Sherritt_Cemetery

Sherritt Cemetery
Boone Township
38º 27' 0.5" N 86º 57' 33.1" W

Sherritt Cemetery is the oldest known cemetery in Dubois County. It sits along the Buffalo Trace, near the site of the oldest white settlement in the county, and south of the site of Fort McDonald. William McDonald, the first white settler in Dubois County (1801) and Allen McDonald (1809 - 1880), the first white child born in the county are buried here.

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There are many unmarked graves and some markers are illegible. Earlier transcriptions were referenced to verify information and to provide a complete listing. Click camera icon to view available photo.

Last Name	First Name	Born	Died	Other	Photo
Bixler	Hilbert		4/21/1890	Son of J.O. & S.C. 7m 25d
Bixler	Simeon	8/10/1818	3/16/1878	59y 7m 6d
Bixler	Elvira J.	3/26/1828	10/31/1894	66y 7m 5d
Breidenbaugh	Roy	1890	1948
Breidenbaugh	George	2/6/1857	6/29/1942
Breidenbaugh	Susan	9/30/1866	2/19/1909
Breidenbaugh	Henry Earl	3/22/1895	10/19/1914
Breidenbaugh	Henry B.	3/6/1848	5/14/1921
Breidenbaugh	Catherine	1/30/1848	11/8/1919
Breidenbaugh	Bonaparte		4/10/1857	Son of H. & M. 6m 5d
Breidenbaugh	George		4/5/1859	Son of H. & M. 17y 3m 26d
Breidenbaugh	Henry		10/30/1864	Son of Henry & Mary 18y 7m 5d Civil War Soldier
Breidenbaugh	Mary		7/14/1883	Wife of Henry 63y 3m 29d
Breidenbaugh	William	9/14/1848	4/19/1899
Breidenbaugh	Laura	1860	1935
Breidenbaugh	Adam	1849	1921
Breidenbaugh	Nannie	4/23/1875	6/3/1875	Dau of A. & N.M.
Breidenbaugh	Nancy M.	8/29/1845	4/25/1875	Wife of A. 29y 7m 6d
Breidenbaugh	John	9/8/1806	3/2/1873
Breidenbaugh	Anna Dorothea		6/26/1873	Wife of John 57y 4m
Breidenbaugh	Kunigunda		2/13/1861	29y 10m 1d
Breidenbaugh	Infant		1/21/1861	Dau of G. & H.
Breidenbaugh	Infant		9/13/1855	Son of G. & H.
Breidenbaugh	Lizabeth		7/24/1854
Breidenbaugh	Catherine		7/6/1854	Dau of G. & H.
Breidenbaugh	Barbery			Wife of George
Breidenbaugh	George	1/28/1812	10/23/1864
Breidenbaugh	Samuel C.	11/8/1876	10/18/1879	Son of H. & C.
Breidenbaugh	Frederick A.	12/6/1871	9/14/1875	Son of H. & C.
Breidenbaugh	Kunigunde	8/25/1819	11/13/1883
Breidenbaugh	Evelyn C.	1886	1887
Brown	Margaret	1827	1848
Brown	Wilson	10/17/1830	4/20/1852	Son of S.G. & S.H. 21y 6m 3d
Brown	Samuel	Nov 1771	9/21/1818		N/A
Brown	Margaret	8/5/1779	4/30/1836		N/A
Cavender	John D.	11/17/1830	3/5/1873	42y 3m 18d
Cavender	William	8/29/1793	10/23/1875	82y 1m 26d
Cavender	Charity	1/11/1804	12/14/1876	Wife of Wm 72y 11m 3d	N/A
Cavender	Henry		11/12/1861	Son of J. & P. 3m 2d
Crowder	Emma E.	6/7/2973	9/27/1899	Wife of Geo. R. Munkel
Curry	Sarah F.	4/23/1847	10/25/1848	1y 6m 26d	N/A
Dike	Kate	1876	1877	Child of C. & R.
Dike	Infant			Child of C. & R.
Dike	Olvie	1886	1887	Child of C. & R.
Dike	Catherine	10/27/1876	8/29/1877	Dau of C. & R.
