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Mead Cemetery

Center Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.3600 N; Longitude, -87.4313 W
Congressional Location:	NW-1/4; NE-1/4; SECTION 8; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 9W
Common Directions:	Located on the west side of County Road 725E, about 1/4 mile south of the intersection with County Road 50N, about 2 1/2 miles northeast of Francisco.
Last updated	Sep 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	Notes & Inscriptions	Photo# Photo	Sect- ion	Row
King	Allen Monroe	31 Jan 1873	12 Oct 1942	Husband of Clara Omega (KENDLE) KING. Married: 27 Aug 1896. Son of Marion & Indiana (INGRAM) KING.	0110	--	2
King	Charles Marion	9 Jun 1875	18 May 1905	Husband of Emma F (DOUGLASS) KING, 1st, married 7 Sep 1894; and second husband of Martha Frances "Fannie" (McGARRAH) BROWN KING,married: 10 Jul 1904. Son of Monroe D & Julia A (INGRAM) KING.	No headstone found.	--	?
King	Clara	25 Aug 1878	31 Oct 1955	nee KENDLE. Wife of Allen Monroe KING. Daughter of George & Mahala (MEADE) KING.	0110	--	2
King	Eathel	24 May 1895	18 Jan 1896	Daughter of Charles M & Emma F (DOUGLASS) King	0134	--	3
King	Emma F	19 Nov 1878	17 Sep 1902	nee DOUGLASS. Wife of Charles M KING. Married: 7 Sep 1894. Daughter of Cornelius & Sopha J (TAYLOR) DOUGLASS Aged 25 Y. 9 M. 28 D.	0131 0133	--	3
King	Infant	2 Jul 1904	2 Jul 1904	Stillborn daughter of Allen Monroe & Clara Omega (KENDLE) KING	0109	--	2
King	Jessie	23 Sep 1898	31 Jan 1899	Daughter of Charles M & Emma F (DOUGLASS) King Aged 4 mos. 7 dys.	0130 0128	--	3
King	John Smith	9 Nov 1900 "19 Nov 1900"	30 Jan 1904	Infant son of Charles M & Emma F (DOUGLASS) KING.	0127	--	3
King	Richard D	25 Jun 1903	18 Apr 1982	Son of Alan Monroe & Clara Omega (KENDLE) KING.	0108	--	2
King	Sarah Ann	13 Mar 1866	19 Dec 1903	nee ANNIS. Wife of Charles Marion KING. Daughter of Thomas & Jane (BUCHER) ANNIS. Aged 37 Y 9 M. 6 D.	0135	--	3
Lance	Harrison "Harry"	1871	1920	First husband of Mariah E (OSBORNE) LANCE TRIBLE. Married: 24 Sep 1891. Son of John W & Martha (WITHERSPOON) LANCE. "Father" Died by suicide (gunshot)	0233 0237 0234 From the Princeton Clarion, 2 Mar 1920	--	12
Lance	Infant	1892	1892	Infant of Harrison "Harry" & Mariah E (OSBORNE) LANCE.	0235 0234	--	12
Lance	Joanna	3 Apr 1818	9 Mar 1891	Wife of Olly LANCE. Aged 72 years.	0262	--	15
Lance	John W	16 Dec 1842	12 Sep 1892	Husband of Martha (WITHERSPOON) LANCE, 1st, married 5 Sep 1867; and America (HARGROVE) LANCE, 2nd, married: 7 Mar 1878. Company "B", 58th Indiana Volunteers.	0243 No individual monument found.	--	13
Lewis	Mary E	1 Nov 1852	19 Feb 1938	nee HILL. Second wife of Samuel Marshall "Sam" LEWIS. Married: 20 Oct 1872. Daughter of James & ? (GIBBONS) HILL.	0164	--	5
Lewis	Stella	--	27 Sep 1873	Daughter of Ssmuel Marshall "Sam" & Mary E "May" (HILL) LEWIS. Aged 17 d’s.	0163	--	5
