(Center Panel)
Korean War
In loving Memory
and Appreciation
for the Men & Women
of Grant County
who served in the
Korean Conflict
1950 - - - - 1953
( Left Panel )
Those who made the Supreme . . . — — Map (db m44369) WM
( Front Side )
( Engrossed ‘Shield’ -and-
‘Seals of U.S. Armed Services’ )
1990 - - - - 1991
In Honor of the
men and women
of Grant County
who served in
the Persian Gulf
( Obverse Side )
( . . . — — Map (db m44260) WM
(center panel)
World War II
1941 - 1945
All Gave Some
Some Gave All
(left panel)
** The Supreme Sacrifice **
(left column)
Edward Leroy Addison • Bruce Adkins • Donald Perry Adkins • George Corwin . . . — — Map (db m44410) WM
Erected for Grant County
Vietnam Veterans
(obelisk front)
Grant County KIA’s
William McKinley Berry • Mark Ryan Black • Ralph W. Blackerby • Rollie Lee Bolden • Emmett Lee Booth • Steve Brandenburg • William F. Clover, Jr. • . . . — — Map (db m215007) WM
Early pioneer who, one century ago, in May 1831, donated for a courthouse the last half of this ground upon which this fountain stands. — — Map (db m44142) HM
Marion Boys
who gave their lives in
the World War
( Row One )
Vaugh Beekman • Melvin Bookins • Chester Biggs • Victor Baughman • Fred Button • Ashton Baldwin • Harry Lee Craig • William Cromwell (Col.) • Russel Denton • John . . . — — Map (db m215008) WM
At the end of the Civil War, U. S. undertook care of disabled Union veterans in a system of homes known by 1873 as National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS). The offer of free natural gas by Grant County residents and the efforts of . . . — — Map (db m183322) HM
In memory of
Martin Boots
The first white man to
enter land in Marion
and the donor of
the ground upon which
this boulder stands. — — Map (db m44195) HM
Upper Panel
Phi Delta Kappa
Fraternity
Lower Panel
Founded in Marion Ind.
June 7, 1902
by
Ray L. Neal
George B. Nottingham
Loftis T. Jones
James L. Reed
Paul R. Martin
Louis Elliott
Zach C. . . . — — Map (db m44252) HM
The Grant County Medical Society was founded in the office of William Lomax, M.D., Marion, Indiana. The Society is one of the pioneer Medical Societies in the State of Indiana, having been organized one year prior to the State Medical Association . . . — — Map (db m233748) HM
Jacob Furnshell Bugher was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, on January 19, 1826. Growing up, he received his education at the common schools within Guernsey County. At the age of twenty, Mr. Bugher became a teacher, a career in which he was to . . . — — Map (db m215209) HM
As Black residents left nearby Weaver Settlement for jobs in Marion, Rev. G. W. Shelton began organizing a church on the southside of the city in 1899. In 1901, the congregation purchased the building here. Over 600 people helped dedicate the . . . — — Map (db m231185) HM
Marion General Hospital has infused life into the downtown by sponsoring this Iconic hometown Hollywood heartthrob… James Dean.
James Byron Dean was born in Marion, Indiana, February 8th, 1931 in a small house a block away from . . . — — Map (db m265673) HM
In 1965, the Borens made Upland, Indiana their home when they brought The Pierce Governor Company, Inc. to town. Labor disputes in Anderson, Indiana, prompted this move and it was the initiative and generosity of the people of Upland who . . . — — Map (db m215226) HM
Sidney "Sid" Hall was born in 1954 in Portland, Indiana, to Arthur and Wanda Hall. Sid first lived in Upland as
a student at Taylor University, and he remained in Upland after graduating in 1977, taking his first job in the
university's Buildings . . . — — Map (db m215229) HM
5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. PFC Kirkpatrick was killed while on a recovery mission when the Humvee he was driving hit an Improvised Explosive Device on April 27, 2007 in Fallujah, Iraq. — — Map (db m242098) HM WM
391st Engineer Battalion; gunner in the Humvee on this mission. SPC Hill’s patrol took small arms fire during an ambush and then an Improvised Explosive Device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations west of Asadabad, Afghanistan. — — Map (db m241898) HM WM
National Home
In spring 1888, Congressman George Steele, Sr., of
Marion, Indiana, introduced legislation authorizing the
establishment of a National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers (NHDVS) in Grant County. Construction . . . — — Map (db m164704) HM
Indiana Wesleyan University knows a great musician and educator when it sees one. This Marion native was known as the "First Lady of the Harp," an instrument often mentioned in the Bible and known for its heavenly sound. Shedding light on this . . . — — Map (db m265681) HM
Moorehead Communications, whose stores do business as TCC, has graciously helped CSA by
sponsoring Kenesow Mountain Landis, a brilliant communicator in his own right. This former
Marion resident helped clean up America's past time and became the . . . — — Map (db m265678) HM
AEP-Indiana Michigan Power knows all about power and they have graciously helped CSA sponsor
this electric personality from Marion who went on to become one of the most powerful people
in America.
Willis Van Devanter, the first Hoosier to serve . . . — — Map (db m265675) HM
Chip Jaggers was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and spent most of his young life in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Taylor
University from 1965-1969, and after graduation he took a job as a youth director at a large church in Hamilton, Ohio. There
he . . . — — Map (db m215234) HM
James Byron Dean
Born on this site
February 8, 1931
Reverse: James Dean
James Byron Dean was born on this site at 2 a.m. on February 8, 1931, the only child of Winton and Mildred Dean. The deans lived in Unit A of the Seven . . . — — Map (db m168998) HM
In 1888, natural gas deposits were discovered on the farm of Jacob Bugher, Upland's founder. This discovery ushered in Upland's participation in the central Indiana Gas Boom, an era of rapid growth and prosperity that involved the area
between . . . — — Map (db m215109) HM
The area around Upland was one of the last strongholds of the Miami Indians until the Battle of Mississinewa in 1812, fought in Grant County east of the present site of Jalapa. With the Miamis defeated, central Indiana was opened to settlement. . . . — — Map (db m215104) HM
Born December 30, 1836 Fairmount, IN.; Died November 28, 1884 Wellington, KS.; Moved grave January 30, 1995 to Stillwater, OK; Reburied April 22, 1995 at Boomer Lake.
Capt. D.L. Payne started the Oklahoma Boomer Movement in 1879 through his . . . — — Map (db m284762) HM
Star Financial Bank can spot a star when it sees one and Jim Davis and his masterful creation - Garfield the Cat - are two of the brightest stars in the comic strip galaxy and you can take that to the bank.
James Robert Davis was . . . — — Map (db m265672) HM
Milo A. Rediger (1913-1988) served as president of Taylor University from 1965-1975 and again from 1979-1981, and was the driving force behind Taylor becoming accredited institutionally in 1947. During his years in leadership, he oversaw ten new . . . — — Map (db m215212) HM
Although there were settlers in the Upland area before the railroads were built
Upland's site, and even its name, are due to the railroad. The Columbus & Indiana
Central Railroad Company constructed the line in 1867, which had been successively . . . — — Map (db m215117) HM
Jane Rockwell was born and raised in Upland. She is the daughter of Richard and Charlotte Ann
Puckett. She graduated in the class of 1974 from Eastbrook High School and attended Ball State
University. Jane worked at Eastbrook Community Schools, . . . — — Map (db m215227) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
