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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.

George Pickersgill

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscriptions & Notes	Photo # Photo	Sect- ion	Row
Meade	Cecilia F	1904	1992	Wife of Glenn MEADE.	1384	C	5
Meade	Glenn	1905	1976	Husband of Cecilia F MEADE.	1384	C	5
Meeks	David	16 May 1800	1 Dec 1876	Husband of Lucy MEEKS Aged 76 ys. 6 ms. 16 ds.	0957	A	9
Meeks	Lucy	--	4 Mar 1875	Wife of David MEEKS Aged 75 yrs. 2 mos.	0958	A	9
Melton	Ella Mae	17 Oct 1915	28 Sep 1980	"Mother"	0605	B	2
Messersmith	Amelia C	1886	1958	Wife of Martin L MESSERSMITH. "Mother"	1349	C	4
Messersmith	Dorothy L	1921	1930	Daughter of Martin L & Amelia C MESSERSMITH.	1350	C	4
Messersmith	Doyle C	5 Jun 1910	20 Dec 1992	Husband of Eva F MESSERSMITH. “Father”	1763	D	2
Messersmith	Eva F	25 Jun 1917	26 Jul 2005	Wife of Doyle C MESSERSMITH. “Mother”	1763	D	2
Messersmith	Helen E	23 Oct 1916	14 Feb 2004	nee ARCHER. Wife of Murl MESSERSMITH. Daughter of David F & Elizabeth (GRAY) ARCHER. (Click here to view obituary.)	1526	C	9
Messersmith	Joe	1884	1968	Husband of Mae MESSERSMITH.	1429	C	7
Messersmith	Mae	1886	1946	Wife of Joe MESSERSMITH.	1429	C	7
Messersmith	Martin L	1879	1940	Husband of Amelia C MESSERSMITH. "Father"	1349	C	4
Messersmith	Murl	14 Apr 1914	20 Apr 2003	Husband of Helen E (ARCHER) MESSERSMITH.	1526	C	9
Metcalf	Ardith M	31 Jul 1909	2 Aug 1992	Wife of Everett L METCALF.	1454	C	7
Metcalf	Everett L	1 Oct 1897	22 Dec 1972	Husband of Ardith M METCALF. Private, 302nd. Coast Artillery Battalion, W. W. II	1454	C	7
Mickler	John, Rev.	29 Sep 1820	6 Aug 1861	--	0826	A	2
Miley	Earl William	24 Aug 1929	4 Jan 2003	Husband of Faye MILEY. “Father” “Father of Rick, Ron, Diana, Bob.”	1614 1615	D	12
Miller	Barbara Jo	31 Mar 1927	19 Jul 1981	Wife of Charles L MILLER	1491	C	8
Miller	Charles L	2 Nov 1924	16 Dec 1983	Husband of Barbara Jo MILLER	1490	C	8
Miller	Clarence B	8 Mar 1887	24 Jun 1959	Husband of Roxie E MILLER. Private, 309th. Ammunition Train, W. W. I	1487 1488	C	8
Miller	Eliza C	12 Mar 1848	19 Dec 1885	nee DOWNEY. Wife of George A MILLER. Married 23 Dec 1869.	0856	A	4
Miller	George A	26 Aug 1838	--	Husband of Eliza C (DOWNEY) MILLER. Married 23 Dec 1869. Corporal, Company "C", 63rd. Indiana Infantry	0856 0858	A	4
Miller	Infant	--	--	Infant of George & Eliza MILLER.	0857	A	4
Miller	James D	28 Oct 1879	16 Jan 1907	--	0860	A	4
Miller	Katie A	28 Mar 1923	8 May 2008	Husband of Willis L MILLER. Married 8 Jun 1945.	1759	D	2
Miller	Robert Hugh	1922	1947	Husband of Mabel MILLER. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Clarence MILLER. Shot a killed on the Street in Oakland City. Lawrence Johnson was arrested and tried twice (in Knox Co.), both times resulting in a hung jury.	1492 From the Evansville Courier & Press, 13 Sep 1947	C	8
Miller	Roletta	--	--	Daughter of L D & Elizabeth MILLER	0862	A	4
Miller	Roxie E	1892	1965	Wife of Clarence B MILLER.	1489	C	8
Miller	Willis L	17 Dec 1922	3 Feb 1995	Husband of Katie A MILLER. Married 8 Jun 1945.	1759	D	2
Minnis	Alice	1896	1981	Wife of Thomas A MINNIS.	0767	B	9
Minnis	Jack	1924	1925	Son of Thomas A. & Alice MINNIS.	0768	B	9
Minnis	Ruth	21 Aug 1920	21 Dec 1920	Daughter of Thomas A & Alice MINNIS	0769	B	9
Minnis	Thomas A	1890	1931	Husband of Alice MINNIS. Killed in a car accident.	0767 From the Evansville Press, 5 Jan 1931	B	9
Mitchell	Arthur G	1901	1982	Husband of Aubra M MITCHELL.	1314	C	3
Mitchell	Aubra M	1903	1987	Wife of Arthur G MILLER.	1314	C	3
Mitchell	Mary C	15 Feb 1942	25 Dec 2005	“Mother” “Daughter” “Grandmother”	1574	D	15
Montgomery	Martha	1813	1886	Wife of Robert MONTGOMERY.	1062	A	13
Montgomery	Mary	19 Jan 1858	21 Sep 1938	Daughter of Garrett Peter & Nancy Ann (PHILLIPS) MONTGOMERY.	0554	B	1
Montgomery	Robert	--	--	Husband of Martha MONTGOMERY. Corporal, Company "D", 130th. Indiana Infantry	1063	A	13
Moore	Collene	2 Oct 1933	14 Feb 1934	Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles MOORE.	0733	B	8
Morgan	Dayna D	4 Dec 1958	29 Oct 2006	nee OTT. “Mother”	1562	D	16
Morris	Elead "Joe"	20 Jan 1901	1 Dec 1981	Husband of Elsie M MORRIS. Private, U. S. Army	1703	D	5
Morris	Ellen S	5 Jul 1940	--	Wife of Thomas E MORRIS. “Our children: Suzanna, Eugene, Keith”	0202 1620	D	12
Morris	Elsie M	6 Jan 1910	23 Jun 1990	Wife of Elead O MORRIS.	1703	D	5
Morris	Thomas E	25 Aug 1936	1 Mar 2017	Husband of Ellen S MORRIS. “Our children: Suzanna, Eugene, Keith”	0202 0203	D	12
Morrison	Louis	1903	1928	--	0700	B	6
Morton	Carlos	1889	1929	--	0788	B	10
Morton	Joseph L	1863	1934	--	0787	B	10

Sections and Rows
The cemetery presently is divided into four sections: A (northeast,) B (northwest,) C (southwest) & D (southeast.) Rows were numbered starting on the east side in Sections A, B & C and on the west side of Section D. Another section platted immediately to the north of Section D, contains no visible burials to date.

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.

Genealogy

Francisco I.O.O.F. Cemetery

Center Township

Gibson County, Indiana

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