Madden	Charles P	22 Feb 1851	8 May 1916	Husband of Mary Ann (DEFFENDALL) MADDEN. Son of Wright & Jean (HOLLINGSWORTH) MADDEN.	0263	--	15
Madden	Mary Ann	19 Oct 1866 "1870"	15 Oct 1949	nee DEFFENDALL. Wife of Charles P MADDEN. Daughter of George & Catherine (KIRK) DEFFENDALL.	0263	--	15
Madden	Palmer	3 Apr 1896	15 Nov 1896	Son of Charles P & Mary Ann (DEFFENDALL) MADDEN.	0265	--	15
Malone	Andrew Jackson	29 Dec 1814	5 Mar 1869	Husband of Lydia MALONE. Son of John & Elizabeth MALONE. Aged 54 ys. 2 ms. 7 ds.	0311	--	18
Malone	Infant	17 Jul 1867	17 Jul 1867	Son of Andrew Jackson & Lydia A (YAGER) MALONE.	0309	--	18
Malone	Logan	23 Sep 1846	14 Dec 1846	Son of Andrew Jackson & Lydia A (YAGER) MALONE.	0258	--	14
Malone	Lydia A	27 Oct 1820	10 Apr 1863	nee YEAGER. Wife of Andrew Jackson MALONE.	0313	--	18
Malone	Nickolas	28 Sep 1839	2 Dec 1853	Son of Andrew Jackson & Lydia A (YAGER) MALONE. (Stone is broken into two pieces.)	0315 0316	--	18
Malone	Smith Miller	9 Sep 1857	3 Sep 1858	Son of Andrew Jackson & Lydia A (YAGER) MALONE. Aged 11 mos. 24 ds.	0317	--	18
Mans	Elizabeth	1 Dec 1837	25 Apr 1904	nee MALONE. Wife of Henry MANS "MANTZ" Married: 30 Oct 1859. Daughter of Jackson & Elizabeth (YEAGER) MALONE. “Mother”	0324 0325	--	18
Mans	Henry	25 Jul 1831	4 Feb 1917	Husband of Elizabeth (MALONE) MANS. Son of Henry MANS. Our Parents “Father”	0320 0322	--	18
Mans	Henry Willis	14 Feb 1865	22 May 1929	Husband of Mary Delencia (BROADWELL) MANS. Married 10 Aug 1891. (Later divorced.) Son of Henry & Elizabeth (MALONE) MANS. Buried here: 24 May 1929. Note: Information from Certificate of Death.	No headstone found or identified. Probably buried on parents lot.	--	18
Mans	Infant	--	--	Infant son of Henry & Elizabeth (MALONE) MANS.	0319	--	18
Massey	Florah Hester "Flora"	14 Mar 1870	15 May 1910	nee CLARK. Wife of William J MASSEY. Daughter of R H & Bell (DUNCAN) CLARK.	0078	--	1
Massey	Infant	--	--	Child of William J & Flora MASSEY.	0079	--	1
Massey	William J	5 Sep 1862	14 Jan 1914	Husband of Flora H (CLARK) MASSEY. Son of Jeremiah H & Frances C "Fannie" (HENSON) MASSEY/MASSIE. “Erected by his mother.”	0077 0080	--	1
Massie	Frances C "Fannie"	29 Apr 1841	20 Feb 1881	nee HENSON. Wife of Jeremaih MASSIE Married: 23 Dec 1860. Daughter of McPhelon & Abigail Jane (DUFF) HENSON.	No headstone found.	--	21
Massie	Jeremiah	29 Apr 1841	20 Feb 1881	Husband of Frances C "Fannie" (HENSON) MASSIE. Married: 23 Dec 1860. Son of Thomas B & Eliza MASSIE.	0374	--	21
Massie	Thomas E	1872	13 Mar 1888	Son of Jeremiah H & Frances C "Fannie" (HENSON) MASSIE.	0376 0377	--	21
McCune	Sarrah	1781	1855	Aged 74 years.	0328	--	19
McKedy	Daniel S	19 Jul 1891	2 Nov 1898	Daughter of John N & Mary A (MADDEN) McKEDY	0217	--	10
McKedy	George	20 Nov 1893	26 Sep 1894	Son of R S & R H McKEDY	0226	--	11
McKedy	Infant	14 Jun 1882	--	Daughter of John N & Mary A (MADDEN) McKEDY	0201	--	9
McKedy	Infant	27 Mar 1878	--	Daughter of John N & Mary A (MADDEN) McKEDY	0201	--	9
