Hello all! Today's Walk Through the Tombstones is a little different than normal. In late June this year, we had a powerful storm come through Monroe County, Indiana. We had tornado strength straight line winds that caused massive damage to trees and buildings around the county and in at least one neighboring county. The National Weather service classified this storm as a derecho:
From Wikipedia:
"A derecho (/ˈdɛrətʃoʊ/, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], 'straight') is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system.
Derechos cause hurricane-force winds, heavy rains, and flash floods. In many cases, convection-induced winds take on a bow echo (backward "C") form of squall line, often forming beneath an area of diverging upper tropospheric winds, and in a region of both rich low-level moisture and warm-air advection. Derechos move rapidly in the direction of movement of their associated storms, similar to an outflow boundary (gust front), except that the wind remains sustained for a greater period of time (often increasing in strength after onset), and may reach tornado and hurricane-force winds. A derecho-producing convective system may remain active for many hours and, occasionally, over multiple days.
A warm-weather phenomenon, derechos mostly occur in summer, especially during June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere..."
The storm was massive, from what I understand it started over in Iowa somewhere and just moved across the Midwest finally losing power somewhere in, I think, Ohio. Monroe County was declared a disaster zone with hundreds of trees down, blocking roads all over the county. Many people lost power for a week or more. I was leaving work when it hit and got stuck sitting in a parking lot watching the trees leaning at a 45 degree angle. Several power transformers across the road from where I was sitting exploded, lighting up the sky with an orange ball of flame. That was the first power outage I became aware of. Friends of mine who live in that area showed me videos of the power transformers lying in the street, flames shooting out of them.
It took me two and a half hours to make the 20 minute drive home. There was so much damage everywhere. Thankfully, where I live in the far south side of the county, we didn't lose power and had very little tree damage. Unfortunately, Rose Hill Cemetery got hit pretty hard. If you've seen my video of Rose Hill or any of my other posts, or if you have been there, you know that there are some beautiful. old trees there, especially up in the Spencer Addition. We lost one of those during this storm and part of another.
This is one of the old pine trees up by the main road that separated The Old Spencer Addition and the Spencer Addition. It was just snapped at the base and laid over. Luckily, none of the stones underneath it took any damage.
This stone was just nestled in amongst the broken branches of the old pine tree, waiting to be rescued.
This tree, in the Spencer Addition, snapped in two and hit the stones beneath it displacing the stone from its base. It also knocked down and obelisk stone nearby. There was another tree that came down in the newer additions of Rose Hill that knocked over another couple of stones, but those pictures came out too blurry, so I just deleted them.
But while we were there, we were showing a friend some interesting stones, looking for history. I decided to go ahead and photograph some of those stones.
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This beautiful stone belongs to Mary Lucinda Woodburn Crow
Born: November 6, 1828, South Carolina
Died: May 31, 1854, Monroe County, Indiana
Her father was Dorrance Beatty "D.B." Woodburn (1786-1856) and Rachel Johnston Woodburn (1788-1848). He was born in Georgia and she was born South Carolina. They were married on December 3, 1807 in Chester County, South Carolina and are both buried in Rose Hill Cemetery.
She had several siblings:
John Johnston Woodburn (1808-?) - burial unknown
Sarah McGill Woodburn (1810-1891) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
Cynthia Woodburn (1812-1868) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
Eliza Ann Woodburn (1815-1862) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
James B. Woodburn (1817-1865) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
William Woodburn (1820-1858) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
Margaret Woodburn (1823-?) - burial unknown
Matthew Walker Woodburn (1826-1855) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana (pictured left)
She was married to William H. Crow (1825-?) on November 6, 1850 in Monroe County, Indiana. I am not sure where he is buried.
They had one child:
Louisa Evelyn Crow (1851-?) - burial unknown
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This is the grave of Amzi Atwater.
Born: November 9, 1839, Mantua, Ohio
Died: March 20, 1919
He was the son of Darwin Atwater (1805-1873) and Harriet Atwater (1799-1854). They are both buried in Westlawn Cemetery, Mantua, Portage County, Ohio.
He had one sibling:
John Milton Atwater (1837-1900) - buried in Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
He was married to Cortentia Candace Munson Atwater on August 8, 1870 and she is buried with him.
Born: September 29, 1838
Died: February 27, 1919
She was the daughter of Edward Spencer Munson (1808-1878) and Sophia Cowee Munson (1810-1889). They are both buried in Mentor Municipal Cemetery in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio.
