Eller Chronicles Aug 93 p- 3

The Eller Chronicles

Vol. VII NO 3.	THE ELLER FAMILY ASSOCIATION	AUG 1993

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THE ELLER CEMETERY
(Located 5 miles west of Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana)

In 1833 when John Eller, Sr. brought his family to Monroe County, Indiana and purchased 400 acres of land, 1/2 acre was made an ELLER family burial ground. You will note from the sheet listing those who are buried there, most were buried in the 1800's. John Eller, Sr., b. 23 Oct 1786; d. 24 Aug. 1840. John's wife, Susan, b. 14 Oct. 1788; d. 1 Oct. 1867. John's aged mother, Christina Eller, b. 28 Dec. 1757, d. 11 July 1844. You will note the stone for GEORGE ELLER, oldest son of John Eller, Sr., who came with his father from Kentucky in 1832 -- d. 23 Sept. 1876. I mention these names as they were the pioneers of my ELLER line who were born in North Carolina and Virginia, moving to Kentucky before settling in Monroe Co., Indiana.

Large ELLER REUNIONS* were held each year in a Maple Grove nearby on June 11th. After the bountiful dinners, they would then walk to the cemetery to decorate the graves with flowers. Also enclosed are "write-ups" of the large ELLER REUNIONS, which my daughter, Mary Beth, and I found deep in the "stacks" of old newspapers at the Indiana University Library several years ago.
(* Eds. more on these in later issues)

After the Reunions ceased and no one was left to visit and care for the graveyard, it became a deplorable state -- overgrowth of bushes, trees, poison ivy and groundhogs dug under the stones, breaking some, etc. So- in 1975-76 my husband and I decided to make our Bi-centennial Project - a restoration of this little graveyard. We live in Indianapolis, about 60 miles from the cemetery- however, we contacted the Monroe Co. Airport mgr., John Myers, who also had ancestors buried there. (the airport now owns land on three sides of the cemetery). Mr. Myers was most helpful and I took pictures of the finished product and sent to those descendants who were living at that time. My husband and I had gone through and recorded all information we could from the stones and even the 2nd time. This sheet of records of dates, names, etc. is on file in the Monroe Co. Library in Bloomington, Indiana -- also here in the Indianapolis State Library.

Now 18 yrs. later we have begun another project on the cemetery since it is so overgrown with trees, etc. With another brother's help, who lives nearby the airport, we went to the Airport Mgr. again (former one deceased) -- also the Twp. Trustee. Just recently, I was there and met with these two gentlemen. The Twp. Trustee said he had a Boy Scout Troop which was very interested in clearing the Cemetery! It seems I am the only Eller descendant left who is interested in this and I am going to continue as long as my health permits. In May I had a new sign made and set in concrete!

...................................................... Marjorie Barker McCormick

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THE ELLER CEMETERY
(Inscriptions from grave stones)

J.T. Eller
1840-1916
Company I
Twenty-second Regiment
R.Q.N. 145th Ind. Vol. lnf.

Byron V. Eller Infant son of
J.T. & Sarah V. Eller
b. Mar. 15,1894
d. Mar. 15,1894

Thomas Bailey
b. April 10, 1784
d. Aug. 18,1851

Henry Eller
b. June 9,1817
d. Aug. 30,1889

Balinda Bailey Eller
b. Oct. 13,1813
d. Nov. 7,1844

Christina Eller
b. Dec. 28, 1757
d. July 11, 1844

Minerva Reeves
wife of J.D. Reeves
b.Aug.12,1823
d. Sept. 30,1862

John D. Reeves
b. March 10, 1810
d. Dec. 27,1894
84 yrs 9 ms 10 ds

lzarih Reeves
dau. of J.D. Reeves
d. July 31, 1896
36 yrs 11 ms 22 ds

John Eller, Sr.
b. Oct. 23,1786
d. Aug. 24, 1840

Herbert H. Eller
b. Jan.20,1884
d. Apr. 29, 1910

Elizabeth Cole
wife of C. Cole
b. June 22, 1815
d. Jan.11,1835

In Memory of
George W. Eller
b. Aug.10,1839
d. Aug. 23, 1842

Ida Eller
dau. of F.A. & E.P. Eller
d. Aug. 30, 1862
Aged 16 ds

Carrie Eller
Dau. of F.A. & E.P. Eller
b. June 25, 1856
d. Juy 22, 1863
Aged 7 yrs 27 ds

Zaring H. Eller
son of F.A. & E.P. Eller
b. June 19, 1860
d. Sept. 16, 1863
Aged 3 yrs 2 ms 27 ds

Infant son of
W.J. & Belle Curry Eller
b. & d. Dec. 25, 1885

Hannah J. Eller
dau. of G. & R.M. Eller
b. Mar. 28,1837
d. Nov. 24, 1853

John W. Eller
son of G. & R.M. Eller
b. Dec. 5,1834
d. Apr. 21, 1854

Henry Eller
son of G. & R.M. Eller
d. July 23, 1865
Aged 20 yrs 2 Ms 13 ds

Barbara A. Bailey
wife of Thomas Bailey
b. Oct. 13, 1788
d. May 6,1849

George Eller
d. Sept. 23, 1878
Aged 66 yrs 11 ms 23 ds

Sarah Eller
b. Sept. 6, 1816
d. Feb. 15, 1894
Aged 78 yrs 6 mo 22 ds

Infant Children of
C.D. & R.F. Eller
b. July 30, 1880
d. Aug. 20,1880
b. & d. July 14, 1881

Dau. of J.W. & L. Truitt
b. June 2, 1842
d. July 14, 1855

Lucinda Truitt
wife of J.W.Truitt
b. Dec. 8,1818
d. June 20, 1853

Eli T. Truitt
son of J.W. & L. Truitt
d. Mar 15,1853
Aged 3 yrs 4 ms 11ds

George H. Eller
son of H. & B. L. Eller
b. Sept. 25, 1842
d. Mar. 10. 1845

Susan
wife of John Eller, Sr.
b. October 14, 1788
d. October 15, 1867
Aged 79 yrs 1 day

Louisa M. Eller
b. Mar 7, 1845
d. Aug. 26, 1890
Aged 45 yrs. 3 ms 19 ds

Glenn P. Eller
1902-1903
Sarah V. Eller
1865-1936
(this stone was placed about
1988- not at time of burial)

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Marjori and Her Sign

This sign was just recently made and set in concrete May 19, 1993!
MY PRIDE & JOY!

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In the Eller Cemetery, this is the grave stone for George Eller, oldest son of John Eller, Sr. & Susan Smith. In 1832 he accompanied his father to Monroe Co., In. where they settled.

Eller Cemetery ---- This is John Eller, Sr. aged mother, CHRISTINA Eller who came with them from Ky. b. 28 Dec 1757 - d. 11-July 1844

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