From the June 10, 2016, Indiana Public Media News by Sophia Salby.
Private Philip Crecelius was honored with a dedicated grave Sunday in Pateko Township by the members of the Johnathan Jennings Chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812. They placed a dedicated marker on his grave in Mt. Eden Cemetery where he was buried in 1850.
This new marker is part of an ongoing project of the chapter to locate and document graves like his.
Private Crecelius was born in Tennessee in 1794 and was in Colonel William Lillard's 2nd Regiment East Tennessee Volunteer militia. After the war, he settled with his parents in southern Indiana.
Ten direct descendants were present at the ceremony, including a 4th-great grandson currently serving in the U.S. Army.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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