Notable People Buried in the Old Town Cemetery Prepared by Don Dunaway, 1999 |
| Brookville Brookville Brookville Brookville Brookville Brookville Brookville |
| John G. Adair, 1821-1889, his grave has a G.A.R. marker;
however, no mention of any military service has been found. He.was
vice president of the Brookville National Bank when it began business in 1865 and
president when it was dissolved in 1879. He was also co-owner of a flour mill with William
W. Butler. P50-S5-RlO-G2 Brookville Indiana |
| William W. Butler, born March 11, 1810 in Brookville and
died here November 21, 1903. He was the son of Amos Butler, one of the founders of
Brookville. P38-S5-R2-GI Brookville Indiana |
| Hannah Wright Butler, his wife, born 1821 in Montgomery
County, Ohio, died 1890. Brookville Indiana |
| Nathan D. Gallion, born April 4, 1790 near Baltimore, Md.,
married Hannah Douglass, March 19,1815,and died August 21, 1865, Hannah was born Oct. 14,
1791 and died Dec.23, 1868, He was a soldier of the Twenty-eighth Regiment of United
States Infantry during the War of 1812. He came to Brookville in 1814 and set up a store
at the corner of Main and Claiborne (Fifth) Streets. It was known as the
"Old White Corner." He was postmaster 1816-31, and an initial stockholder
in the Brookville Bank which was in business 1853-63. He was also a director of an early
Brookville insurance company formed in 1837. He was in business for over forty years.
P31-S4-R9-G35 rookville Indiana |
| Samuel and Eleanor Goodwin. Samuel came from Pennsylvania
to Brookville in 1816. He is regarded as the founder of Methodism in Brookville. He was a
tanner by trade. Their home and the tannery were at the foot of Fifth Street by the East
Fork. The house is still standing. P7-SI-R6-G22 ookville Indiana |
| John Hackleman, 1785-1864, was a lieutenant in the local militia
which functioned 1816-46. He and his wife, Sarah were the parents of Brigadier General
Pleasant A. Hackleman who was killed at Corinth, Mississippi on October 3, 1862. General
Hackleman was buried at Rushville. P36-S4-Rl3-G28
Sarah Hackleman, 1792-1868, wife of John Hackleman
and mother of General Hackleman o |
| Andrew J. King, 1834-1876. He was a native of Butler Co., Ohio. He moved
first to Connersville and then to Laurel where he taught school and ran a drug business
for several years. He moved to Brookville and opened a drug
business. His store was known as King's Drug Store and was located on Main Street near
Sixth; the building is still standing, but is now an insurance office. P27-S4-R6-G29
Permilia King, his wife, 1835-1907. G30 okville Indiana |
| John W. King, Mr. King was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 28, 1820. His
family moved to Blooming Grove when he was a boy (1832). After "attaining his
majority" He engaged in farming in that community and
later ran a saw mill. He moved to Brookville in 1856 where he operated the Valley House.
After doing this for a year, he was a general merchant, real estate agent and continued as
operator of the Valley House. He retired in 1890. His wife was Sarah Barcus of
Blooming Grove. Mr. King died in 1914 and his wife in 1902. He built the large home at
Eleventh and Main in 1900. P47-S5-R8-G46 kville Indiana |
| James Knight, born April 1, 1768, died Sept. 17, 1816. His was the first
known burial in the cemetery. He was one of the pioneers of Brookville, first entering
land in 1808. The first court
sessions of Franklin County met in one of the rooms of his tavern
which was on the site of the present county jail. The Knight tavern
location was used from the spring of 1811 until April 1812 wnen a log building
was erected on the public square by Mr. Knight. In 1815, James Knight and
Martin Jameson began work on a new brick courthouse. Knight died before the building was
completed. His wife., Mary, took his place in the contract for the new
building and it was completed in 1817. Mary Knight, his wife, is buried here also,
P52-S5-Rll-G73 kville Indiana |
| Thomas Lindsay, born in Scotland in 1827, died 1895. Mr. Lindsay was a
large stockholder and manager of the Steward Paper Company, a leading manufacturing
industry in this vicinity. A roofing factory is now located on the site of the old
paper mill. P20-S3-R7-G29 kville Indiana |
| Enoch McCarty, born Jan. 5, 1783, died Dec. 12, 1857, 74 y. 11 m., 7 d.
Enoch along with four other men from Franklin County was a signer of Indiana's first
constitution at Corydon, Indiana in 1816. P31-S4-RIO-GI
Julia
Ann McCarty, his wife, April 24, 1810, died May 9, 1884, G-2. Brookville |
| John T. McKinney, a native of Virginia, died March 4, 1837. He was a
resident of Brookville and was a trustee of the Franklin County Seminary in 1830. He
defended Revolutionary War veteran, Samuel Fields, who was tried for murder in March 1825.
He served on the Indiana Supreme Court 1831-37. He was appointed to the court by Governor
James Brown Ray. P42-S5-R4-G40 Brookville Indiana |
| Lazarus Noble, was operator of the Federal Land Office in Brookville
1820-25. He died in Metamora while moving the office to Indianpolis. He was a brother of
United States Senator James Noble and Indiana Governor Noah Noble. His wife, Margaret
Vance was the daughter of Samuel Vance, one the founders of Lawrenceburg. P51-S5-Rll-Gl6 Brookville Indiana |
| Peter Rudman, died Sept. 18, 1849, 47 y., 9 m., 21 d. Peter owned a grist
mill near Fairfied; according to local legend the mill
turned on its foundation one night. This caused much discussion in the community.
P47-S5-R8-G37 Brookville Indiana |
| Thomas T. Smith, an early Brookville photographer who began his work here
about 1853. He was born Sept. 18, 1831 and died Oct. 3, 1897. His wife Caroline and sons,
Marion, Elias, Charles and John are buried with him. P28-S4-R7-Gl.* Brookville Indiana |
| John Adair Smith, died June 5, 1863, aged 23 yrs., 9mo., 19da.. He was
clerk of the town board 1860-61. John A. Smith was chosen as a third lieutenant in the
Franklin Guards (Civil War). This group was not
mustered in, however. Many joined the 13th and 16th regiments, Indiana Volunteers, Smith
was rejected for service because he had consumption; he died of the disease in 1863 as
noted above. P33-S4-RII-GI6 Brookville Indiana |
| Reference for above: Brookville Library cemetery records, Volume 1, A-G. P
refers to page of record, S to section where person is buried, i.e., sections I - 5, R to
row, G to grave number. Section I is directly north of the old brick church. Section 2 is
directly south. Section 3 is southwest and to
the south of the old driveway. Section 4 is
northwest and to the north of the old driveway. Section 5 is east (in back of)
the old church. Brookville Indiana |
| Other References: William W. Butler - (Reifel, p. 1 29 2 . ) Brookville |
| Nathan D. Galllion - ( Reifel, pp. 196, 223, 248, 324, 554, 946-47.
1882 Atlas, 87,95,96. ) Brookville Indiana |
| Thomas Lindsay - Atlas, p. 114. Brookville Indiana |
| Enoch McCarty - Indiana's Road to Statehood, Indiana Historical
Bureau,1969. Brookville Indiana |
| John Adair Smith - see Atlas p.80c.1. and Reifel, p.293 (Source :
Brookville American, June 12,1863.) Brookville Indiana |