Genealogy

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Cemetery Records with photographs of headstones.

New Salem Cemetery

(aka Stunkel Cemetery, Holcomb Cemetery, Ballard Cemetery, Duff Cemetery and Skelton Cemetery.)

Johnson Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:	Latitude, 38.2035 N;  Longitude, -87.5084 W
Congressional Location:	SE-1/4; SE-1/4; SECTION 34; TOWNSHIP 3S; RANGE 10W
Common Directions:	3-1/2 miles east of Haubstadt. Located on the east side of County Road 325E, about 2/10 mile south of the intersection with County Road 1025S.
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The following list is an attempt to show all known graves, using using photographs of the headstones.  Notes were supplemented with marriage and census records plus genealogy records.  There certainly are unmarked graves plus a few 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.

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Surname	Given Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Inscriptions & Notes	Photo # Photo	Section	Row
Arburn	Martha Bell	17 Oct 1850	?	Infant daughter of John & Angeline ARBURN. (Bottom of stone with date of death is broken.)	7167	N/A	7
Ballard	Annie (or Anna)	21 Jul 1815	17 Aug 1889	Husband of Thomas BALLARD Sr.	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	Bertha A	1893	1978	Wife of Silas H BALLARD.	7178	N/A	9
Ballard	Elizabeth	16 Dec 1847	17 Jul 1856	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	Francess E	8 Mar 1850	8 Jul 1854	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	James W	15 Dec 1853	25 Jul 1856	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	John, Dr.	16 Jul 1839	12 Jun 1904	Husband of Sarah E. BRUMFIELD. Son of Thomas BALLARD.	7181	N/A	10
Ballard	Johnnie	7 Oct 1885	26 Jan 1888	--	7181	N/A	10
Ballard	Martha Isabelle	21 Sep 1859	20 Jan 1883	Daughter of Thomas & Annie (BALLARD).	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	Mary Ann	11 Apr 1846	6 Mar 1918	nee GORE Wife of Thomas BALLARD Jr. Daughter of William & Mary Ann (GILBERT) GORE.	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	Minnie A	1878	1955	Wife of William R BALLARD.	7173	N/A	9
Ballard	Robert	23 Mar 1849	21 Jun 1854	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	S H, Dr.	26 Mar 1856	8 Feb 1885	--	7182	N/A	10
Ballard	Silas H	1875	1946	Husband of Bertha A BALLARD.	7178	N/A	9
Ballard	Thomas, Jr.	3 May 1844	15 Jan 1929	Husband of Mary Ann BALLARD. Son of Thomas & Anna (CARTER) BALLARD.	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	Thomas, Sr.	2 Oct 1809	29 Jun 1898	Husband of Anna (CARTER) BALLARD.	7180	N/A	10
Ballard	William R	1873	1958	Husband of Minnie A BALLARD.	7173	N/A	9
Criswell	Eleanora “Ellen”	25 Oct 1829	?	nee HOLCOMB. Wife of James R CRISWELL. Married 15 Apr 1851. Date of death buried.	7140	N/A	3
Criswell	Infant	--	5 Nov 1853	Infant daughter of James R & Eleanora “Ellen” (HOLCOMB) CRISWELL.	7141	N/A	3
Criswell	Louisa G	22 Jul 1839	21 Feb 1865	nee HOLCOMB. Wife of James R GRISWELL. Married 5 Sep 1862.	7171	N/A	8
Dilbeck	John	18 Oct 1862	9 Apr 1941	Husband of Rosa (WHEELER) DILBECK. Son of Talton & Mariah DILBECK.	7133	N/A	2
Dilbeck	Rosetta (or Rosa)	21 Dec 1871	29 Sep 1893	nee WHEELER. Wife of John DILBECK.	7134	N/A	2
Duff	Elijah	17 Oct 1809	10 May 1880	--	7162	N/A	6
Duff	Elizabeth	14 Mar 1806	15 Apr 1877	--	7160	N/A	6
Duff	James	11 Apr 1823	28 Jun 1879	--	7161	N/A	6
Duff	John	26 Oct 1825	1 Oct 1843	--	7158	N/A	6
Duff	Nancy	29 Oct 1783	13 Jan 1857	--	7159	N/A	6
Foster	Jerry Lee "Jake"	16 Feb 1930	4 Jan 2005	Son of Elwood & Maude A (PIERCE) FOSTER. Pvt. US Army, WW II. (Click here to view obituary.)	7129	N/A	2
Foster	Maude A	17 Mar 1905	13 Jun 1978	nee PIERCE.  Wife of Elwood FOSTER. “Mother” “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die”	7127	N/A	1
