Centerville Cemetery

There was originally a Methodist Church near here, now the Church is Baptist

Southwest of Vernon about, 2 miles north of Lovett, on the township line south of intersection of 300S and 150W. From Cemetery Lists at the Jennings County Public Library.

Row 1
Jordan, Walter

Jordan, Elsworth

Jordan, Hulda

Jordan,Absalom 1840 May 3, 1888 Absalom was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor - the only person from Jennings County to receive one.

Skinner, Clary 3-25-1811 7-27-1869

Skinner, Stephen 1-22-1809 12-17-1874

Row 2 - The Deal family in this row - are John father, Elizabeth his second wife and his children from two marriages including his daughter Flora and her first husband Ulysses Grant Hendricks
Deal, John 11-13-1813 4-9-1891 John Fable and wife attended the funeral of John Deal, at Centerville,Sunday. 4-15-1891 NVBPD

Deal, Elizabeth 5-11-1824 Wife of John Deal

Deal, Charles 3-9-1862 9-1-1863

Deal, Frank 12-25-1859 9-3-1863

Deal, John P. 9-16-1853 2-28-1864

Deal, George W. 1-17-1846 3-5-1864

Deal, William H. 2-24-1856 2-29-1864

Deal, James P 10-22-1842 11-25-1867 Consort of Celestene (Jordan) Deal

Deal, Adam 1-1-1851 4-27-1884

Deal, Arthur O. 2-20-1866 8-29-1867 Son of James P & Celestene Deal

Hendricks, Grant 1865 1916 1st husband of Flora Deal - below

Hendricks, Flora 1967 1930 Daughter of John Deal, second marriage was to Thomas Clarkson

Row 3
Peiffer, Sarah 6-28-1837 7-20-1880

Peiffer, Henry 12-27-1856 2-26-1881

Peiffer, Infant dau. 8-20-1870 8-21-1870

Peiffer, Mary 9-24-1851 9-21-1860

Row 4
Logan, Infant 2-23-1857

Bailiff, Phineas B. 7-30-1824 12-6-1898

Bailiff, Orin M. 1-6-1822 6-15-1864

Bailiff, Sarah J. 8-27-1825 June 6, 1913 Wife of Phineas B. Bailiff - Daughter of Lemuel & Mary "Polly" (Walton)Wells

Bailiff, Celesta August 25, 1864 December 5, 1942 Same stone as Cora - no dates on stone - dates from Death Certificate

Bailiff, Cora March 21, 1868 May 20, 1945 Same stone as Celesta - no dates on stone - dates from Death Certificate

Bailiff, Marietta August 1, 1903 May 26, 1847 Daughter of Phineas D. & Sarah Jane

Bailiff, Wilbur W. April 22, 1859 February 24, 1947

Row 5

Wilder, Rutha 1891 1968

Wilder, Andrew J. 1886 1947

Nelson, G.C. Military Stone-Co. A 22nd Ind. Inf.

Bailiff, Ellison June 14, 1843 August 1, 1863 Co K 82nd Reg. Ind. Inf. died at Winchester Tennessee-August 1, 1863, as a Sergeant

Bailiff, Edmund P April 17, 1798 June 5, 1871

Bailiff, Susannah H. May 14, 1799 November 3, 1878

Lake, Elijah 1847 1923 Married to Viola Bailiff, May 6, 1896

Lake, Viola 1853 1929 Daughter of Phineas Bailiff & Sarah J. Wells

Lake, Jesse W 1883 1912 Jesse Lake, aged 29 years died of tuberculosis, at his home near Centerville, Saturday morning Dec. 28. Burial Sunday afternoon.

Row 6
Whitman, John August 3, 1817 February 13, 1835

Roudebush, Daniel 1843 August 20, 1864 Son of William & Mary Ann (Rust) Roudebush-PVT. Co. B 6th Ind. Vol. Wounded & Captured at Chickamauga - Died Andersonville Prison

Roudebush, Mary Ann (Rust) September 20, 1821 October 2, 1851 Wife of William S. Roudebush

Rust, G. W. November 3, 1831 August 28, 1852 Died in California

Rust, Charles 1795 November 26, 1861 Husband of Hannah Rust

Rust, Hannah April 15, 1798 November 19, 1873 Wife of Charles Rust

Jones, Catherine December 27, 1786 April 6, 1866

Row 7
Whitmore, Oliver April 8, 1845 March 23, 1889 Son of John Whitmore, Killed in an accident with a runnaway team in North Vernon. Married Louise Bundy 1885.

