Brooks Cemetery, Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, Indiana

Located on the west side of Olio Road between E 96th. and E 104th St. It is said that Madison Brooks, (father of Robert Brooks who died in the Civil War in Annapolis, Maryland and was the first interment at Brooks Cemetery) fenced off a plot and set it aside as a family cemetery. Madison Brooks tried to interest his family in the cemetery's future. He even purchased an abandoned church on the opposite side of the road and had it moved across the road to the land just south of the cemetery to be used for funerals. Only two funerals are thought to have happened there: Albert Brooks (Madison's son) and Madison's own funeral. Madison set aside about an acre of land for his proposed new cemetery and had it fenced. Unfortunately, Madison's idea was not very enthusiastically received by the rest of his family. The heirs disposed of the church and the fence. Currently, the cemetery is surrounded by IMI (Irving Materials Inc.) and some new homes. When a proposal came through to widen Olio Road, many feared that the cemetery would need to be relocated. Thankfully, the road will go around the cemetery so that the interments will not need to be moved.

The cemetery data was contributed by Rebecca Crowe of the Fortville-Vernon Township Public Library.