She had one brother:
Spencer Munson (?-?) - burial unknown
They had two children:
Munson D. Atwater (1873-1931) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
Eva Atwater (?-?) - burial unknown
He served in the Civil War, enlisting on May 1864 in the 132nd regiment. Later on he was the Vice President of Indiana University rom 1888-1891. There is very in-depth biography of him
here.
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This is the grave of Reverend Herman Humphrey Barbour.
Born: 1850
Died: 1905
He was first married to Frances Emma Luther Barbour Roff (1849-1919). She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut.
They had one child that I found:
James Joseph Barbour (1869-1946) - buried in Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
His second wife was Gertrude Annis Mahan Barbour (1870-1956). They were married on June 10, 1889 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She is buried next to him in Rose Hill Cemetery.
They had several children:
Helen Sampson Barbour Dixon (1893-1970) - buried in Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
Humphrey Mahan Barbour (1894-1983) - buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Roger Merrill Barbour (1897-1993) - buried in Arcadia Cemetery, Arcadia, Hamilton County, Indiana
Lorraine Ogden Barbour Spoerri (1900-1979) - buried in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois
Interestingly, his name is misspelled on his headstone. He is named "Heman" on his headstone. Which, in all honesty, is why I took the picture. I was confused.
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This is Robert/Robbert Moses Hafford.
Born: 1844, Warren County, Kentucky
Died: April 5, 1923
He was the son of Sarah "Sally"/"Granny" Hafford (1795-1912). She is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. Her life is fascinating and I think I will do a separate spotlight post about her in the future.
He had a couple of siblings:
Isabell "Belle" Hafford Gann (1841-1927) - New Crown Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Josephine "Josie" Hafford Wilson (1850-1915) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
He was married twice, first to Alice Hafford (1853-1885). She is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, possibly near him, but she doesn't seem to have a headstone.
They had a couple of children:
Josie Hofford Casey (1870-1926) - buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Gary, Lake County, Indiana
Richard R. Halford (1877-1907) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana (he was originally buried in the Pauper's burying ground/potter's field, but when it was discovered that he was a soldier, he was reburied in Rose Hill in the soldier's section)
George Robert Hafford (1877-1915) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
His second wife, whose name is listed below his on the headstone, was Anna Walker Hafford (1845-1922). She is buried with him in Rose Hill Cemetery.
They had at least one child:
Jospehine Colwell (1883-1900) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana (it is not known if she is his daughter or not. She is listed as having an unknown father, but the timeline fits that she would be his daughter. She is buried in an unmarked grave. She is listed as having died of malaria.)
He served as a Private in the Indiana 1st US Colored Heavy Artillery, Company I, mustering into service on June 26, 1864 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He mustered out on March 31, 1866, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Our final stop is at the grave of Daniel Nimrod Fender.
Born: 1847, Lawrence County, Indiana
Died: July 20, 1913, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
He was married to Rachel Jane Ray Fender, who is listed with him in the headstone.
Born: March 20, 1847, Indiana
Died: February 13, 1915, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
She was the daughter of Aaron Ray (1794-1879) and Amanda C. Phillips Ray (1847-1927). They were married in 1865. He is a veteran of the War of 1812 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, while she is buried in Putnamville Cemetery, Putnamville, Putnam County, Indiana.
She had several siblings:
Squire Ray (1819-1856) - buried in Gilgal Cemetery, Heltonville, Lawrence County, Indiana
Daniel Ray (1837-1864) - burial unknown (a member of the 115th Regiment, Company H, a well known doomed regiment where the vast majority of the men died of disease.)
William M. Ray (1838-1932) - buried in Indiana Soldiers Home Cemetery, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Samuel Way (1867-1949) - buried in Putnamville Cemetery, Putnam County, Indiana (convicted of killing his stepfather, John Bowen, her third husband)
Eliza Alice "Martha" Ray Conner (1870-1961) - buried in Clover Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Monroe County, Indiana
They had two children:
Mrs. E.M. Tapp (?-?) - burial unknown
Lewis Ducer (?-?) - burial unknown
Daniel is also listed as having a son named George Allen Fender (1871-1950), whose is noted as being in Rose Hill Cemetery, though there is no information about his mother.
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Thanks for joining me on this quick stop at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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