Listed below is the transcription of the tombstones in the Section 14 of Lindenwood Cemetery, Wayne Township, Allen County, Indiana. The cemetery is currently in use. It is located at 2324 W Main Street, Fort Wayne IN. The section was photographed and transcribed in May of 2011. All stones in place at that time were included. If there is a photo of the tombstone, there will be a link after the name.

Indiana DNR Location Listing:
Quarter Section 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4W
Section 4, Twp 30N, Range 12E
Latitude 41.08 Longitude 85.1758
Easting 653240 Northing 4549028

The listings are in alphabetical order. One surname is listed per stone. If a stone contained multiple people, the names on the stone are listed in order, from left to right. Information that pertains to a single individual is listed after their name. If the information pertains to multiple names, such as a marriage date, it is listed after all the names.

There is no other information on any person other than what is listed. The photographs are copyrighted by the Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter, NSDAR and may not be copied or published in any way for profit. Copies of the photos may be printed for your personal use only. Please give the Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter, NSDAR credit when documenting where the transcriptions and photos were found.

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SECTION 14

Section 14 area sign

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 Ancestors, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This site memorializes a time in our history when we as a people, even in interment, suffered the cruel indignity of intolerance and segregation.

May this hallowed ground serve as a testament to the courage, tenacity and resolve of those who rose from servitude to carve out a proud, irrefutable and indelible history of achievement on this continent.

This consecrated soil is but the journey�s end for those who soared over the walls of prejudice on wings of determination, will and strength of character to leave us with a legacy of dignity and honor.

Dwell not upon the hardship and strife suffered by those to whom this land is dedicated, but instead celebrate and honor the imperishable, unyielding spirit of a people who refused to succumb to oppression and injustice.

Do not weep for what was not given to us as a people, but instead life up your hearts, give thanks, and be proud of what we have achieved.

Have reverence and pray that your life will measure up to the heritage forged by our African American Ancestors, these stalwart souls, who rest here, have crossed the River Jordan.

