The Whitehead Cemetery is also known as Maple Grove Cemetery and the Turkey Creek Cemetery. This cemetery was established in 1857. It is listed in Indiana's Historic Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
In the 1830s, across from what is now Maple Grove Church, the Whitehead Cemetery began. The earliest known grave marker is that of Elizabeth Cart, who died July 11, 1838. The Whitehead family later donated the land for the church in the 1850s. Many of the family are buried in the cemetery including Adam Whitehead, one of nine adult Whitehead sons or daughters who settled in Elkhart County with their father, Valentine, who was buried in 1865.
On the top of the small hill, there is a tall stone monument dedicated to Valentine and Mary Whitehead and their children. Valentine was born in England in 1779 and came to America in 1796. Valentine died September 22, 1865. Mary preceeded him in death on October 29, 1847.
This is another fascinating rural cemetery with a lot of very old headstones. So many stories!
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