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Princeton I.O.O.F. Cemetery

Princeton, Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.3647 N; Longitude, -87.5694 W
Congressional Location:	SE-1/4; SW-1/4, SECTION 6; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	Located on the west side of North Main Street (SR-65) and north of West Warnock (Old Highway 41) in Princeton, Indiana, at the north end of Hart Street.
Last updated	Aprl 2023

The following list is a sincere attempt to show all known graves using several different sources and periodically updated headstone photographs. There may be other graves which are unknown/unlisted due to missing, unreadable, destroyed, or broken markers.

If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown here, or of any incorrect information whatsoever, I would be grateful for your assistance. Drop me an email and let me know. Please avoid however, notifying me of very recent burials that do not appear here. I will capture and incorporate these on the next scheduled cemetery update.

George Pickersgill

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes & Inscriptions	Photo# Photo	Sect- ion	Row	Lot No.
Chamberlain	Charles L	1879	1947	Husband of Wilhelmina “Minnie” (PINION) CHAMBERLAIN, 1^st, married 17 Dec 1901; and Grace Bell ALCORN CHAMBERLAIN, 2^nd, married 4 Mar 1919.	2320	SC	18	380
Chamberlain	Grace Bell	1884	1934	Second wife of Charles L CHAMBERLAIN. Married 4 Mar 1919.	2321	SC	18	380
Chamberlain	Wilhelmina “Minnie”	1884	30 Aug 1910	nee PINION. First wife of Charles L CHAMBERLAIN. Married 17 Dec 1901.	2319	SC	18	380
Chance	Joshua B	1858	1927	Husband of Mary Viana “Anna” (SUMMERS) CHANCE. Married 13 Nov 1894. Son of Samuel CHANCE.	2415	SC	22	411
Chance	Mary Viana “Anna”	1866	1918	nee SUMMERS. Wife of Joshua B CHANCE. Married 13 Nov 1894.	2416	SC	22	411
Chapman	Bonnie Lou	20 Aug 1937	16 May 1943	--	3013	SW	inf		526
Chapman	Henry M	--	4 Dec 1886	First husband of America S (GENTRY) CHAPMAN LAMB. Married 3 Jul 1881. Son of Samuel & Martha CHAPMAN. Aged: 27 y. 6 m.	0268	ESE	9	10
Chapman	Jerry Don	23 Jun 1940	23 Jun 1940	--	3012	SW	inf		526
Chapman	Jesse M	13 May 1875	21 Mar 1954	Son of Samuel & Martha CHAPMAN.	0267	ESE	9	10
Chapman	Martha A	--	22 Apr 1910	Wife of Samuel CHAPMAN. Age: 76 years. (Note: From cemetery records. Health department records give age as 75.)	NSF	SC	19	406
Chapman	Minne M	--	28 Sep 1886	Daughter of Henry M CHAPMAN & America S (GENTRY) CHAPMAN LAMB. Aged 7 m. 21 d. “Malley fever”	0266	ESE	9	10
Chapman	Sally	--	4 Nov 1911	(Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	NW	5	507
Chapman	Samuel	abt 1833	8 May 1907	Husband of Martha CHAPMAN. Pvt. Co. G, 131^st Ohio Infantry (National Guard)	2313	SC	18	378
Chattman	James “Jimmie”	16 Mar 1914	8 Jul 1935	Son of R C & Ethel CHATTMAN.	2578	SW	2	467
Chism	Grace B	1861	1940	nee MAUCK. Wife of John D CHISM. Married 17 Nov 1881. “Mother”	6712 6711	NC	12		337
Chism	John D	1852	1932	Husband of Grace B (MAUCK) CHISM. Married 17 Nov 1881. “Father”	6712 6711	NC	12		337
Christmas	Clara M	1906	1937	Wife of David CHRISTMAS. “Mother”	2868	SW	16		583
