Saint Marys Cemetery
Cannelburg, Daviess County, Indiana, USA
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Cannelburg, Indiana 47553 United StatesCoordinates: 38.70937, -86.94270 - Cemetery ID:
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Under the direction of pastors, Rev. Gustav Michael Gennsz, who served from 1875 to 1879, and Rev. Timothy O'Donahue, serving from 1879 to 1890, a new church and rectory was build. The church was a beautiful large brick building, built around the existing church, and being 110 feet long and 55 feet wide and 110 feet high, with a 9 X 5 foot gold leaf cross, and had a membership of 600 parishioners. This church completely burned to the ground on December 27, 1925. Only the baptismal font was saved and is now housed in the current church. After the fire, a temporary church was ordered from Sears & Roebuck and was placed just South of the burned church. This building has been added on to and remodeled several times and is now the existing Chapel at St. Mary's today. A community hall was built in 1954 near the site of the original log buildings.
In 1984 St. Mary's celebrated it's 150th anniversary. From it's congregation, St. Mary's had eight men ordained priests and thirty women became nuns. From the Civil War until the present time, over 90 parishoners from St. Mary's have served in the U.S. military. A total of 19 Civil War veterans are buried in the church cemetery. After nearly 170 years of service to the Catholic community, Bishop Gerald Gettlefinger closed St. Mary's Church on November 23, 1997 and made it a Chapel. The Chapel is currently used only for funerals, weddings and a few other special occasions.
Under the direction of pastors, Rev. Gustav Michael Gennsz, who served from 1875 to 1879, and Rev. Timothy O'Donahue, serving from 1879 to 1890, a new church and rectory was build. The church was a beautiful large brick building, built around the existing church, and being 110 feet long and 55 feet wide and 110 feet high, with a 9 X 5 foot gold leaf cross, and had a membership of 600 parishioners. This church completely burned to the ground on December 27, 1925. Only the baptismal font was saved and is now housed in the current church. After the fire, a temporary church was ordered from Sears & Roebuck and was placed just South of the burned church. This building has been added on to and remodeled several times and is now the existing Chapel at St. Mary's today. A community hall was built in 1954 near the site of the original log buildings.
In 1984 St. Mary's celebrated it's 150th anniversary. From it's congregation, St. Mary's had eight men ordained priests and thirty women became nuns. From the Civil War until the present time, over 90 parishoners from St. Mary's have served in the U.S. military. A total of 19 Civil War veterans are buried in the church cemetery. After nearly 170 years of service to the Catholic community, Bishop Gerald Gettlefinger closed St. Mary's Church on November 23, 1997 and made it a Chapel. The Chapel is currently used only for funerals, weddings and a few other special occasions.
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- Added: 4 May 2001
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 460070
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