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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   April 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.
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  George Pickersgill

Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes & Inscriptions

Photo#      Photo

Sect-
ion

Row

Lot
No.

Head

Thomas

--

--

Husband of Winnie E HEAD.

Aged:  55 YEARS.

1735


ENE

31

248

Head

Winnie E

7 Oct 1843

13 May 1906

Wife of Thomas HEAD.

1735

ENE

31

248

Hedden

Peter

abt 1848

 17 Sep 1909

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth (WADDLE) HEDDEN.  Married 26 Mar 1870 in Crawford County, Indiana.

Age:  61 years.

Pvt., Co D, Green River Battn. Reg. Kentucky.  Enlisted at Hawesville, Kentucky on 1 May 1865.  Mustered out on 23 Aug 1865 at Cloverport, Kentucky.



(Note:  Added from 1939 WPA Veteran Graves Survey.)

NSF

 

?

?

?

Headlee

Emma

7 Aug 1878

9 Mar 1901

Wife of Edward HEADLEE.

Aged:  22 Y. 7 M. 2 D.

1207

1216

ENE

11

216

Hearn

Floyd E

--

29 Sep 1977

Age:  79 years.

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

M*

2

512

Heath

Barbara Alice

1931

1934

--

7347

NW

8

516

Heath

Ellen N

1896

1961

--

7488

NW

15

574

Heath

Fred

--

Dec 1919

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

8

516

Heath

Mitchell

--

--

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

8

516

Heath

Noble

--

27 Jun 1942

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

19

604

Heath

Portia Alvai Strain

--

Sep 1921

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

19

607

Heath

Zora

1869

Apr 1924

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

15

574

Heberd

Ada Sample

1862

1943

Wife of Charles HEBERD.

6650

NC

9

327

Heberd

Burtch Garst

1888

15 May 1973

Son of Charles & Ada S HEBERD.

6653

NC

9

327

Heberd

Charles

1858

11 Jun 1939

Husband of Ada S Heberd.  Son of Lansing & Eunice HEBERD.

6652

NC

9

327

Heberd

Charles Oscar

16 Apr 1918

18 Jun 1918

Son of Charles & Ada S HEBERD.

6651

NC

9

327

Heberd

Lansing Sample

1886

1963

Husband of Ruth Clark HEBERD.  Son of Charles & Ada S HEBERD.

6654

NC

9

327

Heberd

Oscar

--

Dec 1922

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NC

10

327

Heberd

Ruth Clark

1886

24 Jan 1986

nee CLARK.  Wife of Lansing Sample HEBERD.


Died at the age of 100.

6654

NC

9

327

Heckman

Allen

1886

1906

Son of George & Anna (STOUT) HECKMAN.

0299

0335

ESE

10

17

Heckman

Anna

--

Aug 1931

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

ESE

10

17

Heckman

George

11 May 1849

20 Jul 1894

Husband of Anna (STOUT) HECKMAN.  Married 30 Nov 1872.

Aged:  45 Y. 2 M. 9 D.

“Father”

0293

0294

0334

ESE

10

17

Heckman

Laura A

abt 1874

Feb 1918

Daughter of George & Anna (STOUT) HECKMAN.

(Note:  From cemetery and census records.)

NSF

ESE

10

17

Heckman

Lula E

abt 1875

Dec 1947

Age:  72 years.

(Note:  From cemetery and census records.)

NSF

ESE

10

17

Heckman

Pearl

--

26 Jun 1877

Daughter of George & Anna (STOUT) HECKMAN.

Aged 6 days.

0296

0297

ESE

10

17

Hedden

Dora A

1888

1932

Wife of Joseph E HEDDEN.

1832

N*

2

541

Hedden

Frederick

--

31 Jan 1930

Infant.

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

17

596

Hedden

Joseph E

1885

1948

Husband of Dora A HEDDEN.  Son of Peter W & Sarah Elizabeth (WADDLE) HEDDEN.

1833

N*

2

541

Hedden

Joseph Lee

--

Sep 1924

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

18

598

Hedden

Leo M, Sr.

22 Aug 1926

16 Dec 1990

Husband of Ethel (ELGAN) GAMM HEDDEN,  Son of Joseph E & Dora (WARD) HEDDEN.

Sgt., US Army,
WW II.


(Click here to view obituary.)

1814

N*

1

512

Hedden

Mary Elizabeth

--

5 Jun 1907

“Pseudo-myasthenia”

(Note:  From cemetery records.  County health records report her age as 26 years.)

NSF

N*

2

541

Hedden

Peter W

1 Jul 1847

17 Sep 1909

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth (WADDLE) HEDDEN.  Married 26 Mar 1870 in Crawford County, Indiana.

