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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

Taylor

Hazel L

19 Aug 1906

28 Jan 1983

Wife of Jessie Earl TAYLOR. 

0645

B

4

Taylor

Jessie Earl

16 Apr 1894

23 Feb 1963

Husband of Hazel L. TAYLOR.

Indiana, Private, Headquarters Company, 120th. Infantry, W. W. I.

0646

B

4

Tetidrick

Mary Lou Wallace

11 Aug 1915

10 Mar 1996

--

1302

C

3

Thomas

Cora E

1910

3 Jan 1989

Wife of Elmer THOMAS.

1327

C

4

Thomas

Elmer

1907

1998

Husband of Cora E THOMAS.

1327

C

4

Thompson

Betty Jo

8 Dec 1923

25 May 2014

Daughter of Pearl & Vada THOMPSON.


(Click here to view obituary.)

Courtesy of Don Hoke.


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Thompson

Pearl

1893

1943

Husband of Vada THOMPSON.

1345

C

4

Thompson

Vada

1905

1938

Wife of Pearl THOMPSON.

1345

C

4

Thurman

Ellie B

1890

1973

Wife of Emery E THURMAN 

1210

C

1

Thurman

Emery E

1879

1975

Husband of Ellie B  THURMAN. 

1210

C

1

Tisdale

Harlan E

1919

5 Mar 1946

Husband of Virginia V TISDALE.

Killed in a single vehicle traffic accident.

1430


From the Princeton Clarion, 6 Mar 1946

C

7

Tisdale

John H

4 Sep 1944

29 May 1994

Son of Harlan E & Virginian V TISDALE.

1431

C

7

Tisdale

Virginia V

1924

21 Dec 2011

nee SOWDER
Wife of Harlan E TISDALE, 1st, Harold C. HAGEMEYER, 2nd, Paul Alfred SIMPSON, 3rd.

(Buried at St. Peters Cemetery, Stendal (Pike Co.), IN.)

1430

Stendal, IN

C

7

Tombaugh

Euphonna

--

1896

nee KIMMELL.

Age 72 yrs.

1045

A

12

Tomlin

Mabel E Jones

1912

1984

--

1712

D

5

Tooley

A  Alice

15 Oct 1887

30 Jan 1961

Wife of A Lincoln TOOLEY. 

0713

B

7

Tooley

A  Lincoln

18 Nov 1887

10 May 1964

Husband of A Alice TOOLEY.

0713

B

7

Tooley

Andrew J

11 Aug 1864

24 Feb 1931

Husband of Laura C TOOLEY.

"Father" 

1424

C

7

Tooley

Andrew M

1902

1981

Husband of Marie A TOOLEY 

1261

C

2

Tooley

David Lee Foster

1938

1953

--

1263

C

2

Tooley

Edward

27 Nov 1918

30 Nov 1918

Son of G H & Ada TOOLEY 

0750

B

8

Tooley

George H

23 Sep 1896

15 Nov 1978

Husband of Marjorie L TOOLEY.

0748

B

8

Tooley

Laura C

13 Sep 1862

29 Oct 1958

Wife of Andrew J TOOLEY.

"Mother" 

1424

C

7

Tooley

Lawrence Jack

9 Apr 1920

13 Mar 1924

Son of G H & Ada TOOLEY 

0749

B

8

Tooley

Mabel

22 Mar 1906

10 Aug 1993

Wife of Woodrow W TOOLEY.

1673

D

8

Tooley

Marie A

1905

1989

Wife of Andrew M TOOLEY 

1262

C

2

Tooley

Marjorie L

19 Jul 1921

20 Jan 1997

Wife of George H TOOLEY.

0748

B

8

Tooley

Thelma

4 Oct 1917

8 Oct 1917

Twin daughter of A Lincoln & A Alice TOOLEY 

0714

B

7

Tooley

Velma

4 Oct 1917

4 Oct 1917

Twin daughter of A Lincoln & A Alice TOOLEY 

0714

B

7

Tooley

Woodrow W

11 Nov 1912

11 Sep 1993

Husband of Mabel TOOLEY.

1673

D

8

Tracer

Charles E

10 Jun 1907

9 Nov 1978

Husband of Della P (CANIFF) TRACER.

1152

A

19

Tracer

Della P

13 Jul 1912

22 Sep 1993

nee CANIFF.  Wife of Charles E TRACER.  Daughter of Floyd & Mary E CANNIFF. 

