GC1Z6CR Tour of Auburn #11: Dads Memorial (Traditional Cache) in Indiana, United States created by Thomas Family

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A cache by Thomas Family Message this owner

Hidden : 9/27/2009

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Cache is a round tupperware container. First to find gets a limited edition Thomas Tshirt. Cache contains log book and some swag!

The memorial is for Chris' dad, Preston Myers. Formally of Auburn, Indiana. He attended and graduated from Pleasant Lake, Indiana High School. He worked and retired at/from Rieke Corp in Auburn Indiana. His resting place is located about 100 feet south of this cache. He was my best friend!

This public cemetery is located in the town of Auburn on the corner of Center St./CR39 and CR48. From SR8/Seventh St, east of CR427/Main St. go south on Center St. Roselawn, Woodlawn, and Southlawn look like one large cemetery. Roselawn is on the north end, Woodlawn is in the middle, and Southlawn is on the south end.

Carriage painters, automotive engineers, a convicted killer, a professional baseball player, the “popcorn lady”, and the movers and shakers behind the Auburn Automotive legacy lie side by side in Auburn’s historic Woodlawn Cemetery and the Auburn Mausoleum. Tourists were chilled as Tour guide Bry related the story of the Sheffer family, describing it as a “dark moment in local history.” Parents Cora and James Sheffer were buried in a double funeral in 1922, the year after the double funeral of their children, Martha and Wm Heber. Bry explained the children were killed in an explosion at the family home in Auburn. Suspicion immediately focused on James’ brother, an unpopular character who lived in a tent along Cedar Creek which runs behind the cemetery, although James always said he did not believe his brother was responsible. In 1922, James and Cora were shot and killed in their driveway after returning home from a band concert. Suspicion again focused on James’ brother. He was found in his tent along Cedar Creek, his clothes wet and muddy. A search of the Cedar Creek bed discovered a pillowcase containing a revolver and cartridges. “The case was being built on circumstantial evidence. They already believed he was responsible for the death of the kids,” Bry said. James’s brother was convicted and died in prison in 1937. In a final twist to his tale, Bry announced he was standing on the unmarked grave of the brother, located on the family plot. Mauseleum photo courtesy of Captain Spaulding.

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