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Walnut Hill Cemetery

(Also known as Genung Cemetery)

Union Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.2700; Longitude, -87.5748
Congressional Location:	SW-1/4; NW-1/4; SECTION 7; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	Located on the east side of County Road 50W, about 0.2 mile north of the intersection with County Road 600S; about 1.25 miles north of Fort Branch.
Last updated	19 Oct 2020

The following list is an attempt to show all known graves using photographs, and other sources. Additions and corrections are appreciated. There may be other graves which are unknown due to missing 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.

� 2010-2020 Daniel L Elliott

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes and Inscriptions	Photo# Photo	Sect- ion	Row
Buck	Catherine	20 Jan 1900	11 Nov 1970	nee KRUSE. Wife of Walter H BUCK. Married 18 Sep 1919. Daughter of Louis & Mary KRUSE. “Mother”	7071	1282	SA-21
Buck	Walter H "Shorty"	17 Jun 1894	4 Apr 1966	Husband of Catherine (KRUSE) BUCK. Married 18 Sep 1919. Son of Gottlieb & Justine (SCHOLZ) BUCK. “Father” Indiana, Pvt. Hq. Btry, 24^th Field Arty., WW I.	7071 7072	1282	SA-21
Buesking	Anna Madge	1899	Oct 1972	Daughter of Henry C & Flora B (BAYER) BUESKING. Buried: 23 Oct 1972.	5649	834	S-14
Buesking	Flora B	1880	Jun 1963	nee BAYER. Wife of Henry Chris BUESKING. Married 8 Sep 1897. Daughter of L & Mary BAYER. Buried: 16 Jun 1963	5650	834	S-14
Buesking	Henry Chris	1876	Feb 1954	Husband of Flora B (BAYER) BUESKING. Married 8 Sep 1897. Son of Henry BUESKING. Buried: 11 Feb 1954.	5650	834	S-14
Bump	Charles Gordon “Chod”	16 Aug 1920	13 Aug 1992	Husband of Florence E (THOMPSON) BUMP. Married 27 May 1939. S1, US Navy, WW II.	1038 7064	1520	SA-19
Bump	Florence E	16 May 1921	27 Mar 2012	nee THOMPSON. Wife of Charles Gordon “Chod” BUMP. Married 27 May 1939. Daughter of Berna & Velma (HUME) THOMPSON. (Click here to view obituary.)	1038	1520	SA-19
Bump	Larry G	24 Oct 1942	--	Son of Charles Gordon "Chod" & Florence E (THOMPSON) BUMP.	039	1520	SA-19
Burger	Jacob J	1873	Nov 1932	Husband of Matilda A BURGER. Buried: 8 Nov 1932.	5488	879	S-7
Burger	Matilda A	1887	Dec 1960	Wife of Jacob J BURGER. Buried: 24 Dec 1960	5489	879	S-7
Burk	A Jewel	25 Sep 1903	28 Jul 1975	nee JEFFRIES. Wife of Otto N BURK.	4597	28	N-35
Burk	Dickey Ray	11 Apr 1943	11 Apr 1943	Infant son (stillborn) of Otto N & A Jewel (JEFFRIES) BURK. (From Health Dept: Book H-5:92)	No headstone found.	28	N-5
Burk	Elizabeth	--	27 Jul 1890	nee DAVIS. Wife of James S BURK. Married 27 Apr 1881. Daughter of Samuel H & Mary J DAVIS. Aged 27 yrs. 6 mos. (Stone is now mostly illegible.)	6702	10	S-57
Burk	Evans Spencer	15 Oct 1850	20 Dec 1948	Husband of Lenora E (NEWTON) BURK. Married 25 Dec 1879. Son of William Burk(e) (Click here to view obituary.)	No headstone found.	81	N-58
Burk	Infant	--	Jun 1925	Son of Otto N "Ott" & A Jewel (JEFFRIES) BURK. Buried: 6 Jun 1925.	No headstone found.	150	N-60
Burk	Johanna E	4 Sep 1912	24 May 1987	nee KLAUSMEIER. Wife of John Clifford BURK.	5491	879	S-7
Burk	John Clifford	22 Dec 1908	12 Feb 1991	Husband of Johanna E (KLASUMEIER) BURK. WW II .	5490	879	S-7
Burk	Lenora E	14 Feb 1863	16 Dec 1927	nee NEWTON. Wife of Evans Spencer BURK. Married 25 Dec 1879. Note: 1900 census reports her birth as “Feb 1861.”	5163	81	N-58
Burk	Otto N "Ott"	20 Jun 1894	31 Dec 1976	Husband of A Jewel (JEFFRIES) BURK. Son of Evans Spencer & Lenora E (NEWTON) BURK. Cook, US Army, WW I.	4597 4598	28	N-35
Burke	James W	4 Jan 1888	15 Feb 1936	Husband of Mary M (CONNOR) BURKE. Married 1 Sep 1909. Son of Evans & Lenora BURKE. Buried: 17 Feb 1936.	5028	10	N-53
Burke	Mary M "Maggie"	30 May 1888	2 Oct 1982	nee COONER. Wife of James W BURKE. Married 1 Sep 1909. Daughter of Marion & Roxanne CONNOR.	5028	10	N-53
Burrucker	Mary E	--	26 Dec 1869	nee WAGNER or WAGONER. First wife of John W BURRUCKER. Married 22 Mar 1866.	4707	282	N-40
Burrucker	Mary E	27 Dec 1868	28 Dec 1938	Daughter of John W & Mary E (WAGONER) BURRUCKER..	4709	282	N-40
