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Montgomery Cemetery


Columbia Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:Latitude, 38.3255 N;  Longitude, -87.3417 W
Congressional Location:NW-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 19; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 8W
Common Directions:

Located 0.5 mile south of Oakland City, on the south side of County Road 200S, 0.2 mile east of the intersection with County Road 1200E ( South Jackson Street).

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

Skelton

A Glenn

20 Oct 1894

19 Jan 1973

Husband of Mary E SKELTON.

5228


5

3

Skelton

Alice A

1872

1953

Wife of James W SKELTON.

3773

7

1

Skelton

Arabelle M Eby

1862

1942

nee HUSSEY.  Wife of Isaac EBY, 1st, married 13 Sep 1881; and ? SKELTON, 2nd.

�Mother�

6558

3

9

Skelton

Charles B

1878

1947

Husband of Mary A SKELTON.

5742

9

8

Skelton

Edward

1872

1955

Husband of Sadie SKELTON.

5227

5

3

Skelton

Elizabeth

1900

1983

Wife of John N SKELTON.

2961

13

12

Skelton

Emery Arvel

11 Sep 1894

24 Aug 1963

Husband of Jeanette (GOODEN) SKELTON.


Indiana, Cpl. Co. M, 152nd Infantry, WW I.





2976

13

13

Skelton

Fannie

3 Jan 1875

11 Sep 1945

Wife of George SKELTON.

5226

5223

5

3

Skelton

George

14 Mar 1875

11 Jul 1940

Husband of Fannie SKELTON/

5225

5223

5

3

Skelton

Hazel

13 May 1897

21 Oct 1904

Daughter of George & Fannie SKELTON.

5224

5223

5

3

Skelton

Ida Alice

1884

1924

Daughter of Christopher & Mary Jane SKELTON.

5410

5

9

Skelton

J Herbert

1898

1973

Husband of Rada Pearl SKELTON.

2677

13

1

Skelton

James W

1867

1935

Husband of Alice A SKELTON.

3773

7

1

Skelton

Jeanette Gooden

16 Jan 1914

1 Sep 1974

nee GOODEN.  Wife of Emery Arvel SKELTON.

2975

13

13

Skelton

John N

1894

1963

Husband of Elizabeth SKELTON.

2961

13

12

Skelton

Mary A

1875

1943

Wife of Charles B SKELTON.

5742

9

8

Skelton

Mary E

5 Nov 1896

11 Feb 1984

Wife of A Glenn SKELTON.

5228

5

3

Skelton

Mary Jane

1848

1924

Wife of Christopher SKELTON.

5409

5

9

Skelton

Minnie A

12 Sep 1872

25 May 1964

Second wife of Samuel C SKELTON.  Married 26 Jan 1903.

�Mom�

6053

1

5

Skelton

Noah W

1878

1916

Son of Christopher & Mary Jane SKELTON.

5408

5

9

Skelton

Rada Pearl

1898

1958

Wife of J Herbert SKELTON.

2677

13

1

Skelton

Russel

25 Aug 1893

30 Jul 1894

Son of Samuel C & Louisa J (SEABROOK) SKELTON.

6054

1

5

Skelton

Sadie

1871

1943

Wife of Edward SKELTON.

5227

5

3

Skelton

Samuel C

16 Aug 1867

14 Nov 1938

Husband of Louisa J (SEABROOK) SKELTON, 1st, married 12 Apr 1887; and Minnie A SKELTON, married 26 Jan 1903.

�Dad�

6053

1

5

Skinner

Ida

1879

1967

Wife of Lawrence W SKINNER.

4619

4

2

Skinner

Lawrence W

1876

1939

Husband of Ida SKINNER.

4620

4

2

Skinner

Mona G

25 Jul 1896

24 Jun 1983

Wife of Othello SKINNER.

2832

13

7

Skinner

Othello

1 Feb 1895

19 Jan 1966

Husband of Mona G SKINNER.

2832

13

7

Slack

Charles W

23 Oct 1830

26 Oct 1911

Husband fo Cynthia A (GREEN) SLACK.  Married 6 Apr 1858.

Co. A, 80th Ind. Inf.
Mustered out 22 Jun 1865.




