Wheeler, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana

Family member notes on the back of this photograph: “Grampa Bay built this house about 1875. He passed on here. Then Aunt Celia & Uncle Fett bought it for about $700.00.”

Wheeler, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana

Photograph taken on Decoration Day 1900. Cyrus Bay died about a month before this picture was taken. The small child in front is Florence Brown; baby being held is Charles H. Brown Jr.

Cyrus and Lucinda Bay home
13 July 2000

Wheeler, Union Township
Porter County, Indiana

The final resting place of many Bay family members. The day I visited, this was a shady, cool, and restful spot, carefully tended by caring local residents.

Janes Cemetery, Wheeler
Union Township, Porter County, Indiana
(photo taken 13 July 2000)

Janes Cemetery, Wheeler Cemetery
Union Township, Porter County, Indiana
(photo taken 13 July 2000)