“INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of small, rural, historic
cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers in central Indiana. You can
map out a route and get a bunch of ‘em in one trip!
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
#23:
"Drink More Milk"
The trail of this quest will take you to
an old cemetery in Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana. Check out the Cow
Marker on the way in to the Independent Order of Oddfellows
Cemetery, but you must go down the hill and find an even older
graveyard: Old Lagro Township Cemetery. Located on a high bluff,
surrounded on three sides by Lagro Creek, it contains only very old
tombstones, many broken or worn, dating to the 1840’s and 1850’s in
varying states of dis-repair. But , smack dab in the middle is a
partially restored plot, that of the Enyart Family, with cleaned,
repaired stones, and well tended graves. To learn about their
restoration project, and see some fascinating before-and-after
photos of the restored tombstones, click on this
link:
Tombstone Restoration
Enyeart Family
Enyeart family began in the 16th century when two brothers,
younger sons of the Prince of Holland, emigrated to America. The
elder went to Pennsylvania and settled, the younger to New Jersey.
1816 a descendant of the elder came to Ohio and settled in Butler
County. A few years later, three of his children and their families
moved to Indiana and settled in Lagro, near the canal. Enyearts are
lineal descendants of the Black Prince, famous in English history,
and of Louis XIV of France.
With two such ancestors the Enyearts have reason to keep
family records. William Enyeart, a descendant, married jane Norris
and was father to 21 children. He was commissioned an Ensign in the
4th Co., 3d Battallion, Bedford County on Dec. 10, 1777, and was
made 2d Lieutenant on May 23, 1778.
Since the Enyeart emigration, a member of the family has
fought in every one of America's wars: Levi Enyeart in the Civil
War (1862-1864), Marcus and Russell Enyeart in World War II,
Lemoine in Korea, Herman in Vietnam (1962-64) and Larry in Vietnam
(1966-68).
Among first settlers working their way westward were the
Enyearts settling around Lagro, 1834-35. Brothers Joseph, Levi, and
Benjamin, sons of William and Jane (Norris) Enyeart, Ohio, brought
their families. Joseph built the first sawmill east of Lagro with
his brothers, who were cabinet-makers, and they farmed 360 acres.
Their father died in 1828, Huntingdon, Pa. The mother and rest of
the 20 brothers and sisters came in later years and married. Jane
Enyeart (Aug. 19, 1772 - Sept. 20, 1848) is buried in the old Lagro
Cemetery.
Jospeh Enyeart (1792, Penn. - Sept. 19, 1852, Lagro) married
Margaret Wichard (Feb. 4, 1816, Hamilton, O.). they had 12
children: Sarah died young, Eleanor married Nathan Miller, John
married Amanda Hall, William J. married Nancy Ann Banning, Silas
married Sarah Kisner, Jacob married Sarah Lang, Levi married
Rosanna Bunker, Jane married Hirom Clark, James married Matilda
Hensley, Abraham married Rachael Bunker, and Hannah married Richard
Ring, all of Wabash. (Note: Abraham and Levi married sisters,
daughters of Isaac and Emilla (Snyder).
Oct. 16, 1850, Levi Enyeart (b. 1828, Ohio) married Rosanna
Bunker (Oct. 7, 1832 - Feb. 18, 1923) in Monument City, Ind. She
was born in Morrow, O. They had six children: Leander, Harvey,
Melissa, Marion who married Amanda E. First, Flora who married
William Robert Benson. Levi lived around Lagro and Dora with his
family before being drafted into the Civil War in 1862 (75th, Co. A
of Wabash County) and killed in Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 11,
1864.
Leander Fair Enyeart, Levi's son, (Feb. 1, 1855 - Feb. 2,
1938) married Hannah Lowry (Jan. 19, 1860 - Sept. 21, 1879,
Huntington). They had four sons: Dennis, Levi, Marquis (Mark), and
Harvey who died young. Leander later married Mary First and had
Austin who is the father of Mary Wagoner and Lloyd Enyeart of
Huntington. Mary married Homer Wagoner, Jr. and had Michael, Roger,
and Tommy, all of Wabash. Leander lived on his own farm land around
New Holland. His son Dennis married Grace Hall. He was a retired
Honeywell security guard at the time of his death in 1949. They had
six children: Harvey, Henry, Harry Emma Louise, and Dorothy (all
deceased) and Russell who lives in Danville, Ill. Dorothy married
Russell Leonard and had four children: Jane Ann who married Carl
Hill, Larry who married Vickie Boardman, Robert who married
Henrietta Sizemore, and Linda Lou who married Walter Case.
Marquis (Mark) Enyeart (b. Feb. 23, 1887, Huntington) married
Ethel Keesling (July 6, 1907 - Nov. 14, 1961, Wabash). They lived
on a farm near Treaty, owning land east of Treaty to Twin Bridges.
He was on the board for Liberty Twp. and an assessor for several
years. He was also a member and deacon of Treaty Christian Church.
Mark later married Iva May (Davis) Harrell and lived in LaFontaine.
Their children are Herbert, Eva May (deceased), Elizabeth who
married Harold Ulrey, James Howard, Alice who married Ray Baldwin,
Norman, and Marcus.
In addition, there are numerous Civil
War vets resting here.
From Genius Loci's Log:
September 5, 2004 by
Genius Loci (2957 found)
Hutt, Mattster and I were certainly very impressed with the caches
we found in and around the town of Lagro. We never expected their
like in such a small, out-of-the-way corner as this, but maybe
that's because Lagro wasn't always such an out-of-the-way place. In
canal days, it must have been one of the prominent towns of the
area; yet how short-lived was that boom!
Although it's been 170 years since Lagro has been so up-and-coming,
at least today it can boast some of the best caches in this part of
the country! Not the least of those is ISQ #23 - a fascinating
location that mixes the more modern monuments of but a few years
past with a rich history featuring historical stones from Indiana's
earliest pioneer days. We didn't neglect visiting both areas and
paying our respects at each. Thanks, SixDogTeam!
- Genius Loci ('the Guardian Spirit of a
Place')
The cache container
is a larger plastic spice bottle, and should be easy to find. The
clue is a spoiler. Do not climb down into the Ravine. If you find a
fallen U.S. flag, please stick it back in the ground, preferably
next to a Vet’s Marker. As always, please be respectful, and cache
in, trash out.
walk
your puppy
Available year-round
Less than 600 ft. from car to cache
No
Historic Outhouses available
Check
Lagro Creek Tide Before Caching |
Happy Caching from EARTH DOG!!
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GEHEN JETZT JAGD FUR UND
FINDEN DEN SCHATZ. VIEL GLUECK!!
NOTICE,
7-29-05: NIGHT CACHING IS NOT ALLOWED ON ISQ's. LOGS INDICATING
CACHING AFTER DARK WILL BE DELETED.