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Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.


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Francisco I.O.O.F. Cemetery

Center Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:

Latitude, 38.3290 N;  Longitude, -87.4510 W

Congressional Location:

SW-1/4; NE-1/4; SECTION 19; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 9W

Common Directions:

Located on the west side of the south end of Second Street in Francisco.

Last updated

    May 2023

The following list is a sincere attempt to show all known graves using several different sources and periodically updated headstone photographs. There may be other graves which are unknown/unlisted due to missing, unreadable, destroyed, or broken markers.

If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown here, or of any incorrect information whatsoever, I would be grateful for your assistance. Drop me an email and let me know. Please avoid however, notifying me of very recent burials that do not appear here. I will capture and incorporate these on the next scheduled cemetery update.
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George Pickersgill

Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Inscriptions & Notes

Photo #                   Photo

Sect-
ion

Row

Abbott

Jack

18 Oct 1934

11 Feb 2012

Husband of Mary Ann (HAMILTON) ABBOTT.  Son of Hallard & Mae E (SHOULTZ) ABBOTT.


(Click here to view obituary.)

1677

D

8

Abbott

Mary Ann

19 Dec 1933

14 Feb 2023

nee HAMILTON.  Wife of Jack ABBOTT.
Married 12 Dec 1952.

Daughter of Rollie & Velma (MEMMER) HAMILTON.


(Click here to view obituary.)

5655 GAP

D

8

Adkins

Emma

1891

1947

Wife of William R ADKINS.

“Mother”

0775

B

9

Adkins

Joseph

1 Nov 1924

10 Nov 1924

Son of William & Emma ADKINS 

0776

B

9

Adkins

Ruth

--

29 Oct 1919

Infant daughter of William R & Emma ADKINS 

0777

B

9

Adkins

William R

1881

1952

Husband of Emma ADKINS.

“Father”

0775

B

9

Alexander

Xavier

22 Feb 2014

22 Feb 2014

Infant son of Michael ALEXANDER, Jr. & Kendra PRITCHETT. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

0405

D

16

Annis

Eugene W

1915

1963

Son of Robert & Opal E ANNIA.


W. W. II Veteran





1192

A

20

Annis

Jane

15 Dec 1866

27 Nov 1915

Wife of Joseph ANNIS

“Mother”

1172

A

19

Annis

Joseph

24 Feb 1857

29 Apr 1931

Husband of Jane ANNIS.

“Father”

1172

A

19

Annis

Opal E

1893

1987

Wife of Robert ANNIS.

“Mother” 

1191

A

20

Annis

Robert

1890

1950

Husband of Opal E ANNIS. 

“Father”

1191

A

20

Annis

Robert Edward

23 Mar 1918

6 Jun 1918

"Son" 

1190

A

20

Arbuthnot

Beverly J

--

1959

--

1539

C

10

Arbuthnot

Blanch Marie

--

7 Oct 1918

4 week old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arbuthnot. Died of whooping cough.

Date of death discrepency exists between stone and newspaper obituary.

(Thanks to Chris Doyle for updated information)

0743

B

8

Arbuthnot

Charley U

1893

1958

Husband of Hazel M ARBUTHNOT.

0742

B

8

Arbuthnot

Clarence “Lefty”

9 Jan 1937

--

Husband of Sandra S ARBUTHNOT.

0185

D

16

Arbuthnot

Clyde Mans

1903

1949

nee MANS.  Wife of Paul ARBUTHNOT.

“Mother”

1277

C

2

Arbuthnot

Elizabeth Ann

1939

1943

"Sister" 

1278

C

2

Arbuthnot

Harold E

27 Oct 1926

10 Jul 2007

Son of Paul & Clyde (MANS) ARBUTHNOT)


ME3, US Navy, WW II, Korea.







(Click here to view obituary.)

1384

1570

D

15

Arbuthnot

Hazel M

1894

1985

Wife of Charle U ARBUTHNOT.

