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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.

Snow

Eugene V

10 May 1916

6 Sep 1992

Husband of Mildred M (YAGER) SNOW. 

Married 14 Nov 1942

Son of Harley & Maggie SNOW

Pfc., US Army, WW II.


6276


SW1

4

5

Snow

Mildred M

15 Nov 1920

18 Jun 1996

nee YAGER.  Wife of Eugene V SNOW.  Married 14 Nov 1942.

6276

SW1

4

5

Snow

Sophronia B

1833

9 Jul 1909

Wife of James W PATTERSON, 1st, and William H SNOW, 2nd, married 30 Dec 1880.

“Blood poison”

6541

NC

4

299

Snow

William H

1843

1893

Second husband of Sophronia B PATTERSON SNOW.  Married 30 Dec 1880.

(Note:  Also, on monument of James W & Sophronia B PATTERSON.)

Musician, Co. E, 80th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Enlisted 4 Sep 1862.  Mustered out 22 Jun 1865 at Salisbury, NC.


6543

6541

NC

4

299

Snyder

Caroline G

24 Dec 1821

5 Nov 1886

“Mother”

“Diabetes & ?”

1630

ENE

27

138

Snyder

E Charles

3 Mar 1912

30 Jan 1914

Son of C H & D G SNYDER.

7298

NW

6

506

Snyder

Hester M

1886

1968

Wife of Perry M SNYDER.

0422

ESE

15

677

Snyder

Perry M

1890

1965

Husband of Hester M SNYDER.

0422

ESE

15

677

Soller

Elizabeth

--

Aug 1931

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

 

 

268

Soller

Fred W

1867

1894

Son of Henry & Fredericka SOLLER.

1952

SC

4

268

Soller

Fredericka

1839

1909

Wife of Henry SOLLER (former Mayor of the City of Princeton).

1950

SC

4

268

Soller

Harry

1878

1925

Son of Henry & Fredericka SOLLER.

1951

SC

4

268

Soller

Helena

1875

1970

Daughter of Henry & Fredericka (SEBODA) SOLLER.

1922

SC

3

268

Soller

Henry P.

1832

18 May 1908

Husband of Fredericka SOLLER.

“Dilatations of Heart”

“S W Corner of the Lot



4th Mayor of the City of Princeton, 1890-1894

1949

Courtesy of the Princeton Mayor's Office

SC

4

268

Soller

Wilhelmina

1861

1940

Daughter of Henry & Fredericka SOLLER.

1953

SC

4

268

Sollman

Charles F

1870

1943

Husband of Lillian M SOLLMAN.

1180

ENE

9

128

Sollman

Edwin A

--

19 Aug 1901

Son of Henry F & Minnie C SOLLMAN.

Age:  9 years.

“Organic discord”

(Note:  Date of death from cemetery and County Death records.)

1178

ENE

9

128

Sollman

Ella M

1877

1954

Wife of Henry F SOLLMAN.

6628

NC

8

312

Sollman

Henry F

1863

1932

Husband of Ella M SOLLMAN.

6628

NC

8

312

Sollman

Lillian M

1873

17 Apr 1914

Wife of Charles F SOLLMAN.

1179

ENE

9

128

Sollman

Minnie C

1867

10 Nov 1917

Wife of Henry F SOLLMAN.

1177

ENE

9

128

Solomon

Leon H

30 Jan 1916

6 Jul 1917

“Our Baby”

6432

W

2

623

Spain - Schmicker

Fern Marie

3 Apr 1889

18 Sep 1972

nee BINKLEY.  Wife of George Jerauld SPAIN, 1st; and third wife of Alfred Franklin SCHMICKER, 2nd.


Daughter of Samuel W & Mary Catherine (SIMPSON) BINKLEY.

1450

ENE

20

116

Spain

George Jerauld

21 Mar 1890

11 Oct 1938

First husband of Fern Marie (BINKLEY) SPAIN SCHMICKER. 


Son of Clark & Ella (STUCKEY) SPAIN.

1450

ENE

20

116

Speak

Estel L

1904

1969

--

2939

SW

19

612

Spencer

?

--

--

Illegible

1948

SC

4

269

Spencer

Eddie H

13 May 1889

15 Aug 1890

Son of John E & Laura A SPENCER.

0779

ESE

25

84

Spencer

Ella S

--

23 Apr 1878

Aged: 1 yr. 3 ms. 5 ds.

(Note:  Given name from cemetery records.)

0781

ESE

24

84

Spencer

John E

abt 1843

17 Oct 1904

Husband of Laura A SPENCER.

Q M Sgt., Co. F, 4th Reg., Indiana Cavalry.


