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Old St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery

Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.3644 N; Longitude, -87.5507 W
Congressional Location:	SE-1/4; SW-1/4; SECTION 5; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	Located on the east side of Carithers Road, about 700 feet north of the intersection with Tafttown Road (CR 50N. (Remaining markers are about 250 feet east of the road.) NOTE: As of 2013 all remaining monuments have been relocated to the New St. Joseph Cemetery!
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The following list is based on interment and transcription records originally made by John Henneberger, updated by Daniel L Elliott, 15 Oct 2010. It is an attempt to show all known graves, using several different sources. There may be other graves which are 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 t us know.

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes & Inscriptions	Photo# Photo	Sect- Ion	Row
Allgeyer	Theresa	--	4 Jun 1882	Aged 82 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Anderson	Charles	--	1 Jan 1881	Aged 1 ½ mos. (Twin)	4892	N/A	N/A
Anderson	Jacob	--	1 Jan 1881	Aged 1 ½ mos. (Twin)	4892	N/A	N/A
Andre	Infant	--	10 Dec 1901	Stillborn. Child of Mr. & Mrs. Frank ANDRE	4892	N/A	N/A
Baxter	John	--	7 Oct 1899	Aged 73 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Biel	John Charles	--	2 Jun 1888	Son of John & Catherine (MEUSERI BIEL. Aged 4 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Brooks	Catharine	5 May 1821	19 Jun 1894	Aged 73 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1814	N/A	N/A
Brooks	Clara Elisabeth	6 Sep 1879	13 Jun 1880	Aged 7 mos. (Daughter of Benjamin & Josephine BROOKS)	4892	N/A	N/A
Brooks	Josephine	1850	3 Jun 1880	nee BEISERT. Wife of Benjamin BROOKS.	4892	N/A	N/A
Brooks	Margaret	6 May 1880	24 Dec 1893	Daughter of Jacob & Elizabeth (HENNEBERGER) BROOKS.	4892	N/A	N/A
Burns	Helena	--	8 Jun 1883	Aged 50 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Burns	James	--	10 Jan 1884	--	4892	N/A	N/A
Christian	Charles	--	25 Sep 1899	Aged 75 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1586	N/A	N/A
Curran	Daniel	--	13 Sep 1896	Aged 29 Years. 3 months. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1504	N/A	N/A
Donahue or Donahughe	Charles	2 Apr 1880	2 Feb 1882	Son of Hugh & Joan DONAHUE	4892	N/A	N/A
Dodd	Charles H	15 Nov 1900	15 Nov 1900	Stillborn.	4892	N/A	N/A
Donahue	Patrick	--	(Jan 1893)	Aged 24 yrs. Buried 8 Jan 1893.	4892	N/A	N/A
Effinger	Francis	6 Aug 1888	6 Mar 1890	Grandson of Matthias & Julia EFFINGER. (Note: This monument is now relocated to New St. Joseph Cemetery, behind the large cross at the south end of the cemetery.)	4896 3699	N/A	N/A
Effinger	Juliana	14 Feb 1832	25 Jun 1900	Wife of Matthias EFFINGER. (Note: This monument is now relocated to New St. Joseph Cemetery, behind the large cross at the south end of the cemetery.)	48933699	N/A	N/A
Effinger	Matthias	--	1 Jan 1894	Husband of Julia EFFINGER. Aged 61 Yrs. 10 Ms. 21 Days. (Note: This monument is now relocated to New St. Joseph Cemetery, behind the large cross at the south end of the cemetery.)	4894 3699	N/A	N/A
Fanning	Catherine	--	8 Dec 1882	Aged 50 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1623	N/A	N/A
Fanning	James	--	10 Aug 1891	Aged 58 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1622	N/A	N/A
Fanning	Patrick	--	10 Jul 1881	Aged 42 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1716	N/A	N/A
Fuhs	Edward	16 Mar 1878	9 Dec 1900	"Gone to a bright ____, where grief cannot come" (Note: This monument is now relocated to New St. Joseph Cemetery, behind the large cross at the south end of the cemetery.)	4900 3699	N/A	N/A
Golden	Barbara	--	15 Apr 1890	Age 33 years. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1841 N1843	N/A	N/A
Golden	Patrick	--	(Feb 1887)	Infant (No marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	4892	N/A	N/A
Gordon	Ann	--	16 Mar 1884	Wife of Robert GORDON. Aged 45 Years. (Note: This monument is now relocated to New St. Joseph Cemetery, behind the large cross at the south end of the cemetery.)	4897 3699	N/A	N/A
Gordon	Robert	--	16 Mar 1881	Husband of Ann GORDON. Aged 45 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Halleran	Owen	--	--	Aged 70 yrs. (Note: This monument is now relocated to New St. Joseph Cemetery, behind the large cross at the south end of the cemetery.)	4902 3699	N/A	N/A
Harrington	Catherine	--	?? Dec 1895	Aged 87 yrs. Buried 2 Jan 1896.	4892	N/A	N/A
Henneberger	Catherine Lucy	20 Jun 1881	26 Aug 1881	Aged 2 mos. (Stone was moved to new St. Joseph Cemetery)	N1820 N1822	N/A	N/A
Hughes	Patrick	1805	18 Jun 1885	Aged 80 Yrs. “Born in Annagh P. H. of Tynan. Co. of Armah Ireland” (Moved to the new cemetery) (Note: Newer small stone has different date of death and is in Row 2.)	N1838 N1872
