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Indian Lake Cemetery

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Indian Lake Cemetery has been in use since the 1840s and contains the remains of many of the earliest settlers of Silver Creek Township. Many of the community’s first funerals were held in a log schoolhouse immediately to the south. In 1852 William Ridenour deeded the property containing the growing cemetery to the township, and in 1869 the township sold the property to the Indian Lake Cemetery Association. Along with the graves of early settlers, the cemetery contains those of many veterans, including two who fought in the War of 1812 and several who served in the Civil War. Pioneering surgeon Alice Conklin, who lived from 1868 to 1958, is also interred there.
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