McKedy	John	11 Apr 1850	1 Jan 1928	Husband of Mary A (MADDEN) McKEDY. Married: 11 Mar 1877. Son of Thomas & Marie (TEAL) McKEDY.	No headstone found	--	?
McKedy	Mary A	10 Feb 1853	31 Dec 1897	nee MADDEN. Wife of John N McKEDY Married: 11 Mar 1877.	0216	--	9
Meade	Mary A	22 May 1860	2 Mar 1899	Daughter of John & Minerva MEADE		--	--
Messersmith	Arthur W	--	15 Jul 1881	Son of Mitchel M & Laura Elizabeth (MEADE) MESSERSMITH. Aged 9 yrs. 3 mos. 9 dys.	0099	--	2
Messersmith	Grant Earl	--	17 Oct 1889	Son of Mitchel M & Laura Elizabeth (MEADE) MESSERSMITH. Aged 8 M’s 6 D’s.	0103	--	2
Messersmith	Laura Elizabeth	27 Nov 1852	17 Feb 1923	nee MEADE. Wife of Mitchell M MESSERSMITH. Married: 6 Jan 1876. Daughter of John S & Minervia (YAGER) MEADE.	0095	--	2
Messersmith	Margaret Z	3 Aug 1887	14 Apr 1915	Daughter of Mitchel M & Laura Elizabeth (MEADE) MESSERSMITH.	0097	--	2
Messersmith	Minerra K	11 Sep 1896	25 Sep 1899	Daughter of Mitchel M & Laura Elizabeth (MEADE) MESSERSMITH."Our Darling"	0098	--	2
Messersmith	Mitchel M	5 Jul 1846	6 Jan 1926	Husband of Laura Elizabeth (MEADE) MESSERSMITH. Married: 6 Jan 1876. Son of Joseph MESSERSMITH, Sr.	0095	--	2
Monroe	Amelia Ann	8 Apr 1852	27 Dec 1932	nee AYDELOTTE. Wife of Frederick K MONROE. Married: 30 Sep 1874. Daughter of James T & Syntha Ann (HOLLINGSWORTH) ADLET.	0225	--	11
Monroe	Frederick Kilpatric	13 Feb 1845 "1846"	9 Nov 1915	Husband of Amelia A (AYDELOTTE) MONROE. Married: 30 Sep 1874. Son of Charles & Nancy (CLINTON) MONROE.	0225	--	11
Monroe	Pearl	1881	1886	--	0383	--	11
Nunley	Thomas H	--	18 Feb 1879	Son of Elijah NUNLEY & Angeline (McPHEARSON) NUNLEY PEARSON. Aged 20 Y. 27 D.	0204	--	9
Osborn	Charles	4 Mar 1847	25 Oct 1921	Husband of Ruth OSBORN. Company "I", 186th Regiment, New York Infantry	0267 0268	--	16
Osborn	Ruth	1834	1924	Wife of Charles OSBRORN.	0267	--	16
Parker	Alfred	15 Feb 1879	21 Jul 1907	Husband of Celia (LOVELESS) PARKER. Married: 28 Sep 1903. Son of Sharach & Julia Ann (ESKEW) PARKER.	0160	--	4
Pearson	Hiram A	1824	1863	Husband of Nancy DRYSDALE. Married: 13 Oct 1859. Cook, Company "K", 58th Indiana Infantry	0255 0256	--	14
Pearson	Nancy	1824	1897	nee DRYSDALE. Wife of Hiram A PEARSON. Married: 13 Oct 1859.	0255	--	14
Pearson	William	1832	1854		0255	--	14
Pearson	William A	--	21 Apr 1885	Husband of Angeline (McPHEARSON) NEWLY PEARSON. Married: 14 Jul 1866. Son of John & Elisabeth PEARSON. Aged 52 Y. 8 M. & 7 D. Company "H", 17th Indiana Volunteers.	0203	--	9
Roberts	Margret A	2 Jan 1824	22 Feb 1879	Aged 55 Yrs. 1 Mo. 20 Ds.	0181	--	7
Shafer	Margaret J	30 Oct 1885	8 Aug 1896	Daughter of S & S E SHAFER	0081	--	1
Simpson	Mary J	--	3 Feb 1881	nee LANCE. Wife of Mose WITHERSPOON, 1st, married 5 Apr 1864; and William Johnson SIMPSON, 2nd, married 10 Aug 1873. Daughter of Olly & J LANCE. Aged 40 yrs. 1 mo. 8 dys.	0260	--	15
Simpson	William Johnson	24 Jan 1847	3 Jun 1923	Husband of Mary J (LANCE) WITHERSPOON SIMPSON, married 10 Aug 1873; and Hellen "Ellen" (SIMS) SIMPSON, married 12 Aug 1891. Son of William & Elizabeth (LOVE) SIMPSON. "A Father Near, A Husband Dear, A Faithful Friend, Lies Buried Here"	0261	--	15
