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MADISON COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy

*First created in 1823 from the New Delaware Purchase.
*County seat: Anderson.
Located in central Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Alfant, Alliance, Alexandria, Anderson, Bloomer, Chesterfield, Dundee, Edgewood, Elwood (Quincy), Emporia, Fishersburg, Florida, Frankton, Gilman, Gimco City, Grandview, Gridley, Hamilton, Hardscrabble, Huntsville, Idlewold, Ingalls, Lapel, Leisure, Linwood, Markleville, Moonville, New Columbus, Orestes, Ovid, Pendleton, Perkinsville, Prosperity, Rigdon and Summitville.
Select from the communities above, the townships below, or county wide resources.
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Surrounding Counties:
 WNW =  Tipton County, IN         N =  Grant County, IN
WSW = Hamilton County, IN     MADISON COUNTY     E = Delaware County, IN
       WSW = Martin County, IN   S = Hancock County, IN  SW = Henry County, IN

MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1823 from the New Delaware Purchase; County seat: Anderson.
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MAPS
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  • Zoomable map of Madison County, Indiana.
  • 1875 Map of Madison County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation)
  • Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more.  Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.

NATIVE AMERICAN: THE PEOPLE
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   4306 Mounds Road - Anderson, IN 46017  Phone: (765) 642-6627.

   111 East 12th Street - Anderson, IN 46016   Phone: (765) 641-2456.

    • Delaware Indians Map - Delaware Villages along the White River, encompassing the Indiana counties of Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Marion, Randolph, Union and Wayne.

MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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  • Historical Military Armory

    2330 Crystal Street - Anderson, IN  46012  Phone: (765) 649-8265.

      Falls Park - Pendleton, IN  46064  Phone: (765) 778-4248.


CHURCHES
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  • Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Indiana*  Page.
  • Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more.  Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.

CEMETERIES
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Cemeteries are also listed with their respective towns and townships.

Please note that there may be cemeteries which are not listed here.  Among the most likely to be missing, are those cemeteries which were private family plots or those no longer known to have existed.

   111 East 12th Street - Anderson, IN 46016   Phone: (765) 641-2456.

·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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·  Enjoy Indiana - Tourism

·  Anderson - Madison County Visitors Page.

·  City of Anderson, IN - Local Government Home Page.

·  Anderson Chamber of Commerce

·  Alexandria Monroe Chamber of Commerce Community Website

·  Elwood Chamber of Commerce

NATURE
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   4306 Mounds Road - Anderson, IN 46017  Phone: (765) 642-6627.

NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

BIOGRAPHIES
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HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o        Online Databases

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

o        Indiana Biography Index

o        Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o        Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

o        Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley

o        Indiana Public Libraries

o        Map of Indiana Libraries.

o        WWII Servicemen Database

o        Indiana Plat Books

o        Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

   P.O. Box 242 - Summitville, IN 46070

Anderson Public Library

   111 East 12th Street - Anderson, IN 46016   Phone: (765) 641-2456.

 "Here you will find listed the names and birth nations of all persons who applied for
 naturalization at the Madison County courthouse between the years 1890-1958, along
 with the naturalization date..."  Copies of existing records may be obtained from the library by contacting e-mail Beth Oljace.

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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Anderson Public Library

   111 East 12th Street - Anderson, IN 46016   Phone: (765) 641-2456.

 "Here you will find listed the names and birth nations of all persons who applied for
 naturalization at the Madison County courthouse between the years 1890-1958, along
 with the naturalization date..."  Copies of existing records may be obtained from the library by contacting e-mail Beth Oljace.

    595 E. Water Street - Pendleton, IN  46064 Phone: (765) 778-7527.
"...provides service to residents of the town of Pendleton and the three townships of Fall Creek, Green and Adams."

   1600 Main Street - Elwood, IN  46036  Phone:  (765) 552-5001.

   111 East Sigler Street - Frankton, IN  46044    Phone: (765) 754-7116.

   1013 West Church Street -  Summitville, IN  46036   Phone: (765) 536-2335.

   117 East Church Street - Alexandria, IN 46001-2005   Phone:  (317) 724-2196.

COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records
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Madison County Government Center
   206 East 9th Street
   Anderson, IN 46016-1582
   Phone: (765) 641-9524.