Rust Abram E. November 23, 1823 May 15, 1910 Died at his son's in Newton County, Indiana

Rust, Sarah A. May 10, 1828 February 21, 1905 Wife of Abram E. Rust, daughter of John Boner & Sarah (Cannon) Boner -

Rust, Othello April 28, 1851 January 27, 1876 Died of Tetanus

Rust, Henry C May 6, 1862 September 6, 1886 Son of Abram & Sarah A. Rust

Rust, Willard A. December 8, 1868 June 8, 1873/8 Stone hard to read

Rust, Mollie B. March 16, 1864 September 6, 1865 Daughter of Abram B & Sarah Rust

Rust, Eudora March 15, 1856 October 2, 1861

Worth, Christopher January 20, 1845 July 29, 1853 Son of David & Mahala Worth

Rust, Eugene A. November 18, 1826 December 18, 1857 Son of George & Sarah Rust

Rust, Sarah December 24, 1835 December 9, 1876 Maiden name McGannon

Rust, Martha November 18, 1876 November 23, 1876

Rust, George S 1828 1908 Husband of Sarah McGannon Rust

Rust, Mary E. November 18, 1876 December 9, 1878 Daughter of George S. & Sarah Rust

Prather, Eva 1855 1903

Orrell, John 1848 January 9, 1875 Co. A 137th Ind. Inf.

Row 8
Warren, Laura March 20, 1878 February 2, 1880

Masoner, Effie November 26, 1873 May 4, 1880

Marsh, Elizabeth February 10, 1849 December 25, 1851

Marsh,Rachel

Marsh, Mary

Narsh, Margaret A. June 28, 1818 March 13, 1857

Marsh, John W. March 23, 1844 May 10, 1864

Row 9
Warren, Henry M. March 22, 1835 March 14, 1863

Kendrick, Hannah May 8, 1828 May 8, 1850

Dischinger, John F. December 8, 1853 March 18, 1857

Dischinger, Philip S. September 6, 1856 October 6, 1856

Larsh, Phillip March 15, 1809 September 9,1866

Perrine, Sarah E. September 28, 1809 September 29, 1864

Row 10
Warren, Lorenda October 17, 1803 May 5, 1880

Warren, Perry April 19, 1799 August 19, 1874

Warren, Laura J. May 5, 1858 November 29, 1873

Lindley, Jas. M. October 27, 1811 July 12, 1852

Row 11
Gahn, Margaret August 18, 1809 October 25, 1887

Gahn, Adam June 22, 1807 October 14, 1878

Gahn, Phillip December 1, 1839 January 10, 1875

Layman, Phillip 1813 February 8, 1873

Joseph, Franciska August 16, 1809 August 30, 1862

Joseph, Micheal August 26, 1861

Fox, Ann Margaret June 9, 1809 October 27, 1869

Fox, John March 12, 1807 September 24, 1877

Fox, Henry May 6, 1848 June 6, 1871

Wolfe, Sebastain November 18, 1802 February 8, 1880

Row 12
Ahrman(n), Willie April 9, 1887 August 29, 1888

Ahrman(n), Frank December 25, 1893 January 19, 1895

Ahrman(n), Baby November 28, 1895 December 23, 1895

Ahrman(n), Eliza October 6, 1899 September 30, 1900

Ahrman(n), Charles November 13, 1891 February 17, 1911 Son of Herman Ahrman

Wetzel, Inf. Dau.

Wetzel, Harry J. February 22, 1872 April 24, 1879

Wetzel, James P. 1886

Wetzel, Annie M. April 13, 1868 September 10, 1869

Wetzel, Ida M. October 28, 1868 November 4, 1870

Shurmeier, Eliza February 16, 1874

Nolte, Geo. Frank September 4, 1868 November 4, 1870

Nolte, Mary F. November 29, 1869 April 29, 1870

Shurmeier, John October 11, 1874

Nolte, Maria December 18, 1874

Joseph, John 1833 1906

Row 13
Trapp, Mary L. 1900 1902

Trapp, Peter April 17, 1851 April 1, 1901

Trapp, Anna M. September 27, 1826 February 6, 1897

Trapp, John September 15, 1815 April 20, 1881

Wolf, Mary A. June 1, 1844 October 14, 1874

Wolf, Charles about - 1840 March 13, 1876 Co. A 22nd Ind. Inf.

