This is an unusual monument, in the shape of a musical organ. It is marking the grave of Albert R. Swaim. This can be found in the Bethany Cemetery, to the east of the town of Marshall, Indiana. Memorial Text: Albert R. Swaim, Born Oct. 28, 1843, Died Jan. 10, 1893.
According to the Find A Grave memorial page http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5662820 “The 1870 and 1880 census shows him as a music teacher from a large farming family dating back to the 1840’s in Indiana.”
I checked the 1880 census details on Ancestry.com http://ancstry.me/1uifAFf and found the following:
1880 United States Federal Census about Albert Swaim
Name: Albert Swaim
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1880: Howard, Parke, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Marital Status: Single
Father’s Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother’s Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation: Music Teacher
Household Members:
Name Age
James C. Swaim 24
Nancy B. Swaim 21
Emma E. Swaim 19
Louettie Swaim 16
Thomas Banta 15
Albert Swaim 37
Bethany Cemetery, is a well tended cemetery located on the north side of Indiana State Road 236, approximately one mile east of the town of Marshall, Indiana.
According to Find A Grave http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=84311 there are currently 711 interments.
Marshall is a town in Washington Township, Parke County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 324. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall,_In
