Clover Hill Cemetery

Today's Walk Through the Tombstones is at Clover Hill Cemetery in Harrodsburg, Indiana.   This cemetery is located  in town just off of South Gore Road.  

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 39.01580, Longitude: -86.54720

We visited this cemetery on February 1, 2015.  It seems that most of our days at the cemetery are rainy and this day was no exception.  

History of the cemetery is sketchy as it seems that the records were lost in a fire at some unknown point.  The earliest burial  with a legible stone is for 1853.  In May of 1854, Alex Sutherland sold the land where the cemetery is currently located to George Stipp with the following provision:  The entire plot except "one fourth of an acre where my wife was buried".  But it does not appear that this cemetery was for a single family when it started but for various townspeople.  At some point the cemetery became a Knights of Pythias Cemetery and by 1898 over 250 people were already buried there.  Now it is listed as having over 2600 interments.  I am not sure what the original name of the cemetery was since it was renamed the Clover Hill Cemetery in 1945.  It is possible that it was just called the Harrodsburg Cemetery.

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Our first stop today on our walk is at the grave of Charles Ebenezer Clay.

Born: June 23, 1860, Indiana
Died: July 30, 1865, Indiana

The inscription on the stone reads, "son of TJ & A Clay
Aged 5y 1m 7d". 

His parents were Thomas Jefferson Clay (1824-1908) and Angeline Whisman Clay (1825-1908).  They are both buried at Clover Hill Cemetery.

He had 6 siblings:
John Curtis Clay (1847-1920) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Mary Catherine Clay Strain (1849-1945) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Nancy Elizabeth Clay Johnston (1852-1928) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Lodusky Clay (1857-1906) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Finis Lorenza Clay (1860-1941) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Emma Clay (1863-1948) - buried in Egolf Cemetery, Whitley County, Indiana

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Here is Catharine A. Carmichael Dodd.

Born: August 26, 1840, Monroe County, Indiana
Died: December 22, 1888, Monroe County, Indiana

Her parents were Peter F. Carmichael (1818-1893) and Lydia Margaret Teague Carmichael (1821-1882).  They were married on June 15, 1839 in Monroe County, Indiana. They are both buried at Clover Hill Cemetery.  As a note of interest, Lydia Margaret Teague Carmichael is the great grandmother of Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael, a famous musician buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana.

Catharine was the oldest of 8 children.  Her siblings were:
Mary E. Carmichael Low (1842-1918) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Peter Carmichael (1843-1843) - buried in Teague Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
James R. Carmichael (1844-1905) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Michael Taylor Carmichael (1847-1907) - buried in Clear Creek Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana
Sarah Elizabeth Carmichael Stephenson (1849-1902) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Richard Carmichael (1852-1895) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Nancy Lucinda Carmichael Kinser (1856-1900) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

She was the wife of James Dodd (1832-1904) whose name is carved on the opposite side of the stone.  They were married on December 15, 1859 in Monroe County, Indiana.

She and James had 4 children:
Charlotte Dodd (1869-1888) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Martha L. Dodd (1865-1866) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Infant Dodd (1864-1864) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
George P. Dodd (1972-1937) - buried in Clear Creek Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

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On the opposite side of Catharine's grave, we find her husband, Doctor James Dodd.

Born: May 20, 1832
Died: August 30, 1904

His mother is listed as Mary Pearson Dodd (1796-1880).  She was buried at Clover Hill Cemetery after passing away from Typhoid Fever.-

He was married to Catharine A. Carmichael Dodd (1840-1888) on December 15, 1859.  She is buried with him at Clover Hill Cemetery.

Doctor Dodd served in the Civil War as an Assistant Surgeon.  Enlisted in the 67th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteers in November of 1862, he served at Vicksburg and the Arkansas Post.  But after only 6 months he became disabled and was discharged.  This makes him at Vicksburg for the siege but not for the surrender on July 4, 1863.  

Together they had four children:
Charlotte Dodd (1869-1888) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Martha L. Dodd (1865-1866) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Infant Dodd (1864-1864) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
George P. Dodd (1972-1937) - buried in Clear Creek Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

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We now move on to the grave of Edward Griffin.

Born: 1832
Died: 1901

He served as a Corporal in the Civil War in the 120th Indiana Infantry, Company I.

He was married to Martha Griffin (1842-1881)  and they had one child, Enes Griffin (1868-1872).  Both are buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.






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Here we have the grave of Addie May Lemon.

Born: 1862
Died: December 25, 1882

There appears to be an angel carved on her gravestone, which is generally carved to be a guide to Heaven.

Her parents were Elvin G. Lemon (?-1882) and Kiziah Lemon (?-1889).  They are both buried in Clover Hill Cemetery.

She had two siblings:
Florence A. Lemon (?-1889) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Josephine C. Lemon (1848-1878) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

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Here we have the grave of Rebecca Pearson.

Born: March 27, 1799
Died: September 24, 1875

There is no information on her family.












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This is the grave of Martha Patsey Koontz Sutherland.

Born: July 29, 1814
Died: November 9, 1853

Her parents were Gasper Koons (1792-1877) and Elizabeth May Koons (1792-1863).  Both are buried in the Koontz Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

She had seven siblings: 
William Koons (1816-1855) - buried at Koontz Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Henry Koons (1819-1890) - buried at Koontz Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
John  H. Koonts (1822-1911) - buried at Koontz Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana 
Eli Koons (1824-1904) - buried at South Union Church Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana
Allen Koons (1825-1914) - buried at Koontz Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana
Freeland Koons (1827-1895) - buried at Koontz Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana
Nancy Koontz Phillips (1834-1923) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana

She was the wife of Alex Sutherland (?-?).  I am not sure where he is buried.  There is no listing for children either.  Her grave is on the one quarter plot that was kept aside from the rest of the land that Alex Sutherland sold to George Stipp.

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Here we have the grave for Richard H. Tredway.

Born: January 22, 1842
Died: October 5, 1879

He served in the Civil War in 59th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company I.

There is no information for his family.









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This is the grave of Josephus Daniel Joseph Urmey.

Born: February 23, 1824
Died: November 6, 1890

His mother is listed as Nancy Ribble Urmey (1801-1868) and she is buried at Clover Hill Cemetery.  There is no listing for his father.

He has a Freemason symbol carved into his headstone.

He had 2 siblings:
Samuel Washington Urmey (1819-1851) - buried in Springville Cemetery West, Lawrence County, Indiana.
Catherine A. Evans (1834-1911) - buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Lawrence County, Indiana.

He was married twice, first to Mary Empson Urmey (1820-1864), who is also buried at Clover Hill Cemetery.  They had three children together:
Horrace F. Urmey (?-1868) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Mary Helen Urmey (1851-1853) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Emma V. Urmey (1854-1871) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

His second wife was Mary G. Gaskins Urmey (1840-1884).  She is buried at Clover Hill as well.  They also had three children:
Carrie Belle Urmey (1865-1903) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Ida Urmey Lowe (1867-1949) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
James Lawrence Urmey (1869-1871) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

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Our last stop is at the grave of Charlie Bryant.

Born: May 10, 1862
Died: May 10, 1862

He was the son of JB Bryant (?-?) and ME Bryant (?-?).  There is no listing beyond the inscription on his tombstone to indicate who his parents were.










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This last grave is very lichen covered and worn, therefore I can not make out who it is for.  I believe that when I took the photo, it was because I like the shape of the grave and thought that it was unusual.  








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If anyone has any information on any of the graves mentioned here, or a photo request, please email me or leave a comment.

I hope that you have enjoyed your walk through Clover Hill Cemetery.

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