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Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery, Franklin Township, Hendricks County, Indiana |
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This article contains extracts from the research report published online at this same time -- |
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“(Old) Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery”, 68 webpages online, www.McAninch.Net/genphcem. |
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Extracts from the online research report: |
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This research report was written by Frank McAninch [see Note 6], spring 2003, |
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with additional Indiana research by Marjorie (McAninch) Waggoner [7] and Lillian. |
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McAninch [8] (all descendents of Samuel McAninch, the original McAninch family |
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in Hendricks County), and based on original Indiana research by Louise McAninch |
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(1908-1979) [4], cemetery papers found in the Phillips Estate collection [1] at the |
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Danville Public Library, and on the list of headstones by Mrs. Ennis Johnson [2] |
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(Mrs. Allan F. Johnson), 20th-century owners of the farm and cemetery property |
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Table of Contents (of the complete online report): |
[web] |
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I. Executive Summary and Dedication |
page 4 |
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II. Alphabetical List and Reconstructed Plot Plan of Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
page 5 |
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A. Alphabetical List (19, 20, or 21 Names) |
page 5 |
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B. Grave Locator Map (20 Graves, with 19 Names) |
page 6 |
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C. Reconstructed Plot Plan and Master Layout View |
page 7 |
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III. Records of Burials in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
page 9 |
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A. Analysis and Evaluation of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Sources |
page 10 |
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B. Why are there only 13 or 14 names on the ‘short list’? |
page 12 |
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C. Isabelle McAninch, and Samuel McAninch, not Ernest McAninch |
page 14 |
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IV. Samuel McAninch (1789-1859), Hendricks County Pioneer |
page 15 |
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V. The Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church |
page 18 |
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VI. The Pleasant Hill Cemetery Land (“The Church’s Half-Acre”) |
page 21 |
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VII. Tracing the Physical Growth of the Cemetery, 1847-1868, in Five Phases |
page 23 |
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Phase 1. 1847-1848, McAninch-Pike ‘family cemetery’ for two children |
page 23 |
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Phase 3: 1853-1855, three new graves added, new row, total nine graves |
page 24 |
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Phase 5: 1864-1868, five new graves extend the cemetery at both ends |
page 25 |
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VIII. Analysis and Identification of Family Groups |
page 26 |
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Grimes, Hadley, Hancock |
page 26 |
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Harlan, and Other Possible Harlan Burial: Susan (Phillips) Harlan [?] |
page 29 |
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King, Mann |
page 31 |
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McAninch, and Other Possible McAninch Family Burials |
page 33 |
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Phillips, and Other Possible Phillips Burial: Infant Daughter [?] |
page 36 |
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Pike, Ridpath, Tincher |
page 39 |
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IX. Notes: Endnotes and Sources |
page 42 |
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Appendix 1: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Information from the Phillips Estate |
page 50 |
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Appendix 2: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Letter from Mrs. Ennis Johnson |
page 54 |
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Appendix 3: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Information at the Indiana State Library |
page 56 |
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Appendix 4: Letters from Mrs. Louise McAninch, and the Six Photographs |
page 60 |
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Bibliography: List of Significant Indiana Works Cited, and Repositories |
page 67 |
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Addendum: Recommended Citations |
page 68 |
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“Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery”, extract from webpages 2,3 of 68, McAninch.Net/genphcem |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.XI.n.3 July 2003 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2003-18 |