Jacob Fouts
BIRTH 17 Oct 1775
DEATH 27 Dec 1836 (aged 61)
BURIAL
Barnes Community Cemetery
New Washington, Clark County, Indiana, USA
According to the book, History of the Ohio Falls Counties, published in 1882:
"Fout's grave-yards, now known as the Barnes burying-grounds, on the forks of Fourteen-mile creek, were used by the settlers fifty or sixty years ago [therefore the early 1820s or 1830s]. Squire Jacob Fouts, who lived near the East fork of Fourteen-mile Creek, had at first a private burying place. It was afterwards used by the neighbors and came to be regarded as public property. The other, laid out by a relative of Mr. Fouts, perhaps a brother, was situated on the West fork of Fourteen-mile creek. Both sustained about the same relation to the public. They are now among those things of bygone days which in history must ever be regarded with affection, and which are reminders that we must all pass away."
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