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The rise of the King Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Hoosier_Reviewer: Since there has been no response to my previous note, I am archiving the cache.

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Hidden : 9/5/2022
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


King Cemetery is a little known treasure located in Richmond, IN. Please be respectful while looking for this cache. 
 

King Cemeteries earliest known interment was in 1813. Many early settlers of the area are burried here. Among those there are 14 known war veterans. Those include Jack Angi- Korean war, Daniel Bailey, James Bryant, John DeMoss, Fredrick Hire, David Miller and Hiram Pitman-all civil war veterans, William Cox, Aaron Davis- war of 1812, and Jacob Miller and Adam Vinnedge- both revolutionary war veterans. There are 147 known burials in the pioner section at King. 
 King Cemetery began on land that at the time was owned by Lavinus King for whom the Cemetery is named. In 1894 the land was acquired by James M Star who was a prominate buisiness man in the area whos family built famed Star piano factory in 1872.
 The next year, in 1895 Star deeded the cemetery portion of the property to the Wayne Township Trustee. Lavinus King died in 
1887 and is buried in Earlham cemetery.

https://www.kingcemetery.com/history.html

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