1152

A

19

Tracer

John Doyle "JD"

8 Mar 1933

9 Jan 2000

Son of Charles E & Della P (CANIFF) TRACER. 


AB U. S. Air Force


1153

A

19

Trotter

Alma Jean

20 Jul 1936

--

Wife of James Hughes TROTTER.


 Married:  29 Jun 1956.

0254

E

2

Trotter

James Hughes

4 Jan 1932

9 Nov 2019

Husband of Alma Jean TROTTER.


 Married:  29 Jun 1956.

0254

E

2

Turnbloom

Pearl Adkins

1912

1938

nee ADKINS.

1108

A

16

Turner

Carl J

1892

1956

Husband of Nora S TURNER.

1511

c

9

Turner

Nora S

1899

1981

Wife of Carl J TURNER.

1511

C

9

Turpin

Luther C

12 Jul 1910*

2 Jan 1965

Son of William & Nancy Ellen (JENKINS) TURPIN.


(Click here to view obituary.)


*NOTE:  This date is from his obituary; the 1910 census indicates he was born in 1908, not 1910.


No headstone found or identified.

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Tyree

Annie

1871

1944

Wife of Mack TYREE.

0782

B

9

Tyree

Dora A

1906

5 Nov 1994

Wife of Floyd E TYREE 

1304

C

3

Tyree

Estelle B

23 Sep 1913

8 Mar 1941

nee BEASLEY.
Daughter of Grant Brown Beasley & Lena O'DELL

Wife of Alta R. Tyree

Died by suicide (hanging)

(Thanks to Carolyn Diane Winkler for updated information)

1146

From the Princeton Clarion, 10 Mar 1941

A

18

Tyree

Etter

1887

1952

Wife fo Jesse TYREE 

1145

A

18

Tyree

Floyd E

1906

14 May 1973

Husband of Dora A TYREE 

1304

C

3

Tyree

Jesse

1881

1975

Husband of Luetta “Etter” TYREE 

1145

A

18

Tyree

Luella

1916

1917

Daughter of Jesse & Luetta “Ettea” TYREE.

1143

A

18

Tyree

Luetta “Ettea”

1887

1952

Wife of Jesse TYREE.

"Mother" 

1145

1144

A

18

Tyree

Lyla M

1913

1970

Wife of Noah E TYREE.

1305

C

3

Tyree

Mack

1867

1949

Husband of Annie TYREE.

0782

B

9

Tyree

Noah E

1908

9 Jan 1996

Husband of Lyla M TRYEE.

1305

C

3

Vaught

Thomas F

1819

1891

"Father" 

0884

A

5

Vickers

Billy Joe  "Slick"

15 Apr 1928

14 Aug 2011

Son of Joe A & Mary Jane (LEWIS) VICKERS. 


Cpl., US Army, Korea. 


(Click here to view obituray.)

1373

D

10

Vickers

George Jackson "Jack"

22 Feb 1935

27 Apr 2014

Husband of Mary Lou VICKERS.  Married 19 Oct 1956


Son of Joseph & Mary Jane (LEWIS) VICKERS. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

0001

D

11

Vickers

Jehu C

21 Jan 1832

11 May 1886

--

0894

A

5

Vickers

Joe A

1877

1960

Husband of Mary J (LEWIS) VICKERS.

1435

C

7

Vickers

Mary

--

18 Oct 1894

Aged 88 y’s.

0890

A

5

Vickers

Mary Jane

15 Nov 1899

11 Nov 1971

nee LEWIS.  Wife of Joseph Arthur VICKERS.


Born in Union, Indiana 

1435

C

7

Vickers

Mary Lou

9 Oct 1931

15 Jan 1997

Wife of George Jackson “Jack” VICKERS.  Married 19 Dec 1956.

0001

D

11

Victor

Pat

1926

1997

"Beloved Sister" 

1344

C

4

Virden

Alma L

1913

1944

"Mother" 

0722

B

7

Virden

Frona Halwes

1891

1961

nee HALWES.  Wife of Otto VIRDEN.

0721

B

7

Virden

Margaret A

1857

1934

Wife of William VIRDEN.

0720

B

7

Virden

Otto

1885

29 Jun 1965

Husband of Frona (HALWES) VIRDEN.

Died at Indianapolis, IN.

0721

B

7

Virden

William

1843

1916

Husband of Margaret A VIRDEN.

0720

B

7


         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.