Jordan Crossing Section of Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Part of the US Black Heritage Project

Jordan Crossing Section of Lindenwood Cemetery

Section 14 of Lindenwood, known as "Jordan Crossing", is a historically Black section of the cemetery. It has a historic marker^[1] whose text begins:

14 Jordan Crossing ...until we cross the Jordan into the land the Lord our God is giving us...Deuteronomy 2:29 Be it known to all who walk upon these grounds that "Section 14" of Lindenwood Cemetery is commemorated as a "Historical Burial Site" and final resting place of our African American Ancestors, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Alphabetical list of those interred in Section 14 (290 memorials)

A

1. Leefield Abernathy (1916-1941) Apr. 1, 1915-May 21, 1941 Father,
2. Adams Aga 1872-1956 Wife
3. Adams William E. 1887-1953 Husband
4. Adell William H. February 6, 1933 Ohio Pvt. 809 Pioneer Inf.
5. Allen Wm. Earl 1915-1918 Photo
6. Alsup Emma E. 1895-1985 In loving memory
7. Alsup John O. October 27, 1942 Indiana Pvt. 1 CL. 809 Pioneer Inf. Photo
8. Anderson Charles C. 1895-1920 Sergt. Co H. 365th Inf. Photo

Total: 2

B

1. Babb Jesse C. 1936-1937 Photo
2. Babb Letha Ann 1935-1935 Photo
3. Baker Agnes 1916-1939 Daughter Photo
4. Baker Fate 1893-1952 Photo
5. Barbee Hattie 1906-1936 Mother Photo
6. Bassett Elias Dec. 7, 1939 Photo
7. Bennett Anna 1881-1946 Mother Photo
8. Bickerstaff Ethel Lena 1890-1946 Photo
9. Black Eva 1903-1918 Photo
10. Black Kimball R. August 5 1932 Indiana Pvt 302 Ster Training Regt
11. Blanks Alberta H. 1893-1991 Mother
12. Blanks Bernice 1920-1936 Daughter
13. Blanks Georgia 1890-1965
14. Blanks James R. 1883-1937 Father
15. Blanks Josephine 1914-1961
16. Blanks Nathan R. 1909-1943
17. Blanks Robert Rev. 1885-1930
18. Blanks Robert L. 1932-1932 Son
19. Bradshaw Canalzata 1844-1926
20. Bradshaw Samuel H. 1866-19
21. Bradshaw Jimmie 1867-1946
22. Bradshaw W. W. 1864-1926 Husband
23. Brame Mound 1892-1970
24. Brame Maud 1888-19
25. Breedlove Sarah E. 1866-1939 Mother Photo
26. Brooks Alice 1888-1943 Photo
27. Brown Leanna W. 1870-1915 Photo
28. Brown Ora B. 1891-1937 Mother Photo
29. Brown Sallie 1868-1945 Photo
30. Bryant Addie Mae Died-Jan. 25, 1949 Photo
31. Bryant Beulah 1923-1941 Photo
32. Bryant CL. Maxine 1930-1937 Photo
33. Bryant E. B. 1878-1944 Photo
34. Bryant Gus A. 1886-1954
35. Bryant Rosa Lee 1894-1954
36. Bryant Miles T. 1884-1931
37. Bryant Rose M. 1910-1940 Grandmother
38. Bryant Stella 1905-1940
39. Bryant Wallace 1910-1936
40. Buckner William 1881-1942
41. Buggs, Henrietta Hurt 1861-1946 (mother of Nathaniel)
42. Nathaniel "Nathan" Buggs Georgia Corp. 802 Pioneer Inf.
43. Burdett Elijah 1890-1942
44. Burnett Daniel 1848-1922
45. Burnett Emma His wife
46. Byrd Annie 1865-1942 Grandma

Total: 4

C

1. Caldwell Ida 1872-1940
2. Callands Mary L. 1898-1933 Mother Photo
3. Canada John L. February 25, 1932 Indiana Pvt. 809 Pioneer Inf. Photo
4. Carswell Elmira 1887-1937 Photo
5. Cecil Amanda 1942-1965 Photo
6. Cecil Madeline 1893-1940 Rest in peace Photo
7. Chambers Estelle 1880-1938 Photo
8. Chambers Lewis M Sept 29 1913-Oct 21 1954 Illinois S Sgt 430 AAA AW BN CAC World War II
9. Chambers Lewis 1870-1932 Photo
10. Claxton Fred 1854-1929 Father
11. Claxton Jennie 1859-1928 Mother
12. Cloud Bessie M. 1892-1941 Mother Photo
13. Conner William H. Dr. 1860-1943
14. Conner Jennie C. 1858-1943
15. Cunegin R. V. Rev. 1900-1933 Father
16. Cunningham Viola E. 1867-1926 Photo

