Tindall Cemetery
South State Road 9
After weeks of searching, we finally found the grave of my
great-grandfather Mr. Paris D. Lewis. He spent the majority
of his life in Shelbyville, married to Nellie Myrtle Lewis (maiden name of
Coyle) in Shelby County. They gave birth to three children in Shelby
County (Mary Edith Lewis, Frankie Hazel Lewis and Huldah May
Lewis). He
was born in Manilla (Rush County) on April 21, 1868. There were no
records there because their Courthouse apparently burned down in the late
1800's. He died in Madison, Indiana (Jefferson County) on January
22, 1941. Paris D. Lewis was laid to rest in Tindall Cemetery (County
Cemetery), Plot #13. The Madison County Death Certificate says that his
remains went to "Forest Hill Cemetery in Shelby County", but it is
also inaccurate. My family feels like there was almost no record of
him ever being alive or living in Shelby County (except a record of marriage
on July 7, 1895). This is heart breaking, as he was such a
good man (I have heard this from several older family members).
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