Beech Grove Cemetery

Location

1400 W. Kilgore Avenue Muncie, IN 47305

Background Information

Beech Grove Cemetery is a municipal facility supported by a combination of private and public funding. It is governed by a board of directors, whose members are appointed by the Muncie City Council. The current superintendent is Tom Schnuck, who has been appointed since 1995. The Muncie Public Library is partnered with the Beech Grove Cemetery and has an online database of all their burials. It is a part of the Muncie/Delaware County Digital Resource Library. Beech Grove Cemetery is a large historical cemetery established in Muncie, Indiana, in 1841. There are over 44,000 burials.

Famous People Buried

John Ottis Adams: July 8, 1851–January 28, 1927

Adams was an artist who went to the Indiana School of Painting and also studied at the Royal Academy in Munich, Germany, as well as London, England, before returning to the United States. He specialized in Impressionist landscapes of his hometown in Indiana. He is considered one of the premier artists from Indiana.

John McKnight Bloss: June 21,1839–May 26, 1905

Bloss was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War of the United States. During the war, while serving as a sergeant in the 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, he was one of the finders of the famous "Lee's Lost Dispatch" (also known as Special Order #191) prior to the Battle of Antietam. He also served as the third president of the Oregon Agricultural College, which is now known as Oregon State University.

George Washington Cromer: May 13, 1856–November 8, 1936

Cromer was a U.S. congressman elected to represent Indiana's Eighth District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1899–1907). He also served as the mayor of Muncie from 1894 to 1898.

Andrew Kennedy: July 24, 1810–December 31, 1847

Kennedy was a U.S. congressman elected to represent Indiana's Fifth and Tenth Districts in the U.S. House of Representatives. He served from 1841 until his death from small pox in 1847. He also served in the Indiana State Senate from 1836 to 1840. He was a candidate for presidential elector from Indiana in 1840.

William J. Carson: August 30, 1840–December 13,1913

Carson was a Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. He served as a musician in the Union Army in Company E, First Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on September 19, 1863, at Chickamauga, Georgia. His citation reads: "At a critical stage in the battle when the 14th corps lines were wavering and in disorder, he on his own initiative bugled 'to the colors' amid the 18th US Infantry who formed by him, and held the enemy who believed reinforcements has arrived. Thus, the delayed their attack."

Citation

Muncie Public Library Beech Grove Cemetery