Total: 0

D

1. Davis James April 3, 1929 Indiana Pvt. 1CL. 317 Serv. BN. QMC
2. Davis Lucy 1872-1932 Photo
3. Davis Major J. 1878-1940
4. Davis Blanche 1878-1944
5. Davis Nettie J. March 13 1864-March 3 1919
6. Dickerson Andrew Franklin 1866-1934
7. Dickerson Malissa Ann 1865-1942
8. Dillard Zona B. 1910-1942
9. Charles Dixie (1915-1939)
10. Christopher Dixie (1917-1947)
11. Clarence Dixie (1907-)
12. Dixie Elizabeth 1914-1933 Photo
13. John Dixie (1885-1945)
14. Dixie Julia 1882-1943 Mother Photo
15. Martha Ann (Fields) Dixie (1881-1949)
16. Donaldson Alexander 1880-1945 Photo
17. Donaldson Ida 1885-1941 Photo
18. Douglas Beotus 1919-1933 Photo
19. Dupee Louis B. 1887-1936 Photo

Total:5

E

1. Easley Dorothy B. 1915-1941
2. Easley Nina Lorain 1941
3. Edwards Ivo 1891-1916 Photo
4. Edwards Mattie 1874-1929 Mother Photo
5. Edwards Obie 1895-1943 Photo

Total: 0

F

1. Finley William 1875-1918 Photo
2. Fitzhugh William H. 1917-1987 Photo
3. Foote Bertha M. 1889-1939 Photo
4. Fowler John R. 1941-1943 In memory Photo
5. Fox Albert R. 1885-1950
6. Fox Grace V. 1903-1993
7. Fox Helen I. 1921-1937 Daughter Photo

Total: 3

G

1. Gaines Allen 1862-1943 Photo
2. Gaines George V. 1913-1946 Photo
3. Gardner Pauline R. Rev. 1881-1946 Photo
4. Goins Wm. 1872-1915 Photo
5. Gordon Eliza 1876-1941 Photo
6. Grady Sadie R. 1884-1941 Mother Photo
7. Gray Addison C. 1890-1937
8. Gray Mollie
9. Green Freeman 1898-1949 Photo
10. Green Louise 1892-1945 Photo
11. Green Oliver 1887-1931 Masonic emblem World War Veteran Photo
12. Green, Noah Webster (1832-1928)
13. Greene Retta 1904-1945 Photo

Total: 0

H

1. Haddock Charlie 1897-1927 Photo
2. Hale John W. 1887-1936 Photo
3. Helm Benj. J. Rev. Aug. 1, 1877-Nov. 1, 1948 Photo
4. Helm Sarah L. 1896-1974
5. Helm Fred July 16, 1899-Jan. 5, 1946 Illinois Pvt. 370 Inf. 93 Div.
6. Helm George Aug. 22, 1898-June 30, 1945 Illinois CPL. 370 Inf. 93 Div.
7. Helm Charles 1864-1940
8. Highwarden Theodore N. 1909-1928 Photo
9. Hogan Henry Jan. 13 1852-Sept. 1 1942 Photo
10. Holland Idona Kirtz 1909-1988 Mother In loving memory Photo
11. Holliday Josephine 1876-19 Photo
12. Hopson Zoan 1902-1944 Photo
13. Huggins Edward 1883-1942 Photo
14. Hughes Eileen C. 1917-1938 Photo

Total: 0

J

1. Jackson Robert P. 1908-1940 Photo
2. James Amandia L. 1905-1946 Photo
3. Jeffries Solomon 1897-1941 Photo
4. Jessup James L February 16, 1939 Tennessee Mess Sgt. 801 Pioneer Inf. Photo
5. Johns Ollie Feb. 8, 1881-Apr. 30, 1946 Mother Photo
6. Johnson Sarah Louise 1912-1945 Photo
7. Johnson Susie 1897-1945 Mother Photo
8. Johnson Winthron 1903-1938 Photo
9. Jones Allen 1896-1936 Father
10. Jones Robert Stanley 1936-1937
11. Jones Charles A. 1865-1943 Photo
12. Jones Edward L. 1869-1951
13. Jones Rhoda K. 1870-1936
14. Jones Mary L. 1873-1944 Photo
15. Jones Viola Bryant 1899-1984 Mom Photo
16. Jones Virgin Nov. 22, 1901-Dec. 30, 1936 Photo
17. Jordan Elizabetha 1927-1940 In memory of
18. Jordan Bessie M. 1940-1940
19. Jordan Graham Rev. D. D. 1865-1954
20. Jordan Susan A. 1871-1963
21. Jordan Leroy H. 1921-192_ At rest Photo

