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Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.


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Field-Morrison Cemetery

White River Township

Hazleton, Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:38.4470' N Latitude; 87.5589' W Longitude
Congressional Location:SE-1/4; DONATION 11; TOWNSHIP 1S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:

About 2 miles northeast of Patoka.  Located about 200 feet north of Steelman Chapel Road, on the west side of the railroad tracks (west of CR 25E.)

Last updated 29 Nov  2009

The following list 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.   Lucie Field's related webpage can be found at this address:  http://www.luciefield.net/oldfield.html 

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Surname Given Name Birth Date Death Date Inscriptions and Notes Photo #                                     Photos
Dunning B C (Robert C) 20-Feb-1877 9-Oct-1890 Son of Sophronia A (MORRISON) & Albert G. DUNNING  4617

Dunning  Johnny E   -- 4-Sep-1886 Son of Sophronia A (MORRISON) & Albert G. DUNNING 
7 mos. 7 dys.
4626
F N  -- --  (Probably a FIELD infant)  See small stones in above photo.  No readable information on 31 Aug 2009.
F W A  --  --  (Probably a FIELD infant)
No readable information on 31 Aug 2009.
5a  (July 1998 - from Gene & Lucie Field)
Field Keen  1770 1815 Husband of Anna (LEWIS) FIELD; (Son of Abraham & Elizabeth FIELD)  
(The rock next to it reads:  "KR x 1815")
"Immigrated ca 1799"
4621

Photo below contributed by Lucie Field.

Field  Nancy 24-Jan-1814 29-Mar-1839 nee ADAMS.(1st.) Consort of Reuben R. FIELD .
No readable headstone found on 31 Aug 2009.
3a  (July 1998 - from Gene & Lucie Field)

Field  ?  -- Jul-1844  (Broken stone); Daughter of Reuben R. & Sarah (McMULLEN) FIELD 4623  (31 Aug 2009)

1a  (July 1998 - from Gene & Lucie Field)

Hitch  Phebe A --  21-Mar-1846  1 yr. 6 mos. 3 dys. 4620

Leach  Cynthia 16-Jun-1801 14-May-1843  Consort of John LEACH; (Daughter of Keen & Anna [LEWIS] FIELD); (Was first married to Samuel McFETRIDGE)
No readable headstone found on 31 Aug 2009.
2a  (July 1998 - from Gene & Lucie Field)

4a  (July 1998 - from Gene & Lucie Field)

McMullen  Elenor 13-Oct-1823 31-Jul-1842 Daughter of William & Elizabeth McMULLEN  4622

Morrison  David A 27-May-1818 20-Apr-1892 (Discrepancy of 1 year's difference in this information, not sure what is correct)
74 yrs. 10 mos. 24 dys,
No readable headstone found on 31 Aug 2009.
Morrison.  Henry S 25-Oct-1849 17-Mar-1863  Son of David A & Jane (SWAIN) MORRISON.  4625
Morrison  Jane 27-Apr-1819 5-Aug-1888 nee SWAIN
69 yrs. 3 mos. 8 dys.
No readable headstone found on 31 Aug 2009.
Morrison  Nannie --  10-Dec-1865 Daughter of B. & I. MORRISON
8 mos.
No readable headstone found on 31 Aug 2009.
Morrison  William G 29-Jul-1848 24-Mar-1864   Son of David A & Jane (SWAIN) MORRISON.  4624
(Unknown)  --     (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)   Probably the area marked by rails embedded in the ground.  Example in this photo.. 4620

(Unknown) --      (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)  --
(Unknown) --      (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)  --
(Unknown)  --     (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)  --
(Unknown)  --      (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker) --
(Unknown)  --     (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker)  --
(Unknown)  --      (Supposedly an Irish railroad worker) --

The first known transcribed readings were by Marjorie Malott in 1972.  Lucie Field and her father, Gene Field re-transcribed all the readable stones in 1997 and 1999.  They and Earnie Lasley erected the new Keen FIELD stone.  Photographs and notes in "red" by Daniel L Elliott, 31 Aug 2009.  



Photo of the cemetery in 1968, taken by Howard Field.

(Cemetery was not fenced and not maintained in 1968.)