Pennington's Chapel Methodist Cemetery is located in the very southwest corner of Jackson Township, Harrison County, Indiana in the Southeast quarter of Section 11, township 3 south, Range 3 East.

The first Methodist church building was built at the cemetery about 1815 and was a log one, it was re-established atop "Pennington Chapel Ridge" by two brothers Dennis Pennington and Walter Pennington. The first log church burned and a second log church was erected to replace it. A third church building was built in 1869, and is a frame building located just south of the cemetery on the beautiful ridge.

    The Pennington Family Association has erected a suitable stone marker at the church with the following inscription: Dennis Pennington, Teacher, Legislator, and Lay Minister. He was born May 19, 1776 in Mechlenburg Co. Cumberland parish, Virginia. Came to Kentucky with Henry clay in 1797 and to Indiana Territory in 1804. Signer of the of the first State Constitution; Served 29 years in the Territorial and state Legislatures. Census Enumerator 1815 and 1850. Died September 2, 1854. Elizabeth, wife of Dennis Pennington born 1783 near Bean Station, Tenn. Daughter of William and Catherine English. Captured by Indians in 1787, Adopted by a Delaware Chief. Married August 4, 1800 and died after March 1857.

Name	Birth	Death	Age	Notes
Dorcas Patterson	Dec. 14 1822	Jan. 4 1908		Wife of Thomas
Thomas Patterson	Apr. 1 1822	Dec. 22 1881		Husband of Dorcas
W.M
Infant Patterson	Feb. 24 1884	Feb. 24 1884		Infant sons of M.C. & N.A. Patterson
Pearlie W. Patterson		Sep. 21 1892	3 yr 24 days	Daughter of Rev. M.C. & N.A. Patterson
William J. Patterson		May 31 1872	18 yrs 10 mo 23 days	Son of T.& D. Patterson
J.S.
Thomas Patterson Sr.		Mar. 31 1852	75 yrs 3 mo 6 days
C.P.P.
Richard F. Patterson		Dec. 22 1854	11 days	Son of H.A. & M. Patterson
George M. Elmwood	June 30 1861	Sep. 3 1864		Son of J. & M.J. Elmwood
Enoch S. Elmwood	May 13 1859	Nov. 27 1866		Son of J. & M.J. Elmwood
Zelda M. Snyder	June 28 1878	Oct. 12 1878		Daughter of S.S. & M.J. Snyder
Female Infant Melton	Nov. 8 1886	Nov. 8 1886		Daughter of G.M. & L.P. Melton
Lizzie P. Melton	Aug. 31 1864	Nov. 14 1886		Wife of G.M. Melton
Fletcher Longacre	June 29 1846	Mar. 11 1886		Husband Of E. Longacre
Elizabeth Brinde		July  13 1857	Aged 18 yrs 3 mo 4 days	Wife of Daniel A. Brinde Daughter of Jacob & Eliza Gibener
Infant Brinde				Infant of E. & D.A. Brinde
William P. Rumbley		Feb. 29 1868	28 yrs 4 mo 17 days	Son of H.G. & N. Rumbley
Harriet A. Rumbley		Dec. 10 1870	13 yrs 7 mo	Daughter of H.G. & N. Rumbley
Harrison G. Rumbley		Mar. 2 1871	Aged 57 yrs 11 mo 8 days
Mary M. Rumbley		Jan. 23 1874	Aged 23 yrs 10 mo 25 days	Daughter of H.G. & N. Rumbley
Samuel H. Rumbley	Nov. 21 1853	Sep. 14 1876
A.P.K.
J.M.
J.E.
Curtis Rumbley	Sep. 20 1885	July 15 1885
William D. Hudson		Mar. 12 1888	79yrs 10 mo 18 days
Leah Hudson		Dec. 20 1883	Aged 82 yrs 12 days
Daniel W. Marshall		July 7 1961	Aged 65 yrs 6 mo 25 days
Eliza A. Marshall		Sep. 2, 1896	Aged 56 yrs 5 mo and 15 days
R.A.
