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Wheeling Cemetery

(Also known as Bovine Cemetery, Crow Cemetery, Methodist Cemetery, and Whiting Cemetery)

Washington Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.4140 N; Longitude, -87.4483 W
Congressional Location:	NE-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 19; TOWNSHIP 1S; RANGE 9W
Common Directions:	Located about 100 feet north of County Road 400N at the intersection with the Wheeling-Oatsville Road, at the northeast edge of Wheeling.
Last updated	17 Dec 2016

The following transcription was made an unknown author and was updated 26 Feb 2010 by Daniel L Elliott. It is an attempt to show all known graves. There likely are unmarked graves plus a few unknown due to missing, unreadable, destroyed or broken markers. Photographed by Georgia McIllhiney, Sep 2001 and by Daniel L Elliott, 18 Mar 2010.

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Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes & Inscriptions	Photos	Section	Row
Adams	John Calvin	6 Feb 1848	29 Jan 1859	Son of John S & Matilda ADAMS. Aged 10 yrs. 11 mos. 23 dys.		N/A	5
Beck	John	--	31 Jul 1862	Son of John & Elizabeth (CROW) BECK. Aged 26 yrs. 9 mos. 17 dys.		N/A	3
Beck	Silas	1858	--		No headstone found.	N/A	?
Brunson	Cassues M C	22 Sep 1854	6 Dec 1854	Son of F & S BRUNSON		N/A	5
Burch	Martha Atheldia "T"	12 Mar 1859	10 Aug 1911	nee KIRK. Wife of Zale BURCH. Daughter of Daniel & Cordelia (CROW) KIRK.	8657	N/A	1
Cloin	Sarah Jane “Sammie”	11 Mar 1841	20 Nov 1914	nee CUNNINGHAM. Wife of Sylvester CLOIN. Married 30 Jul 1868. Daughter of Samuel & Jane (JONES) CUNNINGHAM. (Note: Dates taken from Certificate of Death. Also reports burial in "Kirk" Cemetery on 22 Nov 1914. (No evidence found at Kirk Cemetery of her burial there.)	No headstone found.	N/A	?
Cloin	Sylvester J	abt 1826	15 May 1876	Husband of Sarah Jane “Sammie” (CUNNINGHAM) CLOIN. Married 30 Jul 1868. Son of Henry & Phoebe Ann (JOHNSON) CLOIN. (Note: Samma J Cloin filed for widow’s pension on 12 Apr 1886; she was a “widow” at the time of the 1880 census –youngest child is 6 years old.) Sergeant, Company "E", 42nd. Indiana Infantry.		N/A	3
Crow	Charles “Charley”	--	31 May 1938	Son of Dickson & Sally Ann “Sallie” (KIRK) CROW. Aged 75 years.	No headstone found.	N/A	?
Crow	Dickson "Dick" "Richard"	28 Nov 1833	14 Dec 1905	Husband of Sally Ann "Sallie" (KIRK) CROW, 1st, married 16 Mar 1857; and 3rd husband of Mary Elizabeth (MAYO) EADS McMURTRY CROW, 2nd, married 14 Nov 1880. Son of Henry & Martha "Patsy" (McGARY) CROW. Aged 75 years. Buried here: 15 Dec 1905. Note: Dates and some information from Death Certificate. Other inforamtion courtesy of Kirsty Haining.	No headstone found.	N/A	?
