Hodson Stands Alone Traditional Cache
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Sign shows name as McCallister Cemetary. My dad says he always knew it as Walker Cemetary. When he was little, they would go skinny dipping in creek down the hill. Found stone with last name Hodson, couldn't decipher first name, and no dates.
From info obtained from Bad Majec, believe to be John Hodson.
HODSON, JOHN DUDLEY 1836 to 1905
Should be easy find for everyone.
Info for McCallister Cemetary from Bad Majec:
The McAllisters/McCallisters family had prominent members in the broader community of Madison County. Thomas McCallister was chosen for successive terms as a representative to the Indiana State Legislature. He was, in fact, a member of the state senate at the time of his death. Others of the family held positions as sheriff, judge, and county commissioner.
William McAllister, whose family gave its name to this cemetery, is also of special note since he had a commission in the War of 1812. He was born in 1788/92 in Kentucky but was moved to Virginia with his parents where he grew up and eventually married Bellana Frazier, 1796-1841. In that state, he held offices in the county government. He and family members moved to Madison County in the fall of 1835. William and his family settled in Adams Township, and he lived on the same farm for twenty-nine years. He died in February 1864.
Relatives Thomas,1794-1852, and Garrett,1813-1864, McAllister and their families also came from Virginia and settled on the south bank of Lick Creek in the spring of 1828/9, earlier than William, according to family genealogists. In years to come, other family members followed including several McAllister females who arrived in the area, married, and established homes. The large McAllister family helped civilize and populate the untouched timber of Adams Township in those early pioneer days. Along with other family members, all three McAllister men, mentioned above, are listed among the burials in this cemetery.
Among the other early Adams Township settlers buried at the McAllister is John Davis, 1800-1886, whom Samuel Harden, in his book The Pioneer, refers to as "one of the grand old men, whose memory we all revere."
One of the earliest burials at the McAllister had to have been Meshach Collier. Meshach was born in 1778 and died in 1833.
Cache has been replaced with a small tupperware container covered with camo tape. Bring your own pen, only small trade items will fit. The grounds crew found the ammo box and took it. Hopefully they won't find this one.
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