiram D. McAninch / died Jan. 18, 1859 / son of J. & E.J. McAninch / aged 2 yrs 8 mo 8 da

4.

Nameless

 

 

5.

Oliver Harlan / born Dec. 19, 1849 / died Aug. 20, 1851 / son of J. & P. S. Harlan

6.

Sarah C. McAninch / died Dec. 18, 1848 / dau. of D. & P. McAninch / aged 5 ds

7.

Margaret A. Pike / born Jan. 3, 1845 / died Nov. 13, 1847 / dau. of T. & P. Pike

8.

Phebe E. McAninch / died Oct. 6, 1853 / dau. of D. & P. McAninch / aged 10 ms

8b.

Samuel Elwood Phillips / d. May 11, 1851 / son of Samuel & Rachel Phillips /

 

 

aged 1 yr 9 mo 6 da

 9.

Mary L. Grimes / died Aug. 10, 1851 / dau. of E. & S. Grimes / aged 1 yr 5 mo 22 ds

10.

Infant / died Feb. 3, 1855 / dau. of M.E. & J. Hadley

 

 

11.

Lucinda A. Grimes / died Nov. 27, 1866 / dau. of E. & S. Grimes / aged 6 yr 4 mo 10 d

 

 

(carving of lamb on stone)

12.

Nancy Catherine Pike / died May 14, 1859 / wife of John W. Pike / age 20 y 23 d

13.

Sally Phillips (born 9-16-1775) / d. Aug. 17, 1851 / wife of John S. Phillips /

 

 

age 75 yr 11 mo 1 da

14.

Polly S. Harlan / died Dec. 24, 1853 / wife of Jno. S. Harlan / aged 23 yr 22 da

15.

Samuel McAninch (born 2-5-1783) / died July 30, 1859 / aged 70 yr 5 mo 25 d

16.

Isabelle McAninch / died June 2, 1860 / dau of J. & S. Ridpath / wife of Enoch G. McAninch / aged 27 yrs 11 mo 14 d 

(“Gone home” and hand pointing upward on stone)

17.

Rebecca King / died July 22, 1859 / aged 35 years

 

 

18.

Anna M. King / died Feb. 3, 1864 / wife of John King / aged 64 yrs

 

19.

John King / died Oct. 5, 1868 / aged 73 yrs

 

 

 

The map below indicates the location of the tombstones. The cemetery was destroyed when the

land was cleared by the owner in 1967.  [names shown inside [ ]’s, October 1997,.Frank McAninch]

 

[1st Row]

2nd Row

3rd Row

4th Row

1

[Charles W. McA.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

[Clara McA.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

[Hiram D. McA.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

nameless

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

[Oliver Harlan]

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

[Sarah C. McA.]

8b

[Samuel E. Phillips]

12

[Nancy C. Pike]

 

 

7

[Margaret Pike]

9

[Mary L. Grimes]

13

[Sally Phillips]

 

 

8

[Phebe E. McA.]

10

[infant Hadley]

14

[Polly S. Harlan]

17

[Rebecca King]

?

[sic]

11

[Lucinda A. Grimes]

15

[Samuel McA.]

18

[Anna M. King]

 

 

 

 

16

[Isabelle McA.]

19

[John King] [14]

 

Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Church and Cemetery, Franklin Twp., Hendricks County, Indiana (2 of 3)

McAninch Family History NL, V-4  November, 1997  Copyright Frank McAninch   page 1997-32

 

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