Hack Cemetery
St. John Twp., Lake Co. IN
From 1950's DAR Records

This cemetery is a family one located on the south side of the old Crown Point road on a 
knoll in the field just west of the Monon Railroad and east of the town of St. John. A cinder 
path is around the one time rectangular cemetery. An arch facing north was evidentally the 
entrance to the burial ground. A few yards north of the arch is a native boulder with a 
bronze plate with the inscription "Catholic Cemetery Erected Here 1839". Cemetery itself is 
approximately 40 X 40.


GARD, Angela Hack; wife of Peter Gard; Oct. 10, 1810; Feb. 6, 1890
    - Peter; Apr. 26, 1806; Oct. 8, 1881

HACK, Allen; son of P. and H. Hack; died Apr. 13, 1860; aged 5 mos. 15 da.
    - Helen; wife of Peter; died Apr 27, 1861; aged 26 yrs, 4 mos. 28 da.
    - Johanna H.; wife of John Hack; died Aug 2, 1853; aged 66 yrs; also a footstone
    - John; Nov. 18, 1788; Nov. 21, 1856; aged 68 yrs. 6 mos.; additional information on the 
stone states that John Hack was the first German Settler in Lake County, locating at St. John 
on Sept. 17, 1837.
    - Peter; son of P. and H. Hack; died Oct. 20, 1859; aged 8 yrs. 11 mos. 84 da. (84 days?? 
Don't know if thats correct!)

OSWEILER, Mary Gard; wife of John B. Osweiler; died Dec. 17, 1881; aged 28 yrs. 8 mos., 27 da.


Other information on this family:
John Hack- from Hanover, Wurtemburg Germany. Born in 1787 in a Rhine province that passed 
from possession of France to Prussia. Settled with a large family in 1837 on the western part 
of Prairie West. Died in 1856. Two of his sons were residents of Crown Point. One, M. Hack, 
kept the hotel and died before 1873. The other, J. Hack, carried on a blacksmith and wagon 
shop. 

From the 1850 Census:

Household #33 
HACK Hannah 10 F Indiana 
HACK Catharine 8 F Indiana  
HACK John 6 M Indiana  
HACK Matthias 4 M Indiana 
Household #42: 
HACK Matthias J. 33 M Blacksmith 580 Germany 
HACK Angeline 24 F Germany 
HACK Joseph L. 8/12 M Indiana 
Household #44 
HACK John 61 M Farmer 3,500 Germany 
HACK Hannah 62 F Germany 
HACK Peter 27 M Farmer Germany 
HACK Hellen 21 F Germany 
HACK Joseph 25 M Farmer Germany 
HACK Matthias 23 M Farmer Germany 
HACK Nicholas 21 M Farmer Germany 
HACK John 2 M Indiana 
HACK Joseph 1 M 
Household #60 
HACK Henry 33 M Farmer Germany 
HACK Mary Ann 23 F Germany 
HACK Barbary 4 F Illinois 
HACK John 2 M Indiana 

From Original Land Owners of Lake Co.:

Hack, Henry Lake IN 1851/04/28 
Hack, John Lake IN 1846/06/04 
Hack, Mathias Lake IN 1851/11/26 
Hack, Mathias J. Lake IN 1849/07/23 
Hack, Matthias J. Lake IN 1849/08/28 
Gard, Nicholas Lake IN 1852/02/12 



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