Lyons Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana

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Lyons Cemetery is located in Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana. This cemetery was in use from 1839 through 1932.

This cemetery is located in the southeast part of the township, hidden far back in the woods. It is an old cemetery and many of the people shown on the map of first land owners are buried here. There are close to one hundred marked graves, with a good many more unmarked. Family names found there are Alburn, Allison, Beever, Black, Clem, Conner, Curtis, DeMoss, Funk, Garrison, Gee, Guinn, Hall, Hanthorn, Long, Lyons, McClellan, Miller, Ritchey, Salts, Seymour, Stephenson, Stingley, Thaney, Verden and Wagner. Many beautiful epitaphs are written on these old stones which would make an interesting chapter in themselves. Although we have gained much of durability in our modern granite markers, we have lost much of the beauty of the old marble ones. These epitaphs speak again and again of our forefathers' faith in God, without which they would hardly have been able to face the hardships necessary to turn the wilderness into the fruitful land we enjoy today.

– Grover C. Williams, A History of Warren County, Indiana