Located at the North end of New Trenton, on the East side of US 52, just 50 ft from the highway. Access is via a private lane off US 52. Approx. 160 visible stones.
The cemetery was restored by the Whitewater Twp Trustee in 2005.
Note: There exists at the State Library a "Possum Hollow" burial list that contains 34 of these names.
NameBirth Date/AgeDeath DateNotes
Babbit, Emalin 29yrs 5mos 15days 29 Feb 1852* d/o Wm & Mary
*1852 was a leap year
Babbit, S     Hand-carved in fieldstone
Baker, George     Co H, Ind Inf Civil War
Baker Infant 11 Mar 1929 11 Mar 1929 Infant s/o Stephen & Lottie Hensen Baker (no stone)
Barber, Eleanor 73yrs 21days 24 April 1849 w/o Moses
Barber, Jane 27yrs 6mos 4days 26 Sep 1849 w/o George
Barber, Jemima 1811 1892  
Barber, John 2 Jun 1828 31 May 1881  
Barber, John Sale 43yrs 3mos 12days 23 Jul 1847  
Barber, Jonathan 28 Sep 1820 10 Nov 1888 Jonathan, Nathan & Mary on one stone.
Barber, Mary 53yrs 3mos 3days 17 Feb 1839 w/o John Barber
Barber, Mary 4 Nov 1807 19 Feb 1875 Jonathan, Nathan & Mary on one stone
Barber, Nathan L 13 Aug 1846 24 Nov 1870 s/o J & M Barber
on stone with John & Mary
Barber, Simeon 80yrs 17 May 1817  
Barber, Susanna 80yrs Sep 1820 w/o Simeon
Barber, Maria Louisa 15yrs 11mos 1day 17 Jan 1854 d/o Eliphalet & Ann
Blackburn, Antha 6 Apr 1827 21 Apr 1912  
Blackburn, Antha E 10 Dec 1899 21 Sep 1900 d/o C W & M
Blackburn, David 30yrs 4mos 25days 18 Dec 1868  
Blackburn, Elizabeth 35yrs 11 Feb 1846 w/o John
Blackburn, Elizabeth S 31yrs 7mos 1 Oct 1828 w/o John
Blackburn, George     Co H, 52nd Ind Inf Civil War
Blackburn, John 62yrs 6mos 10days 31 Aug 1856  
Blackburn, William R 18 Jul 1824 29 Oct 1892  
Bonham, John 32yrs 19 Nov 1829  
Boutcher, Charles 14 Jan 1857 3 Oct 1857 s/o N R & M A
Boutcher, Elizabeth 17yrs 2mos 14 Sep 1853 d/o Samuel & Sarah
Boutcher, Hannah 70yrs 1 Jan 1846  
Boutcher, Lizie 23 Jan 1850 20 Aug 1860  
Boutcher, Samuel 6yrs 6mos 1day 10 Aug 1860 s/o Nathan B & Martha
Burk, John 78yrs 10mos 18days 28 Jun 1851 On stone with Rebecca
Burk, Rebecca 87yrs 4mos 28days 16 Jul 1868 Consort of John
On stone with John
Carmichael, George W 1yr 8mos 17days 12 Aug 1865 s/o Wm W & Susannah U
Cater, Elizabeth E 1yr 9days 1 Aug 1853 d/o John B & Eliza Ann
Cater, John B 24yrs 4mos 16days 5 Feb 1853 or 1859  
Chappelow, Elizabeth 77yrs 1mo 11days 23 Jun 1856 w/o William
Chappelow, Jane E 1836 1858 on stone with Mary, John & Thomas F
Chappelow, John 1813 1862 on stone with Jane E, Mary & Thomas F
Chappelow, Joseph H 1845 1906 on stone with Mary J
Chappelow, Mary 26 Sep 1820 12 Jan 1855 w/o Thomas Chappelow
Chappelow, Mary 1803 1891 on stone with Jane E, John & Thomas F
Chappelow, Mary 1836 1894 w/o J R - "Mother"
