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Leo in Leo-Cedarville in Allen County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Patriot Burials

Old Leo Cemetery

 
 
Patriot Burials Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2025
1. Patriot Burials Marker
Inscription. Rev. War veteran Pvt. William Berry, Virginia Militia, present at Siege of Yorktown, buried here ca. Jan. 18, 1842.
 
Erected 2025 by Indiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution • William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 145.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Patriot Burials (WGPF), and the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is January 18, 1842.
 
Location. 41° 13.346′ N, 85° 0.68′ W. Marker is in Leo-Cedarville, Indiana, in Allen County. It is in Leo. It is on Leo Road (Indiana Route 1) south of Grabill Road, on the right when traveling south. Marker is at the north entrance to Leo Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14800 Leo Rd, Leo IN 46765, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana and in Greater Fort Wayne. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western
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World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 75 mm Field Gun M1897 on M2 Carriage (approx. 0.4 miles away); Grabill, Indiana (approx. 2.4 miles away); Imagine the Untold Stories (approx. 3.6 miles away); Harlan Park Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.1 miles away); Harlan, Indiana (approx. 5.1 miles away); Old Maysville Cemetery (approx. 5.4 miles away); First Settlement in DeKalb County Indiana 1828 (approx. 6.3 miles away); Arthur Franklin Mapes (approx. 6½ miles away).
 
Patriot Burials Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2025
2. Patriot Burials Marker
Pvt. William Berry gravesite image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2025
3. Pvt. William Berry gravesite
The Anthony Halberstadt Chaper, Sons of the American Revolution, placed the headstone in 2024. On the right is a plaque placed in 2009 by the Mary Penrose Wayne chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
DAR Marker at Gravesite image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2025
4. DAR Marker at Gravesite
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 63 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 20, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.   4. submitted on November 21, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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