0742

B

8

Arbuthnot

Jerry W

9 Oct 1934

6 Feb 2001

Husband of Mary E ARBUTHNOT.  Son of Paul & Clyde (MANS) ARBUTHNOT 

1644

D

10

Arbuthnot

Lillian M

1927

1965

Wife of Robert M ARBUTHNOT.

1307

C

3

Arbuthnot

Mary E

4 Aug 1940

--

Wife of Jerry W ARBUTHNOT.

1644

D

10

Arbuthnot

Naomi

20 Jan 1942

22 Oct 2010

Daughter of Robert & Lillian (STIEFEL) ARBUTHNOT. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

1401

C

3

Arbuthnot

Paul

4 Jun 1900

15 Aug 1951

Husband of Clyde (MANS) ARBUTHNOT. 


Indiana, Private, 150th. Field Artillery, 42nd. Division, W. W. I




1276

C

2

Arbuthnot

Robert M

1920

1984

Husband of Lillian M ARBUTHNOT.

1307

C

3

Arbuthnot

Sandra S

18 Dec 1934

9 Mar 2016

Wife of Clarence “Lefty” ARBUTHNOT.

0185

D

16

Archer

Thomas Steel

29 Jun 1819

15 Apr 1860

--

0869

A

4

Armstrong

Linnie Dodd

1883

1965

--

1476

C

8

Arnold

Delmer W

15 Jan 1916

22 Oct 1987

Husband of Ruby A ARNOLD.

1698

D

6

Arnold

Gertrude E

1892

1964

Wife of Walter P ARNOLD.

"Mother" 

1272

C

2

Arnold

Ruby A

6 Feb 1917

19 May 1992

Wife of Delmer W ARNOLD.

1698

D

6

Arnold

Walter P

1890

1942

Husband of Gertrude E ARNOLD.

"Father" 

1272

C

2

Askren

Daniel Leroy

--

27 Nov 1981

"Our Son" 

1533

C

9

Askren

Nellie Laverne Arnold

28 Jan 1927

4 Jan 1990

nee ARNOLD.  Wife of Robert Eugene ASKREN.  Married 6 Jun 1943 

1531

C

9

Askren

Robert Eugene

23 Mar 1926

27 Apr 1989

Husband of Nellie Laverne ASKREN.  Married 6 Jun 1943. 


Private U. S. Marine Corps, W. W. II




1531

1532

C

9

Askren

Robert V.

22 Oct 1950

8 Nov 2020

Husband of Roberta Jo ASKREN
Married 4 Aug 1967
 


(Click here to view obituary.)

5626
GAP

C

9

Askren

Roberta Jo

17 Nov 1949

--

nee HARRIS
Wife of Robert Vern ASKREN
Married 4 Aug 1967
 

5626
GAP

C

9

Ayers

Dan

1888

1979

Husband of Nellie (BEASLEY) AYERS 

1412

C

6

Ayers

E Maude

29 Oct 1917

5 Dec 2012

nee MILLER.  Wife of H Dudley AYERS.  Daughter of Rosaland & Nellie MILLER. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

3614

D

2

Ayers

Gilbert D

27 Jul 1917

16 Jan 1989

Son of Dan & Nellie (BEASLEY) AYERS 

1453

C

7

Ayers

H Dudley

6 Jun 1915

5 Feb 1992

Husband of E Maude (MILLER) AYERS.

3614

D

2

Ayers

Nellie

1894

1951

nee BEASLEY.  Wife of Dan AYERS 

1412

C

6


         Sections and Rows
The cemetery presently is divided into five sections:  A (northeast,) B (northwest,) C (southwest), D (southeast) & E Center East.  Rows were numbered starting on the east side in Sections A, B & C and on the west side of Section D and E.  Section E platted immediately to the north of Section D.

 
0807  View of Section A from the southwest corner.

0551  View of Section B, looking northwest.

1204  View of Section C, looking southwest.

1564  View of Section D.