Genealogy

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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.

George Pickersgill

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscriptions & Notes	Photo # Photo	Sect- ion	Row
Skelton	Herschel G	1905	1909	Son of John H SKELTON & Jo Anna (STAPELTON) SKELTON DePRIEST.	1129	A	17
Skelton	Jo Anna	1885	1972	nee STAPELTON. Wife of John H SKELTON, 1st, married 10 Apr 1904 and Omer DePRIEST, 31 Aug 1912, 2nd.. Daughter of Joshua & Lucy STAPELTON.	1130	A	17
Skelton	John H	1881	1907	First husband of Joanna (STAPELTON) SKELTON DePRIEST.  Married:  10 Apr 1904.  Son of Ollie & May (KELLY) SKELTON. Killed in a mine accident at Francisco Mine.	1130 From the Princeton Clarion, 25 Feb 1907	A	17
Skelton	Mary I	abt 1861	--	nee KELLY. Wife of Oliver SKELTON. Married 28 Aug 1877.	1048	A	13
Skelton	Oliver	abt 1857	--	Husband of Mary I (KELLY) SKELTON. Married 28 Aug 1877.	1049	A	13
Slinker	L Maybelle	8 Oct 1919	20 Dec 1994	Wife of Wilbur SLINKER.	1370	C	5
Slinker	Wilbur	25 Feb 1912	30 Jul 1987	Husband of Maybelle L SLINKER.	1370	C	5
Smallwood	Kenneth R	25 Jul 1962	1 Oct 1970	--	1521	C	9
Smith	Delores M	13 Apr 1907	31 Jan 1992	Wife of Ray SMITH.	1525	C	9
Smith	Jesie	--	?	Son of J H & M A SMITH Aged 5 mos. 4 dys.	0939	A	8
Smith	John T	1889	1951	Husband of Ruby M SMITH.	1410	C	6
Smith	Jonny B	--	2 Oct 1877	Son of J H & M A SMITH Aged 5 Ms. 10 Ds.	0938	A	8
Smith	Ray	27 Oct 1907	19 Mar 1976	Husband of Dolores M SMITH.	1525	C	9
Smith	Ruby M	1902	1982	Wife of John T SMITH.	1410	C	6
Snow	Harley	1889	1926	Husband of Maggie SNOW. Killed in Francisco #2 Mine	0759 0761 1205	B	9
Snow	John Homer	29 Apr 1910	15 Feb 1981	"Brother"	1757	D	2
Snow	Maggie	1880	--	Wife of Harley SNOW.	0759 0760	B	9
Snow	Paul Foster	12 Jan 1921	25 Feb 2004	“Brother” Pvt., US Army.	1753	D	2
Stapleton	Dale P	1897	1944	Husband of Josephine A STAPLETON.	1291 1292	C	3
Stapleton	Devin P	1902	1903	--	0991	A	11
Stapleton	Ebert Roy	1895	1948	Husband of Retta (ANNIS) STAPLETON.	1484.	C	8
Stapleton	Eloise C	7 May 1918	8 May 2005	nee REDMAN.  Wife of Harold J STAPLETON.  Daughter of Charles & Ada (COLLINS) REDMAN.  (Click here to view obituary.)	1483	C	8
Stapleton	George L	1888	1889	--	0995	A	11
Stapleton	Harold J	1917	1963	Husband of Eloise C (REDMAN) STAPELTON.	1483	C	8
Stapleton	Herbert J	1883	1893	--	0994	A	11
Stapleton	Josephine A	1895	1976	Wife of Dale P STAPLETON.	1291	C	3
Stapleton	Joshua	1861	1928	Husband of Lucy A STAPLETON	1128	A	16
Stapleton	Lucy A	1862	1937	Wife of Joshua STAPLETON	1128	A	16
Stapleton	Mary F	1900	1901	--	0992	A	11
