Crown Hill Cemetery - Pioneer Cemetery Section - Rhoads Cemetery

 Today we are back at the Pioneer Cemetery Section of Crown Hill for another Walk Through the Tombstones.  This time we are taking a look at the Rhoads Cemetery, also known as Old Baptist Cemetery.

This cemetery was established in 1844 in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana in what is now the Fletcher Industrial Park.  

This monument was erected, I think, in 2008 and reads: 

"Rhoads Cemetery

Established 1844

In memory of five pioneer families originally buried in southeastern Wayne Township in Marion County, Indiana.

In 1999, twelve adults and thirty four children of the Rhoads, Rude, Foster, Foltz, and Johns families were buried at this final resting site.  This memorial serves as a tribute to their lives."

The back side of the monument shows a map of where the burials had been located at Rhoads Cemetery.  This monument also says: 

"Rhoads Cemetery burials may include members of the Rhoads, Rude, Foster, Foltz, and Johns families.  Identified burials are James Rhoads, died - 1844, Hanna Rhoads, died - 1849, Sarah Rhoads, died - 1857, John Rhoads (C-5), died - 1860, Emma Rude, died - 1862, William Rude, died - 1866, and William Rhoads (D-14), died - 1906.  Burial locations are as follows.  (see the picture to the side for the burial map)" 

The Genealogical Society of Marion County has a burial list for this cemetery, which shows a total of 22 burials.  It is likely that many of the aforementioned children either were not recorded or completely lost by the time that the burial list was created.

Behind this monument are two small stones with names on them.  These are the only burials that I could find in this section of the cemetery.  Find-A-Grave has no burials listed, so finding any information on these families is going to be nearly impossible.

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Here is the grave of Williams Rhoads.

Born: unknown

Died: 1906

There is no further information about him.

Next is the grave of John Rhoads.

Born: unknown

Died: 1860

There is no information about him either.

I found that the Rhoads family was a pioneer family, but that is all.  

History has pretty much erased this cemetery completely.  There is no information about the families or burials.  The cemetery is mentioned sparingly.  I haven't even found any listings for the cemetery in obituaries or newspapers of the time.  

I hope you have enjoyed our very short walk through Rhoads Cemetery at Crown Hill in Indianapolis, Indiana.  You can see more about it here.