Trapp, Charles November 1, 1858 March 13, 1918

Trapp, Edward 1869 1933

Roetkin, Anna M. 1863 1935

Roetkin, Henry 1863 1945

Row 14
Stewart, Carrie S. December 23, 1897 January 13, 1898

Stewart, Herbert January 3, 1890 February 1, 1900

Heacock, A.(Albert) G. May 2, 1884 Co. G 15th W. Va. Infantry (Died after being injured workin on the railroad)

Row 15
Dawson, Ella 1856 1939

Dawson, John 1840 1895

Clarkson, Harriett August 19, 1877 February 27, 1907

Clarkson, Thomas January 10, 1848 April 18, 1927 Second husband of Flora Deal

Clarkson, Charlotte (Lash) October 31, 1846 April 17, 1907

Clarkson, Ella C. 1880 1918

Clarkson, Thomas C.

Clarkson, J Hamer 1868 1949

Butcher, Alonzo M. 1880 1920

Row 16
Dawson, Dorace 1902 1903

Dawson, Anna 1879 1954

Dawson, John 1877 1953

Trapp, Hattie E. 1872 1947

Trapp, Geo W. 1861 1926

Hastings, Mary E. January 23, 1875 October 20, 1893

Hastings, Thomas [Harrison] 1888 1909 Killed in an accident at a saw mill.

Hastings, Mahala Jane 1850 1930

Hastings, Thomas 1842 1919

Hastings, John M. 1885 1961

Hastings, Julia Etta 1888 1962

Row 17
Rice, Clara A. February 20, 1893 October 29, 1899

Rice, Mary E. 1872 1939

Rice, Perry W. 1872 1946

Corbin, Lulie January 17, 1879 March 7, 1935

Corbin, John M. October 14, 1871 December 31, 1951 Birth & Death dates from Death Certificate

