Cemeteries

Located in Paoli Township, Orange County, Indiana , section 22 T2N R1E, 1/2 mile north of
Syria. At the organization of the church in 1820, it was called Union, and later Pinhook.
Since 1875, it has been called Syria. The earliest marked stone is that of Jacob Busick, 1843
Transcribed by Robert E. Lane and Derek J. Lane in 2004, with a few updates in 2011.

Additions from other contributors as noted...Charlie Tredway

Syria Christian Church Cemetery
Formerly Known As Union and Pinhook

Name Birth Date Death Date Inscription or Remarks
Archer, William F. 21-Mar-1905 21-May-1905  
Archer, Mary S. Mulvaney 30-Mar-1905 23-May-1905  
       
Bennett, Samuel 18-Feb-1905 6-May-1905  
Bennett, Hattie 19-Feb-1905 26-Apr-1905 nee Reister
       
Brice, O. Albert 22-Sep-1922 6-Apr-1998 S1 US Navy WWII
Brice, Mildred 4-Jan-1926   m. 03-Aug-1942
       
Broshears, Arthur Lee 11-Apr-1905 23-Jun-1905  
Broshears, Elena Ruth 10-Apr-1905 8-Jun-1905  
       
Brough, Carl 4-Mar-1905 1-Jun-1905  
Brough, Josie Ellen 6-Mar-1905 17-May-1905  
       
Busick, David P. 21-Sep-1841 23-Feb-1843 s/o Joseph& Nancy
       
Campbell, Charles 9-Feb-1905 14-May-1905  
       
Carpenter, Donald E. 9-Jun-1914 19-Jun-1990 Pfc US Army WWII
       
Clark. Martha 25-Jul-1815 16-Apr-1877 w/o Wm. F.
       
Clements, Charles W.   23-Feb-1910 58y/9m/21d
       
Clements, Mary E.   03-Feb-1896 42y/6m/6d
       
Clements, Thad M. 10-Mar-1905 12-Jun-1905  
Clements, Edith J. 17-Mar-1905 7-Jun-1905  
       
Cogswell, Andrew W. 14-Dec-1874 12-Feb-1944  
Cogswell, Mary E. 18-Apr-1877 5-Feb-1901 1st wife
Cogswell, Hattie J. 25-Oct-1882 26-Mar-1939 2nd wife
       
Cogswell. Elma 25-Mar-1905 23-May-1905  
       
Cogswell, Evert 05-Feb-1891 26-Jun-1910 s/o J.T.& S.B.
       
Cogswell, Infant   13-Apr-1903 d/o A.W.& H.J.
       
Cornwell, Edward Hannegan 17-Jan-1905 1-Apr-1905  
       
Cornwell, Joseph L. 12-Feb-1905 29-Apr-1905  
Cornwell, Lydia Ann 13-Feb-1905 10-May-1905 nee Marchall
       
Cornwell, Margaret 18-Jan-1905 11-Apr-1905 nee Speer
       
Cornwell, Mataltha 07-Jun-1894 2-Jul-1916  
       
Cornwell, Nellie Nov 1893 Jan 1894  
       
Cox, Hazel Wolfe 14-Mar-1905 26-Apr-1905  
       
Crandall, James Russell 15-Mar-1905 27-May-1905  
Crandall, Thelma Roxie 16-Mar-1905 8-Jun-1905 nee Rawlings
       
Daugherty, Baylor 26-Sep-1911 20-Jul-2004  
       
Daugherty, Samuel Ray 30-Mar-1905 22-Jun-1905  
Daugherty, Jeanette 29-Mar-1905 1-Jun-1905  
       
Daugherty, Viola J. 14-Jul-1914 26-Aug-2001  
       
Dillard, Bee 15-May-1902 22-Dec-1910  
       
Dillard, Dick "Bert" E. 5-Mar-1905 23-May-1905  
Dillard, Ollie Bertha 2-Mar-1905 30-May-1905 nee Yates
       