Charles W. Reising	1869	1951
Cora Reising	1883	1932
Hardin W. Routh		Aug. 17 1852	Aged 11 mo 14 days	Son of A. & M. Routh
Mary Rumbley		Mar.  4 185?		Wife of Thomas P. Rumbley
Thomas Rumbley		Oct 27 1843	Aged 67 yrs 5 mo 19 days
Sarah Jane Strother		Oct. 17 1843	Aged 11 mo 27 days	Daughter of Elias & Margaret
Mahala Routh		Sep. 15 1846	Aged 26 yrs 1 mo 26 days	Wife of Anderson Routh
I.P.
J.P.
Joseph T. Routh		Dec. 12 1846	Aged 6 mo 16 days	Son of A. & M. Routh
Evaline Routh		Feb. 12 1851	Aged 1 mo 19 days	Daughter of Jacob & Harriet Routh
James Monroe Rumbley		Nov. 9 1851	Aged 10 yrs 4 mo 28 days	Son of Harrison & Nancy Rumbley
Infant Strother	May 28 1853	May 28 1853		Son of Margaret Strother
Margaret Strother		Dec. 1 1855		Wife of Elias Strother
W.N. R.
Asbury W. Askren		July 18 1856	Aged 1 yr 7 mo 1 day	Son of E. & H. Askren
Hester E. Rumbley	Dec. 22 1851	July 21 1856		Daugher of H.G. & N. Rumbley
Dennis D. Rumbley	Dec. 18 1855	July 31 1856		Son of H.G. & N. Rumbley
Nancy C. Askren		Nov. 20 1858	Aged 1 yr 3 mo and 28 days	Daughter of E. & H. Askren
Sarah Routh		May 6 1861	Aged 23 yrs 6 mo and 19 days	Daughter of  J. & H. Routh
Jacob Routh	1809	1860
Harriet Routh	1810	1898		Wife of Jacob Routh
Hester Asken		Sep. 5 1861		Wife of E. Asken
Harriet Asken		Sep. 17 1861	Aged 1 yr 10 mo and 15 days	Daughter of E. &  H. Asken
Monroe Routh		Dec. 17 1861	Aged 18 yrs 7 mo and 6 days	Son of J. & H. Routh
Elias Routh		Jan. 13 1870	Aged 21yr 7 mo and 11 days	Son of  J. & H. Routh
Harrison McClaren	1873	1876
Ethel M. Stevens	1884	1886		Daughter of E.E. & A.A. Stevens
Walter E. McClaren	1884	1886
Maggie McClaren	1877	1886
Laura McClaren	1870	1886
M.J.E.
Infant Sons Elliott				Of Thomas & Sallie Elliott
Infant Son Charles T.
Thomas J. Elliott	1868	1949
Sallie I. Elliott	1877	1949
James M. Fair		Jan. 6 1863	Aged 19 yrs 3 mo and 23 days	Consort of Rebecca C. Fair
Mary Jane Fair		Jan. 16 1844	Aged 3 yrs 16 days	Infant daughter of James & Rebecca Fair
Anna M. Marshall		Sep. 13 1855	Aged 16 yrs 10 mo and 3 days	Daughter of  J. & R.C. Fair Wife of John Marshall
Daniel W. Fair		Oct. 25 1858	Aged  3 yrs 6 mo and 20 days	Son of  J. & R.C. Fair
N.S.P.
John Sieg	May 1 1782	June 13 1854
Nancy Ann Whistler Sieg	Oct. 25 1789	April 10 1862
E.M.
I.M.