Christmas	David	2 May 1888	3 Nov 1968	Husband of Clara M CHRISTMAS. “Father” Indiana, Pvt., 9^th Co., 3^rd Br. 159^th Dep. Brig.	2868	SW	16		583
Christmas	Reba M	1935	1935	Daughter of David & Clara M CHRISTMAS.	2870	SW	16		583
Clark	Amy E	6 Jan 1871	5 May 1944	nee HEISZ. Wife of Arthur A CLARK. Married 28 Feb 1895.	2293	SC	17	383
Clark	Arthur A	20 Jun 1871	13 Jul 1912	Husband of Amy E (HEISZ) CLARK. Married 28 Feb 1895.	2294	SC	17	383
Clark	Augusta	--	15 Apr 1974	(Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	ENE	5	223
Clark	Bertha C	15 Mar 1890	5 Feb 1948	Wife of John E CLARK. “Mother”	1604	ENE	26	170
Clark	Charlotte A “Carrie” Johnson	15 Nov 1898	27 May 1981	“Mother”	1252	ENE	12	185
Clark	Elva R	--	11 Feb 1903	Age: 1 month. (Note: From cemetery and health department records. Grave sold to Harry Clark. All burials in this Lot are “single” graves. Handwriting is not always easy to read and spelling can be “creative.”)	NSF	NW	10	540
Clark	Frances D	1872	1939	nee TURPEN. Wife of Samuel W CLARK. Married 26 Jan 1890.	1425	ENE	18	208
Clark	Georgia Ellen	1 Feb 1925	5 Nov 1925	Daughter of John E & Bertha C CLARK.	1607	ENE	26	170
Clark	Hugh M	11 Sep 1833	30 Sep 1910	Husband of Mary (MOATS) CLARK. Married 24 Feb 1858. “Father” Pvt., Co. H, 143rd Reg. Indiana Infantry.	1426 1427	ENE	18	208
Clark	James Allen	1846	1924	Husband of Martha (BODGER) CLARK. Married 4 Sep 1879. Sgt., Co. D, 42^nd Reg. Indiana Infantry	0854	ESE	29	94
Clark	James M	29 Mar 1876	13 May 1928	Son of John C & Sarah H (McCONNELL) CLARK.	2333	SC	18	383
Clark	John Calvin	11 Aug 1835	19 May 1907	Husband of Sarah H (McCONNELL) CLARK. Married 8 Apr 1857. “Father” “Heart valve” Second Lieutenant, Co. D, 58^th Reg. Indiana Vol. Infantry	2330 2331	SC	18	383
Clark	John E	17 Dec 1884	6 Oct 1963	Husband of Bertha C CLARK. “Father”	1604	ENE	26	170
Clark	Larry L	8 Jun 1936	6 Jun 2013	Husband of Pamela J (DILL) CLARK. Son of William Thomas CLARK & Mary (HEWITT) CLARK McMINN. US Marine Corps. (Click here to view obituary.)	4566 1388	NWn	2		483
Clark	Martha	1857	1927	nee BODGER. Wife of James Allen CLARK. Married 4 Sep 1879. Daughter of William S & Ann BODGER.	0853	ESE	29	94
Clark	Mary	16 Jan 1840	28 Mar 1921	nee MOATS. Wife of Hugh M CLARK. Married 24 Feb 1858. “Mother”	1426 1428	ENE	18	208
Clark	Melvin R	1911	1921	Son of John E & Bertha C CLARK.	1605	ENE	26	170
Clark	Pauline D	1907	1922	Daughter of John E & Bertha C CLARK.	1606	ENE	26	170
Clark	Samuel W	1866	1931	Husband of Frances D (TURPEN) CLARK. Married 26 Jan 1890. Son of Samuel & Carrie (MASSEY) CLARK.	1425	ENE	18	208
Clark	Sarah H	2 May 1838	20 Apr 1923	nee McCONNELL. Wife of John Calvin CLARK. Married 8 Apr 1857. “Mother’	2330 2332	SC	18	383
Claspell	John A	20 Feb 1879	22 Feb 1906	Son of Lemuel & Julia CLASPELL.	2169	SC	11	346
Cleveland	Alvin N	1898	1981	Husband of Helen A CLEVELAND. Son of John & Nancy J “Nannie” (BENBROOK) CLEVELAND.	2830	SW	14		560
Cleveland	Helen A	1903	1989	Wife of Alvin N CLEVELAND.	2831	SW	14		560
Cleveland	John	1875	1933	Husband of Nancy J “Nannie” (BENBROOK) CLEVELAND. Married 19 May 1897 in Posey County, Indiana.	2827	SW	14		559
