The Cemetery

Long a subject of speculation and conjecture, the Saint Joseph Cemetery aka "the orphanage cemetery" held many graves until recently.

A majority of the graves were said to have been nuns and priests.  There were, however, also buried there "inmates" of the orphanage ( a few) and some from the home for the aged added to St. Joseph's in the 1920's.  Additionally, there appears some evidence locals were buried there who had no connection to the orphanage or the aged home, but this is still being researched.

The Memorial was erected but does not appear to have all names listed.  The Find-a-grave site has many names but lacks much information.   The records for the cemetery were supposedly burned in the 1950's in a fire which destroyed a building.

The land was acquired by the City of Bethany and became a park, the graves moved and a memorial established.

Some cites with partial information include :
http://www.ohcegenealogy.com/cemeteries-St%20Josephs.html