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Some Cemetery Information

Monroe County, Indiana



Some Cemetery Information

Monroe County, Indiana

    There are many cemeteries in Monroe County, Indiana. I have focused on the larger ones, and those which have specifically been used by our families.

    However, a complete listing of Monroe County cemeteries is available online at the Monroe County Historical Society Web site. (Link provided below.)



  • Clear Creek Cemetery


    Clear Creek, Indiana 47426

    This cemetery is located in southern Monroe County, in Perry Township, south of Bloomington, in the village of Clear Creek, Indiana. It is at the intersection of South Rogers Street and Church Lane, beside Clear Creek Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). South Rogers Street continues all the way from Bloomington to Clear Creek, so this cemetery is easy to find.

    This is a beautiful old cemetery, but it is large and still in use. There are some beautiful carved limestone monuments here.

    Our family names found in this cemetery include Brinson, Hickman, Lee, Pavey, Reynolds, and Schooley. Specifically,

    • my paternal grandparents, Charles Ambrose Hickman, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth (Fears) Hickman are buried here.

    • My paternal Uncle, Jesse Charles Hickman and his third wife, Frances (Moore) Hickman are buried here.

    • My maternal Aunt, Dana Frances (Hickman) Lee and William Lee are buried here.

    • My maternal Aunt, Mable Marie (Hickman) Reynolds and Ora Reynolds, are buried here.

    • My mother, Winifred Jean (Eddleman) Hickman is buried here.

    • My niece's husband's father, Jack Lee Schooley, and the Schooleys' relatives in the Pavey and Douthitt families are buried here.

    • My father, Harold Ellsworth Hickman, my Aunt, Rhea Dawn (Hickman) Brinson and Rollie Marvin Brinson, and my first cousin, Maribeth (no middle name) Brinson all have placed monuments here for their future burial.

    • Indeed, this is where I will be someday.


  • Greene County Chapel

    Green County United Methodist Church
    Route 2
    Solsberry, IN 47459

    Telephone: (812) 825-9113

    Although this cemetery is in Greene County, it is literally just across the Monroe County line, and has often been used as a final resting place for people who have connections to the village of Stanford, Monroe County, Indiana.

    A small old cemetery, it is picturesquely situated on a hill beside the Greene County Chapel, and is surrounded by farm land and trees. It is located on Highway 45 that connects Bloomington to Greene County, and is still in use.

    Our family names found in this cemetery include Eddleman, Routh and Wellman. (Specifically,

    • Simon Elias Routh and Nannie (Martin) Routh, my great-grandparents who had a small farm in Stanford, Monroe County, Indiana, are buried here.

    • My maternal grandparents, Clarence Noble Eddleman and Elda Elizabeth (Routh) Eddleman are buried here.

    • My grand-uncle, Lawrence J. Routh is buried here.

    • My maternal Aunt and her husband, Janice Sue (Eddleman) Wellman and Samuel Eugene Wellman, have purchased their plots here, too.)


  • Rose Hill Cemetery


    Bloomington, IN 47403

    Rose Hill / White Oak Cemetery Office
    4th and Elm Streets
    Bloomington, IN 47403

    Telephone: (812) 349-3498

    This is the cemetery where songwriter, Hoagy Carmichael is buried. He wrote such hits as Stardust, Georgia, and Up a Lazy River.

    This cemetery is within the Bloomington city limits, in Bloomington Township, where West 5th Street curves into West 3rd Street at Adams Street.

    Names of our families in this cemetery include Corbin, Hazel and Sater.

    • Nola T. (Judah) Hazel, mother-in-law of my maternal Aunt, Eliabeth Ann (Eddleman) Hazel, is buried here.

    • My first cousin, James Charles Corbin, is buried here.

    • Elijah Thomas Sater, Civil War veteran and great-great-great-grandfather of my niece and nephew, April Sue (Sater) Schooley and K. Adam Sater, is buried here.)


  • Valhalla Memory Gardens, Inc.

    310 North Johnson Avenue
    Bloomington, IN 47404

    Telephone: (812) 332-9321

    Valhalla Memory Gardens - Services
    1710 West 8th Street
    Bloomington, IN 47404

    Telephone: (812) 331-7581

    Johnson Avenue is off of West 3rd Street (Highway 48) on Bloomington's west site, in Bloomington Township and within Bloomington city limits.

    We have Hazel, Hickman and Wellman family in this Cemetery, such as

    • Worth Mitchell Wellman and Lenore E. (White) Wellman Perry, parent-in-laws of my maternal aunt, Janice Sue (Eddleman) Wellman.

    • Aunt Janice Sue (Eddleman) Wellman's nephew by marriage, Brian Kent Wellman, is buried here.

    • Fred G. Hazel, first cousin of my Aunt Elizabeth Ann (Eddleman) Hazel's father-in-law, is buried here with his wife, Ona C. Hazel.

    • Hanna Sue (May) Hickman, first wife of my first cousin, Allen J. Hickman, is buried here.















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