Chappelow, Mary J 1853 1929 on stone with Joseph H
Chappelow, Oca 14 Jul 1887 19 Jan 1902  
Chappelow, Thomas 44yrs 1mo 11 May 1857  
Chappelow, Thomas F 1835 1911 on stone with Jane E, John & Mary
Chappelow, William 96yrs 2mos 25days 6 Feb 1866  
Cliffin, Benjamin 55yrs 15 Apr 1822  
Cox, Austin 1879 1920  
Cox, Clarissa 23 May 1816 12 May 1885 "Mother" - on stone with William B
Cox, Edward Clarence 15 Nov 1869 6 Jun 1886 Son of L J & V
Cox, Edwin H 14mos 17days 7 Oct 1843 s/o Wm B & Clarissa
Cox, Gertie Belmont 1899 1900 Infant
Cox, Grace 1881 1922  
Cox, Henry M 8mos 30days 11 Apr 1845 s/o Wm B & Clarissa
Cox, J L 1853 1929 on stone with M B
Cox, John 9mos 1day 21 Aug 1839 s/o Wm B & Clarissa
Cox, Leonard J 1840 1900  
Cox, M B 1851 1921 on stone with J L
Cox, William B 23 Dec 1816 17 Sep 1883 "Father" - on stone with Clarissa
Creete, August 51yrs 2mos 13days 17 Feb 1878 on "Possum Hollow" List as Augusta
Creete, Catharine 9 Mar 1821 2 Jan 1899  
Creete, Fred 9 Mar 1867 21 Nov 1890 s/o A & Catharine
DeBeck, J P J     Cpl Co D, 2nd KY Inf Civil War
DeBeck, Sarah 26yrs 7mos 12days 27 Mar 1877 w/o J P
d/o E K & Sarah Rockafellar
Deike     Capt Co H, 52nd Ind Inf Civil War
Deike, Elizabeth 25yrs 3mos 19days 19 Sep 1843  
Deike, Francis M 22yrs 5mos 22days 18 Jan 1869 s/o F & Rebecca
Deike, Rebecca 73yrs 1mo 1day 30 July 1881 w/o Frederick Deike
Dittman, Sarah E   6 Mar 1900 Wife of F W
Gant, Clarissa 18 May 1861 21 May 1861 d/o George & Mary (Possum Hollow List)
Gant, Larken 22 Oct 1796 2 Sep 1872 (Possum Hollow List)
Gilley, Dorothea 20 Feb 1825 9 Sep 1885 Frau von G Gilley
Hart, Elizabeth C 29 Jan 1824 23 Sep 1848 w/o John
Hopkins, Henry 15yrs 3mos 8days 9 Apr 1866 Adopted s/o Isaac & Elizabeth
Kennedy, David 11 Jan 1819 16 Jul 1859  
Kennedy, Eliza 22 Feb 1821 25 Jun 1855  
Kennedy, Francis 15 Jan 1844 12 May 1864  
Kennedy, John W 6 Feb 1848 5 Sep 1850  
Kennedy, Marcus D 8 Feb 1854 21 Sep 1874  
Kennedy, Mary 2 Jul 1846 22 Jun 1860  
Kraus, Christen A 27 Oct 1835 4 Nov 1892 "Mother"
Kraus, William 27 May 1821 15 Jan 1881 b Peteshagen, Hanover
LaRue, Abraham 36yrs 9mos 13days 8 Aug 1841  
LaRue, M     Hand carved in fieldstone
LaRue, Susanna 38yrs 3mos 6days 30 Sep 1864 w/o John B or R
Lewis, Ellen 11 Aug 3 July 1819 d/o Jonathan
Lewis, Jonathan 59yrs 9mos 17 Jul 1838  
Lewis, Nancy J 23yrs 4mos 12days 23 Nov 1850 d/o Jonathan & Nancy
Linkel, Albert J 8 May 1889 6 May 1909  
Linkel, Charles P 9 Jan 1884 9 Jan 1907  
Linkel, Frank 6 Mar 1831 3 May 1912  
Linkel, Richard 15 Jul 1874 30 Jul 1907  
Linkel, Susan 15 Sep 1843 19 Aug 1911 w/o Frank
Little     "In memory of John and Deborah Little and Children"
Little, J A 1855 1904  
Marsh, Louisa 31 Oct 1809 24 Feb 1877  