(Note:  Date of death from county health records, Book CH-30:18)

0776

ESE

25

84

Spencer

Laura A

26 Mar 1849

15 Sep 1926

Wife of John E SPENCER.

0775

ESE

25

84

Spencer

Mary

1811

31 Jan 1901

nee McGARY.  Wife of James SPENCER.

“La Grippe”

1947

SC

4

269

Spencer

Mary Catherine

7 Nov 1871

30 Oct 1956

--

1648

ENE

28

139

Spencer

Mildred

--

10 Oct 1996

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

ESE

17

679

Spencer

Sophrona

1858

1945

--

7409

NW

11

544

Spillman

Mildred

1906

1970

--

0068

ESE

2

665

Spillman

Neff

1885

1965

--

0067

ESE

2

665

Spilman

Albert S

1866

1916

Husband of Mary (HOLLERBAUTH) SPILMAN.  Married 23 Dec 1893.

6646

NC

9

328

Spilman

Hellen D

1843

1924

Wife of William S SPILLMAN.

6649

NC

9

328

Spilman

William S

1838

29 Mar 1907

Husband of Hellen D SPILLMAN. 

Cpl., Co. G, 1st Reg. Indiana Cavalry.



6649

NC

9

328

Spore

Charles Arthur

28 Mar 1936

14 May 2009

Husband of Elizabeth Ann SPORE.

US Army.

(Click here to view obituary.)

0795

ESE

26

3-g

Spore

Elizabeth Ann

27 May 1936

22 Mar 1999

nee WILSON.  Wife of Charles Arthur SPORE. 


Daughter of Burles & Marjorie (RIGGS) WILSON.

0795

ESE

26

3-g

Spore

Linda A

14 Oct 1946

8 Apr 1996

nee BAKER.  Wife of William J SPORE. 


Daughter of Albert "Shorty" & Mayme (STEWART) BAKER.

0705

ESE

23

77

Spore

Mary E Norman

8 Nov 1852

18 Nov 1940

nee NORMAN.   Wife of William SPORE. 

Married 15 Oct 1884. 

Daughter of Alexander & Margaret A NORMAN.

6569

6572

NC

6

301

Spore

William H

25 Mar 1842

21 Jan 1932

Husband of Mary SPORE.


Married
24 Jun 1868

Son of Jacob & Nancy (WADE) SPORE.

Pvt., Co. E, 80th Reg. Indiana Infantry.



(Click here to view obituary.)

2683

SW

7

520

Spore

William J

15 Dec 1949

--

Husband of Linda A (BAKER) SPORE.

0705

ESE

23

77

Spratt

Lilliam Lucille

6 Nov 1917

24 Nov 1917

22 Mar 1927

Daughter of Bailey & Lulu M (MARTIN) Spratt.


(Note:  From Certificate of Death and cemetery records.  Birth Certificate has different date.)

NSF

NW

11

547

Spray

Rueben

9 Oct 1899

4 Dec 1918

Son of Samuel & Lelliah (BAILEY) SPRAY.


Age:  19 years.

(Note:  From cemetery and health department records.)

NSF

NW

19

604

Springer

Flora

9 Jul 1865

19 Feb 1944

nee MASSEY.  Wife of Lawrence WHEELER, 1st, married 11 Nov 1897 in Posey County, Indiana; and Victor L SPRINGER, 2nd, married abt 1908.   Daughter of John B & Julia A (KIRKPATRICK) MASSEY. 


(See also:  Wheeler, Flora.)

1640

ENE

28

108

Sprowl

George Kermit

16 Jul 1902

6 Nov 1902

Son of George Nelson & Nellie E (RUBLE) SPROWL.  

Age:  3 months 20 days.

"Little Kermit"

(Note:  From Certificate of Death and cemetery records.)

2184

SC

12

343

Sprowl

George N

1872

1951

Son of James A & Martha L (CROW) SPROWL.

2185

SC

12

343

Sprowl

Iris Emelin S

13 Jul 1890

1986

nee SPILLER.  Wife of J Arch SPROWL.  Married 14 Aug 1917 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.

2160

2159

SC

11

343

Sprowl

J Arch

24 Feb 1884

1965

Husband of Iris Emelin S (SPILLER) SPROWL.  Married 14 Aug 1917 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.

2161

2159

SC

11

343

Sprowl

James A

1840

1916

Husband of Martha L (CROW) SPROWL.

Married 17 Oct 1867.

Cpl., Co. B, 58th Reg. Indiana Infantry & 143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry


2182

--

SC

12

343

Sprowl

Martha L

1850

1938

nee CROW.  Wife of James A SPROWL.


Married
17 Oct 1867.