Hastings, Hattie M. 1870 1917

Hastings, Wm. J. 1870 1947

Fair, Raymond G. 1897 1951

Fair, Mark October 4, 1959 October 5, 1959

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Row 1
Jordan, Walter
Jordan, Elsworth
Jordan, Hulda
Jordan,Absalom	1840	May 3, 1888	Absalom was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor - the only person from Jennings County to receive one.
Skinner, Clary	3-25-1811	7-27-1869
Skinner, Stephen	1-22-1809	12-17-1874
Row 2 - The Deal family in this row - are John father, Elizabeth his second wife and his children from two marriages including his daughter Flora and her first husband Ulysses Grant Hendricks
Deal, John	11-13-1813	4-9-1891	John Fable and wife attended the funeral of John Deal, at Centerville,Sunday. 4-15-1891 NVBPD
Deal, Elizabeth	5-11-1824		Wife of John Deal
Deal, Charles	3-9-1862	9-1-1863
Deal, Frank	12-25-1859	9-3-1863
Deal, John P.	9-16-1853	2-28-1864
Deal, George W.	1-17-1846	3-5-1864
Deal, William H.	2-24-1856	2-29-1864
Deal, James P	10-22-1842	11-25-1867	Consort of Celestene (Jordan) Deal
Deal, Adam	1-1-1851	4-27-1884
Deal, Arthur O.	2-20-1866	8-29-1867	Son of James P & Celestene Deal
Hendricks, Grant	1865	1916	1st husband of Flora Deal - below
Hendricks, Flora	1967	1930	Daughter of John Deal, second marriage was to Thomas Clarkson
Row 3
Peiffer, Sarah	6-28-1837	7-20-1880
Peiffer, Henry	12-27-1856	2-26-1881
Peiffer, Infant dau.	8-20-1870	8-21-1870
Peiffer, Mary	9-24-1851	9-21-1860
Row 4
Logan, Infant	2-23-1857
Bailiff, Phineas B.	7-30-1824	12-6-1898
Bailiff, Orin M.	1-6-1822	6-15-1864
Bailiff, Sarah J.	8-27-1825	June 6, 1913	Wife of Phineas B. Bailiff - Daughter of Lemuel & Mary "Polly" (Walton)Wells
Bailiff, Celesta	August 25, 1864	December 5, 1942	Same stone as Cora - no dates on stone - dates from Death Certificate
Bailiff, Cora	March 21, 1868	May 20, 1945	Same stone as Celesta - no dates on stone - dates from Death Certificate
Bailiff, Marietta	August 1, 1903	May 26, 1847	Daughter of Phineas D. & Sarah Jane
Bailiff, Wilbur W.	April 22, 1859	February 24, 1947
Row 5
Wilder, Rutha	1891	1968
Wilder, Andrew J.	1886	1947
Nelson, G.C.			Military Stone-Co. A 22nd Ind. Inf.
Bailiff, Ellison	June 14, 1843	August 1, 1863	Co K 82nd Reg. Ind. Inf. died at Winchester Tennessee-August 1, 1863, as a Sergeant
Bailiff, Edmund P	April 17, 1798	June 5, 1871
Bailiff, Susannah H.	May 14, 1799	November 3, 1878
Lake, Elijah	1847	1923	Married to Viola Bailiff, May 6, 1896
Lake, Viola	1853	1929	Daughter of Phineas Bailiff & Sarah J. Wells
Lake, Jesse W	1883	1912	Jesse Lake, aged 29 years died of tuberculosis, at his home near Centerville, Saturday morning Dec. 28. Burial Sunday afternoon.
Row 6
Whitman, John	August 3, 1817	February 13, 1835
Roudebush, Daniel	1843	August 20, 1864	Son of William & Mary Ann (Rust) Roudebush-PVT. Co. B 6th Ind. Vol. Wounded & Captured at Chickamauga - Died Andersonville Prison
Roudebush, Mary Ann (Rust)	September 20, 1821	October 2, 1851	Wife of William S. Roudebush
Rust, G. W.	November 3, 1831	August 28, 1852	Died in California
Rust, Charles	1795	November 26, 1861	Husband of Hannah Rust
Rust, Hannah	April 15, 1798	November 19, 1873	Wife of Charles Rust
Jones, Catherine	December 27, 1786	April 6, 1866
Row 7
Whitmore, Oliver	April 8, 1845	March 23, 1889	Son of John Whitmore, Killed in an accident with a runnaway team in North Vernon. Married Louise Bundy 1885.
Rust Abram E.	November 23, 1823	May 15, 1910	Died at his son's in Newton County, Indiana
Rust, Sarah A.	May 10, 1828	February 21, 1905	Wife of Abram E. Rust, daughter of John Boner & Sarah (Cannon) Boner -
Rust, Othello	April 28, 1851	January 27, 1876	Died of Tetanus
Rust, Henry C	May 6, 1862	September 6, 1886	Son of Abram & Sarah A. Rust
Rust, Willard A.	December 8, 1868	June 8, 1873/8	Stone hard to read
Rust, Mollie B.	March 16, 1864	September 6, 1865	Daughter of Abram B & Sarah Rust
Rust, Eudora	March 15, 1856	October 2, 1861
Worth, Christopher	January 20, 1845	July 29, 1853	Son of David & Mahala Worth