Pvt., Co D, Green River Battn. Regiment Kentucky.  Enlisted at Hawesville, Kentucky on 1 May 1865.  Mustered out on 23 Aug 1865 at Cloverport, Kentucky.


1834

N*

2

541

Hedden

William

--

3 Jun 1906

“Tuberculosis”

(Note:  From cemetery records.  County health records report his age as 18 years.)

NSF

N*

2

541

Hedrick

Elsie

9 Aug 1893

20 Jan 1971

Wife of Roscoe HEDRICK.

0025

ESE

1

659

Hedrick

Luther C

1857

1940

Husband of Rhonda A (MINNIS) HEDRICK.  Married 28 Dec 1881.

2224

SC

14

348

Hedrick

Rhonda A

1864

1940

nee MINNIS.  Wife of Luther C HEDRICK.  Married 28 Dec 1881.

2224

SC

14

348

Hedrick

Roscoe

1886

1948

Husband of Elsie HEDRICK.

0024

ESE

1

659

Hefley

Howard D

23 Nov 1910

23 Dec 1972

Husband of Lois A HEFLEY.

Indiana, Sgt., Army Air Forces, WW II.


2708

SW

8

522

Hefley

Lois A

1912

1985

Wife of Howard D HEFLEY.

2709

SW

8

522

Heidron

Deitrich

1888

1961

Husband of Helen HEIDRON.

1077

ENE

3

134

Heidron

Helen

1896

1962

Wife of Deitrich HEIDRON.

1077

ENE

3

134

Heim

Mary W

--

17 Dec 1939

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

ENE

32

253

Heim

Mike M

--

3 Apr 1935

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

ENE

32

253

Heines

Joseph

1876

--

Husband of Julia E HEINES.

7433

NW

12

547

Heines

Julia E

1858

1926

Wife of Joseph HEINES

7433

NW

12

547

Heiserman

Edwin Mac

--

26 May 1925

--

7546

NW

17b

598

Heisz

Charles

1839

1923

Husband of Sophia HEISZ.  Son of Lutwich & Elizabeth HEISZ.

0322

ESE

11

19

Heisz

Elizabeth

--

15 Nov 1886

Wife of Lutwich HEISZ.

Aged: 79 yr’s.

“Winter Fever”

0326

ESE

11

19

Heisz

Jasper

23 Sep 1833

24 May 1895

Husband of Sarah A HEISZ.

“Eldest son of Lutwich & Elizabeth HEISZ.  Born at Hesse Cassel, Germany.   Served in Co. B. 58th Ind. During the war of the Rebelion.”


0301

0303

ESE

10

19

Heisz

Louis

--

7 Apr 1886

Son of Lutwich & Elizabeth HEISZ.

Aged:  38 yrs.

“Drowned”

0324

ESE

11

19

Heisz

Lutwich

--

Aug 1848

Husband of Elizabeth HEISZ.

Aged: 41 yr’s.

0323

ESE

11

19

Heisz

Sarah A

23 Feb 1835

24 Oct 1913

Wife of Jasper HEISZ.

0302

ESE

10

19

Heisz

Sophia

1849

1930

Wife of Charles HEISZ.

0322

ESE

11

19

Helm

Glenda Sue

15 Mar 1947

28 May 2012

nee GOODLOE.  Wife of Robert HELM.  Daughter of J T & Carmen (BRUCE) GOODLOE.


(Click here to view obituary.)

4548

ESE

23

?

Helm

Robert L

27 Jul 1945

--

Husband of Glenda Sue (GOODLOE) HELM. 

4548

ESE

23

?

Helsley

Elizabeth

1884

28 Jan 1974

Wife of Ellis HELSLEY.

7214

NW

2

474

Helsley

Ellis

1887

1955

Husband of Elizabeth HELSLEY.

7214

NW

2

474

Helter

Gilbert

--

1 Aug 1913

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

 

 

?

Henderson

Cash Y

1857

1921

Son of Robert T & Mary J (CHURCH) HENDERSON.

7141

NC

28

455

Henderson

Clarence A

1868

1921

Husband of Ida M (SNYDER) HENDERSON.  Married 5 Jun 1904.  Son of Robert F & Mary J (CHURCH) HENDERSON.

“Father”

7142

NC

28

455

Henderson

Ida M

1878

29 Aug 1958

nee SNYDER.  Wife of Clarence A HENDERSON.  Married 5 Jun 1904.  Daughter of Joseph L & Sarah (HUMPHREYS) SNYDER.

“Mother”

7142

NC

28

455

Henderson

Manuel

1905

7 Dec 1971

Husband of Martha HENDERSON.

2889

SW

17

592

Henderson

Margaret

--

Jul 1919

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

11

545

Henderson

Martha

1919

1992

Wife of Manuel HENDERSON.