Total: 0

K

1. King Vesta W. 1903-1943 Photo
2. Kirtz James A. Feb. 3 1916-Jan. 14 1932 Photo
3. Kirtz Turner V. Rev. 1883-1963
4. Kirtz Sealie 1890-1975
5. Kirtz Walter E Jan 24 1926-Oct 21 1998 Pvt US Army World War II Photo

Total: 0

L

1. Lacklin Mildred V. 1900-1934 Photo
2. Laster Beatrice 1893-1933 Photo
3. Latimore Mary J. 1861-1936 Mother Photo
4. Lee Bessie J. 1880-1944 Photo
5. Lee Mary Evelyn Feb. 3, 1922-Aug. 29, 1923 Photo
6. Leonard Mahala E. 1854-1938 Mother Photo
7. Lester Ellen Ridley 1910-1939 Photo
8. Lewis Florence Bell----------Also on this stone Charles Moore and Rhodes Adeline
9. Littlejohn Charles H 1884-1931 Photo
10. Littlejohn Ruby Bugg 1887-1940 Photo
11. Lyons Henry 1865-1929 Photo

Total: 0

M

1. Manning Drew 1886-1943
2. Marshall Emily 1844-
3. Martin Essie 1894-1951
4. Martin Edward 1893-19
5. Mason Mamie 1910-1936
6. McCall Jane Bassett 1899-1942
7. McDonald Mattie Feb. 15, 1888-Jan. 23, 1944
8. Mew Samuel 1898-1989
9. Micheaux
10. Miller Agnes C. 1878-1957
11. Miller Eugina 1879-1945
12. Miller Oscar D. 1883-1944
13. Miller Waneta S. 1872-1933
14. Moore Charles 1887-1944
15. Moore Mattie A. 1869-1937
16. Morris Samuel 1873-1893 Prince Kaboo Native of West Africa
17. Morrison T. 1851-1919
18. Morton Clarence S. 1877-1945
19. Mourning Dewey M. June 1, 1925 Indiana Pvt. 9 Cav.
20. Mourning Martha E. 1873-1920

Total: 0

N

1. Nash Sol 1898-1943
2. Noble Grace 1895-1945
3. Noble Robert 1916-1934
4. Noble Tom 1894-1937

Total: 0

P

1. Palmer John W. 1893-1945 Photo
2. Parham E. V. Vena 1888-1944-----She stretcheth out her hand to the poor, yea she reacheth forth her hands to the needy
3. Parham Mattie 1888-1944 Mother Photo
4. Parker Minnie 1897-1937 Photo
5. Patterson Phillip H. 1923-1941 Photo
6. Peacock Richard P. January 22, 1935 Kentucky Pvt. 541 Engrs. Photo
7. Pennington Elizabeth H. 1864-1933 Mother Photo
8. Perry Laura 1911-1942 Mother Photo
9. Peters Ethel 1882-1962-----Also on this stone Lydia and Mabel Stillgus
10. Peters Louie 1862-1917 ‘ _____ Sisters Holy Cross’ Photo
11. Petty Clata Bradshaw 1887-1932 Photo
12. Phifer William D. 1884-1922 Photo
13. Phillips May E. 1887-1943 Photo
14. Porter Huston R. 1918-1942 Rest in peace Photo
15. Potts William A. 1889-1912 Photo

Total: 0

R

1. Randolph Eliza M. 1921-1941
2. Rhiney Phillip Feb 15 1898-July 26 1970 Indiana Pvt US Army World War I
3. Rhodes Adeline
4. Ridley James H. 1913-1924
5. Ridley Jerry 1937-1939
6. Ridley Louise 1911-1940
7. Ridley Nora Miller 1926-1962
8. Robinson Minthorne W. 1918-1942
9. Rogan John H. February 28, 1941 Indiana Pvt. 6 Pioneer Inf.
10. Rogan Sandra L. Feb. 15, 1943-Aug. 31, 1944
11. Royster Ada 1875-1945
12. Russell Gloria V. 1933-1939
13. Russell Ida May 1868-1913 Wife of Alton G. Russell

