Old Uniontown Cemetery
Location: On County Road 1150 N east of County Road 200 W in Union Township, Wells County, Indiana.
The original introduction states “This cemetery lies in section # 2, about ¼ mile back of the new Uniontown Cemetery and was used by residents of the Uniontown settlement before the new cemetery was established. The first person buried here was Amos, son of William & S Walker 1848. Data was compiled by Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Minniear, members of the Wells County Historical Society.”
The Evening News-Banner centennial edition states “ Union township was the last township to be organized…not open for settlement until 1846, having been a part of the Miami Indian Reservation…first settlers…William Rosseau, James Edmundson, Joseph Rich, Milton Davis, Jacob DeWitt, John Wandel, Joseph Davis and E. Bagley”
C. Brubaker walked this cemetery in 1999. R. McBride sent some information in 1998 that he had on the cemetery. It seems V. M. and L. A. Woods walked the cemetery in April 1980. The information from these various sources was incorporated into the index.
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.