Grace Lawn Cemetery was the second cemetery in Elkhart. The first established in April 1832 and the corner of Middlebury and Prairie Street. It was soon apparent it wasn't large enough to accomodate the growing city. Negotitiations began to purchase land for the new cemetery. Charles Beardsley a town trustee surveyed the orginal plat for Grace Lawn, which was named for his forster daughter Grace. The cemetery was decicated in 1864. In later years all bodies from orginal cemetery were relocated to Grace Lawn. The cache is approximately 20 paces from the Chapman Monument. The Chapmans were Drygoods Merchants at the corner of High Street and Main St. in 1875. They also co-owned the land bordered by Division,State,Main andEast Streets which now is the heart of the city. The purchase price of this land as noted by the local Elkhart newspaper states: a local man was eager to move back east and a price was negotiated to be one span of horses, one wagon, one calico dress, one pair of boots, an overcoat and a supply of groceries. The Chapman's also owned and operated The Chapman Sawmill at the corner of South 6th Street and Hickory Street. That landmark was removed in 1940. Henry Chapman died October 28 1885 and Louisa died November 10 1912 at the age of 83.