�Deep River Lord, My Home is Over Jordan� Dedicated: September 5, 2004

Miles A. Robinson


Abernathy Leefield Apr. 1, 1915-May 21, 1941 Father Photo

Adams Aga 1872-19
Adams William E. 1887-1953
Photo

Adell William H. February 6, 1933 Ohio Pvt. 809 Pioneer Inf. Photo

Allen Wm. Earl 1915-1918 Photo

Alsup Emma E. 1895-1985 In loving memory Photo

Alsup John O. October 27, 1942 Indiana Pvt. 1 CL. 809 Pioneer Inf. Photo

Anderson Charles C. 1895-1920 Sergt. Co H. 365th Inf. Photo

Baals Frank S. 1904-1928 Photo

Babb Jesse C. 1936-1937 Photo

Babb Letha Ann 1935-1935 Photo

Baker Agnes 1916-1939 Daughter Photo

Baker Fate 1893-1952 Photo

Barbee Hattie 1906-1936 Mother Photo

Bassett Elias Dec. 7, 1939 Photo

Bennett Anna 1881-1946 Mother Photo

Bickerstaff Ethel Lena 1890-1946 Photo

Black Eva 1903-1918 Photo

Black Kimball R. August 5 1932 Indiana Pvt 302 Ster Training Regt Photo

Blanks Alberta H. 1893-1991 Photo

Blanks Bernice 1920-1936 Photo

Blanks Georgia 1890-1965 Photo

Blanks James R. 1883-1937 Photo

Blanks Josephine 1914-1961 Photo

Blanks Nathan R. 1909-1943 Photo

Blanks Robert Rev. 1885-1930 Photo

Blanks Robert L. 1932-1932 Son Photo

Bradshaw Canalzata 1844-1926 Mother Photo

Bradshaw Samuel H. 1866-19
Bradshaw Jimmie 1867-1946
Photo

Bradshaw W. W. 1864-1926 Husband Photo

Brame Mound 1892-1970
Brame Maud 1888-19
Photo
Photo
Photo

Breedlove Sarah E. 1866-1939 Mother Photo

Brooks Alice 1888-1943 Photo

Brown Leanna W. 1870-1915 Photo

Brown Ora B. 1891-1937 Mother Photo

Brown Sallie 1868-1945 Photo

Bryant Addie Mae Died-Jan. 25, 1949 Photo

Bryant Beulah 1923-1941 Photo

Bryant CL. Maxine 1930-1937 Photo

Bryant E. B. 1878-1944 Photo

Bryant Gus A. 1886-1954
Bryant Rosa Lee 1894-1954
Photo
Photo
Photo

Bryant Miles T. 1884-1931 Photo

Bryant Rose M. 1910-1940 Grandmother Photo

Bryant Stella 1905-1940 Photo

Bryant Wallace 1910-1936 Photo

Buckner William 1881-1942 Photo

Buggs Henrietta 1861-1946 Photo

Buggs Nathan January 8, 1935 Georgia Corp. 809 Pioneer Inf. Photo

Burdett Elijah 1890-1942 Photo

Burnett Daniel 1848-1922
Burnett Emma His wife
Photo

Byrd Annie 1865-1942 Grandma Photo

Caldwell Ida 1872-1940
Photo
Photo

Callands Mary L. 1898-1933 Mother Photo

Canada John L. February 25, 1932 Indiana Pvt. 809 Pioneer Inf. Photo

Carswell Elmira 1887-1937 Photo

Cecil Amanda 1942-1965 Photo

Cecil Madeline 1893-1940 Rest in peace Photo

Chambers Estelle 1880-1938 Photo

Chambers Lewis M Sept 29 1913-Oct 21 1954 Illinois S Sgt 430 AAA AW BN CAC World War II Photo

Chambers Lewis 1870-1932 Photo

Claxton Fred 1854-1929 Father
Claxton Jennie 1859-1928 Mother
Photo

Cloud Bessie M. 1892-1941 Mother Photo

Conner William H. Dr. 1860-1943
Conner Jennie C. 1858-1943
Photo

Cunegin R. V. Rev. 1900-1933 FatherPhoto

Cunningham Viola E. 1867-1926 Photo

Davis James April 3, 1929 Indiana Pvt. 1CL. 317 Serv. BN. QMC Photo

Davis Lucy 1872-1932 Photo

Davis Major J. 1878-1940
Davis Blanche 1878-1944
Photo

Davis Nettie J. March 13 1864-March 3 1919 Photo

Dickerson Andrew Franklin 1866-1934 Photo

Dickerson Malissa Ann 1865-1942 Photo

Dillard Zona B. 1910-1942 Photo

Dixie Charles M. 1913-1939 Photo

Dixie Christopher S. 1915-1947 Photo

Dixie Clarence R. 1907-1936 Photo

Dixie Elizabeth 1914-1933 Photo

Dixie John Sr. 1885-1945 Photo

Dixie Julia 1882-1943 Mother Photo

Dixie Martha A. 1881-1949 Photo

Donaldson Alexander 1880-1945 Photo

Donaldson Ida 1885-1941 Photo

Douglas Beotus 1919-1933 Photo

Dupee Louis B. 1887-1936 Photo

Easley Dorothy B. 1915-1941
Easley Nina Lorain 1941
Photo

Edwards Ivo 1891-1916 Photo

Edwards Mattie 1874-1929 Mother Photo

Edwards Obie 1895-1943 Photo

Finley William 1875-1918 Photo

Fitzhugh William H. 1917-1987 Photo

Foote Bertha M. 1889-1939 Photo

Fowler John R. 1941-1943 In memory Photo

Fox Albert R. 1885-1950
Fox Grace V. 1903-1993
Photo

Fox Helen I. 1921-1937 Daughter Photo

Gaines Allen 1862-1943 Photo

Gaines George V. 1913-1946 Photo

Gardner Pauline R. Rev. 1881-1946 Photo

Goins Wm. 1872-1915 Photo

Gordon Eliza 1876-1941 Photo

Grady Sadie R. 1884-1941 Mother Photo

Gray Addison C. 1890-1937
Gray Mollie
Photo
Photo

Green Freeman 1898-1949 Photo

Green Louise 1892-1945 Photo

Green Oliver 1887-1931 Masonic emblem World War Veteran Photo

Greene Retta 1904-1945 Photo

Haddock Charlie 1897-1927 Photo

Hale John W. 1887-1936 Photo

Helm Benj. J. Rev. Aug. 1, 1877-Nov. 1, 1948 Photo

Helm Sarah L. 1896-1974
Helm Fred July 16, 1899-Jan. 5, 1946 Illinois Pvt. 370 Inf. 93 Div.
Helm George Aug. 22, 1898-June 30, 1945 Illinois CPL. 370 Inf. 93 Div.
Helm Charles 1864-1940
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Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo

Highwarden Theodore N. 1909-1928 Photo

Hogan Henry Jan. 13 1852-Sept. 1 1942 Photo

Holland Idona Kirtz 1909-1988 Mother In loving memory Photo

Holliday Josephine 1876-19 Photo

Hopson Zoan 1902-1944 Photo

Huggins Edward 1883-1942 Photo

Hughes Eileen C. 1917-1938 Photo

Jackson Robert P. 1908-1940 Photo

James Amandia L. 1905-1946 Photo

Jeffries Solomon 1897-1941 Photo

Jessup James L February 16, 1939 Tennessee Mess Sgt. 801 Pioneer Inf. Photo

Johns Ollie Feb. 8, 1881-Apr. 30, 1946 Mother Photo

Johnson Sarah Louise 1912-1945 Photo

Johnson Susie 1897-1945 Mother Photo

Johnson Winthron 1903-1938 Photo

Jones Allen 1896-1936 Father
Jones Robert Stanley 1936-1937
Photo

Jones Charles A. 1865-1943 Photo

Jones Edward L. 1869-1951
Jones Rhoda K. 1870-1936
Photo

Jones Mary L. 1873-1944 Photo

Jones Viola Bryant 1899-1984 Mom Photo

Jones Virgin Nov. 22, 1901-Dec. 30, 1936 Photo

Jordan Elizabetha 1927-1940 In memory of
Jordan Bessie M. 1940-1940
Photo

Jordan Graham Rev. D. D. 1865-1954
Jordan Susan A. 1871-1963
Photo

Jordan Leroy H. 1921-192_ At rest Photo

King Vesta W. 1903-1943 Photo

Kirtz James A. Feb. 3 1916-Jan. 14 1932 Photo

Kirtz Turner V. Rev. 1883-1963
Kirtz Sealie 1890-1975
Photo

Kirtz Walter E Jan 24 1926-Oct 21 1998 Pvt US Army World War II Photo

Lacklin Mildred V. 1900-1934 Photo

Laster Beatrice 1893-1933 Photo

Latimore Mary J. 1861-1936 Mother Photo

Lee Bessie J. 1880-1944 Photo

Lee Mary Evelyn Feb. 3, 1922-Aug. 29, 1923 Photo

Leonard Mahala E. 1854-1938 Mother Photo

Lester Ellen Ridley 1910-1939 Photo

Lewis Florence Bell
-----Also on this stone Charles Moore and Rhodes Adeline
Photo

Littlejohn Charles H 1884-1931 Photo

Littlejohn Ruby Bugg 1887-1940 Photo

Lyons Henry 1865-1929 Photo

Manning Drew 1886-1943
Photo
Photo
Photo

Marshall Emily 1844-1933 Mother Photo

Martin Essie 1894-1951
Martin Edward 1893-19
Photo

Mason Mamie 1910-1936 Photo

McCall Jane Bassett 1899-1942 Photo

McDonald Mattie Feb. 15, 1888-Jan. 23, 1944 Photo

Mew Samuel 1898-1989 Beloved UnclePhoto

Micheaux
Photo
Photo
Photo

Miller Agnes C. 1878-1957 Photo

Miller Eugina 1879-1945 Photo

Miller Oscar D. 1883-1944 Photo

Miller Waneta S. 1872-1933 Photo

Moore Charles 1887-1944
-----Also on stone Florence Lewis and Adeline Rhodes
Photo

Moore Mattie A. 1869-1937 Photo

Morris Samuel 1873-1893 Prince Kaboo Native of West Africa
-----Famous Christian Mystic Apostle of simple faith Exponent of the spirit-filled life
-----Student at Taylor University 1892-3 Fort Wayne now located at Upland, Ind.
-----The story of his life a vital contribution to the development of Taylor University.
-----The erection of this memorial was sponsored by the 1928 class Taylor University,
-----and funds were contributed by Fort Wayne Citizens.
Photo
Photo

Morrison T. 1851-1919 Photo

Morton Clarence S. 1877-1945 Be still and know that I am God Photo

Mourning Dewey M. June 1, 1925 Indiana Pvt. 9 Cav. Photo

Mourning Martha E. 1873-1920 Photo

Nash Sol 1898-1943 Photo

Noble Grace 1895-1945 Photo

Noble Robert 1916-1934 Photo

Noble Tom 1894-1937 Photo

Palmer John W. 1893-1945 Photo

Parham E. V. Vena 1888-1944
-----She stretcheth out her hand to the poor, yea she reacheth forth her hands to the needy
Photo