Rust, Eugene A.	November 18, 1826	December 18, 1857	Son of George & Sarah Rust
Rust, Sarah	December 24, 1835	December 9, 1876	Maiden name McGannon
Rust, Martha	November 18, 1876	November 23, 1876
Rust, George S	1828	1908	Husband of Sarah McGannon Rust
Rust, Mary E.	November 18, 1876	December 9, 1878	Daughter of George S. & Sarah Rust
Prather, Eva	1855	1903
Orrell, John	1848	January 9, 1875	Co. A 137th Ind. Inf.
Row 8
Warren, Laura	March 20, 1878	February 2, 1880
Masoner, Effie	November 26, 1873	May 4, 1880
Marsh, Elizabeth	February 10, 1849	December 25, 1851
Marsh,Rachel
Marsh, Mary
Narsh, Margaret A.	June 28, 1818	March 13, 1857
Marsh, John W.	March 23, 1844	May 10, 1864
Row 9
Warren, Henry M.	March 22, 1835	March 14, 1863
Kendrick, Hannah	May 8, 1828	May 8, 1850
Dischinger, John F.	December 8, 1853	March 18, 1857
Dischinger, Philip S.	September 6, 1856	October 6, 1856
Larsh, Phillip	March 15, 1809	September 9,1866
Perrine, Sarah E.	September 28, 1809	September 29, 1864
Row 10
Warren, Lorenda	October 17, 1803	May 5, 1880
Warren, Perry	April 19, 1799	August 19, 1874
Warren, Laura J.	May 5, 1858	November 29, 1873
Lindley, Jas. M.	October 27, 1811	July 12, 1852
Row 11
Gahn, Margaret	August 18, 1809	October 25, 1887
Gahn, Adam	June 22, 1807	October 14, 1878
Gahn, Phillip	December 1, 1839	January 10, 1875
Layman, Phillip	1813	February 8, 1873
Joseph, Franciska	August 16, 1809	August 30, 1862
Joseph, Micheal		August 26, 1861
Fox, Ann Margaret	June 9, 1809	October 27, 1869
Fox, John	March 12, 1807	September 24, 1877
Fox, Henry	May 6, 1848	June 6, 1871
Wolfe, Sebastain	November 18, 1802	February 8, 1880
Row 12
Ahrman(n), Willie	April 9, 1887	August 29, 1888
Ahrman(n), Frank	December 25, 1893	January 19, 1895
Ahrman(n), Baby	November 28, 1895	December 23, 1895
Ahrman(n), Eliza	October 6, 1899	September 30, 1900
Ahrman(n), Charles	November 13, 1891	February 17, 1911	Son of Herman Ahrman
Wetzel, Inf. Dau.
Wetzel, Harry J.	February 22, 1872	April 24, 1879
Wetzel, James P.		1886
Wetzel, Annie M.	April 13, 1868	September 10, 1869
Wetzel, Ida M.	October 28, 1868	November 4, 1870
Shurmeier, Eliza		February 16, 1874
Nolte, Geo. Frank	September 4, 1868	November 4, 1870
Nolte, Mary F.	November 29, 1869	April 29, 1870
Shurmeier, John		October 11, 1874
Nolte, Maria		December 18, 1874
Joseph, John	1833	1906
Row 13
Trapp, Mary L.	1900	1902
Trapp, Peter	April 17, 1851	April 1, 1901
Trapp, Anna M.	September 27, 1826	February 6, 1897
Trapp, John	September 15, 1815	April 20, 1881
Wolf, Mary A.	June 1, 1844	October 14, 1874
Wolf, Charles	about - 1840	March 13, 1876	Co. A 22nd Ind. Inf.
Trapp, Charles	November 1, 1858	March 13, 1918
Trapp, Edward	1869	1933
Roetkin, Anna M.	1863	1935
Roetkin, Henry	1863	1945
Row 14
Stewart, Carrie S.	December 23, 1897	January 13, 1898
Stewart, Herbert	January 3, 1890	February 1, 1900
Heacock, A.(Albert) G.		May 2, 1884	Co. G 15th W. Va. Infantry (Died after being injured workin on the railroad)
Row 15
Dawson, Ella	1856	1939
Dawson, John	1840	1895
Clarkson, Harriett	August 19, 1877	February 27, 1907
Clarkson, Thomas	January 10, 1848	April 18, 1927	Second husband of Flora Deal
Clarkson, Charlotte (Lash)	October 31, 1846	April 17, 1907
Clarkson, Ella C.	1880	1918
Clarkson, Thomas C.
Clarkson, J Hamer	1868	1949
Butcher, Alonzo M.	1880	1920
Row 16
Dawson, Dorace	1902	1903
Dawson, Anna	1879	1954
Dawson, John	1877	1953
Trapp, Hattie E.	1872	1947
Trapp, Geo W.	1861	1926
Hastings, Mary E.	January 23, 1875	October 20, 1893
Hastings, Thomas [Harrison]	1888	1909	Killed in an accident at a saw mill.
Hastings, Mahala Jane	1850	1930
Hastings, Thomas	1842	1919
Hastings, John M.	1885	1961
Hastings, Julia Etta	1888	1962
Row 17
Rice, Clara A.	February 20, 1893	October 29, 1899
Rice, Mary E.	1872	1939
Rice, Perry W.	1872	1946
Corbin, Lulie	January 17, 1879	March 7, 1935
Corbin, John M.	October 14, 1871	December 31, 1951	Birth & Death dates from Death Certificate
Hastings, Hattie M.	1870	1917
Hastings, Wm. J.	1870	1947
Fair, Raymond G.	1897	1951
Fair, Mark	October 4, 1959	October 5, 1959