Stapleton	Retta Annis	1892	1973	nee ANNIS. Wife of Ebert Roy STAPLETON.	1484	C	8
Stapleton	Virgil V	1890	1896	--	0993	A	11
Steele	Infant	15 Nov 1901	16 Nov 1901	Infant son of G A & Gertrude STEELE.	0962	A	9
Steinhall	Amanda M	1864	1959	Wife of George W. STEINHALL.	0764	B	9
Steinhall	George W	1862	1921	Husband of Amanda M STEINHALL. “Father”	0764 0765	B	9
Steinhall	Rufus	1902	1926	Son of George W & Amanda M STEINHALL. Killed in Francisco # 2 Mine	0763 1205	B	9
Sterne	Infant	1 Feb 1887	4 Feb 1887	Daughter of John W & Alice B STERNE	1042	A	12
Sterne	John W	14 Apr 1858	4 Dec 1896	--	1040	A	12
Sterne	Myrtle	31 Dec 1883	6 Feb 1891	Daughter of John W & Alice B STERNE.	1041	A	12
Stevens	Esther A	1883	1920	Wife of J Daniel STEVENS. Aged 37 Yrs.	1157	A	19
Stevens	Ezekiel	1849	1922	Husband of Julia STEVENS	1156	A	19
Stevens	Frances M	--	27 Nov 1870	Daughter of W R & M E STEVENS Aged 10 Days.	0948	A	8
Stevens	Isabel	29 Jan 1826	12 Feb 1900	Wife of Rev. James STEVENS	0988	A	10
Stevens	J Daniel	1882	1920	Husband of Esther A STEVENS. Aged 38 Yrs.	1157	A	19
Stevens	James, Rev.	4 Jul 1817	17 Jul 1879	Husband of Isabel STEVENS.	0988	A	10
Stevens	Julia	1857	1929	Wife of Ezeakiel STEVENS	1156	A	19
Stevens	Nancy Isabel	17 Oct 1870	8 May 1872	Daughter of H C & Charlotte STEVENS	0816	A	1
Stevens	Rosamond	1912	1948	"Sister"	1155	A	19
Stevens	William R	--	29 Mar 1879	Aged 36 Ys. 5 Ms. 10 D.	0987	A	10
Stiefel	Elmer A	1903	1974	--	1308	C	3
Stiles	Burnetta	10 Aug 1928	24 Jul 1995	Wife of John W STILES.	1549	D	17
Stiles	John W	26 Nov 1923	18 Mar 1994	Husband of Burnetta STILES. Private First Class, U. S. Army, W. W. II	1549 1550	D	17
Stormont	Clifford K	31 Oct 1906	17 Oct 1919	--	0600	B	2
Stormont	Margaret A	29 Dec 1881	10 Sep 1972	Wife of Robert C STORMONT.	0593	B	2
Stormont	Marion R	28 Jul 1916	1 Mar 1942	--	0598	B	2
Stormont	Ralph	15 Oct 1901	6 Oct 1909	--	1138	A	18
Stormont	Robert C	21 Dec 1877	26 Mar 1968	Husband of Margaret A STORMONT.	0592	B	2
Stormont	Robert R “Bobb”	3 Aug 1938	20 Nov 2006	SN, US Navy.	0594 0595	B	2
Strubble	Shirley M Beckner	18 Jun 1937	16 Feb 1994	nee BECKNER. "Mother" “Children: Jennifer Lyn, Jimmie Lee"	1636 1637	D	10
Sutton	Martha E	--	20 Sep 1870	Daughter of T & M SUTTON Age 1 yr. 6 mos.	0947	A	8
Swan	Claude	18 Jul 1899	15 Nov 1961	--	1510	C	9
Swan	Ethel	12 Mar 1892	26 Mar 1956	--	1509	C	9
Swartz	Josephine B	1892	1970	Wife of Ralph P SWARTZ.	1215	C	1
Swartz	Ralph P	8 Nov 1893	15 Dec 1963	Husband of Josephine B SWARTZ. Indiana, Cook, 1st. Military Police Company, W. W. I, PH.	1215 1216	C	1

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.