Parham Mattie 1888-1944 Mother Photo

Parker Minnie 1897-1937 Photo

Patterson Phillip H. 1923-1941 Photo

Peacock Richard P. January 22, 1935 Kentucky Pvt. 541 Engrs. Photo

Pennington Elizabeth H. 1864-1933 Mother Photo

Perry Laura 1911-1942 Mother Photo

Peters Ethel 1882-1962
-----Also on this stone Lydia and Mabel Stillgus
Photo

Peters Louie 1862-1917 � _____ Sisters Holy Cross� Photo

Petty Clata Bradshaw 1887-1932 Photo

Phifer William D. 1884-1922 Photo

Phillips May E. 1887-1943 Photo

Porter Huston R. 1918-1942 Rest in peace Photo

Potts William A. 1889-1912 Photo

Randolph Eliza M. 1921-1941 Photo

Rhiney Phillip Feb 15 1898-July 26 1970 Indiana Pvt US Army World War I Photo

Rhodes Adeline
-----Also on stone Florence Lewis and Charles Moore
Photo

Ridley James H. 1913-1924 Photo

Ridley Jerry 1937-1939 Photo

Ridley Louise 1911-1940 Photo

Ridley Nora Miller 1926-1962 Photo

Robinson Minthorne W. 1918-1942 Photo

Rogan John H. February 28, 1941 Indiana Pvt. 6 Pioneer Inf. Photo

Rogan Sandra L. Feb. 15, 1943-Aug. 31, 1944 Photo

Royster Ada 1875-1945 Photo

Russell Gloria V. 1933-1939 Photo

Russell Ida May 1868-1913 Wife of Alton G. Russell Mother
Photo
Photo

Sales Lula 1882-1944 Photo

Shaw Benjamin T. 1873-1961
Shaw Corrie D. 1875-1950
Shaw Helen E. 1904-1931
Photo

Shoecraft Margret J. 1885-1934 Photo

Simpson Earl December 28, 1941 Arkansas Pvt. 20 Engrs. Photo

Sims Willie 1903-1945 Photo

Smith Alexander Rev. Oct. 8, 1946-June 15, 1922 Photo

Smith Alline G. 1901-1946 Rest in peace Photo

Smith Herman O. 1918-1944 Photo

Smith Louise J. 1862-1940 Mother Photo

Smith Wilbertha Y. June 15, 1877-Aug. 7, 1943 Photo

Smith William H. 1861-1942 Photo

Smothers Josie V. 1876-1945 Mother Photo

Starks Alice Claxton 1889-1932 Photo

St Charles Henry 1873-1945 Photo

Stearns Wilma D.
Photo
Photo

Steavens Thelma R. 1908-1946 Photo

Stepp Mildred 1858-1921 At rest Photo

Stevens Margaret D. 1943-1946 Photo

Stillgus Lydia J. 1862-1945 Mother
Stillgus Mabel 1881-1959
-----Also on stone Ethel Peters
Photo

Sullivan Marybelle Newton 1900-1943 Photo

Sutton Ardena 1900-1917 Beloved mother Photo

Sutton Florence 1867-1939 Photo

Sweeney Theodore 1910-1927 Photo

Tate Christine S. 1902-1929 Photo

Tate William March 5, 1941 Illinois Pvt. 370 Inf. 93 Div. Photo

Taylor Beatrice Sister 1943 Photo

Thomas Amanda 1890-1923 Wife of Rasberry Photo

Thomas Verna Nov. 14, 1868-Feb. 24, 1944 Mother Photo

Thomas Wesley N. 1901-1936 Father Photo

Thompson Birdie L. Sept. 25, 1889-Aug. 30, 1981 Mother Photo

Thompson Jack Nov 14 1894-Oct 24 1957 Arkansas Pvt Engineers World War I Photo

Thompson Louie April 4 1899-March 23 1946 Kentucky Pvt 1GL 25 Inf. Photo

Tubs Lewis A. 1903-1944 Photo

Turner Bessie M. 1896-1934 Mother Photo

Unknown Lee Was_mer__ 1930 Photo

Unknown 1
Photo
Photo

Unknown 2 Photo

Unknown 3 Photo

Unknown 4 Photo

Unknown 5 Photo

Venable Viola 1850-1926 Photo

Venerable John H. Sept. 25, 1890-Feb. 7, 1946 Indiana Pvt. 1 CL. 9 Cav. Photo

Wade Maude Collins 1894-1945 Our beloved grandmother Photo

Walker Wm. Fred 1900-1942 Photo

Ware Altimore 1867-1944 Photo

Ware Charles 1900-1945 Photo

Warefield Jack C. 1925-1928 Photo

Warfield William F. 1868-1936
Warfield Edna A. 1873-1966
-----Married Feb. 14, 1898
Photo

Weakley Ella D. 1890-1946 Photo

Wells Leone 1907-1939 Photo

West Martha 1887-1926 Photo

Williams Barbara D. 1939-1946 Photo

Williams Carrol J. 1943-1944 Photo

Williams George E. 1871-1940 Father Photo

Williams Jennie 1864-1915 Photo

Williams Jessie 1902-1944 Photo

Williams Jessie L. 1912-1986 Mother Photo

Williams Sarah 1865-1934 Photo

Williams Thomas June 8, ___-Sept. 18, 1823
Photo
Photo

Williams Wilson L. 1906-1915 Photo

Wilson Carl 1895-1942
Wilson Cora 1860-1933
Wilson Jack 1881-1929
Wilson Mamie 1893-1956 Sister
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Photo
Photo

Wilson Henry J. Dr. 1873-19
Wilson Carrie L. 1888-19
Wilson Addie West 1859-1937
Photo

Woods Eliza 1850-1925 Photo

Wropper Edward X. September 25, 1938 Maryland Pvt. 1 CL. 818 Co Trans. Corps Photo

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