Donnell	William Franklin	2/2/1832	Aug 1841	Son of John & Susan
Donnell	Oletha Indian	10/15/1837	10/13/1838
Donnell	Lavina Angeline	6/28/1840	8/9/1841		N/A
Edmonston	Richmond F.		1/24/1875	Son of B. B. L. & R.	N/A
Fisher	Anna		4/8/1865	Wife of Jacob 75y 11d
Fisher	Jacob		9/8/1853	75y 1m 17d
Fisher	John	4/1/1819	5/18/1870	51y 1m 17d
Fraser	Donald W.		6/23/1865	Son of J. & S.
Fuller	Lucy		4/2/1856	About 72 years
Graham	Ewing		1/10/1890	82y 10m
Graham	Elizabeth	6/11/1820	9/21/1891
Haddock	Rhoda		12/22/1828	1y 11m 20d	N/A
Haddock	Lucinda		1/13/1835	15y 9m 22d
Haddock	John
Haddock	Rhody	12/14/1787	2/13/1847	Wife of John
Harbison	Alatha	4/14/1834	10/24/1880	Wife of James P. 46y 6m 10d (James P died 1916 in Kansas)
Hays	Sarah	3/6/1795	2/15/1871	Wife of Willis 75y 11m 9d
Hays	Willis		9/28/1876	84y 6m
Hill	Sarah E.	8/13/1835	7/25/1860
Hindman	Alexander	3/28/1839	9/3/1843	Son of John & Maida	N/A
Hoffman	Henricha	11/11/1831	11/26/1854
Hoffman	John	2/2/1831	7/31/1898
Hoffman	Katherine	6/16/1840	1/27/1901
Hopkins	Hugh		4/12/1868	26y 1m
Hopkins	Margaret	5/22/1819	3/27/1857	Wife of Mordecai 37y 10d
Hopkins	Elizabeth	7/10/1788	7/28/1834	46y 18d
Hopkins	Asher	10/19/1837	7/19/1846	Son of M. & M. 8y 5m
Hutchens	Mary	6/13/1794	9/7/1861	Wife of Arthur
Hutchens	Hannah B.		9/29/1822	Dau of A. & M. 12d
Hutchens	Basel A.		9/1/1831	Son of J. & H. 3y 2m
Hutchens	Rhoda E.		9/11/1845	Dau of A. & M. 13y 4m 29d
Hutchens	Nancy M.		10/29/1847	Dau of A. & M.
Jakle	Catharine			Wife of Conrad
Kean	Sarah Jane		12/20/1852	Wife of M. W. 21y 10m 6d	N/A
Kelso	Andrew F.	7/20/1807	7/12/1872
Kelso	Susannah F.	2/10/1813	8/26/1889	Wife of A. F.
Kelso	Edgar E.		12/3/1870	Son of B.H. & M.E. 9m 17d
Kelso	Sanford L.		8/20/1857	Son of A. F. & S.C.
Kelso	Martha Ann			Dau of A.F. & S.E.
Lagenour	John W.		2/21/1875	Son of E. R. & M. 3m 7d	N/A
Ledgerwood	Ida May		2/22/1870	Dau of S.M. & S.H. 5m 14d	N/A
Mason	Sarah		2/20/1847	Consort of M. B. 27y 25d
Mason	Rosina		2/20/1848	Dau of M. B. & Sarah. 1y 11m 7d
McCrillus	Sarah		10/28/1830	Wife of Dr. A. B. 27y 20d
McDonald	William	11/3/1827	10/6/1856	Husband of E. J.
McDonald	William		7/19/1818	Indiana Pvt Wilkin's Co. Ind. Mil. War of 1812. First white settler of Dubois County 1801
McDonald	William Martin	10/27/1845	5/16/1854	Son of John & Margaret 8y 9m 4d
McDonald	Mary E.	9/6/1857	3/21/1860
McDonald	John
McDonald	Louis C.	12/17/1854	4/4/1860
McDonald	John		4/21/1860		N/A
McDonald	Sisse	8/4/1868	8/24/1868		N/A
McDonald	Harry	3/4/1871	3/25/1872	Son of H,A. & M.A.	N/A
McDonald	Mary A.	10/2/1843	8/21/1874	Wife of H.A. 30y 10m 19d
McDonald	Charles E.	5/31/1891	8/16/1895	Son of H.A. & P.