6620

6621

3

11

Slack

Cynthia A

25 Dec 1837

17 Jan 1898

nee GREEN.  Wife of Charles W SLACK.  Married 6 Apr 1858.

�Mother�

6622

6623

3

11

Slack

Doris L

1915

1961

Wife of Percy M SLACK.

2810

13

6

Slack

Ella

1882

1956

Wife of Percy SLACK.

6619

3

11

Slack

Percy

1883

1959

Husband of Ella SLACK.

6619

3

11

Slack

Percy M

18 Dec 1911

27 Dec 1965

Husband of Doris L SLACK.



Former Fire Chief of Oakland City, IN

Indiana, TEC5, 1536th Svc. Unit Comp., WW II.




2810

2811

13

6

Slater

Arvel

1904

1926

�Father�

3861

6

2

Slater

Leumel

14 Jan 1878

14 Feb 1957

Husband of Maggie SLATER.

6927

10

8

Slater

Maggie

3 Mar 1876

6 Dec 1957

Wife of Lemuel SLATER.

6927

10

8

Slater

Mamie

1888

1937

Wife of William SLATER.

3860

6

2

Slater

William

1876

1941

Husband of Mamie SLATER.

3859

6

2

Sloan

Claudine L

28 Jun 1921

4 Mar 1990

Wife of George B SLOAN.

2184

14

4

Sloan

George B

13 Oct 1918

11 Aug 1994

Husband of Claudine L SLOAN.


Pfc. US Army, WW II.




2184

2185

14

4

Slusher

Delphia N

20 May 1899

1 Apr 1960

Wife of Floyd H SLUSHER.

3272

12

1

Slusher

Floyd H

22 Jun 1900

29 Mar 1966

Husband of Delphia N SLUSHER.

3272

12

1

Smith

Alva Otto

1890

1961

Husband of Lona B SMITH.

3562

12

6

Smith

Arthur L

17 Sep 1914

5 Oct 2008

Husband of Ruth Ann (BRUCE) SMITH.


Married 11 Jun 1937.


Son of Harry Lee & Sarah Edith (PERSHING) SMITH. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

2821

13

7

Smith

Carl E

1894

1947

--

No headstone found.

?

?

Smith

Bill M  "Billy"

23 Nov 1925

27 Sep 2015

Husband of Ruth M  (UPPERMAN) SMITH.


Married:  26 Jan 1945.


Son of Elmer L & Opal B (BROSHEARS) SMITH.


PHM3, US Navy, WWII.






Click here to view obituary.

0037

0036

8

2

Smith

Chap Rucker

1893

1973

--

3032

13

15

Smith

Charles Edward

4 Dec 1930

1 Dec 2009

Husband of Charlotte Ann (CANTRELL) SMITH.  Son of Rastus & Sophie (STILLWELL) SMITH.

Children:  Edward CR & Rachel Ann


Cpl. US Army, Korea.




(Click here to view obituary.)

2544

2545

14

14

Smith

Charles Paul

28 Sep 1952

28 Sep 1952

Son of Paul Elmer & Laura L (McKINNEY) SMITH.

3543

12

5

Smith

Charlotte Ann

9 Nov 1934

--

nee CANTRELL.  Wife of Charles Edward SMITH.

�Children:  Edward CR & Rachel Ann�

2544

14

14

Smith

David F

1 Aug 1889

6 Feb 1969

Husband of Ruth (COLEMAN) SMITH.

4252

8

2

Smith

Edward D

27 Nov 1913

25 Mar 1993

Husband of Shirley J SMITH.  Married 29 Feb 1968.

2340

14

7

Smith

Ella

1873

1954

Wife of Rodolphus P SMITH.

4264

4263

8

2

Smith

Elmer L

1892

1959

Husband of Opal B SMITH.

4269

8

2

Smith

Elzora B

3 Jul 1914

29 Mar 1978

Wife of Howard SMITH.

3702

12

8

Smith

Erastus

6 Feb 1902

7 Jun 1985

Husband of Sophia A (STILLWELL) SMITH.

2546

14

14

Smith

Flossie B

13 Nov 1894

4 Nov 1981

--

2855

13

8

Smith

Floy M

1899

1972

Wife of Herman Albert SMITH.

