“(Also known as Helms or Dowell cemetery).
Located north of State Rd 205 on Wolfe Rd. to the Panhandle tracks,
west 40 rods on tracks then 20 rods north in a field. A knoll with 3 large trees.
Between 4 1/2 to 5 miles south west of Columbia City or 6 miles northeast of South Whitley.”
Kaler-Maring in their 1907 History of Whitley Co give an extensive run down as to origins and
events that occurred in the area known as Hell’s Half Acre. pages 193-197
Dowell Army D — died aged 1 year 3 months child of J & C — Hell's Half Acre
Dowell Desta M — died March 20 1864 aged 1 year 1 month child of J & C — Hell's Half Acre
Dowell Harrison — died February 7 1879 aged 79 years 8 months 5 days — Hell's Half Acre
Dowell Lurge A — child of J & C — Hell's Half Acre
Dowell Mary — died November 16 1888 aged 86 years 9 months 26 days wife of Harrison — Hell's Half Acre
Dowell William F — died February 15 1886 aged 2 years 6 months child of J & C — Hell's Half Acre
Dowell William W — died August 9 1889 aged 64 years 10 months 3 days — Hell's Half Acre
Helms Jno — Co F 100th Ind Inf — Hell's Half Acre
Littlefield Daniel K — died January 15 1884 aged 60 years 8 months 21 days — Hell's Half Acre
Littlefield Lucinda — died April 12 1894 aged 65 years wife of D K Littlefield — Hell's Half Acre
Unknown — died April 24 1852 aged 15 years 7 months 6 days — Hell's Half Acre
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Find A Grave LinkGPS Coordinates: Latitude: 41.13047, Longitude: -85.54358
This cemetery is in the middle of a field on private property. I was given permission in 2004 to take these photographs. The houses were new construction back then and the girl living there didn't believe me when I said there was a graveyard in the trees. I am sure by now they are getting tired of people trying to get pictures of the graves and/or stealing parts of the stones.
Distant view of the grove of trees the stones are in.
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