2183

SC

12

343

Sprowl

Nellie R

1879

1961

Daughter of James A & Martha L (CROW) SPROWL.

2186

SC

12

343

Spurlock

Eliza

1858

1956

Wife of William B SPURLOCK.

2247

SC

15

372

Spurlock

William B

1857

1932

Husband of Eliza SPURLOCK.

2247

SC

15

372

St. Clair

Claude M

--

1 Aug 1916

Age:  40 years.

(Note:  From cemetery and health department records.)

NSF

NWn

1

600

Staley

Infant

--

21 Jul 2003

Infant child of Dennis & Gina STALEY, II.

1053

ENE

2

224

Stanfield

Arthur O

1880

1 Jan 1911

Husband of Christena (COLLINS) STANFIELD.  Married 27 Apr 1909.

2447

SC

23

436

Stanfield

Christena

1880

24 Oct 1911

nee COLLINS.  Wife of Arthur O STANFIELD.  Married 27 Apr 1909.

2447

SC

23

436

Stanfield

James W

1852

1946

Husband of Mary A (WEBBER) STANFIELD.  Married 18 Dec 1879.

7323

NW

7

516

Stanfield

Mary A

1861

1938

nee WEBBER.  Wife of James W STANFIELD.  Married 18 Dec 1879.

7323

NW

7

516

Stanger

Robert

--

Mar 1927

Infant.

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

18

597

Statton

Mary Louise

--

--

--

7544

NW

17b

596

Stearns

Nell Heubner

1887

10 Jan 1972

nee HEUBNER.

6524

NC

3

296

Steele

Aubrey

1900

Apr 1918

Daughter of Millard W & Sadie E (SHOULDERS) STEELE.

6823

NC

16

364

Steele

Callie E

1897

1930

“Mother”

2701

SW

8

524

Steele

Charles A

1872

1949

Husband of Nellie C STEELE.

0685

ESE

22

72

Steele

Clifford A

1898

1973

Husband of Isabel (MILBURN) STEELE.

0683

ESE

22

72

Steele

Isabel Milburn

1899

1980

nee MILBURN.  Wife of Clifford A STEELE.

0682

ESE

22

72

Steele

Millard W

28 Jun 1877

17 Sep 1944

Husband of Sadie E (SHOULDERS)  STEELE.

6824

NC

16

364

Steele

Nellie C

1874

1952

Wife of Charles A STEELE.

0684

ESE

22

72

Steele

Sadie E

30 Mar 1880

25 Jul 1964

nee SHOULDERS.  Wife of Millard W STEELE.

6824

NC

16

364

Steelman

Fannie Jane

6 Dec 1859

22 Aug 1927

nee McFetridge.  Wife of Henry Raymond STEELMAN.


Married:  6 Nov 1889.


Daughter of John G  & Cynthia C (HARGROVE) McFETRIDGE.

(Note:  Originally from cemetery records.  Updated from Certificate of Death on 24 Nov 2018.)

NSF

ESE

28

96

Steelman

Elizabeth

2 Mar 1825

7 May 1879

Wife of John W STEELMAN.

Aged:  54 yrs. 2 ms. 5 ds.

0835

ESE

28

96

Steelman

Hannah N

2 Apr 1829

30 Mar 1881

Wife of John W STEELMAN.

Aged:  51 yrs. 11 mos 3 ds.

0837

0876

ESE

28

96

Steelman

John W

27 Mar 1821

30 Mar 1888

Husband of Elizabeth STEELMAN, 1st; and Hannah N STEELMAN, 2nd.

Aged 67 yrs. 3 ds.

“Father”

0838

0875

ESE

28

96

Stegner

Bobby Joe

15 Feb 1927

27 Mar 1927

Son of Arnold & Mellie STEGNER.

7552

NW

18

596

Stegner

Simon

--

2 Apr 1910

Age:  72 years.

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

SC

19

406

Steiner

Elisabeth

18 Dec 1832

3 Dec 1896

Wife of Jacob STEINER.  Married 23 May 1869.

“Mother”

“Born:  Bosenheil Kiris Binnengrosherzof Thum Hessen Germany

2120

2121

2123

SC

10

318

Steiner

Frank L

5 Jul 1898

16 Dec 1986

Husband of Reatha M STEINER.

6859

NC

18

385

Steiner

Jacob

6 Apr 1828

9 Oct 1904

Husband of Elisabeth STEINER.  Married 23 May 1869.

“Father”

“Born:  Aberstinfeld Oberamk Marbuch Konigrtich Wurtenberg”

Pvt., Co. B, 58th Reg. Indiana Infantry.



