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Oak Hill Cemetery

Patoka, White River Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:

38.4094 N Latitude; -87.5813 W Longitude

Congressional Location:

SW-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 24; TOWNSHIP 1S; RANGE 11W

Common Directions:

Located east of East Street, between Cross Street and School Street, on the northeast edge of Patoka.

Last updated

 

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.  Photos by Daniel L Elliott, April 2010.
If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown below, please drop us an e-mail and let us know. 
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Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes & Inscriptions

Photo#                                   Photo

Sect-

ion

Row

Hilburn

Ica Iona

22 Jan 1883

30 Aug 1954

Wife of John R HILBURN.

“Mom”

2360

E

2

Hilburn

John R

14 Aug 1886

28 Nov 1954

Husband of Ica Iona HILBURN

"Dad" 

"Here sleepeth now a fellow who was always on the square". 

2360

E

2

Hill

Henry

6 Apr 1875

5 Feb 1948

 --

2936

E

11

Hill

James Murrel

Oct 1928

30 Oct 1928

Son of Oscar & Edna (STEWART) HILL.

Age 24 days.

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Hinkle

?

?? J?? 1881

3 Sep 1881

Daughter of ? HINKLE.  (Stone is illegible)

3489

3490

W

7

Hinkle

Charles Luttrall

 --

29 Nov 1890

 “In the 10th Year of his Age”

3485

W

7

Hinkle

Leonidas “Lon”

26 Jul 1847

24 Feb 1919

Husband of Mary Electra (MILBURN) HINKLE

3484

W

7

Hinkle

Mary Electra

1857

10 Sep 1900

nee WILBURN.  Wife of Leonidas “Lon” HINKLE

3484

W

7

Hitch

A E

 --

27 Oct 1907

Rough carved stone.

(In plot of Nathaniel HITCH.)

2290

2376

2374

E

1

Hitch

E (M)

 --

27 Oct 1907

Rough carved stone.

(In plot of Nathaniel HITCH.)

2290

2376

2374

E

1

Hitch

Edna Alice

21 Dec 1866

20 Dec 1918

nee DORSETT.  Wife of Edward Washington HITCH, Jr..  Married 7 Aug 1887 in Putnam County, Indiana. 


Daughter of Henry Preston & Margaret Elizabeth (ADAMS) DORSETT.


“Mother”

3309

W

3

Hitch

Edward Washington, Jr.

9 May 1854

16 Jan 1916

Husband of Edna Alice (DORSETT) HITCH.  Married 7 Aug 1887 in Putnam County, Indiana.


Son of Edward Washington & Mary (McMULLEN) HITCH.


“Father”

3309

W

3

Hitch

Edward Washington

26 May 1815

29 Sep 1900

Husband of Mary (McMULLEN) HITCH.  Married 20 Jan 1841.


Age 85 Years, 4 months, 3 days.


"Our Children: Nathaniel, William H, Mary E, Vincent, Nicholas B, Edward & (twins) Millie A & Emma J."

3641

3643

3642

 

W

10

Hitch

Elizabeth Spain

13 Apr 1871

16 Oct 1913

nee SPAIN.  "His Wife".  Wife of Harrison C HITCH.  Married 5 May 1888.  Daughter of James & Elizabeth SPAIN. 

“Mother”

(Alternate sources gives date of birth as 13 May 1871)

3700

3701

W

11

Hitch

Ellen "Ella"

2 Apr 1851

8 Apr 1931

nee ROBB.  Wife of William STEELMAN, 1st, married 27 Dec 1870; & Nathaniel HITCH, 2nd, married 27 Jan 1875.   Daughter of David & Elizabeth (SIMPSON) ROBB.

2288

E

1

Hitch

Harrison C

2 Jun 1861

11 May 1913

Husband of Elizabeth (SPAIN) HITCH.  Married 5 May 1888



Former Princeton Police Department Officer, shot and killed by a suspect while attempting to affect an arrest.

3700


From the Princeton Clarion, 12 May 1913

W

11

Hitch

Herbert 

4 Aug 1904

4 Sep 1980

Private First Class, Army Air Force, U.S. Army, W.W. II

3553

W

8

Hitch

John H

6 Jan 1896

24 Jan 1896

Son of J H & M E HITCH

3556

3554

W

8

Hitch

Marie E

12 Nov 1897

26 Nov 1897

Daughter of J H & M E HITCH

3555

3554

W

8

Hitch

Mary

26 Apr 1816

14 Jan 1904

nee McMULLEN.  Wife of Edward W. HITCH.  Married 20 Jan 1841.


Age 87 years, 9 months, 18 days.


"Our Children: Nathaniel, William H., Mary E., Vincent, Nicholas B., Edward & (twins) Millie A.& Emma J."

3641

3643

3642

 

W

10

Hitch

Mary Adaline

7 Nov 1824

28 Jan 1904

nee SPAIN.  Wife of Robert PHILLIPS, 1st, married 27 Feb 1842; and Zachariah HITCH, 2nd, married 29 Nov 1849.  Daughter of Archibald W & Sarah (GARWOOD) SPAIN.


