Genealogy


Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.

Owensville (Old) Cemetery

Montgomery Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:Latitude, 38.2731 N;  Longitude, -87.6948 W
Congressional Location:NE-1/4; NW-1/4; SECTION 12; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 12W
Common Directions:

Located west of Church Street and north of Brummitt Street in Owensville.  Access path runs from city park entrance at the intersection of West Clark and North Church Streets.

Last updated  07 May  2012

The following list is an attempt to show all known graves, using using photographs of the headstones.  Notes were supplemented with marriage and census records plus genealogy records.  There certainly are unmarked graves plus a few unknown due to missing, unreadable, destroyed or broken markers.  
If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown below, please drop us an e-mail and let us know.   
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Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Inscriptions & Notes

Photo #                   Photo

Sect-

ion

Row

Armstrong

Clarence

13 Sep 1876

11 Sep 1904

Son of Warrick & Nancy ARMSTRONG

No headstone found.

?

?

B

A

?

?

Footstone for row 1.

5317

North

1

B

E M

?

?

Footstone for row 1

5322

North

1

Bell

Angus, Rev.

--

13 Sep 1861

Aged 30 Years.

5249

South

3

Carnahan

Martha A

--

9 Jun 1861

Wife of J S CARNAHAN.

Aged 33 Ys. 25 ds.

5296

Center

2

Cash

Sarah G or C

--

19 May 1848

Wife of Elder Jeremiah CASH.

Æ 54 y’s. 14 ds.

5245

South

2

Clark

James R

29 Jul 1840

26 Mar 1858

Son of Wilson & Mary P CLARK.

5298

5299

Center

3

Clark

Mary P

9 May 1806

25 Sep 1853

Wife of Willy CLARK.

(Only footstone found.)

5282

Center

1

Clark

Wilson

26 Oct 1802

26 Mar 1858

Aged 55 yrs. 5 mos.

(Footstone apparently in North section, row 1.)

5243

5284

South

2

Cox

Nancy A

--

14 Jan 1862

Wife of L P COX.

Aged 55 Years.

5280

Center

1

Davis

Elizabeth Johnson

23 Nov 1836

21 Apr 1856

nee JOHNSON.  Wife of Elijah DAVIS.  Married 31 Aug 1854.

 (Original stone broken into 4 pieces.)

5307

5309

North

1

DePriest

Andrew  Jackson

15 Apr 1816

10 Dec 1855

Husband of Minerva (BARKER) DePRIEST.  Married 15 Nov 1838.  Son of John & Mary Jane (ELLIOTT) DePRIEST.


Aged 39 yrs. 7 mos. 25 dys.

(Only base of original monument remains; footstone still in place.) 


(Note:

His wife (Minerva Barker DePriest) is buried in the DePriest Cemetery in Gentry County, Missouri.  Her parents were Jesse Barker and Elizabeth (Betsy) Key of Gibson County, Indiana.  Thanks to Don DePriest, St. Joseph, Missouri.)

5276

5277

Center

1

Foley

Andrew

--

13 Aug 1853

Aged 25 y’s. 8 m’s. 14 d’s.

5295

Center

2

Gilmore

Harriett

20 Feb 1833

22 Apr 1851

Wife of J M Gilmore.

5261

South

4

Gregsby

Martha

15 Oct 1821

20 Sep 1842

nee YAGER.  Daughter of Daniel & Charity YAGER.

5313

5314

North

1

Hudelson

Amanda E

--

1 Mar 1854

Daughter of John & Jane HUDELSON.

2 yrs. 11 mos. 1 dy.

5248

South

3

Hudelson

Jane

23 May 1815

26 Feb 1857

Wife of John HUDELSON.

41 y. 9 m. 3 d.

5254

South

4

Hudelson

John

12 Dec 1803

18 May 1883

Husband of Jane HUDELSON.

79 ys. 6 m. 24 d.

5253

South

4

Hudelson

Nancy J

--

5 Sep 1856

Daughter of John & Jane HUDELSON.

Aged 16 y. 8 m. &  27 d.

5256

South

4

Hudelson

William H

--

16 Jul 1853

Son of John & Jane HUDELSON.

Aged 15 y. 11 m. & 5 d.

5257

South

4

Hull

Thomas

18 Oct 1781

12 Sep 1854

--

5260

5270

5273

South

4

Kirkpatrick

John, Rev.

13 Oct 1821

14 Jun 1854

(Stone Broken)

(Click here to view obituary.)

5293

5285

Center

2

Kirkpatrick

Martha

1 Jun 1829

23 Sep 1854

nee RICHARDS.  Consort (1st wife) of William D KIRKPATRICK.  Married 9 Oct 1853.

5294

Center

2

M

J

?

?

Footstone for row 1.

5318

North

1

M

W

?

?

Footstone for row 1.

5315

North

1

Malone

Lara

13 Mar 1856

13 Sep 1856

Daughter of Alx & M L MALONE.

Aged 6 Mos.

5288

5289

Center

1

Malone

Marinda

--

20 May 1845

Wife of Absolom MALONE.

Æ 21 Ys. 5 m. 7 Ds..

5310

5311

North

1

Malone

William

--

31 Jun 1852

Son of John & Elisabeth MALONE. 