  • Madison Circuit Court Clerk (For Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)

 

Madison County Government Center
  16 East 9th Street, Rm 113
   Anderson, IN 46015
   Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 1277 - Anderson, IN 46015
   Phone: (765) 641-9443
  "Go to the original office (i.e Treasurer, Clerk, etc) for index purpose, then go to the Central Records office with Book, Page # and Cause #.   Each copy of a record is $.50."
   Madison County Probate Clerk:  Phone: (765) 641-9467.
   Madison County Recorder:   Phone: (765) 641-9613.
   Madison County Surveyor:  Phone: (765) 641-9638.
http://madisoncty.com/

Madison County Communities
Please note:   There may be unidentified, and/or private cemeteries that are note listed here.
If you are aware of one of these, please contact Ann Mensch.


ADAMS Township, Madison County  (See Township Location)
Communities in Adams Township include:  Alliance, Emporia, New Columbus, Markleville, and Ovid.

    595 E. Water Street - Pendleton, IN  46064 Phone: (765) 778-7527.
"...provides service to residents of the town of Pendleton and the three townships of Fall Creek, Green and Adams."
Cemeteries:

  • Collier Cemetery: located southeast of Markleville, and near the southeast corner of Madison County  (Latitude: 395758N, Longitude: 0853534W).
  • Capp Cemetery: located northeast of Emporia  (Latitude: 400120N, Longitude: 0853615W).
  • Gilmore Cemetery: located just east of New Columbus (Latitude: 400056N, Longitude: 0853854W).
  • Mt. Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery [est. 1848] : Located in Ovid (or New Columbus), Indiana.
  • Peewee Cemetery: located near New Columbus and Ovid, south of Anderson (Latitude: 400105N, Longitude: 0853951W).

ANDERSON Township, Madison County  (See Township Location)
Communities in Anderson Township include:  Anderson, Edgewood, Grandview and Gridley.

    2330 Crystal Street - Anderson, IN  46012  Phone: (765) 649-8265.

    "The Pioneer", [Cover title: The Pioneers of Madison and Hancock Counties, Indiana], by Samuel Harden, Greenfield, Indiana : W. Mitchell Printing Co., 1895.  This book covers Hancock, Madison and Rush Counties.  A Facsimile reprint of work originally published in Greenfield, Ind., 1895, was also printed by Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, 1990.
          Contact: Connie Lindzy
    "Those I Have Met or Boys in Blue : in which is remembered those I have met along the road of life. Giving an account when born, married, place of residence, occupation, etc. Also, a number of communications will appear over the names of well-known persons throughout the country ", by Samuel Harden, published in Anderson, Indiana, 1888.
          This book covers Madison County soldiers in the Mexican War through the Civil War.
         Contact: Connie Lindzy

   111 East 12th Street - Anderson, IN 46016   Phone: (765) 641-2456.

 "Here you will find listed the names and birth nations of all persons who applied for
 naturalization at the Madison County courthouse between the years 1890-1958, along
 with the naturalization date..."  Copies of existing records may be obtained from the library by contacting e-mail Beth Oljace.


Cemeteries:

  • Nelson Cemetery: located in Richland Township, just northeast of Anderson (Latitude: 400903N, Longitude: 0853738W).
  • Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery (Latitude: 400244N, Longitude: 0854314W).

   6805 Pendleton Avenue - Anderson, IN 46013  Phone: (765) 643-3211.

  • Booco/Bucco Cemetery: in southern Anderson, on CR 100E (Latitude: 400303N, Longitude: 0853918W).
  • Maplewood Cemetery: in Anderson (Latitude: 400656N, Longitude: 0853952W).