Clinton	Robert	--	23 Oct 1911	(Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	ENE	18	209
Cloin	Agness	25 Feb 1880	21 Jul 1964	nee BRITTINGHAM. Wife of Lawrence CLOIN. Married 2 May 1898. Daughter of George & Letetia (CHANDLER) BRITTINGHAM.	2925	SW	18		591
Cloin	Charles A	10 Jul 1881	7 Aug 1945	Second husband of Emma F (GREEN) OLDHAM CLOIN. Son of Alvin & Flora (GRUBB) CLOIN.	0093	ESE	3	653
Cloin	Claude	6 Jun 1910	29 Jun 1946	Son of Lawrence & Agness (BRITTINGHAM) CLOIN.	2924	SW	18		591
Cloin	Emma F	1 Dec 1883	19 Aug 1961	nee GREEN. Wife of Hobert OLDHAM, 1st, married 19 Nov 1902, and Charles A CLOIN, 2nd. Daughter of Arthur & Julia (ROGERS) GREEN.	0093	ESE	3	653
Cloin	Helen Virginia	29 May 1919	20 May 1999	nee FORTNER. Wife of Paul L CLOIN. Daughter of Sadie & Grace (JACKSON) FORTNER.	0069	ESE	2	665
Cloin	Herschell F	31 Jan 1908	8 Mar 1981	Son of Lawrence & Agnes (BRITTINGHAM) CLOIN.	0070	ESE	2	665
Cloin	Lawrence	26 Feb 1872	11 Aug 1955	Husband of Agness (BRITTINGHAM) CLOIN. Married 2 May 1898. Son of Sylvester & Jane (CUNNINGHAM) CLOIN.	2925	SW	18		591
Cloin	Paul L	5 Sep 1918	14 Aug 1996	Husband of Helen Virginia (FORTNER) CLOIN. Son of Lawrence & Agnes (BRITTINGHAM) CLOIN. Cpl., US Army Air Corps, WW II.	0069 0071	ESE	2	665
Cloise	Ron	--	Nov 1921	(Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	ENE	30	136
Coburn	Ernest Ray	1938	1939	--	3007	SW	inf		526
Cocanower	George S	1861	1929	Husband of Mary Luella “Ellen” (ALVIS) COCANOWER. Married 4 Mar 1886. Son of Christopher Gechenauer & Mary Ellen (MOSLEY) COCANOWER.	6923	NC	20		395
Cocanower	Georgia Mae	1894	1917	nee GORMAN. Wife of Raymond G COCANOWER. Married 27 Dec 1914. Daughter of John C & Mary L (McGINNIS) GORMAN.	6885	NC	19		395
Cocanower	Mary Luella “Ellen”	1871	1959	nee ALVIS. Wife of George S COCANOWER. Married 4 Mar 1886.	6924	NC	20		395
Cocanower	Raymond G	1892	1958	Husband of Georgia M (GOMAN) COCANOWER. Married 27 Dec 1914. Son of George S & Mary Luella “Ellen” (ALVIS) COCANOWER.	6886	NC	19		395
Cochran	America	1875	1946	nee STEELE. Wife of John COCHRAN.	6783	NC	15		364
Cochran	Esther	1903	1907	Daughter of John W & America (STEELE) COCHRAN.	6782	NC	15		364
Cochran	John W	1875	1929	Husband of American (STEELE) COCHRAN.	6784	NC	15		364
Cogswell	Joyce Brown, R.N.	9 Jul 1936	--	Daughter of George & Verna Corean BROWN HIGHTOWER.	2688	SW	7	522
Colbert	Leonard	16 Aug 1900	14 Sep 1955	Husband of Mary E COLBERT.	2935	SW	19		610
Colbert	Mary E	22 Sep 1885	29 Jan 1965	Wife of Leonard COLBERT.	2935	SW	19		610
Colbert	Orville E	--	27 Jul 1911	(Note: Identification from cemetery records and health department records. Shown as “Calbert, Orul” in GCSH publication.)	NSF			322
Cole	Emma J	--	Jun 1927	(Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	ESE	16	44
Coleman	Cecil	--	Jan 1923	(Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	NW	11	546
Coleman	Clarence E	1892	1918	Second husband of Emma M JOHNSON COLEMAN.	6943	NC	21		419
Coleman	Curtis	25 Feb 1892	18 Sep 1964	Indiana, Pvt., Co. C, 1^st Development Bn., WW I.	1100	ENE	5	223
Coleman	Emma M	1893	1952	Wife of ? JOHNSON, 1^st, and Clarence E JOHNSON, 2^nd.	6942	NC	21		419