Crow	George R	8 Nov 1863	9 Jul 1904	Son of Dickson & Sally Ann “Sallie” (KIRK) CROW. "Beloved One Farewell" Crushed to death in an accident at the Southern Shops, Princeton.	From the Princeton Clarion, 11 Jul 1904	N/A	2
Crow	Henry	--	30 Dec 1852	Husband of Martha “Patsy” (McGARY) CROW. Married 16 Dec 1824. ". . . in the 54 year of his age"	8663 (footstone)	N/A 2
Crow	John	14 Oct 1870	3 Mar 1902	Son of Dickson & Sally Ann “Sallie” (KIRK) CROW. "We knew no sorrow, knew not grief, till thy bright _____ was missed" (Died in Spanish American War)	8669 (John)	N/A	2
Crow	Martha “Patsy”	--	9 Aug 1884	nee McGARY. Wife of Henry CROW. Married 16 Dec 1824. “Gone Home” Aged 83 yrs. 7 mos. 19 dys.	8666 (Mother)	N/A	2
Crow	Sally Ann "Sallie"	15 Jan 1836	1 Jan 1878	nee KIRK. First wife of Dickinson "Dick" "Richard" CROW. Married 16 Mar 1857.		N/A	2
Cunningham	Nancy C	--	18 Dec 1889	nee ADAMS. Wife of Marshall CUNNINGHAM. Married 8 Jan 1855. Aged 53 yrs. 5 mos. 27 dys.		N/A	2
Edwards	Arrilla	26 Sep 1817	19 Dec 1856	--		N/A	3
Edwards	John Wiley	23 Jan 1837	8 Dec 1856	Aged 19 yrs. 10 mos. 15 dys.	8693 (footstone)	N/A	3
Elliott	Augustus	6 Jan 1831	4 Apr 1858	Husband of Mary Jane (HARTWELL) ELLIOTT. Married 9 Nov 1856. Son of James & Matilda (HOWELL) ELLIOTT. Aged 27 yrs. 2 mos. 28 dys. (Stone broken)		N/A	3
Elliott	Mary Jane	6 Jan 1832	10 May 1858	nee HARTWELL. Consort of Augustus ELLIOTT. Married 9 Nov 1856. Daughter of Lester & Mary (JONES) HARTWELL. Aged 26 yrs. 4 mos. 4 dys.		N/A	3
Kirk	Daniel	--	26 Nov 1868	Husband of Nancy Cordelia CROW. Married 28 Mar 1855. Aged 34 years.	No headstone found.	N/A	?
Manning	Absalom	abt 1827	--	Husband of Sarah (GOUGH) MANNING. Son of David Alexander & Jane (HUMPHREYS) MANNING. Pvt., Indiana, Co. B, 65^th Ind. Inf., 18 Aug 1862 – 22 Dec 1863. Indiana Co. G, 143^rd Inf. Reg., 9 Feb 1865 – 17 Oct 1865.		N/A	4
Thompson	George W	--	19 Sep 1877	Husband of Marinda (CROW) THOMPSON. Married 16 Jan 1861. Son of John Robert & Susan (MAYHALL) THOMPSON. Aged 38 yrs. 11 mos. 5 dys.		N/A	2
Thompson	Johney	--	22 Jan 1867	Son of George W & Miranda (CROW) THOMPSON. Aged 5 yrs. 2 mos. 9 dys.		N/A	2
Thompson	Perry C	--	17 Sep 1873	Son of George W & Miranda (CROW) THOMPSON. Aged 3 yrs. 3 mos. 8 dys.		N/A	2
Whiting	Carl	--	25 Apr 1890	Infant son of Frank & Sarah (RENEER) WHITING. Aged 2 mos. 12 dys.		N/A	2
Whiting	Lewis W	20 Aug 1841	2 Sep 1869	Husband of Nancy C (KIRK) WHITING. Married 8 Feb 1862. Son of William & Elizabeth WHITING. Aged 28 yrs. 12 dys. Pvt., Co E, 42nd Reg. Indiana Infantry.	No headstone found.	N/A	?
Whiting	Lizzie Dell	--	8 Mar 1887	Daughter of Lewis W & Nancy C (KRIK) WHITING. Aged 19 years.		N/A	2
Whiting	Sarah	Abt. 1867	12 Jul 1890	nee RENEER. Wife of Frank WHITING. Married 15 Dec 1886. Daughter of C & Louisa WHITING. Aged 22 yrs. 9 mos. 20 dys.	8677	N/A	2
?	?	?	?	Broken stone.	8672	N/A	2
?	?	?	?	No readable information.	8673	N/A	2