Dillard, Charles 9-Feb-1905 12-Apr-1905  
Dillard, Wrennie L. 11-Feb-1905 15-Apr-1905 nee Salmons
       
Dillard, Edward V. 5-Feb-1905 22-Apr-1905  
Dillard, Dora L. 9-Feb-1905 29-Apr-1905 Lillie Isadora Dotts
       
Dillard, James Roscoe 06-Jan-1899 17-Jan-1977  
Dillard, Audie Irene 10-Feb-1914 26-Dec-1993 nee Elrod
       
Dillard, Leon 8-Apr-1914 11-Jul-1917 s/o D.E.& O.B.
       
Dotts, Jacob H. 3-Feb-1905 10-Apr-1905  
Dotts, Mary M. 4-Feb-1905 5-Apr-1905 nee Sailor
       
Easterday, Guy E. 9-Mar-1905 1-Jun-1905  
Easterday, Grace M. 12-Mar-1905 13-Jun-1905 nee Phillips
       
Edwards, Bert 21-Feb-1905 7-May-1905  
Edwards, Florence 3-Mar-1905 30-May-1905 nee Pickens
       
Edwards, Clifford K. 29-Dec-1910 19-Feb-1998  
Edwards, Hilda O. 7-Nov-1916 12-Aug-2001  
       
Ellis, John H. 06-Sep-1834 16-Apr-1900  
Ellis, Julia Ann 30-Jan-1839 29-Sep-1896  
       
Elrod, James M. 16-Feb-1905 27-Apr-1905 w/o Lillie
       
Elrod, Lillie Dell 22-Feb-1905 19-Apr-1905 nee Padgett, w/o James
       
Elrod, Norman B. 23-Mar-1905 30-May-1905  
Elrod, Marguerite 27-Mar-1905 30-Apr-1905  
       
Ely, Charles Anna 27-Mar-1905 23-Jun-1905  
       
Ely, Toy J. 27-Mar-1905 14-Jun-1905  
       
Farley, Gladys 26-Mar-1905 1-Jun-1905  
       
Farley, James A. 24-Mar-1905 15-May-1905  
       
Fisher, Bettie Lewis 2-Feb-1905 19-Apr-1905  
       
Freed, Louise A. 6-Oct-1918 2?-Dec-191?  
       
Frost, James A.   24-Feb-1901 80y/11m/20d
Frost, Henrietta C. ? ?  
       
Frost, James A. Jr. 2-Feb-1905 8-Apr-1905  
       
Frost, Sarah 21-Dec-1904 26-Mar-1905  
       
Gillespie, James Lee 25-Mar-1905 18-Jun-1905  
Gillespie, Dorothy R. 31-Mar-1905 8-Jun-1905  
       
Guthrie, Lovie F. Dotts 06-May-1883 29-Jul-1979  
       
Hackney, Clyde J.   13-Oct-1918 Pvt 27 US Inf.
       
Hackney, Henrietta C. 19-Apr-1847 20-Feb-1897  
       
Hackney, Sam 13-Aug-1871 30-Jan-1892  
       
Hackney, Samuel Henry 16-Jan-1905 29-Mar-1905  
       
Hackney, Wilbur S. 28-Mar-1905 15-Jun-1905  
Hackney, Elizabeth F. 29-Mar-1905    
       
Hall, Bascom D. 30-Oct-1881 8-May-1966 h/o Sallie
       
Hall, Sallie M. 06-Oct-1889 10-Jan-1988 w/o Bascom
       
Henderson, Bertha E. 14-Mar-1905 21-Apr-1905  
       
Henderson, Charles E. 14-Feb-1905 17-May-1905  
Henderson, Effie M. 19-Feb-1905 4-May-1905 nee Sailor
       
Herthel, Louis P. 10-Feb-1905 24-Apr-1905  
Herthel, Jennie M. 14-Feb-1905 15-May-1905  
       
