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Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.

 
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Rickard Cemetery

(aka Clifford Cemetery)

Columbia Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:Latitude, 38.3705 N;  Longitude, -87.3350 W
Congressional Location:SE-1/4; NE-1/4; SECTION 6; TOWNSHIP 2S; RANGE 8W
Common Directions:

Located about 1200 feet east of Indiana State Road 57, and 1400 feet north of CR 75E.  Stones were found beginning about 50 feet north of the east/west treeline.

Last updated 08 Oct 2010

The following list is an attempt to show all known graves, using several different sources. There may be other graves which are unknown due to missing, unreadable, destroyed or broken markers. If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown below, please drop us an e-mail and let us know.   email016.gif (1209 bytes)
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Surname Given Name Birth Date Death Date Notes & InscriptionsPhoto#                               Photo
 Sect-
ion		Row
Gohorn Ides E  --  7 May 1876  Aged 35 yrs. 9 mos. 11 dys.No headstone found or identified, 8 Oct 2010.
 N/A
N/A
Jenkins  Amanda  -- 11 May 1880 Wife of Alexander JENKINS.  Married 30 Sep 1866.  Daughter of Henry & Polly RICKARD.
Aged 31 Y. 3 M. 29 D.		1862
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Jenkins  Katie  --  -- Buried with Amanda (RICKARD) JENKINS.No headstone found or identified, 8 Oct 2010. N/A N/A
Jenkins  ?  --  -- Buried with Amanda (RICKARD) JENKINS.No headstone found or identified, 8 Oct 2010. N/A N/A
Jenkins  ?  -- 21 Oct 1874 Son of A & J. JENKINS
Aged 6 mos. 21 dys.		No headstone found or identified, 8 Oct 2010. N/A N/A
Loveless  Barbara "Barbary"  -- Sep 1876 nee SHOULTZ.   Wife of Elijah LOVELESS.  Married 27 Jul 1856.
(Note:  Year of birth reported as: 1831, 1834, 1836 in three different census records.)		No headstone found or identified, 8 Oct 2010. N/A N/A
Morris.  Albert M 1866 1875 Son of Thomas T & Emily J MORRIS.
(Note:  On same stone as his mother.)
1874
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Morris  Emily J 1832 --  Wife of Thomas T MORRIS.
(Note:  Tree has grown over the corner of the headstone and covers the date of death.)
(Not found with the family at the time of the 1870 census; Albert M is the youngest child in the household.)		1874

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Rickard  Henry  -- 21 Feb 1874 Husband of Polly RICKARD, 1st; and Elisabeth WIGGS RICKARD, 2nd,  married 4 Oct 1868.
 Aged 48 yrs. 4 ms. 17 ds.		1864

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Rickard  ?  -- 15 Jun 1880 Son of C. D. & A. J. RICKARD.
Aged 8 mos. 21 dys.		No headstone found or identified, 8 Oct 2010. N/A N/A
? ???(Base only; slab not found.)1871
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? ???(Monument shaft; no visible markings.)1870
N/A N/A
? ???(Small stone, no visible markings.)
1868
N/A N/A
? ???(Base for large monument.)
1866
N/A N/A
Sections and Rows
No relevant definition can be determined.  Stones that were located were scattered in a general north/south direction, between two large trees about 50 feet apart.  Fallen tree branches and briars made a through search for other stones impossible.

1880  View of cemetery location as seen from CR 75N.

 1878  Headstones located about 50 inside of treeline; center of photo.
1877  General condition of cemtery location.
 1867 Stone of Amanda JENKINS to left of tree, Henry RICKARD's to the right.