Good Cemetery in Salamonie Township, Indiana

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Get directions E Parkway Drive
Salamonie Township, Indiana 46792 United States

Coordinates: 40.67583, -85.42116
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Good Cemetery was established in 1834. A new sign was erected in 2013 and a driveway was created which now makes the cemetery easily accessible. The best way to access the cemetery is to take SR 218 to Hillcrest Drive and then turn left on E. Parkway Drive. Follow this road to the cemetery's driveway.

The first burial in the cemetery was of Michael Reveal. A brother-in-law of Samuel Jones, who buried Beard on a part of Samuel Jones farm. Benjamin Good purchased the property from Samuel Jones He converted the burial site into a cemetery that was named Good Cemetery after him.

The cemetery is located in Salamonie Township (SE quadrant of the SE quadrant of the NW quadrant of Section 29, Township 26N, Range 10E) about 400 feet south of the intersection of E Parkway Drive and Hillside Court.

Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 4, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (April 2009), gives the primary cemetery name as Good Cemetery with an alternate name of Jones Cemetery.

The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-35-69 (Good / Jones).

Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 4, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (April 2009), gives the primary cemetery name as Good Cemetery with an alternate name of Jones Cemetery.