Wright-Whitesell-Gentry Cemetery

Wright-Whitesell-Gentry Cemetery. Established 1841. , This monument honors the memory of the Wright-Whitesell-Gentry families who were buried in a small cemetery located on the Wright family farm in Lawrence Township beginning in 1841., In 2008, twelve adults, fourteen children, and seven infants were reburied in this final resting place at Crown Hill Cemetery., Members of the Wright family headed by the Reverend James T. Wright, founder of the church now known as Castleton United Methodist Church, and extended family members of the Whitesell, Gentry, Easterday, and Gates families were buried in the small cemetery with the last burial taking place in 1905., Also interred is Civil War Private John W. Gentry, who served in the 26th Indiana, Co. "I" from March of 1864 until the unit was disbanded in January, 1866., This memorial is a fitting tribute to the pioneering families who were among the first settlers in Marion and Hamilton Counties.