Grim	Marie	23 Mar 1900	8 Aug 1966	nee BALLARD. Wife of Reuben Joseph GRIM, Ph.D.	7174	N/A	9
Grim	Reuben Joseph, Ph.D.	8 Sep 1896	3 Sep 1958	Husband of Marie (BALLARD) GRIM. Indiana, Pfc., Ambulance Sec. 588, WW I.	7174 7175	N/A	9
Grimm	Catharine	8 Mar 1842	20 May 1917	nee STALLINGS Wife of John W GRIMM Married 11 Nov 1859.	7124	N/A	1
Grimm	John W	16 Jun 1835	29 Sep 1918	Husband of Catharine (STALLINGS) GRIMM. Married 11 Nov 1859	7124	N/A	1
Hedge	George H, Sr.	Jun 1900	22 Jan 1933	Husband of Mary HEDGE. Pvt., 20 Field Arty., US Army, WW I.	7131	N/A	2
Hill	Jane	--	29 May 1879	Wife of Belitha G HILL. Aged ? (broken stone.)	7153	N/A	6
Holcomb	Elijah	12 Oct 1825	25 Jun 1850	Husband of Elizabeth Ann CURRY. Married 25 Nov 1849 Son of Hosea & Mary Lee HOLCOMB. Date of death buried.	7143	N/A	4
Holcomb	Hosea	29 Dec 1787	15 Jun 1850	Husband of Mary Lee HOLCOMB, 1st & Eleanor ESTIS, 2nd, Married 26 Aug 1839.	7145	N/A	4
Holcomb	Mary Lee	6 Sep 1787	16 Feb 1839	Consort of Hosea HOLCOMB.	7144	N/A	4
Ireland	Lutetia	28 Aug 1839	7 Jan 1848	Daughter of William A & Jane IRELAND.	7157	N/A	6
Ireland	Mary Ann	--	18 Nov 1859	Daughter of William A & Jane IRELAND.	7155	N/A	6
Ireland	William A	?	?	Stone broken and buried. No other information can be seen.	7154	N/A	6
Litchfield	Sarah	abt 1772	9 Jun 1831	Aged 58 years 5 ms. 19 ds.	7164	N/A	7
Paulson	Anna Victoria	16 Nov 1870	11 Oct 1964	nee BALLARD Rudolph J. PAULSON. Daughter of Thomas & Mary Ann BALLARD.	7177	N/A	9
Paulson	Rudolph John	10 Jun 1890	27 Apr 1942	Husband of Anna Victoria (BALLARD) PAULSON. Son of Richard PAULSON. Died at the Veteran's Hospital at Outwood, KY. Indiana, Pvt. E. A. Central Officers Training Sch. WW I	7176	N/A	9
Pierce	Frances	27 Jan 1907	2 Sep 1909	Son of Ivy E. & Mary (DILBECK) PIERCE.	7130	N/A	2
Riley	Mary J	28 Jan 1889	5 Nov 1964	nee DILBECK Daughter of John and Rose (WHEELER) DILBECK.	7132	N/A	2
Skelton	Catherine	16 Jul 1822	2 Oct 1855	Consort of R S SKELTON.	7151	N/A	5
Skelton	Elijah Newton	3 Jul 1840	?	Son of R S & Catherine SKELTON. Date of death buried.	7149	N/A	5
Skelton	Sarah Jane	--	5 Jul 1858	Daughter of W T & M J SKELTON. Aged 13 days.	7138	N/A	3
Skelton	Silas Elihu	1 Mar 1844	2 Sep 1845	Son of R S & Catherine SKELTON.	7150	N/A	5
Stallings	Jasper	2 Mar 1810	8 Jun 1850	Son of R & M STALLINGS.	7139	N/A	3
Stunkel	Flora E	12 Apr 1883	14 Apr 1883	Daughter of O R & E STUNKEL. (Dates on stone are very hard to read.)	7148	N/A	5
Stunkel	Henry D	12 Dec 1822	17 Aug 1900	Husband of Johanna L STUNKEL.	7169	N/A	7
Stunkel	J Friedrich	1781	1863	Husband of Maria Louisa (KUHLMAN) STUNKEL. “Empede, Hanover”	7168	N/A	7
Stunkel	Johanna L	6 Apr 1827	3 Aug 1900	Wife of Henry D STUNKEL.	7169	N/A	7
Stunkel	Maria Louisa	--	--	nee KUHLMAN. Wife of J Friedrich STUNKEL.	7168	N/A	7
Stunkel	Theodore A	7 May 1869	8 Feb 1950	Husband of Katherine (BOWER) STUNKEL. Son of Henry & Johanna (KOCH) STUNKEL.	7147	N/A	5
Walker	Catherine "Cathy" E	1957	2007	Believed to be woman found dead at Mt. Moriah Cemetery (potential suicide).	7136 From the Princeton Clarion, 24 Sep 2007	N/A	3
Wheeler	Delia	1878	1952	Wife of James WHEELER.	7126	N/A	1
Wheeler	James	1868	1950	Husband of Delia WHEELER.	7126	N/A	1
Wheeler	Mary F	abt 1866	23 Apr 1901	Wife of J N WHEELER. Age 35 YRS. 17 DAYS.	7125	N/A	1
Wood	Patrick H	abt 1825	26 Jul 1866	Aged 40 yrs. 7 mos. 16 days.	7137	N/A	3
?	?	?	?	“Mother” All information on face of stone has flaked away.	7185	N/A	11
?	D	?	?	“Father” Face of stone badly weathered.	7184	N/A	11
?	Nancy J	?	?	Child’s headstone.	7165	N/A	7
???erson	William M	16 Jul 1886	2 May 1893	Son of J N & ? ???erson	7123	N/A	1

Row are only approximate and were numbered beginning at the west edge of the cemetery along CR 325E.

7122  View of the west edge of the cemtery along CR 325E.

7186  View of the cemetery from CR 325E, looking east.