Total: 0

S

1. Sales Lula 1882-1944 Photo
2. Shaw Benjamin T. 1873-1961
3. Shaw Corrie D. 1875-1950
4. Shaw Helen E. 1904-1931
5. Shoecraft Margret J. 1885-1934 Photo
6. Simpson Earl December 28, 1941 Arkansas Pvt. 20 Engrs. Photo
7. Sims Willie 1903-1945 Photo
8. Smith Alexander Rev. Oct. 8, 1946-June 15, 1922 Photo
9. Smith Alline G. 1901-1946 Rest in peace Photo
10. Smith Herman O. 1918-1944 Photo
11. Smith Louise J. 1862-1940 Mother Photo
12. Smith Wilbertha Y. June 15, 1877-Aug. 7, 1943 Photo
13. Smith William H. 1861-1942 Photo
14. Smothers Josie V. 1876-1945 Mother Photo
15. Starks Alice Claxton 1889-1932 Photo
16. St Charles Henry 1873-1945 Photo
17. Stearns Wilma D.
18. Steavens Thelma R. 1908-1946 Photo
19. Stepp Mildred 1858-1921 At rest Photo
20. Stevens Margaret D. 1943-1946 Photo
21. Stillgus Lydia J. 1862-1945 Mother
22. Stillgus Mabel 1881-1959-----Also on stone Ethel Peters
23. Sullivan Marybelle Newton 1900-1943 Photo
24. Sutton Ardena 1900-1917 Beloved mother Photo
25. Sutton Florence 1867-1939 Photo
26. Sweeney Theodore 1910-1927 Photo

Total: 0

T

1. Tate Christine S. 1902-1929 Photo
2. Tate William March 5, 1941 Illinois Pvt. 370 Inf. 93 Div. Photo
3. Taylor Beatrice Sister 1943 Photo
4. Thomas Amanda 1890-1923 Wife of Rasberry Photo
5. Thomas Verna Nov. 14, 1868-Feb. 24, 1944 Mother Photo
6. Thomas Wesley N. 1901-1936 Father Photo
7. Thompson Birdie L. Sept. 25, 1889-Aug. 30, 1981 Mother Photo
8. Thompson Jack Nov 14 1894-Oct 24 1957 Arkansas Pvt Engineers World War I Photo
9. Thompson Louie April 4 1899-March 23 1946 Kentucky Pvt 1GL 25 Inf. Photo
10. Tubs Lewis A. 1903-1944 Photo
11. Turner Bessie M. 1896-1934 Mother Photo

Total: 0

U

1. Unknown Lee Was_mer__ 1930 Photo
2. Unknown 1
3. Unknown 2 Photo
4. Unknown 3 Photo
5. Unknown 4 Photo
6. Unknown 5 Photo

V

1. Venable Viola 1850-1926 Photo
2. Venerable John H. Sept. 25, 1890-Feb. 7, 1946 Indiana Pvt. 1 CL. 9 Cav. Photo

Total: 0

W

1. Wade Maude Collins 1894-1945 Our beloved grandmother Photo
2. Walker Wm. Fred 1900-1942 Photo
3. Ware Altimore 1867-1944 Photo
4. Ware Charles 1900-1945 Photo
5. Warefield Jack C. 1925-1928 Photo
6. Warfield William F. 1868-1936
7. Warfield Edna A. 1873-1966-----Married Feb. 14, 1898
8. Weakley Ella D. 1890-1946 Photo
9. Wells Leone 1907-1939 Photo
10. West Martha 1887-1926 Photo
11. Williams Barbara D. 1939-1946 Photo
12. Williams Carrol J. 1943-1944 Photo
13. Williams George E. 1871-1940 Father Photo
14. Williams Jennie 1864-1915 Photo
15. Williams Jessie 1902-1944 Photo
16. Williams Jessie L. 1912-1986 Mother Photo
17. Williams Sarah 1865-1934 Photo
18. Williams Thomas June 8, ___-Sept. 18, 1823
19. Williams Wilson L. 1906-1915 Photo
20. Wilson Carl 1895-1942
21. Wilson Cora 1860-1933
22. Wilson Jack 1881-1929
23. Wilson Mamie 1893-1956 Sister
24. Wilson Henry J. Dr. 1873-19
25. Wilson Carrie L. 1888-19
26. Wilson Addie West 1859-1937
27. Woods Eliza 1850-1925 Photo
28. Wropper Edward X. September 25, 1938 Maryland Pvt. 1 CL. 818 Co Trans. Corps Photo

Total: 0

The Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter of NSDAR surveyed Lindenwood Cemetery in 2011. Jordan Crossing was included in this survey, found here.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=44598

See also:

• Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana layout map of Lindenwood
• "Allen County Indiana Cemetery Project, Lindenwood Cemetery," The Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter, NSDAR, Web, accessed 19 Jan 2023.NSDAR survey of Section 14; NSDAR survey on the Wayback Machine, 9 April 2023.