Snyder	George W	6 May 1885	16 Mar 1965	Husband of Ida B (BEASLEY) SNYDER. Married: 3 Jun 1908. Son of Isaac J & Julia A (KERSTEIN) SNYDER.	0172	--	6
Snyder	Ida B	6 Mar 1887	1962	nee BEASLEY. Wife of George W SNYDER. Married: 3 Jun 1908. Daughter of Thomas F & Elizabeth (SKELTON) BEASLEY.	0172	--	6
Snyder	Infant	13 Jan 1909	13 Jan 1909	Infant of George W & Ida B (BEASLEY) SNYDER.	0170	--	6
Taylor	John	20 Sep 1815	30 Jan 1839	--	0368	--	20
Taylor	Rachel	18 Feb 1796	12 Apr 1855	Wife of William G TAYLOR.	0362		20
Taylor	William G	abt 1792	24 Oct 1846	Husband of Rachel TAYLOR. Aged 54 yrs. 8 mo. & 10 ds.	0365 0364		20
Thomas	James Oliver	13 Dec 1871	25 Jun 1951	Husband of Rosetta "Ettie" (GEARS) THOMAS. Married 30 Sep 1894. Son of Milton & Matilda (ABBET) THOMAS.	0082	--	1
Thomas	Rosetta "Ettie"	23 Sep 1870	6 Sep 1947	nee GEARS. Wife of Oliver THOMAS. Married 30 Sep 1894. Daughter of Noah & Ellen (PRIDE) GEARS.	0082	--	1
Thompson	Clark A	27 Apr 1844	12 May 1863	Pvt., Co. B, 65th Inf. Reg., Indiana. Enlisted 18 Aug 1862. Died 11 May 1863 at Henderson, Kentucky.	0354	--	20
Tooley	Cora Ellen	7 Jan 1891	2 Jul 1975	nee ANNIS. Wife of Sherman TOOLEY. Married: 1 Dec 1911. Daughter of Charles Thomas & Necy Ann (GEAR) ANNIS.	0296	--	18
Tooley	Vonnetta F	2 Oct 1914	26 Dec 1941	Daughter of Sherman & Cora Ellen (ANNIS) TOOLEY.	0297	--	18
Trible	Mariah Elizabeth Lance	30 May 1874	25 Jun 1955	nee OSBORNE. Widow of Harrison "Harry" LANCE (Suicide), married: 24 Sep 1891; and second wife of William TRIBLE, 2nd. Daughter of Charles & Ruth (LAMON) OSBORNE. “Mother”	0232 0236 0234	--	12
Trippet	Infant	--	--	Infant son of Joseph D & Ruth A (JOHNSON) TRIPPET.	0184		7
Trippet	Ruth A	--	20 Apr 1874	nee JOHNSON. Wife of Joseph D Trippett. Daughter of David Johnson. Aged 24 ys 9 ms 15 days	0183	--	7
Turpin	Nancy Ellen "Ella"	4 Nov 1877	22 Oct 1932	nee JENKINS. Wife of William E TURPIN. Married 24 Apr 1897. Daughter of James William & Rachel W (ROSS) JENKINS. (Click here to view obituary.)	No headstone found or identified.		?
Vickers	Esmerelda	24 Nov 1853	7 Jul 1856	Daughter of H C & Marinda Ann VICKERS.	0283		17
Vickers	Marinda Ann	abt 1833	25 May 1873	nee FARMER. First wife of Henry C VICKERS. Married: 7 Oct 1851. Daughter of Fleming & Luvine FARMER. Aged ? (buried) Note: Henry C VICKERS and his second wife are buried at Montgomery Cemetery, Oakland City, Indiana.	0294	--	17
Vickers	Mary L	4 Jan 1856	17 Sep 1856	Daughter of Henry C & Marinda Ann (FARMER) VICKERS	0285	--	17
Vickers	Wilbur	--	24 Oct 186?	Son of Henry C & Marinda Ann (FARMER) VICKERS (Bottom of stone is now severly damaged.)	0291	--	17
Vickers	Windfield C	5 Oct 1852	3 Nov 1852	Son of of Henry C & Marinda Ann (FARMER) VICKERS	0284 0281 (footstone)	--	17
Wallace	Nancy	--	16 Sep 1845	Second wife of John T WALLACE. Aged about 27 Years.	0370	--	20
