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From: "Debra Dougherty" <>
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Helphinstine Cemetery, Alfordsville, Martin Co., Indiana
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:30:16 -0500
References: <00e401c134e2$acdb7000$74390618@jfrvil1.in.home.com>


From the Daviess County website at:
http://www.indaviess.freeservers.com/cemetery.htm

"Helvestine Cemetery
(Reeve Township), Daviess County, IN
Section 2, Township 1N, Range 5W
**About 1 1/2 miles southeast of Alfordsville
on County Road 1300E, just south of County
Road 725E**"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lois Mauk" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 8:41 PM
Subject: [INPCRP] Helphinstine Cemetery, Alfordsville, Martin Co., Indiana


> Results from Form 1 of Page reports/report_new.htmBill Spurlock of
> www.SavingGraves.com has forwarded to us a second report of an endangered
> cemetery is as many days. Anyone on the list have any knowledge about
this
> Martin County site?
>
> Lois
> ===================
>
> Cemetery: Helphinstine
> Other:
> Sign: No
> Street:
> City: Alfordsville, Indiana
> Township:
> County: Martin
> State: Indiana
> Nation:
> Zip:
> Status: Abandoned
> Size: Small
> Directions:
> Type: Road-public
> Location: Rural-woods
> Terrain: Hillside
> Watersource: No
> Features: many tress some black walnut
> Land_Type: Private
> Access: Open
> Enclosure: None
> Gate: None
> Established: abt 1850
> Gravestones: 6
> Oldest: 1869
> Newest: 1875
> Removed: Unknown
> Relocated: No
> Repairs: No
> Methods:
> Restoration: No
> Association: No
> Records: No
> Inventory: Unsure
> Records_location:
> Landscaping: No
> Paths: No
> Trees: Unsure
> Crypts: No
> Fencing: No
> Walkways: No
> Brickwork: No
> Ironwork: No
> Sculpture: No
> Fountains: No
> Roads: No
> Buildings: No
> Cement:
> Granite: Yes
> Marble:
> Native_Stone:
> Slate: Yes
> Other_Stone:
> Wood:
> Materials:
> Architectural: No
> Angels: No
> Draperies: No
> Fraternal: No
> Hands: Yes
> Lambs: Unsure
> Monograms: Unsure
> Plants: Unsure
> Photos: No
> Religious: No
> Scrollwork: No
> Urns: No
> Other_Carvings: No
> Condition: Cemetery neglected
> Unmarked: Yes
> Broken: Yes
> Toppled: No
> Disintegrating: Yes
> Buried: Unsure
> Weather_problems: Unknown
> Pollution_problems: No
> Vandalized: No
> Police_report:
> VA1:
> VA2:
> VA3:
> VA4:
> VA5:
> Overgrowth:
> Overgrowth1:
> Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
> Overgrowth3:
> Overgrowth4:
> Vegetation1: Trees
> Vegetation2: Ground-Cover
> Vegetation3:
> Vegetation4:
> Drainage: Good
> Problem1: Encroachment
> Problem2:
> Owner: County
> Use:
> Bordering: Woods
> Change: Same
> Reason:
> Visited: Occasionally
> Archeology: Unknown
> Habitat: Yes
> Contacted:
> name: Bertha Helphinstine Martinez
> Email:
> Date: September 3, 2001
> B1: Submit
> Remote User:
> Date: Monday, September 03, 2001
>
> Needs
> Cemetery is in an area where strip coal mining is done and may be
destroyed
> by mining companies if not preserved.
> Other_Information
> Support
>
>
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> Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of
England
> and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli:
> "Show me the manner in which a nation or community
> cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical
> exactness the tender mercies of its people, their
> respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty
> to high ideals."
>
>

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