Chrisley Hillenburg Cemetery

Today's Walk Through the Tombstones is at the Chrisley Hillenburg Cemetery in Monroe County, Indiana.  It is located off of South Dutch Ridge Road in the Hoosier National Forest.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 38.99333, Longitude: -86.38686

We visited this cemetery on February 8, 2015.  There are only 9 listed interments for this small, family cemetery.  The graves are very worn and most are completely illegible.  

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This is the grave of John Wesly Hillenburg.

Born: 1853

Died: 1916

His grave is the one with the pink flowers and a two pronged stone.  I believe that the pronged stone may have been an original headstone.

His parents were Christian Hillenburgh (1812-1902) and Merry Hillenburgh (1830-1888).  They are listed as being buried at Chrisley-Hillenburg Cemetery.

He had four siblings:

Andrew Jackson Hillenburg (1844-1907) - buried in Gilgal Cemetery, Lawrence County, Indiana.

Alexander Hillenburg (1847-?) - unknown

Ann Elisa Hillenburg Reynolds (1851-1921) - unknown

Elizabeth Hillenburg (1860-1927) - buried in Chrisley-Hillenburg Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

He was married to Hamey LaRue Oliver Hillenburg (1856-1950).  She is buried in Knightridge Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

They had three children:

Charles R. Hillenburg (1878-1955) - buried in Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

Robert Hillenburg (1884-1950) - buried in Knightridge Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

John W. Hillenburg (1900-1957) - buried in Burch Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

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These are the remaining pictures that I took that day.  So many of the headstones are worn and illegible, but someone had been there fairly recently and marked grave sites with crosses and flowers.

In the center of the cemetery is a very strange looking tree.  I am not sure if it was dead or just appeared that way on the cold, wintery day that we were there.

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Please let me know if you have any information on the graves listed here, or have a photo request.

I hope that you have enjoyed your walk through Chrisley-Hillenburg Cemetery.

Please visit the listing at Find-A-Grave.