“Born in Harrison Co., Ind.

3697

W

11

Hitch

Nathaniel

29 Oct 1841

12 May 1932

Husband of Loueasa Catherine (COLLINS) HITCH, 1st, married 14 Jul 1867 in Barry County, Missouri; & Ellen "Ella" (ROBB) STEELMAN HITCH, 2nd, married 27 Jan 1875.  Son of Edward & Mary HITCH. 


(Note:  First wife and son Fleming buried at old Patoka Cemetery.)

2289

E

1

Hitch

Olive Viola

1876

9 Sep 1920

nee BROWN.  Wife of Oscar HITCH.  Daughter of David & Alice BROWN.

“Mother”

Age 43 yrs. 4 mos. 6 dys.

3551

W

8

Hitch

Oscar

1868

1948

Husband of Olive Viola HITCH.

“Father”

3552

W

8

Hitch

William H

1846

1948

 --

3598

W

9

Hitch

Zachariah

26 Jan 1818

6 Mar 1888

Second husband of Mary Adaline (SPAIN) PHILLIPS HITCH.  Married 29 Nov 1840.


Age 70 Y. 1 M. 9 D.

“Born in Caroline Co., MD.”

3698

W

11

Hodges

Charles D

1868

20 Jan 1919

Husband of Mary E (MANUS) HODGES

3821

W

13

Hodges

Mary E

1867

17 Apr 1919

nee MANUS.  Wife of Charles D HODGES.


Age 52 yrs.

3821

W

13

Hoover

James F

14 Feb 1939

16 Sep 1999

Husband of P Diane HOOVER

3138

EA

5

Hoover

P Diane

12 May 1942

--

Wife of James F HOOVER

3138

EA

5

Houchin

Eva Pearl

27 Apr 1893

6 Sep 1997

Wife of Jesse HOUCHIN

2560

E

4

Houchin

Jesse

1892

1937

Husband of Eva Pearl HOUCHIN . 


WW I.


2560

E


Lot 527

4

Howard

Eliza B

1835

1906

 Wife of Dr. John F HOWARD.

2442

2443

E

3

Howard

John F, Dr.

1831

16 Jun 1906

Husband of Elizabeth “Eliza” HOWARD.

2441

2443

E

3

Howe

George J

23 Oct 1890

16 Feb 1973

Husband of Maggie C HOWE

2458

E

3

Howe

Maggie C

21 Feb 1891

19 Feb 1982

Wife of George J HOWE.

2458

E

3

Howe

Melvin E

-- 

10 Jun 1933

--

2939

E

12

Hudelson

William Franklin "Frank" 

-- 

3 Jan 1898

Husband of Diana "Annie" (SPAIN) HUDELSON.  Married 24 Oct 1866.


Age, 58 Y. 2 M. 24 D.


Corporal, Co. A,  80th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  (Transferred in Jun 1864 to 174th. Company, 2nd. Battalion, Veterans Reserve Corps)



(Click here to view obituary.)

2581

E


Lot 551

5

Huffman

James S 

28 May 1915

29 Jun 1972

Indiana, Corporal, Battery "A", 163rd. Field Artillery Battalion, W.W. II

2674

E

6

Hughes

Edith Pauline

28 May 1921

28 Dec 2015

nee WILLIAMS.  Wife of George W HUGHES. 


Daughter of James & Edith WILLIAMS.


“Mother” 


(Click here  to view obituary.)

3558

EA

5

Hughes

George W 

17 Feb 1916

5 Mar 1997

Husband of Edith Pauline (WILLIAMS) HUGHES. 


Son of John G & Hattie E (NEWTON) HUGHES.


“Father”


 S1, U.S. Navy, W.W. II

3558

3140

EA

5

Hughes

Infant

-- 

1972

(Buried adjacent to Virginia HUGHES.)

2358

E

2

Hughes

Virginia E

21 Jan 1915

10 Dec 1991

"In Loving Memory".  "Mother"

2359

E

2

Hukill

David B

3 Mar 1838

 21 Aug 1911

Husband of Savanah E A (BROWN) HUKILL. 


Married 28 Sep 1871. 


Pvt., Co. H, 1st Reg. Ohio Infantry.  Enlisted on 21 Oct 1861, mustered out on 6 Oct 1864.


Note  Birth and death dates from Certificate of Death.

3498

W


Lot 209

7

Hukill

David Franklin "Frank"

1 May 1878

10 Dec 1943

Husband of Margaret (RICHARDVILLE) HUKILL 


Son of David B & Savanah (BROWN) HUKILL. 


Buried here:  12 Dec 1943.

Headstone not found or not identifiable.

?

?

Hukill

Savanah E A

7 Mar 1852

23 Aug 1919

nee BROWN.  Wife of David B HUKILL.


Married 28 Sep 1871 


Daughter of David & Edith Brown.

