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buried in the cemetery fascinate him. The lists recorded in the the ornate handwriting of the clues to what life was like for even the families of their time. dates and causes of death Spasms.Brain fever. Teething.Consumption. Whooping cough.Sillious fever are listed here.

The first recorded burial: Peter Revolutionary War 1831. Charity Studebaker, 1854, 3 days old. Eddie Studebaker, 1857, 1 day old. Nemeth says of the many recorded deaths of you walk around, see families that lost If you walk around, also see names that might be familiar to anyone who drives local streets: Although the city now buries only three or four people a year in the are plots that have already been paid for. Elicia director of the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St.

Joseph recently immersed herself into the past while preparing a nomination of the site to the National Register of Historic Places. If says, additional funding sources and tax credits for preservation work become available. As city money has shrunk the last several parks department has struggled to do much beyond general grounds says. Germans were the first predominant group to settle the German names are plentiful in the joined by Hungarians and Poles and others over the years. Early prominent black families in South Powells and buried The cemetery was never points is unusual for its time.

Graves are also packed along the says, for paupers.Headstones for those are rare. The land for the cemetery was donated by South Bend founders Alexis Coquillard and Lathrop Taylor and originally sat outside the by forest. The original plat was expanded several ornate entry gates erected in 1899.The cemetery now spans 21 acres and holds 14,800 bodies. there? City Cemetery includes the graves of many notable former residents and some less-known but whose stories are cited in the nomination documents and other reports. The Studebakers are the largest family represented, with more than 50 buried there.Their lots are by two large obelisks some marked by mar- ble.One of two original Studebaker mausoleums is standing but needs preserving.

Watching the neighborhood suffer and because of 1936 some of the Studebakers were moved to Riverview Cemetery on the north says. Former U.S.Vice President Schuyler Colfax (1869) is buried under an impressive his wife and his son and only was later a mayor of the city. William G. George became the first mayor of South Bend in 1865. James and Mary McKin- ley grandparents of President William buried there after they both died of typhoid fever on Aug.

20,1847 their 43rd wedding anniversary.The president was said to have erected a 2-foot iron fence around the marker after he took no evidence of it today. Among servicemen from the Civil War through the Vietnam War are John Auten first soldier from St. Joseph County to be killed in the Civil War (in 1861) and Private Enoch Weiss who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor against the Apaches in the Arizona territory (1869). The ledger lists Howard Wagner on June 30, cause of death is listed as shot by robber of member of bank robber John gang shot police the gang was fleeing Merchants Bank downtown in one of last holdups. Another police officer, Lewis Keller fatally shot after he surprised two burglars robbing a cigar store on Washington Street in 1898.Keller was able to shoot one of the robbers, who died later from his injuries.

Swan Lind South Bend enjoying a drink at a Chapin Street tavern on the night of Dec. he started arguing with another pa- tron apparently because Lind buy him a drink.The men left the tavern about the same time.Later that night, Lind was found dead in the alley behind his barber shop with a stab wound to the chest. John Chury Susan Kecskemeti lovers who for some unknown reason on May down together in front yard on Colfax Avenue. Chury pulled a gun out and shot her in the her then turned the gun on himself. Both left behind notes to their parents.Chury’s read: dear and good have no other desire but to be buried together, and if you do not do this, you cannot expect we together will know why we did note beg all of you not to grieve after me because this has to be as it is.Goodbye.” A crude wooden stake designates the 1994 burial of 48-year-old Odell Stokes Nemeth and Feasel know much about who he was or how he came to be buried there long after the cemetery was a relative has recently inquired about installing a more permanent memorial.

Saving history This files of handwritten index cards and ledgers will be moved to the parks main volunteers will begin to digitize the records. frequently fields calls from people trying to track down saving the old records will not only protect them but also render them more accessible. Both Nemeth and Feasel speak excitedly about the clues the cemetery holds. definitely into says had never even been to the site before being assigned get a kick out of (helping out when) looking for their great- Feasel says like to see an interactive cemetery map created online.The possibility of state and national historic recognition could render maintaining the cemetery and expanding educational and tourism options more feasible. Bend City Cemetery contains some of the most hallowed ground in South nomination can be gleaned about the development of South Bend, the accompanying social the changing cultural sentiments towards life and death as reflected in and other Contact Virginia Black: 574-235-6321 facebook.com/tribune.virginia black CYANMAGENTAYELLOWBLACK EDITION 50R A8 South Bend Tribune Monday, May 28, 2012 LAICNANIF EHT PUORG ECRUOSER PFC gnihtraF luaP rosivdA laicnaniF 9469-452 Are you getting the service you deserve from your financial professional? We Can Help.

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