Friends or Keystone Cemetery
Lincoln Cemetery
Friends or Keystone Cemetery
Location: On County Road 200 W and north of County Road 1000 S on the north edge of Keystone in section 23 of Chester Township, Wells County, Indiana.
The original introduction states “The land for this cemetery was donated by the Daniel Lincoln family. Because the Friend’s Church lies adjacent to the cemetery, it is also called Friends Cemetery. The first burial found here was Jeannie Lowry in 1868. Data was compiled by the Melvin E. Harris family.
The Evening News-Banner centennial edition states “…first settlers of Chester township were Henry McCullick, Newton Putnam, Alpheus T. Stevens, Wilson Brown, Thomas blunt, and Joseph Blunt, who came in 1836; John Lancaster, Jonas Jarett, and Benjmain Starr in 1837; Isaac Lancaster, Alexander Walker, John McCullick, and J Brotherton, in 1838, Levi Philips, Franklin Spaulding, and James Jordon, in 1839…Osmund Morrison …first land entry on March 26, 1834…Lewis Mitchell, on February 16, 1835…
J. Oswalt started walking this cemetery in 1999 and finished in 2000. He gave the library his notes in the winter of 2001.
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.