4272

8

2

Smith

George W

1861

1938

Husband of Lewie SMITH

5356

5

7

Smith

Harry

19 Apr 1854

19 May 1944

Husband of Nancy E (FARMER) SMITH.  Married 12 Aug 1877.

5537

5

14

Smith

Helen L

1930

--

Wife of Prentice L SMITH.

�Mother�

4270

8

2

Smith

Herman Albert

18 Oct 1893

25 Jan 1968

Husband of Floy M SMITH.  Son of Rodolphus P & Ella SMITH.


Indiana, Wagr., 10th Co. 159th Depot Brig., WW I.




4272

4273

8

2

Smith

Howard

14 Nov 1908

3 Jul 1985

Husband of Elzora B SMITH.

3702

12

8

Smith

Infant

16 Jun 1912

16 Jun 1912

Infant daughter of Hosea  Smith & Helen SMITH SHANNER.

5100

4

12

Smith

Infant

--

28 Aug 1873

Infant daughter of William & F M SMITH.

(Note:  Dates is mostly illegible. Stone is not in original location.)

6025

1

5

Smith

Jack W

6 Oct 1928

24 Jan 1989

Husband of Virginia L SMITH.

0127

14

4

Smith

James Harry

31 Mar 1906

30 Nov 1915

Son of Otto L & Mary Ann SMITH.

5544

5

14

Smith

Janet Coleen

1935

1935

--

No headstone found.

?

?

Smith

Joan McHugh

1871

1948

nee McHUGH.  Wife of Dr. William H SMITH.

5655

5653

9

4

Smith

John

21 Jun 1876

15 Jul 1876

(Note:  Very difficult to read.  Probably a child of William & F M SMITH.)

6024

1

5

Smith

Johnnie G

1900

1978

Wife of Roy C SMITH.

4267

8

2

Smith

Laura

1878

1952

Wife of Roscoe SMITH.

3237

11

2

Smith

Laura Louise

18 Jan 1912

21 Apr 2001

nee McKINNEY.  Wife or Roscoe NICHOLSON, 1st, married 1 Jun1931 In Richland, Olney, Illinois and Paul Elmer SMITH, 2nd, married 8 Sep 1949


Daughter of Dillard A & Clemence (LaROCHE) McKINNEY.

3541

12

5

Smith

Lewie

1865

1941

Wife of George W SMTIH.

5356

5

7

Smith

Lona B

1896

1962

Wife of Alva Otto SMITH.

3562

12

6

Smith

Lucinda J

29 Jun 1951

30 Jun 1951

Daughter of Prentice L & Helen L SMITH.

4270

8

2

Smith

Mary Ann

10 Feb 1874

15 Jan 1920

nee TILL or DILL.  Wife of Otto L SMITH.  Married 10 Apr 1901.  Daughter of James & Mary A (HOFFMAN) TILL or DILL.

5541

5

14

Smith

Mary Maxine

9 Dec 1925

27 Nov 2016

nee BATES.  Wife of ? JUDD,1st; and Roy Kenneth SMITH, 2nd. 


Daughter of Louis & Helen BATES.


�Mother�


(Click here to view obituary.)

3006

13

14

Smith

Nellie G

1882

1942

Daugther of Harry & Nancy E (FARMER) SMITH.

5538

5

14

Smith

Opal B

29 Jul 1896

4 Aug 1985

nee BROSHEARS.  Wife of Elmer L SMITH.

�Mother�

4268

8

2

Smith

Otto L

1879

1954

Husband of Mary Ann SMITH.  Married 10 Apr 1901.  Son of Harry & Nancy (FARMER) SMITH.

5543

5

14

Smith

Paul Elmer

25 Jan 1914

9 Jan 1979

Second husband of Laura Louise (McKINNEY) NICHOLSON SMITH.


Married 8 Sep 1949.


TEC5, US Army, WW II.




3541

3542

12

5

Smith

Prentice L

22 Apr 1925

3 Jul 1978

Husband of Helen SMITH.  Son of Herman A & Floy M SMITH.

Pvt., US Army Air Corps, WW II.




4270

4271

8

2

Smith

Rodolphus P

1865

1927

Husband of Ella SMITH.

