Place:Bell Cemetery, Rush, Indiana, United States

Cemetery notes and/or description

Known as Bell Cemetery, Barrett Cemetery or Bell/Barrett Cemetery, part of the cemetery is located in Ripley Township and part of it is in Center Township in Rush County, Indiana.

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History of the Bell/Barrett Cemetery

An 1882 pamphlet entitled, "The Semi-Centennial History of the Presbyterian Church, Knightstown, Indiana" contains a couple of paragraphs about the beginning of the church and the establishment of this burial place as follows:

"... Harvey Bell, son of John and Sarah, owned a farm just south of his father's farm and extending to Ripley Township line west of the cross roads, just north of the Indiana Soldier and Sailor Home. Harvey gave 3/4 acres, more or less to Bethel Presbyterian Church for Cemetery, and most - if not all - the original members of the Bethel Church - and others of the Bell Family - are buried there. Cemetery deed was recorded in Rush County Recorder's Office September 21, 1838. This Cemetery is 2 miles south of K-town ..."

When it first started it was called Bell Cemetery, but by 1890 it was only called Barrett Cemetery. Hazzard's Henry County History 1822-1906, Vol 1 and 2 (1906) gives the name of the cemetery as Barrett Cemetery.