Family Plots

Fletcher Family Plot

Calvin and Sarah Fletcher purchased their family plot in 1865, one of the earliest purchases in the newly developed cemetery. They then added onto the plot in 1867 and twice in 1882, making it the largest family plot in the cemetery, with over 100 burials. Miles Fletcher (Calvin and Sarah’s grandson) was the first burial in November 1865; the most recent burial was Lillian Fletcher Klein (Calvin and Sarah’s great-great-great granddaughter) in 2022.

Sarah and Calvin Fletcher purchased Section 7, Lot 9 in 1865. The family enlarged the family plot to more than 12 lots to accommodate more than 100 family burials.

Mary Johnson Hines (1867-1937) was buried in her husband’s family plot

Lillian Fletcher Klein (1926-2022) is the most recent burial in the Fletcher Family Plot.

The plot contains generations of Fletcher family members and their spouses, making it an ideal way to learn about the family’s genealogy. While not buried in a way to show generational divisions, it can show distant family members or daughters who got married and then changed their names. One example is Mary J. Hines (nee Johnson), who was buried in the Fletcher family plot in 1937. How is she connected to the Fletchers?

Doing research in marriage records, death certificates, and other archival material finds she was married to Fletcher Hines. More research on Fletcher shows his mother was Maria Hines (nee Fletcher). She was the daughter of Calvin and Sarah Fletcher. So, Mary J. Hines is the wife of Calvin Fletcher’s grandson. It’s clues like this that can help build out a family tree.

Learn more about Fletcher at Calvin Fletcher | Crown Hill Foundation.

Norman S. Byram and Edward G. Cornelius Family Plot

Norman Byram (1831-1902) and Edward Cornelius (1833-1901) purchased Section 14, Lot 42 in 1874.

Purchased in 1874 by both Norman S. Byram and E. G. Cornelius, the plot has 42 individuals. Instead of their connection being familial, Byram and Cornelius were business partners for decades. The two men met after 1865 and formed a partnership in the retail dry goods trade, then formed a real estate business and various commercial interests, including the Indianapolis Chair Company. They bought the lot for the burial of Cornelius’ infants, George and Ashbury.