2889

SW

17

592

Hendricks

Mary A

1855

23 Oct 1918

--

7405

NW

10

539

Hendrickson

Anna

1896

1974

--

0789

ESE

26

90

Henry

Christine R

21 Jul 1923

25 May 2017

nee AKERS.  Wife of Russell R HENRY. 

Daughter of George A & Missie Mae (MORGAN) AKERS. 

(Click here to view obituary.)

2988

SW

21

696

Henry

Dora B

1876

1957

--

0142

ESE

5

668

Henry

Maude L

1912

1978

--

0141

ESE

5

668

Henry

Richard Earl

10 Jan 1938

1 Dec 1999

(Note:  From obituary.)

NSF

 

 

?

Henry

Russell R

16 Oct 1914

20 Jun 1991

Husband of Christine R (AKERS) HENRY.

SC1, US Coast Guard, WW II.


2988

2989

SW

21

696

Hensley

Della Mae

17 Apr 1878

18 Feb 1971

--

0415

ESE

14

676

Herman

Elizabeth

8 Dec 1873

18 Jul 1951

Wife of William V HERMAN.

“Mother”

2414

SC

22

410

Herman

Infant

--

Feb 1921

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

20

606

Herman

Malcom B

29 Jun 1906

11 Jul 1906

--

1830

N*

2

571

Herman

William V

6 May 1867

31 Dec 1940

Husband of Elizabeth HERMAN.

“Father”

2414

SC

22

410

Herrin

Nova E

1903

13 Jan 1991

Wife of William O HERRIN.

0424

ESE

15

677

Herrin

William O

1898

1970

Husband of Nova E HERRIN.

Pvt., 23rd Trench Mortar Bn., WW I.


0424

ESE

15

677

Herring

James F

25 Jul 1945

--

Husband of Susan J HERRING.

2012

SC

6

272

Herring

Susan J

12 Aug 1949

--

Wife of James F HERRING.

2012

SC

6

272

Herrington

Balina

--

29 Apr 1903

Daughther of W A Herrington.

Age 1 year.

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

SNF

ESE

10

20

Herriot

Alice E

--

16 Jan 1890

nee EPPERSON.  Wife of Robert HERRIOT.  Married 10 Nov 1881.  Daughter of James S S & Caroline (BOREN) EPPERSON.

Aged:  36 Y’S. 2 M’S. 17 D.

“Mother”

1485

1486

1501

ENE

22

144

Herriot

Rettie V

1866

1925

--

1499

ENE

22

144

Herriot

Robert

1848

1923

Husband of Alice E (EPPERSON) HERRIOT.  Married 10 Nov 1881.

1502

ENE

22

144

Hester

Evangeline P Bryant

1914

24 Jun 1991

nee LASHBROOK.  Daughter of Clarence & Evaline A “Eva” (STOOPS) LASHBROOK.

7318

NW

7

515

Heston

Evadine R

1893

1984

nee NOBLE.  Wife of Joseph S HESTON.  Married 14 Oct 1914.  Daughter of E E & Mary (LIGHTFOOT) NOBLE.

2342

SC

19

402

Heston

Infant

27 Jul 1915

27 Jul 1915

Infant of Joseph S & Evadine R (NOBLE) HESTON.

“Stillborn”

2343

SC

19

402

Heston

Joseph S

1894

1975

Husband of Evadine R (NOBLE) HESTON.  Married 14 Oct 1914.  Son of Samuel F & Sadie (GRACE) HESTON.

2342

SC

19

402

Heston

Joseph S “Joe”

17 Mar 1830

25 Jul 1911

Husband of Margaret Ann “Peggy” (WALLIS) HESTON.  Married 17 Mar 1864.

“Father”

(Note:  Surname also shown as “Huston” in GCHS publication.)

2093

2140

SC

10

322

Heston

Margaret Ann “Peggy”

15 Oct 1838

17 May 1906

nee WALLIS.  Wife of Joseph S HESTON.  Married 17 Mar 1864.

“Mother”

“Organic heart disease”

2093

SC

10

322

Heston

Mary Maud

31 Oct 1864

4 Nov 1898

Daughter of Joseph S & Margaret Ann “Peggy” (WALLIS) HESTON.

2093

2142

SC

10

322

Hetzler

Amanda Etta

1879

1951

Wife of Joseph Will YOUNG, 1st; and ? HETZLER, 2nd.

“Mother”

6839

NC

17

388

Heubner

Elizabeth R

1884

1955

Wife of Jesse E HEUBNER.

6522

NC

3

296

Heubner

Jesse E

1884

1959

Husband of Elizabeth R HEUBNER.

6523

NC

3

296

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