St. Rose Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Martin, County, IN


	St. Rose is the first cemetery that we reworked. Of the three
cemeteries at Mt. Pleasant it is this researcher's opinion that St. Rose
has deteriorated the most from abuse, vandalism and erosion.

	I began with the original work published by the Martin County
Historical Society, "Cemeteries of Martin County, Indiana, Volume II",
pages 184 through 191 and the supplement page S-8.  This work can be
identified by the notation "MCHS-nnn".  Where "nnn" represents the page
number in the original books where the information can be found.  For
example; MCHS-184 represents page 184 (this is in volume II).  Please note
that page one (1) begins with volume I and the last page can be found in
volume III.

	To the original work, I compared the work that Natalie Montgomery
Baker performed earlier during 1994.  I added any new information that she
uncovered.  I noted all discrepancies between these two works.  Later, all
discrepancies were reconciled.  If Natalies work differed with that of the
original and careful examination of the tombstones could not reconcile the
differences I reverted back to the original documentation.  (I feel that
over time inscriptions have become harder to read.  Experience proved this
to be very true.)

	Natalie also researched local records and obituaries and included
this information in her work.  Natalie's latest contribution is annotated
with "NMB1994:" followed with what additional information she provided.
Natalie also noted if the stone presently exists or not. This is annotated
by "(stone)".  Newly discovered tombstones are annotated by "(new,stone)".
Newly discovered burials are indicated by an "Unmarked" burial location.

	My children and I systematically compared each and every tombstone
to the combined recorded data.  Together we corrected mistakes, resolved
differences and noted previously unrecorded tombstones.  A marking scheme
using colored chalk was devised to ensure we would not miss any stone or
look at the same stone twice.  When finished with the known data we
proceeded to probe the cemetery lot for buried tombstones.  All together,
nine (9) new tombstones were discovered and recorded.  Data that we
contributed is annotated by "ECH-Jul1994:" indicating the month and year
when the work was performed.

	Mr. Larry Craney of rural Loogootee contributed information about
his ancestors and relatives buried in St. Rose cemetery.  His contributions
are annotated by "LCG1994:".  Many thanks to Larry.

	The following page lists abbreviations and sources of information
used in the research. Abbreviations and sources used are as follows:

B:		born/birth date
D:		died/death date
Md:		Married/Marriage date
Bd:		buried at
Dd:		died at
Bp:		baptized at
F:		father
M:		mother
S/O:		son of
D/O:		daughter of
C/O:		child of
M/1:		marriage #1
M/2:		marriage #2, etc.
CN:		compiler's note/observation
TI:		tombstone inscription
MCHS:		Martin County Historical Society
MCDR:		Martin County Death Records
DCDR:		Daviess County Death records
SMaDR:		St. Martin's Death Records
SPBR		St. Peter's Baptismal records
Obit:		obituary
LDR:		Loogootee Death Records
MCT:		Martin County Tribune
SEN:		Loogootee Sentinel
SJDR:		St. John's Death Records
ABT:		about
NMB1994:	Information supplied by Natalie Montgomery Baker, 1994.
ECH-Jul1994: 	Information uncovered by Evan C. Hand during the month and
		year given.
(?)		Data is illegible or questionable
Intv:		interview with person or persons indicated

	NOTE: Some birth dates are computed from the death date and the
inscribed ages in Years, Months and Days when given.  These are annotated
as such: "Born ABT 28 Mar 1883".