Genealogy

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Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.

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Forsythe Cemetery

Columbia Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.3111 N;  Longitude, -87.3889 W
Congressional Location:	NW-1/4; SW-1/4; SECTION 26; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 9W
Common Directions:	4 miles southwest of Oakland  City. Located adjacent to the Forsythe  Church, on the east side of County Road 950E, at the intersection with County Road 300S.
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
Taylor	David Eugene "Gene"	25 Mar 1918		Husband of Helen Marie (BLAIR) TAYLOR.   "Parents of Donald Eugene".	5562	SE	2
Taylor	Helen Marie	12 Dec 1920	--	nee BLAIR  Wife of David Eugene "Gene" TAYLOR.   �Parents of Donald Eugene�	5562	SE	2
Terry	Claudett	1953	1953	Infant	5672	SW	1
Thomas	Mariette Channell	2 Jan 1927	24 Aug 2018	nee CHANNELL.  Daughter of Wallace & Helen (WILLIAMS) CHANNELL.   My Son:  Neil. Click here to view obituary.	0242 0243	SE	7
Thomas	Martha D	22 Jul 1886	26 Jun 1914	--	5734	NE	3
Thompson	Amanda H	1868	3 Feb 1938	nee KELLEY  Wife of Robert F. THOMPSON	6087	NW	11
Thompson	John F	1 Dec 1927	19 May 1997	Husband of Joyce A THOMPSON.   Married 15 Aug 1948. TEC 4, US Army, WW II.	0239 5432	SE	7
Thompson	Joyce Ann	19 Jun 1927	18 Oct 2016	nee FINCH.  Wife of John F. THOMPSON.   Married 15 Aug 1948.  Daughter of Willis & Lillian (JONES) FINCH.  (Click here to view obituary.)	0239	SE	7
Thompson	Mary Ann	--	12 Aug 1874	Wife of George THOMPSON. Aged 43 years.	6241	NW	9
Thompson	Robert F	1861	1928	Husband of Amanda H. (KELLEY) THOMPSON	6087	NW	11
Tibbs	Naomi H	4 Sep 1885	May 1972	--	6309	NW	7
Tichenor	James I	--	?? ??? 186?	Son of J. T. & Mary Ann TICHENOR/ Aged 3 Ms. 29 ds. (Note: Stone was broken across date of death.)	6407	NW	6
Tichenor	Mary Ann	--	22 Feb 1865	Wife of J. T. TICHENOR. Aged 22 yrs. 7 mos. 21 days.	6408	NW	6
Tresize	F, Sen.	10 Mar 1803	11 Sep 1868	�Our Father�	5993	NW	13
Tuffs	Phylinda	--	15 Feb 1874	Wife of William TUFFS.Aged 72 yrs. 5 ms. 20 days. (Note: Born in Canada according to the 1850 Kent County, Michigan Federal Census.)	6498	NW	2
Turpen	Dicy A	1870	1949	--	5836	NW	16
Upton	George	21 Aug 1855	9 Aug 1941	Second husband of Margaret (THOMPSON) PRIDE UPTON.	5914	NW	14
Upton	Margaret Pride	4 Mar 1857	--	nee THOMPSON.  Wife of Albert PRIDE, 1^st, married 16 Jul 1874; and ? UPTON, 2^nd.	5911	NW	14
Van Meter	Anna Eliza	9 Nov 1874	16 Jan 1963	Wife of William VAN METER	5617 5618	SW	3
Van Meter	Charles Hubert	25 Mar 1899	12 Jul 1956	Son of William & Anna Eliza VAN METER Indiana, Private First Class, Headquarters Det. Station Com., WW II.	5612 5613	SW	3
Van Meter	Flo	15 Aug 1903	26 Nov 1992	nee HOPKINS  Wife of William H. VAN METER	5620	SW	3
Van Meter	James Pearce	5 Jan 1907	22 May 1946	Son of William & Anna Eliza VAN METER Indiana, Private First Class, 37th. Coast Artillery Battalion, 94th. Division	5614 5615	SW	3
Van Meter	Laura Ella	12 Feb 1926	6 Apr 1998	Daughter of William H & Flo (HOPKINS) VAN METER.	5619	SW	3
Van Meter	Nellie Louise	4 May 1904	13 Sep 1939	Daughter of William & Anna Eliza  VAN METER	5616	SW	3
Van Meter	William	28 Aug 1867	7 Apr 1942	Husband of Anna Eliza VAN METER	5617 5618	SW	3
Van Meter	William H	1900	11 Feb 1949	Husband of Flo (HOPKINS) VAN METER.   Son of William & Anna Eliza VAN METER	5620	SW	3
Vaught	Cora Ethel	1891	1895	Daughter of Thomas Judson & Mira A (STEVENS) VAUGHT.	6264	NW	8
Vaught	Elsie Dawn	16 Dec 1913	16 Jan 1914	Daughter of Jud & Julia D (SPENCER) VAUGHT.	6268	NW	8
Vaught	Henry Arthur	14 Jul 1895	18 Jul 1896	Son of Jud & Julia D (SPENCER) VAUGHT.	6265	NW	8
Vaught	Jud	7 Jul 1897	--	Son of Jud & Julia D (SPENCER) VAUGHT.	6266	NW	8
Vaught	Lawrence S	6 Mar 1898	24 Jan 1902	Son of Jud & Julia D (SPENCER) VAUGHT.	6267	NW	8
Vaught	Mira A	22 May 1871	12 May 1892	nee STEVENS. First wife of Thomas Judson VAUGHT. Married 26 Jan 1888.	6263	NW	8
Vieht	?	--	--	10^th Ind. Inf. (Note: No individual headstone found. Named on Memorial.)	5413	?	?

Sections and Rows.
For purposes of this listing, the cemetery was divided into four Sections:  Northwest (NW), Northeast (NE), Southwest (SW), and Southeast (SE.)  Rows were numbered beginning on the west side of each section.  Please be advised rows 1-5 in the Northwest sections are somewhat irregular. 

5411 Sign at entrance, Southwest section of cemetery.	5414  View of Northwest section of the cemetery.
5413  Front side of Veterans Memorial	6445 Back side of Veterans Memorial.