Photos by
jcurtis55
INDIANA
SPIRIT QUEST #559
"Gosport Cemetery"
This quest will take you to northeast Owen
County. Anyone heading toward McCormick's Creek State Park from the
north will drive right by the Gosport Cemetery as you head down SR
67. This is a large cemtery and includes graves for many US
veterans. It also contains much interesting headstone artwork. It
would be quite easy to spend a large portion of a day here for
those with an interest in old cemeteries.
Mexican-American War and Civil War
Veteran
Fielding Marsh served in both the Mexican-American War and the
American Civil War. Company B of the 4th Indiana Volunteers were
organized in Gosport in May of 1847 and went on to fight in Mexico.
He nearly missed the Civil War as the 148th was not mustered until
the last 2 months of the war and served on garrison duty in
Nashville Tennessee.
The Soldier and the
Doctor
There has to be a story behind this headstone, but research has
not turned up anything on Dr. Menges. Giving her date of birth, if
she was a medical doctor in the 19th century then she would
certainly be a pioneer. As for Tilghman Brown, he has a nearby
military headstone indicating he served with the Indiana 1st Heavy
Artillery during the Civil War as a sergeant.
Tree Stump Stones
The tree-stump headstones are interesting and you usually see
one or two in a lot of the older cemeteries. However, this is the
first time I have seen a double tree-stump stone. It appears to be
intended for a husband and wife but only one inscription was ever
added. Many tree stump stones mark the graves of members of a
fraternal organization called Woodmen of the Woods. A tree-stump
with ivy vines is also listed to represent head of household and
immortality. This particular headstone does not have the WOW
engraving usually seen on a Woodmen of the Woods grave. .
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE
NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!!
The cache container
is A 6x4x2 Lock 'n Lock.You MUST sign the log to claim a
Smilie. If you cache at night, or don't sign the log, or
reveal the additional hint in your log, or don't fulfill any
additional requirements, your find log will be deleted without
notice...If you think these terms to be unfair, don't bother
to hunt this cache. The cache is not located near a grave...
If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in the
ground. As always, please be respectful of our pioneer dead,
and cache in, trash out.
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unless otherwise noted.
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