Holland, Gene 16-Apr-1905    
Holland, Patricia J. 22-Apr-1905 12-Jun-1905  
       
Holland, Jeffrey Carlisle 10-Feb-1984 19-May-1984  
       
Hounshell, Carl 30-Aug-1901 23-Jan-1985  
Hounshell, Polley 22-Dec-1910 17-Apr-1967  
       
Hubbard, Della Riley   7-Aug-1950 d/o Wilburne & Vesta Hall
       
Hubbard, Wilburne W. 31-Mar-1905 5-Jun-1905 Ssgt US Army WWII
       
Huff, Dessie B. 04-Oct-1881 19-May-1951  
       
Isenhour, Kathleen S. 11-Apr-1905 16-Jun-1905  
       
Johnson, Brent Eric 17-Feb-1962 12-Apr-1966  
       
Johnson, Charles F. 28-Feb-1905 18-Apr-1905  
       
Johnson, Charles Leon 27-Mar-1905 1-Jul-1905  
Johnson, Eva M. 27-Mar-1905 20-Jun-1905  
       
Johnson, Edward E. 14-Apr-1877 21-Nov-1968 Brother
Wilson, Margaret A. 18-Mar-1874 21-Feb-1970 Sister, nee Johnson
       
Johnson, Elizabeth F. 29-Jan-1905 22-Apr-1905  
       
Johnson, Everett F. 21-Feb-1905 17-Apr-1905  
Johnson, Lillie V. 22-Feb-1905 19-May-1905  
Johnson, Merle M. 17-Mar-1905 26-May-1905  
       
Johnson, Lorna Beth 17-Jan-1968 22-Nov-1974  
       
Johnson, Manson C. 12-Mar-1883 6-Feb-1954  
       
Johnson, Mary Ann 1-Jan-1937 25-Jul-2004 nee Bowers
       
Johnson, Mary C. 22-Jan-1905 12-Apr-1905  
Johnson, Mary E. 30-Jan-1905 23-Apr-1905  
       
Johnson, Mary F. 16-Jun-1884 1-Dec-1915  
       
Johnson, Mildred H. 17-Oct-1910 3-Dec-1910 d/o M.C.& M.F.
       
Johnson, Susan Jane 4-Jan-1905 7-Apr-1905  
       
Jones, Olive V. 5-Mar-1905 13-Jun-1905  
Jones, Oline W. 8-Mar-1905 20-Jun-1905  
       
Judy, Cecil C. 2-Oct-1910 12-Dec-1996  
Judy, Betty J. 30-Jan-1926 21-Mar-2000  
       
Kellams, Charles C. 19-Mar-1905 12-Jun-1905 m. 28-Oct-1949
Kellams, Dortha D. 11-Apr-1905 3-Jul-1905 nee Young
       
Ledgerwood, Douglas C. 14-May-1905 23-Jun-1905  
       
Lewis, Amanda T. 19-May-1827 6-Jul-1901  
       
Lewis, Clifford B. 16-Oct-1915 9-Aug-1997 m. 12-Jun-1938
Lewis, Nina B. 26-Sep-1921    
       
Lewis, David N. 22-Jan-1905 10-Apr-1905  
Lewis, Rebecca A. 23-Jan-1905 16-Apr-1905  
       
Lewis, Fred E. 22-Feb-1905 21-Apr-1905  
Lewis, Effie E. 24-Feb-1905 20-May-1905  
       
Lewis, Infant   2-Mar-1905  
       
Lewis, Infant   8-Mar-1939 s/o Clifford & Nina
       
Lewis, James W. 23-Mar-1851 18-Dec-1919  
Lewis, Rebecca A. 11-Nov-1854 20-Mar-1929  
       
