2nd Prairie Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

2nd Prairie Creek Baptist Church sign - Vigo Co.,Indiana

2nd Prairie Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Linton Twp
Vigo County,Indiana

2nd Prairie Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is situated at the intersection of Sutliff Road and Sullivan Place Road. Although Ephraim P. Kester is buried in the Kester Family Cemetery, he has a connection to this Baptist Church. See below a quote from "The Church with the Open Door", p.7

"In August 1828 a band of people, seeing the need of a church, met at the home of Ephraim P. Kester and after prayer, proceeded to choose William Stansel as moderator. At the same meeting B.I. Gunn was chosen clerk. On motion and second they found they were resolved to meet again at the home of Ephraim P. Kester on Saturday before the second Lord's Day in October 1828, to organize a church."

This cemetery has recently been vandalized and some of the KESTER stones have been toppled over. A fence has been placed around part of the perimeter.

Ruhama Bonham Kester's stone, listed here is one of the older Kester headstones. (b.She was the wife of Paul Kester, son of William Kester Sr. and (1st wife) Elizabeth Kester. Wm and Elizabeth (dau. of Hermanus, who was William's uncle) were cousins and married contrary to discipline.
The following is not a complete cemetery listing. Click names for photos of stones.

Kester, Catherine (Pound) (Wife of Issac Newton Kester [buried in Brown Cemetery] ) d. 5-Feb-1872
Pound, Thomas and Sarah (Kester) Pound (Both died on 2-Feb-1848 and buried in same grave)
Kester,Ruhama (Bonaham) (Wife of Paul Kester) d. 10 Oct 1846 "In Her 82nd, 1m"
Kester,James P (Son of John Harvey and Elizabeth [Drake] Kester) d. 11-Feb-1893
Kester,John Pound (Son of John and Sarah [Pound] Kester) d. 12-Sep-1885
Kester,Sarah Ann (Beauchamp) (Wife of John Pound Kester) d. 10-Jul-1876
Kester,James Dudley (Son of John Pound and Sarah Ann [Beauchamp] Kester) d. 7-Jul-1872
Kester,Mary B (Dau. of John Harvey and Elizabeth [Drake] Kester) d. 7-Sep-1876, Aged 10
Kester,Nathan Lewis (Son of John Pound and Sarah Ann [Beauchamp] Kester) d. 1912
Kester,Mary E (Boyll) (Wife of Nathan Lewis Kester) d. 23-Nov-1882
Kester,Olive B "Ollie" (Dau. of Nathan Lewis and Mary E. [Boyll] Kester) d. 23-Nov-1882
Kester, William Ferguson (Husband of Martha Stout, father of 3 sets of twins) d. 24-Jul-1890

Looking west into cemetery.