Burton	Floyd N "Parker"	16 Dec 1898	1 Dec 1972	Son of Ronald C & Nina J BURTON.	5384	969	S-3
Burton	Lester V	18 May 1896	7 Jul 1978	Husband of Mineta L (LANGFORD) BURTON. Married 10 Jul 1918. Sgt., US Army, WW I.	5424 5423	970	S-4
Burton	Mildred E	14 Mar 1904	5 Jan 1979	Wife of Roy W "Doc" BURTON.	5335 5294	964	SW-1
Burton	Mineta L	19 Nov 1900	3 Feb 1982	nee LANGFORD. Wife of Lester V BURTON. Married 10 Jul 1918.	5425	970	S-4
Burton	Nancy E “Nannie”	1857	Jun 1944	nee WILSON. Wife of Albert BURTON. Married 2 Sep 1875. Buried: 27 Jun 1944.	5560	798	S-10
Burton	Nina J	1875	Jul 1947	nee WILLIAMS. Wife of Ronald C BURTON. Married: 8 May 1895. Daughter of Sam & Sue (STENGARS) WILLIAMS. Buried: 24 Jul 1947.	5385	969	S-3
Burton	Nolan Carvel	1926	May 1939	Son of Lester V & Mineta L (LANGFORD) BURTON. Buried: 10 May 1939.	5426	970	S-4
Burton	Ronald C	1872	Apr 1960	Husband of Nina J (WLLIAMS) BURTON. Married: 8 May 1895. Son of George T & Nancy (GESER) BURTON. Buried: 8 Apr 1960.	5386	969	S-3
Burton	Roy W "Doc"	17 Jun 1900	8 Jan 1965	Husband of Mildred E BURTON.	5334 5294	964	SW-1
Bush	James Woodrow	5 Oct 1913	2 Jan 2009	Husband of Mary Josephine (WILHITE) BUSH. Son of William Orville & Brittie Ethel (BOWMAN) BUSH.	4163	742	N-15
Bush	Mary Josephine	14 Nov 1918	1 Mar 2009	nee WILHITE. Wife of James Woodrow BUSH. Daughter of Oscar C & Clyde A (ENGLISH) WILHITE. (Click here to view obituary.)	4163	742	N-15
Bush	Pearl M	1897	1975	Wife of Umphrey Madison BUSH. “Mother”	6869	1093	S-63
Bush	Umphrey Madison	8 Mar 1896	24 Aug 1961	Husband of Pearl M BUSH. Indiana, Cpl., Co. E, 78^th Infantry, WW I.	6868	1093	S-63
Busing	Caroline J “Carrie” Wheeler	18 Mar 1898	31 Mar 1995	nee SCHURMEIER. Wife of Floyd WHEELER, 1^st; and Roy BUSING, 2^nd. Daughter of Henry & Helen (GURLICK) SCHURMEIER. “Mother”	5870	407	S-25
Busking	Friedrich J	31 Oct 1879	11 Sep 1880	Son of K Henry Christian & Loetha L BISKING or BUSKING.	6282	391	S-40
Busking	Sarah J	26 Mar 1871	1 Aug 1873	Daughter of K Henry Christian & Loetha L BISKING or BUSKING..	6285	391	S-40
Bye	Alice M	29 Jun 1915	23 Aug 2003	nee MILLER. Daughter of Jacob G & Myrtle Jane (TRACER) MILLER.	5795	712	S-21
Byers	Gyneth M	3 Sep 1930	24 Nov 2003	nee MAYFIELD. Wife of Roy James BYERS, Jr., 1st; and Carol HELDT, 2nd. Daughter of Marshall & Golda (ELLIS) MAYFIELD. (Click here to view obituary.)	7347	1350	SA-44
Byers	Infant	1896	1896	Infant daughter of B & M BYERS.	4759	173	N-42
Byers	James Alan	18 Oct 1953	15 Apr 1980	Son of Roy James & Gyneth M BYERS, Jr.	7347	1350	SA-44
Byers	Roy James, Jr.	14 Nov 1927	20 Oct 1997	Husband of Gyneth M BYERS. Pvt., US Army, WW II.	7347 7348	1350	SA-44
Byrd	Ada E	1 Dec 1883	29 Jul 1932	nee GOODSON. Wife of John W BYRD. Married 7 Aug 1900. Daughter of George & Jane BYRD. “Mother”	5977	487	S-29
Byrd	Edith A	29 Aug 1901	29 Aug 1904	Daughter of John W & Ada E (GOODSON) BYRD.	5978	487	S-29
Byrd	Infant	--	Feb 1910	Infant of John W & Ada E (GOODSON) BYRD.	No headstone found.	487	S-29
Byrd	John W	2 Sep 1877	22 Feb 1964	Husband of Ada E (GOODSON) BYRD. Married 7 Aug 1900. Son of William & Eliza J BYRD. “Father”	5979	487	S-29

Sections and Rows
The cemetery can be defined as having five sections. Three large sections: North (N,) South (S) and South-Addition (SA); and two small sections at the west end of the larger sections: Northwest (NW,) Southwest (SW). For purposes of this listing, rows were numbered beginning on the west side of each section.

3844 View of the cemetery entrance from CR-50W	3843 View from the center of the cemetery, looking west to the entrance.
6873 View of the South Section from the southeast corner.	7622 View of the South-Addition Section from the northeast corner.

Transcriptions taken from the headstones.

Photographs by Daniel L Elliott on 27 Apr, 29 Apr and 4 May 2010.

Genealogy

Walnut Hill Cemetery

(Also known as Genung Cemetery)

Union Township

Located on the east side of County Road 50W, about 0.2 mile north of the intersection with County Road 600S; about 1.25 miles north of Fort Branch.