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Mount Calvary Cemetery
Huntington County, Indiana
Huntington Twp, Sec 4
Lat: 40° 54' 21"N, Lon: 85° 31' 00"W
Contributed by Ellen Callahan, Jan 02, 2003 [gingerabbit2@hotmail.com].
Total records = 3,644.
To reach the cemetery take Hwy 5 northwest for about one mile to 500 N. The cemetery is on your right or the east side of the Hwy.
Mount Calvary is the cemetery for the St. Mary Catholic Church and Sts. Peter and
Paul Catholic Church. Some burials were relocated from Church Cemetery, located
on Church Street, in Huntington. It is my understanding that some of Church
cemetery's burials were relocated from the St. Peter and Paul Cemetery
(that was located next to the church) and some burials from Catholic Cemetery
that was once located on Riverside Drive, just outside of the city of Huntington,
(between Briant street and Broadway).
One of Huntington county's most well known men is Francis La Fontaine, he was
a principle Chief of the Miami tribe of Indians. He donated the land for Mount Calvary
cemetery, and a section of the cemetery was set aside for the burials of his
descendants as he request.
The cemetery is still in use, and has a chapel
on the grounds. The cemetery is in excellent condition.
This list is a combination of tombstone inscriptions and the caretaker's records which I have done in the fall of 2002.
There are some burials in Mt Calvary whose names are unknown, as a fire destroyed
some of the records years ago.
- Ellen Callahan
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