   200 College Drive - Anderson, IN 46012  Phone: (765) 642-3714.

  • Moss Cemetery: in northeast Edgewood (Latitude: 400635N, Longitude: 0854351W).
  • Pleasant Walk Cemetery: in Anderson (Latitude: 400355N, Longitude: 0854136W).
  • Saint Mary's Cemetery: in Anderson (Latitude: 400544N, Longitude: 0854102W).
  • Vandeventer Cemetery: in Anderson (Latitude: 400500N, Longitude: 0854012W).
  • West Maplewood Cemetery: in Anderson (Latitude: 400700N, Longitude: 0854032W).

BOONE Township, Madison Township, Indiana  (See Township Location)
Communites, in Boone Township, include:  .

Cemeteries:

  • Forrestville Cemetery: in central Boone Twp. (Latitude: 402034N, Longitude: 0854432W).

DUCK CREEK Township, Madison County, Indiana  (See Township Location)
Communites, in Fall Creek Township, include:  Leisure and Rigdon.
Note:  Rigdon is located on the Madison-Grant County Line.

Cemeteries:

  • Waymire Cemetery: located northwest of Elwood, in Duck Creek Township (Latitude: 401822N, Longitude: 0854904W).

FALL CREEK Township, Madison County, Indiana   (See Township Location)
Communites, in Fall Creek Township, include:  Huntsville, Idlewold, and Pendleton.

 

 


The following brief history of the town of Pendleton is from the book identified below:

Source:  History of Madison County, Indiana, A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests.  (2 Vols.)  John L. Forkner.  (Editor).  Chicago :  The Lewis Publishing Company.  1914.

PENDLETON

     This town has the distinction of being one of the oldest in the county.  It is situated near the center of Fall Creek township, on the main line of the Big Four Railway, eight miles southwest of Anderson.  In the early settlement of Fall Creek township a majority of the pioneers located along Fall Creek, near the falls, and their houses were so near to each other that the settlement had the appearance of a town without ever having been laid out as such.  Thomas M. PENDLETON, who owned the land upon which the major portion of the town now stands, and for whom the place was named, seeing the desirability of the location, decided to found a town in the regular way.  Accordingly, he employed a surveyor and on January 13, 1830, had his farm divided into lots and a copy of the plat filed with the county recorder.

     When the county of Madison was erected in 1823, the seat of justice was established at Pendleton, the organic act providing that the sessions of the court should be held at the house of William McCARTNEY, which stood near the falls of Fall Creek.  Oliver H. SMITH, in his "Early Reminiscences of Indiana," in giving an account of the famous trials of the white men for the Indian murders, says:  "A new log building was erected at the north part of Pendleton, with two rooms, one for the court and one for the grand jury.  The court room was about twenty by thirty feet with a heavy 'puncheon' floor, a platform at one end, three feet high, a bench for the judges, a plain table for the clerk, in front, a long bench for the counsel, a little pen for the prisoners, a side bench for the witnesses, and a long pole in front, substantially supported, to separate the crowd from the bar."

     This was doubtless the first courthouse ever erected in the county.  The business of the county was transacted at Pendleton until after the passage of the act of January 26, 1827, which appointed a commission to select a location for a permanent county seat.  A full account of the work of this commission, and the establishment of the seat of justice at Anderson, will be found in Chapter IV.

     Thomas SILVER had opened a store a year or two before the town was surveyed.  He was the pioneer merchant and the brick building erected by him on the corner of State and Main streets was the first business building of that kind in Pendleton.  Other early merchants were Palmer PATRICK, James GRAY, Joseph BOWMAN and William SILVER.  Palmer PATRICK was associated for a time with Thomas SILVER.  James GRAY came in 1833 and at the time of his death, in 1850, was considered the leading merchant of the town.  Joseph BOWMAN remained but a short time, when he removed to Middletown, where he finally died.  William SILVER came in 1838 and engaged in business alone.  Ten years later he transferred his store to his son, J. R. SILVER, who conducted it for many years.

     The first tavern was a frame building on the south side of State street, a short distance west of Main.  It was built by Jacob MINGLE for a residence, but, the town being without a hotel, he opened it for the accommodation of travelers, chiefly immigrants seeking homes in "the new country."

