Bethlehem
Lutheran Cemetery
Location: County roads 750 N and 650 E in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana.
The original introduction states: The Bethlehem Lutheran Evangelical Church Cemetery was established by the Church in 1896. The land for the Church and the Cemetery was donated by Andrew Werling, Sr. The first person to be buried here was the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bauermeister in 1896. The first adult to be buried here was Paul Fackler on March 14, 1897. History was submitted by Mr. and Mrs. David Slusser.
The Wells County Indiana Family History 1837-1992 book on page 73, in the history of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, states The church records of St. Paul, Preble, record the death of an infant son of Henry and Friedericke Breier Bauermeister, December, 1896. As a consequence, on Christmas Day of 1896 a cemetery was established which still serves the congregation today.
S. Dailey walked the cemetery in the summer of 1999. The cemetery records were borrowed and copied. Then the information was added to the original index information.
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.