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This was in today's Palladium-Item, Richmond, IN newspaper.
"A band of pioneers from Pennsylvania had much to be thankful for after
arriving safely in the US territory west of Ohio and north of Kentucky. They
even delivered a baby along the way."
"When their wagon train came to a halt at sundown on April 8, 1814, they
at once had a prayer meeting. As they prayed, these 19 pioneers planted the
seeds of the Doddridge Chapel."
"Today, most of their headstones stand intact in the chapel cemetery at
Chapel and Abington Township roads, four miles south of US 40. Meanwhile, a
civic group is working to ensure the chapel and cemetery remain intact."
"The Doddridge Chapel Research Coalition is having a meeting March 21 to
get the public involved. Jon Morgan, of the coalition, is working to raise
awareness of the property's value and put it on a historic register."
"I don't know any cemetery in the state of Indiana that is as
well-preserved of headstones and records," said Morgan of Cambridge City.
'It's one of the rich resources for genealogical and family research.'"
"The Centerville man is a descendent of pioneer Philip Doddridge, who
donated the four acres for the church. Philip Doddridge was the first person
buried there. In the southwest corner of the cemetery, a thicket of untamed
black walnut trees shades his grave. He has two gravestones, showing he
lived from 1737 to 1822 and was a Revolutionary War veteran. Standing the
test of time, the original marble slab has a shield carved around the record.
Next to it is a thick, 20th century headstone, marked with the names of
Philip Doddridge and his wife, Mary."
"Philip Doddridge and his fellow parishioners built a log cabin in 1816
in the cemetery's southwest corner for their Methodist Episcopalian meetings.
Visitors might notice a large rectangular gap in the rows of headstones,
where the cabin stood. Parishioners moved services into a brick church they
built in 1832, on the north side of the property. The congregation in 1876
replaced it with today's brick Italianate chapel. The Methodists stopped
services there in 1971 after membership declined. The Doddridge Chapel
Cemetery Association bought the property from the United Methodist conference
to save it from demolition."
"Doddridge Chapel Cemetery Association is raising money to keep up the
chapel and its grounds by selling a record of the deceased buried in the
cemetery. Copies of the record are $30 each and include a map of where each
person is buried, birth and death dates if available on the markers and
personal information. Call Reid Doddridge at 765-855-3572 to buy a map."
(If you call, please be considerate of the time you call.)
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