McDonald	Hiram A.	12/13/1837	6/20/1921	CO H. 24 Ind Vol
McDonald	Pauline McCarty	4/24/1857	3/12/1918
McDonald	Walter S.	3/18/1873	12/8/1923
McDonald	Frances E.	1851	1926
McDonald	Sarah C.			Dau of Allen & Manerva 9y 11m 28d
McDonald	L. S.			63rd Ind Inf
McDonald	Minerva	11/29/1815	2/5/1897	Wife of Al
McDonald	Allen	1/15/1809	10/1/1880	71y 8m 6d First white child born in Dubois County
McElroy	Sarah E.	4/7/1839	9/11/1845
McMahon	Jane	12/2/1784	4/25/1864	Relict of Joseph
Miller	Cornelia A.		7/11/1854	Dau of F. & A. 10m 26d
Miller	Francis			CO B 44th Ind Inf
Morgan	William G.	3/12/1897	8/29/1900
Munkel	Fred G.	12/27/1849	2/12/1927
Munkel	Matilda	3/22/1876	12/8/1876	Dau of F.G. & M.
Munkel	Margaret	8/6/1854	6/28/1919
Munkel	Edman F.		2/5/1882	Son of F.G. & M.H. 27y	N/A
Murry	Francis E.	8/10/1834	11/2/1883	48y 2m 22d
Murry	Richard	5/9/1823	3/17/1893	69y 10m 8d
Niblack	James	3/6/1793	4/22/1823	30y 1m 15d
Niblack	Hugh F.		9/15/1827	Son of J. & M. 1y 1m 3d
Niblack	John Q.		7/26/1832	Son of J. & M.
Niblack	John	7/9/1790	4/23/1839
Niblack	Martha	2/7/1799	9/17/1847	Relict of John
Niblack	Ann	8/26/1800	7/21/1834
Niblack	Martin L.		6/27/1845	Son of J. & M. 7y 6m 18d	N/A
Purkhiser	John W.		9/23/1868	23y 9m 6d Served 3 years and 2 months in the 49th under Captain Peckinpaugh where he contracted the disease that ended his earthly career. He's now gone to rest.
Rodolph	John		5/28/1862	38y
Rodolph	Henry		3/16/1857	Son of J. & C. 11m 23d	N/A
Rodolph	George Washington	12/23/18_7	2/11/1872	Son of J. & K.	N/A
Schnarr	Michael		7/4/1866	Son of A. & M. 2y 4m 2d	N/A
Schnarr	Susan D.		6/13/1885	Dau of M. & K. 11d
Schnarr	Margret		10/1/1873	Dau of M. & K. 5y 1m 22d
Schnarr	John		9/30/1850	Son of J. & M.
Schnarr	Fred J.	1870	1948
Schnarr	Margaret	1844	1904
Schnarr	John Jr.	1838	1972
Schnarr	Christian	3/5/1796	10/20/1866
Schnarr	George
Schnarr	Elizabeth		11/11/1856	1y 3m 5d
Schnarr	John A.	11/25/1825	1/24/1901
Schnarr	Anna Margaret	5/17/1829	1/24/1897	Wife of J. A.
Sherritt	William B	1/12/1822	4/7/1897
Sherritt	Margaret E.	2/10/1832	7/14/1876
Sherritt	Irvin B.	8/21/1861	6/11/1885	Child of W.B. & M. E. 23y 9m 20d
Sherritt	Buddie	2/7/1860	3/30/1860	Child of W.B. & M. E.
Sherritt	James W.	4/19/1857	9/5/1858	Son of W. B. & M. E.
Sherritt	Hellena		8/4/1859	19y	N/A
Sherritt	Cornella		9/25/1884	38y 10m 18d	N/A
Sherritt	Thomas F.	1/29/1829	3/16/1887	58y 1m 17d	N/A
Sherritt	Artamisha		12/4/1883	Dau of T.F. & C. 4y 6m 11d
Sherritt	Jane	6/2/1800	6/23/1870	Wife of John 70y 21d
Sherritt	John	3/27/1785	4/1/1849
Sherritt	James	11/1/1826	10/8/1851
Sherritt	John	12/28/1857	11/15/18__		N/A
Traylor	Margaret	1837	1904
Traylor	Jesse	1/9/1820	1/20/1904
Traylor	Hugh	11/29/1874	8/10/1896	Son of J. & M.C. 21y 8m 1d
Traylor	Flora M.	6/19/1877	9/24/1879	Dau of A.H. & F.A.
Traylor	Jane	12/21/1823	1/12/1861	Wife of Jesse 38y 21d
Ward	Johnathan	2/14/1807	8/6/1873
Ward	Winnie	2/29/1818	8/6/1873	Wife of Johnathan