Lewis, John 06-Apr-1822 04-Mar-1875  
       
Lewis, John M. 4-Feb-1905 5-Apr-1905  
Lewis, Martha E. 8-Feb-1905 2-May-1905  
       
Lewis, Leon Doyle 8-Apr-1905    
Lewis, Mary Newlin 8-Apr-1905 18-Jun-1905  
       
Lewis, Linnie C. 22-Mar-1854 20-Oct-1912  
       
Lewis, Melinda 1912 Age 57 Years 
Added courtesy of Roger E. Brown, per Death Index Book 23  
         
Lewis, Samuel R.   02-Sep-1888 41y/2m/18d
       
Lewis, Sarah J. 27-Feb-1850 15-Jan-1893  
       
Limeberry, Alva R. 1-Apr-1905 19-Apr-1905  
       
Lindley, Infant   7-Mar-1905 s/o O.P.& L.E.
       
Lynd, Jesse L. 09-Jul-1872 29-Nov-1892  
       
Mackey, Clarence P. 15-Mar-1905 22-May-1905  
       
Mackey, Dorothy M. 12-Mar-1905 11-May-1905  
       
Mahan, Sarah H. 13-Jan-1905 6-Apr-1905  
       
Mahan, Thomas 27-Jan-1816 22-Jun-1885  
Mahan, Mary 10-Nov-1817 18-May-1886 nee Mavity
       
Maris, Leighton L. 26-Aug-1905 16-May-1988  
Maris, Doris A. 6-Dec-1911 17-Feb-1973  
       
Marshall, Jacob S. 14-Jan-1905 21-Mar-1905  
Marshall, Lizzie E. 20-Jan-1905 15-Apr-1905 nee Baker
       
Marshall, Rev. John W. 7-Feb-1905 11-Apr-1905  
       
Marshall, Roy 7-Feb-1912 4-Mar-1912 s/o M.& E.
       
Martin, Oliver P. 24-Sep-1855 23-May-1884  
       
Martin, Rufus A. 06-Feb-1858 18-Nov-1879  
       
Mavity, John K. 12-Sep-1845 11-Nov-1910  
Mavity, Almira A. 11-Feb-1848 22-Feb-1898 nee Doak
       
Mavity, William F. 13-Mar-1821 9-Oct-1901  
Mavity, Mary Ann 31-Mar-1820 10-Dec-1900 nee Snider
       
Mavity, Sarah M. 29-Mar-1905 Age 65 Years
Added courtesy of Roger E. Brown, per Death Index Book 23  
Mavity, Sarah M. 1849  1918  Dau of W. & M.  (Per Dar Records) 
McCarty, Willie 9-Mar-1905 31-May-1905  
McCarty, Ada Marie 14-Mar-1905 19-Jun-1905 nee Elrod
       
McIntosh, John A. 23-Mar-1905 21-May-1905  
McIntosh, Irene D. 23-Mar-1905 18-Jun-1905  
       
McIntosh, Nelson 21-Mar-1905 23-May-1905  
       
Moulder, Jacob A. 17-Oct-1848 10-Sep-1889  
Moulder, Sarah J. 27-Feb-1861 18-Aug-1885 nee Wolf
       
Newlin, Clarice Frost 10-May-1901 21-Mar-1998  
       
Newlin, Earl Emerson 09-Nov-1899 20-May-1990  
Newlin, Maggie Turner 25-Aug-1899 5-May-1971  
       
Newlin, Joan 12-Feb-1935 14-Feb-1935  
       
Nichols, Joel A. 16-Apr-1824 15-Aug-1892  
Nichols, Cynthia Ann 24-Sep-1830 29-Jun-1906  
       
Nodine, Geraldine 14-Sep-1943 23-Aug-2004 nee Daugherty
       
Padgett, Catherine 20-Aug-1827 02-Dec-1896 nee Hendricks, w/o James W.
       