4265

4263

8

2

Smith

Ronald A

19 Apr 1940

17 Jun 1988

Son of Verner SMITH & Erma SMITH LUKINS.

3238

11

2

Smith

Roscoe

1880

1976

Husband of Laura SMITH.

3236

11

2

Smith

Roy C

1898

1949

Husband of Johnnie G SMITH.  Son of Rodolphus P & Ella SMITH.

Former Gibson County Coroner

4266

8

2

Smith

Roy D

1883

1933

Son of Harry & Nancy E (FARMER) SMITH.

5536

5

14

Smith

Ruth Ann

23 Oct 1914

25 Oct 2007

nee BRUCE.  Wife of Arthur L SMITH.  Married 11 Jun 1937.  Daughter of Ora & Ada (CONDIT) BRUCE.

2821

13

7

Smith

Ruth Coleman

12 May 1893

5 Mar 1991

nee Coleman. Wife of David F SMITH.

4251

8

2

Smith

Ruth M

11 Feb 1923

26 Jan 2022

nee UPPERMAN.  Wife of Bill M "Billy" SMITH.


Married:  26 Jan 1945.

Died in Cedar Park, TX.

Y2, U.S.C.G.
WW II





(Click here to view obituary.)

7033 GAP

7034 GAP

8

2

Smith

Shirley J

5 Dec 1937

--

Wife of Edward D SMITH.  Married 29 Feb 1968.

2340

14

7

Smith

Sophia A

19 Aug 1905

29 Nov 1991

nee STILLWELL.  Wife of Erastus SMITH.

2546

14

14

Smith

Tony

1888

1936

--

No headstone found.

?

?

Smith

Verner

4 Jul 1906

18 Jul 1989

Husband of Erma SMITH LUKINS.  Son of Roscoe & Laura SMITH.

3239

11

2

Smith

Virginia L

4 Jun 1929

19 Jun 2019

Wife of Jack W SMITH.

0127

14

4

Smith

William H, M.D.

1870

1934

Husband of Joan (McHUGH) SMITH.

5654

5653

9

4

Snoddy

Micha

25 Sep 1872

9 Aug 1952

--

5603

9

2

Snow

Betty Lou

16 Feb 1927

--

nee THOMAS.  Wife of Wilbur H SNOW.

0513

14

11

Snow

Charles W

30 Jul 1921

2 Sep 1985

Husband of Mona E SNOW.

Pfc., US Army, WW II.




3425

3426

12

3

Snow

Lois Jean

13 Mar 1928

14 Nov 2007

Wife of Wilford L SNOW.

2458

14

10

Snow

Mona E

25 Aug 1925

5 Apr 1985

Wife of Charles W SNOW.

3425

12

3

Snow

Myrtle

1905

1980

Wife of Willis L SNOW.

3427

12

3

Snow

Wilbur H

27 Dec 1923

28 Nov 2012

Husband of Betty Lou (THOMAS) SNOW.  Son of Charles H & Iva (BROOKS) SNOW.  US Army, WW II. 


(Click here to view obituary.)

0513

14

11

Snow

Wilford L

27 Aug 1925

11 Aug 1995

Husband of Lois Jean SNOW.


S1, US Navy, WW II.




2458

2459

14

10

Snow

Willis L

1889

1959

Husband of Myrtle SNOW.

3427

12

3

Snyder

Donald E �Don�

25 May 1928

26 Apr 2006

Husband of Marjorie �Marge� SNYDER.  Married 16 Jun 1945.

2556

14

14

Snyder

Marjorie �Marge�

1 Aug 1927

23 Nov 1999

Wife of Donald E �Don� SNYDER.  Married 16 Jun 1945.

2556

14

14

Sections and Rows.
The cemetery is divided into numerical sections on the plat map (Stakes and/or concrete markers with corresponding numbers can usually be found at the corners of sections.)  These numbes have been maintained for this listing.  For this listing rows were numbered beginning on the west side of each section.  Please be advised rows in sections 0 and 1 are somewhat irregular.  See the images below for reference.
 

Aerial view of cemetery.
Section definitions used for this listing.
5570  Original center lane entrance at north side of the cemetery.
1881 View of cemetery from south side of Section 15.