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| Located on
Pleasant Street in the City of
Charlestown, the cemetery remains
well-maintained and is the final resting
place of many of the early pioneers,
including Daily descendants and the first
governor of Indiana, Jonathan Jennings. |
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JAMES BEGGS
1802 - 1878 |
| The son of John
Beggs and Hannah (Thomas), James was born
in Indiana on 01 Jan 1802. He resided in
Charlestown and on 18 Jan 1823, he
married Matilda (Drummond) who was the
daughter of James and Nancy (Griffith).
According to census records, they were
the parents of ten children. James died
on 06 Jan 1878 at the age of seventy-six
years and five days. |
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MATILDA (DRUMMOND)
BEGGS
1803 - 1888 |
| Mathilda was the
daughter of James (1764-1843) and Nancy
Griffith (1768-1852) who were both buried
in Silver Creek Cemetery. She was born on
06 Jun 1803 and married James Beggs on 18
Jan 1823 in Clark Co., Indiana. they were
the parents of John who married Louisa
Work; Nancy, wife of John Parr; Sarah;
James; Caroline; Catherine; Melinda;
Matilda; Susan; and Jane Beggs. Mathilda
died on 27 Feb 1888, almost ten years
after her husband. She was aged
eighty-four years, eight months and
twenty-one days. |
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PHILIP D. BOYER
1830 - 1882 |
| The son of James
A. Boyer and Charlotte Temple (Daily),
Philip was born in Charlestown on 12 Mar
1830 and most probably named after his
maternal grandfather Philip Daily. He
married Catherine "Kate" Long
on 12 Dec 1850. They were the parents of
at least Willis, Eva and James H. Boyer.
- See stone below. |
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KATE (LONG) BOYER
1830 - 1872 |
| Inscription
indicates Kate was born on 21 Sep 1830
and was the daughter of A. Long. The year
of her death is not chipped off from the
damaged stone, but records indicate she
she died 08 Feb 1872. She married Philip
Boyer on 12 Dec 1850 and was the mother
of at least Willis, Eva, and James Boyer. From this
information, it is believed she is the
daughter of Avery Long who was born in
Scott Co., Kentucky on 07 Feb 1808 and in
1816 came to Clark County, Indiana. He
married Mary Goodwin (daughter of Judge
Willis Wallace & Kate Holland) in
1829 and Kate is believed to have been
their only daughter. A son, Willis, is
believed to have died as an infant. After
his wife's death on 04 Jan 1838, Avery
married again in 1851. His second wife
was Sophia Bottorff who was born 05 Nov
1820 and died 19 Apr 1909. They were the
parents of Martha Jane, wife of James H.
Peyton and son John Elisha Long.
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