Jay County Indiana - Gilead Cemetery

Gilead Cemetery

Located near Bilbec in Penn Township.
The current listing is taken from the information on the previous
Jay Co Burials page, county histories, tombstone photos and obituaries.
A name that is underlined and bold has a biography attached. Click on the FIRST name to access the bio.

Please contact Elaine Geyer with information on the history of the cemetery or the people buried here.

Posted 9/25/2013; updated 10/30/2018

Gilead Cemetery
Last Name	First Name (Maiden)	Birth Date	Death Date	Spouse Marriage Date	Parents	Military	Obit	Stone
Archer	Anna E	12/7/1920	3/11/1897	James
Carrell	James F	1851	1890	Mary E
Carrell	Mary E	1852	1920	James
Carrell	Willis W	9/9/1873	10/18/1881		J F & M E
Cline	Ephriam	3/20/1824	10/16/1890
Cline	Rebecca	8/3/1878	10/27/1878		D E S & R J
Cline	Thomas	8/1/1855	7/8/1878		D E S & R J
Conlin	Hannah (Keese)	9/26/1812	2/10/1897
Daugherty	Florence	8/5/1878	1/1/1894
Daugherty	John W		1/7/1887
Davis	John W	6/1/1885	1/7/1887		S K & M E
Day	Florence	8/5/1878	1/1/1894
Edmundson	Bessie Grace	2/1/1882	12/27/1882		D W & S E
Fisher	Samuel		3/23/1906			Co F 8th IN Inf
Gove	Elmer	1888	1909
Gove	Joel		no dates			Co G 21st IL Inf
Gove	Lela	1891	1916
Gove	Ollie P	1876	1955
Gove	Ruth	8/8/1849	1/17/1900	J
Gove	William	1873	1925
Gray	Forrest	12/31/1881	2/15/1882		L R & M
Gray	Leroy	9/7/1868	12/8/1885		L R & M
Gray	Lilburn R B	12/25/1837	8/21/1916	Malinda		Co F 75th IN Inf
Gray	Maynard E	1884	1956
Heavlin	Ella May	12/26/1884	8/15/1885		A H & M E
Heavlin	Lina Forrest	1891	10/13/1895		Albert H & Mary E
Hoover	James M	2/28/1848	3/14/1882			Co E 34th IN Inf
Hoover	O		no dates			Co B 34th IN Inf
Hoover	Walter C	9/18/1881	10/27/1893		J M & S J
Horn	Emaline (Irey)	1830	7/14/1904	William
Horn	William	1824	1888	Emaline
Hunt	Evaline Dutton (Smith)	3/23/1863	9/20/1940	Sylvester P
Hunt	Judith P	1827	1905
Hunt	Mabel E	1887	1925
Hunt	Phebe Ann (Smith)	2/3/1846	1/14/1880	Sylvester P	Abraham & Rachel A Paxson Smith
Hunt	Sadie E	1864	1882
Hunt	Sylvester Pedrick	7/20/1841	7/26/1916	Phoebe A Smith; Eveline D Smith	William & Elizabeth	Civil War Co G 5th Reg IN Cav
Irey	Louisa Jane (Walker)	11/18/1844	6/10/1899	Phineas	Isaac S & Rebecca Walker
Irey	Phineas	11/30/1835	3/14/1905	Louisa J	Mahlon & Rachel M McBride Irey
Keese	Hannah	9/26/1842	2/10/1892
Keese	John Earle	12/11/1845	3/6/1878
Keese	John W	12/14/1845	3/6/1878
McClish	Cora Agnes (Gray)	10/21/1866	4/11/1951	John	Thomas D & Amy Mendenhall Gray		obit
McClish	John	5/11/1857	6/23/1932	Cora A			obit
McClish	Rachel Ann (Paxon)	8/28/1821	6/2/1895
McFarling	Sarah J	11/30/1807	3/16/1879
Mendenhall	Claudie	1880	1882
Mendenhall	Linnie	1878	1880
Miller	Elizabeth	6/21/1850	4/29/1881	Robert
Miller	James M	11/29/1877	1/30/1879		R & E J
Miller	Martha M	2/9/1874	12/19/1879		R & E J