Coleman	Margret M	7 Jun 1841	14 Jun 1908	Wife of Willis M COLEMAN. “Cancer”	1174	ENE	9	129
Coleman	Newton E	--	20 Mar 1919	Husband of Hettie COLEMAN. Age: 59 years. (Note: From cemetery and health department records.)	NSF	ENE	9	129
Coleman	Nora E	1890	1936	--	7418	NW	11		548
Coleman	Richard	--	21 Oct 1915	Age: 5 months. (Note: From cemetery and health department records.)	NSF	W	2	621
Coleman	Willis M	abt 1834	21 Mar 1911	Husband of Margret M COLEMAN. Age: 76. Sgt., Co. D, 58^th Reg. Indiana Infanty	1175	ENE	9	129
Collins	Charles Edgar	--	16 May 1919	Infant son of William & Ora Ethel (STEWART) COLLINS. Age: 8 months. (Note: From cemetery and health department records.)	NSF	NW	19	605
Collins	Estella	1885	1945	Wife of Mack COLLINS.	0155	ESE	5	643
Collins	Jemara	--	5 Dec 1971	Age: 5 months. (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	SW	inf	556
Collins	Lana G	31 Mar 1898	3 Mar 1997	“Mother”	6869	NC	18		388
Collins	Laverne	1914	13 Jan 1990	Daughter of Mack & Estella COLLINS. USM, WW II.	0152	ESE	5	643
Collins	Mack	1884	1955	Husband of Estella COLLINS.	0154	ESE	5	643
Collins	Ora Ethel	--	25 May 1919	nee STEWART. Wife of William COLLINS. Married 25 Jan 1913. Daughter of Samuel & Emma (RICHARDSON) COLLINS. Age: 29 years. (Note: From cemetery and health department records.)	NSF	NW	19	605
Collis	Lena Kate	abt 1860	Apr 1945	Daughter of Edward M & Sarah A COLLIS. (Note: From cemetery and census records.)	NSF	ESE	10	15
Collis	Minnie	abt 1862	1938	Daughter of Edward M & Sarah A COLLIS. (Note: From cemetery and census records.)	NSF	ESE	10	15
Collis	Sarah A	Jul 1832	12 Jul 1908	Wife of Edward M COLLIS. (Note: From cemetery records.)	NSF	ESE	10	15
Colvin	Carrie I	1885	1955	nee GREEK. Wife of Luther C COLVIN. Married 20 Oct 1904. Daughter of Louis E & Nancy E (SKEEN) GREEK.	6774	NC	14		360
Colvin	Doris R	1907	26 Apr 1996	nee RITCHIE. Wife of W Herold COLVIN. Daughter of W Mell & Myrtle M (MOSIERI) RITCHIE..	6947	NC	21		416
Colvin	Doyle L	3 Dec 1915	10 Mar 1917	Son of Luther C & Carrie I (GREEK) COLVIN.	6775	NC	14		360
Colvin	Luther C	1877	1939	Husband of Carrie I (GREEK) COLVIN. Married 20 Oct 1904. Son of Elisha & Susannah (GRUBB) COLVIN.	6773	NC	14		360
Colvin	W Herold	1906	1975	Husband of Doris R (RITCHIE) COLVIN. PHM3, US Navy.	6948 6949	NC	21		416

Rows were numbered beginning on the east side of each section; these rows can be hard to define in many places. See the image below for reference.

Rough map of the cemetery; for general loction of burials in the above listing. Neither sections or rows are defined in the cemetery records. Not shown are lots in the "SW" section set aside for infant burials Most burials are in North/South rows; the exceptions are indicated by the single East/West lines along the north side of the cemtery.

Princeton Lodge No. 64 Chartered July 11, 1849
Cemetery Plotted April 1, 1876
Marker Ereceted 1968

Genealogy

Princeton I.O.O.F. Cemetery

Princeton, Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Located on the west side of North Main Street (SR-65) and north of West Warnock (Old Highway 41) in Princeton, Indiana, at the north end of Hart Street.