2122

2121

2124

SC

10

318

Steiner

Margaret Dean “Maggie”

1876

1957

nee CREAMER.  Wife of William STEINER.  Married 30 Jun 1897.  Daughter of James CREAMER.

2126

SC

10

318

Steiner

Reatha M

31 Jan 1898

25 Nov 1971

Wife of Frank L STEINER.

6859

NC

18

385

Steiner

Russell

1903

1905

--

2125

SC

10

318

Steiner

William

1872

1945

Husband of Margaret Dean “Maggie” (CREAMER) STEINER.  Married 30 Jun 1897.  Son of Jacob & Elisabeth STEINER.

2126

SC

10

318

Steinert

Ethel D

1896

26 May 1987

Wife of William STEINERT, Sr.

2752

SW

10

531

Steinert

William, Sr.

1899

17 Feb 1983

Husband of Ethel D STEINERT.

Pvt., US Army, WW I.


2752

SW

10

531

Stephenson

Alta B

1888

1962

Wife of Thomas M STEPHENSON.

0047

ESE

2

653

Stephenson

Margaret Lee

15 Feb 1920

6 Oct 2008

Daughter of Thom. & Alta STEPENSON.

0677

ESE

22

71

Stephenson

Thomas M

1871

1947

Husband of Alta B STEPHENSON.

0047

ESE

2

653

Sterne

Margorie E

27 Aug 1856

10 Dec 1896

Wife of George STERNE.

“Consumption”

(Note:  Stone is now almost illegible.)

1899

SC

2

260

Sterns

Charles A

1871

1916

--

7203

NW

1

478

Stevens

Agnes F

18 Dec 1913

25 May 1992

nee TRUSTY.  Wife of Martin B STEVENS.

7093

NC

26

447

Stevens

Dorothea M

31 Oct 1919

5 Sep 1990

nee SMITH.  Daughter of Gilbert F & Hester SMITH.

2644

SW

5

503

Stevens

James C

14 Aug 1910

22 Feb 1976

First husband of Marilyne Collene STEVENS STEWART.  Married 20 Jun 1948.

Sgt., US Army, WW II.


0477

0478

ESE

16

678

Stevens

Martin B

24 Jun 1907

29 Mar 1998

Husband of Agnes F (TRUSTY) STEVENS.

7093

NC

26

447

Stevens

Missouri

--

Jan 1945

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

NSF

NW

17

595

Stevens

Murel W

2 Dec 1944

16 Feb 1967

Son of Martin B & Agnes F (TRUSTY) STEVENS.

7094

NC

26

447

Stevens

Robert E

1849

1938

--

2661

SW

5

497

Stewart

Hattie N

18 Oct 1874

23 Apr 1953

nee CRAWFORD.  Wife of John Fletcher STEWART.  Married 23 Oct 1901.

6842

NC

17

386

Stewart

Jessie

1871

3 Jul 1944

(Note:  On same stone as Mary COVEY.)

1960

SC

4

266

Stewart

John A

--

31 Dec 1903

Husband of Eliza STEWART.

“Consumption”

(Note:  From cemetery records.)

(Note:  Cemetery and county health records give date of death as 31 Dec 1902, age 50 years.)

NSF

N*

1

481

Stewart

John Fletcher

30 Jul 1871

14 Feb 1911

Husband of Hattie N (CRAWFORD) STEWART.  Married 23 Oct 1901.

“Father”

6842

6843

NC

17

386

Stewart

John Logan

20 Aug 1948

4 Jul 2000

Second husband of Marilyne Collene (CARGAL) STEVENS STEWART.  Married 16 Sep 1977.

“Born in Hamilton, Scotland

0475

0476

ESE

16

678

Stewart

Marilyne Collene

8 Aug 1929

3 Aug 2004

nee CARGAL.  Wife of James C STEVENS, 1st, married 20 Jun 1948; and John Logan STEWART, 2nd, married 16 Sep 1977.

0477

ESE

16

678

Stewart

Miletus F

1865

1925

Husband of Minnie (MYRICK) STEWART.  Married 21 Dec 1893.  Son of John M & Emma A (MITCHELL) STEWART.

6860

NC

18

386

Stewart

Minnie

1866

1948

nee MYRICK.  Wife of Miletus F STEWART.  Married 21 Dec 1893.  Daughter of Richard & Margaret (DAUGHERTY) MYRICK.

6861

NC

18

386

Stewart

Peggie J

30 May 1948

2 Aug 2006

Wife of Jack A SHERMAN, 1st, married 10 Feb 1968; and ? STEWART, 2nd.

“Parents of:  Brenda Denise”

(Click here to view obituary.)

(Note:  See also Sherman, Peggie J.)

6411

6412

SW2

5

30

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