“INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just two years, the quest has grown
to over four hundred and eighty caches hidden in Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan and Ontario, and the hiders have grown to over twenty-five
cacher teams, most of which are comprised of Dogs and their
Humans. Over 1,000 cacher teams have logged
over 12,000 finds.
(Photos by Team Itchy & Scratchy)
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
#493
"Mount Conway"
Hidden away on this
"tall" Indiana peak in Blue River Township is Kessinger Cemetery.
This Henry County burial ground is the final resting spot of 21
Hoosier pioneers including Virginia Militia Revolutionary War
Soldier, Richard Conway, and Miles Conway, Sr., a soldier in the
War of 1812.
The burials here all
occurred between 1839 and 1899 and include Richard Conway's five
children ranging in age from 4 days, 7months, 9 years, 13 years and
61 years of age and two of his wives.
Richard Conway
originally started this cemetery in the early 1840s with the burial
of his first wife Polly Watson Conway. Many of the stones have been
broken off or are missing, but the very active cemetery association
in this county has recently cleaned the remaining
stones.
The centerpiece of this
cemetery is the site of the last burial made here. A wrought iron
fence encloses the grave site of Catherine Conway, (Miles' wife)
who passed away at the impressive age of 93 years old. Her husband
lived to the ripe old age of 89.
HandiCaching.com rating: H12442
The cache is a decon
container with room only for very small trades. As usual, the cache
is hidden away from graves. Please leave the cache exactly as you
found it.
As always,
no ISQ searching after dusk, and cache in, trash
out.
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