Aged 25 yrs.

5286

Center

1

McCrary

Elizabeth L

11 Nov 1841

10 Sep 1854

Daughter of Logan & Mahala McCRARY.

5302

Center

3

McCrary

Mahala

28 Feb 1806

25 Jun 1855

Wife of Logan McCRARY.

5301

Center

3

Morgan

Ellenora

--

5 Sep 1850

Daughter of M P & Jane MORGAN.

Aged ?

5247

South

3

Morgan

Jane

--

8 Oct 1850

Wife of M P MORGAN, M.D.

Aged 27 years. & 5 mos.

5247

South

3

R

E

?

?

Footstone for row 1.

5320

North

1

Richards

Elizabeth

--

1 Dec 1852

Wife of Elzaphan RICHARDS.

Aged 25 years. 9 Mo & 20 Days.

5292

Center

2

Roberts

Eliza A

--

--

Wife of ? ROBERTS.

(Broken stone.)

5237

South

1

Roberts

Joseph

--

30 Oct 1849

Son of James ROBERTS.

Æ 26 Ys. 12 D.

5238

South

1

Root

Nathaniel R

--

1 Feb 1856

Aged 38 y’rs. 6 m’o. 8 d’s.

(Broken stone.)

5278

5279

Center

1

Sharp

Byron

--

21 Jun 1851

Son of Calvin & Martha R SHARP.

Aged 2 mo’s. 21 ds.

5287

Center

1

Sharp

Edgar

21 Sep 1857

13 Oct 1857

Son of C & E. SHARP.

(Note:  Given name previously listed as “Logan.”)

5306

North

1

Sharp

Henry C

--

--

Son of Calvin & Martha R SHARP.

(Stone is badly broken.)

5251

South

3

Sharp

Marion

6 Aug 1848

26 Aug 1850

Son of G T & S SHARP.

Aged 2 yrs. 20 d’s.

5281

5283

Center

1

Sharp

Martha R

--

2 Mar 1855

Wife of Calvin SHARP.

Aged 25 yrs. 2 mos.

(Stone is badly broken.)

5251

South

3

Sumners

Louisa

5 Apr 1852

27 Aug 1854

Daughter of T & Z SUMNERS.

5325

5326

North

2

Sumners

McGready

--

9 Sep 1846

Son of Thomas & Julyann SUMNERS.

Aged 1 Year 6 Mos & 27 Days.

5328

North

2

Thompson

Frances

17 Dec 1828

20 Apr 1854

Consort of G W THOMPSON.

5250

South

3

Tichenor

Emily J

31 Jan 1856

9 Jun 1856

Daughter of Timothy N & Mary Elizabeth (HUDELSON) TICHENOR.

Aged 4 m’s. 8 d’s.

(Broken stone.)

5259

5266

South

4

Tichenor

John F

--

8 May 1853

Son of Timothy N & Mary E (HUDELSON) TICHENOR.

Aged 6 ms. 7 ds.

5258

South

4

Trego

Edgar

--

28 Jun 185?

Son of G W & Victoria TREGO.

Aged ?

(Bottom of stone is broken.)

5262

South

4

Trego

J  Wesley C

--

6 Oct 1856

Son of G W & Victoria TREGO

No headstone found.

?

?

Warrick

John C, Capt.

--

9 Jan 1847

Husband of Louisa S (PRINCE) WARRICK.  Married 30 Mar 1824.

Born in Fayette County, Kentucky.

Æ 43 ys. 9 m. 4 d.

5241

South

2

Warrick

Louisa S

--

12 May 1851

nee PRINCE.  Wife of Capt., John C WARRICK.  Married 30 Mar 1824.

Aged 44 years. 6 mos. & 18 days.

(Stone has been repaired.)

5242

South

2

Zander

Carolyn Thompson

21 Sep 1944

30 Oct 1999

Daughter of Russell THOMPSON.

“Sister”

“Scattered To The Wind”

5272

South

5

?

?

?

?

(Only monument base.)

5255

South

4

?

?

?

?

No readable information. Footstone for row 4.

5264

South

4

?

?

?

?

No readable information. Footstone for row 4..

5265

South

4

?

?

?

?

No readable information. Footstone for row 4..

5267

South

4

?

?

?

?

No readable information. Footstone for row 4.

5268

South

4

?

?

?

?

No readable information. Footstone for row 4.

5269

South

4

?

?

?

?

(Only monument base.)

5291

Center

2

?

?

?

?

(Only monument base.)

5303

Center

3

?

?

?

?

Footstone for row 1.

5316

North

1

?

?

?

?

Footstone for row 1.

5319

North

1

?

?

?

?

Footstone for row 1

5323

North

1

Records by Georgia McEllhiney, September, 2000 and The Princeton Democrat - Saturday, February 16, 1889, formed the basis for the above listing.   A few  additions and corrections were necessary based on the  photographic  evidence.

Section and Row definitions. 

Three sections defined by their relationship to the walking path through the cemetery.  Rows were numbered starting at the west side of the cemetery.

               

5235  View south section of the cemetery.
5275  View of center section of the cemetery.
5305  View of north section of the cemetery.
5274  View across center section and path back to the city park.