3498

W

7

Hulfachor

Homer Evert

6 Apr 1900

31 Jul 1987

Husband of Lona Marie (GILLIAM) HULFACHOR. 


Married  21 Jan 1924. 


Son of Oscar James & Mary Elizabeth (LEWIS) HULFACHOR.

3631

W

10

Hulfachor

Lona Marie

3 Aug 1906

16 Feb 1989

nee GILLIAM.  Wife of Homer Evert HULFACHOR. 


Married 21 Jan 1924. 


Daughter of George & Melvina (HENDERSON) GILLIAM.

3631

W

10

Hulfachor

Stanley Eldon 

2 Mar 1928

20 Sep 1993

Son of Homer Evert & Lona Marie (GILLIAM) HULFACHOR.


Private First Class, U.S. Army, W.W. II

3116

3117

EA

4

Hull

Crawford T

30 Sep 1895

4 Oct 1963

Husband of Eva B HULL

2349

E

2


444

E-C

Hull

Eva B

25 Dec 1893

22 Mar 1985

Wife of Crawford T HULL

2349

E

2


444

E-D

Hull

James Robert
“Bobby”

10 Sep 1964

--

Son of John Floyd & Karen (McCARTY) HULL, III.

3047

EA

2

Hull

John Floyd, III

1 Jan 1945

3 Feb 1978

Husband of Karen (McCARTY) HULL.  Married 27 Aug 1963. 


Parents of James Robert “Bobby” and Maxi HULL

3045

EA

2

Hull

Karen McCarty

31 Jan 1947

18 Jul 2004

Wife of John Floyd HULL, III, 1st, married 27 Aug 1963; and Richards ROGERS, 2nd. 


Daughter of Robert E & Maxine (GOLDMAN) McCARTY. 


"Born in Grayville, Illinois" 


Parents of James Robert “Bobby” and Maxi HULL.


(Note:  Also listed as "Rogers, Karen McCarty Hull)



3045

EA

2

Hull

Mariella

7 Oct 1918

13 May 2014

nee GODFREY.  Wife of John Floyd HULL, Jr.  Married 1942. 


Daughter of Charles & Mary (ANTHIS) GODFREY. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

0059

E


Lot 182W Plot

B

6

Hull

Maxi

12 May 1966

--

Daughter of John Floyd & Karen (McCARTY) HULL, III.

3046

EA

2

Humphrey

Elza A

1896

30 Jun 1915

 --

2759

E

8

Humphreys

Hazel P

4 Feb 1908

1 Dec 1993

Wife of Samuel R HUMPHREYS

2725

E

7

Humphreys

Joseph

1854

1942

Husband of Sarah J (WILKERSON) HUMPHREYS

3197

W

1

Humphreys

Samuel R

17 Nov 1900

15 Nov 1990

Husband of Hazel P HUMPHREYS

2725

E

7

Humphreys

Sarah J

1856

1907

nee WILKERSON.  Wife of Joseph HUMPHREYS

3197

W

1

Hunt

Hester

10 May 1904

19 Feb 1952

nee TURPIN.  Daughter of Clark & Bell (FISHER) TURPIN.

"Mother"

(Click here to view story of death and obituary.)

3418

W

5

Hunt

Maggie M

1874

17 Oct 1920

nee ALVIS.  Wife of George HUNT.  Daughter of Frank & Jennie ALVIS.  (Alternate source gives date of death as 17 Oct 1920 and age of 46 yrs. 7 mos. 14 dys.) 

Born in Illinois)

3503

W

7

Hunt

Samuel Thornton

25 Dec 1891

27 Sep 1942

Husband of Effie HUNT.  Married 25 May 1918.  Son of George Henderson & Clara Elizabeth (ANDERSON) HUNT.
(Click here to view story of death and obituary.)

NSF

?

?

Hyneman

Bernice E

6 Apr 1891

14 Oct 1978

nee ELDRIDGE.  Wife of Herschel HYNEMAN

3772

3773

W

12

Hyneman

Herschel

11 Jan 1891

8 Jul 1968

Husband of Bernice (ELDRIDGE) HYNEMAN

3772

3773

W

12

Hyneman

Retta S

30 Dec 1919

15 Dec 1977

Wife of Willis E HYNEMAN.

“Mother”

3771

W

12

Hyneman

Willis E

30 Jan 1917

17 Nov 1969

Husband of Retta S HYNEMAN.

“Father”

3771

W

12

The above (without photographs) was originally transcribed in April, 2002, and submitted by Georgia McEllhiney; corrections and updates, May 2010 by Daniel L Elliott.

Sections and Rows:

The cemetery plat recorded 24 Nov 1883 contains east (E) and west (W) sections, each with 13 north-south rows.  An east addition (EA) containing 5 north-south rows was recorded 17 Jul 1973.  For purposes of this listing, rows were numbered beginning on the west side of each section.

2247 East section, looking south.

2249 West section, looking south.

2618 East section, looking north.

2987 East addition, looking north.