     James BELL, who came to Pendleton in 1833, conducted a hotel for awhile at the corner of State and Main streets, but later converted the building into a mercantile establishment.  The "Madison House," a two-story frame building on the south side of Main street, west of State, was erected and opened as a hotel by Jesse BOSTON about 1835.  He died two years later, but his widow continued to conduct the hotel until her death some years afterward, when the house was closed.  The building occupied by James GRAY's residence and store, at the northeast corner of State and Main streets, was converted into a hotel about 1852 and was first conducted by James H. SMITHERS, under the name of Pendleton House.  After several changes in ownership, it passed into the hands of F. E. IRELAND, who changed the name to the Commercial Hotel.  This building was destroyed by fire on July 7, 1897.

     During the first twenty years of its career, the growth of Pendleton was "slow but sure."  In 1850 the Indianapolis & Bellefontaine Railroad (now the Big Four) was completed to Pendleton and proved a great stimulus to the town.  On October 12, 1850, Nineveh BERRY made a new survey of Pendleton and about the same time two or three additions were made to the original plat.  A year or so later a movement was started for the incorporation of the town, and after the usual preliminaries in the way of circulating petitions, etc., an election was ordered for December 24, 1853, to determine the question.  Nathaniel RICHMOND, T. G. MITCHELL and G. M. ROGERS were the election inspectors, and upon canvassing the returns they found thirty-seven votes for the incorporation and only four against it.  The first officers were as follows:  Nathaniel RICHMOND, William SILVER, Joseph STEPHENSON, M. CHAPMAN and R. CLARK, trustees; T. G. MITCHELL, clerk; John HUSTON (or HOUSTON), treasurer; David BOUSMAN, marshal.  The first meeting of the town board was held on March 31, 1854, when Nathaniel RICHMOND was elected president of the board.

     The present town government [1914] is composed of William SWAIN, Fred LANTZ, Stephen HAIR, T. A. BAKER and J. W. LINDER, trustees; D. B. COLE, clerk and treasurer; Edward BURDETTE, marshal.  The school board is made up of J. J. RODGER, president; Dr. L. E. ALEXANDER, secretary; George P. LONGNECKER, treasurer.

     In Harden's "Pioneer," published in 1895, is an article fromt he pen of Mrs. Caroline E. RUSSELL, giving her early recollections of Pendleton.  Mrs. RUSSELL says that about 1831 the citizens decided to have a public well, and a man by the name of Adam ANDERSON was employed to dig it.  At the brick store, where many of the inhabitants were in the habit of loafing of evenings, a collection would be taken up each evening to pay ANDERSON for his day's work.  If there was not enough to satisfy his demand, he would cover up the well and wait until he received his wages before proceeding with the work.  In time, however, the well was completed and was the principal source of water supply for the greater part of the town.  Before it was dug, the peole carried water for some distance from two springs--one known as the "Spout Spring," which was located south of the central part of the town near the right of way of the Big Four Railroad, and the other north of Fall Creek, not far from the Fishersburg pike.

     In common with other Madison county towns, Pendleton enjoyed a prosperous career for a few years following the discovery of natural gas.  Several new manufacturing establishments were located and for a time the town wore an atmosphere of industrial activity.  With the failure of the gas supply, most of the factories were discontinued or removed to other points, though there are still some industries of this nature in operation, mention of which is made in the chapter on Finance and Industries.  Pendleton has a commercial club, of which A. B. TAYLOR is president and Charles GOODRICH is secretary, the purpose of which is similar to that of such organizations in other towns--to advertise Pendleton and its advantages and by cooperating secure favaorable freight rates, etc.  The Big Four Railroad and one of the principal lines of the Indiana Union Traction Company afford excellent transportation and shipping facilities.

     The Pendleton of the present day [1914] has a modern school building, four churches, a weekly newspaper, well paved streets, two banks, several well equipped mercantile establishments and a number of handsome residences.  The population in 1910 was 1,293.