Johnson	Daniel	--	--	Cemetery records indicate he was move to the new cemetery. No headstone found or location specified.	No headstone found.
Junker	Rose	1880	30 Jan 1900	Aged 19 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1713	N/A	N/A
Keimer	Catherine	--	1 Jan 1898	Aged 27 yrs	4892	N/A	N/A
Keimer	Christina	--	14 Aug 1893	Aged 62 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1562	N/A	N/A
Keimer	Ella Jesse	2 Sep 1895*	14 Apr 1896*	(Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery) *Old cemetery records in dicate a death dare of 10 Apr 1896, Aged 4 months, 22 days.	N1559	N/A	N/A
Keimer	Thaddeus	1828	3 Mar 1901	Aged 72 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1561	N/A	N/A
Kiefer	Catherine	--	18 Aug 1899	Aged 76 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Kiefer	Jacob	--	1 Jul 1885	Aged 60 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Kramer	Charles	--	?? Feb 1899	Buried 27 Feb 1899.	4892	N/A	N/A
Lancaster	John	--	6 Mar 1883	Aged 22 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
LeBale	Catharine		25 Dec 1883	Aged 67 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
LeMay	Eva	--	19 May 1896	Aged 1 yr. 8 mos. (Originally interred here and afterward re-interred at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery in 1919)	N1652	N/A	N/A
LeMay	Thomas Edgar	--	26 Mar 1897	Aged 1 mo. 28 dys. (Originally interred here and afterward re-interred at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery in 1919)	N1652	N/A	N/A
Linan	Michael	--	22 Aug 1881	Aged 13 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Martin	James	--	2 Oct 1880	Aged 51 yrs .(Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1747 N1748	N/A	N/A
Martin	Mary	1821	25 Aug 1900	Aged 79 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1749	N/A	N/A
McDevitt	Daniel	--	18 Jul 1898	Aged 27 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
McDevitt	James	--	5 Oct 1889	Aged 49 yrs. (Note: This monument is now relocated to New St. Joseph Cemetery, behind the large cross at the south end of the cemetery.)	4899 3699	N/A	N/A
McGowan	Margaret Stella "Marguerite Elizabeth Stella"	1896	21 Aug 1898	Aged 1 yr. 4 mos. (Originally interred here and afterward re-interred at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N1595	N/A	N/A
Moratta	Francis Lester	20 May 1896	10 Jan 1897	Son of Michael & Mary Fraesend (O'NEILL) MORATTA., Died of pneumonia. (Originally interred at the Old Saint Josephs Cemetery marker currently located at this cemetery)	N1554	N/A	N/A
Oswald	John	--	16 Nov 1890	Aged 59 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Peters	Barbara Rosa Louisa	--	26 Mar 1899	Aged 10 weeks.	4892	N/A	N/A
Reinhart	Francis	--	(Jul 1888)	Aged 37 yrs. Buried 26 Jul 1888.	4892	N/A	N/A
Smith	Mary Elizabeh	15 Jul 1822	26 Nov 1899	nee FIELDS. Wife of Mathew MORATTA, 1st, married 19 Apr 1841 in Martin County, Indiana. Aged 77 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery. See more complete information there.)	N1552	N/A	N/A
Spencer	Mary	--	31 Jan 1901	Aged 89 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Stadtler	Clara	--	1 Sep 1897	Aged 78 yrs.	4892	N/A	N/A
Vollmer	Henry Thaddaus	1886	14 Feb 1895	Aged 8 ½ yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N2343	N/A	N/A
Vollmer	Mary C	--	6 Dec 1901	Aged 38 yrs. (Marker is at the New Saint Josephs Cemetery)	N2338 N2342	N/A	N/A
Ziliak	Oscar Francis	--	4 Sep 1900	Aged 7 weeks.	4892	N/A	N/A
Ziliak	Viola Mary	--	22 Apr 1902	Age 1 day.	4892	N/A	N/A

Sections and Rows.
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Inscription on Memorial monument reads: "This is the site of the first St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Dedicated in 1879. Last burial in 1902.
"To honor the memory of those buried here, many of whom are known only to God. May they rest in peace."

3700 (NOW AT THE NEW ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY.)

3699 (AFTER REMOVAL TO NEW ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY.)

4891 All remaining stones have been reset, at east side of cemetery. (NOW AT THE NEW ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY.)
4904 View of remaing stone from driveway. (BEFORE REMOVAL TO NEW ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY.)

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Old St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery

Patoka Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Located on the east side of Carithers Road, about 700 feet north of the intersection with Tafttown Road (CR 50N. (Remaining markers are about 250 feet east of the road.) NOTE: As of 2013 all remaining monuments have been relocated to the New St. Joseph Cemetery!