Judge Anderson Crenshaw (1783-1847) and Mary Chiles (1790-1873) had only one daughter, who was born at Cahaba in 1820 and died there in 1821. A marker for this child was installed in the "old" Cahaba Cemetery (later also called "Cemetery No. 1") by Anderson's sons years after their parents' deaths. They thought their baby sister had been named "Indiana." In Anderson's bible, however, in his handwritten list of children, the third child was "a daughter born at Cahaba, Alabama on the 13th April 1820 and died (without a name) on the 27 April 1821."
The Cahaba Cemetery was destroyed by vandals, and Indiana's original tombstone is gone. Also lost in the vandalism was the marker of her uncle Walter Crenshaw, who died at Cahaba in 1830.
In 1996, I gathered donations from relatives to help place a memorial marker in our Crenshaw family cemetery on The Ridge, for both Indiana and her uncle Walter Crenshaw. I personally ordered the marker, a "baby size" granite slab, and had it installed.
The Cahaba Cemetery was destroyed by vandals, and Indiana's original tombstone is gone. Also lost in the vandalism was the marker of her uncle Walter Crenshaw, who died at Cahaba in 1830.
In 1996, I gathered donations from relatives to help place a memorial marker in our Crenshaw family cemetery on The Ridge, for both Indiana and her uncle Walter Crenshaw. I personally ordered the marker, a "baby size" granite slab, and had it installed.
Judge Anderson Crenshaw (1783-1847) and Mary Chiles (1790-1873) had only one daughter, who was born at Cahaba in 1820 and died there in 1821. A marker for this child was installed in the "old" Cahaba Cemetery (later also called "Cemetery No. 1") by Anderson's sons years after their parents' deaths. They thought their baby sister had been named "Indiana." In Anderson's bible, however, in his handwritten list of children, the third child was "a daughter born at Cahaba, Alabama on the 13th April 1820 and died (without a name) on the 27 April 1821."
The Cahaba Cemetery was destroyed by vandals, and Indiana's original tombstone is gone. Also lost in the vandalism was the marker of her uncle Walter Crenshaw, who died at Cahaba in 1830.
In 1996, I gathered donations from relatives to help place a memorial marker in our Crenshaw family cemetery on The Ridge, for both Indiana and her uncle Walter Crenshaw. I personally ordered the marker, a "baby size" granite slab, and had it installed.
The Cahaba Cemetery was destroyed by vandals, and Indiana's original tombstone is gone. Also lost in the vandalism was the marker of her uncle Walter Crenshaw, who died at Cahaba in 1830.
In 1996, I gathered donations from relatives to help place a memorial marker in our Crenshaw family cemetery on The Ridge, for both Indiana and her uncle Walter Crenshaw. I personally ordered the marker, a "baby size" granite slab, and had it installed.
Inscription
In memory of Indiana / only daughter of Mary Chiles & Anderson Crenshaw / Died 27th April 1821 / Aged 1 year 14 days / and / Walter Crenshaw / Brother of Anderson / Born 13 February 1787 / South Carolina / Died 14 February 1830 / Buried at Old Cahaba Cemetery / Cahaba, Alabama
Gravesite Details
This tombstone is a cenotaph, a monument to someone buried elsewhere. It was installed in the Crenshaw family cemetery in 1996.
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