Cable Cemetery
Cable is in fact not a small town. It is a minute town. Well, even according to the Wikipedia, it’s not a town at all, it’s an “unincorporated community,” which I think categorically means you could whip through there at 50 MPH ’cause there’s no speed limit change. Basically what makes noteworthy is that there is a post office, a pizza place/convenience store, and a church. That’s about it. Apart from two dozen houses roughly clustered together. A quarter mile outside the cluster is also the Township Building for Wayne Twp., which is where we vote and they store the snowplows. Exciting, eh, Steve? Anyway, reports online persisted that there was a cemetery in Cable. In our industriousness, we didn’t bother to write down where in Cable, because we figured we knew, but it turns out, we knew nothing. After driving around and aimlessly searching, we finally decided to go through the “cluster” itself and suddenly thought, “Well, what if it’s by the church?” Well, it turns out it’s by the church.
The Cable Cemetery is tucked up behind the only church in Cable, on the left side of a street that dead-ends into the parking lot. It is a small country churchyard, in every sense of the word. Kristine’s apt observation was that “there are more people in the cemetery than the town!”
I really liked these tombstones. They were very neat and tidy. The cemetry itself isn’t in bad shape at all, it’s just practically impossible to find. Unfortunately, my observations on the Cable Cemetery, which is quite small, neatly laid out, and commands a pleasant view of surrounding farmland . . . and also includes a playground . . . were colored by the fact that it was completely filled with mosquitoes hovering in literal clouds and it made it very difficult to pay attention to much or do anything but snap off a few pictures.
There are actually 174 interments here, with the area’s typical following of Blues and Johnsons, but adding to it the Inskeeps, after whom, I presume, the main road in Cable is named. There are also a pair of Depps–presumably not related–and an impressive cluster of Bowers.
As I mentioned last week, I’m skimping in the picture department because of our being in the process of transferring over to a new medium, but hopefully we’ll be able to present that to you in full within the next few weeks.
November 27, 2009 at 11:59 pm
I enjoyed looking and reading about the cemeteries. How would I go about having someone clean up and take care of a cemetery that is on the Champaign/Shelby County line? It is called the Strum Cemetery and I have a great-great-grandfather buried there but not able to see which marker is his. It is back off the road in a field that no one takes care. Have to drive back through the field to get to it and walk in weeds up above your ankles. Any information would be appreciated.
December 16, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Hi, Litha!
Thanks for your question. My best guess would be to find out what township the cemetery is in and contact the township trustees. They are generally the ones who are in charge of maintenance for burial grounds that aren’t operated by a city, from my experience. I tried to look up this burial ground to see if I could find anything out, but nothing came up. Hopefully that’s at least enough to set you on the right track! If you need anything else, definitely let us know.
Kristine