White	Gladys Brucine	14 May 1927	14 Aug 1927	--	0346	--	20
Wilhite	Ardelia	--	28 Sep 1876	Daughter of Woodson William & Mary Etta (NUNLY) WILHITE. Aged 1 Yr. 8 Days.	0197	--	8
Wilhite	Carl William	8 Feb 1877	20 Jul 1937	Husband of May (CRILLY) WILHITE. Son of Woodson William & Mary Etta (NUNLY) WILHITE. WW I.	0111	--	2
Wilhite	Infant	21 Jan 1902 "27 Jan 1902"	23 Jan 1902 "31 Jan 1902"	Premature daughter of Carl William & Nancy Mary (CRILLY) WILHITE. Note: Dates on Death Certificate do not agree with the headstone. Buried 23 Jan 1902.	0113	--	2
Wilhite	Infant	15 May 1869	15 May 1869	Twin daughter of Cornelius & Sarah Ellen (LANCE) WILHITE.	0198	--	8
Wilhite	Infant	15 May 1869	15 May 1869	Twin daughter of Cornelius & Sarah Ellen (LANCE) WILHITE.	0198	--	8
Wilhite	Nancy May	7 Sep 1876	18 Mar 1969	nee CRILLY. Wife of Carl William WILHITE. Daughter of Isham & Mary Jane (HARPER) WILHITE.	0112	--	2
Wilhite	Sidney Harold	8 Jul 1908	25 Feb 1958	Son of Carl William & Nancy Mary (CRILLY) WILHITE. "Father We Miss You"	0114	--	2
Witherspoon	Nanie Lucella	--	19 Apr 1885	Daughter of James Thomas & Etta Aldie "Ettie" (POLK) WITHERSPOON. Aged 1 yr 2 mos 20 dys	Headstone not found or identified, 6 Apr 2010.	--	--
Witherspoon	Vilet Ann	5 May 1866	3 Nov 1877	Daughter of Moses C & Mary Jane (LANCE) WITHERSPOON. Grand Daughter of Olly L & Joann LANCE	0356	--	20
Woolsey	Celia	--	10 Dec 1847	Aged 63 YRS 10 MOS 6 DYS.	0358	--	20
Woolsey	Sarah A	21 Jul 1855	25 May 1856	Daughter of George & Jemima Jane (TAYLOR) WOOLSEY.	0360	--	20
Yager	Eleanor "Elenor"	--	30 Nov 1849	nee DUNCAN. First wife of Jeremiah Vardeman YAGER. Married: 14 Oct 1838. Aged 30 yrs. 2 m’s. 3 d’s.	0278	--	16
Yager	Jasper	--	4 Mar 1871	Son of Jeremiah Vardeman & Catherine (TAYLOR) YAGER. Aged 18 yrs. 4 mos. 5 dys. (Note: Stone is broken in two pieces.)	0271	--	16
?	?	--	--	Base of monument only. (Probably a JULIAN.)	0104	--	2
?	?	--	--	No readable markings.	0182	--	7
?	?	--	--	Infant; no readable information	0239	--	12
?	?	--	--	No readable information; footstone “L. F. ?.”	0240	--	12
?	?	--	--	Several footstones and other pieces of headstones are stacked on an old stump; in row with VICKERS burials.	0280 0281	--	17

Sections and Rows
The cemetery is all one section. Rows were numbered starting on the east side of the cemetery.

0073 View looking west from entrance.

0378 View looking north at west end of cemetery.

0379 View looking northeast from the southwest corner.

0380 View looking east from the southwest corner.

0073 View looking west from entrance.	0378 View looking north at west end of cemetery.
0379 View looking northeast from the southwest corner.	0380 View looking east from the southwest corner.

Genealogy

Mead Cemetery

Center Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Located on the west side of County Road 725E, about 1/4 mile south of the intersection with County Road 50N, about 2 1/2 miles northeast of Francisco.