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# *Apr 7, 2022, 6:23:30 PM | Points of Interest* Pioneer Cemetery

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Among the first settlers to the area, Mr. and Mrs. John Simison were buried in Pioneer Cemetery in 1820. In 1851, after some boys playing along the Wabash River found many bones that have been buried. The townspeople realized the bones were from the soldiers killed in the battles. A proper burial followed in Pioneer Cemetery with 13 big wooden caskets and a small one containing the bones of the fallen soldiers. A stone marker was engraved in their memory. These bones were later interred under the Fort Recovery Monument. Pioneer Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Mercer County. 

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