 Nicholas Borgman, who was one of the people who helped build the original church, was the first person buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in January 1847.His gravestone is still standing.A hoax news dispatch in 1920, picked up by major newspapers across the U.S., reported that on November 22, 1920, residents of the area "were thrown into a panic tonight when a large meteor fell at Howesville.. according to reports received here."