Today, the Terre Haute Tribune Star ran an article on the proposed memorial for Glenn Home Cemetery. 

Rick Long (Trustee for Lost Creek Township) and I met with journalists from the newspaper Sunday afternoon. After a brief interview for the article we proceeded out to Glenn and the cemetery.  Meeting up with one of the Fraternity Brothers who knew exactly where the headstone found was, we hiked back into the woods to document the area. 

The Brothers' have cleared some pathway back to the site, so it is easier to get to than we thought it might be; although the recent rain made for a rather muddy walk. 

The cemetery is located just due southwest by about 2-3 acres of the old 'Cottage D' or the original African-American cottage which was destroyed by arson in the early 1990's.  Little David R. Anderson's stone is the only one we have found so far, but searchers may keep looking for more as weather permits.

If you miss the article in the paper today, you can view it online at

http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_092001019.html

Again, We would be honored to hear from anyone formerly affiliated with the Home; be they a prior resident, staff, or county official.

 

 

I grew up in Terre Haute, was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha at Rose, and also was a friend of the Hartmanns that bought the property at auction in Feb. 1980. John Hartmann was killed in an accident at the site while converting it to apartments. One night, while at Rose, 1989 or so, a co-ed group of us went in search of the cemetary, around midnight, and (of course) one of us found this stone west of "Cottage D" (we didn't know it was there at the time--one of us tripped over it). A while later, while doing genealogical research at the Vigo Co. Library, I discovered David R. Anderson among what I think was the burials in Highland Lawn. I don't know if the burial entry was only among their records, or if the stone was taken from Highland Lawn and deposited in that location. I don't think it's original to the Glenn Home Cemetary. There are certain times of the year where the cemetary boundaries are very apparent. In the summer, rare varieties of white raspberries are abundent in that area, too. Also, Cottage D was destroyed during the summer of 1993 by (I think) a 7th grade boy.