Padgett, Isaac   02-Aug-1897 Aged ?y/7m/?d
       
Padgett, Jacob   29-Oct-1898 36y/10m/25d
       
Padgett, James W.   19-Apr-1900 82y/6m/2d
       
Padgett, John T. 15-Aug-1828 20-Sep-1887  
       
Padgett, Mary A.   14-Oct-1876 w/o John
       
Padgett, Sarah M. 16-Jun-1857 23-Feb-1907 w/o N.G., nee Wells
       
Page, Infant   16-Mar-1905 d/o J.E.& L.
       
Phillips, John M. 27-May-1842 6-Nov-1916  
Phillips, Lula C. 12-Dec-1865 29-Mar-1908  
       
Phillips, Maudie B. 12-Mar-1889 09-Dec-190?  
       
Pickens, Amos E. 17-Jan-1908 25-Apr-1965  
Pickens, Ruth I. 25-Jul-1907 12-Jun-1993 nee Riester
       
Pickens, David E. 20-Feb-1905 9-Apr-1905  
       
Pickens, Elizabeth 5-Feb-1905 14-May-1905  
       
Pickens, Frank E. 26-Feb-1905 12-May-1905  
       
Pickens, Grover C. 11-Jul-1884 24-Aug-1923  
       
Pickens, Hazel D. 1-Mar-1905 24-May-1905  
       
Pickens, Infant Son   20-Mar-1905  
       
Pickens, James W. 07-Jan-1852 20-Oct-1935  
Pickens, Rebecca E. 20-Jul-1857 20-May-1938  
       
Pickens, Lemuel J. 21-Jan-1905 7-Apr-1905  
       
Pickens, Maria E. 29-Jan-1905 16-Apr-1905  
       
Pickens, Naomi D. 21-Feb-1905 22-May-1905  
       
Pickens, Russell J. 22-Mar-1905 22-Apr-1905  
       
Pickens, Theodore S. 31-Jan-1905 9-Apr-1905  
       
Pittman, James J. 2-Apr-1905 10-Jun-1905 m. 20-Nov-1948
Pittman, Maxine 17-Jun-1928    
       
Riester, Casper A. 13-Feb-1905 18-Apr-1905  
Riester, Cora E. 15-Feb-1905 3-Apr-1905  
       
Riester, Cleo E. 01-Mar-1897 6-Mar-1905 d/o S.& M.F.
       
Riester, Infant 25-Jan-1899 25-Jan-1899 s/o S.& M.F.
       
Riester, James W. 24-Feb-1905 18-Apr-1905 m. 06-Jul-1903
Riester, Lola E. 26-Feb-1905 22-May-1905 nee Lewis
       
Riester, Mary F. 29-Jan-1905 13-Mar-1905  
       
Riester, Raymond 12-Mar-1905 7-Jun-1905  
Riester, Stell 13-Mar-1905 23-May-1905  
       
Riester, Stephen 25-Nov-1850 23-Jul-1911  
       
Riester, William Harvey 15-Feb-1905 19-Apr-1905  
Riester, Cora M. 20-Feb-1905 16-May-1905  
       
Riley, Perry E. 10-May-1905 11-Jun-1905 s/o E.L.
       
Riley, Eugene Leatherman 14-Apr-1905 12-Jun-1905  
       
Robinson, Henry 4-Apr-1905 19-Jun-1905  
Rutherford, Carl L. 1-Apr-1905 23-Jun-1905  
Rutherford, Wilma Jean 2-Apr-1905 19-Jun-1905  
       
Runyon, William B. 26-Mar-1905 15-Jun-1905  
Runyon, Blanche E. 19-Mar-1905 13-Jun-1905  
       
