Genealogy


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

Yeager

Mabel N

1896

1969

Wife of Walter YEAGER.

1306

C

3

Yeager

Walter

1895

4 May 1991

Husband of Mabel N YEAGER.

1306

C

3

Young

Albert W

1861

1954

Husband of Hattie M YOUNG.

1297

C

3

Young

Barbara

5 Jul 1934

3 Apr 2014

nee GRUBB.  Wife of Lyle YOUNG.  Married 16 May 1952.


“Our children:  Greg and Sharon” 


Daughter of Elmer GRUBB & Marie (BRUBECK) GRUBB HOPE. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

1694

1695

D

6

Young

Hattie M

1872

1955

Wife of Albert W YOUNG.

1297

C

3

Young

L Gregory

17 Dec 1954

--

Husband of Paula B (BEASLEY) YOUNG. 

1389

D

17

Young

Lucy L

15 Apr 1900

10 Nov 1988

Wife of Wayne YOUNG.

1309

C

3

Young

Lyle

6 Sep 1931

--

Husband of Barbara YOUNG.  Married 16 May 1952.

“Our children:  Greg and Sharon”

1694

1695

D

6

Young

Maude P

26 Apr 1905

8 Mar 1971

Wife of Walter G YOUNG.

1451

C

7

Young

Paula B

15 Mar 1956

4 Jun 2010

nee BEASLEY.  Wife of Greg YOUNG.  Daughter of Clemmer & Wilma (McKINNEY) BEASLEY).


(Click here to view obituary.)

1389

D

17

Young

Ralph W

24 Jan 1910

27 Jan 1981

Sergeant, U. S. Army, W. W. II

1298

C

3

Young

Walter G

23 Nov 1901

5 Sep 1973

Husband of Maude P YOUNG.

1451

C

7

Young

Wayne

16 Sep 1892

6 Oct 1975

Husband of Lucy L YOUNG.


US Army, WW I

1309

1310

C

3

Young

Willard "Ab"

10 Jan 1908

20 Jul 1934

Husband of Emma (PAVEY) YOUNG.

Killed in a mine accident at King's Mine.

1346


From the Princeton Clarion, 20 Jul 1934

C

4

Zipp

Rosetta

1 May 1866

4 Aug 1886

Wife of Frank ZIPP. 

1030

A

12

?

?

--

?? ??? 1877

Aged 49 yrs. 6 mos. 18 dys.

(Top of stone is missing.)

0824

A

2

?

?

?

?

Base and broken stone.

0863

A

4

?

?

?

?

Too worn to read.

0919

A

7

?

?

?

?

No visible markings.

0959

A

9

?

Lydia

--

--

--

0972

A

10

?

Martha J

--

--

Stone is extremely worn and bottom half is damaged.

0985

0986

A

10

?

?

?

?

Small unmarked stone, between Burchfield and Cantrell burials.

0614

B

3

?

?

?

?

Concrete base for headstone. (between Manning and Harmon burials.)

0666

B

5

?

?

?

?

Block of concrete; may or may not be a grave marker?

0789

B

10

?

?

?

?

Concrete base for headstone. (between PAUL and DEFFENDALL burials.)

1507

C

9


         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.