Miller	Steven F	1/28/1876	11/3/1876		R & E J
Montgomery	Frances G	10/7/1908	9/3/1909		P S & M E
Montgomery	Lester H	12/23/1899	10/26/1901		P S & M E
Ninde	Ruth		9/9/1901
Paxon	Benjamin Franklin	4/5/1833	9/23/1910	Sarah Ellen Wood	Joseph J & Jane Perry Paxson
Paxon	Harriet M (Swigert)	1848	4/19/1921	John R	Peter & Rebecca Swigert
PAXSON	John Riley	7/21/1848	1923	Harriet M Swigert - 3/3/1859	Cyrus C & Achsah Peacock Paxson
Paxon	Luther M	4/1/1874	10/8/1895		Miles & Rebecca J Walker Paxson
Paxon	Lydia Jane	7/5/1862	9/3/1881		Eli W & Hannah L Johnson Paxson
Paxon	Miles M	12/31/1850	10/3/1874	Rebecca Jane Walker	Cyrus C & Achsah Peacock Paxson
Paxon	Nellie C	2/29/1876	4/1/1876		Benjamin F & Sarah E Wood Paxson
Paxon	Orpha C	8/29/1871	10/25/1875		Cyrus C & Abigail Jones Paxson
Paxon	Rose Blain	9/13/1884	2/6/1887		John R & Harriet M Swigert Paxson
Paxon	Sarah Ellen (Wood)	9/16/1838	4/1/1907	Benjamin F
Paxon	Walter C	9/14/1870	9/22/1878		John R & Harriet M Swigert Paxson
Paxson	Edith	1877	1880		C C & A
Paxson	Elsie E	4/6/1888	8/18/1895		John R & Harriet M Swigert Paxson
Paxson	Ernest L	5/22/1875	9/23/1878		John R & Harriet M Swigert Paxson
Romans	Joseph		no dates		"Father"
Romans	Rachel		no dates		"Mother"
Romans	Robert		no dates		"Son"
Romans	Roscoe C	11/2/1891	11/17/1975		"Son"	WW I Pvt IN US Army
Rowe	Luella B (Irey)	1860	1884	William
Rowe	William	1853	1940	Luella B
Sillivan	Betty	1929	1929
Sillivan	Minnie O	1873	1874
Sillivan	Rebecca (Cane)		1843	James A
Silliven	Betty	1925	1929
Silliven	Rachel Margaret (McBride)	6/7/1807	6/25/1891	Mahlon Irey; James A Sullivan	James M & Ann C Maloy McBride
Smith	Abraham	11/8/1815	10/31/1875	Rachel A Paxson - 3/3/1838
Smith	Rachel Ann (Paxon)	12/2/1821	7/12/1895	Abraham
Sullivan	James A	9/3/1803	5/30/1874	Rebecca Cane; Rachel M McBride
Sumption	Charles		no dates			Co G 7th IL Inf
Sumption	Minnie C	1873	1874
Swarts	Mary E	7/11/1868	12/19/1895	W W
Swathwood	Jane L	4/13/1830	1/29/1888	W C
Talbert	Loie H	3/20/1905	3/25/1905		L G & L B
Tolbert	Martha A	1835	1921
Walker	Enos	3/17/1845	9/8/1908	Ruth Anne Paxson	Isaac S & Rebecca Walker
Walker	Isaac Sewell	8/14/1808	6/4/1874	Rebecca	Asahel & Mary Vale Walker
Walker	Joseph M	1/1/1864	9/25/1887
Walker	Rebecca	5/13/1812	12/2/1880	Isaac S
Walker	Ruth Anne (Paxson)	10/23/1846	6/17/1877	Enos	Cyrus C & Ashsah Peacock Paxson
Wheeler	Earney Rufus	9/13/1874	8/26/1875		Thomas D & Sarah J McFarland Wheeler
Wheeler	Henry Albert	8/27/1873	10/1/1874		Thomas D & Sarah J McFarland Wheeler
Wheeler	Jonathan	1795	1883
Wheeler	Julian F	1859	1913		Thomas D & Sarah J McFarland Wheeler
Wheeler	Sarah Jane (McFarland)	7/8/1839	12/0/1916	Thomas D
Wheeler	Thomas Daniel	5/2/1830	5/26/1907	Sarah Jane McFarland	Jonathan
Wheeler	William Oliver	6/5/1871	2/17/1880		Thomas D & Sarah J McFarland Wheeler