Rush, H. Stanley 10-Mar-1905 29-May-1905  
Rush, Inez L. 12-Mar-1905 16-Jun-1905  
       
Sanders, Flora B. Turner 23-Sep-1886 21-Jun-1908  
       
Sanders, Mildred Faith 17-Mar-1905 18-Apr-1905  
       
Scarlett, Raymond M. 16-Mar-1905 22-Apr-1905  
       
Scott, William E. 16-Oct-1849 5-Jul-1922  
       
Sheeks, Nellie R. Wolfe 6-Mar-1905 5-Apr-1905  
       
Shuler, Willie 20-Mar-1905 21-May-1905  
Shuler, Louise 26-Mar-1905 15-Jun-1905  
       
Speer, Cora I. 12-Aug-1890 04-Feb-1894 d/o J & L
       
Speer, Isaac Newton 10-Jan-1905 1-Mar-1905  
Speer, Mary J. Mahan 10-Jan-1905 31-Mar-1905  
       
Speer, John 03-Apr-1854 18-May-1907  
Speer, Laura B. 24-Apr-1872 2-Feb-1941 nee Warren
       
Standiford, John R. 19-Sep-1850 10-Jan-1943  
Standiford, Nancy A. 13-Feb-1849 23-Dec-1911 nee Lewis
       
Stewart, Alice Ray 4-Mar-1905 10-Mar-1905  
       
Terry, Willie E. 5-Apr-1905 6-Jun-1905 h/o R.C.
       
Thompson, Charles A. 16-Apr-1868 14-Feb-1960  
Thompson, Naomi M. 26-Oct-1872 13-Jun-1959 nee Johnson
       
Thompson, Frances Elizabeth   14-Jan-1914 d/o Chas.& Naomi
       
Towell, John Dixon 8-Feb-1905 23-Apr-1905  
Towell, Sarah E. 13-Feb-1905 27-Apr-1905 nee Speer
       
Turner, Anna 17-Nov-1863 22-May-1908 w/o F.H.
       
Turner, Estella Marilland 16-Feb-1905 13-May-1905  
       
Turner, Frank H. 13-Sep-1860 27-Mar-1938  
       
Turner, Janice Trotter 6-Apr-1905 13-Jun-1905  
       
Turner, Jessie F. 11-Dec-1901 8-Feb-1902 d/o F.H.& L.A.
       
Turner, John F. 27-Mar-1905 14-Jun-1905  
       
VanCleave, James L. 08-Jan-1892 46y/8m/14d  
       
Vickrey, Nelson D. 16-Sep-1832 9-Mar-1900  
Vickrey, Mary J. 11-Mar-1843 1-Feb-1915  
       
Walker, Ralph E. 05-Feb-1895 1-Dec-1972  
Walker, Myrtie I. 07-Feb-1897 23-Aug-1985  
Walker, Mariane 12-Dec-1919 13-Dec-1919  
       
Wallace, H. Denzil 8-Apr-1905 18-Jun-1905  
Wallace, Bette Ann 12-Apr-1905 16-Jun-1905  
       
Wallace, Lucile Riester 28-Jul-1901 28-Jun-1991  
       
Walls, Vernia M. 15-Mar-1901 31-Jul-1920 w/o Roscoe
       
Weeks, Robert R. 4-Apr-1905 29-Jun-1905  
Weeks, Maxine C. 8-Apr-1905 31-May-1905  
       
Wesner, Ellis 31-Jan-1924 1-Apr-2003  
       
Williams, Joni Lynn 5-Sep-1958 19-Sep-1958  
       
Wininger, Norma Jean Allen 13-Apr-1905 10-Jun-1905  
       
Wolfe, Alexander 30-Jan-1905 21-Mar-1905 h/o Ellen
       
Wolfe, Clarence O. 31-Jan-1905    
Wolfe, Emma M. 10-Feb-1905 11-Apr-1905  
       
Wolfe, Ellen J. 4-Feb-1905 18-Apr-1905 nee Speer, w/o Alexander
       
Wolfe, George 19-Feb-1834 ?  
Wolfe, Emerine 28-Nov-1835 18-Aug-1897  
       
Young, Farel J. 19-Mar-1905 9-Jun-1905  
Young, A. Mae 17-Mar-1905 14-Jun-1905