Batson Cemetery
Location: County roads 750 S –750 W and west of Willow Road in Jackson Township, Wells County, Indiana.
The original introduction states “The Batson Cemetery site is located on land once owned by Henry Batson. In the early 1920’s the land was donated to the cemetery association by Mrs. William Metz, daughter of Henry. The earliest burial found was an infant child Clara A. Bhart in 1782. Data was submitted by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hooker, members of the Wells County Historical Society.”
The earliest settler in Jackson
township was Jacob Minnich in 1834 (according to the Evening News-Banner Centennial edition). There are no Bharts listed in the 1807 Indiana Territory
Census or the 1820, 1830 and 1840 Indiana censuses.
The Evening New-Banner centennial edition states in the Jackson Township history “Early Settler Listed. Nathaniel Batson, John Jones, and Daniel Jones arrived in 1836 and located near the present site of Batson bridge on State Road 3…In the latter part of 1836 and during 1837-38 …On the north side of the river was Henry Huffman, Phillip Roush, Henry Wolfgang, Sampson Richards, Jacob Clingenpeel, Andrew Morrison, lTruman Lounsbury, Chris Miller, George Colbert, and Sam Batson…south side of the river David Miller, Zebulon Swaim, Henry Wright, Elijah Graves, Jack Perfect, William McIntire, Richard McIntire, James Turner, William Tomlinson, Amos Alspach, Jonathan Lee, Bowen Thorp, Robert Alexander, William Rea Sr., John McFadden, Reason Beavington, Burket Elkins, Samuel Palmer, John Booher Sr., John Baker Sr., William Burkland and Joel Ebersole. Jacob Minnich…1834… Samuel Good…1838…”
The following funeral home records were cross-referenced to supplement and verify information.
Brown Funeral Home - Warren
Elzey-Dickey Haggard Funeral Home - Ossian
Jahn Funeral Home - Bluffton
McBride Funeral Home – Bluffton
Thoma/Rich Funeral Home – Bluffton - partial
Walker Funeral Home – Montpelier
Warfield Funeral Home - Montpelier
Goodwin Memorial Chapel will be incorporated in the next update.