Note:  A J. H. BEESON, age 28, was reported to be a Photographer, in the 1870 Census of Pendleton, Indiana.
  • Pendleton Historical Museum


      Falls Park - Pendleton, IN  46064  Phone: (765) 778-4248.


    595 E. Water Street - Pendleton, IN  46064 Phone: (765) 778-7527.
"...provides service to residents of the town of Pendleton and the three townships of Fall Creek, Green and Adams."

Cemeteries:

  • Bunker Cemetery: located near Lick Creek, southeast of Pendleton (Latitude: 395804N, Longitude: 0854259W).
  • Crosley Cemetery: located northeast of Ingalls, to the south of Fall Creek,  (Latitude: 395826N, Longitude: 0854648W).
  • Grovelawn Cemetery: located in north Pendleton (Latitude: 400037N, Longitude: 0854437W).
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery: located between Hardscrabble and Pendleton, near the Foster Brook, and the Green-Fall Creek Township line (Latitude: 400036N, Longitude: 0854729W).
  • Walker Cemetery in Pendleton, (Latitude: 395924N, Longitude: 0853810W).

GREEN Township, Madison County, Indiana  (See Township Location)
Communities in Green Township include:  Alfant, Hardscrabble and Ingalls.

·  Pendleton Community Library
    595 E. Water Street - Pendleton, IN  46064 Phone: (765) 778-7527.
"...provides service to residents of the town of Pendleton and the three townships of Fall Creek, Green and Adams."

·  Pendleton Historical Museum
   Falls Park, Pendleton, IN
Cemeteries:

·  Doty Cemetery:  located west of Ingalls, and just north of Fortville, near the corner of the Hancock-Hamilton-Madison county line  (Latitude: 395700N, Longitude: 0855103W).

·  Fausset Cemetery: located west of Ingalls, near the corner of the Hancock-Hamilton-Madison county line (Latitude: 395708N, Longitude: 0855117W).

·  Fort Cemetery:  located west of Ingalls, near the corner of the Hancock-Hamilton-Madison county line (Latitude: 395659N, Longitude: 0855147W).

·  Hiday Cemetery:  located west of Ingalls, near the Hamilton-Madison county line (Latitude: 395718N, Longitude: 0855035W).

·  Grave Lawn Cemetery: located west of Ingalls, near the Hamilton-Madison county line (Latitude: ,395730N Longitude: 0855042W).

·  Jones Cemetery: located northwest of Ingalls (Latitude: 395837N, Longitude: 0854854W).

·  Mount Carmel Cemetery: in Ingalls (Latitude: 395754N, Longitude: 0854729W).

·  Nicholson Cemetery: located just south of Hardscrabble, and north of Hwy. 69 (Latitude: 400041N, Longitude: 0855034W).

·  Pleasant Valley Cemetery: located between Hardscrabble and Pendleton near the Foster Brook, and the Green/Fall Creek Township line (Latitude: 400036N, Longitude: 0854729W).

JACKSON Township, Madison County, Indiana  (See Township Location)
Communities in Jackson Township include:  Hamilton and Perkinsville.

Cemeteries:

·  Neese Cemetery: located northeast of Perkinsville (Latitude: 400946N, Longitude: 0855005W).

·  Perkinsville Cemetery: in Perkinsville (Latitude: 400827N, Longitude: 0855107W).

·  Shell Cemetery: located near the Jackson-Pipe Creek Township line, midway between Frankton and Perkinsville (Latitude: 401138N, Longitude: 0854921W).

LAFAYETTE Township, Madison County, Indiana  (See Township Location)
Communities in Lafayette Township include:  Florida, Linwood, and Prosperity.
Note:  Prosperity is located on the Lafayette-Richland Township line.

Cemeteries:

·  Funk Cemetery: located in Richland Township, east of Linwood, and midway between Anderson and Alexandria, near Hwy 9 (Latitude: 401132N, Longitude: 0854008W).

·  Wesley Chapel Cemetery: located in Richland Township, north of Anderson, and east of Linwood (Latitude: 401205N, Longitude: 0853853W)

MONROE Township