Moody Cemetery
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Moody Cemetery

Pleasantville, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA

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    Pleasantville, Indiana 47838 United States
    Coordinates: 38.98110, -87.24910
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Henry Moody was a pioneer of the Pleasantville area (see page 674 of "History of Greene and Sullivan Counties"), possibly from N. Carolina, although there is no proof of his family or origin. He married Nancy Adaline Bedwell, daughter of John Bedwell and Permelia March; granddaughter of Robert Thomas Bedwell and Elender Black. In 1837 he received a certificate for 40 acres in Section 26 of Jefferson Township. At some point they moved to Pleasantville, and probably, the Moody farm went to Nancy's cousin Barthena Bedwell and her husband Thomas Benton Smith. Sometime between 1925 and 1959 the cemetery was moved by a coal company, apparently Peabody, to a reclaimed coal mine site in Section 1 north of Pleasantville, and the original cemetery site was mined. It's possible that a Moody, such as a child of Henry and Nancy, was interred in the original site, and that grave missed in the move. In any case, the cemetery derives its name from the original owner.
Henry Moody was a pioneer of the Pleasantville area (see page 674 of "History of Greene and Sullivan Counties"), possibly from N. Carolina, although there is no proof of his family or origin. He married Nancy Adaline Bedwell, daughter of John Bedwell and Permelia March; granddaughter of Robert Thomas Bedwell and Elender Black. In 1837 he received a certificate for 40 acres in Section 26 of Jefferson Township. At some point they moved to Pleasantville, and probably, the Moody farm went to Nancy's cousin Barthena Bedwell and her husband Thomas Benton Smith. Sometime between 1925 and 1959 the cemetery was moved by a coal company, apparently Peabody, to a reclaimed coal mine site in Section 1 north of Pleasantville, and the original cemetery site was mined. It's possible that a Moody, such as a child of Henry and Nancy, was interred in the original site, and that grave missed in the move. In any case, the cemetery derives its name from the original owner.

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  • Added: 15 Mar 2001
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 360039