Mary Pennington	Oct 17 1781			Wife of Walter Pennington born VA
Rev. Walter B. Pennington	Oct. 6 277	June 30 1853		Born Virginia
William Hardin Strother		Aug. 5 1852	Aged 6 yrs and 18 days	Son of Armstead  & Amanda Strother
Coro Florence Davis	Jan. 29 1861	Aug. 26 1861		Daughter of Anderson and Susannah Davis
Mary Davis	Sep. 9 1860	Nov. 21 1861		Daughter of R.F. & M.F. Davis
Dennis Rufus Davis	Nov. 6 1863	July 14 1864		Son of Anderson & Susannah Davis
Caroline Davis		Mar. 23 1866	Aged 7 yrs 1 mo and 12 days	Daughter of R.F. & M.F. Davis
Sarah A. Davis	April 1 1872	April 1 1872		Daughter of R.F. & M.F. Davis
Infant Askren	Sep. 10 1875	Sep. 16 1875		Son of Dennis & A.M. Askren
Caroline M. Clark	Feb. 11 1877		Aged 33 yrs 2 mo and 23 days	Wife of Jesse C. Clark
Mary F. Davis		Feb. 15 1881	Aged 44 yrs 5 mo and 11 days	Wife of R.F. Davis
Armstead Strother	Sep. 1 1802	Dec. 16 1883		Husband of Amanda Strother
Amanda Strother	Oct. 19 1812	May 26 1898		Wife of Armstead Strother
Ann M. Askren	June 19 1834	May 19 1914		Wife of Dennis Askren
Dennis Askren	Apr. 11 1829	Dec. 22 1883		Co. C., 66th Ind.
M.D.
Matthew			Aged 57 yrs 7 mo
William H. Cline	Dec. 9 1863	June 25 1889
Wardie E. Stover	July 23 1885	Sep. 29 1886		Son of Silas &  Amanda Stover
Silas Stover	1856	1902
Louisa McClaren	1844	1886
Anna C. Reising	July 19 1872	Nov. 8 1898
Nicholas Reising	Dec. 6 1841	Oct. 17 1914
Mary S. Reising	Dec. 19 1839	Oct. 30 1907
Hiram Elliott	1843	1926		Co. 59th Ind. Vol
Ann Elliott	1844	1923		Wife of Hiram Elliott
Tabitha Askren	Oct. 23 1821	Nov. 4 1902
Simon Myers	Mar. 13 1821	Sep. 11 1846
A.M.M.
Amanda Blankenbaker		Aug. 2 1847		Daughter of Jesse & Mary Blankenbaker
Soloman Myers	Dec. 16 1787	Oct. 5 1849
Phebe Myers
Sally Jane Myers		Oct. 8 1850	Aged 1 yr 4 mo and 2 days	Daughter of James & Polly Myers
Evaline Myers		May 14 1852		Daughter of Soloman & Phebe Myers
George W. Routh	Aug. 15 1853	Apr. 1 1854		Son of W.M & S.E. Routh
John Altstatt	May 3 1849	Oct. 13 1853		Son of Altstatt
W.N.P.
William Routh	Apr. 27 1830	Nov. 19 1864
Elizabeth Myers		Mar. 7 1865		Wife of S.W. Myers
Philip A. Myers		Sep. 8 1874	Aged 18yrs and 2 days	Son of James & Polly Myers
Mary E. Myers		Sep. 10 1869	Aged 1 yr 7 mo and 20 days	Daughter of S.W & N.H. Myers
James Myers		Apr. 9 1879	Aged 65 yrs 3 mo and 26 days
C.D.
Charles M. Houchlan	Jan. 9 1879	Apr. 11 1880		Son of J.B. & A. Houchlan
Mary Blankenbaker	Dec. 19 1818	July 2 1880		Wife of Jesse Blankenbaker
Simon W. Myers		Sep. 12 1880	Aged 40 yrs 1 mo and 20 days
William H. Blankenbaker	Apr. 5 1857	Feb. 5 1888
W.A.M.
H.G. R.
C.M.C.
W.A.R.
Jacob Painter		Apr. 13 1864	Aged 7 mo and 14 days	Son of E. & M. Painter
S.H. R.
N.R.
W.A.P.
R.E.
Rebeca Edmondson	Apr. 26 1841	June 16 1899
Sarah Catherine Edmondson	Apr. 10 1872	Sep. 16 1888
William M. Edmondson	Dec. 6 1831	Feb. 19 1900

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