Miller, Mary S 10 Nov 1849 22 Mar 1917 d/o Christopher & Wilamena Miller (no stone)
Milroy, Charles 5mos 26days 22 Apr 1849 s/o Isaac N & Maryann Armstrong
Newbiggen Infant 3 Jun 1923 3 Jun 1923 d/o Thomas & Edna Maltry Newbiggen (no stone)
Paris, Mary 28 Dec 1841 16 Apr 1845  
Paris, Morgan 19 Jul 1849 19 Feb 1916 s/o Alfred & Mary Parvis Paris (no stone)
Peterson, Rachel Nov 1817 18 Jul 1849 Wife of B C
Pinkerton, Thomas B 19 Mar 1804 11 Jan 1874  
Power, Catharine L 3yrs 25days 5 May 1845 d/o Earl and Rebecca
Power, David 1yr 1mo 24days 10 Mar 1838 s/o Earl & Rebecca
Power Infant     s/o Earl & Rebecca
Rockafellar, Ephraim K 1 Jul 1811 16 Sep 1896 With Nancy J
Rockafellar, George C 19yrs 2mos 11 Oct 1886 Son of E K & A A
Rockafellar, John Q 18 Sep 1835. 13 Jul 1849. s/o Ephraim & Sarah
Rockafellar, Mary 77yrs 1mo 7days 28 Sep 1857 w/o John H
Rockafellar, Nancy J 18 Nov 1829 Not inscribed With Ephraim K
Rockafellar, Samuel 22 Mar 1768 7 Jan 1845  
Rockafellar, Sarah 58yrs 1mo 24days 18 Dec 1869 Wife of E K
Rockefeller, Mary   30 Sep ?  
Rudicel, Catherine 4 Jun 1784 26 Jan 1852 w/o George
Rudicel, George 8 Jan 1788 22 Aug 1874  
Rudicel, Rachel 28yrs 6mos 11days 27 Dec 1841 d/o George & Catherine
Schingel, William 7 Apr 1879 24 Apr 1880 s/o John & Amelia
Schlemmer, Charlotte (or Charles) 1817 1900  
Schlemmer Infant      
Schlemmer Infant      
Schlemmer Infant      
Schlemmer, Sarah E 19 Nov 1882 28 Oct 1886  
Schofield, Mary A 25yrs 11mos 20days 4 Apr 1843 w/o George
Shroyer, George W 8yrs 22 Feb 1845 Son of Geo W & Julia A
Shroyer, George W 32yrs 18 Sep 1838  
Shroyer, Mary A 30yrs 8mos 12days 30 Apr 1868 w/o August T.
Sizelove, Grace 28yrs 3mos 22days 18 Jan 1840 w/o Joseph
Sizelove, James 23 Jan 1850 5 Jul 1851 s/o Joseph & Hannah E
Smith, Corbley 1830 14 Sep 1854* s/o Hiram & Prudence
Sparks, Amy Pierson 37yrs 10mos 9days 25 Jul 1837  
Stewart, Harry Lincoln 4days 1917 s/o Lincoln and Ora Gloyd Stewart (no stone)
Taylor, Rachel S 17yrs 11mos 19days 10 May 1847 d/o A E & Tamson
Todd, Ann R 12yrs 7mos 18days 6 Dec 1895  
Troumbower, Samuel 32yrs 9 Sep 1851  
Trumbower, Emma 12yrs 10mos 21days 22 Feb 1864 d/o Samuel & Anna R
Ward, Jonathan S 20 Dec 1784 10 Aug 1845  
Werner, Comer H 30 Sep 1905 26 Nov 1905 s/o J & M
White, Lucina 1 Jun 1811 6 Nov 1867  
White, Nancy 10 Apr 1843 28 May 1855  


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Cemetery at a Glance
 
Name:New Trenton
Other
Names:
Possum Hollow?
Township:Whitewater
Location:S32, T8N, R1W
GPS Coord:39.3142N, 84.9025W
Size:180 ft x 270 ft
Access:via private land from US Hwy 52
Established:1817 - Pioneer Cem
Stones:160 visible
Status:Inactive
Condition:Restored 2005
Veterans:Yes - Civil War