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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 updatedSep 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

Notes & Inscriptions

Photo#                          Photo

Sect-

ion

Row

Yancey

Bertha May

1894

23 Jul 1966

nee PLEASANT.  Wife of William Erastus YANCEY

5541

SE

2

Yancey

William Erastus

1882

8 Dec 1951

Husband of Bertha May (PLEASANT) YANCEY

5541

SE

2

Yeager

Charles F

21 Mar 1891

28 Oct 1972

Husband of Marie K. (KELLE) YEAGER .  Married 31 Mar 1914.  Son of J D YEAGER.

5535

SE

3

Yeager

Marie K

29 Oct 1897

13 Apr 1990

nee KELLE.  Wife of Charles F. YEAGER.  Married 31 Mar 1914.


Daughter of Carl Edward "Ed" & Catherine Ann (FOLEY) KELLE.

5535

SE

3

Yeager

Maude

1875

1958

Wife of Warrick YEAGER

5871

NW

15

Yeager

Warrick

1867

1959

Husband of Maude YEAGER

5871

NW

15

Yeuda

Henry

1862

1925

 --

5708

NE

5

?

?

?

?

(Reset stone; only top portion showing.  Next to Orville FARMER.)

6406

MW

6

?

?

22 Jan 1890

6 ??? 1890

Infant of ?

�Children of ��  Illegilble.

(Note:  Adjacent to Thomas A & Mell BARRETT.)

6443

6442

NW

6

?

?

18 Oct 1888

18 Oct 1888

Infant of ?

�Children of ��  Illegilble.

(Note:  Adjacent to Thomas A & Mell BARRETT.)

6444

6442

NW

6

?

?

?

?

(Only base for stone; adjacent to Paris Goss POWERS.

6340

NW

7

?

Jessie C

11 Apr 1882

11 Aug 1882

Son of M B & L R ?

(Note:  Between SULLIVAN and JONES burials.)

6261

NW

8

?

?

?

?

(Broken pieces of headstone.  Between two DILL family burials.)

6221

NW

9

?

?

?

?

(Base of stone.  Next to John R & Marth V BARRETT.

6231

NW

9

?

Virgil

3 Apr 1897

3 Apr 1897

(Buried next to William FARIES)

6197

NW

9

?

?

?

?

Illegible.

6131

NW

10

?

?

?

?

Illegible.

6132

NW

10

?

?

?

?

(Base only; monument missing.)

6133

NW

10

?

?

?

?

Illegible. 

(Note:  Near Verdie KELLEY.)

5948

NW

13

?

?

--

--

(No visible markings.)

5862

NW

15

?

?

--

--

(No visible markings.)

5845

NW

16

?

Betty Jean

--

--

(Buried next to [Infant Unknown] and Darwin [Unknown])

5830

NW

16

?

Infant

--

--

(Buried between to [Infant Unknown] and Darwin [Unknown])

5831

NW

16

?

Darwin

--

--

(Buried next to [Infant Unknown] and Betty Jean [Unknown])

5832

NW

16

?

?

--

--

(No visibile markings.)

5781

NW

18

?

?

--

--

(No visible markings.)

5782

NW

18

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.